• Applicants must be an undergraduate College of Arts major, entering their sophomore, junior, or senior years.
• Applicants must be planning to be enrolled at UH for the the full '26-27 school year, not graduating before May 2027.
• Applicants must be full-time students, in good academic standing.

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Applications due April 1 Extended to May 1

• Selected undergraduate mentees will receive a $2,000 scholarship, awarded in the summer of 2026.
• Selected mentees must participate in eight weekly, 90-minute zoom seminars over the summer, with other selected mentee students, the director of UH Community Arts, Evan Leslie, and General Manager of UH Community Arts and Arts Leadership Professor, Michelle Girardot.
• Selected students are expected to organize regular, weekly interactions with their mentors throughout the summer. When possible, mentees are expected to observe their mentor at their work, assist and collaborate with their mentor.  
• Selected students are expected to maintain a journal, answering weekly prompts and summarizing their weekly takeaways with their mentor. Journal entries will be discussed and occasionally evaluated during weekly seminars with the mentee cohort.
• During the 2026-2027 school year, mentees will produce and facilitate a public interview with their mentor as part of our Artist Round Table Series.
• In preparation for this on-campus presentation, students and mentors will focus on career prosperity topics, such as budgeting/finance, healthcare and wellness, professional publicity, and networking. These presentations will be recorded and added to a career resource repository on the UH Music and the UH Art and Architecture Library websites.
• Final community performance or education project: Mentees and mentors will continue to interact one-to-one in the fall, in preparation for a final project of the mentee. The projects may be presented collaboratively with their mentor and may be incorporated into one of the mentor’s professional projects, or presented at UH, at a public library, school, or other community venue.
• Option to enroll in a three-hour independent study course. Check with your advisor to find out if an independent study course would help you fulfill a degree requirement.

• Late April through early June: mentees are selected and begin one-to-one meetings/correspondence/collaboration with their mentors
• Early June: Mentors receive their RAMP Journal Prompts 
• Weekly Zoom meetings take place Mondays, 6:00 - 7:30PM, and continue through early August (zoom meetings are tentatively scheduled on Monday evenings, but exact day and time may change, in order to accommodate student schedules). 
• By early August, student mentees must present their plans for their final community performance or education project.
• Fall 2026: six of twelve student mentees present public interviews with their mentors, scheduled strategically to reach the maximum number of UH students. 
• Spring 2027: six of twelve student mentees present public interviews with their mentors, scheduled strategically to reach the maximum number of UH students.
• Final projects must be presented before the end of the 2026-2027 school term. 

Visual Art

Brian Ellison: visual and performance artist

Brian Ellison is the Director of Public Programs at Project Row Houses, and a Houston-based conceptual artist whose work explores social dynamics, performance, and community engagement. Through endurance-based performance and social practice, he challenges systemic structures, Black identity, and capitalism’s impact on labor and time. His work often takes place in liminal spaces, inviting audiences to reflect on everyday struggles and the systems we have normalized.

Victoria Nerey: art historian, collection research assistant at the Menil

Victoria Nerey is a Collection Research Assistant for the Art of the Indigenous Americas at the Menil Collection, a non-profit art museum located in Houston, Texas. As a Collection Research Assistant, she assists with permanent collection research and selections for rotations. Additionally, she aids in NAGPRA initiatives and building and maintaining positive relationships with Indigenous communities.

Victoria earned her Master of Philosophy in Art History from the City University of New York and specializes in the art of Latin America, Colonial to Modern with a minor focus area in Ancient American art. Victoria is an alumna of the University of Houston’s Art History program where she earned a Bachelor and Master of Art in Art History. She has worked in museums for nine years in a variety of departments including education, archives, guest services, and curatorial.

Phillip Pyle: visual artist, photographer, graphic designer, and agitator

Phillip Pyle, II is a Houston-based visual artist, photographer, and agitator whose work explores race, humor, advertising, sports, and popular culture. Drawing from mass consumer culture, contemporary advertising, ephemera, historical imagery, and hip-hop, Pyle constructs layered compositions grounded in a sharp comedic sensibility while interrogating the abstraction and transience of shared values and beliefs. 

