Paige graduated from Putnam Valley High School in 2018, where she was involved with the Wind Ensemble, pit orchestra, and was president of the Tri-M Music Honor Society chapter. She is currently pursuing her degree in Instrumental Music Education at Nazareth College in Rochester, NY where she is part of the Honors Program, a Dean’s List recipient, and member of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME). She performs with the Nazareth College Wind Symphony, Symphony Orchestra, and Chamber Piano group.

Paige began piano lessons when she was six years old and has loved music ever since, picking up the Clarinet, Violin, and Ukulele along the way. She loves working with students of all ages and has been working as an instructor at Mathnasium in Peekskill, NY since 2017. She has taken methods classes in Clarinet, Saxophone, French Horn, Trumpet, Guitar, and Voice and is incredibly excited to be a music educator in the future. ​

Ariana Stefanidis is an emerging New York City-based jazz vocalist and educator. Growing up, she played trumpet in concert band, jazz band, pit orchestras, and anything else she could find. 

​Ariana is a new but powerful force on the New York City jazz scene and she regularly appears at venues such as 55 Bar and the Red Room. She hosts her own monthly jam session at Penny Jo’s in Washington Heights and regularly provides studio vocals for local hip-hop artists. She currently is a teaching assistant for a vocal jazz repertoire course at City College, where she will graduate with a Bachelor of Music this Spring.

​Ariana plans to enter a graduate program in the Fall to earn her Masters in Music and has been invited to audition at both Manhattan School of Music and The Juilliard School. She looks forward to expanding her presence in music education and spreading her passion and knowledge for jazz at Mount Kisco House of Music.

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