Meet The Team

Antonia Kitsopoulos-Graziano is a music teacher and performer from Scotch Plains, New Jersey. She founded KG Music Studio (formerly Rubato Music Studio) in 2016 with her husband, Dan Graziano, with the goal of providing a completely customizable music education to students of all ages and experience levels. Antonia believes that music is for everyone, and strives to make KG Music Studio a place where all students can find their own unique voice and sound. 

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In addition to teaching, Antonia has performed in theaters across the United States. Some credits include: Temple (ImaGEN at Michigan State University), Die Zauberflöte (OK Mozart International Music Festival) The Merry Widow (Indiana University Jacobs School of Music), Gauchito and the Pony (Queens Symphony Orchestra), Camille Claudel (Goodspeed Opera House), and Baz Luhrmann’s Tony Award and Ovation Award winning production of Puccini’s La Bohème (Broadway, San Francisco, and Los Angeles). Antonia has also had the opportunity to direct at the Festival of the Arts Boca (La Bohème and Die Zauberflöte) as well as the OK Mozart International Music Festival (Don Giovanni).

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Antonia is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Kean University with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education with a concentration in voice. In her time at Kean, she served as the President of Kean’s chapter of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) as well as President and Secretary of the Lambda Phi chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi National Band Honor Society. She was also fortunate enough to have researched the impact of popular music pedagogy on the quality of life of adults with special needs alongside Dr. Lyn Schraer-Joiner for two years. 

When she isn’t teaching or performing, Antonia enjoys reading, yoga, and spending time with her wonderful daughter, husband, and three dogs.

Nick Kitsopoulos is a songwriter, producer, audio engineer, and music teacher from Madison, New Jersey. He strongly believes that music is within all of us and is passionate about helping students of all ages and backgrounds discover how they can use music to become more confident, expressive, and true to themselves. 

Nick, a recent Berklee College of Music graduate, studied classical/jazz piano and guitar from a young age until college where he pivoted to studying contemporary music. He double majored in Music Production & Engineering as well as Songwriting with a minor in Commercial Record Production. During his time in college, Nick became an expert in the modern music making process and worked in all styles with hundreds of students from America and abroad. As a songwriter and producer, he used his skills as a pianist and guitarist on a daily basis to create music for classes, clients, and himself which gave him a knowledge of the instruments that go beyond the typical session player. 

Nick recognizes that learning an instrument is not about playing notes on a page but about tapping into the emotion behind those notes and assigning structure and meaning to them. Music theory is often something young musicians fear and avoid but Nick has been able to foster a love of it in his students by applying it to their favorite songs and allowing his students to see why they love the songs that they do.

When Nick isn’t doing something involved in music (which is rare) he loves watching/playing basketball, baseball, and football with his family and friends as well as learning about history which he has a passion for. 

Leo Brandt is a guitarist, composer, and arranger hailing from Summit, New Jersey. He has a wealth of experience across all forms of music, including but not limited to rock, jazz, pop, heavy metal, avant-garde, shoegaze, and more. Leo has performed across the country, on stages of all sizes and has also played on video game soundtracks, and multiple albums as a composer and sideman. In addition to performing, he’s passionate about music education and works with students of all ages and backgrounds. He is currently pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Jazz Performance at the University of Miami, studying with renowned guitarist John Hart.

Emily Niemeyer is a vocalist and theatre artist from New Jersey. She holds Bachelor degrees in both Theatre and Music from Kean University and and a Masters in Classical Vocal Performance from New Jersey City University. She has worked all over New Jersey and New York as an actor, singer, director stage manager in musical theatre and opera. Most recently she has worked with Opera Magnifico, NJ Lyric Opera, dell'Arte Opera Ensemble, Manhattan School of Music, and Crossroads Theatre Company. Currently Emily is a full-time drama and music teacher for middle and high school students, but has worked with students from ages four all the way to adulthood helping them find their voices.

Alex Sumas has been part of the KG Music Studio family since 2021 when she started taking bass lessons. Previously resigned to the belief that she was better as a music appreciator than a musician, her time at KG has allowed her to break through those thoughts and enjoy playing bass (and singing occasionally) without self-criticism. 

Alex is a recent graduate of Northeastern University in Boston, where she majored in journalism. During college, she interned for Cornerscape Artist Management and spent time working in Philadelphia politics. She currently lives in New York City and works for Ampersand Strategies, a messaging, media, and mail firm. In her free time, you can find her at concerts, taking photos, and making French onion soup from scratch.

Dan is a videographer and digital marketer with a passion for visual storytelling, music production, photography, and exploring the worlds of digital creative mediums. He is the Digital Media Content Manager for the New Jersey Symphony and shares his knowledge of content creation and marketing to assist our students in recording projects, audition filming, and teaching our KG Studio interns music marketing and social media content creation. He is also a drummer, video game fanatic, and opens the door for students before lessons! Say hi if you see him around the studio!