Alexis Sykes, Founder & Music Curator
Violinist/Violist, Member of New York City Ballet Orchestra, also performs with New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, and New York City Opera Orchestra.

As a performer and longtime music educator, I’ve seen up close the regenerative power a personal connection to the arts can bring to your life. That’s why I founded Arts At Work, a unique project to provide an active break for people during the workday. We want to be that fun class that your team looks forward to.

Yes, there are health and wellness programs in today’s workplace, but none refresh the mind, renew creativity, build empathy, and inspire new bonds the way the arts can. I’m excited to show you how Arts At Work can develop a custom program for you. 

Victoria Pollack, Drama Curator
Actor/teacher/producer; Showrunner’s Assistant at Law & Order: SVU. Victoria currently assists the executive producers of Law & Order: SVU. The Juilliard School, Group 46; originated “The Girl” in the World Premiere of Minetti at the Edinburgh International Festival. TV: “Law & Order SVU”, Campfire Alpha, Life Inside Out. Actor and curator of The Juilliard New Orleans Service Project and Lincoln Center Moments with the Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine at Mount Sinai, teaching artist and facilitator of Artists Striving to End Poverty, producer of Sing for Hope, teaching artist of Lincoln Center Theater, and Senior Producer at Elan Artists.

Henning Rubsam, Dance Curator
Dancer/Choreographer, Faculty member of the Alvin Ailey/Fordham University BFA program, Lecturer of The Juilliard School Evening Division, Artistic Director of Sensedance, and Resident Choreographer of Hartford City Ballet. 

Henning has been a guest choreographer and teacher for ballet, contemporary dance companies, and universities throughout the Americas as well as in Australasia and Europe.

Jazz and gospel coach
Ron Wilkins - Low Brass Artist/Vocalist/Composer/Band Leader/Educator: Member of the Birdland Big Band, and Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band. Performed with: Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and Dizzy Gillespie. Ron currently maintains his own private teaching studio, works with the New York Jazz Academy, and performs in Wicked and Frozen.

Songwriting coaches
Natalia Zukerman - Singer/songwriter/guitarist; Released seven independent albums on Weasel Records and Talisman Records. Zukerman has toured internationally as a solo performer since 2005. Soundtracks: The L Word and ABC Family's Chasing Life.
Darian Dauchan - Award winning actor, writer, and musician. He is the 2016 Loop Station Vice Champion of the American Beatbox Championships. His album Brobot Johnson: Bionic Boom Bap is now available on iTunes, and the show The Brobot Johnson Experience is a Howard Gilman Foundation Grantee and critically acclaimed Ben Brantley New York Times Critics' Pick. 
www.dariandauchan.com www.brobotjohnson.com

Host and creators of Shakespeare Parties Brad Balliett - Composer/Bassoonist; Principal Bassoon of The Princeton Symphony Orchestra. Faculty: The Juilliard School (Evening Division), regularly leads community outreach composition/song-writing workshops for Carnegie Hall and Decoda. Co-host: The Brothers Balliett on WQXR’s Q2. Member of The Oracle Hysterical, a half-band-half-book-club that has presented hip-hoperas, art-rock song cycles, rap cantatas, and other genre-bending works all over America and Europe. Doug Balliett - Composer, Instrumentalist, and Poet; Principal Bass of Trinity Wall Street Baroque Orchestra, the Holy Trinity Lutheran Bach Orchestra, Acronym. Faculty: The Juilliard School (College and Evening Division). Co-host: The Brothers Balliett on WQXR’s Q2. Member of The Oracle Hysterical, a half-band-half-book-club that has presented hip-hoperas, art-rock song cycles, rap cantatas, and other genre-bending works all over America and Europe.

Conductors
Michael Ciavaglia - Associate Conductor of New York Choral Society, faculty of Fairfield University, Chorus Master/Conductor of Asheville Lyric Opera, and music staff of Cincinnati Opera
Daniela Candillari - TED Fellow and Guest conductor of Lyric Opera of Chicago, Minnesota Opera, LA Opera, Trinity Wall Street, The Juilliard School Orchestra, Music Academy of the West
Harrison Hollingsworth - Guest conductor of New York City Ballet Orchestra

Violin
Kurt Nikkanen - Concertmaster of New York City Ballet Orchestra
Juliette Kang - First Associate Concertmaster of Philadelphia Orchestra 
Mei Ching Huang - Member of The Philadelphia Orchestra
Gaby Fink - Performs with New York City Ballet Orchestra, American Ballet Theater Orchestra and American Symphony Orchestra
Claudia Schaer - Performs with New Jersey Symphony and St. Luke’s Chamber Orchestra

Viola
Mary Hammann - Member of The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Izia Weyman - Assistant Principal Viola of New Jersey Symphony and member of Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart Festival 
Masumi Rostad - Grammy Award Winning former member of Pacifica Quartet and faculty of The Eastman School of Music
Kallie Ciechomski - Performs with New York City Ballet Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and International Contemporary Ensemble. William Frampton - Principal Viola of American Symphony Orchestra

Cello
Joe Lee - Member of New York City Ballet Orchestra
Hannah Holman - Member of New York City Ballet Orchestra
Patrick Jee - Member of New York Philharmonic 

