MusiCaribe Project International
Piano Lessons and Coaching
About Us
The mission of MusiCaribe Project International is to create a space for artistic
expression that encourages collaborative participation among local and international artists in order to support their careers and professional projects.
We provide access to meaningful musical experiences to the community of South Florida, through concerts and educational programs.
Staff
A. Daniel Mattos
A. Daniel Mattos
A. Daniel Mattos
Artistic Director
Pianist, Composer & Conductor
Graduated with honors from Escuela Libre de Música de San Juan, Puerto Rico (School of the Arts Puerto Rico Department of Education)
A. Daniel Mattos holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance Magna Cum Laude from the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music and a Master of Music in Chor
Artistic Director
Pianist, Composer & Conductor
Graduated with honors from Escuela Libre de Música de San Juan, Puerto Rico (School of the Arts Puerto Rico Department of Education)
A. Daniel Mattos holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance Magna Cum Laude from the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music and a Master of Music in Choral Conducting Performance from Florida State University. In addition, he has made advanced graduate studies beyond the Master’s Degree in music theory, orchestra conducting, piano pedagogy and music education at the University of Puerto Rico, the Florida State University, the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music.
Mattos made his debut as soloist at the Escuela Libre de Música de San Juan, Puerto Rico at age 13 being selected to participate at the prestigious series of Master Classes offered by international Pianist Maestro Leonidas Lipovetsky. Through his career he has won several prestigious awards including the Piano Medal in 1988 at Escuela Libre de Música de San Juan, Puerto Rico; First Prize Winner at the 3rd Piano Concerto Competition of the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music; and multiple selections (1993 and 1995) to participate of the prestigious piano Master Classes sponsored by Pro Arte Musical of Puerto Rico with world class international pianists Sergei Babayan, Simone Pedroni and Eduardus Halim. At Florida State University Daniel was awarded as ‘Teaching Assistant’ assigned to the Center of Music for the Americas (Ethnomusicology Department) to lead the Afro-Caribbean Music Ensemble Salsa Florida and to collaborate as accompanist pianist at the choral department.
Professor Mattos has collaborated as music instructor, pianist, choral & orchestra conductor at the University of Puerto Rico, the Youth Orchestra of Palm Beach County, Masterworks Chorus of the Palm Beaches, Bak Middle School of the Arts (appointed Artist in Residence FY 2016-17) of the Palm Beach School District, and the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music undergraduate program and Preparatory School.
Internationally, Angel Daniel has been invited as assistant conductor of the Truijillo Symphony Orchestra for the IV Lyrical Singing International Competition and Guest international conductor for the VII International Bach Festival, both events at the City of Trujillo, Perú. In 2011 he was invited to participate as piano adjudicator for the 11th College of Southern Nevada Piano Concerto Competition in Las Vegas, and most recently for the Silver State Music Competition 2018 Sponsored by The Nevada Music Teachers Association at the University of Nevada also at the City of Las Vegas. In October 2019 he participated as ‘Collaborative Artist’(accompanist pianist) for the 13th Concerto & Aria Competition at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida.
Pianist, & Conductor his collaborations as pianist and conductor at many schools, universities and orchestras in Palm Beach County a A.Daniel Mattos is the Artistic Director of MusiCaribe Project, and Music Director at Ascension Lutheran Church in Boynton Beach, Florida.
Eunice Lebrón
A. Daniel Mattos
A. Daniel Mattos
Oboist
Business Manager
Graduated from the Escuela Libre de Música de San Juan, Puerto Rico, she has a Master's Degree in Arts Administration from Florida State University, a Bachelor's Degree in Oboe from the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music and a Bachelor's Degree in Communications from the University of Puerto Rico. As a musician, she
Oboist
Business Manager
Graduated from the Escuela Libre de Música de San Juan, Puerto Rico, she has a Master's Degree in Arts Administration from Florida State University, a Bachelor's Degree in Oboe from the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music and a Bachelor's Degree in Communications from the University of Puerto Rico. As a musician, she has participated with different orchestras and ensembles such as the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra, the Puerto Rico State Band, the Padre Antonio Soler Chamber Orchestra and the Bayamón Symphony Orchestra, among other groups.
