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Meet the Team

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MaryGrace Bender

Founder and Artistic Director

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Danielle Maeng

Director of Media and Marketing 

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Brendan Jacklin

Director of Programming

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Charissa Leung

Adult Chamber Music Workshop Coordinator

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Hannah Sorrells-Tyler

Founder of OPUS Project + Merchandise Designer

Meet Our Board

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Brandon Jang

Brandon Jang has served on the Nashville Chamber Music Society Board of Directors since June 2024.  Mr. Jang is an amateur classical guitarist and holds particular interest in the construction and evolution in design of the classical guitar. His favorite composers include J.S. Bach, Frédéric Chopin, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Augustín Barrios, Pixinguinha and Astor Piazzolla.  He currently plays a 2012 John Weissenrieder “Bouchet” copy and a 2018 Jeffrey Elliot concert guitar. 

In his professional capacity, Mr. Jang most recently served as Corporate Counsel to Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation, a wholly-owned financing subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., the leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives.  As corporate counsel, he advises on matters relating to public company reporting, treasury, corporate governance, subsidiary management, commercial lending and mergers and acquisitions. From November 2019 to January 2022, Mr. Jang served as Securities Counsel and later as Senior Securities Counsel at Twist Bioscience Corporation, a biotechnology company specializing in synthetic biology, next generation sequencing and drug and target discovery. From November 2012 to October 2019, Mr. Jang served as an Associate at a number of prominent law firms in New York City, where he advised clients on matters relating to capital markets, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, and commercial lending.  Mr. Jang holds a J.D from New York University School of Law and a B.S. in Bioengineering from University of California, Los Angeles.

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Laura Klepper

Laura Klepper joins the 2024/2025 NCMS board of directors after being a Patron to NCMS for 2 years.  Laura served over 30 years in Healthcare project management, including Hospital Corporation of America (Mergers and Acquisitions), Vanderbilt University Medical Center (HealthIT project and program management) and American General Life, now AIG (Systems Control Program).  She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Belmont University and holds a Masters of Business Administration from the Vanderbilt University Owen School of Business. Laura is a Past President of the Nashville Project Management Institute, and has supported Nashville Pubic Radio, Nashville Symphony, Nashville Ballet, Nashville Opera, Vanderbilt’s Blair School of Music and other local nonprofit organizations. Laura is married to artist and entrepreneur Dan Klepper, owner of Fantasy Face Artistry. 

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Blake Waggoner

Biography coming soon!

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Robert Bender

Biography coming soon!

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Jennifer Yeager

Jenny Yeager was born and raised in Lancaster Pennsylvania and moved to Huntsville, Alabama 13 + years ago. She comes from a background of 20 years in the social service field and earned a BS in Family Science from Messiah University. Currently she enjoys running Jenny Yeager Realty, LLC with Keller Williams.  Along with her husband Todd, she has raised their two lovely children, Jess and Tylr, and is completely loving being a Nana. Jenny’s deep love for all things Cello started in elementary school.  She finds chamber music very moving and loves to help promote it.

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