Musical Specialty: Education

  • Peter Zlotnick

    Peter Zlotnick

    Peter Zlotnick is the Principal Timpanist for the Greensboro Symphony and the Winston-Salem Symphony. He is also Principal Timpanist for the Salisbury Symphony and substitutes on timpani with the North Carolina Symphony and the Charlotte Symphony. Throughout the year, Peter is Education Director and Youth Orchestra Music Director with the Greensboro Symphony, and teaches percussion…

  • David Crowell

    David Crowell

    David Crowell is a New York City–based composer and multi-instrumentalist (saxophones, guitar) whose work bridges contemporary classical music, improvisation, jazz, and experimental rock and pop. His creative process ranges from purely acoustic writing to electronics and sampled sound, with improvisation often playing an important role in generating material. The New York Times has described his…

  • Bennett Coughlin

    Bennett Coughlin

    Bennett Coughlin is a percussionist and music educator based in the Greater Syracuse–Auburn area of New York. He currently serves as a music teacher in the Auburn Enlarged City School District and holds multiple leadership roles with the Auburn Vanguard Marching Band, including Percussion Caption Head, Music Coordinator, and Music Arranger/Composer. He is also the…

  • Ran Kampel

    Ran Kampel

    Israeli born clarinetist Ran Kampel enjoys a versatile career of solo, chamber music, orchestral performances, and teaching. Currently living in Texas, he serves as the Assistant Professor of Clarinet at Baylor University School of Music. Before joining Baylor University, Ran held principal clarinet positions with the Jacksonville Symphony, the Grand Rapids Symphony, and was a fellow with the…

  • Yi-Ning Lo

    Yi-Ning Lo

    Yi-Ning Lo, currently based in Rochester New York, is a composer and pianist from Taiwan. Over the course of her artistic journey, she has drawn inspiration from a rich tapestry of literature, encompassing Western poems, Taiwanese folk tunes, ancient Chinese poetry, and Japanese haiku. Lo also takes particular joy in exploring themes related to womanhood,…

  • Dylan Smith

    Dylan Smith

    As a senior managing consultant and principal data scientist, Dylan leads teams of data scientists to design, develop, and deploy custom data-driven enterprise software solutions for Fortune 100 clients. On a personal note, Dylan is an avid cyclist, aspiring tennis player, and classically-trained musician. Dylan resides in his hometown of Seattle with wife Brittany (also…

  • Denin Koch

    Denin Koch

    Having been praised as possessing “pristine playing, meticulous composing” and “a very personal voice deserving of attention,” award-winning guitarist, composer, and educator, Denin Slage-Koch has done a lot. He’s played and recorded with artists like Ryan Keberle, Shane Endsley, Carmen Bradford, Clay Jenkins, Brad Goode, Wycliffe Gordon, and the Colorado Symphony, written music for artists…

  • Amy Lachance Christman

    Amy Lachance Christman

    Music educator, choral conductor, and pianist Amy Lachance Christman is a passionate advocate for the transformative power of arts education. Amy is the Music Department Chair at the ACES Educational Center for the Arts, an inter-district magnet high school for the fine and performing arts in New Haven, CT, and a K-12 Music Curriculum Specialist…