In addition to her musical career, Mrs. Lebrón has vast experience in the field of arts administration and the educational field, being Dean of the Preparatory School of the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico, for this institution, she worked in the creation of multiple courses and educational music curricula for the community, and obtained accreditation from the National Association of School of Music (NASM), positioning the Preparatory School as one of the largest schools of musical art in the Caribbean region and the southern United States.
In addition to working on the coordination and direction of projects aimed at music programs for children in communities with limited resources, providing access to music education through the 100 x 35 programs, the Youth Symphony Orchestra Program of the Musical Arts Corporation and the proposal that gave rise to the creation of the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Puerto Rico.
She currently works as Business Manager of MusiCaribe Project International as well as being part of the organization's Chamber Orchestra.
Collaborative Artists
Ana Živković, DMA
Natalia Rojcovscaia-Tumaha
Natalia Rojcovscaia-Tumaha
Violinist
Ana Živković is the Music Director of Distancia Sonora... in Brazil for MusiCaribe Project. She began playing the violin in her hometown of Belgrade, where she studied at the Dr. Vojislav Vucković School of Music. After graduating in 2002 from Professor Dejan Mihajlović's class. Ana Ella continued her Master's studies at th
Violinist
Ana Živković is the Music Director of Distancia Sonora... in Brazil for MusiCaribe Project. She began playing the violin in her hometown of Belgrade, where she studied at the Dr. Vojislav Vucković School of Music. After graduating in 2002 from Professor Dejan Mihajlović's class. Ana Ella continued her Master's studies at the Mannheim Academy of Music in Germany, under the tutelage of Professor Roman Nodel. She concluded her studies in 2005 as the best student of her generation.
In the years that followed, Živković pursued his Doctorate in Solo/Violin Performance, at the Solistische Ausbildung Konzertexamen-Meisterklassenexamen as a student of Professor Roman Nodel. Ana Živković has obtained several international prizes, such as the First Prize of the Serbian State Competition in 1996, the Second
National Prize of Yugoslavia in 1996, the Second International Prize in Paris and twice the International Streza Prize in Italy, first in the year 1994 as a soloist and then as a violinist in a string trio the following year.
She has also had projects in different formats such as a duo with the Brazilian guitarist Rafael Calaça, a traditional tango quintet in Germany. She has been part of the Double Sense Ensemble, the Neue Philharmonic Westfalen String Quartet, and the Sagarana String Quartet among other chamber groups.
As an orchestra musician, she was a member of the Belgrade Dusan Skovran Chamber Orchestra. From 2002 to 2006 she worked as assistant concertmaster of the Kurpfalziches Kammerorchester, conducted by the acclaimed violist Wolfram Christ, former principal of the Berlin Philharmonic. She then joined the violin sections of the Badische Staatskapelle Karlsruhe and the Neue Philharmonic Westfahlen in Germany and since 2011 she is a member of the first violin section of the Minas Gerais Philharmonic in Brazil.
Dr. Živković is also intensively involved in projects of a cultural and educational nature that promote the access and democratization of classical music. Ana has been part of the great NEOJIBA project in Salvador de Bahía, Brazil, and is also regularly invited to give master classes in different universities and cities in Brazil, working as director and teacher of the Santa Bárbara Orchestra (Minas Gerais State, Brazil) and the Vale do Aço Chamber Orchestra, sponsored by the international company Usiminas.
Natalia Rojcovscaia-Tumaha
Natalia Rojcovscaia-Tumaha
Natalia Rojcovscaia-Tumaha
Composer
Natalia Rojcovscaia-Tumaha is a collaborative composer and artist with the MusiCaribe Project International.
