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BOARD FOUNDING DIRECTOR AND ADVISINg, Music INSTRUCTION

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2014 PHOTO Huntsville Women in Jazz Program the beginning

 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FOUNDER (pictured) (left) Patrice Bivins, founder of Valley Arts and Entertainment, Inc. and Yvette Jones-Smedley,  (retired) Performing Arts Program Manager Alabama State Council on the Arts **** ALABAMA CENTER NEWS ARTICLE ABOUT DIRECTOR

https://alabamanewscenter.com/2022/03/28/huntsville-music-pioneer-patrice-bivins-empowers-women-through-music/

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BOARD MEMBERS AND ADVISINGMEMBERS (not all pictured)

BOARD MEMBERS AND ADVISINGMEMBERS (not all pictured)

Patrice Bivins, Executive Director

J. McDonald, Board Chairman

Kelly Rhodes, advising / secretary pro temp

Crystal Jackson, Board

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Piano Teacher 2025 (Private and Summer Camp)

Kathryn is a senior, young professional growing in teaching and musicianship. She will received Bachelor of Arts in Piano Performance and Music Technology.  She is a member of Music Teachers National Association Collegiate Chapter; she served as a staff accompanist and coach for Lab87 a pre-professional program for dedicated theater students ages 13-19.  


Piano Teacher 2023 

(After- school)

 Jonah Drach double majoring in piano performance and music education. I have played piano for the past 10 years mainly under the direction of Dr. Robert Holm, head of the music department at University of South Alabama. In 2022, I was invited to play in Carnegie Hall and in 2023, I got the amazing opportunity to play Rhapsody in Blue with my high school's wind ensemble. I enjoy playing classical, jazz, and modern music but mainly relish in classical. Besides music, I enjoy cooking, baking, and crocheting.


Piano Teacher 2023 

(After- school)

 Jonah Drach double majoring in piano performance and music education. I have played piano for the past 10 years mainly under the direction of Dr. Robert Holm, head of the music department at University of South Alabama. In 2022, I was invited to play in Carnegie Hall and in 2023, I got the amazing opportunity to play Rhapsody in Blue with my high school's wind ensemble. I enjoy playing classical, jazz, and modern music but mainly relish in classical. Besides music, I enjoy cooking, baking, and crocheting.


Piano and Guitar Teacher 2023-2024 (After-school)

 Naomi Buse, "I taught private guitar lessons to college-aged students during the winter of 2023. These lessons prioritized a strong basis of music theory as well as practical skills such as memorizing chord shapes, moving along the fretboard, and other skills such as learning to read tablature, lead sheet notation, and basic chord charts."  Multiple years experience with music theory, piano pedagogy, and guitar pedagogy. Freshman music major at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH).


 

 Piano 2022-2023

Andrew Bullard, Instructor

As a student who has focused on the arts at UAH.  He was a pianist from Auburn, Alabama. "He started playing at the age of 13, in a piano class offered at Auburn Junior High School. Alongside piano he developed an interest in writing music and placed nationally in MTNA's collegiate division for music composition while a student at Auburn University. He has also achieved an honorable mention in MTNA's solo piano collegiate division, as well as winning AMTA's collegiate piano concerto competition with Prokofiev 2. He loves Russian and Impressionist music, which is reflected in his own writing." 

 Advising -  Lynnece Henry, a Miami, Florida native has been serving the community with music experience for 17+ years professionally on the violin. She is fluent in the genres of Classical, Gospel, and Jazz. Lynnece has played in many productions to include 'How to succeed in business' showcased at UAH and Jazz album Faith, Hope, Love, Passion, and Pain by John Onder. Lynnece has performed in several different orchestras such as, the Riverview Symphony in New York, the Madison County Community Orchestra in Huntsville. Advised on our Parents Open House Music Programs. debuted Alabama Women in Jazz Festival  September, 2022. 


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