Meet the Artists

Elaine Kwon is a prize-winning concert pianist, martial artist, and co-founder of Savor Your Senses®, whose diverse talents have placed her in a category of her own. She performs globally as soloist and chamber musician, and has been broadcast on TV/radio in North America, Asia, and Europe. She appeared as soloist with numerous orchestras including the National Music Festival Symphony, Toronto Philharmonia and Slovak Sinfonietta among others. She was artistic director and headlined 9 sold-out benefit concerts at Carnegie Hall, collaborating with artists such as Questlove (The Roots) and David Bryan (Bon Jovi). She was featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show and StarTalk with Neil DeGrasse Tyson and dozens of magazines, videos, ads, and books. Since 2009, her experiential performance series, Savor Your Senses®, has delighted audiences worldwide, with live music performances paired with wine, food, spirits, and sensory arts. Elaine holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree and was a Lecturer in Music at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for 23 years. She makes her home in New York City, where she continues to explore ways to express her passion for music, martial arts, creative performance, and optimal living. Learn more at: www.elainekwon.com.

JD Roberto is an Emmy®-nominated television host, writer, director, and producer with decades of experience entertaining audiences across network, cable, and streaming platforms. JD has hosted hit shows spanning game shows, lifestyle programming, red carpets, and live events—including ringing in 2026 from Times Square as host of the nationally television Coast 2 Coast Countdown. JD is passionate about giving back and serving his community, volunteering for nearly 20 years as an EMT and as a New York State domestic and sexual violence counselor and advocate.

Grammy-winning and Emmy-nominated songwriter Desmond Child is one of music’s most prolific and accomplished hitmakers. He’s a film, television, theater and music producer, recording artist, performer, and author. His credits appear on more than eighty Billboard Top 40 singles spanning six decades, including “Livin’ On A Prayer,” “You Give Love A Bad Name,” “I Was Made For Lovin’ You,” “Dude Looks Like A Lady,” “How Can We Be Lovers,” “I Hate Myself For Loving You,” “Livin’ La Vida Loca,” “The Cup Of Life,” “Waking Up In Vegas,” “Kings & Queens” and many more. From Aerosmith to Zedd, his genre-defying collaborations also include KISS, Bon Jovi, Cher, Barbra Streisand, Ricky Martin, Alice Cooper, Joan Jett, Michael Bolton, Katy Perry, Dolly Parton, Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Garth Brooks, Cyndi Lauper, Christina Aguilera, Weezer, The Black Keys, Ava Max, Mickey Mouse and Kermit The Frog, selling over 500 million records worldwide with downloads, YouTube views and streaming plays in the billions. Desmond was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2008 and serves on its Board of Directors as well as the Board of ASCAP. In 2018 he received ASCAP’s prestigious Founders Award celebrating 40 years as a proud member of ASCAP. In 2012 he also co-founded the Latin Songwriters Hall Of Fame where he serves as Chairman Emeritus. In 2022 he was inducted into the Latin Songwriters Hall Of Fame and “Livin’ La Vida Loca” was inducted into the National Archives of the Library of Congress for its cultural significance to America. In 2023 “Livin’ On A Prayer” reached 1 billion streams on Spotify and in 2024 “You Give Love A Bad Name,” “I Was Made For Lovin’ You” and “Kings & Queens” also reached 1 billion streams. In 2025 Barbra Streisand released a duet with Josh Groban of “Where Do I Go From You” from the new musical BEBA’S MAMBO co-written with Davitt Sigerson. His autobiography, LIVIN’ ON A PRAYER: BIG SONGS BIG LIFE with David Ritz is out now (audiobook also available). 

Syndee Winters New York–born, Miami-raised Jamaican-American vocalist and songwriter Syndee Winters rose to Broadway acclaim starring as Nala in The Lion King, all three Schuyler Sisters in Hamilton, and appearing in Motown the Musical, Pippin, and Jesus Christ Superstar Live! in Concert, with a guest role on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. A 1st runner-up in the Sarah Vaughan International Vocal Jazz Competition, her debut album, Syndee Winters Sings Lena Horne, honors Lena Horne and debuted Top 40 on JazzWeek. She has performed with major orchestras worldwide, founded ROAR School to mentor young artists, tours with Disney Princess – The Concert, and records R&B/Pop as Butterfly Black with Grammy-winning bassist Ben Williams.

