Sweetest in the Gale (SinG)

MARIA BELVA, DIRECTOR

Maria Belva is a professional choral conductor and private voice teacher and serves as Director of the Horizon Voices youth choir program at Classical Uprising in Portland, Maine. She is the founder of the Grand Monadnock Youth Choirs in Peterborough, NH, and served as the organization’s director for 20 years. She is the former Music Director of the Peterborough Unitarian Universalist Church, and has taught choral music in various private schools in New Hampshire. Belva has maintained a private voice studio for the past 25 years and is a Certified McClosky Voice Technician. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Education from State University of New York at Potsdam and a Master of Music from the University of Maine. mariabelva@gmail.com

EVAN CUDDY, COLLABORATIVE PIANIST

Evan Cuddy (he/him/his) is a musician and teacher residing in Portland, ME. He currently serves as organist/accompanist at the First Parish Church UCC in Yarmouth, ME, and music teacher at Longfellow Elementary School in Portland. Evan has also served as musical director at Lyric Music Theatre, Portland Players, Deertrees Theatre, and Maine State Music Theatre. Evan has performed with the Bangor Symphony Orchestra, the Williamsport Symphony, and the St. Mary Schola. He can even be seen as a featured musician/extra in the Hollywood movie Little Women. Evan holds degrees in music performance from Susquehanna University and the University of Southern Maine.