Wharton Arts Student Leadership Alliance
Dear Wharton Arts Community,
Meet Our 2025-2026 Wharton Arts Student Leaders Alliance!
We are thrilled to introduce this year’s twelve outstanding members of the Wharton Arts Student Leaders Alliance (WASLA), three exceptional student representatives from each of our four programs, selected through a thoughtful application process by the program directors.
WASLA is one of Wharton Arts’ most beloved initiatives, empowering young artists to use their creativity, insight, and passion to help shape our community. Through this program, students gain greater agency, a stronger voice, and a meaningful platform to advocate for the arts and for one another.
We are proud to present to you our Student Leaders as they reflect on this season’s theme, ARISE! —Artistry, Representation, Inspiration, Self-Expression, and Empathy. Their reflections reveal the depth, character, and compassion of our young leaders showing how they elevate one another through the arts. They offer us hope not just for the future, but for the world we are shaping together right now.
With warm regards,
Helen H. Cha-Pyo, Artistic Director & Principal Conductor
Debra Joyal, Performing Arts School Director
Trish Joyce, New Jersey Youth Chorus Founder & Director
Shanna Lin, Paterson Music Project Director