Maeve Sentner, 18, is finishing her second year in the Dance Academy. She is originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and will be joining the Grand Rapids Ballet as an apprentice.

Annette Lee, 17, studies harp with JoAnn Turovsky and plays in the Colburn Youth Orchestra directed by Maxim Eshkenazy. Annette, a Pasadena native, has been taking lessons at Colburn for three years.

Juan-Carlos (left), Melani (middle), and Carlos Tobar (right), 12, are Colburn Dance students. Juan-Carlos (JT) is in Tap Ensemble I, Carlos (CT) is in Tap III, and Melani (MT) is in Tap Ensemble I and Ballet III. The triplets are Los Angeles natives.

Colburn Jazz Workshop chair and saxophone faculty Lee Secard has built the jazz program from the ground up. He is originally from Orange County, California.

Miray Ito, 16, studies violin with Robert Lipsett in the Music Academy. Originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan, she has been at Colburn for four years.