ABOUT US

Leadership

Board of Directors

 

President
Mimi Hwang

Vice-President
Ed Whalley
Chief Financial Officer
Anthros, Inc.

Secretary
Kimberly Cohen

Treasurer
Jim Moody

Immediate Past President
Geanne Share

 

Directors

 

Lawrence Haber, Esq
Business, entertainment
and intellectual property attorney

Heather Harris
Assistant Vice President
Talent Strategy at Orlando Health

Davey Jay, Esq.
Principal
Davey Jay Law

Vanaja Ragavan CEO
Aviana Molecular Technologies, LLC

Olivia Share
Associate Attorney
Nelson Mullins

Wendy Wallenberg
Producer Brian Minnich Photography, Inc.

Co-Founders Emeritus

 

Benoit Glazer
Co-Founder
Chair Emeritus
Music Director
Cirque du Soleil,
La Nouba (1998-2017)

Elaine Corriveau
Co-Founder
Director Emeritus
Musician & Educator

 

Staff

 

Benoit Glazer
Artistic Director

Leah Nash
Executive Director

Jean-Marie Glazer
House Manager
& Customer Relations

Enrique Wiedemann
Marketing Director

 

Programming Committee

 

Benoit Glazer
Chair

Lauren White
Authentic Selves Founder

Suliman Tekalli
Classical/Contemporary Chair

Hector Torres
Latin Music Chair

Matt Gorney
Jazz Chair

Erik Branch
Central Florida Composers Forum Liaison

 

Visionary Council

 

Emmet Cohen
Pianist

Adam Golka
Pianist

Ariadne Greif
Soprano

Jonathan Kreisberg
Guitarist and Composer

Jenny Lin
Pianist, Steinway Artist

Billy Martin
Drummer
Medeski Martin & Wood
Executive Director
Creative Music Studio

Dave Meder
Pianist
Assistant Professor of Jazz Piano
University of North Texas

Elena Mindlina, DMA
International vocalist and educator

Marty Morell
Percussionist

Ulysses Owens, Jr.
Drummer, Producer
Faculty, The Juilliard School

Nestor Torres
Latin Grammy-winning flutist

Lucy Woodward
Grammy-winning vocalist and recording artist

Ambassadors Council

 

Steve Goldman
Co-Chair
Founder
National Young Composers Challenge

Linda Kobert
Co-Chair
Representative
Orange County School Board

Lyman Brodie
Principal Trumpet
Orlando Philharmonic

Mary Thompson Hunt
Artist

Woody Igou
Attorney

Keith Lay
Chair of Music Production
Full Sail

Michael McLeod
Writer