Biographical notes

Brandon Dye is an active music educator, musician, and scholar. His most recent awards include the Sally and Jack Jenkins Service Award in 2019 and the Outstanding Musicianship, Performance, and Academic Achievement Award in 2020. Brandon has participated in the International Porto Heli Music Festival in Greece since 2021, where he has played solo and chamber music and participated in various master classes. He served as the Magnet Orchestra and Choir Director at South Miami Senior High School, Magnet School of the Arts in the 2021-2022 school year and co-lead the choral program from 2022-2024. He served as the Summer Young Mozart’s Orchestral Conductor and a violin coach for the Greater Miami Youth Symphony Summer Camp. Brandon also served as the beginning MYami Strings teacher and the Strings Orchestra conductor with Greater Miami Youth Symphony in the regular season. Brandon played violin in the Alhambra Orchestra and sang in the Master Chorale of South Florida while studying in Miami. Brandon most recently completed his Master’s degree in Musicology from University of Miami’s Frost School of Music. His thesis titled “Masking Identity: The Reframing of Blackness Through the Hampton Singers’ Tours” explores how Black Americans were received in Europe and the United States during the tours by the Hampton Singers from the 1870s to the 1930s. He was selected to present his research at the First Annual Frost School of Music Graduate Research Showcase. Brandon holds an undergraduate degree in Music Education from The University of Tampa. Brandon is set to begin his Ph.D. in Music History and Literature this fall at the University of Florida.

Tiffany Eady is a musician, educator, and scholar. Tiffany is a graduate of The University of Tampa with a Bachelor’s in Music Education with a focus on cello. She was taught under the instruction of her professor, Helga Winold, for four years. In 2022, Tiffany was awarded the Charlene A. Gordon Music Award. Tiffany performed at the 33rd, 34th, and 35th Annual International Porto Heli Festival Supporting Culture and the Arts in Greece, where she attended various master classes and performed alongside world-renowned musicians. Tiffany was the choral director at Jule F. Sumner High School in Riverview, FL. Currently, Tiffany is pursuing her master’s of Music in music theory at The University of Tennessee, where she is also a graduate teaching assistant who teaches ear training and music fundamentals courses. She is projected to graduate in May 2025.

Anna-Mussin Philips earned her Bachelor’s in Flute Performance from the University of South Florida and is currently working on her Masters in Flute Performance from University of Cincinnati’s Conservatory of Music. She is an emotion driven performer and loves to share her connection and passion with her fellow musicians and audiences.

Natalie Mussin Phillips graduated from the University of Tampa in May of 2025 with a Bachelor of Arts in Music, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Forensic Science. While at University Natalie studied piano with Grigorios Zamparas. Under the tutelage of Dr. Zamparas Natalie has performed solo and chamber music as well as with the University Orchestra as a Concerto winner in the 2023 University of Tampa Concerto Competition. Natalie has previously attended the Porto Heli International Festival and the Piano Plus Festival Summer Piano institute in Xanthi, Greece. Outside of her musical studies at the University of Tampa Natalie was very involved in the chemistry department as a lab mentor, tutor, and undergraduate researcher. Natalie is looking forward to continue studying at the festival this year and performing with her fellow musicians.

Jorge Otoya is classical guitarist and Music Performance major at the University of Tampa. After a successful career in tax consulting and business, he made a life-changing decision to pursue music full-time and was accepted into UTampa’s Music Department. He has performed solo and in ensemble settings throughout the Tampa Bay area and recently taught guitar and ukulele at the Lee Academy for Gifted Students.

Matthew Jay is a Junior Music Education student from Vernon Hills, Illinois. He is a Vocalist and Harpist actively seen performing in Chamber Singers, Opera Workshop, and Wind Ensemble.

A local, born in Rafina, Artemis Hatzi-Hull has lived in Greece, France, Belgium, and the US. She studied European law, maritime and aviation law, and environmental law across these locations. For the past 25 years, she worked in the Commission of the European Union: 10 years as a legal advisor for research and development, and 15 years in DG Environment, where she was in charge of the European legislation pertaining to the recycling of cars, batteries, and packaging, as well as spearheading the EU study on plastics and plastic waste.

Artemis is currently the President of the Nautical Club ALKYON in Rafina and a member of the Steering Committee of the Greek Sailing Association. She speaks Greek, English, French, Spanish, and conversational German.

In her spare time, she is an amateur actress, and has performed for 15 years in classical pieces as part of the Thespis group in Brussels.

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Emilia Hatzi-Hull is a Sustainability Strategy Manager at Accenture, where she advises clients at the intersection of retail, sustainability, and supply chain. Her work focuses on green product design, responsible retail, and building sustainable supply chains. She brings deep expertise in corporate responsibility and sustainable development, with experience spanning both the private sector and global institutions. She also works closely with the United Nations (UN) on their private sector sustainability initiatives and has authored several influential research studies. 

Half Greek and half American, Emilia is currently based in New York City. She holds a BA in Biology from Dartmouth College—where her focus on marine biology was inspired by summers in Porto Heli —and dual graduate degrees: a Master’s in Environmental Management and an MBA, from Duke University.