Natalia is a member of the Union of Composers and Musicologists of Moldova, a member of the Union of Composers of the Russian Federation, a member of the Board of the International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM), a mem
Composer
Natalia Rojcovscaia-Tumaha is a collaborative composer and artist with the MusiCaribe Project International.
Natalia is a member of the Union of Composers and Musicologists of Moldova, a member of the Union of Composers of the Russian Federation, a member of the Board of the International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM), a member of the Forum of American Composers, President of the Guild of Young Art Creators.Natalia graduated with a master's degree from the Academy of Music, Theater and Fine Arts and the Institute of International Relations of Moldova. She is a laureate of international competitions such as the International Sheet Music Competition, organized by Orchestra Unleashed (USA, California, Hollywood), the Polish Composers Competition “A. Mickiewicz ”, conducted by the Embassy of Poland and the Society in Moldova, Composers Competitions, organized by the Union of Composers and Musicologists of Moldova in the categories “Chamber Music” and “Symphonic Works” and many others.
Natalia actively participates in international festivals: the International Festival of Contemporary Music "Music Marine Fest" (Ukraine, Odessa) and "The Days of New Music" (Moldova, Chisinau), the Children's Film Festival "The World Through the children's eyes "as president of the jury. Natalia's creativity spans many genres and forms of both Art Music (ensemble, orchestral, choral) and Electronic Studio Music. She also works in stage performances, television shows, film music and has received an international award for the soundtrack of the short film "I Am Me". There are many newspaper and magazine articles about Natalia's creativity, as well as TV shows. Her music is performed live and broadcast on radio stations around the world: in the United States, Canada, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Spain, Ukraine, Russia, Moldova and Africa. Natalia's activities are featured on the New Music USA website, on the official website Donne: Women in Music - Drama Musica (UK, London) along with the most famous female composers and was selected as Songwriter of the Week, on the website of the International Alliance for Women in Music and many others. Natalia was also featured by the WFCF radio station as a featured songwriter (Florida, USA).
Natalia Rojcovscaia-Tumaha is characterized by great professionalism, polystylism, innovation and cultural enlightenment.
Website:
https://rojcovscaiatumaha.wixsite.com/official
Official FB page: https://www.facebook.com/N.RojcovscaiaTumaha
Ana Victoria Mattos
Natalia Rojcovscaia-Tumaha
Ana Victoria Mattos
Clarinetist
Ana V. Mattos-Lebrón began musical studies at the age of three, in 2008 she began clarinet lessons with Prof. Rafael Martínez at the Preparatory School of the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music. In 2011 she moved to the United States where she continued her musical studies, since then she has received various music awards and wo
Clarinetist
Ana V. Mattos-Lebrón began musical studies at the age of three, in 2008 she began clarinet lessons with Prof. Rafael Martínez at the Preparatory School of the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music. In 2011 she moved to the United States where she continued her musical studies, since then she has received various music awards and won auditions in Palm Beach County, Florida. In 2018 she received the John Philip Sousa Award and Second Prize in the 35th Annual Pathfinder Scholarship Award in the Instrumental Music Category sponsored by the Palm Beach Post in Florida.
In 2019 she won the Florida Atlantic University Orchestra Competition, in Boca Raton, Florida, where she completed with honors a clarinet degree with Maestro Stojo Miserlioski, and where she was the 1st clarinet of the FAU Wind Ensemble and the Symphonic Orchestra. She currently actively participates in the MusiCaribe Project Chamber Orchestra. She is currently working on a Master of Music with a specialty in clarinet performance, at the University of Florida in Gainesville, where she studies with Maestro Mitchell Estrin, and works as a teacher assistant with the University of Florida bands.
