Mason Community Arts Academy celebrates our students, faculty, and staff who recently graduated!
Faculty
Ashlyn Rock, Instructor – Voice
University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music
Masters in Vocal Performance
Ashlyn plans to continue teaching, taking lessons and coachings in Cincinnati between visits back home to Virginia, and auditioning for Young Artist Programs in Opera throughout the year.
Danae Michelle Powers, Instructor – Oboe
George Mason University
Masters of Music in Oboe Performance
Danae is building her oboe studio in the area while taking orchestral auditions.
Lucas Kremer, Jr Instructor – Saxophone
George Mason University
Bachelor’s of Music in Music Education
Lucas will continue working as a saxophone instructor and staff member at Mason Community Arts Academy.
Madelyn Marie Austin
George Mason University
Master’s in Instrumental Conducting and Oboe Performance
Madelyn hopes to continue teaching music and oboe to students in surroundings schools.
Vincent Muscarella, Teaching Artist – Guitar
Towson University
Master of Music, Classical Guitar
Vincent plans to attend George Mason University as a DMA student and teach and perform in his new community of Fairfax, VA.
Ariel Williams, Instructor – Saxophone
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Master of Music, Saxophone Performance
Staff
Yiming Yang
George Mason University
Master of Arts in Arts Management
Yang will be helping with MCAA’s Summer 2022 Arts at Mason camps.
Students
Anastasia Groccia
Instructor: Claire Allen, Teaching Artist – Violin
Marshall High School
Anastasia is headed to Virginia Tech to study neuroscience.
Sophie Prabhakar
Instructor: Claire Allen, Teaching Artist – Violin
Woodson High School
Sophie is headed to St. Andrews University in Scotland to study astrophysics.
Eric Wolpert
Instructor: Claire Allen, Teaching Artist – Violin
Fairfax High School
Eric is headed to University of Virginia to study computer science.
Brighid McNiff
Instructor: Dr. Misha Tumanov, Teaching Artist – Piano
Brigid will be enrolling in the Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance program at Ball State University, Indiana.
Alana Lyons
Instructor: Seon Gyu Park, Teaching Artist – Voice
George Mason University
Alana earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Mason’s Theater program, with a concentration in Performance.
Alana will also be teaching with AFYP, as a front of house manager for Workhouse Performing Arts OnStage series, and she will soon be performing in the staged reading of “Midsummer Rekindled” through the GMU’s Professional Artist Residency in Theater (PART).
Ky Dermott
Instructor: Seon Gyu Park, Teaching Artist – Voice
Lake Braddock Secondary School
Ky will be enrolling in the Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Theater program at George Mason University.
Christian Orrico
Battlefield High School
Christian will be attending James Madison University (JMU) next year and majoring in physics with hopes to participate in the JMU Chamber Orchestra.