Our Artist Advisory Board is made up of leading creatives committed to mental health advocacy in the arts. They guide the organization strategically and promote our mission of accessible mental health treatment for creative professionals.
Meet our advisory board
Composer
Adolphe’s music has been called "alive with invention" by The New Yorker. Her works have been performed by the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Boston Symphony Orchestra, among others. She is a 2017 ASCAP Young Composer Award winner and a 2016 Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Award recipient. She holds degrees from Cornell University and the USC Thornton School of Music.
juliaadolphe.com ↗
Composer
Named among the "Top 35 Female Composers in Classical Music" by The Washington Post, Snider creates narrative-driven music described as "rapturous" and "groundbreaking." She has been commissioned by the New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, and National Symphony Orchestra, and co-founded Brooklyn-based New Amsterdam Records. Degrees from Wesleyan University and Yale School of Music.
www.sarahkirklandsnider.com ↗
Multi-Disciplinary Performer
Walsh started in concert dance with American Ballet Theater and has since expanded into Broadway, television, and film. She performed as Lise Dassin in the original Broadway cast of An American in Paris and originated roles in Anastasia. Notable credits include the Starz series Flesh and Bone and performances at the White House and Tony Awards.
allison-walsh.com ↗
Pianist-Composer
Called "one of the leading figures in the current renaissance of performer-composers" by The New York Times, Brown received a 2018 Emerging Artist Award from Lincoln Center and a 2015 Avery Fisher Career Grant. He is an artist with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and earned his degrees from The Juilliard School.
michaelbrownmusic.com ↗
Sound-Movement Artist · Composer · Flutist
A NYC-based composer, flutist, dancer, and choreographer, Nikunen integrates sound, physicality, and space across concert, film, installation, and live art. She is the flutist and Marketing Director of Blackbox Ensemble, a 2023 Tanglewood Composition Fellow, and holds degrees from NYU and Barnard College, Columbia University.
www.annienikunen.com ↗
Director & Choreographer
Whitehead’s Broadway credits include A Chorus Line and Chicago, with film credits including West Side Story and Save the Last Dance. She is a co-founder of BroadwayArtsCommunity.com and authored an autobiographical play with music addressing mental health, "In My Own Little Corner, My Work in Progress with Bipolar Disorder."
chryssiewhitehead.com ↗