Pianist Ilana Joyce Cady Zonicle is dedicated to providing audiences with authentic and creative performances through collaboration, teaching, and performance. She has performed at notable venues including Seiji Ozawa Hall, Koussevitsky Music Shed, Sanders Theater at Harvard, Howard Performing Arts Center and Mechanics Hall, and has given lecture recitals at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, University of Mississippi for Women, Oklahoma University and La Frontera International Conference. Internationally, she has performed at the Styriarte Festival in Graz, Austria, and earned third place in the Puerto Rico Center for Collaborative Piano's inaugural competition. Her research into concert dress attire for female pianists was presented at the 2025 Michigan Academy of Science, Art and Letters conference. 

Ilana holds a faculty position at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute and serves as the YAVP choral pianist, coach and theory instructor. This fall she will be the collaborative pianist for the Cambridge Community Chorus and will be the music director at Amicable Church in Tiverton, RI and the College Church in Lancaster, MA. Working as a staff pianist for Dean College Dance Department and Longy School of Music and playing for Ballet RI company classes. Ilana is the founder and artistic director of the Free Concert Series in Lancaster, MA, where they will be celebrating their 5th season starting in October. She holds degrees from Andrews University (BMUS Performance), Longy School of Music at Bard College (MM Performance), and Ohio University (MM Collaborative Piano). 

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You can email Ilana at music@amicablechurch.org