ABOUT THE MUSICIANS

Kamila Stern

Kamila Stern has been a music producer under the moniker KAMILITA, steadily garnering international acclaim, for over half a decade. With a rich background in classical, pop, jazz, performing and singing, as a producer she is chameleonic, and combined with a lengthy background in teaching music to children, she is delighted to contribute her talents to such a worthy cause as Dr. Freier Randall’s therapeutic infant kit.

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Ben Dameron

Born to a family of working musicians in Seattle, Washington, Ben discovered the guitar in his teens, when he eagerly began jazz and classical guitar studies with Kevin Callahan. His desire to compose and improvise led him to study with a childhood hero, Sergio Assad, at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. While at the Conservatory, Benjamin was a recipient of Honors in Music Theory, the Dean’s List and in 2013 was selected to provide program notes for the Conservatory’s orchestra and chamber concert series.

Wishing to further develop and solidify his classical technique and musicianship, he moved to Milwaukee to work with the illustrious Cuban guitarist Rene Izquierdo. While working with Maestro Izquierdo, he took home 1st Prize at the 2016 Schubert Club Guitar Competition.

Since receiving two degrees in classical guitar performance, he has been an active performer and teacher in the greater Milwaukee area, making a name for himself as a versatile and prolific performer in classical music, jazz and gypsy jazz.

Denice Grant

Born in Brazil, Denice began her musical studies at the age of four. She began her music studies at the Lisbon National Conservatory and later at the Toronto Royal Conservatory of Music and Kinsgway College, in Ontario. She received Bachelor of Music in Voice and Piano performance at Walla Walla College, a Master of Music in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from Northern Illinois University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Washington.

She has worked with Pacific Northwest Ballet and Houston Ballet as accompanist and performer. She performed as a solo pianist with the Rainier Symphony, the Port Angeles Symphony, the Seattle Philharmonic, and the Skagit Symphony. She has worked with the Bellevue Chamber Chorus, The Northwest Girl Choir, The Bellevue Philharmonic Orchestra, The Seattle Suzuki Institute, the Seattle Opera, the Seattle Symphony Chorus, and the Intiman Theater, and The Seattle Choral Company, with whom she recorded Carmina Burana in 1999. Besides music, Denice loves photography, video editing, website creation, book writing, gardening, and cooking. She is also very proud of being Benjamin Dameron and Kamila Stern’s mom!