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Allyson Bennett is an American soprano studying under Jane Eaglen at New England Conservatory pursuing an G.D. in Vocal Performance. She’s currently preparing to cover the title role Puccini’s Tosca with Opera51. Allyson was most recently featured at NEC in the roles of First Lady in The Magic Flute and a Liederabend showcasing Rachmaninoff’s Six Romances op.8. Additional operatic role experience includes Eva (An American Dream), Madame Lidoine (Dialogues of the Carmelites), Mimì (La Bohème), and Valletto (L’incoronazione di Poppea). She premiered Flora Sun’s ÄѲ¨½ò¤Ë (Naniwa-zu ni), appeared with NEC’s Wind Ensemble singing Dvo?ák’s “Song to the Moon” and Elena Firsova’s The Birth of a Smile, and hosted a benefit recital with Sparrow Live for the family of Breonna Taylor.

Allyson won First Place for Rising Talents of the Americas 2020 with the Great Composers Competition and was named Boston District Winner by the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition in both 2021 and 2022. For more information, please visit .

Amber Correa recently received her Bachelor of Violin Performance at the Cleveland Institute of Music where she studied with Professor Olga Kaler and Philip Setzer. In addition, she received minors in Business Management and French from Case Western Reserve University. In the summer of 2022, she had the honor of studying at the Universität Mozarteum and at the International Music Festival of the Adriatic.

Her many chamber groups have won first place in numerous competitions including California State VOCE and have performed in Weill Carnegie Hall, Boston Symphony Hall, Vienna, Prague, Budapest, and Switzerland. In addition, Amber has won first place in numerous solo concerto competitions and has had the honor of performing solo with prestigious orchestras.

She has been awarded Spotlight Youth of the Year from the South Coast Interfaith Council and Youth Ambassador from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People for her efforts to bridge the divisions of our current society through music. In September 2023, Amber will be attending the Royal College of Music in London for her Master of Music in Violin Performance.

Isabel Folkers is a contemporary singer-songwriter attending UCLA as a second-year Ethnomusicology major. Her journey with songwriting began when she was very young, initially through classical voice training and musical theater. She now strives for her songwriting to establish meaningful change on a larger scale, writing music inspired by her own experiences for the benefit of equity and inclusion.

Nicolette Marie Sullivan-Cozza started playing the violin at the age of four and viola at the age of 12. She is currently a sophomore at the New England Conservatory of Music studying under Kim Kashkashian on a Dean’s full tuition scholarship. Previously, she was a student at the Cab Calloway School of the Arts and was a student of Kerri Ryan. She is a laureate in competitions such as the American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition, American Viola Society Biannual Solo Competition, George Gershwin International Music Competition, VSA International Young Soloists Competition, Golden Keys International Music Festival Competition, IU Jacobs School of Music Summer String Academy Concerto Competition, and the Delaware Concerto Competition for Young Musicians. She is also a recipient of a Sphinx MPower Grant. She has performed in many concert halls around the country such as Carnegie Hall, Weill and Isaac Stern Recital Halls, the Kimmel Center’s Verizon Hall and Perelman Theater, Boston’s Symphony Hall, Jordan Hall, Chicago’s Symphony Center, Lincoln Center, and Avery Fisher Hall. She has made appearances on NPR’s From the Top and the WRTI 90.1 FM Classical and Jazz Radio Station. 

A dedicated orchestral musician, she has held positions as the Principal Violist of the New England Conservatory of Music Symphony Orchestra and the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra (where she was a recipient of the Helen T. Carp Distinguished Service Award); Associate Principal of the Temple University Music Preparatory Center for Gifted Young Musicians Youth Chamber Orchestra; and Assistant Principal in the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. In addition, she is a substitute violist for the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra. During the summer, Ms. Sullivan-Cozza has attended music programs including the Bowdoin International Music Festival, Heifetz International Music Institute, Sphinx Performance Academy, and the Curtis Institute of Music’s Young Artist Summer Program (on a full merit scholarship). 

Since starting music playing at the age of four, music has been Nicolette’s world. It has been her way to express herself and reach people’s emotions. Nicolette is an alumni of PMAY (Philadelphia Music Alliance for Youth) and the Primavera Fund. Without the help and mentorship of these organizations and her dedicated family, she would not have been able to pursue her passion for music. To give back to her community and help other students have the chance to be immersed in music, Nicolette and her two sisters (Justine and Adelle) co-founded Strings for Change. Strings For Change is an organization that was started through the seed money from Project 440. Strings for Change provides free violin and viola private lessons, instruments, and supplies to elementary and middle school students studying in Delaware public schools.

Anson is an accomplished pianist who is also a wheelchair user. As a recipient of the Individual Scholarship under Lee Hysan Foundation, Anson is currently studying Bachelor of Music in Royal College of Music (RCM), London, under the tutelage of Professor Nigel Clayton at RCM. He made history as the first wheelchair user to join RCM’s keyboard faculty. Anson obtained a Performance Diploma (ATCL) in piano with distinction from the Trinity College London under the tutelage of Mr. Alan Chu, the Principal Keyboard of Hong Kong Sinfonietta, when Anson was 15 years old in Hong Kong.

Anson has traveled to various countries to study with renowned pianists such as Piers Lane, Artur Pizzaro, Carlo Garte, and more. He has achieved remarkable results in both local and international competitions. Anson was also frequently invited to perform in public and was a Green Leaf Artist under the Arts with the Disabled Association of Hong Kong from 2015 to 2017. He gave his first piano recital in Hong Kong in 2017 and has participated in various music and art festivals, including a chamber performance in City Dress Up: Blossoming Stairs by the Hong Kong Museum of Art, a piano recital in SPARK festival in 2021 organized by The British Council Hong Kong, and Head On Photo Festival in 2022 by the Royal College of Music.

Anson has cooperated with renowned musicians and arts groups, including the celebrated violinist Midori Got¨­, Hong Kong pianist Ms. Colleen Lee, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, and Asian Chamber.