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EMMA SHUBIN
Co-founder & Executive Director of Integral Steps and Play it Forward Passionate about music, holistic and integrative education, Emma has been joyfully making music all of her life. Both conservatory and life-trained, she has performed and taught internationally as a flutist and Dalcroze Eurhythmics instructor, an approach of teaching music through movement. Her love of ecology led her to a degree in the field and she seeks to make science not only accessible for her students, but to also deepen their awareness of the natural world around them. Emma strives to creatively combine and share her love of music, movement, improvisation, and biology with students of all ages. www.emmashubin.com |
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DR. JESSICA SHERER
Co-founder Flutist Jessica Sherer lives her most wholehearted existence as equal parts performer, teacher, and social justice advocate. Jessica travels throughout the southeast performing with orchestras and chamber ensembles, serves on the faculties of Emory University of Agnes Scott College, and maintains a thriving private flute studio of 20-25 students. As a young musician, Jessica had several teachers who taught her for free when her family was not able to absorb the cost of private lessons. In an effort to pay this goodwill forward, she has always maintained a scholarship program in her studio, teaching one or two students for free. Play It Forward has evolved as the next logical step. In January 2015, eleven year old Inez became the first student to pay her scholarship forward into the community, donating one hour of her time to Trees Atlanta for every hour of flute lessons she received. Jessica and her colleagues are now working to make this experience available to students throughout the Atlanta area through the Play It Forward Scholarship Program. Jessica holds a Doctor of Music from Florida State University, a Master of Music from the Longy School of Music, and a Bachelor of Music from Boston University. |
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KIMBERLY LORCH PERRINS
Co-founder Kim Lorch Perrins is a freelance oboist, music educator, and nonprofit professional in the Atlanta area. She currently teaches at Agnes Scott College, The Westminster Schools, Spelman College, and has an active private oboe lesson studio. She also serves as the Executive Administrator of the Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony. Kim is a lifelong learner and is forever grateful for the support and education that she has received from her own teachers. She hopes that Play It Forward will enable more students to experience the joy, determination, confidence, satisfaction and yes, even tears, that music making has brought to her own life. Kim holds a Bachelor of Science in Music and Biology from Emory University, a Master of Music (Woodwind Performance) from Boston University, and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration (Nonprofit Management) from the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. |
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CORA CRISMAN
Scholarship Coordinator A dedicated flutist and music educator, Cora believes that the importance of this work is to uplift and bring diverse communities together. Cora combines a foundation of professional performance with a flexible and creative approach to teaching and community building through musical experiences. Through her work with outreach programs such as the Colorado Symphony Orchestra’s Very Young Composers and the Colorado Youth Symphony Orchestra Outreach Program, Cora strives to use music as a jumping off point for exploration, conversation, and collaboration. In addition to outreach work in public schools and summer programs, she has worked with youth orchestras, coached chamber music ensembles, and taught privately for almost a decade with the goal of connection to music and to each other. In addition to her teaching artist work Cora performs frequently with such groups as the Colorado Symphony, the Colorado Ballet, and the Colorado Springs Philharmonic. It is her lifelong dream to integrate music performance, music education, and community in a way that serves the community’s needs most effectively. Cora received her BM from Ithaca College and her MA in Flute Performance at the Royal Academy of Music. |
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INTEGRAL STEPS
Parent Organization 
Founded in 2012 by Emma Shubin and Alejandra Hudon, Integral Steps seeks to promote the balanced development children, families and communities through integrative education.
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