Our Team

Elizabeth (Liz) Zabala is a singer, conductor and music coach specializing in college audition preparation. She holds a Bachelor of Music from Berklee College of Music where she studied Voice Performance and Contemporary Conducting. Liz previously served as the Assistant Conductor for the Boston Festival Orchestra where she made her conducting debut conducting the choir in Holst's "The Planets". Previous roles also include teaching at Ward After-School Program as well as School of Rock, and Assistant Conductor of the Saxyderms, a Boston based saxophone ensemble.

Liz is passionate about empowering young musicians and is very proud of how far the YPMC has come in it's first year as an organization. She is excited to see where the future takes YPMC in Calgary, Canada. 

Founder, President and Artistic Director

Hannah Hess is proud to serve as the Chair of the Board of YPMC and has been with YPMC since it’s inception.

A coloratura soprano and senior at Boston University studying Music and Hospitality Administration, Hannah has been a performer for over ten years. Hannah made her Carnegie Hall debut as First Place Winner of the American Protégé Vocal Competition and has since been recognized as a New England NATS prizewinner. Recent roles include Erste Knabe (Die Zauberflöte, Berlin Opera Academy), Belinda (Dido and Aeneas), and Ms. Pinkerton (The Old Maid and the Thief). Hannah also directs and engages in arts advocacy through her work with MIB Agents Osteosarcoma Alliance, Hidden Doorways Luxury Travel, The Newbury Boston.

Chair of Board
Secretary

Eric Yang is a classical singer and music theorist. He has previously sung in many Toronto choirs and now maintains an active schedule as a vocalist in the Calgary area. His music theory interests lie in the development of tonality, spaces and transformations, mathematical representations of music, and the music of John Adams. He is also interested in the way musicians think about how theory shapes music, especially how we subconsciously mold music into understandable pieces. He has presented his work on musical spaces at the Society for Music Theory, Music Theory Southeast/South Central, and the Texas Society, among others.

He holds a Bachelor of Music in History, Culture, and Theory from the Universiy of Toronto and diplomas from the London College of Music in Classical Singing and Piano Performance. In his free time, he enjoys playing jazz piano.