Bass
Joseph Conyers - Assistant Principal Bass of The Philadelphia Orchestra and Executive Director of Project 440

Flute
Sandy Hughes - Member of Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

Clarinet
Steve Hartman - Principal Clarinet of New York City Ballet Orchestra
Anthony McGill - Principal Clarinet of New York Philharmonic; performed at the inauguration of President Barack Obama 

Oboe
Alexandra von der Embse - Associate Principal Oboe and Principal English Horn of Richmond Symphony 
Alexandra Knoll - Member of the American Symphony Orchestra and the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic also performs with the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Ballet, New Jersey Symphony and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Bassoon
Erik Holtje - Principal Bassoon of Delaware Symphony and member of The Knights Orchestra, also performs with Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Harrison Hollingsworth - Principal Bassoon of New York City Ballet Orchestra

Trumpet Tom Hoyt - Member of New York City Opera Orchestra, faculty of NYU, and member of Wicked

Horn Jeffrey Lang - Associate Principal Horn of The Philadelphia Orchestra David Byrd - Solo Hornist of International Contemporary Ensemble, member of Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra, and member of Carousel

Trombone
Brian Santero - Principal Trombone of New York City Ballet

Bass trombone
Nick Schwartz - Interim Bass Trombone of Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Principal Bass Trombone of New York City Ballet

Tuba
Dan Peck - Principal Tuba of New York City Ballet Orchestra

Percussion
Ian Sullivan - Principal Timpani of New York City Ballet Orchestra

Harp
Bridget Kibbey - Member of Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society II and on faculty of The Juilliard School Pre-College Program, The Curtis Young Artists Institute and Bard Conservatory

Piano
Anna Shelest - Recent engagements include débuts at: Alice Tully Hall, Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, and the Wiener Konzerthaus

Guitar
Chad Coe - Faculty of Saint Ann’s School

Alexander Technique
Eddy Malave - Alexander Technique teacher/violist, Faculty member of NYU, rotating violist with the Broadway productions of Phantom of the Opera, Lion King, and Wicked.

Dancers Harrison Coll - Soloist with New York City Ballet Erin Ginn - Performance experience: Cincinnati Ballet, SENSEDANCE, Rebecca Kelly Ballet, Lydia Johnson Dance, Nomad Contemporary Ballet, Neglia Ballet, ViewPointe Ballet, Connecticut Ballet, and Columbia City Ballet Maria Phegan - Performance experience: San Francisco Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem (including a collaboration with NYCB), Bayerisches Staatsballett (Bavarian State Ballet in Munich, Germany), and Houston Ballet. Currently performs ensemble, soloist, and principal roles at The Metropolitan Opera Temple Kemezis - Performance experience: Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, Dances Patrelle, Texture Contemporary Ballet, and SENSEDANCE. Revered venues she has performed in include: Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Jacob’s Pillow Inside/Out Festival, NY Fashion Week, the Guggenheim Museum, and Alice Tully Hall of Lincoln Center Claire Kretzschmar - Soloist with New York City Ballet Juan Rodriguez - Performance experience: The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, and Complexions Contemporary Ballet. Teaching experience: The Ailey School, French Academie of Ballet, Steps on Broadway, Broadway Dance Center, Peridance, Ballet Academy East, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Dance Theater of Harlem, Ellison Ballet, Princeton University, Vasiliev Academy, Jikei Japan, and Adelphi University. Indiana Woodward - Soloist with New York City Ballet

Playwright
Tasha Gordon-Solmon - Recipient of the Dramatist Guild Fellowship, Director of New Work at Project Y Theater, teaching experience includes NYU’s Department of Dramatic Writing and Curious Theater’s New Voices Festival (Master Playwright)

Actors
Jasmine Batchelor - The Juilliard School, Group 45; IndieWire proclaimed, “Jasmine Batchelor turns in one of the year’s best performances,” in Jeremy Hersh’s independent film THE SURROGATE. TV: New Amsterdam, NCIS: New Orleans, The Affair, The Good Fight, Law & Order: SVU, Miss 2059. STAGE: Measure for Measure (The Public Theater), Mothers (Playwrights Realm), Continuity (Manhattan Theatre Club). AEA/SAG AFTRA Anne Bates - The Juilliard School, Group 27; Currently working on Thousand Pines (World Premier at Westport Country Playhouse). FAB founding member doing various productions with TBG, Icebound and Alison’s House (Metropolitan Playhouse), Discord (Culture Project). Film: Stella, The Collective *Winner Audience Choice Award; Paul Sorvino’s King Lear. TV: “Law & Order SVU”, “Sneaky Pete”, “Us & Them”, “Unforgettable”, “30 Rock”. AEA and SAG Sarah Tolan-Mee - The Juilliard School, Group 45; Recently performed in Queens at Lincoln Center Theater, Melancholy Play: A Chamber Musical (world premiere, 13P), Stage Kiss (world premiere, Goodman), Named (Rising Phoenix Rep), A Thought in Three Parts (Frank), Love in the Seventh Kingdom of Wrath (Dream Up Festival) and Chaste (Trap Door Theater)