Dan Li ~ Guitar

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Lexy Parsons is a classically trained violinist with a Bachelor’s degree in music performance and an eclectic music background. Originally from Mount Airy, Maryland, she received her classical foundation under the tutelage of Charlotte Shifferin, a graduate of Peabody Conservatory. After several years of traditional classical technique, Lexy began focusing on Celtic and fiddle music with coaching from Berklee College of Music graduate, Alexander Mitchell, while still supplementing her classical training and repertoire with Donatus Hayes.   

In 2007, Lexy was accepted to Stetson University as a scholarship student of Dr. Routa Kroumovitch-Gomez, where she continued serious classical training for violin performance. While attending Stetson, she performed in the University’s Symphony, Chamber and Opera Theatre Orchestras. In 2008 Lexy had the honor of performing with the orchestra at La Mortella in Ischia, Italy as part of the Festival of Youth Orchestras in memory of Sir William Walton. In 2009 Lexy began volunteering as a conductor and assistant for the Stetson Youth String Orchestra and enjoyed herself so much she began teaching privately as well, tailoring her lessons to fit each individual student while still providing a strong technical foundation.

Since graduating in May 2011 with a Bachelor of Music degree in music performance, Lexy has apprenticed as a luthier and spent 7 years working at and managing Atlantic Strings Violin Shop. She also actively performs with local groups Violectric and Fretless Rock, is a part of the non-profit Violectric Education Program, and has enthusiastically maintained her private lesson studio. 

Jarell Beausivoir is an accomplished musician and composer that thoroughly enjoys teaching. Mr. B. is creative, excellent with children, and can play piano, violin, and trumpet.  He has performed with the Orlando Philharmonic, as an all-state and all-county musician, and in solo and ensemble festivals. His education is from the University of Central Florida in piano performance as well as composition. In his latest programs he has performed Beethoven Sonatas and Chopin Etudes. Lessons with Mr. Beausivoir are energetic, focusing on musicianship and passion in playing and interpretation. 

Elysia Tran is a pianist and composer currently majoring in piano and composition at UCF. She’s been playing piano for 11 years and is studying under Dr. Sun-A Park. As a pianist, she has participated in masterclasses with Boris Berman, the iCarus Quartet, and others. She’s performed with the UCF Symphony Orchestra, as well as other ensembles. Tran is also one of the founding members of the Piano Club at UCF, where she organizes events and resources for other members of the club. As a composer, Tran likes to discuss music theory and create compositions that focus and experiment with certain techniques.

Ms.  Maria Guerdi Quesada is originally from Valencia (Spain). She began her  musical studies at the age of six at the Ateneo Instructivo Musical  Giner of Llaurí (Valencia)  learning clarinet and music fundamentals. At the age of eight, she  entered the music conservatory José Iturbi of Valencia where she studied  piano with Fernando Tortajada. She earned her Bachelor in Piano  Pedagogy at the Higher Conservatory of Music Salvador Seguí of  Castellón de la Plana (Spain) with the professor Dr. Antonio Soria.  Since then, she has worked for more than ten years teaching Piano to  students at different levels and ages at the Institut Musical Giner of  the Societat Coral El Micalet in Valencia, Spain.

Guerdi Quesada has taken piano master classes with renowned pianists such as Ludmil Angelov, Paul Badura-Skoda, and Carles Marín among  others. She has offered numerous piano recitals both as a soloist and  as an accompanying pianist in different venues throughout the Valencian  Community such as at the Vila-Real Auditorium, at the Ateneo Mercantil  of Valencia, and at the Professional Conservatory Alto Palancia of  Segorbe among others. In addition, her passion for music and her  interest in Psychology led her to enroll in a Masters in Music Therapy,  earning her a Masters’ Degree in Music Therapy from Vic University,  Catalonia, in 2015.

Guerdi  Quesada is very passionate about teaching piano. She bets on a teaching  approach that is student-centered and firmly believes that her role as a  piano teacher is to guide students through their learning process,  collaborating, communicating, and interacting with them. She considers  it essential to provide her students with meaningful and constructive  feedback, fostering their independence as musicians and piano players,  and assessing them in an authentic way that will allow them to grow in  and through music.

Currently,  she is enrolled in the Master of Music in Music Education program at  the University of Florida and combines her Graduate Program with  teaching private piano classes in the Orlando area and at the Musical  Minds Conservatory of Windermere as well as playing the clarinet in the  Central Florida Community Arts Symphony Orchestra under the direction of  Justin Muchoney.