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THE 4TH USF-PAMA CONFERENCE PROGRAM

March 27-29, 2020 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

MADELINE BRUSER “Unleashing Musical Potential Through Mindfulness” Author of the acclaimed book, The Art of Practicing, New York City based pianist Madeline Bruser has taught musicians from six continents, both in person and online. Her distinct approach helps musicians to release physical and mental tension so they can transform their playing and expressive capacities. Her book has sold more than 85,000 copies in English and has been

translated into Korean, Chinese, and Italian. Her popular Art of Practicing Institute summer program provides in-depth, immersive group learning. Madeline has served on the Committee for Pianists‘ Wellness for the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy and has been a guest presenter at the MedArt World Congress on Arts and Medicine and at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York. She will be a featured speaker at a Performing Arts Medicine Association conference in March. Madeline has served on the Adjunct Piano Faculty at Teachers College, Columbia University, and at the New School University. She has been practicing mindfulness meditation since 1977, when she sought it out to gain more relaxation and confidence in performance. madeline@artofpracticing.com

DANIEL HALL-FLAVIN, MD

“Medical Humanities: Inspiring Arts and Medicine.”

Daniel Hall-Flavin, MD, is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry in the Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, an Adjunct Associate Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities at the University of Missouri at Kansas City. Dr. Hall-Flavin holds an MSc Degree in the Medical Humanities from Kings College London and is active as Co-Chair of the Mayo Clinic Humanities in Medicine Committee and Co-Medical

Director of the Mayo Clinic Dolores Jean Lavins Humanities in Medicine Center at Mayo Rochester. He served for 12 years as Medical Director for the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence in New York and Washington, DC. His research interests have focused on the impact of translational medicine, bioethics and the medical humanities as they impact the professional development of the physician, enrichment of practice, and the doctor-patient relationship. He has been a facilitator for the Oxford Round Table series. flavin.daniel@mayo.edu

ALAN LOCKWOOD, MD, FAAN, FANA, Neurologist, Oberlin, Ohio

“Health and Performing Arts: Legacy.”

Alan Lockwood, MD, FAAN, FANA, has been an active member of Physicians for Social Responsibility for over three decades, is a past president of PSR, and currently serves as a member of PSR’s board of directors. Dr. Lockwood is an Emeritus Professor of Neurology and Nuclear

Medicine at the University at Buffalo. He is an elected Fellow of the American Neurological Association and a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology. Dr. Lockwood is the author of more than 200 publications on diverse scientific topics including hepatic encephalopathy, medical problems of musicians, functional imaging of the auditory system and tinnitus, medical ethics, and environmental toxicants. He was the lead author of PSR’s report Coal’s Assault on

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Human Health. Dr. Lockwood is also the author of two peer-reviewed books on health and the environment, The Silent Epidemic: Coal and the Hidden Threat to Health (2012, MIT Press), and Heat Advisory: Protecting Health on a Warming Planet (2016, MIT Press). Dr. Lockwood received his medical degree at Cornell University Medical College and was trained in Neurology at the University of California San Francisco. ahl@buffalo.edu

MARIJEANNE LIEDERBACH, PHD “Applying Biopsychosocial Injury Prevention Strategies to All Genres of Dance.”

Marijeanne Liederbach, PhD, PT, ATC, CSCS is Director of the Harkness Center for Dance Injuries at NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital and Research Associate Professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at NYU School of Medicine. Prior to her current appointment, she headed the Dance Medicine Services for The Joffrey Ballet while serving as Supervisor of Sports Physical Therapy at the Nicholas Institute of Sports Medicine and Athletic Trauma at Lenox Hill Hospital and Instructor of Kinesiology at Columbia University. Dr.

Liederbach is a physical therapist and certified athletic trainer with a doctorate in biomechanics and ergonomics. She has provided backstage therapy for hundreds of dancers, dance companies and Broadway shows and has authored numerous papers and chapters as well as lectured internationally on topics pertaining to the prevention and care of sports and dance injuries. Dr. Liederbach has long served on the Editorial Review Board of the Journal of Dance Medicine and Science, the National Advisory Committee for the American Physical Therapy Association's Performing Arts Practice Analysis and the DanceUSA Task Force on Dancer Health. She is also an elected Affiliate Member of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, a Founding Member of the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science as well as Chair of its Standard Measures Consensus Initiative. Prior to her career in Dance Medicine, Dr. Liederbach danced professionally for many years and worked as a choreographer. Her critically acclaimed work has been shown in Europe and throughout the United States. In 2010, she was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Dance Library of Israel by Broadway sensation, Ben Vereen. Marijeanne.Liederbach@nyulangone.org

CONFERENCE PROGRAM March 27, Friday

12:30–1:00 PM School of Music Conference Center Lobby

Coffee and Registration

1:00 PM Move to School of Music Barness Recital Hall

1:00–1:15 PM Opening Remarks by Dr. Morris and Dr. Nicosia and Introduction of Dr. Charles Lockwood.

