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Dani (Danny) Pravder
Producer, Keyboardist, Multi-Instrumentalist, Composer
Homegrown Recording & Collective Founder
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Danny Pravder is an acclaimed multi-genre pianist, music producer and composer, with a thriving musical career, and a passion for sharing love and light through the creation of music and community. His leadership, musicianship and work ethic have made him highly sought after in his home city of Los Angeles and beyond.
Danny's professional accolades started at just 16 years old, with winning the grand prize in the national Brubeck Jazz Piano competition, and thus was the recipient of the Young Emerging Artist Scholarship in honor of legendary jazz pianist Dave Brubeck. Brubeck listened to Danny's piano playing and in response spoke of a beautiful musicianship and powerful commitment to teaching, community and collaboration.
Shortly after moving to Los Angeles in 2016, Danny was called into Capitol Records to play piano, compose and arrange on the Kid Cudi studio tracks, "Does It" & “Releaser." Danny was then asked to perform with Kid Cudi on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
Danny creates music for award winning Film and TV shows, as a music producer, pianist and composer. Danny is featured as music producer, keyboardist and arranger on Netflix’s upcoming film “My Oxford Year” and HBO's Big Little Lies, Season Two (even improvising piano live on screen!). Danny's original composition titled "Ode of Temptation" is featured in the A24 film "Sharper." Danny's extensive production and piano work can be heard on HBO's "Run," Netflix's "White Lines," Montana Story & many more.
Danny co-founded Homegrown Recording & Collective, alongside the three incredible co-founders Alena Bernardi, Catriona Fray and Isaac Mailach, with the mission of awakening through authentic musical expression.
Homegrown Collective is a non-profit centered performing arts organization and music collective that shares the gifts of music through live performance, community events, music education, studio recording, and so much more. Homegrown Recording provides a safe and creative space to empower musicians and provide professional services from songwriting through production, recording, mixing and mastering. Danny is grateful to get to make music as his passion, profession and expression, and has such reverence for all of the incredible people he meets, and the miracles he experiences every day.
Catriona Fray
Singer • Songwriter • Vocal Producer • Music Director • Teaching Artist • Homegrown Collective Co-Founder
โโCatriona Fray is a genre-blending vocalist, songwriter, and producer whose work bridges soulful rock, pop, and musical theater. With a deep belief that creativity is both craft and catalyst, she approaches music as a vehicle for transformation—emotionally, artistically, and spiritually.
A graduate of the UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television, Catriona has performed nationwide—from singing at the White House to opening for major recording artists including Walk the Moon, Imagine Dragons, and Pentatonix. She has collaborated with three-time Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall on productions such as Mamma Mia! at the Hollywood Bowl and has headlined original concerts at premier venues including Feinstein's 54 Below and The Troubadour.
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As a vocal producer, she specializes in artist development, vocal arrangement, and studio performance coaching. Catriona works closely with singers to refine tone, expand range, strengthen technique, and unlock expressive depth—guiding artists to deliver recordings that feel powerful, polished, and true.
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Her production style blends technique with intuitive artistry. Whether shaping harmonies, developing original songs, or preparing artists for recording sessions and live performance, she creates a collaborative environment that cultivates confidence and authentic embodiment.
With a trauma-informed and holistic approach, Catriona mentors artists of all ages in voice, songwriting, music direction, piano, guitar, and performance craft—supporting growth from the inside out.
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From the studio to the stage, Catriona Fray brings power, presence, and purpose to every project she produces.
Isaac Mailach
Cellist, Film & Media Composer, Engineer
Homegrown Collective Co-Founder
My name is Isaac Mailach, and I am a self-proclaimed nerd.
I love learning about pretty much anything and everything, from baking to astrophysics. I started playing the cello when I was 3, and I knew I wanted to compose music for visual media when I was 17. Since then, not much has changed, except that I'm a little better at both those things. I would describe my composition style as grounded in experimental post-modern abstract-expressionist minimalism (yes, all of those at once).
I am originally from the cozy suburb of Thornhill, Ontario, Canada. I received my Bachelor of Music in Composition and Cello Performance from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, and recently received my Master of Music in Screen Scoring at the University of Southern California (USC).
My desire for composition comes from the amazing stories music can tell, especially when combined with visual media. Music married to story provides me with intensely powerful experiences, some of which have no parallel for me in the real world; storytelling, after all, speaks to an essential part of being human. Music can add subtlety to the emotion of a scene, add impact to a moment, and can absorb the viewer into the world of the story to create a deeply visceral experience. My love of nature, as well as my interests in Science, Mathematics, and Computer Science help feed my musical inspiration.
Since I began playing the cello at the age of 3, I have been surrounded by music almost my entire life. My passion for the cello compelled me to pursue the instrument professionally during my undergraduate degree. My cello mentors have included Paul Pulford, Katie Schlaikjer, Vernon Regehr, Paul Marleyn, and Tricia Balmer. My proudest accomplishment with the instrument was being named a winner of the Laurier Concerto Competition 2017, giving me the opportunity to perform a concerto with the Laurier Symphony Orchestra. Other instruments I have studied include the piano and the shakuhachi, a Japanese meditational flute.
I hope you enjoy my work. Interested in talking with me? Shoot me an email at contact@isaacmailach.im.
Alena Bernardi
Artist, Teacher, Vocalist, Songwriter
Homegrown Collective Co-Founder
Alena received her Bachelor of Music in Music Education from Michigan State University in 2011 as well as a certification in Music Learning Theory at the Early Childhood Level from University of South Carolina. Alena began working as the Music Director at the renowned Los Angeles Elementary and Early Childhood educational institution: Hollywood Schoolhouse in 2011.
As a vocalist and songwriter, Alena wrote, recorded and released her first solo Album titled BEAUTIFUL MOMENT in collaboration with Drew Allsbrook at The People’s Music Studio located in Sherman Oaks, CA. Alena performed two album-release shows in 2018. Firstly at the historic Hotel Cafe in Hollywood CA in March of 2018, and later at The Morrie in Royal Oak, MI in April 2018.
In June 2019 Alena premiered her critically acclaimed and highly reviewed “Swiped The Musical,” an inspiring musical romantic comedy about online dating, which premiered June 21st at The Hudson Theatre in Hollywood for the 2019 Hollywood Fringe Festival. Swiped The Musical received the Fringe’s Encore’s extension award for the success of its initial run.
Alena co-founded Unicorn Music Academy in January 2020 to open up the young people’s hearts and minds to the music around them and give them the tools they ned to organize their ideas and create freely.
Most recently Alena has been writing, recording and producing with artists at Homegrown Recording Collective. In November 2021 Alena and her writing partners Catriona Fray and Danny Pravder traveled to New York City to produce a new work titled “Divine Feminine Soul” at The Duplex.
Credits include: Fiordiligi in Cosi Fan Tutte, Musetta in La Boheme, Barbarina in The Marriage of Figaro, Lily Garland in On The Twentieth Century, and Rapunzel in Into the Woods.