Soprano and Violinist, Samantha Burke is the Founder and Director of BURKE MUSIC ACADEMY and teaches voice, strings, and piano. She is also a student of Amy Shoremount-Obra (The Metropolitan Opera), and a graduate of Brooklyn College’s Conservatory of Music (M.M). She studied with Erika Kiesewetter (Concertmaster of The American Symphony, NY) at Bard College (B.M.). In the summer of 2022, Samantha was a soloist and covered the role of Julie for Spoleto Festival’s world premiere opera, OMAR, by Rhiannon Gideon’s and Michael Abels.

Hailed as a versatile pianist, Richard Hagemann combines intellectual discipline with an intense musicality; looking for ways to make old music new. He offers an eclectic repertoire, ranging from pianistic standards to works rarely heard in the concert halls. Richard has performed in the recent Beethoven the Contemporary Festival at NYU, and appeared as a soloist with the American Symphony Orchestra. He is an equally talented and knowledgeable pedagog with teaching credits from NYU.

Grammy-Award winning Soprano, Lynnesha Crump “owned the stage” singing soulfully and tenderly with poise (Oregon Artswatch). Ms. Crump has delighted many audiences with her warm, rich, and brilliant soprano voice. Ms. Crump recently played the role of Strawberry Woman in Porgy and Bess with Des Moines Metro Opera and the role of Verna with the Lyric Opera of Chicago in their debut production of Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut up in my Bones. In the 2022 season, she debuted this same production with the Metropolitan Opera (soon available on the Met: Live in HD).

Jarius Miquel Cliett is a native of Atlanta,GA. Recently, Jarius was seen performing as Coalhouse Walker Jr in Ragtime, and Dwanye in 9 to 5:The Musical. He is currently on the Golden Plates Tour of The Book of Mormon. Jarius is one of the hosts of Black Table Read podcast show and a brother of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity. Follow him @ohitsjmc on Instagram and Facebook.