DIRECTORS
CHRIS CHAPMAN
Technical Director
JACKIE WARREN
Artistic Director | Piano Instructor
JULIE HUTCHISON
Administrative Director
FELIPE BRITO
Development Director | Lead Instructor
MUSIC
TITO PUENTE JR.
Percussion Masterclass
RAY GUZMAN
Percussion Instructor
CHAD Komocki
Bucket Drumming Instructor
FABIO AUGUSTINIS
Brazilian Percussion Masterclass
MATT BOTT
Trumpet Instructor
MATT DUDACK
Percussion Instructor
SAMMY DELEON
Afro-Cuban Percussion Masterclass
Chris Coles
Saxophone, Clarinet, and Flute Instructor
DEMETRIUS STEINMETZ
Bass and Guitar Instructor
DANCE
DR. MUNIRAH BOMANI
Dance Instructor
talise campbell
African Dance Masterclass
LALI PICHARDO
Dance Instructor
CHRIS Mintah
Afrobeats
SAMUEL MCINTOSH
Hip Hop Masterclass
VISUAL ARTS
ANNA CHAPMAN
Visual Arts Instructor
Lavie Raven
Creative Hip Hop Masterclass
Kenneth Melendez
Visual Arts Instructor | Carnaval Masks
AFRICAN DIASPORA HISTORY CLASS
CRISTINA SALTOS
African Diaspora History Teacher
Dr. Mittie Davis Jones
Cleveland School Desegregation Case - Masterclass
DR. LEAH C.K. LEWIS
"Leo's Legacy" Documentary
Dr. Ronnie A. Dunn
Cleveland School Desegregation Case - Masterclass
GEORGE BLAKE, PHD
Hidden Musical Histories of Black Cleveland
2021 TEACHING ASSISTANTS
Trinity Marsh
Senior - Hawken School | Cleveland, OH
LILY MANES
Senior - University of Akron | Akron, OH
CHRISTOPHER GERACE
Senior - Hawken School | Cleveland, OH
JONAH FERGUSON
Kent State University | Kent, OH
MARCELO ROCHA
Doctoral Student - Universidade Estadual de Campinas | São Paulo, Brazil
Former Teaching Assistants
Andre Love II
Cleveland State University - ACAC 2018
Arturo Orso
Interlochen Summer Festival - ACAC 2020
Michael Gerace
University of Michigan - ACAC 2018
Joey Daso
Hawken School - ACAC 2020
Alana Thigpen
Euclid High School - ACAC 2020
Joy Byous
Euclid High School - ACAC 2020