THe Creative Team
Matt Mazur
Co-Founder, Director, MUSICIAN, Teacher
Autism Intervention ANd EARLY CHILDHOOD Specialist
is the Co-Founder and Director of Turtle Dance Music, LLC. He has worked nationally as a teacher, musician and Autism Intervention Specialist. He is the "Bruce Springsteen" of early childhood music. He received a graduate degree in Developmental Models of Autism Intervention and Early Childhood Development at Montclair State University. He received his Bachelor's of Fine Arts in Drama from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. He received his Master's of Arts in Theatre Studies from Montclair State University. He loves performing in schools, libraries, regional theaters, and autism centers. He is currently studying music technology with the NYU MusED Lab. He also loves his wife, Maggie.
Alex Kveton
Co-Founder, PlayWRIGHT, MUSICIAN
is a is a playwright, actor and musician based in New York City. He was one of four students selected to attend the New School's MFA Playwriting Program. He is a classically trained violist and violinist as well as a trained as a guitarist versed in many different styles, from classical to rock. He has worked as a tutor for Kaplan Kids and as a Teaching Artist for Hartford Performs' Summer Arts Literacy Program in Hartford, CT. He received his B.F.A. in Drama from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and attended the Scuola Internationale dell'Attore Comico in Italy, studying and performing Commedia dell'Arte.
Jerome Ellis
MusicIAN
is a composer and performer based in New York City. He is a Fulbright Scholar (going to Brazil next year to study music) who received his Bachelor of Arts degree in composition and ethnomusicology from Columbia University. At Columbia he studied counterpoint with Ramin Arjomand, composition with Arthur Kampela, and saxophone with Ole Mathisen. His work engages with counterpoint, ambient textures, beatboxing, jazz, sampling, electronica, hip hop, Caribbean music, Classical and Baroque music, and storytelling. He’s performed his own music at Joe's Pub, Columbia University’s concert halls and WKCR radio station, HERE Arts Center, Ars Nova, 5C Café and Cultural Center, and JACK. He’s composed and performed musical scores for Obie Award-winning director Rachel Chavkin, as well as directors Andrew Scoville and Annie Tippe.
Listen to his album Variations here!
Listen to his album Variations here!
SHU WANG
Teacher, MUSICIAN, Music Therapy Student
Shu Wang is a musician, violin teacher, and music therapy student based in New Jersey and New York City. She plays violin, guitar, and sings. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in violin performance from Tongji University in Shanghai, China. Recently, she finished studying two years of music therapy at Montclair State University and will continue in the music therapy graduate program at New York University. At Montclair State University, she studies violin with Weigang Li, the first violin in the Shanghai Quartet. She plays violin in different styles, such as classical, jazz, rock, pop, country and Chinese traditional music. She performs in a classical orchestra and a rock band. She has a strong passion for music therapy and has worked in nursing homes, special education schools, and hospitals. She loves to use music to interact with people and to share her music with people.
Holly Kristina Goldstein
Program Director
Holly Kristina Goldstein (Program Director) graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts in 2015 with a BFA in Drama and a Minor in Performance studies with a focus on Feminism and Pop Culture. She is primarily a director, but also dabbles in stage managing and theatre administration. Holly is also a classically trained clown, Shakespearean actor, performance artist and amateur chalk artist. She is dedicated towards making the world a better place through performance and social justice and believes that there's no cause too small to fight for.
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