Tamar Greene, Broadway’s longest-running George Washington in Hamilton, is a vocal powerhouse known for his rich vocals and powerful performances both onstage and onscreen. He recently starred as Coalhouse Walker Jr. in Ragtime at Stages St. Louis, a performance that earned him the award for Outstanding Performer in a Musical. In collaboration with the Lincoln Center Theatre and The Metropolitan Opera, Tamar recently performed the lead role of The Father in Jeanine Tesori’s opera Blue. A proud first-generation American of Jamaican and British parents, Tamar is a versatile artist, writer, arranger, classical pianist, and opera singer, drawing inspiration from Classical music, Reggae, Hip-Hop, R&B, Blues, and Jazz. He has starred in leading roles not only on Broadway, but at regional theaters across the country and on multiple national tours. In addition to his theatrical work, Tamar frequently performs with symphonies across the country including the San Diego Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, and Bozeman Symphony. Beyond the stage, Tamar can be seen on Comedy Central, Netflix Jr. Jams, WEtv, and heard on streaming platforms with his singles Soaring and Lemonade. Abroad, Tamar has graced stages as a featured vocalist in Italy, Germany, England, and the Caribbean. Tamar holds a Master of Music in Vocal Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music and dual B.A. degrees in Music (Vocal and Piano Performance) and Computer Information Systems from SUNY Oswego. Learn more on Instagram @tamar.Greene or at www.TamarGreene.com.

Ginevra Petrucci has an extensive activity as a soloist as well as in chamber groups and as a visiting professor in Europe, USA, China, Japan working with internationally renowned artists. She is the founder of the Flauto d’Amore Project, and she recorded several internationally released albums. Ginevra holds degrees from Yale University and a DMA from Stony Brook University, and she serves as Principal Flute at Chamber Orchestra of New York. Learn more at www.ginevrapetrucci.com.

Dan Weiner has performed in the hit show “STOMP” as a performer and rehearsal director and recently held the drum chair for the Broadway show “The Cher Show”. He currently plays for Broadway shows like “Ragtime”, “Mama Mia” and “Little Shop Of Horrors.” He also acted as the house drummer for NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” for 4 years while the show was based at Radio City Music Hall. He has performed with such artists as Cher, Andrea Bocelli, Josh Groban, Rza (Wu Tang Clan) and Bobby Mcferrin among many others. Recently, Dan produced an album featuring Neil Sedaka and track for Coca-Cola’s 125th Anniversary Celebration.  He also engineered vocals for the 2025 release of “I AM”, by Macy Gray and Big Freedia. More info is available at: www.DanWeinerDrums.com.

Jessica Ferretti is originally from Port Chester, New York where she started her dance training at Westchester Dance Academy. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Marymount Manhattan College in 2019 with a BFA in Dance concentrating in Ballet. She joined Taylor 2 Dance Company in 2019 and Paul Taylor Dance Company in 2021. She has performed works by Paul Taylor, Lauren Lovette, Robert Battle, Ulysses Dove, Kurt Joss, Larry Keigwin, Hope Boykin and many others.

Austin Kelly is from Overland Park, Kansas where he began dancing at Jody Phillips Dance Company and later studied at the University of Hartford’s The Hartt School where he graduated Summa Cum Laude earning a B.A. in Performing Arts Management with minors in Dance Performance and Business Management in 2021. He has performed works by Paul Taylor, José Limón, August Bournonville, Lar Lubovitch, and Stephen Pier. While earning his degree, he simultaneously studied Paul Taylor’s style through The Taylor School’s winter intensives, summer intensives, and virtual classes held during the Covid-19 pandemic. Austin joined the Paul Taylor Dance Company in Winter of 2021.

