Summer Program Faculty

Arnie Krakowsky, Summer Programs Instructor

Arnie Krakowsky Arnie Krakowsky has toured and performed with many well-known musicians including Tony Bennett, Ray Charles, the Artie Shaw Band, Dick Johnson, Frank Sinatra, Jr., The Four Tops, The Temptations and many others. He led production on two CDs, "Where the Tenor Meets the Bone" (Seaside Records) and "Is It Minor Yours" (Bleek Records), both featuring the legendary trombonist, George Masso.... Read more

Bill Miele, Summer Programs Instructor

Bill Miele Bill Miele joined the FSPA Music Faculty in 2006. He performs and records with many artists in the New England area including The John Almark Jazz Orchestra and The East Side Horns. He has toured extensively throughout the US and Europe with many well-known artists playing a variety of musical styles. Bill has recorded with artists including Greg Abate, Bill Harley and Mark... Read more

Bryan Eyberg, Summer Programs Instructor

Bryan Eyberg Bryan Eyberg is a pianist, keyboardist, and composer.  He received his Master's degree from the University of Michigan- School of Music in 1998. He has been teaching piano for nearly fifteen years, has experience accompanying singers and instrumentalists and currently plays keyboard for various bands in the Worcester area. Bryan studied piano with Anton Nel at the University of Michigan, vocal... Read more

Cheryl Madeux Abbott, Summer Programs Instructor

Cheryl Madeux Abbott Cheryl Madeux, a Connecticut native, received her Vaganova training from the Nutmeg Ballet Company in Torrington, CT. Ms. Madeux has enjoyed a long professional career dancing with companies such as the Joffrey Ballet, Hartford Ballet, and American Ballet Theatre and has performed extensively throughout the United States and Europe. She has worked with and performed many ballets by leading choreographers such as... Read more

Clyde Nantais, Summer Programs Instructor

Clyde Nantais Clyde Nantais joined the FSPA Dance Faculty in 1992. He holds a BFA from Boston Conservatory and a Master of Education degree from Temple University. He has performed leading roles in Equity Summer Stock and dinner theater productions. Clyde danced with the Boston Ballet for seven years before teaching in its school for seventeen years. He also was the principal... Read more

Ed Milham, Summer Programs Instructor

Ed Milham Ed Milham has performed as a vocalist with such organizations as the LiveARTS Concert Series, the Franklin Performing Arts Company, the Lowell Opera Company, the Merrimack Valley Broadway Ensemble, the Savoyard Light Opera Company, the Newport Music Festival and the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra. Ed holds Master’s degrees in Voice from New England Conservatory of Music and Conducting from the University... Read more

Frantz Louizia, Jr., Summer Programs Instructor

Frantz Louizia, Jr. Frantz Louizia Jr. joined the FSPA Dance Faculty in 2010.  A dance/actor/instrumentalist/vocalist and writer, his mother introduced Frantz to Haitian folk dance at the age of two. He later attended Boston School for the Performing Arts and has performed pieces choreographed by many including Ronald K. Brown, Sean Curran and Marlies Yearby. Frantz has extensive training in tap, jazz, ballet, modern, swing,... Read more

Hallie Wetzell, Summer Programs Instructor

Hallie Wetzell Hallie Wetzell holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theater from Occidental College and Master of Music Degrees in Vocal Performance and Vocal Pedagogy from New England Conservatory of Music. She serves as the Vocal Director for FSPA, overseeing the Voice Department as well as teaching voice classes, private students and serving as music director for all ensembles. Hallie was... Read more

Ida Zelman, Summer Programs Instructor

Ida Zelman A member of FSPA's Music Faculty since 1993, Ida Zelman has a Bachelors Degree from the Music Conservatory in Vilnius, Lithuania, where her studies included piano performance and music education, specializing in 17th and 20th century music. She participated in solo piano competitions throughout Vilnius, and Riga, Latvija. Ida has extensive experience in chamber music ensemble playing and accompanying.She has... Read more

Irina Fainkichen, Summer Programs Instructor

Irina Fainkichen Irina Fainkichen studied at the Rachmaninoff Music College (Novgorod, Russia), Leningrad State Conservatory (Leningrad, Russia) and Rubin Academy of Music and Dance (Jerusalem, Israel).  With years of teaching experience both abroad and in the US, Irina has also served as concertmaster and soloist for various symphonies, including the Stanford Symphony, Leningrad Chamber, Tahoe Summer Festival and Newton Symphony. Read more

Jenny Oliver, Summer Programs Instructor

Jenny Oliver Jenny Oliver graduated from Dean College with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in dance. While at Dean, she studied ballet, jazz, tap and modern dance (Graham, Horton, Limon and Dunham techniques). She is a member of the Boston Tap Company and Roots Uprising. Her dance credits include Inside/Out Series, Tapestry, Rhythm in the Night, and In Conversation. Jenny joined the... Read more

Kelllie Stamp, Summer Programs Instructor

Kelllie Stamp Kellie Stamp began her dance training at the age of five under the direction of Pat Smith. After receiving her Masters of Performing Arts Education from Emerson College, she continued her tap and jazz training at the On Stage Academy for the Performing Arts, as well as with Rosemarie Boyden and at the Broadway Dance Center in NYC. Kellie has... Read more

