Kathy Rad has been teaching orchestra students in the Greater Tulsa Area for 25 years. Rad’s devotion to sharing the joy of music with others has earned her the Bart Betow Memorial Education Award given by the Arts and Humanities Council of Tulsa, and the United States Army’s third highest award, the Superior Civilian Service Award. Ms. Rad served as the Music CurricuIum Coordinator for Tulsa Public Schools for 3 years, and Education Outreach Director for the Tulsa Symphony for 7 years.  In 2014, Rad took the lead in creating the Tulsa affiliate of Harmony Project of America, and saw the program through to its current iteration/status as a non-profit independent organization. While serving as HPT’s Executive Director, Rad is also a Master Teaching Artist. Additionally, Rad teaches Orchestra at Will Rogers College Junior and Senior High School, and performs with the Tulsa Symphony, Tulsa Ballet, Tulsa Opera, and Tulsa Rock Quartet – Oklahoma Arts Council Touring Artists. She has played her Cello with musicians spanning many musical genres, including Itzhak Perlman, Eric Whitacre, Andre Watts, Joshua Bell, Harry Connick Jr., Shirley Jones, Sarah Coburn, Reba McEntire, Leo Kottke, Dave Brubeck, Ramsey Lewis, Mark O’Connor, Amy Grant, Doc Severinsen, Bernadette Peters, Roy Clark and has played for US Presidents such as Jimmy Carter.   Kathy Rad has recorded on the Universal/Republic label and is the recipient of the 2018 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award.

Jocelyn Rowland Khalaf started playing violin at the age of 3 in Joplin Missouri. The daughter of a piano tuner/composer/theater organist, she was always surrounded by music as a child. Her father always nurtured her and encouraged her to pursue her talents.
Jocelyn graduated from the University of Tulsa in 2004 with a Bachelor of Music in Violin and Voice. Jocelyn has extensive Suzuki pedagogy training. She is not only an accomplished composer and arranger for Strings, she is also in a critically acclaimed band, We The Ghost. She sings backup vocals, programs strings, and helps write songs for the band. They have won multiple awards, including Los Angeles Music Awards and charting on Billboard.
Ms. Rowland-Kahlaf has taught General Music and Strings Classes in Broken Arrow and Tulsa Elementary Schools, and currently teaches Orchestra and Choir at Edison Preparatory School in Tulsa Public Schools. After school she teaches Violin, Musicianship Classes and Choir for Harmony Project Tulsa.

Joshua began teaching in Greece in 2001.  Upon returning to his native state of Oklahoma, he taught for 8 years before founding World Through Music, Mindfulness school of Music (WTM), Yoga & Performing Arts in India in 2008.  As director of WTM, Massad travels between America and Asia every year to share his love for music and further explore and discover why we make music.

Michael Nicholson gave his life over to music and the violin at the age of thirteen and has since performed in chamber ensembles, orchestras, and as a soloist throughout the United States and Italy. Currently, Nicholson is Principal Second Violin for Tulsa Symphony, Tulsa Ballet, performs with Tulsa Opera, and is also a founding member of Tulsa Rock Quartet. Possessing a deep passion for teaching, Mister Michael (as he’s commonly referred) has dedicated his life to his students. Nicholson was one of the first violin teachers in the early stages of Harmony Project L.A., and now he is serving as a Master Teacher Artist. Nicholson is also conductor of the Tulsa Youth Symphony Preparatory Orchestra.

Edwin Canito Garcia was born in New York City and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is a graduate of the University of Tulsa and received his M.M. in Jazz Studies and Commercial Music Production at the University of Central Oklahoma. He has been a faculty member at the University of Central Oklahoma, HOSTOS Community College CUNY, and has worked as an educator for over 10 years combined in the NYC Public Schools District, Union Public Schools District and the Broken Arrow Public Schools District. He specializes in upright bass and electric bass studies, improvisation skills, music technology, Afro-caribbean and south American studies, recording and music business. Edwin Canito has performed and recorded with many notables in the Jazz, Latin Jazz and Latin Pop idioms of music. Some of those notables include: Freddie Bryant Trio, Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Phil Woods, Charlie Porter, Sharel Cassidy, Bobby Porcelli, and is currently a musical director for NYC percussionist, Frank Valdes.

Kara Dawn Erwin is a Tulsa singer/songwriter & actress.
Kara was born & raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she began singing in front of an audience at the age of 6.

When Kara began 9th grade, she also fell in love with acting at Jenks High School & an amazing community children’s program ran by Elizabeth Hunt called Youth On Stage!
She has starred in many professional Tulsa productions.
Tulsa Project Theatre has been a big part of Kara’s theatre experience since 2012.
Her resume includes principal roles in Hairspray, Godspell, Little Shop of Horrors, and Lizzie The Musical! 
She has also been a professional make up artist since 2013 working for MAC Cosmetics, Laura Merciez, and eventually branching out on her own! Kara is so grateful & excited to have the opportunity to be a teaching artist with Harmony Project, and enrich the lives of the students involved!