Welcome Address by Charles Lockwood MD, MHCM, Senior Vice President of USF Health and Dean of Morsani College of Medicine

1:15–2:45 PM Session I. Co-chairs: Dr. Steven Specter and Dr. Marzenna Wiranowska 1:15–1:45 PM Keynote by Alan Lockwood, MD, FAAN, FANA. “Health and Performing Arts: Legacy” 1:45–2:15 PM Keynote by Madeline Bruser. “Unleashing Musical Potential Through Mindfulness" 2:15–2:45 PM Miranda Layman, MS, ATC. “Understanding the Canvas: Discovery of Structure and

Function of the Individual Body for Awareness and Injury Prevention in Dance”

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2:45–3:00 PM Break 3:00–5:30 PM Session II. Co-chairs: Dr. Merry Lynn Morris and Dr. Santo Nicosia 3:00–3:30 PM Lisa-Christin Wetzlmair, Brandi Niemeier, PhD, Dawn Larsen, PhD. “Don’t Go

Breaking My Heart: A Systematic Literature Review of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Disease Risk among Performing Musicians”

3:00–4:00 PM Concurrent session: Workshop/movement: Conference Center

Elizabeth Johnson, MFA. “Whole Person/Whole Learner: Using Alexander Technique Principles to Help Modulate Stress in Performing Arts Teaching and Learning”

3:30–4:00 PM Bill Dawson, MD. “Hand and Upper Extremity Problems of High-Level Instrumentalists:

A Practice Experience” 4:00–5:00 PM Tina Tidwell Bedore. E-RYT 500, Owner of Bella Prana Yoga and Meditation. “Fit to Play: Yoga for the Performing Artist.” Conference Center 4:00–5:00 PM Concurrent session: Madeline Bruser Masterclass. “Performing Beyond Fear." Barness 5:00–5:30 PM Poster Presentations – Conference Center Lobby

A 5-minute presentation followed by a 2 min. Q&A. Audience moves from poster to poster as a group

Shilpa Darivemula, MD, MS & Virali Shah. “Performing Shared Decision Making: Using Classical Indian Dance to Understand ICU Patient-Provider Communication”

Grace Rose, DMA and Diana Lee, MD. “Achieving Mind-Body Balance to Optimize Performance”

Linda Lu and Jennifer Bugos, PhD. “A Systematic Review of the Effects of Music Intervention on Cognitive and Psychosocial Outcomes in Patients with Dementia” Marzenna Wiranowska, MS. PhD and Jordan Messler, MD. SFHM. “Two Years’ Experience with the Medical Humanities Scholarly Concentration and Arts at the USF Morsani College of Medicine” 5:30–6:30 PM Welcome Reception School of Music Concert Hall Lobby Dean James Moy, PhD, Welcome Address Medical Orchestra Quartet: Charles Jang, Violin I Sofia Sirocchi, Violin

Ana Gutierrez, Viola Alex Makkinejad, Cello

6:30 PM Conference Day 1 adjourns Saturday, March 28 8:30–9:00 AM Registration and Coffee. Conference Center Lobby 9:00–12:45 PM Session III. Co-chairs: Darla Freeman and Dr. Steven Specter 9:00–9:30 AM Virali Shah and Shilpa Darivemula, MD, MS. “Addressing the Provider Biases and User

Agency in Utilizing Women’s Health Programming through Traditional Dance”

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9:30–10:00 AM Susan Magsamen, MA, MBA. “Wired for Art: How Neuroarts is Mending The World” Macy’s Guest Artist 10:00–10:30 AM Zulfiia Tursunova. “Brain Functional Connectivity in Motor, Auditory, and Visual Cortices in Professional Pianists” 10:30–11:30 AM Keynote by Marijeanne Liederbach, PhD. “Applying Biopsychosocial Injury Prevention

Strategies to all Genres of Dance” Macy’s Guest Artist. Conference Center 11:30–11:45 AM Break 11:45–12:15 PM Glenn Morgan, MFA, MS. “Screening Collegiate Dancers for Conditioning Level” 12:15–12:45 PM Regina Campbell PT, CPAH and Bill Dawson, MD. “Cubital Tunnel Syndrome – Diagnosis and Management” 12:15-12:45 PM Concurrent session: Marijeanne Liederbach Q & A Session with Dance Students.

