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Lydia Becker
Lydia Becker is an innovative violinist who is passionate about building a vibrant audience relationship through historical performance practices, artistic diversity, and effective arts administration. Lydia always loved Baroque music but discovered historical performance when she met Christel Thielmann and Paul O’Dette at the Eastman School of Music. Having earned three degrees in Violin Performance…
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Sungmin Shin
Korean-born American musician Sungmin Shin maintains a vigorous schedule seamlessly navigating the unpredictable musical landscape of the 21st century. Dr. Shin is an artist-teacher, arts leadership advocate, composer, consultant, engineer-producer, ensemble director, entrepreneur, improviser, multi-instrumentalist, music theorist, and scholar. Sungmin balances his classical training with his deep roots in diverse musical cultures to seek new…
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Rosanna Moore
Known for her quirky and engaging performances, Rosanna Moore is fast gaining recognition internationally as a harpist and actress appearing as a soloist, chamber musician or orchestral player. Moore has won accolades for her performances with the World Harp Festival, Marcel Tournier and Tierra47 competitions. Her writings have recently been published by both Harp Column and…
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Philip Pierick
Classically trained and experimentally minded, Chicago-based saxophonist, improviser, singer, and educator Phil Pierick has been called “the Swiss Army knife of saxophonists.” Though equally at home performing music spanning the past five centuries, he is an emphatic advocate for new music and has commissioned more than 25 new works and presented over 50 premieres. I…
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Myles Boothroyd
Myles Boothroyd is a saxophonist, teacher, and music scholar. He is Assistant Professor of Saxophone and Music Theory at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. He is the soprano/alto saxophonist for Generation Quartet, and he also performs with the award-winning East End Quartet founded at the Eastman School of Music. He currently serves on the 2022…
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Melissa Ngan
Melissa Ngan is the current President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Composers Orchestra (ACO). From 2005-2021 she was the founder and CEO of Fifth House Ensemble, a Chicago-based organization. Ngan has over fifteen years of experience in programming and curation; arts administration; diversity, equity, and inclusion practices; professional development and entrepreneurship in the…
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Alexa Tarantino
Alexa has appeared with a wide variety of ensembles including the Wynton Marsalis Septet, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Cecile McLorin Salvant Quintet and OGRESSE ensembles, Ulysses Owens Jr.’s Generation Y and Big Band, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, the DIVA Jazz Orchestra, and leads the Alexa Tarantino Quartet.…
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Kara LaMoure
Kara LaMoure approaches her work as a bassoonist from many angles–as a performer, educator, creative, and chamber music specialist. Since 2016, LaMoure has been solo bassoonist with WindSync, one of North America’s most active and acclaimed wind quintets. She has performed at venues including Ravinia, Strathmore, and the Grand Teton Music Festival and carried out…
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Julianne Doyle
Julianne Kirk Doyle serves as Professor of Clarinet and Director of the Crane Youth Music Camp at the Crane School of Music. Dr. Doyle is Co-Director of the Crane Clarinet Choir, Crane Clarinet Ensembles and Co-coordinates the acclaimed Potsdam Single Reed Summit. Dr. Doyle has presented master classes for the Southeast Asian Youth Orchestra and…
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Jeffrey Meyer
Freelance tuba artist and composer Jeffrey Meyer resides in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he teaches and performs with the Triangle Brass Band and has performed with the Durham Symphony. His music has been played by the wind ensembles at Northern Illinois University, Minnesota State University Moorhead, DePauw University, and Washington and Lee University; and his…
