ACAM welcomes
Clavis Ballard, Nicolas Maldonado and Dora Ballard to the our teaching artist staff. Each of these artists loves working with youth and joins ACAM as a volunteer.
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Clavis Ballard assumes the position as Cello Teaching Artist. |
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Clavis Ballard, cello, has served as Principal Cellist with the Bellflower Symphony Orchestra as well as a being a member of various community orchestras. He taught orchestra and instrumental music at Griffith Middle School and Garfield High School and is now retired from the Los Angeles Unified School District. He holds both a BA and MA in Music from California State University, Los Angeles.
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Nicolas Maldonado begins as Saxophone Teaching Artist. |
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Nicolas Maldonado, saxophone, has a Bachelors of Music Performance-Jazz Studies from UC Irvine. A saxophonist, composer and arranger, Nicolas has created a unique composition and improvisation voice that is all his own and leads a jazz-fusion ensemble. At UCI he studied under Kei Akagi, former Miles Davis pianist, and continues to perform throughout Southern California.
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Dora Ballard at 92 is excited about accompanying the ACAM Chorus. |
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Dora Ballard, accompanist, has played in Los Angeles with the Cathedral Choir and Children's Choir at Trinity Baptist Church for 20 years and the United Methodist Male Chorus for six. She served as pianist for the choral music class
at Griffith Middle School and has accompanied various other groups. She is a retired educator from the Los Angeles Unified School District.
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