Pyle serves as Board Chair of Project Row Houses and works as a Graphic Designer at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. His varied background includes interning for Congress, cutting film at the River Oaks Theatre, touring the South with a punk rap band, and producing a sketch comedy show for Houston Public Media. He received his MFA in Photography/Digital Media from the University of Houston

Theatre and Dance

Ciara Ayala: stage manager

Ciara Ayala is the Production Manager for Miller Theatre Advisory Board. She is a proud alumna of the University of Houston and got her degree in Theatre Production with a focus in Stage Management, while there she started working summers at the Peterborough Players in New Hampshire where she eventually became Production Stage Manager. Post-grad Ciara moved from coast to coast, working at Oregon Shakespeare Festival and The Juilliard School. She then served as Operations Manager for The Possibility Project, a NYC non-profit where teenagers transform the negative forces in their lives into positive action through the performing arts. Ciara eventually moved back to Texas, stage managing at Houston Shakespeare Festival, Stages, and Houston Grand Opera before making a pivot into general management. She is now very happy to call Miller Outdoor Theatre her home. Having worked across Houston's vibrant arts community with a breadth of non-profit and theatre experience behind her, she is thrilled to mentor the next generation of artists through the University of Houston.

Michelle Reyes: dancer and aerialist

Michelle Reyes is a full-time artist based in Houston, Texas with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from the University of Houston. Primarily specializing in modern and contemporary dance performance, Reyes has been dancing professionally in Houston for almost a decade working for multiple seasons with 6 Degrees Dance, Karen Stokes Dance, Wild She Dances, and Riddles Three as well as several local independent artists. When she is not in a rehearsal, she can be found in the studio teaching multiple styles of dance including modern, ballet, jazz, acro, and hip hop but predominantly tap which she teaches to all ages and holds a deep love for ever since starting her training in it as a child. Reyes also works as a choreographer, arts administrator, dance stage manager, entertainer, and aerialist. Since discovering her passion for the aerial arts in 2020, she has continued to train, choreograph, and perform in a variety of apparatuses such as silks, lyra, bungee, and, her favorite, dance trapeze.

Meg Rodgers: actor, American Shakespeare Center

Meg Rodgers* (Gretl Merz) is delighted to reunite with Main Street Theater, where she previously appeared in The 39 Steps and Enemies. Other local credits include Angels in America: Parts 1 & 2 and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Rec Room Arts), Richard III, Twelfth Night, Macbeth, and Much Ado About Nothing (Houston Shakespeare Festival). Regionally, she has appeared in more than 30 productions with the American Shakespeare Center, including Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, All’s Well That Ends Well. Virginia Stage Company: The Three Musketeers, Henry V. Hope Repertory Theatre: Shakespeare in Love, The Old Man and The Old Moon, and West Side Story. She is a graduate of the University of Houston’s Professional Actor Training Program (MFA) and a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. 

Jacob Shideler: visionary arts leader and creative producer, has worked as a performer, writer, director, and producer across stage and screen

Jacob Shideler is a visionary arts leader and creative producer dedicated to fostering inclusivity, accessibility, and community through the arts. With over fourteen years of experience across entertainment, education, and nonprofit leadership, he brings a deep passion for storytelling and impact-driven artistry to every endeavor.

Jacob is the Founder of SFZERES, a Houston-based creative production company on a mission to nurture kindness and courage through engaging storytelling and captivating music. A combination of sforzando (𝑠𝑓𝑧) and Musica Universalis (Harmony of the Spheres), SFZERES embodies harmony through storytelling and is designed to advance Houston’s evolving arts and media landscape.

Previously, Jacob served as Director of Education and Community Engagement at Theatre Under The Stars, where he led transformative programs connecting youth, families, and communities to the power of musical theatre. His career also includes creative and administrative roles with The Walt Disney Company, Los Angeles Opera, The University of Houston, and Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

A multidisciplinary artist, Jacob has worked as a performer, writer, director, and producer across stage and screen. He holds a B.A. in Music from Pepperdine University and an M.A. in Arts Leadership from The University of Houston.

Music

Jennifer Agbu: choral director, artistic director of Houston Show Choir

Jennifer Agbu earned both her Bachelor and Master of Music in Music Education from the University of Houston, where she founded and led The Lyric Players and performed with the UH Concert Women’s Chorus, Concert Chorale, Floreat, and Acabellas. She currently sings with Cantare Houston.

