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Teagan Faran

Violin

 GCPA 0118 | (765) 658 - 4390

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A native of Buffalo, New York, Teagan Faran is a multidisciplinary musician focused on enacting social change through the arts. Faran also co-runs the Electronic Experimentation Lab at DePauw and is a certified personal trainer, with a focus on career longevity for performers.

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Andre Gaskins

Cello

 GCPA 0119 | (765) 658 - 4385

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Principal cellist of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Andre Gaskins enjoys a diverse musical career as cellist, conductor, composer and music educator. Maintaining an active schedule as a performer, his recording of Martinu’s Concertino for the Summit Records label was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of "Best Performance by a Small Ensemble."

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Lerryn Donatelle

Viola

GCPA 0117 | (765) 658 - 6351 

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Lerryn Donatelle holds a Master of Music degree in viola performance from DePaul University, a Bachelor of Music degree in viola performance from the Lawrence Conservatory of Music, and a Bachelor of Arts in history from Lawrence University.
Her principal teachers have included Matthew Michelic, Rami Solomonow, Leslie Straka, and Jacquelyn Schwandt.

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Sharif Ibrahim

Double Bass

 GCPA 0162 | (765) 658 - 4392

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Sharif Ibrahim started with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in September 2022. He is a graduate of Indiana University, holding both a bachelor’s degree and a Master of Music performance degree in double bass. Before he began playing with the ISO, he was a member of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra from 2017–2019. Sharif plays on a double bass from 1897 made by Custode Marcucci.

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Harriet Moore

Harp & Guitar

 GCPA 0116 | (765) 658 - 6643

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Harriet Thompson Moore has performed solo and symphonic works with many orchestras throughout the United States, including the North Carolina, Duke University, University of North Carolina, and Indiana University symphony orchestras. She has recorded numerous CDs with DePauw and Indiana State University faculty.

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Sandy Williams

Jazz Guitar

 GCPA 0114 | (765) 658 - 4387

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Sandy Williams, Instructor of Jazz Guitar, teaches private jazz guitar lessons. He has been a member of the DePauw School of Music faculty since 1996. He also has taught the Jazz Improvisation class and coached small combos. His live performance credits span the full spectrum of contemporary musical repertoire from alt-country rocker Steve Earle and crooner Michael Feinstein, to the legendary Liza Minnelli. 

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Orcenith Smith

Director, Orchestra

 GCPA 1117 | (765) 658 - 4388

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Named “Outstanding Professor of Music” three times at DePauw, Orcenith Smith also was the inaugural recipient of the Cassel Grubb University Professorship in Music from 1999 to 2003. He has conducted over 800 performances of orchestral, operatic, and choral/orchestral repertoire for which critical acclaim has come both here and abroad.

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May Phang

Piano

 GCPA 0108 | (765) 658 - 4403

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Piano professor and pianist May Phang is deeply committed to being a well-rounded musician and revels in sharing the wonder of musical exploration and discovery. She embraces the diversity of her students and audiences through unique programming and unorthodox teaching methods.

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Steven Snyder

Jazz Piano

 GCPA 0109 | (765) 658 - 4382

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Steven Snyder is a pianist and organist who maintains an active playing schedule locally, nationally and internationally. Snyder was selected as one of 66 pianists from all over the world to compete in the Martial Solal International Jazz Piano Competition, which was held in Paris, France, in October 2002.

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Maria Lyapkova

Director, Collaborative Piano

 GCPA 0104 | (765) 658 - 6546

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A native of Moscow, Dr. Lyapkova has appeared at such international festivals as the Aspen Music Festival & School (U.S.), Spotlight on Young Musicians (France), and the Music of Norway (Norway/ Russia). An accomplished collaborative pianist, she also has performed with principals of leading orchestras including the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and The Bolshoi Theatre.

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Natalia Rachford

Collaborative Piano

 GCPA 0103 | (765) 658 - 5363

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Russian-born pianist Natalia Rachford started her music education at the age of seven in the music school of her native city Rostov-on-Don. She studied under Vera Klyachko, student of the famous Russian pianist Vladimir Sofronitsky, who was a student and friend of Alexander Scriabin.

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Claudia Nunez

Collaborative Piano

 GCPA 0107 | (765) 658 - 6735

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A native of Havana, Cuba, Claudia Santana Nunez holds a B.M. degree from The University of Arts in Cuba, as well as a P.D. and M.M. from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, where she currently is a candidate for a Doctor of Music degree. Her experience working as a collaborative pianist includes a special emphasis on vocal literature and coaching.

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