Dr. Bozanic received his BA from Columbia University and both his MA and Ph.D from University College London.  The recipient of teaching awards from both Scholastic Magazines and A.R.T.S., he has directed the Creative Writing Programs at the Interlochen Center for the Arts (MI) and at the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts (LA) and has taught in the summer writing programs for high school students at the University of Virginia (Charlottesville) and at Columbia University (New York City).  His writing has appeared widely in such journals as Cimarron Review, Manoa, Modern Painters, Southern Poetry Review, West Coast Poetry Review, The Yale Review (forthcoming), and Yellow Silk.  He is also the author of two full-length collections of poetry, The Long Drive Home and This Once: Poems 1976-1996 as well as two chapbooks, Wood Birds Water Stones and One Place.  He currently teaches philosophy at Ashley Hall in Charleston, South Carolina.

Gabriele Francioli received his diploma in clarinet from the Lorenzo Perosi Conservatory in Campobasso, Italy, and his diploma in saxophone from the Bruno Maderna Conservatory of Cesena, Italy.  Winner of many international competitions, Mr. Francioli was principal clarinetist with the Orchestra Giovanile Italiana from 1994-1996 and currently performs with the Roma Sinfonietta.

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio to an Argentine family, David Holman holds a degree in anthropology and a certificate of creative writing from the University of Cincinnati.  Mr. Holman spent ten years in New York City pursuing his musical interests in songwriting, singing, piano, and guitar.  During this time, he developed a strong interest in physical fitness and became an accomplished yoga instructor and personal trainer.  He currently teaches English, Creative Writing, Yoga, and Creative Foundations in the Dominican Republic at The Design School of Altos de Chavon, an affiliate of New York's Parsons School of Design,.

Jennifer Kalika (Chamber Music and Viola Instructor)

Originally from Simsbury, Connecticut, Ms. Kalika now resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota and is the Orchestra Director at the Convent of the Visitation School in Mendota Heights, Minnesota. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Viola Performance from Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY, and her Master’s Degree in Viola Performance and Music Education at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. While pursuing doctoral study at Eastman, she was a member of the Herriot String Quartet, a graduate quartet dedicated to performing contemporary works. The quartet received honors including invitations to perform in New York City and Heidelberg, Germany, as well as throughout the United States. Ms. Kalika has had the privilege of studying with master viola teachers, including Karen Ritscher, Philip Clark, James Dunham, John Graham, and Emanuel Vardi. Chamber Music coaches have included members of the Cleveland, Kronos and Audubon string quartets, Sylvia Rosenberg, and George Taylor. She currently enjoys playing viola as a free-lance musician in the Twin Cities area and plays chamber music and concerts with small orchestras throughout the region, most recently performing with nationally known pianist, Don Irwin.

Laura Magnani (Chamber Music and Piano Instructor)

Ms. Magnani received her diploma in piano from the F. Morlacchi Conservatory in Perugia, Italy.  She continued her graduate studies at the Accademia Nazionale di S. Cecilia in Rome.  A winner of numerous national piano competitions, Ms. Magnani has distinguished herself in the musical panorama both as a soloist and chamber music artist in some of the major European cities to great public and critical acclaim.  

Raul Miyar (Visual Arts Instructor)

Born in Cuba, Raul Miyar immigrated with his family to the United States in 1962 after the onset of the Cuban revolution.  Mr. Myar has experience teaching both at the secondary (The Lovett School in Atlanta, GA) and collegiate (University of Cincinnati) levels. In the Dominican Republic, he heads the Fine Arts Department of The Design School of Altos de Chavon, an affiliate of the prestigious Parsons School of Design in New York City.

Candida Pilla (Italian Instructor)

After a year of study in Florence, Italy, Candida Pilla received her master's degree in music from Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois.  For six years, she was a member of the administrative staff for the Festival of the Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy.  Ms. Pilla lived in Rome for two years where she was Bureau Chief for Attenzione magazine.  She has studied Italian extensively with native speakers and is passionate about Italy, in general, and SPOLETO STUDY ABROAD, in particular.

