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Ana Leon Kovatch (age 17) is a composer and guitarist from Hershey, Pennsylvania who is inspired by fusing contrasting genres. She studies with Dr. Justin Morell and attended Interlochen Arts Camp, the Juilliard Composition Intensive, and the Penn State Youth Composition Institute. Her piece Tangents for Strings received the PMEA All-State Composition Award and featured at CMCB Young Composers Festival. The Hershey HS Concert Orchestra also performed her work Baile Eterno at the PMEA All-State Conference. Ana teaches children’s guitar classes under Eric Dieter at QBGS and interns for Brian Buterbaugh with the Hersey HS Orchestra. When not composing, she enjoys playing guitar, from jazz to progressive metal.