Staff & Board of Directors

KATHY JUDD
Executive & Artistic Director, Violin Faculty

M.M.A., Yale University; B.M., New England Conservatory of Music, Wichita State University.

Former member, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Idyllwild Trio, Mariposa Piano Trio; concertmaster, Boulder (CO) Bach Festival, Las Vegas Symphony. Lead commercial musician, Las Vegas. Orchestral, chamber music, festival performances throughout the U.S., Europe, and Taiwan. Faculty, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Idyllwild (CA) School of Music and the Arts. Instructor, Elizabethtown College. National and State grants panelist. Executive and Artistic Director, Music at Gretna (PA) chamber music and jazz concert series.

JOHN BECKER
Registrar & Program Associate

M.M., B.M. (voice performance), University of Wisconsin.

Church musician and classical performer. LGBT activist, writer, and blogger. Vice president, GLAA. Guest on major news and political shows including ABC’s World News Tonight, Nightline, and Good Morning America; NBC’s Today Show; Fox’s Alan Colmes Show; MSNBC’s Ed Schultz Show and Live with Al Sharpton, and the Associated Press Television Network. His work has been mentioned in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times.

LORIE BROWN
Site Manager & Program Assistant

D.M.A., M.M., University of North Texas; B.A., Luther College.

Fulbright specialist grants for teaching in Taiwan and the Dominican Republic (American Studies, Music). Multiple grants for music/photography interdisciplinary study at the American Geographical Society Library. Arts and humanities grant panelist. Music faculty posts: Luther College (sabbatical), University of Minnesota system. Publications: Karg-Elert Caprices, Op. 107 Analytical Edition, arrangements of Edvard Grieg’s Lyric Pieces for flute and piano.

JEANNE MELLISH
Finance & Communications Director

B.M. (voice performance, psychology), Bucknell University; graduate study (voice performance), Catholic University of America; Certificate (accounting, public relations), University of Virginia.

Arts management and business professional. Managing Director, band non-profit performing association; Managing Director, choral non-profit performing organization; Web Manager & Advertising Administrator, national piano retailer; Education Assistant, national performing arts presenter; Accounting professional, wealth management company.

AYANNA ROGERS
Marketing Intern

B.A. (music performance, acoustic bass), New York University; M.A.Candidate (arts management), American University.

Urban Marketing Intern, Atlantic Records; Research Assistant, freelance musician Eyal Maoz; Resident Assistant and Budget Employee, New York University.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Sean Iyer, Chair
Dudley Winthrop, Vice Chair
Steven Spurlock, Secretary
David Mihalchik, Treasurer
Virginia Ackerman
Carol Bogash
Ndenisarya M. Bregasi
Matthew B. Canzoneri
Jolie B. Golomb
Kathy Judd, Executive & Artistic Director
Dionne Laufman, Faculty Representative
Silvia Massetti
Jenny Mendez-Guerrero, Community Representative
Yoshie Ogawa
Gloria Wang
Tobias Werner

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