Weinberg Manors
An Iris community since 2024, Weinberg Manor is an affordable senior housing community located in Northwest Baltimore, Maryland, serving adults aged 62 and older, as well as individuals of any age living with a disability.
Meet the musicians
Alina Antonenko
Alina Antonenko is a pianist, singer, and music teacher based in Baltimore, Maryland. She began her musical career studying piano under her grandmother’s instruction, making her a fourth-generation musician in her family. She received a Bachelor’s degree in Piano Performance from Towson University and her Master’s degrees from Shenandoah University in Vocal Performance and Voice Pedagogy. Alina is an active teacher, music director at St. John Lutheran Church, collaborative pianist working with musicians and dancers, and she currently sings with the Bach in Baltimore Choir. Alina joined the Iris Music Project at the start of this spring season and is so grateful to be able to share music at her grandparents’ community of Weinberg Village! She lives in Baltimore with her husband, two cats and a plethora of plants!
Erin Murphy Snedecor
Erin Murphy Snedecor is a classically trained cellist who thrives at the intersection of tradition and experimentation. As a freelancer in the DC area, she regularly performs with orchestras like the Wolf Trap Orchestra and Annapolis Symphony, and frequently appears in the pit at Signature Theater and the National Theater.
Erin is also a co-founder of several boundary-pushing ensembles, including the contemporary chamber group Balance Campaign, immersive performance collective earspace, genre-fluid duo En Route, and the event-focused District Strings.
Outside of the classical world, Erin is known for her ability to perform with any ensemble of rock, folk, pop, bluegrass, and whatever-you-can-think-of in between. She is the cellist and vocalist of indie rock band Pompeii Graffiti and the Americana/folk duo Black Rhinoceros, and experiments with electroacoustic textures in her solo project Zooxanthellae.
Erin is a graduate of Ithaca College and the University of Maryland, College Park, and was a 2023 Strathmore Artist in Residence.
Kimia Hesabi
Dr. Kimia Hesabi is a violist/percussionist, educator, and administrator currently residing in the D.C area. Hesabi is the Director of Learning and Engagement at National Philharmonic, where she co-creates programs, opportunities, and community initiatives that are centered around artistic, educational, and social impact. Kimia is an active performer and has performed as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestra musician in various prestigious concert halls across the country as well as her home country Iran. A recent appearance includes performing at NPR’s Tiny Desk along with Sleater-Kinney. Hesabi released her debut album entitled Nemāno Gaona featuring works for viola by composers of the Iranian Diaspora under New Focus Recordings in 2022. Kimia in collaboration with volinist/kamancheh player/composer Sarvin Hazin, are among the recipients of the Creator Development Fund from New Music USA in 2022 for a project entitled Neera. This multimedia project was among the recipients of the 2023 innova Recordings National Call and will be released internationally in 2025. For more please visit kimiahesabi.com.
Photo credit Emory Hensley.