Our Staff

Born in Houston, Texas, and raised in Mexico, Melissa Escobar brings an international perspective to her flourishing career as a violist and an educator. As a performer, Melissa has showcased her talents across a range of ensembles, from symphonic orchestras to opera settings, baroque practice, and has collaborated with fellow musicians on modern contemporary projects. […]

Momchil showed a great love for music at a very early age. He was influenced by his father, who is a conductor and composer, to start violin lessons and solfeggio at the age of 5 in 1979. When Momchil was six, he was admitted to the Plovdiv School of Music where he studied until grade […]

Taylor Graham is a classically trained Lyric Coloratura Soprano residing in Denver, Colorado. From the time she was a little girl up, she has performed in church choirs, community choirs, theater/opera productions and acting camps. At fifteen, she began taking vocal lessons with Dr. Christina Lynn-Craig who ignited her love and passion for classical singing. […]

Patrick Hyatte, violinist native to St. Paul, MN has been studying and performing violin for 15 years. He is an alumnus of the University of Minnesota where he received his bachelor’s degree in violin performance under the tutelage of Sally O’Reilly. He attained his high school diploma from Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists and […]

Mark has been making music since his first piano lesson on his sixth birthday. Active in choral and instrumental ensembles throughout junior high and high school, he grew up playing piano and organ for church services and has since served as organist and/or choir director for churches in Colorado, Illinois, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and […]

Drumming on pots and pans at age 3 and moving to his first set of drums by age 5, Lance Croucher was well on his way to becoming a professional drummer. In 2001 he played drum set in the six-time world champion Blue Knights Winter Percussion Ensemble, and from 2001-2003 he was a student and […]