Kenny Hadley, Summer Programs Instructor

Kenny Hadley Kenny Hadley joined the FSPA Music Faculty in 1998 and has extensive teaching experience, including master classes and teaching clinics throughout New England. He has played throughout the United States, Europe and South America and has worked with many well-known musicians including Van Morrison, Dizzy Gillespie, The Count Basie Orchestra, Peter Wolf, The Drifters, Rebecca Parris, FSPA's Youth Choir and Electric... Read more

Kim Rezendes, Summer Programs Instructor

Kim Rezendes Kim Rezendes is Program Director for the Little Music School at FSPA. She graduated magna cum laude from Providence College with a BA in Music and graduated with a Masters Degree in Teaching Music at Rhode Island College.Kim studied voice, piano, acting and musical theater at FSPA when it first opened in 1985 and was an original Broadway Light member.She... Read more

Kitty Cheung-Evans, Summer Programs Instructor

Kitty Cheung-Evans Kitty Cheung-Evans holds a Masters Degree in Piano Performance from Longy School of Music and a BA in Piano from the University of Lethbridge. Kitty is an active accompanist and soloist and has held recitals across Canada and the US, where she also has participated in chamber and musical groups. With more than five years of teaching experience, Kitty joined the... Read more

Lorry May, Summer Programs Instructor

Lorry May Lorry May holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the Boston Conservatory of Music as well as a Certificate of Arts Management Degree from Marymount Manhattan College . Lorry has danced world-wide as a soloist with Anna Sokolow for over three decades performing in rolls as Frida Kahlo in Frida, the soldier's wife in Kurt Weill, the acrobat in... Read more

Mariko Matsumura, Summer Programs Instructor

Mariko Matsumura A native of Tokyo, Japan, Mariko Matsumura graduated with high honors with a BM in Vocal Performance from University of Montana and a MM in Vocal Performance from Longy School of Music. A recipient of the 2006 Penelope Davis Honorable Mention Award, she has served as assistant and accompanist for organizations including St. Francis Xavier, UM Dance and Drama Departments,... Read more

Marina Van Winkle, Summer Programs Instructor

Marina Van Winkle Originally from Russia, Marina Van Winkle danced with the Kiev State Dance Classical Ensemble, appearing in both principal classical and character roles. She has taught ballet for the Southern New Hampshire Dance Theater and the Acton School of Ballet, with many of her students accepted to top ballet schools. With a Master’s degree in Education from Kiev State University and... Read more

Nick Paone, Summer Programs Instructor

Nick Paone Nick Paone has a BA in Theater from Occidental College . An Equity performer, his performing credits include Cabaret, Oklahoma, Red Roses, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Little Shop of Horrors, and Romeo and Juliet. Nick has written and directed numerous shows and he also produced an evening of one-act plays in New York City . He has traveled all over performing... Read more

Priscilla Noyes Kjorlaug, Summer Programs Instructor

Priscilla Noyes Kjorlaug Priscilla Noyes Kjorlaug holds a Masters Degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy and a BM in Piano Performance from Arkansas University. She has experience teaching students of all ages, both in private and group class settings. Priscilla has also served as accompanist for numerous musical ensembles. Priscilla joined the FSPA Music Faculty in 2009. Read more

Raye Lynn Mercer, Summer Programs Instructor

Raye Lynn Mercer Raye Lynn Mercer is founder and director of the Franklin School for the Performing Arts. She is a lifelong resident of Franklin and a graduate of Franklin High School. Raye Lynn holds a Bachelor Degree from Middlebury College and attended the Vienna International Music Center in Vienna, Austria. In Vienna, she studied piano with Maria-Regina Seidhofer of the Academy of... Read more

Rilla Tolmie, Summer Programs Instructor

Rilla Tolmie Rilla Tolmie began her dance training at the age of seven with Theresa Sheridan DuBois. After studying acting at BU's School of Fine Arts under Samuel Hirsch and William Lacey, she continued her ballet training at Boston Ballet with Virginia Williams, Ballet Russe Prima Ballerina Madame Ana Roje, Lithuanian ballerina Tatiana Babushkina, and Meicyslaw Morawski of the Kirov Ballet. In... Read more

Shauna Martin, Summer Programs Instructor

Shauna Martin With more than twenty years of teaching experience, Shauna has been a member of the FSPA Music Faculty since 2006. Shauna holds a MM in Opera from University of British Columbia and a BM from Brandon University. Shauna's performances include a wide variety of operatic and musical theater roles in works by classical as well as contemporary composers. She has performed in the Czech... Read more

Tracy Lane, Summer Programs Instructor

Tracy Lane Tracy Lane holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theater Education from Emerson College, where she also studied musical theater and voice. She has taught English and Drama in the public school system and directed and choreographed fro several Massachusetts school systems, including Hanover, Hingham, Bridgewater and Thayer Academy. Tracy’s directing experience includes Anything Goes, Guys and Dolls, The Wiz, Bye, Bye,... Read more