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Dana Anderson, mezzo-soprano, has sung professionally on the concert and operatic stage, including San Francisco Opera, Berkeley Opera, Livermore Opera, and Sacramento Opera companies. In 2010 Dana performed as soloist in the Easter Oratorio “If I Be Lifted Up” by S.F. Bay Area composer Desiree Goyette at Unity Center in Marin. In April, she was a soloist in the Mozart Missa Brevis in F with Robert Geary conducting the Piedmont Alumni Choir at the First Congregational Church in Berkeley, CA. In July, Dana performed with Volti at the Festival del Sole in Napa, CA, with the Russian National Orchestra, Carlo Ponti conducting.  Dana is an experienced studio artist. As a member of the Screen Actor’s Guild, she sings on film scores and trailers, radio and television commercials, at Skywalker Sound in Marin, and Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. Most recently, she sang on the trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean IV. Dana has taught voice and choral singing at the East Bay Waldorf School and Saklan School in Moraga. She holds a piano and vocal studio at the Piedmont Piano School and teaches at her private studio in the Oakland Hills.  As a lecturer and consultant on voice, Dana assists Sherrin Loyd, Speech-Language Pathologist and Executive Director of VocalEase, in classes at UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco, California College of the Arts, and in private consultation.  Dana holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Master’s degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. email her at danderson0517@comcast.net

Kellye Gray with her renowned, brilliant use of voice as instrument, jazz singer Kellye Gray has entertained dignitaries and heads-of-state, and shared stages with an impressive constellation of international jazz, blues and R&B stars in a career spanning twenty years. Gray has developed her own approach to singing jazz. Her performances highlight her strong sense of balladry with both vocal and lyrical interpretation, along with her funky sense of rhythm. Never limiting herself creatively, Gray blends scat, ballads, Latin, funk, soul, blues, solo and free styles into her shows. email her at kellye@kellyegray.com

Lea Centauri oringinally from Long Island, New York has been teaching voice for 15 years. She offers two voice programs, Innervoice for the Adult voice and Voicedance for young voices. She is a mezzo soprano, studied voice for 5 years and has been in music her whole life. She sang her first solo at age 4. She lived and taught in Paris for 12 years. She have traveled and performed in Europe and several countries. She has also taught at Bilgi University in Istanbul, Turkey for a year in their Arts and Sciences Department. Lea “This program is great for beginning singers as well as professionals. Breathing technique is given. This vocal program increase vocal range, strength, diction, harmonic ear and confidence. This program is classical in it's approach and will benefit all types of singing and song. This program is perfect for performance.  I teach beginning piano for kids starting at age 5. Music for Little Mozart's is a great program for kids, and the program I use to introduce the piano to children. The program is fun and the kids also learn about rhythm and singing.” email her at starcentauri@hotmail.com

Kyle Blase received his music degree from San Francisco State University in 1999 where he studied with a most fabulous array of teachers Dee Spencer, Hafez Modirzadeh, Molly Holm, Wayne Wallace and Carlos Sanchez Guiterrez and continued his studies towards a Masters at Humboldt State University in Education.  He has over 16 years teaching experience and over 10 years specializing in pre-school and kindergarten aged children.  A five year old at heart Kyle always treats children with respect and dignity while having so much fun doing it. He has studied voice and performancefrom greats like Sheila Jordan, Faye Carol, Kellye Grey, Madeline Eastman, Christine Guter and Terrance Kelly... He has sang as a Tenor, Alto or Baritone with SFSU's Jazz Choir with Molly Holm, Mad River Transit Jazz Vocal Ensemble at Humboldt State with Harley Mullienberg, JCW Vocal Ensemble with a Christine Guter, The Oakland Jazz Choir under the directorship of Walter Bankovitch and Katie Koeplin and as a band leader. As a Guitar and Ukulele player he has studied primarily with TRU Born (AKA Anthony Michael Peterson) and has recently discovered the Cuban Tres and has been working feverishly on his chops. Kyle have been blessed to be able to share the stage with amazing musicians like Benny Green, Kellye Gray, Omar Sosa, John Calloway, Shao Way Wu, Suzy Laraine, Brian Post, Geoff Brennan, Jeff Marrs, Victoria Theodore, Dana Stevens, Walter Bankovitch, Tim Bulkley, Josh Jones, Gillian Harwin... Currently he makes a living teaching and performing. "Life is a grand journey and music, community and family is my vehicle." email him at kblase007@gmail.com