LEADERSHIP

  • Jennifer Chambers

    HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Jennifer completed her undergraduate degree in Music Education from DePaul School of Music, DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois, and her Master’s in Vocal Performance from Hunter College in New York. Jennifer has taught in London, New York City, and most recently has been the Music Coordinator at Hanover High School for 10 years. She currently serves on the NH All State choral committee and is the President elect for the New England Music Festival Association. She holds her CAGS from New England College and is one of the founding members of NESA.

  • Carl Chambers

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Carl Chambers has served in administration for the better part of his career as well as an adjunct professor, grant manager, curriculum director and English teacher. Carl is a member of the Screen Actors Guild and has done professional session work as a bass guitarist. He is excited to realize his family's vision of founding a school for the arts that supports all students who strive for an arts focused, progressive education.

Board of Trustees

Amy Good

CHAIR

Amy currently works at Hanover High School (HHS). She developed and serves as the academic case manager in the Response to Need program and is also the coordinator of the Personalized Learning Programs department. She served as the producer for the Footlighters theatre program at HHS for 6 years. She was the company manager for Opera North for 3 seasons. She has worked backstage for shows for Artistree. She is the mother to two professional artists; her daughter Allyce is an assistant fashion designer at Sea, NY, and her son Seamus created the theatre troupe Covid Commedia and presently works in varying capacities in music, theatre, and film in New York City. Amy’s husband teaches theatre classes and directs shows at the Cardigan Mountain School. Amy is passionate about supporting the arts locally and providing more opportunities for students to grow and develop.

Wayne Chin

VICE CHAIR

Wayne Chin is an electrical engineer by profession and a proponent for STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) education. He grew up in Vancouver, Canada and has lived in the Upper Valley and worked at Hypertherm for over 20 years. He has two teenage children; his son studied violin at the Upper Valley Music Center for 11 years, his daughter has been figure skating with the Skating Club at Dartmouth for 10 years. He plays trombone in the Lyme Town Band.

Dr. Robert Keene

SECRETARY

Robert (Bob) Keene, DMD, graduated from Tuft’s Dental School and returned to the Upper Valley after college and military service. He started his dental practice in Hanover and maintained it until 2002. He has had the privilege of doing mission work in Korea, China, Nepal, Ecuador and Honduras in related dental areas of teaching and treating patients. Locally he founded the Red Logan Dental Clinic. He had worked with Alice Peck Day’s Community Outreach in dental health that serviced many regional elementary schools. He has taught at Franklin Pierce University’s Physician Assistance course and Dartmouth Medical School. He was asked to help the ACTS team develop their dental clinic and elementary school outreach of the El Rosario region.

Denise Frawley

Denise Frawley has been in theatre since the age of 7 when she performed with the Regale Players in Waltham, Massachusetts. She toured the country as a dancer and singer and performed for artists such as Frank Sinatra and John DeLouise. She was the first female to win the state championship in Waltham, Massachusetts for soap box derby racing and went on to represent Boston at the world championship in Akron, Ohio. Denise has spent the past 20 years of her life in the Upper Valley choreographing shows at Hanover High School, Crossroads Academy, the Lyme School and Hartford High School. She is passionate about starting a performing arts school and believes in any opportunity that provides more access to the arts for the Upper Valley community.

Filippo Ciabatti

A native of Florence, Italy, Filippo Ciabatti is the Music Director of the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra and the Music Director of Dartmouth’s Choral Ensembles. Filippo also contributed to create Dartmouth’s Opera Lab. As a pianist and vocal coach in Italy, Mr. Ciabatti worked for the Cherubini Conservatory, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, and Florence Opera Academy. He has played for masterclasses of Renée Fleming, Nathan Gunn, William Matteuzzi, Donald George, and Isabel Leonard. Since 2016, he has been music director and vocal coach of “Scuola Italia per Giovani Cantanti Lirici” in Sant’Angelo in Vado (Italy), and last summer joined the faculty of “Opera Viva!” in Verona as music director and vocal coach. Mr. Ciabatti holds degrees in piano, choral conducting, and orchestral conducting from Italy and the United States.