Catherine Eaton is an actor, director, writer, and storytelling activist. She directed, co-wrote, and performed in the feature The Sounding, which won more than two dozen festival awards, was released internationally on HBO, and received a Humanitas SAMHSA Voice Award nomination sponsored in part by the American Psychiatric Association. She has performed on Broadway, at Carnegie Hall and Manhattan Theatre Club, and at regional theaters across North America and abroad. Her acting honors include the Katharine Cornell Award, the Lisa Blount Memorial Acting Award, the Manchester Film Festival Acting Award, and a Helen Hayes nomination. As a director/writer, select honors include: Ryan Murphy’s Half Program, Tribeca’s Through Her Lens Lab and Grant, Kit Steinkellner’s Statera Mentorship, the Avalon Story Fellowship, The Gotham TV Series Lab, a NYFA fellowship, and an Emmy Award. Catherine is a writer-producer at Next Chapter Podcasts. She teaches Screen Directing at Harvard and is developing a feature set in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom and a television thriller exploring our future with AI. Learn more at catherineeaton.info.

Justin Lander is a comedian, puppeteer, and musician. For 25 years he has toured puppet shows nationally and internationally. He is an alumnus of the Bread and Puppet Theater, and cofounded Modern Times Theater which tours original shows to unlikely rural places. He works with The Civic Theater Project as a writer, performer and set designer. Lander teaches puppetry at Northern Vermont University, and leads workshops in puppetry and junk music for both kids and adults. He studied neuroscience and performance art at Bates College where he worked under William Pope.L. He plays bass in a variety of musical projects. He also plays the musical bicycle pump. Learn more at moderntimestheater.com.

Bryan Delaney is a playwright and screenwriter from Dublin. He previously ran the New Playwrights Programme at The Abbey Theatre, Ireland’s national theatre. His television series Bailbirds is currently in development with ID8 Multimedia. He co-wrote and produced the feature film The Sounding, directed by Catherine Eaton and starring Frankie Faison and Harris Yulin. The film won more than two dozen festival awards, including four festival grand prizes, and is distributed internationally by HBO. His plays include The Seedbed (Aspen Institute Theater Masters Visionary Playwright Award; nominee for the James Tait Black Prize for Drama and the L. Arnold Weissberger New Play Award); The Onion Game (King’s Cross New Writing Award; BBC Writersroom winner); and The Cobbler (Katherine Cornell Award; winner of the 16th International Playwriting Competition). His plays have had productions and readings in Ireland, the U.K., the U.S. and internationally and have been translated into several languages. Other awards include an Aspen Institute Fellowship, and the Samuel Beckett Centenary International Writer’s Residency at the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris. He currently teaches dramatic writing at Harvard University, where he received the James E. Conway Award for Excellence in Teaching Writing.

Rose Friedman is a theater director, community organizer and performer. She co-founded and leads the Civic Standard, a cultural center based in Hardwick Vermont. Her innovative work with The Civic Theater Project has been featured in Yankee Magazine, on the podcast Rumblestrip and in The New Yorker. The Civic’s original productions are made by, for and about the small town where she lives, and aim to bridge impossible cultural divides. Born to a theater family in New York City, her childhood was spent traveling three continents, which helped shape her vision of theater and community living. Rose studied at the Moscow Art Theater and New School University, and toured with Bread and Puppet Theater for more than a decade. She lives with her family in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. Learn more at: www.thecivicstandard.org.

Jacob Sayraf (Ukulele Jake)is the founder of The Ukulele School of New York City. His debut 2025 album, Direct Line In, has 10 million streams on TikTok. Recently, he has returned from touring far away lands; places like Prague and Syracuse. His writing style and teaching style both intersect at the corner of authentic and playfully clever. His hobbies include camping, baseball, and cooking. “Teaching is one of the greatest honors. When you treat the student with compassion, love, and understanding, I have found that I receive the same in multitudes.” — Ukulele Jake

Star Spann is a NYC–based singer-songwriter and frontwoman of the band Star and The Moonglow. Star’s debut solo album comes out this spring. Stream her music and follow her on all social platforms at @starspann.