Staff Details

Gabrielle Molina

Outgoing Executive Director

Gabrielle Molina (she, ella) is the outgoing Executive Director of Project Music, a youth development and El Sistema-inspired music nonprofit located in Stamford, CT. She is transitioning to the Board of Advisors for Project Music.

Most recently, Gabrielle was named the inaugural Director of Programs for El Sistema USA, where she previously served as the Lead Program Consultant. ESUSA is the national membership organization representing more than 150 Sistema-inspired organizations, like Project Music, across the United States and Canada.

In addition to her work at Project Music, Gabrielle is on the coaching faculty of AIM, the Academy for Impact through Music, where she coaches and mentors teachers from around the world working in ‘music for social action’ organizations.

From 2019-2023, she was a faculty member and career coach at the Longy School of Music of Bard College. Prior to joining the leadership team at Project Music, Gabrielle founded Teaching Artists International, a music nonprofit that creates teaching artist exchanges spanning 4 continents.

She is the winner of the 2020 Sphinx Tank, awarded to the “Next Great Cultural Entrepreneur.” In 2022, she was named one of Yamaha’s “40 Under 40” — Celebrating Excellence in Music Education. Gabrielle has held fellowships with the National Arts Strategies, the Global Leaders Program, Mass Challenge, and the Harvard Innovation Labs.

Gabrielle holds K-12 teaching credentials in CA and CT and began her career at YOLA (Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles) and at iCAN (The Incredible Children’s Art Network), two El Sistema-inspired programs in Southern California. Gabrielle holds a Master’s in International Education Policy from Harvard University.