Mixtape: Michael Siess & Juan-Salvador Carrasco
From Mixtape’s founders: “Mixtapes are a great way to sample a variety of artists, and when curated with the proper care, the mixtape as a whole becomes greater than the sum of its parts. In our programming, we find the similarities in rhythm, harmony, and mood in otherwise disparate musical selections, and weave them together into a complete cohesive work.” Learn more about Mixtape here.
Emily Webster-Zuber
Emily Webster-Zuber, 16, studied private piano at the Colburn Community School of Performing Arts for nine years under Jee Sung Kang. She has been studying under Professor Robert Ward since the Fall of 2018. Emily plays chamber music with Junior Chamber Music and at Colburn. At Colburn, she has also studied choir, music theory, tap dancing, and the Piano Intensive Camp. In 2018, Emily was also invited to the Concerto Fest Europa in Bratislava, Slovakia, where she performed solo repertoire and the Piano Concerto No. 10, K. 365, in E-Flat Major for Two Pianos by Mozart with her sister, Kaitlin. Emily participated in Salastina’s Sounds Promising program as a pianist and composer in the 2018-2019 season as well. For the 2019-20 season of Junior Chamber Music, she will serve as Student Service Alliance Alliance Coordinator. Emily has also been accepted as a student of the Nancy and Barry Sanders Composer Fellowship Program through the LAPhil for the 2019-20 school year. Emily co-founded Musical Traces with her sister Kaitlin.
Kaitlin Webster-Zuber
Kaitlin Webster-Zuber (19) attends UC Santa Barbara, where she is pursuing a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance. She studied with Jee Sung Kang for nine years at Colburn, where she also studied chamber music, tap dancing, music theory, voice, and ballet. She served as the Los Angeles Branch Board for Junior Chamber Music Student Service Alliance (JCMSSA, 2014-15) and has been awarded numerous scholarships from JCM, including: the Costa Rica Chamber Music Festival, the Idyllwild Arts Summer Piano Intensive, the John Perry Academy Summer Piano Festival, the Montecito International Music Festival, and the Warsaw Piano Intensive. In July 2018, she was invited to the Concerto Fest Europa in Bratislava, Slovakia, where she performed solo repertoire and the Mozart Double Piano Concerto No. 10 with her sister Emily. Like her sister Emily, she participated in Salastina’s Sounds Promising program as both a pianist and composer in the 2018-2019 season. She studies composition with Professor Ian Krouse (UCLA). Kaitlin co-founded Musical Traces with her sister Emily.