Dan Shaud is co-director of the Upper School orchestra and Middle School chamber ensemble and is the coordinator for the Conservatory Program. In addition, he teaches music theory, solfège, and chamber music classes and has been the horn instructor for The Rivers School Conservatory since 1999. He is an active freelancer on the horn in the Boston area and is also a church organist. He earned a BA and BM from Oberlin College and Conservatory and an MM from New England Conservatory.

Juliet Bailey P’23 joined the Rivers faculty in 1997 and currently teaches English and drama, directs Upper School plays, and advises eleventh and twelfth graders. She received the Mida van Zuylen Dunn award for teaching excellence in 2005. Before coming to Rivers, Juliet taught and directed at Millbrook School and Wyoming Seminary and earned a Fulbright Teaching Exchange Fellowship, which took her to Budapest, Hungary, for a year. A graduate of Bates College, Juliet holds an MA from the Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury College.

Philippe Crettien teaches saxophone and serves as jazz department chair and director of The Rivers School Jazz Program at The Rivers School Conservatory. He holds a BA from Berklee College of Music and honors in philosophy and literature from the French Lycée of London, and an MM in jazz composition from UMass Amherst. In addition to touring in Europe and South America with the Philippe Crettien Quartet featuring John Medeski and Bob Gullotti, he has performed with Andy Jaffe, Bill Baron, Ed Blackwell, Mr. Jelly Belly, and Branford Marsalis. Philippe has released a CD, "November Dusk", featuring RSC jazz faculty Patrick Mottaz, Sean Farias, and Mike Connors. His CD with the Philippe Crettien Nonet, "The North African Suite", was released in September 2021. Philippe also served as director of the Toulon International Jazz Festival workshops in Toulon, France, from 1991-2000.

Derek Epstein attended the University of Wyoming and graduated with a BFA in theater and dance with an emphasis on scenic design. He taught technical theater and carpentry at Emerson College and worked as the project manager for a Boston-area entertainment production company that partnered with theaters, event venues, and dance companies throughout the New England region. His collaborations include The Lyric Stage Company of Boston, Boston Lyric, Speakeasy Stage Company, Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre, and Trapology. Derek is a proud member of the United States Institute of Theater Technology (USITT), where he is a co-chair of the membership committee. In his free time, Derek enjoys playing board games with friends, attending local theater events, and hanging out with his wife, Linda, and cat, Lego.

An experienced performing-arts educator, Zoë Iacovelli brings a wealth of directing, teaching, choreography, and acting experience to her role. Zoe directs and choreographs the Upper School Musical, teaches in the MS and US, and is the director and creator of the Musical Theatre Conservatory Program. She earned a BFA in musical theater from The Hartt School of Music in 2011 and an MA in theater education from Emerson College. She further developed her expertise by performing around the world as a professional actress and a member of Actors' Equity Association, as well as a MainStage performer for Disney Cruise Line. Zoe has taught musical theater and acting at Starline Academy, The Performing Arts Connection, Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, and Integrated Arts Studio.

Krissy Skare joined The Rivers School in the fall of 2024 as the Upper School and Middle School choral director. She teaches Middle and Upper School Chorus and also serves as advisor to the a cappella club. She earned a bachelor’s degree in music with a double major in psychology at UMass Amherst, where she won a Downbeat Student Music Award for vocal jazz ensemble; an M.M. at New England Conservatory of Music; and an M.Ed. in arts education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Krissy leads Neighborhood Rocks, a Brookline-based intergenerational pop/rock chorus, and the Boston Latvian Choir, New England’s only Latvian-language choral ensemble. She has conducted choirs of up to 1,000 singers in the US, Canada, and Latvia. She enjoys forest walks and making music with friends.