Meet the Team

  • Co-Founder

    Sarah Pinto is an oboist and teacher located in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

    Sarah regularly performs with local orchestras in Southern Michigan as a substitute, in addition to playing with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago as an associate member. A native of central Maryland, she has played alongside her mentor and former teacher, Sandra Gerster Lisicky, in the Bach in Baltimore Orchestra, and the 2021 Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival in Harrisonburg, Virginia. She has performed as a fellow and participant in the Sarasota Music Festival, the Eastern Music Festival, the Maine Chamber Music Seminar, and the Brevard Music Center.

    Sarah holds a Specialist Degree in oboe performance from the University of Michigan, a Master of Music in oboe performance and chamber music from the University of Michigan, and a Bachelor of Music in oboe performance and music education from Ithaca College. Her primary oboe teachers include Nancy Ambrose King, Paige Morgan, and Sandra Gerster Lisicky.

    When she is not teaching one of her oboe students or making reeds, Sarah is likely to be found grabbing coffee with a friend, hanging out with her grumpy orange tabby cat, or sitting outside in her hammock enjoying the latest booktok read.

  • Co-Founder

    Eli Arbabzadeh Stefanacci is an oboist and freelancer in the Southeast Michigan area and the principal oboist of the Detroit Opera.

    During his undergraduate degree, Stefanacci won the 2019 Atwater Kent Concerto Competition, and performed the Mozart Oboe Concerto in C, K.314 with the UCLA Philharmonia at Schoenberg Hall as well as on Classical KUSC radio station. He also was a member of the Gluck fellowship for three years, performing outreach chamber music gigs in the Greater Los Angeles Area. Eli was also a founding member of the Zephyrus Trio, who were finalists in the Classics Alive Competition in 2018, quarterfinalists and semifinalists in the Fischoff National Chamber Music competition in 2019 and 2020 respectively, and Beverly Hills National Audition Finalists during the 2020-2021 season.

    He completed master’s degrees in oboe performance and chamber music at the University of Michigan with Dr. Nancy Ambrose King. Previously, he completed his Bachelor’s of Music at UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music with Dr. Jonathan Davis.