Instructors
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GCHFA’s directors and instructors are a team of experienced professionals dedicated to the highest quality instruction and development of our young musicians. Our staff consists of professional musicians, including Sarasota Orchestra members, tenured teachers and instructors with years of public and private music experience.
Alan Evans
Trumpet
Carlann Evans
Intermediate Orchestra,
Clarinet
Lisa Evans
Founder & President
Stephanie Daige
Oboe, WindStars
Sharon Guerin
Primary Choir,
Music & Motion, WindStars
Matt Kibort
Percussion
Elizabeth Nelson
Beginning Band,
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Monique O'Neill
Wee Strings
Kristy Rispens
French Horn
Karen Romig
Recorder Karate I & II
Theory I, Flute,
Girls Choir
William Romig
String Bass
Lewis Rosove
Advanced Orchestra
Robert Stiles
​Intermediate Band,
Low Brass
Carolyn Suda
Cello
Cynthia Wiley
Beginning Orchestra,
Applied Strings, Theory I,
Director of Orchestras
Jaclyn Winters
Fusion, Jazz Lab,
Advanced Band