January 2026 Cecelia Scholar: Arlet Tabares
Arlet Tabares is a Cuban French horn player pursuing her DMA at Temple University. She has performed with the San Antonio Orchestra, Symphony in C, the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ecuador and the Orquesta del Lyceum Mozartiano de La Habana.She is a founding member of Havana Horns and has appeared on several recordings, including Mozart y Mambo with Sarah Willis (Alpha Classics 2020) and the Cubadisco Award-winning Libre de Pecado by Beatriz Márquez (Colibrí 2018). Upcoming releases […]
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Praised by South Florida Classical Review for her “vivacious” playing, harpist Zora Evangeline is a dynamic and multi-faceted musician. She currently studies at Boyer College of Music at Temple University, where she studies with Elizabeth Hainen, Principal Harpist of The Philadelphia Orchestra. In addition to her studies, Zora has a vibrant freelance career. She frequently performs with professional orchestras across the nation including the New World Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, Allentown Symphony, and Maryland Symphony, and has attended several prestigious music festivals including Orford 
Habemus Papam! We have a Pope! This has certainly been an exciting – and, indeed, historic – time for the Universal Church as 132 cardinals from 70 countries around the world started meeting in the Sistine Chapel to elect our next pope on 7 May. And, after just four ballots, so many of us watched excitedly as white smoke billowed from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel just after noon on the second day. I don’t know about you, but I certainly 
Tessa Ellis has been preoccupied with the sound of the trumpet since she first heard the instrument as a four-year-old. Inspired by a lifelong drive to create new and nuanced sounds, her work spans orchestral, chamber, and experimental music. Recent highlights include tours with Hans Zimmer Live, Star Trek: The Cruise, and performances with Seraph Brass, the Philadelphia Ballet Orchestra, Kennett Symphony, and the Delaware Symphony. She is a founding member of the Arcana New Music Ensemble and frequently collaborates across