While Jennifer has a deep love for performance, her true passion lies in teaching. She serves as a choir director in Katy ISD, leading a thriving program of over 200 students, and is the artistic director of the Houston Show Choir. A sought-after clinician, adjudicator, and presenter, she is known for her engaging approach and commitment to student growth.

Outside of rehearsal, Jennifer enjoys exploring Houston’s restaurant scene, reading, and keeping up with the latest TV series. She has mentored numerous music educators and is always eager to connect and support others in their personal and professional journeys.

Mark Buller: composer

Composer Mark Buller is a musician "who knows how to imbue feelings with ample warmth, colour and tension that keep the ear immersed in his sonic worlds" (Gramophone) and whose "compelling" (BBC Music) works seek to challenge listeners and performers alike. Each piece Mark writes attempts to burrow beneath surface-level concerns to examine deep emotional spaces in ways which dialogue with the "classical" tradition.

Mark has written for such ensembles as the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Houston Chamber Choir, ROCO, and others. He has been privileged to have his music championed by such conductors as Robert Spano, Mei-Ann Chen, Delyana Lazarova, Craig Hella Johnson, and Robert Simpson. His music has been performed around the world, from Carnegie Hall and Rothko Chapel to the Moscow Conservatory.

In 2025 the choir Conspirare, under the direction of Craig Hella Johnson, recorded Advena: Liturgies for a Broken World, an album entirely of Mark's music. The album, which was nominated for a GRAMMY Award for Best Choral Performance, received rave reviews from Fanfare ("strongly recommended"), Gramophone ("Buller employs voices and instruments with subtle skill") and others.

 Mark earned his DMA from the UH Moores School of Music, where he studied with Marcus Maroney and Rob Smith. Previous teachers include Dan Forrest and Joan Pinkston. He currently teaches at Houston City College.

Benamin Grube: violinist, violist, conductor

Dr. Benjamin Grube is a faculty member at Texas Southern University, where he serves as Director of Orchestras and String Coordinator, working with a select cohort of developing artists at a high level of technical and musical refinement. His teaching is informed by an active international career and a commitment to cultivating disciplined, independent, and stylistically fluent musicians.

A core violinist with ROCO and the Symphony of Southeast Texas, Dr. Grube also performs regularly with the Houston Ballet Orchestra. His artistic work spans orchestral, chamber, and solo performance, and he is deeply engaged in shaping the next generation of string players through his ongoing collaboration with the Houston Youth Symphony and through advanced coaching and residencies across the Houston area. He additionally serves on the Board of Directors of ROCO, contributing to the organization’s artistic direction and long-term vision.

Internationally, Dr. Grube maintains a sustained presence across Europe, with regular engagements in Germany and collaborative projects connected to the Hamburg Ballet, including multiple performances at the Royal Ballet and Opera House in London. His performances as a soloist and chamber musician have taken him throughout Spain, Italy, England, Germany, the Czech Republic, Mexico, and Honduras, reflecting a broad and deeply informed artistic perspective.

As a strong advocate for healthy living, he has hosted yoga and meditation sessions, specifically tailored for musicians to help handle performance anxiety, the physical demands of rigorous practice, and mental stress.

He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Violin Performance, with a minor in viola, from the University of Houston, a Master of Music from Texas Tech University, and a Bachelor of Music from Furman University.

Bensen Kwan: percussionist, teaching artist

Bensen Kwan is a percussionist who holds a master’s degree from the University of Delaware with professors Dr. Gene Koshinski, Dr. Tim Broscious, and Dr. Josanne Francis. He received his bachelor’s from the University of Houston with Dr. Blake Wilkins, Professor Alec Warren, and Dr. Craig Hauschildt. 

He was a featured soloist with the U.S. Army Field Band and West Point Band, along with being a prizewinner of the Mika Hasler, Frances Walton, Philadelphia International Music Festival, and the University of Delaware Concerto Competitions. His music has taken him internationally to study in Germany at the HMT Leipzig under Stefan Rapp; marimba in Greece with Theodor Milkov; Trinidad & Tobago to play with the First Citizens Supernovas for their national steelband competition; and most recently, Japan to study with marimba virtuoso, Keiko Abe. 

