Meet the Team
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Henry Peyrebrune
Managing Director
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Em Laudeman Ezell
Director of Development
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Kimberly Zaleski
Outreach Education Coordinator
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Guillermo Salas-Suárez
Operations & Orchestra Personnel Manager
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Yzabella Estacio
Patron Relations Coordinator
Biographies
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Henry Peyrebrune joins CityMusic Cleveland in June 2024 as Interim Managing Director. His experience includes many years as a bassist in The Cleveland Orchestra, where he also spent eight years as a major gifts officer. He has served as Executive Director of Credo Music in 2017-2018, and has led the board of NoteWorthy Federal Credit Union since 2010. He also serves on the board of the League of American Orchestras.
A graduate of New England Conservatory, he has served as Principal Bass of the National Arts Centre Orchestra (Canada) and the Portland Symphony Orchestra. He has taught at Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory, the Longy School of Music and the University of Southern Maine. -
Based in Cleveland Heights, Em Laudeman Ezell is delighted to be part of the team at CityMusic! Em received her BFA in music theatre from Elon University and her MPA in nonprofit management from Indiana University. As a performer, Em worked professionally in theatre for 15 years where she performed in 27 different musicals across the United States. Since 2013, she's worked in administration and advancement for various arts organizations around the country, including The Cleveland Orchestra and the San Diego Symphony. Em also serves on the board of the Friends of Cain Park. She is the mom of 1 human and 3 dogs, and she enjoys making music, being outdoors, and reading a good book (among other things!)
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A native of Garrison, New York, flutist Kimberly Zaleski (she/her) has dedicated her career to performing, composing and teaching music. An active promoter of chamber music, she is the Touring Flutist with “David Arkenstone and Friends,” a five-piece band that performs music throughout the United States composed by five-time Grammy-nominated composer, David Arkenstone. She is a member of the North Coast Winds, Cleveland's Premier Woodwind Quintet and is also the Co-Founder of the flute, cello, and percussion trio, IN2ATIVE, known for their engaging performances of original compositions. Kimberly is a Performing and Teaching Artist on the Roster of the Center for Arts-Inspired Learning Agency.
Ms. Zaleski is the Principal Flutist of the Firelands Symphony Orchestra and Second Flutist with the CityMusic Cleveland Chamber Orchestra and has performed with The Cleveland Orchestra, Blossom Festival Band, The Cleveland Pops Orchestra, Akron Symphony, Toledo Symphony, Erie Philharmonic, New World Symphony, and Canton Symphony. She is a substitute musician for The Pittsburgh Opera, Columbus Symphony, and West Virginia Symphony. Ms. Zaleski was a finalist of both Astral Artists Musical Agency and Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble ACJW Program at The Juilliard School. She holds the distinction of being the first piccoloist on the nationally broadcast radio show, "From the Top."
Ms. Zaleski was a student of Renee Siebert, the former Second Flutist of The New York Philharmonic throughout her high school years. In addition, she studied at the Juilliard School under the instruction of Bradley Garner before pursuing her Bachelor's at the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University as a student of renowned soloist, Marina Piccinini. She is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music where she received her Master’s Degree as a student of Joshua Smith, Principal Flutist of the Cleveland Orchestra.
In addition to her performance career, she holds the title of Adjunct Professor of Flute at The College of Wooster, and Assistant Lecturer of Flute at The University of Akron, and has given performances and masterclasses at Arizona State University and Penn State University.
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Costa Rican Baroque violinist Guillermo Salas-Suárez made his directorial debut with the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra in 2021. In demand as a period player, he has performed with the Atlanta, Lyra, and Austin Baroque Orchestras, Apollo’s Fire, Bourbon Baroque, and The Newberry Consort. He has been a member of CityMusic Cleveland since 2018, and currently leads its Baroque chamber ensemble.
Guillermo has collaborated and trained with Malcolm Bilson, Paolo Pandolfo, Jaap ten Linden, Barthold Kuijken, Bruce Dickey, and the late Jeanne Lamon at the early music festivals in Boston, Bloomington (US), Urbino (Italy), Daroca (Spain), Saintes (France), and the Stuttgart Bachwoche (Germany). Guillermo has also shared the stage with conductors and soloists Manfred Honeck, Robert Spano, Yefim Bronfman, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Midori, Lang Lang, and Renée Fleming, in venues such as the Aspen Music Festival, Severance Hall, the Sala São Paulo (Brazil), and the National Theatres of Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, and Honduras.
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Yzabella Estacio is delighted to be a part of CityMusic Cleveland as its Patron Relations Coordinator. Yzabella received her BFA in Animation at Columbus College of Art & Design. She currently interns in Art Administration at The Cleveland Orchestra. Yzabella also taught art to Pre-K students at Glendale Elementary and Central Primary School through the Studio Institute Company. She hones her craft by illustrating backgrounds for a variety of short indie films in her free time.
She enjoys creating art with different mediums, watching movies, listening to bossa nova music, and eating new cuisines!