Conference Center

12:45–1:45 PM Lunch on your own Noraxon Demonstration in Conference Center lobby

Giovanni Nolli, MEng, Southeast Rep. Noraxon Inc. “Using Biofeedback Training to Improve Posture During Performance”

1:45– 3:45 PM Session IV. Co-chairs: Dr. Ruth Bahr and Dr. Marzenna Wiranowska 1:45–2:15 PM Ana Zuim, PhD and Celia Stewart, PhD. “Dosimetry Study of Contemporary Lead Roles

in Musical Theatre” 2:15–2:45 PM Devon A. Nash, LAT, ATC, Erik W. Black, PHD, MPH, and Patricia M. Tripp, PhD,

LAT, ATC, CSCS. “An Interprofessional Collaboration Between Athletic Training and Dance”

2:45–3:45 PM Lightning Panel: “Oxford Round Table on Health, Aging, and Nutrition considers

Performing Artists’ Health.” Sang-Hie Lee, PhD, EdD, MM, CRA-USF, Moderator. Daniel Flavin, MD, MS, Barbara Lowry, DSH, CCH, Brandi Niemeier, PhD, Sharon Kurpius, PhD, Dawn Larsen, PhD, Glenn Morgan, MFA, MS

3:45–4:00 PM Break

4:00–5:30 PM Session V. Co-chairs: Dr. Ruth Bahr and Dr. Santo Nicosia

4:00–4:30 PM Keynote by Daniel Hall-Flavin, MD. “Medical Humanities: Inspiring Arts and Medicine”

4:30–5:00 PM Dusty Narducci, M.D. C.A.Q. S.M. “Concussion in the Performing Artist” 4:30–5:30 PM Concurrent session: Workshop in Conference Center Sherrice Rose, DPT PT CGFI ART-C. “Designing a Dance Wellness Rehabilitative Program for Obtaining Optimal Turnout” 5:30 PM Conference Day 2 adjourns. Dinner on your own

7:30 PM Fourth USF-PAMA Festival Concert, University Concert Hall

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Sunday, March 29 8:30–9:00 AM Coffee. Conference Center Lobby 9:00–12:00PM Session V. Co-chairs: Dr. Stephanie Carey and Dr. Dustin Hardwick 9:00–9:30 AM Stephanie Rivas, MA, BFA. “Targeted Conditioning to Manage the Demands of a Choreographic Work” 9:30–10:00 AM Stephanie Mayer-Sattin, BA, MA and David Kaplan, MD. “Equalizing Healthcare

Access Mind-Body Training and Evaluation of a Musician Moving Mindfulness Intervention at a Historically Black University”

9:30–10:30 AM Concurrent session: Workshop in Choral Rehearsal Room MUS 119 Julia Tom. “More Bang for the Buck: An Introduction to Dispokinesis” 10:30 –11:30 AM Workshop by Katurah Robinson, Fred Johnson, John Parks, and Don Johnson. “A

Prescription for Being: Using Breath, Movement, Imagery and Sound to Embrace our Collective Creativity.” Dance Building, FAD 107

12:00-2:00 PM Panel-Luncheon USF Music School Conference Center

12:00 PM Pablo Arencibia and Ona Kirei play background music while people move to Conference

room, get food and situated 12:20 PM Sang-Hie Lee introduces Conference Committee, Program Committee Co-chairs, Student

Chapter workers, Panel organizer/moderator, and acknowledge USF-PAMC members, program committee members, student chapter members, and musicians

12:25 PM Steven Specter introduces Conference VIPs Pablo and Ona perform a musical number (3 minutes)

12:30 PM Dean Donna Petersen introduces President Steven and Dr. Cheyenne Currall

12:35–12:45 PM President Currall gives a Welcome to USF speech 12:45–2:00 PM Luncheon Panel: Inter-Professional Healthcare Provider Panel

Moderator: William S. Quillen, PT, DPT, PhD, FACSM, Professor Emeritus, School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation, USF Health Morsani College of Medicine.

