As the Creative Director of MONTAGE! and Special Events, Ms. Peca leads the Creative Team to createg one-of-a-kind performance opportunities for the bright and talented students at OCSA ever since. Ms. Peca began her distinguished career by winning the title of “National Swing Dance Champion” at the young age of 11. Ms. Peca’s career has encompassed professional performances, dance education, and choreography for national university dance teams, feature films, television, commercials, professional sports teams, and stage. She has worked on and choreographed for numerous industrial events such as, Behr Paint, Reebok, Asics, Neutrogena, KMS, and Matrix hair products. Her television credits include, “Coca-Cola,” “Dance Fever,” “Star Search,” and 1984 winner of the “American Bandstand Dance Contest” which is when at the age of 13, she won her first car. Ms. Peca has worked with and choreographed for such celebrities, companies and professional sport teams as, Rita Moreno, Tina Turner, Bob Hope, the Los Angeles Laker Girls, Dick Clark, Merv Griffin, Bob Fosse and Walt Disney Records. Ms. Peca also choreographed the stage production of “Gidget, The Musical” directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

Mr. Cook spent 19 years as Resident Lighting and Sound Designer for Saddleback College and Saddleback Civic Light Opera. During his tenure, he designed numerous shows and mentored many students who successfully transferred to university programs or into positions within the industry. He was also the project manager for the $1.4 million lighting, audio and rigging system replacement and renovation project. He has served as associate faculty member at Saddleback College, Irvine Valley College and Santa Ana College, where he taught technical theatre and design classes, including stage lighting, theatre production and stagecraft. Mr. Cook has also worked as a freelance designer, production manager or technician for a variety of professional theatre groups, including Utah Shakespeare Festival, Santa Fe Opera Company, Center Theatre Group, Aids Quilt display and the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Arts Festival. Mr. Cook holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Technical Theatre/Design and a Bachelor’s in Theatre Arts from California State University, Fullerton.

as composer: “A Joyful Noise”, A Spoken Memorie, with Earl Hamner; “Chillerama’, feature film; “Snoop Dogg’s Hood of Horror”, feature film; “The Odd Couple” & “Wait until Dark”, original music/sound design, Covina Center; “Dracula”, original music, Costa Mesa Center for the Arts: as sound designer: “2001 Maniacs”, feature film; “Chillerama” feature film: as performer: Disneyland Resort, Anaheim, piano/keyboards/music arranger/sound designer, 2007-present; as teacher: Orange County High School for the Arts, musical director/arranger, ‘Montage’ performance group, 2014-present; other: Artistic Director, Covina Center, 2007-2009; technical director, Covina Center, 2007-2009.

His televisions credits include working on Judging Amy, and doing voices overs for Quest For Camelot (WB). He has also produced and arranged for artists such as Bob Malone (John Fogerty). He currently teaches Drum Labs I/II, Arranging and Composing in Sibelius, and Rock Ensemble in OCSA’s Popular Music Conservatory. He is an Artist Endorser with Drum Workshop (DW), Sabian Cymbals, Vic Firth and REMO. “Jake” most enjoys using his extensive experience to get the best performance out of each musician and to help them reach their goals and aspirations.

His current endeavors include teaching at studios, and working as an assistant director at the Monterey Jazz Summer Camp, and giving back to the church communities that helped shape him as a music director. Mr. McCoy is looking forward to pushing the limits and carrying on the legacy of m-pact, a music group hailed as "one of the best pop-jazz vocal groups in the world" by the San Francisco Chronicle, for which he now sings baritone. Outside of music, he absolutely loves all things food and puts as much passion into eating and making food as he does music.

Quinn’s experience stretches from working on highly-acclaimed television shows including "Jane the Virgin" and "Pretty Little Liars," to serving as a stylist and creative consultant for various fashion shows, magazines, and media outlets. Quinn is a lover of everything creative and great conversation topics with her include her son Avery, her adorable puppy children, Piper and Tatum, the brilliance “Les Misérables,” and how delicious vanilla lattes and all-you-can-eat sushi are (but not together!). Quinn loves getting to know each and every MONTAGE! student, so please come to her office in Tower 402 and say “hi” anytime!

From the classic opera “Don Giovanni” to the hit musical, “SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical”, Alex’s sonic creativity stretches between different styles, creating acoustical immersion for all audience members. Outside of creating acoustical art, Alex also has a passion for creating unforgettable moments as a DJ and event planner for over 10 years. Alex is happy to return to OCSA since OCSA helped nurture and shape the human he is today. Alex holds a bachelor's degree in Theatre Arts with emphases in Sound Design, Lighting Design, and Theatrical/NPO Management from California State University, Fullerton. When not working, Alex loves to cook all types of food (as long as there are no capers involved) and enjoys taking time to disconnect by backpacking the Sierra Nevada’s.

Jacob has continued to work independently to provide unique choreography to top-scoring studios, schools and dance conventions throughout the United States. He has also worked as a contracted choreographer for Matthew Morrison’s “Go The Distance” official music video and live D23 Experience Show.  Jacob currently works at multiple southern California dance studios and high schools and acts as a resident dance coach and choreographer for the Orange County School of the Arts’ celebrated performance group MONTAGE!. Jacob continuously prioritizes instilling his passion for movement into his students and will continue to do so with every project he works on.

Julia received the honor of being Co-Valedictorian for the Commercial Dance Conservatory under the direction of Jim Kolb. She has also been an active company member of LA Dance Magic by assisting convention classes.  Her performing credits include OCSA Annual Gala for four years, Rochelle Mapes Master Thesis of CSULB, Choreography Conference in Palm Desert, and ASN Conference Seattle. Not only has she been a part of the Creative Team for 4 years, but she also choreographs and teaches dance at schools and studios across Orange County. Julia has a BA in Business Administration with an emphasis in Entertainment and Hospitality Management from Cal State University, Fullerton and hopes to continue educating young dancers.

She has been the vocal arranger for Sesame Street Live! and Hello Kitty national tours and currently serves as a regular Guest Teaching Artist for Disney Imagination Campus where she teaches a soundtrack, vocal, recording workshop. She was recently on the team that launched a new Broadway Magic workshop. She began her career as the Ambassador for Disneyland’s 30^th Anniversary promotion and worldwide tour, acting as the official spokesperson for media interviews and public appearances with international dignitaries. She continued her career producing and developing high-profile events and film premiers for the Walt Disney Company including the Celebrity Premiere of Disney’s California Adventures park, the 2003 X Games, and even Miley Cyrus’ Sweet 16 at the Disneyland Resort. Mrs. Wackerman is dedicated to the advancement of youth in arts education. As the Director of Special Events for Los Angeles Music Center, she oversaw the development of the Spotlight Awards program. At the Orange of County School of the Arts she pioneered the Master Artists Series, providing opportunities for students at OCSA to work directly with world-class artists, including Wynton Marsalis, Disney composer Richard Sherman, Alvin Ailey Dance Theater and Megan Hilty. She has worked as a music director for numerous professional productions and was sought out as the vocal coach for the young cast members in Universal Studios Japan Christmas Spectacular “Voice of an Angel”. Mrs. Wackerman received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Performance from the University of California, Los Angeles with an emphasis in piano and vocal ensembles.