Gary de Sesa, composer, pianist and conductor, is graduate of the Juilliard School, where he received his B.M., B.S., M.M. degrees as a scholarship student and was awarded a teaching fellowship for four consecutive years.  He also received his Ph.D. in music from New York University and was elected to Kappa Delta Phi and Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.  His studies at New York University were dedicated to the works of Leonard Bernstein, and culminated in a dissertation and concert performance of Bernstein's Mass in Merkin Hall, which de Sesa conducted from the piano, and which Bernstein, himself, called "a labor of love." Like Bernstein, Gary de Sesa is an eclectic composer, as well as a pianist and a conductor.  He has written sacred and secular; choral and instrumental; contemporary, jazz, theater, and classical music.  In April of 1992, he was invited to Moscow's Tchaikovsky Hall and other major concert halls of Moscow, to conduct the Osipov Orchestra and the Moscow Boy's Choir in a performance of his Anthem for a New Russia, along with other original compositions.  His works were broadcast throughout Russia on Russian national television and radio.  He was accompanied by his wife, soprano, Kita Bouroff, and his then ten  year-old son, Gary, a violinist, both of whom also performed extensively. In a concert at Alice Tully Hall featuring some of de Sesa's compositions, New York Daily News critic, Bill Zakariasen cited the use of sensible scoring, and raved, "the audience love it-nothing more accessible has been written within memory." As a concert pianist, Gary de Sesa has performed in all the major concert halls in New York City including Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall and Merkin Concert Hall.  During past summers, he has appeared at the Caramoor, Ambler, Aspen and Siena music festivals.  He was first-place winner in the prestigious Bach International Competition and Mason and Hamlin Competition.  Gary de Sesa is a published author and was a recent winner of the Columbia Records Recording Artists' Search, cited for his "unique talents as a performer, and his musical quality, distinctiveness and depth of expression."  As a conductor, Gary de Sesa has been associated with the Juilliard Chorus, the Columbia University Glee Club, the Collegiate Chorale and the American and New York Opera choruses.  He has also acted as Associate Director of the Manhattan Borough-wide Chorus and has been a guest conductor of the Southern Indiana Orchestra and Chorus and the Moscow Osipov Orchestra.  Gary de Sesa is Organist and Choir Director of both Temple Beth David in Commack and the Roslyn Presbyterian Church, where he continues to compose Jewish and Christian music, respectively, for the worship service.

Born in New York City, Gray Devio, songwriter, producer, singer, violinist, violist, pianist and guitarist began his studies in music at the age of 3, and began writing and arranging original material at age 7. By the time he was 11, Gray had performed in many of the major concert halls in New York City, including Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall and Merkin Concert Hall. He accepted an invitation to perform in Tchaikovsky Hall and other leading concert halls in Moscow, and has made many appearances on television and radio. Pre-College, Gray attended the Juilliard School of Music in New York City for 4 years, studying performance, composition, conducting, theory and solfége. Having been concertmaster of the Symphony and principal violist of both the Symphony and Orchestras, Gray graduated from Juilliard in the Spring of 1999. To continue his education after Juilliard, Gray attended Brown University for studies in business, marketing, computer science and music engineering. After his inspiring years at Brown, he returned to New York to continue performing, start his own unique talent and event production company, Gray Devio Events, as well as his artist collective, Bigger Bang Media. Since then, Gray has performed at and produced events for high-end clients such as Lamborghini, The Rolling Stones, Audi, Donald Trump, Kevin Hart, Tyra Banks, Elizabeth Arden, NBC, and American Express, to name a few, and has shared the stage with well-known acts all over the world, some of them including Pitbull, Alicia Keys, LMFAO, Justin Bieber, Deborah Cox, Taio Cruz, Wyclef, Jordan Knight, Jes, Twisted Sister, Jennifer Holiday, Diana Ross, Sister Sledge, Ashford & Simpson, Rick Derringer, Michael Bolton and Rod Stewart. Between his performances and event production around the world, Gray devotes his time to writing and producing music across many different genres: Pop, Country, Rock, Heavy Metal, R&B, Hip-Hop, House, Commercial Dance, Electronica,  as well as thematic music for film & television.

SO...that's the official. Here's the personal:

I love to write...and entertain...
I love the sun...even the rain.

I love waterfalls...the tropics and Italy...
Great food, great friends, intelligence, no enemies.

I love eyes, and all that they say...
Soul and beauty...night and day.

I love people, and learning from the choices they make...
The good, the bad, the true and the fake.

I love trust, and those who can too...
Despite the hardships we all go through.

I love peace...although without war,
How would we understand what balance is for?

I love happiness...and the pursuit of giving joy...
Even to those who sometimes destroy.

I love laughter...how it can touch...
How it breaks down barriers and unifies us.

I love sound, and its awesome being...
Life in vibration...all the ways it is freeing.

I love my parents for loving each other...
Teaching the world...allowing me to discover.

I love my God for HE IS LOVE...
Elevating my spirit to soar above.

Followers of Gary de Sesa