• Dusty Narducci, MD • Stephen Poff, MD • Candace Burns, PhD, APRN, FAAOHN • Carlos Santana, MD • Regina Campbell, PT • William Dawson, MD • Edward Staples, MD • Tom Welsh, PhD

VIPs in Attendance

• The Honorable Seventh President of USF Steven C. Currall and Dr. Cheyenne Currall • Judy Lisi, Straz Performing Arts Center Executive Director and Ernie Lisi

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• Dr. Charles Lockwood, MD, VP USF Health and Dean of Morsani College of Medicine • Dr. Donna Petersen, ScD, MHS, CPH, Dean of the College of Public Health • Dr. Martin and Mrs. Ruth Silbiger, MD, Professor Emeritus of Radiology. Former

Dean and Vice President at USF College of Medicine. Chairman of the Board of the Straz Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa

• Julie Massaro, Executive Director, International PAMA, Denver, Colorado • Scott Lilly, PLLC, Tampa • Dr. Charles Adams, PhD, Dean of Judy Genshaft Honors College and Mrs. Adams • Dr. Joseph Puccio, MD, Director, Student Health Services • Dr. Mark Moseley, MD, Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, Morsani College of Medicine • Dr. Rajiv Dubey, PhD, Professor & Chair at Department of Mechanical Engineering

& Director, Center for Assistive, Rehabilitation and Robotics Technologies • Dr. Karen Bryan, PhD, Director, School of Music • Dr, Laura Swisher, PhD, School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science • Dr. Juan Sanchez-Ramos, MD, PhD, Hellen Endowed Chair of Neurology, Director,

Huntington Disease Center of Excellence • Dr. Bryan A. Bognar, MD, MPH, FACP, Chair, Department of Medical Education • Dr. Deborah DeWaay, MD, FACP, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Medical

Education

Featured Musicians: Pablo Arencibia and Ona Kirei: Ona Kirei is a jazz vocalist and composer from Barcelona, Spain. She won the first prize at the Talavera International Jazz Festival Contest, among others. She released two albums, one of them sold out at the Heineken Jazzaldia Festival, and now leads several jazz and fusion projects in the Tampa Bay Area. Jazz and classical pianist Pablo Arencibia, MM has performed in concert halls and festivals in many countries such as Venezuela, Spain, USA, France, and Greece, and performed as soloist with the Caracas Symphony Orchestra. He has taught piano at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Spain, University of South Florida, and the University of Tampa.

Lunch Buffet Menu (Olympia Catering) Spring Mix Salad with Strawberries

Spring Mix, Strawberries, Goat Cheese, Pecans, Honey-Tarragon Vinaigrette Chicken Marsala

Chicken Breast Marsala with Sauteéd Mushrooms Rosemary Red-Skinned Roasted Potatoes

Steamed Vegetable Medley Zucchini, Squash, Broccoli, and Red Pepper Stripsesign_initials_1

Assorted Dinner Rolls & Butter Vegetarian Option for VIP Guests

Roasted Vegetable Stuffed Portobello Roasted Vegetable Stuffed Portobello Mushroom with Melted Parmesan Cheese

Beverages in Decanters Chilled Water

Freshly Brewed Iced Tea with Fresh Lemon Wedges

2:00 PM Conference adjourns

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THE FOURTH USF-PAMA FESTIVAL CONCERT University Concert Hall Saturday March 28, 7:30 PM

PROGRAM

I. Welcome Dr. James Moy, Dean of College of the Arts

II. Dance: Excerpts from 7th Ave & Ybor

Choreography: Paula Nunez & Elsa Valbuena Music: Paul Lewis & Max Richter Dancers: Kate Alava, Sofia Downing, Summer Ewing, Shelby Fair,

Kenzie Lemoine, Matthew Doolin, Lital Gelman, Ethan Barbee, Lily McCrossin, Jacqueline Sullivan, Zoe Greco, Kayci Rodriguez, Hanna Thompson, Marissa Andresky, Marcus McGrey, Brentwood Townend, Ferd Lezcano.

