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•  Suzuki Piano

• UD CMS Vocal Ensemble Director

• Guitar (professional), Suzuki Guitar, Composition, Music Theory

Kevin J. Cope started as a youthful heavy metal guitarist inspired by the likes of Megadeth and Metallica. His tastes grew into the more intellectual metal of bands like Symphony X and Dream Theater as well as the more psychedelic progressive rock of YES. Through exposure to the classical greats of the 20th century such as Igor Stravinsky, Alberto Ginastera, Richard Danielpour, and John Corigliano his own composition style became more complex while still maintaining a connection to the rock and metal music that he still loves to this day. His unique style incorporates everything from serial techniques, free atonal, Latin dance, Arabian scales, and metal.

A graduate of the University of Delaware with master's degrees in music composition and guitar performance, Kevin has studied with composers Patrick Long, Jennifer Barker, and Andrew Bleckner as well as guitarists Matthew Slotkin and Christiaan Taggart.  Kevin has been the recipient of the Emerging and Established Professional Awards for Music Composition as well as the Emerging Professional Award for Music: Solo Recital from the Delaware Division of the Arts and was featured on the cover of Soundboard Magazine in their 40th Anniversary Edition with a focus on composition for the guitar.  

A primary composition focus is the classical guitar but Kevin has written for a wide range of instrumentations and has received commissions for many ensembles including horn octet, guitar ensemble (Salisbury Guitar Festival), choir, woodwind quintet, chamber ensembles (Melomanie), and concert band. Solo and duo commissions have also been completed including works for guitar (including the Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society competition), flute and guitar, tenor and piano, saxophone and guitar (Duo Montagnard),  and guitar duo (Duo Cortado). 

Kevin's first CD Destination Unknown, Original Compositions I, Solo Guitar Vol. 1 was described by Classical Guitar Magazine as "a fascinating and stimulating debut that gets better and better the more you listen to it" while analyzing Kevin's compositions as "though there are certainly nods to less conventional modern strains, and a certain dark solemnity...infuses much of this, it still ultimately feels very accessible." 

Recent performances include solo recitals and masterclasses at Penn State University, Susquehanna University, Bloomsburg Unversity, and Mansfield University, as well as with the Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society and many local venues such as Wilmington's Kirkwood Library and the Darlington Arts Center.

An experienced guitar teacher, Kevin teaches with the University of Delaware Community Music School and the Darlington Arts Center (Shavertown, PA) as well as teaching private guitar and composition students. Kevin is also an experienced Suzuki Guitar instructor in the Newark, DE area.

Currently the president of the Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society, Kevin continues to work to enhance the influence the classical guitar and contemporary art music in the Philadelphia area.

Kevin's works are available for purchase from StringsbyMail.com, Sheet Music Plus, and www.kevinjcope.com. Recording releases include Destination Unknown (Solo Guitar Vol. 1), the saxophone and guitar piece Origin Unknown: A Pole Was Journeying, recorded and released by Duo Montagnard and the solo clarinet piece Sirocco recorded and released by Christopher Nichols and Navona Records.

• Flute (professional)

Flutist, Adrienne Harding made her Carnegie Hall debut as principal flutist of the 2001 National Festival Orchestra under legendary Maestro Lukas Foss. Her work has since been recognized and supported by honors such as the Leander Morris Memorial Music Scholarship, the Kappa Alpha Psi Musical Achievement Award in which she was awarded a Yamaha piccolo, and an honorable mention as Delaware Division of Arts Emerging Artist Fellow 2004. In 1999 and 2000 she won third and second prizes in the Austrian American Society’s Sommerakademie Mozarteum Scholarship competition, then triumphed in 2003 when she won the six- week full scholarship to attend the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria.

Most recently, Adrienne was named one of 15 recipients to receive the prestigious US Student Fulbright grant to Salzburg, Austria. She is currently enrolled in the Masters program for interdisciplinary Music and Dance studies at the University of Salzburg, where she will also perform research at the Derra de Moroda Dance Archives, the most rare and significant dance archives in the world. Another part of her research will include community involvement in historical dance classes from the Renaissance to Mozart's time, with dance historian Natalie Gal. Additionally, she will work in two secondary schools as an English Teaching Assistant, where she will have the opportunity to share in open discussions and mutual understanding of US and Austrian cultures through her lessons with Austrian students.

