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
Saxophone, WindStars
Sharon Guerin
Primary Choir,
Music & Motion, WindStars
Rebecca Kellerman-Filsell
Boys Choir, Mixed Choir,
Music Theory II, III & IV
Irina Kharitonenko
Music Theory I
Matt Kibort
Percussion
Elizabeth Nelson
Beginning Band,
WindStars
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Monique O'Neill
Wee Strings, Violin
Kristy Rispens
French Horn
Karen Romig
Recorder Karate I & II
Flute, Girls Choir, Music Theory 1
William Romig
String Bass
Lewis Rosove
Advanced Orchestra
Robert Stiles
​Intermediate Band,
Low Brass
Carolyn Suda
Cello, Cello Power
Cynthia Wiley
Director of Orchestras,
Applied Strings,
Beginning Orchestra
Jaclyn Winters
Director of Bands
Jazz Lab, Fusion,
Advanced Band