
Tom writes music for young students, amateurs and professional ensembles. Trained as a conductor and jazz pianist, he particularly enjoys writing works for chorus. Tom studied orchestral conducting with Maurice Peress at Queens College (New York) and received an undergraduate degree in Music and Computer Science from Lafayette College (Easton, PA, USA). Tom is the Director of Choirs at Phillipsburg High School (NJ), organist at Old Greenwich Presbyterian Church in Stewartsville, New Jersey and past Choir Director at The Hunterdon Choral Union. Tom is a charismatic speaker and workshop presenter on issues of music performance, rehearsal technique and practice motivation. Click here to visit Tom’s website.
Danny Cohen [Board of Trustees]
Danny is an attorney at Seidel, Cohen, Hof, & Reid, a firm he established in the late 1960s with Norm Seidel. He is actively involved in his community, and serves on boards for the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley, ProJeCt of Easton, and Friends of the State Theatre.
Jamey Hines [Board of Trustees]
Jamey works as a Live Entertainment and Venue Management Executive with Wind Creek Event Center. He graduated from the Manhattan School of Music with a masters in french horn performance and has performed with many world class ensembles.
Michelle Tanzella [Board of Trustees]
Michelle is a certified public accountant who had logged many years of experience in the corporate arena before opening her own firm. It is there that she is best able to serve her clients with her big heart and vibrant personality.
Eric van Hoven [President, Board of Trustees]
His career in opera, theater and broadway expands over 25 years from coast to coast. He is a native of Mississippi and holds a BM from Florida State University and a MM from Northwestern University. He is presently a voice instructor with Lafayette College and resides in Easton, PA with his family. Click here to visit Eric on Facebook.Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts [Board of Trustees]
Jeff spent his formative years as a drummer with Wynton Marsalis and then Branford Marsalis. He was awarded five Grammy Awards with those two ensembles. In 2017 he earned a Guggenheim Fellowship for composition. Jeff majored in classical percussion at Pittsburgh’s Duquesne University, where his focus was timpani, and went on to enroll at Berklee School of Music. Jeff has an extensive discography in addition to his 10 albums as band leader. Click here to visit Jeff’s website.