Bensen aims to support social and environmental causes that bring a positive change through his music. “Community through music” is a mantra he stands by and aims to weave music and community service in a way that brings people together.  He is currently a DACAMERA Young Artist and an Education Specialist with the Houston Symphony in which he teaches student populations most in need of arts education. 

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Visual Art

Zoie Buske: museum educator

Zoie Buske is the Manager of Education and Engagement for Public Art of the University of Houston System, where she works to connect K–12 students and educators with the university’s public art collection. She holds a B.A. (2020) and M.A. (2023) in Art History from the University of Houston, with a focus on art historical pedagogy. 
Zoie helps develop programs that introduce students to art through guided tours, hands-on activities, and live performances. She is especially focused on making art accessible to students from Title I schools, many of whom are visiting a university campus for the first time. Zoie values being part of a team that sparks curiosity and fosters creativity, helping students see what education and art can offer. 
She enjoys collaborating with educators, artists, and community partners to create meaningful learning experiences that encourage young people to think critically and express themselves creatively. 

Verónica Gaona: multidisciplinary artist, photography and multimedia installation

Verónica Gaona is an American artist of Mexican descent living in Houston. Her multidisciplinary creative practice reflects on the nuances of personal and collective experiences across geographies. Gaona materializes themes of transformation, labor, and remittance, foregrounding the cultural, social, and economic subjectivities shaped by transnational movement. Gaona received an MFA in Studio Art - Photography from the University of Houston. Gaona was awarded the Latinx Fellowship Award (2023), the Chispa Award (2022) by the Andrew Mellon Foundation and Ford Foundation, and the Artadia Award (2021). Gaona attended the International Studio & Curatorial Program in Brooklyn, New York (2024), PAC Residency in Houston (2024), Lawndale Art Residency in Houston (2022-2023), DUST in Marfa (2019). Gaona has exhibited work at El Museo del Barrio, Burlington City Arts, Lawndale Art Center, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Tamaulipas, Charlie James Gallery and Presa House Gallery. Gaona’s work was featured in the Wyeth Lecture in American Art at the National Gallery of Art, presented by Roberto J. Tejada. In the summer of 2025, Gaona will attend the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and participate in a group exhibition at the Tucson Museum of Art.

Joshua Pazda: gallery owner

Josh Pazda is an art historian who lives and works in Houston, Texas. He holds an MA in art history from the University of Houston. He is a partner in Josh Pazda Hiram Butler, a contemporary art gallery with a cross-generational program that presents contemporary and historical artworks in a manner that focuses on connoisseurship and beauty.  Pazda’s first book, Tony Feher: Drawings, was published by Gregory R. Miller & Co. in 2022.  His essays have appeared in Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts, On Site: 50 Years of Public Art of the University of Houston System, and in numerous exhibition catalogues for Pazda Butler gallery.  Pazda is a current member of  the board of directors of The Art Dealers Association of America and HSPVA Friends.  

Nohelia Vargas Bolivar: artist (primarily painting), museum educator, college instructor

Nohelia Vargas Bolivar is a Venezuelan artist and art educator based in Houston. Her work combines painting, sculpture, and animation. She earned her BFA from the University of Houston with a concentration in Painting and Art History, and an MFA from Tufts University. Vargas teaches studio art classes at UH Clear Lake and Art League and has been involved with the Blaffer Art Museum since 2012. She began her journey there as an intern, later worked as a docent, and is now the Assistant Curator of Education. In her early years at the Blaffer, she assisted with the Young Artist Apprentice Program, an initiative overseen by Katherine Veneman and awarded by Michelle Obama that provided art workshops to high school students from schools lacking art programs. In her current role, Vargas focuses on developing educational initiatives that connect the museum with the student population at the University of Houston.
Naturally, art education is an integral part of Vargas’s professional career.
Nohelia reflects: “Artist and environmental activist Mel Chin once said that art should serve as a catalytic structure through which real social change can be achieved. I share this belief and have always opposed the intellectual-elitist notions often associated with contemporary art. This is why I love working in the Department of Education at the Blaffer Art Museum: the central aspect of our job is to make art accessible and help people see art as a means of shaping and understanding the world around them.
Besides, there is nothing quite like watching someone wrestle with a new concept or experience the excitement of discovering fresh insights about a work of art.”

