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GRADUATION PRODUCTION 2022
Derek Been
He is a graduate of Berklee College Of Music with a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Production & Engineering. He earned a Master of Science degree and a Bachelor of Science degree with honours in Electrical Engineering from the Florida Institute Of Technology and he has an Associates of Arts degree in Electronics Technology from the College Of The Bahamas. Been has received Jamaica Engineering Institute of Professional Engineers registration and he is a Florida, USA Certified Engineer Intern (EIT).
Trevelle Clarke-Whyne
Full Time
About Carl Scharschimdt
About Ruth Browne
About Ornisea Williams
About Andre Adman
Prior to serving as the Director of Studies, Andre worked as the Head of Department, Senior Lecturer and Adjunct Lecturer at the School of Music. Andre knows the importance of integrating and infusing music into all other subject areas, with a proven track record of breaking down complex material for all to learn.
Andre is a graduate of the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts with a bachelor’s degree in Music Education, a diploma in Music Education from the Joint Board of Music Education and a Diploma in Piano Performance from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. With an interest in children’s and gospel music, Andre wrote and produced the original children’s album entitled I am Special, which is used in classrooms locally and internationally. A self-published author, Andre is set to release his first Children’s storybook Ooster’s Night Song. Andre maintains involvement in his community. A mentor and motivational speaker, he does workshops, presentations, and performances both locally and internationally.
About Stephen Shaw-Naar
About Gerd Beyens
Gerd holds a Masters in Composition from the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, Belgium, and a Teaching Degree in music from the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp, Belgium.
He has written and arranged for Jazz Big Bands, Salsa Orchestras, mixed ensembles, string quartets, and solo instrumentalists. Gerd is also actively recording and producing.
About Roger N. Williams
Mr. Williams is the Dean of the School of Music at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts. He has thirty years of teaching experience and currently teaches piano and related areas such as piano pedagogy and literature, and music theory. He continues to be an active pianist and educator, private piano teacher, arranger, and choral conductor. In 2017 he became the director for the Methodist Chorale of Jamaica, is a co-director of the Providence Methodist Church Junior Choir and the founder/director of the Providence Methodist Church Praise Team. Mr. Williams is a founding member of the National Youth Orchestra of Jamaica (NYOJ) where he continues to serve on the board as a director.
Mr. Williams has served as an adjudicator for the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) and as an external examiner for CXC music. As a clinician, he continues to conduct workshops in piano pedagogy, piano performance, and church music. He was one of two music editors for the Voices in Praise, a Caribbean hymnal published in 2013 by the Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas (MCCA).
Mr. Williams is a graduate of the Jamaica School of Music (Edna Manley College) with a Diploma in Music Education (Honours) and a Certificate in Instrumental Teaching. He also has a Bachelor of Music (Summa Cum Laude) from the University of Southern Maine and a Master of Music from Butler University, both in piano performance.
About Rafael Salazar
He has performed as a soloist with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Oriente (Cuba), the Jamaica Military Band, the Jamaican Youth Ensemble, conducted by Dr. Olive Lewin (Jamaica) and the New England Youth Ensemble from Maryland (USA), under the baton of Dr. Virginia-Gene Rittenhouse.
As a professional Clarinettist, Saxophonist and Conductor, Mr Salazar has given numerous recitals and had collaborated with a number of outstanding musicians from all music genres, in Jamaica, Cuba, Europe, the Caribbean, and the USA. He has participated in the famous Festival of the Aegean in Greece, the Salzburg Festival in Austria, and attended the Ameropa Chamber Music Festival in Prague. It also has led workshops and seminars in Jamaica and the USA.
About Keturah Gray
Keturah Gray joined the Edna Manley College (EMCVPA) faculty in 2018 where she teaches flute, music theory, and lectures in the Music Education Department. Keturah holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education (Hons.) from the (EMCVPA), Advanced Graduate Certificate in Music and Movement Pedagogy from the Carl Orff Institute ‘Mozarteum’ in Salzburg, Austria and a Master of Education in Leadership in Early Childhood Development from the University of the West Indies.
Keturah also teaches music at the Jamaica National Children’s Home and directs the Immaculate Conception High School Concert Band. She is a Master Trainer for the Ministry of Education, where she is called upon to train Music Teachers across the island. Over the years Keturah has performed both internationally and locally with the Jamaica Constabulary Force Band, Jamaica Defense Force Military Band, Philharmonic Orchestra of Jamaica, Hayes’s Concert Band, JARIA Awards Ceremony and the National Dance Theatre Company Ensemble.
About Kyran O'Connor
Kyran is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Education in Innovation in Teaching and Learning.
About Debra-Ann Davidson
Ms. Davidson has given recitals on both the piano and organ in the U.S. and Jamaica and has presented papers at conferences in these countries. In addition to teaching at EMC, she is organist and choir director at Cathedral St. Jago de la Vega, Spanish Town (Anglican), and Holy Trinity Cathedral, Kingston (Roman Catholic).
Ms. Davidson holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Piano Performance from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA; a Master’s degree in Historical Performance Practice from Oberlin Conservatory of Music, USA, and a Master’s degree in Educational Technology from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
About William Eggleston Jr.
About Michael Sean Harris
In 2014, Michael presented ‘Lionheart: Cultural Currency’ at TEDx, Berklee Valencia, where he introduced the concept behind his current project- ‘Folkbeats and Blipspeak’, a fusion of Jamaican Folk and Electronic Music.
Michael earned a Master’s degree in Music Technology Innovation from Berklee College of Music’s Valencia campus and worked as an academic consultant for the African Music Institute in Libreville, Gabon.
He is a former Acting Dean and Director of Studies for the School of Music at the Edna Manley College. He specializes in performance and procedural design, and music technology and currently serves as the HOD of the Performance department.
