About

Elizabeth is a percussionist who has performed, and recorded with headlining stars including John Legend, Dave Grohl, The Roots, Reggie Watts, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Sinead O’Connor, Harry Styles, Mark Ronson, Uri Caine, Chris Potter, Los Lobos, Michael Bublé, Zakir Hussain, and Elvis Costello as well as the house bands on the Conan O’Brien and James Cordon shows.. Elizabeth has studied in Cuba with Los Munequitos de Matanzas, and at Conjunto Folklórico Nacional School of Music in Havana. She has been featured in DRUM! magazine and has been studying and performing percussion for 30 years.  Elizabeth has been teaching Drumming for ACO at IS 229 Middle School since 2011(!) and  has also been teaching percussion and leadership skills through The Leadership Program since 2006.

Tom Nazziola is a composer and performer based in Brooklyn. Tom is  the musical director and composer for The BQE Project, a celebrated New York-based chamber ensemble known for its original compositions performed live-to-film throughout the world.  His music has been performed by ensembles including the Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra, Bang on a Can, and the Eastman Percussion Ensemble. Tom has received commissions and awards from groups such as the  American Composer’s Forum, VocalEssence, Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts and most recently the Samuel Adler Grand Prize (2020). As a performer, Tom has played with artists such as Rufus Reid, Dave Liebman, and Bob Brookmeyer. He’s played percussion on Broadway productions including Martin Short’s “Fame Becomes Me” and Disney’s “Newsies.” He’s recorded on the soundtrack for Paramount Picture’s “Mad Hot Ballroom” and on Disney’s “Baby Einstein” CDs and DVDs. Tom is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and holds a masters degree in composition from Brooklyn College and a Ph.D. in composition from Rutgers University.

Jackie Traish is originally from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and currently lives in New York City as a musician, teaching artist, and arts administrator. She is a graduate of the Mannes School of Music at the College of Performing Arts at The New School where she received her Masters of Music in Orchestral Studies and her Professional Studies Diploma under the instruction of Judith Mendenhall (principal flutist of the American Ballet). Prior to this, she received her Bachelors in Music Performance with Dr. Christine Gustafson, as well as her Bachelors in Science Education, from East Carolina University.​​Her love of collaboration with other artists has given her the opportunity to perform with world-renowned programs and ensembles, such as The Lion King on Broadway, the Martha Graham Dance Company, New York City Ballet Choreography Institute, International Contemporary Ensemble, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, The Chelsea Symphony, and the Metropolitan Opera. She has performed in venues such as Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, New York City Center, and Joe’s Pub. As a lover of musical theater and opera, Jackie has had the opportunity to perform in many workshops, recording projects, and world premieres of newly-written works. It is her passion for interdisciplinary art that has guided her music and artistry throughout her career thus far. Along with being a performer, Jackie enjoys working in arts administrative roles to create impactful and exciting music opportunities for her community and beyond. She currently works in different production, programming, and operational roles for the Bloomingdale School of Music, the New York Youth Symphony, The Chelsea Symphony, the New York Flute Club, and more. She is also an active private teacher (both flute and ukulele), and a teaching artist for Midori & Friends and Art Beyond the Ink.

Jacinta Clusellas is a composer, songwriter and guitarist based in New York City. Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jacinta is a Jonathan Larson Grant recipient (American Theatre Wing, 2023). Her debut concept album El Pájaro Azul was published in Japan and became the inspiration for the bilingual musical AZUL which was programmed at the Writers Grove at Goodspeed Musicals in 2023, the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center in 2022, the 2021 NAMT 33rd Annual Festival of New Musicals, the 2020 National Music Theatre Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, as well as previously developed at New York Theatre Workshop, BRIC, The Drama League, Tofte Lake Center, Catwalk Art Institute and the Prelude Festival. Jacinta has toured the US as a composer, songwriter, performer and resident artist. Selected: South by Southwest [SXSW] (Austin, TX), People’s Light (PA) Lanesboro Arts (Jerome Foundation, MN), Audacious Raw Theatre (MN), Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts (WY) Good Hart Artist Residency (MI). Internationally, she has toured her music throughout Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Canada, Greece and Italy. Jacinta has also worked as an arranger for Grammy award-winning artists Alejandro Sanz (Berklee Performance Center) and A.R. Rahman (Boston Symphony Hall).As a Teaching Artist at the New York Philharmonic, Jacinta develops curriculums and leads the Very Young Composers program and the NY Phil Schools program. She is also a Teaching Artist at the American Composers Orchestra and has lead workshops for Lincoln Center’s Music Across Borders program and Lincoln Center Passport To The Arts program. She has served as an Assistant Professor at Berklee College of Music in the Contemporary Writing and Production department.

