Russ & Sandy Rosen are the dynamic duo that lead Bez Arts Hub. Both are singer-songwriters and together they have written, recorded and produced more than a dozen albums of their own. They have been Artist Entrepreneurs for more than 35 years, pioneering a touring musical production; a music publishing company which releases original songs, stories and shows; a travelling arts caravan that traversed the nation for 5 years; a dance studio that has seen hundreds of dancers on its floors; a pre-professional dance program that has created 12+ original productions on city stages; and now, Bez.

Their years of experience as touring musicians, producers of artistic work, mentors of emerging artists and curators of first-class concert presentations, uniquely qualifies them to oversee this burgeoning creative community that is Bez Arts Hub. Sandy is also a dancer, an author of 2 books (Bare - The Misplaced Art of Grieving and Dancing, and Off the Map), a Dance Mentor and the Owner/Creative Director of Bez Arts Hub. Russ is an active Performing Musical Professional and is the Artistic Director at Bez.

Alison Nystrom, soprano, is a much sought after performer, teacher and adjudicator and is noted for her expressive singing. Her opera credits include: Pamina in The Magic Flute,Diana in Orpheus in the Underworld, Clorinda in La Cenerentola, and the Woodpecker and Innkeeper’s wife in The Cunning Little Vixen.   She has performed as a soloist in Mozart’s Requiem, Schubert’s Mass in G, Bach’s Coffee Cantata, Haydn’s Nelsonmesse, Finzi’s In Terra Pax, Rutter’s Mass of the Children, Bevan’s Nou Goth Sonne Under Wode, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Handel’s Messiah, Brahm’s Requiem, Mendelssohn’s St. Paul, Mozart’s Coronation Mass, Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang, and Poulenc’s Gloria.  She also premiered David Squires’ new Oratorio, Gardens, this year. Ms. Nystrom has collaborated with VISI, Vancouver Opera, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Whatcom County Chorale, and the Vancouver Bach Choir. After studying Kinesiology in her undergraduate degree, Ms. Nystrom earned a Master of Music in Opera at the University of British Columbia.  Post graduate studies have included singing at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, a Meisterkurs für Liedgestaltung in Husum, Germany and teaching as a NATS Intern at the University of North Carolina. She also holds an A.R.C.T. in Singing Performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. For many years, Ms. Nystrom has taught at the UBC Summer Vocal Workshop and at and Kwantlen Polytechnic University. She currently teaches voice at Trinity Western University. She has a passion to see young people discover their voices and use them in a healthy way.