Efferent Verb Team: Meet Sarah Wallin Huff, a freelance music composer and violinist, as well as a lecturer for California Polytechnic University, Pomona. She teaches a unique, upper division GE class called History of Technology in Music. In this class, Sarah guides her students through a deep exploration of humanity’s enduring connection with music and…

Efferent Verb Team: Meet Myroslav Volynskyi*, a talented Ukrainian composer and member of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine. He has made a significant impact on the contemporary classical music world and is highly regarded as an Honored Artist of Ukraine. Volynskyi has had a successful career as a composition teacher at the well-respected…

Efferent Verb Team: Meet Jenna Pratt, a music composer and pianist based in Sydney, Australia, currently represented by Point Blank Management. Jenna graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Songwriting from JMC Academy, where she discovered her passion for film music. She specialises in composing music for film, television, games and advertisements. Through her compositions,…

Efferent Verb Team: Meet Fabrizio Funari, a librettist, playwright, and screenwriter who has collaborated with notable composers and performers such as Niño de Elche, Germán Alonso, and Alessandro De Rosa. He has worked with renowned international festivals including the Venice Biennale, Teatro Central de Sevilla, and Deutsche Oper Berlin. Fabrizio’s primary artistic dedication lies in…

Efferent Verb Team: Meet Mark Francis, a composer, songwriter, performer and orchestra administrator. He has studied composition with Walter Hartley and James Eversole, and guitar with Joanne Castellani, Clare Callahan and Joseph Fratianni. He holds a D.M.A. in composition from the University of Kentucky. He has received 10 ASCAP Standard Awards and 10 ASCAP Plus…

Efferent Verb: Meet Jane Kozhevnikova, a composer, pianist, and educator, currently pursuing her Ph.D. in composition at the University of Florida, Gainesville. Interviewer: How did your journey in music begin and what inspired your career as a musician? Jane: I started playing piano around the age of four. Back then, I struggled with sight reading,…