Faculty

Tabitha Wortham - Piano

To continue on the path of earning her bachelor’s degree, Tabitha Worham enrolled at Florida International University. She had the honor and privilege of studying with Dr. Nancy Luzko (a faculty member of the conservatory) and earned her Bachelor in Piano Performance from F.I.U. in 2009 ...

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Darleen Trujillo - Piano

Darleen Trujillo was born in Havana, Cuba and began her musical studies in piano at the age of five at the Conservatory of Music “Guillermo Tomas” with Hortensia Upmann. Exiled to Venezuela in 1980, she continued her musical training ...

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Teofana Mezincescu - Piano

Teofana Mezincescu was born in Romania. She received her first musical training at the age of 5 from her mother who is also a pianist. In 1986 she moved with her family to Germany where she continued her musical education ...

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Nancy Luzko - Piano & Composition

Charismatic and versatile, Nancy Luzko's music-making stems from the Contemporary Classical and embraces influences from other musical genres, including rhythms of Latin America and elements of Jazz. Her music has been performed on stages of Europe and the Americas. As a pianist, she performs classical and contemporary works, including her own music...

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Oderlyn Gutiez - Piano

Oderlyn Gutiez started studying music at the age of 8 at Guillermo Tomas Music Conservatory in La Habana, Cuba. She started with the piano as her main instrument, and at the age of 10 started the flute with professor German Fraga but continued studying the piano as her second instrument...

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Daniel Escudero - Piano

Daniel Escudero has performed over the last 2 decades in many recitals, festivals, shows, concerts, etc. playing all kinds of repertoires of music in different countries such as U.S.A., Cuba, Spain, Italy, Mexico, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Chile, and others....

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Glenda Del Monte Escalante - Piano

Cuban pianist, singer, songwriter and arranger, Glenda Del E. was born in Havana, Cuba. She entered the music school at age 7, has participated and played at various competitions since then. Her music reflects who she is: a strong academic trained musician transcending frontiers...

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Lisset Marichal - Piano

Lisset Marichal, an experienced piano teacher with more than 20 years of practice, joined the Miami Conservatory of Music in 2007. She enjoys teaching and accompanying at the piano children and adults alike in all levels...

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Ariana Vidal - Piano

Ariana Vidal started piano at the age of 8 in Cuba. She moved to Miami in 2000, completed a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance at Florida International University under the supervision of Kemal Kegic and took lessons from renowned teachers such as Loretta Dranoff and Joanne Schulte...

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Andres Trujillo - Violin

Andres Trujillo was born in Camaguey, Cuba in 1963. He began his musical studies at age five. In 1972, he enrolled at the Escuela Provincial de Artes, where he received violin lessons from renowned Russian Professor Emil Chalbach...

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Viera Borisova - Viola & Violin

Viera Borisova, violist, came to Florida in 1995 by way of the Symphony Orchestra of Tenerife, Spain and the Russian National Symphony Orchestra...

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Svetlana Forte - Violin

Svetlana Forte graduated with honors from intermediate level at the Music School of Odessa in 1981. In 1986 she completed the Bachelor and Master of fine arts degree in the Conservatory of Odessa, Ukraine...

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Alain Orbiz - Cello

Alain Orbiz was born in Cuba and graduated from the internationally renowned Conservatory Amadeo Roldan in Havana Cuba...

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Jose Alfredo Fernandez - Guitar

A Cuban guitarist, graduated with honors from the Superior Institute of Arts of Havana, Cuba, where he obtained his ‘Magna Cum Laude’ Master’s degree in both Classical Guitar and Musicology...

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Charles Axel Ekendhal - Guitar

Charles Axel Ekendahl began playing the guitar around the age of 12 in Spain. He is currently finishing his Doctor of Musical Arts in Classical Guitar. He was involved with numerous bands, playing gigs since the age of 13 and releasing several demos and CD’s since the age of 16...

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Federico Musgrove Stetson - Guitar

Federico Musgrove, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, started playing guitar at the age of twelve. In 2001, he moved to Miami, Florida and decided to pursue a career in music...

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Amy Alvarado - Voice

Miami Native, Amy Ioné Alvarado began her singing career at the age of seventeen winning an honorable mention award in the youngArts competition of the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts. She began studying opera and classical voice at Florida International University earning her BM in Vocal Performance...

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Justin john Moniz - Voice

Rising young tenor, Justin John Moniz is earning praise for his ‘confident and compelling’ work on both the concert and operatic stage. He has recently been called a ‘refined lyric tenor’ by the Miami Herald and ‘superb’ by the South Florida Classical Review...

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Katherine Mohr - Voice

Katherine Mohr knew she wanted to pursue a career in music at the age of thirteen after performing in a production of The Sound of Music. She auditioned and attended Carver Center for the Arts and Technology and studied classical voice there for four years...

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Nicole Avesani - Voice

Nicole Avesani has had a passion for music since childhood. She has been performing in choirs, shows and church since the young age of five. Her passion took her through high school and became a determining factor when considering collegiate options...

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Glenda Del Monte Escalante - Voice

Cuban pianist, singer, songwriter and arranger, Glenda Del E. was born in Havana, Cuba. She entered the music school at age 7, has participated and played at various competitions since then. Her music reflects who she is: a strong academic trained musician transcending frontiers...

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Alejandro Sanchez - Saxophone, Clarinet

Alejandro Sanchez – A versatile saxophonist, he actively freelances in South Florida with several jazz and Cuban music groups. Alejandro holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Performance from the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA) from Havana, Cuba...

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Oderlyn Gutiez - Flute

Oderlyn Gutiez started studying music at the age of 8 at Guillermo Tomas Music Conservatory in La Habana, Cuba. She started with the piano as her main instrument, and at the age of 10 started the flute with professor German Fraga but continued studying the piano as her second instrument...

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Rolando Gonzalez - Drums

Rolando Gonzalez has a Bachelor of Music from Berklee College of Music in Boston. He is a recording artist and teaches music theory, digital composition and the drumset...

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Bobby Thomas Jr. - Drums & Percussion

Grammy Award winning multi-percussionist Bobby Thomas Jr, is best known for being one of the original percussionists in the legendary fusion rock band, Weather Report...

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Brad Draper - Drums

Master of Music in Percussion Performance from the University of Minnesota, Brad performs regularly in the Miami area and has more than seven years of teaching experience...

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