Program notes: Excerpts from “7th Ave & Ybor” depict stories of Cuban, Spanish, Italian and Jewish immigrants leaving their hardship-laden lands in search of new opportunities to work in the cigar factories and industries supporting the growth of young Ybor City. Donning their aprons, the tobacco workers pull out their chairs to begin the workday. The cigar production scene segues into the world of Ybor City. Duets, and groups –the gamblers playing the famous game of La Bolita and the Jim Crow laws that strictly enforced racial segregation outside the factories are some of the highlights of this piece. Performance of the piece is a collaboration between Tampa City Ballet dancers and USF dancers.

III. Guitar trio

Rondo for Guitar Trio Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) L'Evasion Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) Day after* LaRue Nickelson

Erol Ozsever, David Rogers, LaRue Nickelson, guitar

Program notes: Hindemith wrote his trio setting in the original version for three guitars in 1930 initially intended as middle piece of the cantata Wanderlieder and commissioned by Tage fur Neue Musik Berlin [Berlin Days of New Music] under the motto of Spiele und Lieder fur Kinder [Games and Songs for Children]. In 1938, the composer had to leave his manuscripts behind in Germany, but later remembered the little piece when making a list of unprinted pieces. The original version of Hindemith's Rondo for 3 Guitars was published in 2008 for the first time as part of the Hindemith Complete Edition and is now also available as separate edition. (Luitgard Schader, Long & McQuade.)

Astor Piazzolla, an Argentine musician was a virtuoso on the bandoneón (a square-built button accordion), who left traditional Latin American tango bands in 1955 to create a new tango that blended elements of jazz and classical music. He was a major Latin American composer of the 20th century. (Kathleen Kuiper, Encyclopedia Britannica.) *Day After is an original piece by guitarist/composer LaRue Nickelson to be premiered at this concert.

IV. Dance: Convers(at)ions

Choreography and Performance: Bliss Kohlmyer & Kara Davis

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Music: Karl Digerness Costumes: Tasa Gleason Text: Kara Davis, Bliss Kohlmyer, Amber Lamprecht, Janine Trinidad

Program notes: Weaving improvisational structures inside choreography, this duet explores liminality or the state of being in between. Using different modes of communication, the complexities of hearing, translating, understanding, and responding are revealed.

V. Dance: Melody Movement Medicine Song

Performers: Don Laurin Johnson, Fred Johnson, John Parks, Katurah

Robinson Vocals and drums: Don Laurin Johnson & Fred Johnson

Program notes: The legendary Jazz vocalist, community engagement specialist, and artist-in-residence at the Stratz Performing Arts Center in Tampa, Fred Johnson, in collaboration with equally eminent Don Laurin Johnson, John Parks, and Katurah Robison, performs an original piece to be premiered at the Fourth USF-PAMA Concert. This piece explores Breath... Voice... Drums calling... Drums resounding... Melody... Movement... Transcendence... The Pulse of Wellness & Well-being re-invigorated.

VI. Quodlibets for Two Pianos* Michael Sidney Timpson Set 1 A North American in Asia (2017) Now she can seek a force? Is it impossible to take the mission at five? Hop on, Okay Pop? So what is your impression of the blue train?

Set 2 An Asian in North America (2019) Did you get over the imaginative beast? Can you celebrate the holidays in the multi-births? Have you jimied the ‘sky? Could you see how they got riffed and blew it?

Sang-Hie Lee & Martha Thomas Piano Duo

Program notes: *World Premiere. The genre of quodlibet, dates back to the Renaissance, originally meaning “however you want it,” or “light-heartedness,” was explored throughout the centuries and became more relevant in 21st-century post-modern era with quotations and collages as common elements. You will hear bits from Star Wars, Mission Impossible, Arirang, Stravinsky, Jimi Hendrix, Duke Ellington, K-pop, J.S. Bach, L.V. Beethoven, and more...