Theatre and Dance

Katie Creeggan-Ríos: arts administrator, stage manager

Katie Leigh Creeggan-Ríos is the Executive Director of the Houston Cinema Arts Society. She is a native Houstonian and worked professionally as a Stage Manager for ten years before transitioning into the world of arts and community engagement through film. As the Executive Director of Houston Cinema Arts Society, Katie is the Producer of the Houston Cinema Arts Festival, the largest independent and international film festival in the City of Houston. She is also the co-founder and project manager for the Houston Media Conference, the largest regional professional development expo geared towards media professionals in Texas. She received her B.F.A. in Stage Management from the University of Houston School of Theatre & Dance and her M.A. in Arts Leadership from the University of Houston College of the Arts. She is also a proud member of the Actors’ Equity Association.

Ashley Horn: Dancer, costume designer, filmmaker

Ashley Horn is a dancer, choreographer, filmmaker, costume designer, and dance educator from the Houston area.  She has created costumes for FrenetiCore, Frame Dance Productions, Open Dance Project, Sara Draper, Teresa Chapman, Karen Stokes, Houston Metropolitan Dance, The Pilot Dance Project, and her own works. Ashley is a two-time recipient of an individual artist grant from the Houston Arts Alliance for choreography, has been the artist in residence at Hope Stone and Rice University and has been a guest choreographer for Rice University, Houston Community College, The Institute of Contemporary Dance, and The Pilot Dance Project. Ashley is an education specialist at Hope Stone, Inc. and the Director of Curriculum and Pedagogy at Frame Dance.

ShaWanna Renee Rivon: playwright, producer

ShaWanna Renee Rivon is an award-winning playwright and producer whose work celebrates Black culture, history, and resilience. A graduate of the University of Houston with a BFA in Playwriting and Dramaturgy, she creates period-piece comedies centered on the lives of Black women, forming the foundation of her ambitious 7-play cycle.
Her first play, Old Black and White Hollywood, about a 1950s Black woman comic chasing stardom, won the Edward Albee Playwriting Award and will receive a workshop production in Los Angeles in Spring 2025. The second, Power to the Queendom, inspired by 1970s Black Panthers in Houston, premiered at LA’s Loft Ensemble and won Best Writing from LA Theatre Bites. The third, You’re Cordially Invited to Sit-In, debuted at Stages Theatre in 2022 and centers on Houston’s 1960 sit-in movement.
ShaWanna is currently commissioned by The Alley Theatre and Stages Theatre, with EMANCIPATION premiering at Performing Arts Houston in 2024 and heading to The Hobby Center in Spring 2025.
Also a cultural organizer, her initiatives include August in the Park, the Historical Third Ward Tour, and the Black Power Arts Celebration. She was named Houston’s Arts Leader of 2024.

Music

Evan Leslie: cellist, arts educator

Evan Leslie, cellist and arts educator, is Managing Director of the Texas Music Festival and Director of Community Arts at the Kathrine G. McGovern College and the Arts.  Evan is the former Artistic Producer of Lincoln Center’s New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Managing Producer of Public Programs for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and Director of Education at Da Camera. As a cellist, Evan has performed with the New York Classical Players, New York Chamber Music Festival, The Grand Teton Music Festival, and Da Camera of Houston. He has taught at HSPVA, University of St. Thomas, American Festival for the Arts, and UH.   An adventurous musician, Evan has recently performed with Houston’s Catastrophic Theater, Hearts of Animals, and was a guest performer with the "Bad Boys of Cello" (Houston Symphony celli's alter ego). For full bio click here.  

Jazmine Olwalia: mezzo-soprano, arts administrator

Jazmine Olwalia currently serves as Community Engagement Associate at the Houston Symphony, where she manages the In Harmony programs, as well as Music and Wellness.
Texas native, Jazmine Olwalia, is a mezzo-soprano who has been described as a “comedic delight”, possessing “agility and a rich tone”. Recent engagements include The Marriage of Figaro and Denis and Katya at Pittsburgh Opera, The Magic Flute at Annapolis Opera, and Carmen and Tobias Picker’s Awakenings at Opera Theater of St. Louis. Jazmine has received recognition from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the Gerda Lissner International Vocal Competition, and the Dallas Opera Guild Biennial Competition.

