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Karlton Hester will guide the educational and artistic development: Karlton E. Hester, Ph.D. (composer/flutist/saxophonist), began his career as a composer and recording artist in Los Angeles where he worked as a studio musician and music educator. He received his Ph.D. in composition from the City University of New York Graduate Center and is currently Director of "Jazz" Studies at the University of California in Santa Cruz.

Bill Johnson

An artist, entrepreneur, and public radio executive, Bill Johnson’s career has many facets. As a trumpet player and member of Hesterian Musicism he has recorded six albums with the group. As co-founder and managing partner of African-American Innovators he pursues a progressive education and economic empowerment agenda for artists. As managing director of WRTI-FM in Philadelphia he is at the heart of the issues challenging jazz and classical music broadcasting in America. As former executive director of the African-American Museum in Philadelphia he worked to broaden the reach of African-American artists in the school system and the public at large.

His experience in arts management, corporate America, the performing arts, higher education, information technology, board service, and fundraising have given him a unique perspective on the interrelatedness of his work. He uses this interdisciplinary approach to define new solutions to difficult problems. His current projects include modeling and building an online community for Global African Arts learning and experimentation, working to implement emerging technologies such as HD Radio , podcasting, and Internet2 into public radio as well as tackling the information technology challenges and opportunities presented by digitized music, and working with fellow artists to explore alternative sustainable economic models for the music popularly known as jazz. Bill holds a Bachelor of Science degree in policy analysis from Cornell University and lives in Glen Mills, PA.

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