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DocuSign Envelope ID:6CE20844-42EF-4C06-ACDA-F9F9C06A8620 north caroBna North Carolina Arts-in-Action Pm �N Staff List May 2015 Alton Tisino, Sr.Artistic Director Alton is in his 7th year with NC-AIA, serving as Associate Artistic Director and Director of the LEAP Team alumni program. Alton is a product of a similar NDI-affiliate program in his home state of Texas, beginning the in-school program at the age of 9, having had no previous dance or performance experience. He demonstrated such commitment that he was chosen by NDI founder Jacques d'Amboise at age 15 for a scholarship to the NDI Teacher Training Program.The following year, Alton assisted the Director of the NDI Summer Institute. He went on to assist with the Texas affiliate program while finishing high school and attending college at the University of Texas in Austin,graduating last year with a B.A. in Communications. Since January 2008,Alton has been conceiving,orchestrating and scripting the NC AIA in-school programs, and collaborating with Music Director Julie Bradley on original music for NC AIA in-school performances.Alton Directs the NC AIA Alumni program, LEAP Team (Learning Excellence and Perseverance), comprised of students from all NC AIA partner schools,who perform at many community events and serve as ambassadors of the NC AIA program. Julie Flinchum Bradley, Musical Director Julie is a graduate of NC School of the Arts and UNC-CH. While still in school, she began working as assistant to conductor McCrae Hardy at NC Theatre, and spent a fulfilling 20-year career there. She is very involved in area opera, community theatre, and youth education, including NC Theatre Conservatory, Peace College, Opera Company of North Carolina, Wake County Public Schools, Raleigh Conservatory of Music, Carolina Ballet and Chapel Hill Ballet School. Her work as orchestrator and arranger includes such clients as Ipo Productions, the Jimmy V Celebrity Classic and Going Barefoot, Inc. She also served as the orchestra contractor for NC Theatre and as orchestra contractor and musician at DPAC.