Connie Fortunato Connie Fortunato has a passion to inspire children to dream big dreams and then work hard to achieve them. She believes that all children are talented and when involved in a dynamic and positive learning environment, can break through the limitations of a system or society that fails…
Dayvin Hallmon Before he could speak, Dayvin M.A. Hallmon showed an awareness and love of music. At the age of five years old he began taking piano lessons. Later he learned the clarinet and saxophone. A few years later, Dayvin began studying the violin and viola. Perfectly at home in…
Candice Wicks-Davis Candice is a Long Beach native and the founder and CEO of Edutainment for Equity. She holds a Masters in Education from San Francisco State University and a Bachelor’s in Sociology from UC Berkeley. She has 20 years of experience in the field of technical assistance. Candice is…
Treya Lam treya lam is a multi-instrumentalist and composer whose expansive and intersecting identities inform but do not define their work, whether solo or when collaborating with ensembles across a variety of disciplines. their atmospheric voice, liberation oriented songwriting and fluency on guitar, piano and looped viola recalls Nina Simone…
Ashni Davé Genre: Pop, Jazz, R&B. Location: Brooklyn, NY Ashni is a Brooklyn-based singer, songwriter, and pianist. Her relationship with the stage began with classical North Indian dance, Kathak, and western classical piano. A first-generation Indian American, she grew up absorbing Hindustani classical music and Garba, Gujarati folk music and…
Omega Jade Omega is originally from San Diego, California, now residing in Burlington Vermont. She started performing as a stand up comedian. She then produced her own comedy shows. You may have heard of Rhyme and Unreason, a crazy mix of comedy and hip hop. Her hunger for performing eventually…
Rajnii Eddins Burlington resident Rajnii Eddins is a poet, facilitator, activist, teaching artist, founder of the Poetry Experience at Fletcher Free Library and author of a poetry book, Their Names Are Mine, that aims to confront white supremacy. As the artistic director for the Young Writers Project, Eddins co-coached the…
Kalyn Fay Oklahoma-bred songwriter Kalyn Fay has a voice that commands rapt attention, whether filling a theater or piercing the din of a dive bar. It’s a tenor timbre a first-time listener once aptly described as “butterscotch,” all rich and velveteen, bold, singular. Fay’s been writing and recording her own…
Dialtone (Antonio Andrews) Dialtone is not only a rapper but a creative visionary making waves all throughout the Tulsa art scene. While Dialtone consistently puts out music that raises the bar for other Tulsa artists, he still finds the time to create incredible works of visual art and regularly holds…
Branjae Jackson Branjae is the personification of Black American Music. She is an artist, activist, dancer, singer, and actress who empowers women and inspires hope for us all. She asks “why not” through her music, challenging listeners to embrace their natural selves. Branjae is a fearless, headstrong, and energetic woman…
