Music director and producer, recording and performing artist, and songwriter Kristen Long has enjoyed a multi-faceted career within the arts. She is co-founder of Minx & Maestro Productions, and half of the duo, The Minx & The Maestro, along with partner, multi-instrumentalist and composer, William Fink. Long holds her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance (cum laude), and her Master of Music in Music Production (Distinction, Outstanding Graduate Student of Class of 2022, iZotope Award: Honoring Innovation in Music Production.) Both from Berklee College of Music. Kristen has vocal directed with Royal Caribbean Entertainment for many years, as well as, held the Vocal Casting Specialist position as cruising came back after the pandemic. Long is the creator/composer of The Journey: A New Indie Musical that has been featured in the New Orleans Fringe Festival, the 2013 season at the Silver Palm Award winning Outre Theatre Company, and the Arts at Saint John’s 2016 season, of which she co-directed, music directed, co-produced and starred in. Most recently she has been working on bringing to life the children's animated series that she created, Mandy and The Jam Fam. She can be found regularly at Casablanca Cafe and Piano Bar in Fort Lauderdale, FL.  Kristen has been the recipient of a 4-week Artist-Residency along with the Denis Diderot (A-i-R) Grant at Chateau d’Orquevaux in Champagne-Ardenne, France. https://linktr.ee/theonlyladyk