Lisa Bielawa
Festival Performance - Artist in Residence
12:10 p.m. & 12:35 p.m.
ENROLLMENT NOW OPEN FOR SUMMER 2026
Festival Performance - Artist in Residence
12:10 p.m. & 12:35 p.m.
Festival Performance - Artist
12:10 p.m. & 12:35 p.m.
Festival Performance - Faculty
12:10 p.m. & 12:35 p.m.
If you are unable to make it to our Long Island campus, feel free to come to our upper west side Visit and Information Session at Bloomindale School of Music. Session starts at 2pm. 323 W 108th St, New York, NY 10025
Courtney Kassinger has spent her summers at Usdan since 2002 when she first attended as a student. On staff, she has served as a Discovery counselor, a member of the administration/transportation staff, Transportation Manager, Associate Director of Student Affairs. and is now the Associate Director of Camp Administration. Courtney holds a B.M. in Music Education from SUNY Fredonia and a M.S.
The adults-only "USDAN University" was an all day arts camp experience including pottery, musical theater, jazz dance, Festival Concert, and the one hour course we experienced, the "Organic Gardening and Simple Food" class. This was the first year for the Organic Gardening and Simple Food workshop, taught by the talented Chef Richard LaMarita, who has taught at the Natural Gourmet Institute for the past 18 years and has worked with Chef Floyd Cardoz at Tabla Restaurant.