ARTIST PROFILES

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Tampa City Ballet (TCB) is a professional, collaborative, creation-based contemporary dance company with a unique, fresh, and innovative repertoire founded in 2012. Tampa City Ballet serves the community by creating unique performances and providing high-quality arts education, positively changing lives through the power of dance. Tampa City Ballet, in partnership with America’s Ballet, serves the local community by providing scholarships, community engagement and training for children, as well as for committed pre-professional and professional dancers. https://www.tampacityballet.org/ Paula Nunez is the Founder & Artistic Director of Tampa City Ballet. A member of the Ballet faculty at the University of South Florida, Nunez danced the repertoires of famous choreographers professionally in classical and contemporary styles as a principal dancer with the International Ballet of Caracas, Ballet Nuevo Mundo and Cleveland-San Jose Ballet. She has shared the stage with world-renowned dancers such as Rudolf Nureyev and Fernando Bujones. In 2012, Nunez founded the non-profit dance organization, Tampa City Ballet, through which she was able to launch programs such as “On Your Feet” which was developed for at-risk youth, utilizing dance as a medium to develop untapped potential, inspiring personal transformation. In 2018, Nunez founded Tampa City Ballet professional dance company and has collaborated with the Florida Orchestra, Florida Museum of Photography, received USF’s Hispanic Woman of the Year Award and was nominated for Best of the Bay’s Best Choreography Award, Best Dance Company Award, and the City of Tampa’s Hispanic Heritage Award. Elsa Valbuena, Resident Choreographer, is one of Colombia’s Contemporary Dance pioneers. In 1982 Elsa founded Gaudere Danza in Cali, Colombia. She served as assistant artistic director /resident choreographer to the Compañía Colombiana de Ballet until 1992. Since her arrival to the Tampa Bay area, she co-founded Moving Current and served as co-artistic director for four years. Elsa’s work has been presented in numerous national and international dance venues and festivals in Colombia, Costa Rica, Italy, Spain, Venezuela and the United States. In the spirit of Gaudere, Elsa’s current position as resident choreographer of Tampa City Ballet allows her to continue exploring an interesting exchange between the classically trained dancer and that of her own movement interests. Elsa works with the Arts and Medicine Program at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer and Research Institute, engaged in the creative process and its integration with the holistic approach to the therapeutic and healing possibilities of the arts on people and their surroundings.

Erol Ozsever holds a Doctor of Music in classical guitar from Indiana University. His passion for music of all genres has led him on such creative pursuits as rock bands, country bands, Irish bands, and writing and producing popular music. He has received numerous recognitions and competition prizes He has also commissioned and premiered a number of new works for classical guitar. Dr. Oz is also on faculty at the Patel Conservatory in Tampa. LaRue Nickelson is a jazz guitarist and composer from the Tampa Bay area. LaRue has played in New York, Italy, South Africa, New Orleans, Indianapolis, Montreux, and California as well as staying very busy doing festivals and clubs in the Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Orlando, and Sarasota, Florida areas. LaRue has performed with Rich Perry, Peter Erskine, Jeff Berlin, Ira Sullivan, Ingrid Jensen, Don Braden, Rufus Reid, Sheila Jordan, Hank Marr, David Leibman, Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge, Chick Corea, Conrad Herwig, Robbie Ameen, Giovanni Hildalgo, Gary Versace, Walt Weiskopf, Frank Foster, Mike Maineri, Adam Nusbaum, Bobby Floyd, Paquito D'rivera. He has also recorded with Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge. LaRue is also a composer with more than 40 compositions to his

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credit, many of which have appeared on recordings by The Michael Ross Quartet and his own projects. His has released two solo projects, titled Dark Water and Labyrinthitis featuring his original compositions. He has also written for two Mel Bay Anthologies.

David Rogers is currently working on a master's degree in classical guitar performance at USF. He has his undergraduate degree in music from Southeastern University. He additionally teaches guitar full time at Manatee School for the Arts in Palmetto, Florida.

Kara Davis, Co-Artistic Director of project agora, danced for Atlanta Ballet, Ohio Ballet, and Ballet Jörgen in Toronto, Ontario. She is a founding member of KUNST-STOFF and Janice Garrett & Dancers both of whom she danced for ten years. Her choreography and dancing have received multiple Isadora Duncan awards and nominations. Her choreography has been presented at the ACDA Nationals at the Kennedy Center, YBCA, SF MOMA, Bates Dance Festival, and Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She has taught and choreographed at LINES Dominican University and Training Program since 2005. Bliss Kohlmyer is the Co-Artistic Director of project agora

and an Associate Professor of Dance at the University of South Florida. Project agora was in residence at the prestigious Bates Dance Festival and performed at Dance Gallery, Breaking Ground, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and the San Francisco International Arts Festival. Bliss’ choreographic work has been commissioned by numerous colleges and universities, Florida Dance Festival, International Creative Dance Seminar (Beijing), Moving Current Dance Collective, Jacksonville Dance Theatre, Sarasota Contemporary Dance, Péndulo Cero Danza Contemporánea (Mexico), and Robert Moses’ Kin (San Francisco).