Terry Rhodes (Vocal Ensemble, Voice Instructor)

Terry Rhodes (soprano, opera director, Professor) received the Bachelor of Music from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts from the Eastman School of Music.  She is currently a UNC-CH faculty member where she teaches voice and directs the Opera Workshop.  Originally from Raleigh, NC, Dr. Rhodes has performed extensively in her home state and region as well as in Europe, Central and South America, and across the United States.  She is especially known for her work in contemporary music and is at ease both in recital and on the opera/musical theater stage.  She has earned a fine reputation as a performer of new works, having presented a number of premieres at home and abroad in the last decade.

Tiffany Rice (Chamber Music and Violin Instructor)

Tiffany Rice graduated from the Indiana University School of Music with a Master of Music in violin performance and a cognate field in string pedagogy. She also completed a Bachelor of Music Education with high distinction and a Performer Diploma from Indiana University. While her performance experience is quite extensive, her main passion is teaching.  Ms. Rice has held a position on the faculty of the IU String Academy and has taught beginning and advanced orchestra in the Bloomington and Indianapolis public schools. She has also served as a guest clinician for the North Central High School Orchestra in her hometown of Indianapolis, IN. During the 2004-2005 academic year, she was awarded an associate instructor position with the IU Music Education Department, teaching string techniques.

Angelo Rosati (Organ and Theory Instructor)

Angelo Rosati holds an undergraduate degree in Organ Performance from the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia and a degree in Composition from the F. Morlacchi Conservatory in Perugia, Italy.  He currently holds the position of head organist at the Duomo in Spoleto and is an active teacher and performer throughout Italy.

Ivo Scarponi (Chamber Music and Cello Instructor)

Mr. Scarponi received his diploma from Morlacchi Conservatory in Perugia, Italy, under the tutelage of V. Vallini.  He has performed throughout Italy and in Mexico, Spain, and Austria.  He is a founding member of the Scarponi Quintet, which has made several recordings for Italian radio and Ricordi.

Lee-Chin Siow (Violin Instructor)

A native of Singapore, Ms. Siow is a seasoned performer and teacher.  She is currently a professor of violin and the director of strings programs at the College of Charleston.  She has studied with Aaron Rosand, Felix Galimir, Jascha Brodsky, and Almita and Roland Vamos, and holds degrees from Oberlin Conservatory, the Mannes School of Music and the Curtis Institute of Music.  She has appeared with the London Royal Philharmonic, as well as the Dallas, Houston, Mexico City, Lisbon and Singapore Symphony orchestras, among others, and performed in over twenty countries.  Ms. Siow has also won top awards in many important competitions, such as the 1994 Henryk Szeryng International Violin Competition and the Louise D. McMahon International Music Competition.

Heather Teets (Photography Instructor)

Mrs. Teets holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in photography and a Bachelor of Art Education from Herron School of Art/Indiana University, where she is working towards her master's degree in art education. Along with teaching photography and graphic design, she also team teaches Advanced Placement Art History at Park Tudor School in Indianapolis, IN.   She has exhibited her photographic work in galleries located in Indianapolis and Dayton, Ohio and has work in private collections.  She is included in the 2004-2005 edition of Who's Who Among America's Teachers and is a member of SPE (Society of Photographic Educators) and PIEA (Photo Imaging Education Association).  Mrs. Teets’ students regularly compete at national level competitions and have been awarded esteemed honors such as the American Vision Award in the Scholastics Art & Writing Competition.

Elissa Zellinger (Creative Writing Instructor)

Elissa Zellinger received her BA in English with a concentration in American literature from Barnard College in May, 2002. After working in both trade and academic publishing, she is currently pursuing a Ph.D in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, having completed her MA in the spring of 2006.  Ms. Zellinger works on 19th Century American literature and poetry and poetics. She is also a Teaching Fellow in the university’s Composition Department.

Jack Zerbe (Drama Instructor)

Mr. Zerbe is the Department Chair and a Professor of Theatre Studies at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina. He specializes in actor training, but also teaches a wide variety of courses, including directing, theatre history, dramatic literature, and East Asian Theatre.  As a professional actor and director, he has worked on more than thirty productions in Indiana, Illinois, California, and North Carolina. He holds degrees from Oberlin College, Indiana University, and the University of California at Berkeley.