MARIANNE LOCKE, Ed.D, Founding Executive Director is a model program consultant for curriculum, For over 30 years, Dr. Locke has been a teacher and leader in arts education in California public schools. She worked with agencies including the California Music Educators Association (CMEA), Music Educators National Conference (now NAfME), US Dept. of Education and design is for Multicultural Music and Dance in Public Schools, aimed at improving equity and excellence for Marin County’s underserved students. Dr. Locke was named Multicultural Music Educator of the Year by CMEA. She received a Bachelor of Music Education from Northwestern University, a Master’s from UC Berkeley, and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Fielding University.
ALAN SCOFIELD, Founding Executive Director Emeritus, is one of Marin’s finest leaders and educators. His qualifications include a Bachelors Degree in Dance Education from San Francisco State University, training at A.C.T., over 20 years experience as a dance instructor at College of Marin and professional dancer. Alan has directly provided professional development opportunities for our arts educators and has consistently taught in schools throughout Marin County. Alan has been a part of the development of model projects sponsored by the California Arts Council, Arts in the City, U.S. Department of Education, and Arts Education Demonstration Project for the Larkspur-Corte Madera School District.
JEAN MILLER holds a Bachelor's degree in piano performance from the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Jean has performed for many years, both as soloist and in ensembles.
She has an active interest in music education, having studied piano pedagogy with Roger Grove, completed Level 2 Orff certification, held Kindermusik and Musikgarten certification.
She was a co-founder of the Performing Arts Camp at College of the Siskiyous. The summer camp offered programs in music, art and dance for students throughout Northern California. Jean lives in Mount Shasta where she teaches piano privately.
Since the age of 4, ABEL COOPER has been singing and performing on stage. He continues to perform as a guitarist and singer both as a soloist and ensemble member. Abel has fostered a lifelong passion as a performer and teacher for students of all ages. In addition to his studies at Sonoma State University he will be graduating from Sonoma State University with honors in sociology.
DOUGLAS ARRINGTON is known for his versatility as a jazz singer who creates warm, intimate, intense, electric and buoyant moods. He is a member of a prominent musical family from New York City and became known through television and radio appearances around the world. For many years, he has been a frequent performer and recording artist in northern California. As both a drummer and singer, he and Jerry Moore, jazz pianist, have worked together to bring music to thousands of public school children through Young Imaginations’ programs for rhythm, jazz and world musics.
CHASKINAKUY. Edmond Badoux and Francy Vidal have traveled to Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia over many years to make recordings in the field, attend music festivals, meet and study with native musicians, obtain instruments, and immerse themselves in Andean culture. Since 1985, they have performed together as the duo Chaskinakuy, have produced three recordings on their own label, and provided resource materials for the book publisher Macmillan and Schirmer. They have performed extensively in concerts and in programs for school children across the U.S. and abroad. They are well known for their ability in playing over 25 traditional instruments that capture the sounds of the Andean regions of South America. www.chaskinakuy.com
FACULTY & STAFF
RANDALL K WONG, DMA, Administrative Director, has had a career in opera and concert performance which has taken him to such far-flung places as Sydney, Juneau, and Rome. He has built a distinguished reputation specializing in both historically informed performances of Baroque and Classic period repertoire and contemporary music. A number of operatic roles have been composed for Mr. Wong. With Houston Grand Opera he premiered Stewart Wallace's Where's Dick and Harvey Milk (reprised by New York City Operaand San Francisco Opera), and Meredith Monk's ATLAS. With the Meredith Monk Ensemble he has participated in numerous theatrical and concert tours including ATLAS, The Politics of Quiet, and A Celebration Service. He has sung in innumerable modern performances of early operas including works by Handel, Mozart, Hasse, and J. C. Bach in international venues including Rome, Dresden, Stuttgart, Boston, and Hong Kong. As composer/designer/performer, Dr. Wong's has created a number of miniature operas via grants and commissions from (among others) the San Francisco Arts Commission, Yerba Buena Center, Zellerbach Foundation, American Composers Forum, Museum of Jurassic Technology (LA), Theatre Bay Area, and California Arts Council. He received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Stanford University. Dr. Wong has been a Assistant Professor of Music at UC Santa Cruz, Director of Repertoire and Training at EBCPA, Richmond, and a teacher of early childhood music for Half Moon Bay Music.
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