Artists, Coaches & Leadership Experts.
HighNote brings together performing artists, executive coaches, and leadership experts with deep experience in executive education and organizational development.
Our Founders.
HighNote brings together performing artists, executive coaches, and leadership experts with deep experience in executive education and organizational development.
Lucia Cesaroni
Internationally acclaimed opera artist and executive educator translating elite performance practice into leadership presence, communication, and influence.
Dana Brown
Dean, executive education leader, and entrepreneur building global programs and developing leaders and organizations in complex, high-stakes environments.
Mihnea Moldoveanu
Professor at the University of Toronto and founder of Figaro, integrating leading-edge research and AI to measure and develop human capability and leadership.
The Team Behind Every Program.
The team behind HighNote's operations, growth, and coaching practice, bringing cross-industry experience in strategy, marketing, and executive coaching to every program we run.
Sabrina Haloulakos
Operations leader with cross-industry experience spanning consulting, arts administration, and sales, most recently partnering with founders on strategy and governance frameworks. She brings that discipline to leading operations across HighNote's programs, partnerships, and people.
Robby Vrenozi
Leads marketing and business development at HighNote, drawing on a decades-long career building brands for organizations including Terroni, Milestones Grill and Bar, CLH Invest and TechTO. She brings that range of institutional and start-up experience to HighNote's programs.
Renate Rohlfing
Internationally acclaimed pianist and music psychologist who has prepared productions for the Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles Opera, and Spoleto Festival USA. She brings that same rigorous preparation to coaching leaders on composure under pressure.
From the World's Great Stages.
Distinguished performing artists trained as professional coaches, bringing elite performance discipline to leadership, communication, and influence.
Renate Rohlfing
Internationally acclaimed pianist and music psychologist who has prepared productions for the Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles Opera, and Spoleto Festival USA. She brings that same rigorous preparation to coaching leaders on composure under pressure.
@renaterohlfing
Matthew Anchel
A bass now in his tenth season with the Metropolitan Opera, hailed by The Wall Street Journal as a voice to watch. He brings that command of the world's biggest stages to executive presence coaching.
@matthewanchel
Kiyoshi Hayashi
Violinist and founder of Rasa String Quartet, serving as Career Advising Manager at the New England Conservatory. He pairs a performer's ear for tone and pacing with a coach's practice in resilience and growth.
@kiyoshijhayashi
Daniel Isengart
Cabaret performer, stage director, and performance coach who has spent two decades helping trained singers master the vocabulary of stage presence. He applies an eye for body language and audience command to leadership coaching.
@daniel_isengart
Colin Ainsworth
Canadian tenor whose career spans the Canadian Opera Company, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra & opera houses across Europe and North America. He brings decades of stage command and interpretive precision to executive presence coaching.
@colinainsworth_tenor
Isaiah Bell
Canadian-American tenor & composer known for interpreting Britten, Handel, and Bach from the Canadian Opera Company to Lincoln Center. He also mentors emerging performers through his solo storytelling work, coaching authentic communication under pressure.
@isaiahisaiahisaiahisaiahisaiah
Jillian Vanstone
Jillian spent twenty-two years as a Principal Dancer with the National Ballet of Canada and trains the next generation of performers as a rehearsal director. She translates a career built on discipline and composure into leadership presence.
@jillianvanstone
Judith Yan
Canadian conductor who has led orchestras for the Canadian Opera Company, San Francisco Opera, and the National Ballet of Canada. She brings a conductor's command of timing, authority, and ensemble influence to leadership coaching.
@judithyan
Tanya Howard
Tanya spent twenty-five years with the National Ballet of Canada, retiring as First Soloist in 2023 after originating roles for choreographers Robert Binet and Guillaume Côté. She brings that discipline to coaching leaders on presence and composure.
@tanyahoward
Lucy Mullins
Co-founder of StepLadder and the coach training program RideTheWave, Lucy holds an Executive MBA from Oxford's prestigious Saïd Business School. She brings a certified coach's grounding in resilience and emotional intelligence to leadership growth.
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Who founded HighNote?
HighNote was co-founded by Lucia Cesaroni, an internationally acclaimed opera artist and executive educator, and Dana Brown, a Dean, executive education leader and entrepreneur. Mihnea Moldoveanu, founder of the Figaro AI platform, is HighNote's strategic partner.
Who are HighNote's artist coaches?
HighNote's artist coaches are distinguished performing artists trained as professional coaches, including singers from the Metropolitan Opera and Canadian Opera Company, principal dancers from the National Ballet of Canada, a conductor, a violinist and a pianist and music psychologist.
Where is HighNote based?
HighNote Performance Coaching is based at 102 Bloor St W, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
