Meet Our Committed Staff
Donna Blanchard
Executive Director
Alaina Calloway Bolton
Music Education Director
Lisa Scarlett
Theatre Arts Director
Matt Mariner
Creative Dramatics Manager
Dana Wilson
Marketing Director
Kathy Vandenengel
Business Director
Liz Colognesi
Events Coordinator and Fundraising Assistant
Jan Barlow
Early Childhood Outreach Director
Julie Davis
Finance Director
Meet Our Talented Faculty
(Miss) Jan Barlow
Primary Instrument: Voice
Secondary Instrument: Ukulele and Piano
Education: Alumni of Berklee College of Music, Certified in all Musikgarten curriculums
My favorite musical place to be is in a room full of pre-schoolers and toddlers.
Becky Lightcap
Primary Instrument: Early childhood
Secondary Instrument: Piano and Voice
Education: Bachelor of Music in Voice, Indiana University
Favorite Piece/Show/Place you’ve Performed: Sanders Theatre on Harvard University’s campus
Matthew Mariner
Primary Discipline: Theatre
Education: B.A. Theatre & Media Studies/Psychology, Assumption College
Favorite Show: Les Miserables
Susan Upham
Primary Instrument: Voice
Secondary Instrument/Discipline Piano and Theater
Education: BS Vocal Performance-William Jewell College, MM Vocal Performance- Boston University
Favorite Piece/Place You’ve Performed: Carmen with the Kentucky Opera
Mr. Kim Webster
Primary Instrument: Guitar
Secondary Instrument: Bass
Education: Associates degree, Mt. Wauchusett C.C.
Favorite piece of music: Fool on the Hill, Beatles
Performance places: Hanover Theatre
Kathryn Haddad
Primary Instrument: Violin
Education: B.M.E. in Music Education from The University of New Hampshire. Suzuki Certified Violin Instructor in Books 1 & 2.
Favorite Piece I’ve performed: “Romance, Op. 23” by Amy Beach
Favorite Place I’ve performed: The House of Blues Boston
Pete DePasquale
Primary Instrument: Guitar
Secondary Instrument: Bass, Ukulele, Music Theory
Education: BM Berklee College of Music
Favorite Place you’ve Performed: Berklee Performance Center
Paul Surapine
Primary Instrument: Clarinet
Secondary Instrument: Saxophone
Education: Bachelor of Music in Clarinet Performance The Hartt School 1981. Studies with Kalmen Opperman 1978-1993
Favorite Place you’ve Performed: Claflin Hill Symphony!!
Alaina Calloway Bolton
Primary Instrument: Voice
Secondary Instrument: Piano
Education: New England Conservatory, BM, vocal performance; Longy School of Music of Bard College, MM, vocal performance
Favorite Piece You’ve Performed: The Neruda Songs
Katia Khannanova
Primary Instrument: Piano
Education: BA piano education/Performance
Favorite composers: F. Chopin, I. S. Bach, A. Scriabin
Favorite place have performed: Congregational Church of Grafton
Mario Portev
Primary Instrument: Cello
Secondary Instrument: Piano, violin
Education: Masters in Music Art and Performances, Bulgaria State Conservatory
Favorite place you’ve Performed: Carnegie Hall, Symphony Hall Boston
Tahnee Fallis Baril
Primary Instrument: Voice
Secondary Instrument: Piano
Education: BS Music Education, MM Music Performance/Choral Conducting
Favorite Show/Place you’ve Performed: Eric Whitacre concert Carnegie Hall
Michael Galvin
Primary Instrument: Violin
Secondary Instrument: Viola
Education: Music University of North Texas; M. Music University of Denver
Favorite piece/place I performed- La Boheme at Crested Butte, CO
Amy Carroll
Primary Instrument: Flute
Secondary Instrument: Piccolo
Education: Bachelor of Fine Arts in Flute Performance from Boston University
Favorite place I performed- Carnegie Hall
Kayla Cardin
Primary instrument: Flute
Secondary instrument: Voice, Piano, Early Childhood
Education: B.A. in Music, B.S. in Music Education, M.A in Curriculum and Instruction
Favorite Flute Piece: Sonatina by Eldin Burton
Favorite Song: Falling in Love with Love from The Boys from Syracuse
Lisa Scarlett
Primary Discipline: Theatre
Education: Tufts University B.A., Elms College M.A.T.
Favorite Show: Any musical theatre production – it’s what I love! Hard to choose one but if I had to – The Sound of Music.
Shannon May
Primary instrument- Early childhood, Flute
Secondary- Keyboard, Theater
Education- Montessori Certified from New England Montessori Training Center Gordon University/ Musikgarten certified
Place performed: Newport Playhouse/Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Corbin Calloway Bolton
Primary – Piano
Education BM Oberlin Conservatory
MM & GD New England Conservatory
Favorite: Performing Six Pianos for Steve Reich at Jordan Hall in Boston
Russell Jewell
Primary Instrument: Trombone
Secondary Instrument: Trumpet
Education: Graduate, Berklee College of Music
Favorite Show/Place you’ve Performed: My years on the road with Mighty Sam McClain
Stephanie Sarkisian
Primary Instrument: Voice, Piano
Education: Anna Maria College, Lesley College
Favorite Show You’ve Performed: So many – it’s hard to choose one!
Alex Calabrese
Secondary Instrument: Voice/Guitar
Education: BA in Classics
Favorite Piece You’ve Performed or Venue Where You’ve Performed: The Barbary (Philadelphia), Rockwood Music Hall (NYC), ONCE Ballroom (Somerville), Great Scott (Boston), The Middle East (Cambridge), Lizard Lounge (Cambridge)