Christopher McIntyre enjoys a singular, wide-ranging career in music and the performing arts. An in-demand performer on trombone and electronics, McIntyre specializes in ensemble work meshing improvisative & interpretive material as a player and as a composer, conductor, and band leader. Based in Brooklyn and bred in Minnesota, he composes for various media and instrumental forces, often employing creative systems suggested by the work of visual artists such as Serra, Smithson, and LeWitt. He serves as program curator and trombonist for NYC ensembles Either/Or and TILT Brass, as well as Director and Co-Founder of the latter. McIntyre also independently curates events for local venues including ISSUE Project Room and The Kitchen. He frequently performs around the city and in Europe with TILT, Either/Or, SEM and Talea Ensembles, among many others including numerous composer-led projects. He can be heard on recordings released by New World, Tzadik, XI, Mode, Braxton House, Edition Modern, POTTR, zOaR, and Non-Site Records. Since 2006, McIntyre has contributed to the broad revival of composer Julius Eastman’s music by creating several score realizations and leading performances by SEM, TILT Brass, Talea & Harlem Chamber Players, Queens College’s Copland Ensemble, Philly’s Arcana NME, and members of Orchestra of St. Lukes. He teaches contemporary brass chamber music at Mannes School of Music at The New School. cmcintyre.com

Audrey Flores

Audrey Flores is a freelancing horn player in New York City.  She attended the Juilliard School and the Mannes College of Music, and regularly plays in Broadway productions and with orchestras in the tri-state area. Audrey spends most of her time performing as a Broadway freelancer. She began playing as a substitute on Disney’s The Lion King in 2012, where she quickly was designated as an approved player for the Horn I position. In 2015, she was designated to perform the solo book at Disney’s Aladdin, and went on to become designated for both Horn I and II at Frozen in 2016. She was also designated for both Horn I and II at King Kong in 2017.  She has been a chairholder at Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, NJ; Westport Playhouse in Westport, CT; at Plaza Productions in Elmont, NY; and at the Delaware Theatre Company in Wilmington, DE. She has also worked for the Roundabout Theatre Company. She can be heard on album recordings for She Has Risen, an all-female concept album of Jesus Christ Superstar, and on Lempicka - A New Musical that is currently in its pre-Broadway run.Audrey also enjoys a full teaching schedule in addition to pursuing a varied career.  Audrey is the newest member of the Horn Faculty team at the Juilliard MAP Program. She is a Teaching Artist for Midori and Friends, an organization in New York City that works in tandem with the Department of Education to supplement and provide music instruction for public school students.  She taught beginning and intermediate brass at the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music in Palestine in 2006, and coached chamber music for the Juilliard Pre-College Program in 2005.  She specializes in teaching beginning brass students.Audrey is also the staff music arranger for the Patriot Brass Ensemble, a 501(c)3 that performs concerts in long-term care facilities for veterans of the United States.  Her arrangements have been featured on NBC’s Late Night with James Corden, NBC's The Voice, CBS's Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Entertainment Tonight, Inside Edition, Paramount Pictures events, New York Fashion Week events, various Improv Everywhere productions, and on several Patriot Brass Ensemble programs and corporate events across the country.  She also performs as a brass musician with PBE as a member of the large brass ensemble, the brass quintet, and the horn quartet.  She is also a member of the newly formed Patriot Concert Brass, and serves as Secretary of the Patriot Brass Ensemble Board of Trustees.