2024 recipient

Christian Cepeda

Christian (he/him) is a Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary artist known for his expertise in guitar performance and music education. He studied classical guitar at SUNY Purchase and trained in the Meisner Technique at the Esper Studio. In pursuit of expanding his artistry, performance, and teaching practices he has dedicated the past three years to studying the Alexander Technique. Through the study of experience itself as the means whereby Christian has learned to value and live into his personal gifts and point of view. He hopes to instill this agency in others through his teaching and performance practices.