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Anna Kressbach

Anna serves as the Individual Giving and Events Manager for Education Through Music. She grew up in Maine before moving to France where she received an undergraduate degree in International Economics from The American University of Paris. Prior to working for ETM she came from the corporate sector where she primarily worked in e-commerce and …

Michaela Kiberstis

Michaela grew up in Massachusetts, and began playing percussion at the age of 10. She recently graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell with an undergraduate degree in Music Studies/Education, where she studied percussion with Jeffrey Fischer and Dr. Andrew Fordyce. She also served as Principal Percussionist of the University of Massachusetts Wind Ensemble for …

Nuné Melikyan

A violinist who has proven the theory of self-actualization (The Strings Magazine), Dr. Nuné Melik is an emerging artist on the international stage who proves that music has no limitations. From her highly acclaimed solo debut at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium in 2016 to sharing the stage with Jimmy Buffett in 2019, Dr. Melik approaches …

Itay Lantner

Itay Lantner is a passionate educator and flutist with a decade of experience teaching music to people of different ages and backgrounds. Itay received his BM in flute performance from Tel Aviv University. He also holds a MM from the Yale School of Music and a DMA from Stony Brook University. During his graduate studies, …

Danielle Carr

Danielle is a vibrant musician based in the Bronx. Growing up as the daughter of two busy soldiers, she began spending her free time cultivating her passion for music very young, in various places of the world. Teaching herself how to play piano, develop her voice, produce in DAWs, as well as how to read, and …

Elijah Thomas

Elijah J. Thomas (he/him/his) is a Black Philadelphia-born, Harlem-based educator, multi-instrumentalist and composer. He has studied improvisation with Dick Oatts, Tim Warfield, Jr. and Walter Bell; composition with Dr. Cynthia Folio, Kevin Rodgers, and Dr. Maurice Wright; and music education research practice with Dr. Rollo Dilworth, Dr. Nathan Buonviri, and Dr. Allison Reynolds. Elijah has …

Yida Zheng

Yida Zheng is very excited to work with ETM this year! She obtained her Master of Music Degree in Music Education, and her past teaching experience was mainly teaching choir and general music. Personally, she loves music, animals, food, travel, documentaries, movies, and rock climbing. She looks forward to knowing, learning with, and growing with …