Steven Mento, DMA
Natalia Rojcovscaia-Tumaha
Ana Victoria Mattos
Composer and Pianist
Steven Mento, received his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Delaware, studying applied piano with Leon Bates. After piano study with Annie Petit of The Curtis Institute, he enrolled in a Masters program at Temple University and worked with Harvey Wedeen in piano pedagogy. He completed his doctoral studi
Composer and Pianist
Steven Mento, received his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Delaware, studying applied piano with Leon Bates. After piano study with Annie Petit of The Curtis Institute, he enrolled in a Masters program at Temple University and worked with Harvey Wedeen in piano pedagogy. He completed his doctoral studies in piano performance at the University of South Carolina.
Dr. Mento has performed in various locations in the United States and in Vienna Austria; and has performed often at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. In 2002 ‘Duo Mento’ was formed with his sister Loretta. This duo were chosen by Sony Films to play Mozart in ‘Seven Pounds”, to perform four-hand piano literature. In October, 2008 they performed the world premiere of ‘Dies Irae’ for two pianos at Merkin Hall in New York. The ‘Duo Mento’ four hand, and Mento’s solo music CD are available on Eroica Classical, with digital clips sold on CD Baby.
Dr. Mento is also a prolific composer, in 2003 he composed and performed ‘Elegy’, for piano and orchestra, this work was commissioned by the Bay-Atlantic Symphony. In 2009, his piano trio, ‘Music for Lancaster’ premiered with the Amael Trio at the Festival Forfest in the Czech Republic, and in March 2016 his work ‘Algonquian Dreamcatcher’ for orchestra was also comissioned and performed by the Bay-Atlantic Symphony. As recently as December 2022 his work ‘On Angels’ Wings’ was premiered by the MusiCaribe Chamber Orchesta under the baton of Daniel Mattos.
As a teacher Dr. Mento taught music and piano at Stockton College, Burlington College and the McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey. He recently moved to South Florida, were he live with his wife.
His music can be listened in Pandora, and YouTube.
Really exquisite playing, clarity, colors, phrasing…….was spellbound….
Jed Gaylin
Conductor of The Bay-Atlantic Symphony
I found myself waiting, breathless during the final pianissimo measures……
the utmost lyricism…….I was completely captivated by his performance.
Koren Cowgill
Classical New Jersey Society
Piano Lessons and Coaching
The “rhythm approach” philosophy
Playing the piano requires a perfect synchronization between the two hands, therefore, rhythm accuracy is extremely important for pianists in order to develop good coordination and stimulate muscle memory correctly. Rhythm element is directly connected with the technique since technique translates to movement in music. When a musical passage is practiced at the same speed with rhythm accuracy, and using the appropriate technique approach an impulse is sent to both sides of the brain simultaneously through the nerve system and movements are recorded correctly in the muscle memory. Focusing on rhythm makes the student learn piano music with skill and confidence, making the experience enjoyable and rewarding at any level.
Distance Learning
Piano lessons are available for children, youngster, and adults pianist who wants to improve their technique. Lessons available face-to-face and online.
The Concert Artists Series
About the series
For the 2022 edition we had two magnificent recitals with the participation of the Italian pianist Luigi Borzillo and the Puerto Rican clarinetist and collaborative artist of MCPI, Ana V. Mattos, and our artistic director, Daniel Mattos, as collaborative pianist.
For the 2023 Season, we are very proud to present the American pianist and composer Steven Mento, which will delight the audience with a program dedicated entirely to the music of J. S. Bach. Experience the greatness of the All Bach Program in the hands of this fine interpreter, who posses a “...really exquisite playing, clarity, colors, (and) phrasing…” as described by Jed Gaylin, Conductor of The Bay-Atlantic Symphony.
The second concert of the series, we will honored to present the Scottish pianist Peter Seivewright, who has performed extensively as a recitalist and as Piano Concerto soloist with leading professional Orchestras throughout Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, Austria, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, Latvia, Estonia, Malaysia, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Australia, China, India, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Trinidad and Tobago, the United States of America, and Russia.
Opportunities are available for business or individuals who wants to sponsor the 2023 Season. Contact us for more information at musicaribeproject@gmail.com
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Concert Artists Series 2023
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