Artistic Staff

Kawika Kahalehoe

Music Director,
Conductor of Symphony Orchestra 
Kawika Kahalehoe is a graduate of the University of the Arts (Philadelphia, PA) where he earned and bachelor’s degree in trombone performance and a master’s degree in music education. While at the University of the Arts, Mr. Kahalehoe studied trombone with Rich Genovese.... Read Full Biography

Email:  ​kkahalehoe@mtsd.us

Christopher Beckett

Conductor of Concert Orchestra and Preparatory String Ensemble
Christopher Beckett graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Music Education from Rutgers University – Mason Gross School of the Arts, having studied both violin with Lenuta Ciulei (first prize winner of the Paganini International Violin Competition) and....Read Full Biography

Email: cbeckett.gpyo@gmail.com

David Rabinowitz

Conductor of Preparatory Wind Ensemble
Mr. Rabinowitz holds a Bachelor of Music Degree from the Mason Gross School for the Arts at Rutgers University and his Masters in Orchestral Studies with a focus on Tuba from the Chicago Musical College at Roosevelt University.  He has studied tuba with some of the best artists and teachers in the United States including....Read Full Biography

Email: ​drabinowitz@mtsd.us

Michael Brennan

Assistant Conductor and Coach: Brass/Woodwind/ Percussion
Michael Brennan is a graduate of Rutgers University – Mason Gross School of the Arts (New Brunswick, NJ) where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Music Education. While at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Mr. Brennan studied trumpet with....Read Full Biography

Email: michaelbrennan.ru@gmail.com

Teresa Lim

Assistant Conductor and Coach: Strings
​Teresa Lim graduated cum laude from Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education and Performance. She studied violin under Lenuta Ciulei Atanasiu (first prize winner of the International Violin Competition “Premio Paganini”) and Dr. Elena Chernova-Davis (first prize winner of the Aleksander Glazunov International Competition, Paris). Ms. Lim has performed with Rutgers ensembles of Sinfonia, Symphony Orchestra, and Baroque Players.

Ms. Lim currently performs with Sinfonietta Nova under Gail Hsiu-Wen Lee and teaches elementary strings in the West-Windsor Plainsboro Regional School District. ​

Email: teresalim713@gmail.com