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		<title>Seth Wright</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Seth Wright is a future shaper. One of the major highlights of his career thus far is being hired as director of music systems for Camouflaj Studios based out of Seattle, Washington. Camouflaj is a cutting-edge producer of virtual reality video games. Seth most recently worked as music designer for Marvel’s Ironman VR where he worked [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Marissa Arciola</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2023 18:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Marissa is a bassist, strategist and leader with a unique combination of artistic and business experience helping her build on founder Samer Ali&#8217;s vision of the Syrian Music Preservation Initiative. Marissa completed her undergraduate degree in double bass performance at the Eastman School of Music under the tutelage of renowned soloist, James VanDemark and Curtis [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>McMillan Ilderton Gaither</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristijan Bogdanovski]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am currently a social worker focused on creating professional development resources for Head Start and Early Head Start communities across the US. I have been working in local, state, regional, and national early childhood and family services systems for the past five years, after finishing my MSW program at Salem State University. I moved [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Weijun Chen</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2023 18:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With a strong background in classical music and a great passion for cinema, Chinese composer Weijun Chen traverses between the world of film music and concert music. Recently, he won the inaugural Lei Cine Film Scoring Competition, and co-scored the Chinese blockbuster My Country, My Parents &#8211; Go Youth with Fei Peng. In addition, he [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Mike Forfia</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2022 14:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mike Forfia is a musician, teacher, and organizational leader who currently serves as the Music Director at City Light church in Astoria, NY, Bassist with the Urbana Worship team, and Director of Staff &#38; Programs at Redeemer West Side’s W83 Ministry Center, a worship center and events space on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Anna Dagmar</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristijan Bogdanovski]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2022 09:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Anna Dagmar is a NYC-based pianist, singer-songwriter and composer. Dagmar made her Broadway debut in 2017 as a sub Pianist and Conductor for Sara Bareilles’ musical Waitress. Her original song, “Mercy,” was commissioned by The Canales Project and performed at the National Gallery in 2018 and at the Public Theater in 2019. Dagmar is a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Audrey Snyder</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristijan Bogdanovski]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[Audrey Q. Snyder is a Chicago-based cellist. She has collaborated with members of Ensemble Signal, Ensemble Dal Niente, and others. Snyder is a core member of the Chicago-based Zafa Collective. With the collective she has performed at Constellation and Poetry Foundation. Snyder produced, performed in and coordinated the live performance of New Music//New Film Collaborative, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Caitleen Kahn</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristijan Bogdanovski]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2022 09:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Soprano and arts administrator Caitleen Kahn is the Executive Director and co-founder of LYNX Project, a nonprofit amplifying diverse voices and connecting communities through art song. She spearheaded LYNX’s initiatives in performance and arts education, including the “Amplify” Series, a collaboration setting the words of nonspeaking autistic individuals as song, and “Composition of a City”, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Erica Powell</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristijan Bogdanovski]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2022 09:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Harpist Erica Powell has an active career and studied at the Eastman School of Music with Kathleen Bride. Powell is sought out for her charismatic performances and thorough teaching. She performed aboard luxury British cruise liners. While in the UK, she worked as a freelance harpist and teacher and performed with many orchestral groups, smaller [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Josh Gagnon</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristijan Bogdanovski]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2022 09:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Josh Gagnon is a trombonist, photographer, and creative professional based in Boston. Encouraged by his supportive family, Josh began playing trombone at the age of nine. Josh developed a passion for jazz while surrounded by the rich improvised music scene in New England. As a student at the University of New Hampshire and the Eastman [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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