Her many years of training include a master of music degree in flute performance from the University of Delaware, in addition to master class performances with Mimi Stillman, Jeffrey Khaner, Trygve Peterson, and a week-long master class given by the renowned composer/flutist, Robert Dick, where she received an Emerson Flutes Scholarship. Adrienne’s primary instructors were Kimberly Reighley, Carol Brown Beste, Eileen Grycky, Peter Lukas-Graf, and Adeline Tomasone.

Adrienne has performed as a guest artist in several concerts including legendary Grammy Award Nominee, jazz trumpeter, Donald Byrd, the Messaien Festival, and as a featured soloist for Delaware Classical Showcase for 10 years. Her chamber music collaborations with flute quartet, Flautet have received recognition from the Delaware Division of Arts and several successful performances including the world premiere of Paroxysm, written especially for Flautet by composer Diane Jones.

Her musical involvement also extends to teaching and arts advocacy. She is a professional faculty member at the University of Delaware Community Music School, an adjunct faculty member of the University of Delaware Department of Music, and has served on the board of several community arts organizations. She has been featured, photographed, and interviewed in various local media including The News Journal, Delaware Woman Magazine (cover April-May 2007), radio interview on WILM, State of the Arts, WHYY TV, and The Flutist Quarterly.

• Director, Musical Theatre Camp Pit Orchestra

• Middle School Band Camp director

Pamela Letts received her Bachelor of Music degree in Performance and Music Education from the University of Delaware and her Master of Music degree in Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music. She has been the Director of Bands at H.B. du Pont Middle School since 2002. Prior to H.B. she was the director at Stanton Middle School and Perryville High School. Additionally, she is on the faculty of the University of Delaware Community Music School and has been the director for their Middle School Band Camp since 1996. Mrs. Letts is also an active performer in the area. She is a member of the Renaissance Brass and has performed with the Delaware Symphony, the Harrisburg Symphony, the Brandywiners Orchestra and the Superior Ragtime Orchestra. She frequently performs at the DuPont Theatre and has worked with such celebrities as; Rosie O'Donnell, Nathan Lane, Andrea McCardle, Nell Carter, Stephanie Powers, and The Temptations.

• Voice (professional)

Rachel Pomeranz is a graduate of the University of Delaware Department of Music, where she received her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in Vocal Performance. She is honored to be joining the esteemed faculty of the Community Music School as a private instructor! Rachel is a firm believer that anyone can learn to sing—and furthermore, that developing the foundation for healthy vocal technique and artistry is a rewarding journey that will leave a positive mark in all areas of a student’s life.

When Rachel isn’t teaching voice at CMS, she serves as a cantor and alto section leader at St. Anthony of Padua Church and an early childhood teacher at Gymboree Play & Music. She is excited to appear with Wilmington Concert Opera and the chorus of OperaDelaware this coming season.

During her time at UD, Rachel performed extensively with the University of Delaware Opera Theatre (UDOT), taught French Diction, and competed internationally with the UD Chorale. Her favorite roles with UDOT include Charlotte (Werther), Frugola/Zita (Il Trittico), Prince Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus), Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro), and Romeo (excerpts from I Capuleti e i Montecchi). Rachel also spent a summer performing the role of l’Opinion publique (Orphée aux enfers) with the Franco-American Vocal Academy in Périgueux, France.

• Delaware Youth Wind Ensemble director

Bio can be found here.

• UD Trombone Day Director
• First State Middle School Trombone Choir Director

• UD Adjunct Assistant Professor of Oboe

• Piano (Tier 1)

• Piano (Tier 1)

• Tier 1 (piano)

Tier 1 (saxophone)

Tier 2 (tuba/euphonium)

• Tier 2 (trumpet)

• Tier 1 (trombone)

• Tier 2 (violin)

• Tier 1 Percussion (Little Master Players)

• Tier 1, voice

• Tier 1 (cello)

• Tier 1 (piano)

Tier 1 (piano)

• Tier 2 (tuba)

Tier 2, clarinet

Tier 2, violin/viola

Tier 1, drum set

Tier 1, oboe

Tier 2, flute

Tier 1, piano

Tier 1, piano

Sweet Beats Instructor

Tier 3, piano