World & Folk Faculty Accordion • Banjo • Didgeridoo • Fiddle • Mandolin
Emilian Badea; Accordion Doctorate Degree in Music, BostonUniversity Bassoonist, Accordionist, Musicologist, and educator Emilian Badea graduated from one of Romania?s most prestigious Music Academies. He earned a Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degree both as a Dean?s scholar from BostonUniversity. Emilian Badea has performed most of the symphonic repertoire with the Romanian Radio Symphony Orchestra and as a freelance musician in the Boston area, he has performed with The Boston Ballet, The Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Classical Players, The Boston Academy of Music, The New Hampshire Symphony, The Rhode Island Philharmonic, The Brockton Symphony, and many other New England ensembles. Dr. Badea has presented Master classes at the "George Dima" Academy of Music in Cluj, Romania and "G. Donizetti" Conservatorio di Musica, Bergamo, Italy. He is a member of The National Music Honor Society "Pi Kappa Lambda", of the American Federation of Musicians, The International Double Reed Society, The American Accordionists? Association, and the Accordion Teachers Association of Massachusetts. Dr. Badea is also currently on the music faculty of the University of Massachusetts Boston and The Brookline Music School.
Steve Mayone; Banjo, Mandolin AA Berklee College of Music, Audio Arts Certificate. Center for Media Arts in NY Performs electric and acoustic rock. Blue grass, blues, Americana and pop. There solo albums and multiple European and U.S. tours with banda and as a solo artist. Extensive experience with school age and younger children. Steve has been writing songs and playing instruments since the age of 13. Music is an element of his being. He is both a respected sideman and a talented singer/songwriter in his own right.
Daniel Orlansky; Didgeridoo Daniel Orlansky has been playing the the didgeridoo for 15 years both in America and Europe. He has performed in many locations, notably at Berklee College of Music, Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, the Boston Jazz Festival, the Cambridge River Festival, and for the Boston Ballet and many local dance companies.
Anne Hooper Webb; Fiddle, Violin B.S., Mannes. Student of William Kroll, Raphael Bronstein, and Sandor Vegh. Played for nine years with the Camerata Academica of Salzburg and the Sinfonieorchester Graunke of Munich. Freelances in the Boston area. Member of Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra and Boston Philharmonic. Scottish Fiddle National Champion, 1993, 1998. Faculty: The Rivers Music School, Lexington Schools.