Anabel Ramírez: violinist

Mexcian-born violinist, Anabel Ramirez, is core violinist of Apollo Chamber Players, the Houston Based presenter of globally-inspired concerts and multicultural new music commissions. At age 16, she came to the US to study at the University of Houston under the sponsorship of the Starling Foundation Scholarship Fund, where she completed her Bachelor of Music Performance under the supervision of the eminent violin pedagogue Fredell Lack. She subsequently completed her Master’s Degree at the University of British Columbia, and upon returning to Houston she worked towards a pedagogy degree with former Dallas Symphony concertmaster Emanuel Borok.
Anabel has been a core member of the Houston Grand Opera and the Houston Ballet Orchestras since 2008. She became core violinist of Apollo Chamber Players in 2012. In addition to those responsibilities, Anabel also serves as assistant concertmaster for Mercury Chamber orchestra and frequently performs with ROCO, Ars Lyrica and Bach Society Houston.
Ms. Ramírez has participated in music festivals throughout the world, including the Aspen Music Festival with Dorothy Delay and the Mozarteum of Salzburg with Carlo Chiarappa. She was awarded the 2002 Mozart Medal for musical achievements in her home country where she has appeared as soloist with all the major orchestras including the National Symphony, Querétaro Symphony, Mexico City Philharmonic and Mineria Symphony, and with the Galveston, Clear Lake, Woodlands, Ludwig and San Antonio Symphonies in the U.S.

Dominique Reilly: flutist

Dominique Reilly is a flutist and arts organizer based in Houston, TX. She can be found performing as Principal Flute of the East Texas Symphony Orchestra and on explorative new projects such as Marco Antonio Santos’ 2022 visual album “About Silence”. Dominique also maintains an active private studio of 6th-12th grade flute students in the Houston area. When not teaching or performing, Dominique is serving as Executive Director of Through the Staff, a non-profit organization that connects students who cannot access private lessons with volunteers for virtual instruction nationwide. She received a BM in Flute Performance with a minor in Media Production from the University of Houston, and an MM in Flute Performance with coursework in Arts and Cultural Entrepreneurship from The University of Texas. 

2025-2026 Mentors

Visual Art

• Zoie Buske: museum educator
• Verónica Gaona: multidisciplinary artist, photography and multimedia installation
• Joshua Pazda: gallery owner
• Nohelia Vargas Bolivar: artist (primarily painting), museum educator, college instructor

Theatre and Dance

• Katie Creeggan-Ríos: arts administrator, stage manager
• Ashley Horn: Dancer, costume designer, filmmaker
• ShaWanna Renee Rivon: playwright, producer

Music

• Evan Leslie: cellist, arts educator
• Jazmine Olwalia: mezzo-soprano, arts administrator
• Anabel Ramírez: violinist
• Dominique Reilly: flutist

2024-2025 Mentors

Visual Art

• Brian Ellison: multidisciplinary/performance artist, educator, and non-profit leader
• Alexis Pye: painter and concert producer

Theatre and Dance

• Brittany Bass: dancer, educator, and arts administrator 
• Edgar Guajardo: lighting designer and arts entrepreneur

Music

• Cecilia Duarte: mezzo-soprano, recording artist, arts entrepreneur, and therapist in training
• Jackson Guillén: violinist/violist, educator, conductor, and community arts expert

2025-2026 Mentees

Visual Art

• Lane Schaefer: Art BA, Liberal Studies BA (Sociology, Spanish, Creative Writing)
• Carlos Mendoza: Painting BFA
• Jorge Flores-Pere: Painting BFA
• Kevin Newsome: Sculpture BFA

Theatre and Dance

• Sumaya Zeidat: Playwriting & Dramaturgy BFA
• Jill Chauvin: Stage Management BFA
• Jasmine Chew: Theatre Production BFA (Costuming Focus)

Music

• José Piña: Viola Performance BM
• Kate Belton: Music Education BM (Cello)
• Marina Elizondo-Collado: Music Education BM (Clarinet, Conducting)
• Julia Cecilia Starr: Vocal Performance BM

2024-2025 Mentees

Visual Art

• Nicole Fisher: Painting BFA
• Jazmine Salazar: Graphic Design BA

Theatre and Dance

• Trenton Tabak: Theatre BFA
• Allé Holloway: Dance BA

Music

• Valeria Bautista: Vocal Performance BM
• Julian Montez: Cello Performance BM