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  • Lessons & Classes
    • Individual Lessons
      • Lessons Overview
      • Suzuki String Academy
      • Jazz Studies
      • Student Opportunities
      • ABRSM
      • Faculty
    • Group Classes
      • Classes Overview
      • Ensembles
      • Early Childhood Music
      • Guitar & Ukulele
      • Traditional Irish Music
      • Summer Program
  • Concerts
  • Outreach
  • About
    • Locations
    • News
    • Artists in Residence
    • Staff & Board of Directors
    • Employment
    • Contact Us
  • Enroll
    • Tuition & Fees
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Staff & Board of Directors

KATHY JUDD
Executive & Artistic Director, Violin

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.

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.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

2019-2020

  • Carol Bogash, Chair
  • Matthew B. Canzoneri, Vice Chair
  • Steven Spurlock, Secretary
  • David Mihalchik, Treasurer
  • Virginia Ackerman
  • Ndenisarya M. Bregasi
  • Jolie B. Golomb
  • Sean Iyer
  • Kathy Judd, Executive & Artistic Director
  • Dionne Laufman, Faculty Representative
  • Yoshie Ogawa
  • Gloria Wang
  • Tobias Werner
  • Dudley Winthrop
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1 Westmoreland Circle
Bethesda, MD 20816

(301) 320-2770

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7300 MacArthur Blvd
Glen Echo, MD 20812

(301) 634-2250

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