2023 Music GPS Level 1A

Type:
Webinar

Scheduled:
9/27/2021 9:00:00 AM

Name:
2023 Music GPS Level 1A

Fiscal Year:
2023

Staff Member:

Chair:
Teri Abstein

Location:
Webinar

Access:
Comments Closed

Agenda Files

PanelistHandbook22-23.pdf
MusicLevel1AAgenda.pdf
Music1APanelScoregrid.pdf
2023PanelRecordingLinks.docx

County: Orange

Bio

Executive Director, Bach Festival Society of Winter Park since 2006
Former Planning Administrator for the Orlando Museum of Art and has over 20 years of arts administration experience
Attended the Non-profit Leadership Institute presented by Georgetown University’s Center for Public and Non-profit Leadership
Serves on the Winter Park Arts and Culture committee and the Orange County Diversity/Equity/Inclusion Committee
Named to Winter Park Magazine’s list of “Most Influential” in 2018
B.A. in Art from the University of Central Florida, Orlando

County: MiamiDade

Bio

Director of Programs & Events, American Institute of Architects and Producing Artistic Director, Florida Shakespeare Theater, Miami
Director of the Laura Ruchala Shakespeare scholarship program and founder of the International Original Shakespeare Music Competition.
Awarded with the Woman of the Year for Arts & Entertainment 2019 “In the Company of Women” Awards, Miami-Dade County, for work promoting open access to the arts
Studied Humanities at Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan

County: MiamiDade

Bio

Director of External Relations, Nu Deco Ensemble, Miami, Florida
Previous work experience includes: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC; Yellow Barn Music Festival, Putney, Vermont; Ithaca College School of Music, Ithaca, New York
B.S., Music Management with a Business Minor, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida

County: Lee

Bio

Executive Director of The Reilly Arts Center, Home of the Ocala Symphony Orchestra, in Ocala, Florida.
M.B.A., Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri; B.S., Public Relations, University of Florida, Gainesville.
Ten years of professional experience in the fields of public relations or fundraising for higher education, municipal government and arts organizations.
Outside involvement include PACE Center for girls, Junior League of Ocala, Ocala Mainstreet, Ocala Municipal Arts Commission.

Bio

Executive Director, Music of Asian America Research Center, College Park, Maryland
Adjunct Lecturer, University of Maryland College Park
Former Assistant/Associate Professor of Music, Rider University, Lawrence Township, New Jersey
Grant Writer and Programming Committee Member, Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival
Former Executive Director, Gamelan Dharma Swara
Attended the National Guild for Community Arts Education's Community Arts Education Leadership Institute
Ph.D. in Musicology, Stanford University; MLIS in Archives and Digital Curation, University of Maryland

County: Broward

Bio

President/CEO, Musicfor America, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Teacher/Coach, Piano Studio of Renée LaBonte - acclaimed for recitals and orchestral performances throughout Europe, Central & South America, Asia and US.
Founding VP, Exec. Dir. of Symphony of the Americas, serving in that position from 1987 - 2020, producing annual concert series in its performance home as the orchestral partner of Broward Center for the Performing Arts.
Co-Founder, Florida Music Festival and Symphony of the Americas Summerfest – annual cultural exchange residency of an internationally acclaimed chamber orchestra, both festivals esteemed for international concert tours for which she has received recognition from the President and Congresses of the US, Guatemala, Panama, El Salvador, and Florida’s Secretary of State.
She was instrumental in the production of Seasons of Change, a PBS arts documentary filmed on location in Budapest featuring the Hungarian Virtuosi; and has produced, performed or appeared as a soloist on over 30 compact discs.
B.F.A., Music Education, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton; Teacher’s Certification, St. Louis Institute of Music; coursework at Milwaukee College/Conservatory of Music and Manhattanville College, New York (with William Harms of Curtis Institute, and with Gerald Snyder of Cleveland Institute).