Dendê Macêdo
Pronouns: he/him Dendê Macêdo is a master percussionist, singer, composer, bandleader, teacher, and multi-instrumentalist. He has been a professional musician since the age of 14, when he appeared in the frontline of Timbalada, Carlinhos Brown’s superstar percussion ensemble. Since 2001,…
Reginald Love
Pronouns: he/him Reggie graduated from Berklee College of Music as a Production & Engineering Major. He has vast working experience with some of the top names in the professional music industry and a heralding history of accomplishments in education. Reggie…
Kofi Dennis
Pronouns: he/him Kofi Dennis is an Early Childhood Arts Integration Specialist who presents Family Involvement Workshops and Professional Development Workshops for Arts Professionals and Educators, as well as Residencies in schools and libraries all over the country. As a Wolf…
Christine Galante
Pronouns: she/her Christine Galante is a professional multi-disciplinary performer and teaching artist specializing in theatre, music, dance, puppetry, and storytelling through crankies. With a unique and versatile background in musical theatre and multicultural percussive dance, Christine has graced theatre stages,…
Penny Russell/Penny’s Puppets
Pronouns: she/her Penny Russell is a Puppeteer, Musician, and Teaching Artist based in Prince George’s County, MD. She is a Master Teaching Artist with Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts; and teaches Music, Drama, Puppetry, and Self-Advocacy…
The Music Man / Vinton Jones
Pronouns: he/him Vinton Jones is a professional musician, musical director, and educator who has been teaching music in Prince George’s County public schools for more than 20 years, as well as private lessons. In 1997, he graduated cum laude with…
Mikela Thrasher
Pronouns: she/her Mikela Thrasher is an artist and educator from Baltimore, Maryland. She attended the Maryland Institute College of Art, graduating with a BFA in Fine Art and MAT in Art Education. She has over a decade of working with…
Ms. Cristii
Pronouns: she/her Ms. Cristii is a first generation Dominican-American artist from Miami, Florida, based here in Baltimore. She is a visual artist with specialty in fiber arts, painting, and the broad spectrum of fine arts. She earned her Bachelors of…
Ms. Tracie
Pronouns: she/her Tracie Marie Jiggetts is a critically acclaimed Interdisciplinary Artist from Baltimore, Maryland who specializes in dance, acting, musical theatre, movement for actors, acting for dancers, and solo performance. An award winning Arts Educator, Playwright, and Director, Ms. Jiggetts…
Michele Minnick (Dr. M.)/Vital Matters
Pronouns: she/her/hers Michele Minnick (PhD, CMA, SMT/E) is an artist and curator of theatre and performance events, a somatic movement educator and therapist, and the founder of Vital Matters, an arts-based interdisciplinary laboratory for change. She has taught theatre and…
Ambo Tazanu
Pronouns: she/her Ambo Tazanu is a Wolf Trap-trained Early Childhood teaching artist with Arts for Learning Maryland. And so our nation’s capital has given us Ambo Tazanu, who brings her theatre and educational experience. Early childhood education and theatre arts…
Kevin Alan Brown
Pronouns: he/him Kevin Alan Brown is a Wolf Trap-trained Early Childhood teaching artist with Arts for Learning Maryland. He is an actor, director, and teaching artist based in Baltimore, Maryland. He holds an MFA from the Shakespeare Theatre Company Academy…