John Parks, trained in New York City High School for the Performing Arts, Julliard School of Music, Martha Graham School and The American Dance Festival, has performed in the Alvin Ailey and Jose Limon companies, among others. He appeared in the Broadway and Film production of The Wiz and several others, and he has choreographed, performed and taught at venues throughout the world. Currently, he is faculty in the Dance Department at USF and Co-Director of Arts Legacy. Frederick Alan Robert Johnson is a vocalist, painter, author, and arts educator. He has opened for or recorded and toured worldwide with Dr. Deepak Chopra, Aretha Franklin, Ramsey Lewis, Chick Corea, Sonny Rollins, Richard Elliot, George Benson, Boney James, David Sanborn, B. B. King, Patti LaBelle, Dizzy Gillespie, and Miles Davis. He presents lectures globally re-accentuating the importance of creative expression for personal and communal empowerment, health and wellness. Currently, he is Artist-in-Residence, Community Engagement Specialist, and Director of the Arts and Health Initiative and Arts Legacy at The Straz Center for the Performing Arts.

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Don Johnson is originally from Tampa, Florida. Don was a member of the Kuumba Dancers and Drummers for many years, after which he became a touring band member of Island Breeze Luau & Impact World Tour performing all over the globe. At USF School of Theatre and Dance, he served as a musical accompanist, actor and assistant instructor. He is proud to be a founding member of The Ethnomusicologist Ltd Co. and the educational band Book Beats. Katurah Robinson is a dancer, choreographer, kinesthetic motivator and fiber artist. Her performance credentials include Fred Johnson’s Sound Sculpture, The Diavolo Veterans Project, Chen & Dancers of New York, Kuumba Dancers & Drummers, Health & Healing Convention Puerto Rico, and Live The Rhythm Company. Currently, at The Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Katurah serves as Artistic Director of The Veteran Civilian Dance Ensemble and Co-Director of Arts Legacy. She also serves as adjunct faculty and dance assistant in the USF School of Theatre and Dance.

Sang-Hie Lee and Martha Thomas formed a piano duo team in 2016. The first CD produced by PARMA Ars Nostra: BUT NOW THE NIGHT received Global Music Award (2017 Silver Medal) and was reviewed by Inroad.com, “… it is one of the highlights of a CD that features first-rate pianism in the service of music…” and Textura.org, “…the seventy-minute recording very much conveys the character of a live concert, and its contents and performances are engrossing.“

Dr. Sang-Hie Lee, Professor of Music at the University of South Florida, is active as a teacher, pianist, researcher, author, and administrator. As the founder of Ars Nostra, she performs piano duo music commissioned by renowned contemporary composers: her music is featured in Ravello, Centaur, Capstone, and Albany labels. Lee is the principal author of Scholarly Research for Musicians (Routledge), the founding Editor of the Cultural Expressions in Music Monographs Series (College Music Society), and the primary Editor of Perspectives in Performing Arts Medicine: A Multidisciplinary Approach (Springer). She has published 71 scholarly articles, presented 85 conference papers/lectures, and performed solo and chamber-music concerts around the USA, South Korea, China, Serbia, Brazil, Italy and Canada.

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Dr. Martha Thomas is the Despy Karlas Professor of Piano and Associate Director for Undergraduate Studies at the University of Georgia Hugh Hodgson School of Music. She has given concerts and presentations on five continents and is featured on ten recordings on the ACA Digital, Centaur, PARMA, and Albany labels. Her students’ successes include recent performances in Carnegie Hall and at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, as well as receiving prizes at national and international competitions.

Dr. Michael Sidney Timpson works continue to be featured throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia. His orchestral works have received performances and recording by the Kiev Philharmonic, the Czech Philharmonic, the Florida Orchestra, the Jacksonville Symphony, the Singapore Chinese Orchestra, the Daegu Symphony Orchestra, the Korean Symphony Orchestra and the National Orchestra of Korea. He has won awards from ARKO, BMI, ASCAP, the FROMM, and Fulbright Foundations. An Associate Professor of Music Composition at Ewha Womans University in Seoul, Korea, Timpson studied at the University of Southern California, Eastman School of Music, and the University of Michigan.