CEO
Guyanese-American classical musician, economist, and educator based in New York City. Professor of ear training and music theory at The Juilliard School. Doctoral researcher at Columbia University in economics and policy analysis in music education. Emmy-recognized PBS contributor (“Art is Essential”) and recipient of a competitive national teaching grant. Has performed with musicians of the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and New York City Ballet. Juilliard pre-college and undergraduate degrees on full scholarship; Harvard professional certificate; Columbia MA.
President & COO
Classical musician, composer, and arts administrator based in New York City. Administrative career spanning the U.S. General Services Administration, the Metropolitan Opera, the Philadelphia Orchestra, The Juilliard School, and Bravo! Vail, alongside investment operations (HNWI) and Valmé Arts Consultancy. Working musician: bass trombonist with the New England Symphonic Ensemble, Low Brass Coach with the New York Philharmonic, composer and recording engineer with credits including WHYY and NPR. Board member, California Music Center. Juilliard BM; Columbia MA in Arts Administration.
EVP & Chief of Staff
Professionally trained operatic soprano, jazz, and musical theatre performer based in New York City. Corporate operations at Oxford Properties Group (OMERS), following management roles at P\S\L and Deutsche Börse Group. First-hand perspective on elite and state-system music education pathways. Network spanning classical, jazz, academic, contemporary, and independent communities.
VP Artistic Operations
Composer and scholar whose work emphasizes structural rigor, dramatic power, and contemporary musical language. DMA candidate at The Juilliard School. Works for opera, orchestra, chamber, and solo repertoire performed across the United States, Europe, and Asia, including award-recognized orchestral writing and recorded releases. Lecturer on music history, modernism, and theoretical systems. Classical languages scholar with formal distinctions in Ancient Greek and Latin.
Senior Composer
Contemporary composer and producer focused on expanding 21st-century musical vocabulary. Graduate of the SUNY Purchase Undergraduate Composition Conservatory; currently enrolled in its Graduate Composition Conservatory. Multiple albums of original work released over the last five years. Engineering, recording, mixing, and mastering credits spanning solo, jazz, classical, and orchestral projects. Teaching assistant and tutor in music theory, ear training, composition, and audio engineering.
This team has taught at conservatories, performed with major orchestras and opera companies, run arts organizations, and managed operations in government and finance. Those strengths interlock: the pedagogy tells us what to build, the performing life tells us what good sounds like, and the operating experience tells us how to ship it and sustain it.
Solfera Inc is a Delaware C-corporation headquartered in New York City and pursuing B Corporation certification. Currently pre-revenue and in development.