Concordia Conservatory Receives Prestigious Award
By Marilou Yacoub, Director, Concordia Conservatory
July 14, 2025: Concordia Conservatory has been named the recipient of the 2025 IAHD Spotlight Award, honoring its commitment to inclusive arts programming and its impactful partnership with the Institute of Applied Human Dynamics (IAHD).
This recognition highlights the success of the Conservatory’s UNIQUE Series, launched in 2021 to serve neurodiverse individuals of all ages. “The UNIQUE was created to celebrate individuality, creativity, and connection,” said Kathleen Suss, Executive Director of Concordia Conservatory.
Thanks to the vision of leadership of IAHD CEO and Tuckahoe Mayor Omayra Andino and the dedication of the IAHD team, the series quickly evolved into a cherished tradition for IAHD residents and staff. Today, IAHD participants form a large and vibrant part of every UNIQUE audience. “Over the past three years, we’ve developed deep and joyful relationships with IAHD residents and caregivers, whose warmth and enthusiasm bring such incredible energy to every performance.”
In addition to the UNIQUE Series, Concordia Conservatory offers movement therapy programs on-site at IAHD locations in the Bronx and Tarrytown, led by a Conservatory faculty music and movement therapist. These weekly sessions provide opportunities for creative expression, physical engagement, and connection through rhythm and motion— further extending the Conservatory’s mission.
“Omayra has been an extraordinary partner and friend to the Conservatory,” Suss added. “Her leadership has deepened our shared commitment to inclusion, and we are so proud of what we’ve built together with IAHD.”
Omayra Andino added, “I am filled with immense gratitude and pride for the incredible strides we have made together in our mission to bring wellness to life—ensuring that every individual has access to holistic, joyful, and healthy living.”
The 2025 IAHD Spotlight Award was presented at IAHD’s Spring Gala on June 11 at the Cutting Room in NYC. Concordia Conservatory’s mission is to inspire, instruct, and enrich lives through music by offering excellence in education and performance.
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Concordia Conservatory, a preeminent center for music education in Westchester County, is a welcoming community where children and adults find lifelong inspiration and joy through learning, performing, listening to, and participating with others in music. Concordia Conservatory, a community outreach division of Concordia College, offers top quality music programs for early childhood, youth, adults and seniors. The Conservatory's vision is to enrich the lives of the people in our community through music.
Executive Director: Kathleen Suss
Concordia Conservatory of Music & Art
171 White Plains Rd
Bronxville, NY
914-395-4507
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