Mr. Sublett was born in Boston, Massachusetts and was given his first musical instrument, a half sized Spanish classical guitar, by his grandfather at age 5. He joined his church choir at age 6 and was chosen to sing a solo in the Spring musical. He started studying the upright bass at age 8 while…
Julie Charisse Carter holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of Tennessee with additional studies at the Juilliard School and Stetson University. She joined the School in October 2005 after having served 10 years at the National Music Conservatory (NMC)/Noor Al-Hussein Foundation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan where she was Associate Director of…
Francis Graffeo was appointed Executive Director in 2005, bringing to the organization a distinguished list of accomplishments in the non-profit arena. Since his arrival, the School has dramatically increased its community presence, financial profile, institutional partnerships, and overall impact. All areas of support have been boosted, while increasing in-house and outreach services for children in…
“As a youngster, there was a very enthusiastic band director at my school. It was easy to respond to him. So I walked into his office one day and said that I was interested in the band and, of course, he was all open arms…. He was a terrific person who started a great venture…