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		<title>Peter Zlotnick</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>David Crowell</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristijan Bogdanovski]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 17:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Bennett Coughlin</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristijan Bogdanovski]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 03:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ran Kampel</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristijan Bogdanovski]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2025 18:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Yi-Ning Lo</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristijan Bogdanovski]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2024 17:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Dylan Smith</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristijan Bogdanovski]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2024 00:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Denin Koch</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristijan Bogdanovski]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2023 19:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ji Won Lee</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristijan Bogdanovski]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2023 18:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ji Won Lee earned a bachelor&#8217;s degree in Oboe Performance (09&#8242;), dual master&#8217;s degree in Oboe Performance and Music Education (12&#8242;) at Eastman School of Music under the studio of Richard Killmer. She is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Music and Arts in Music Education and Oboe Performance at Eastman. Lee taught at Houghton College, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Amy Lachance Christman</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristijan Bogdanovski]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2023 18:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Bridget Kinneary</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristijan Bogdanovski]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2023 18:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bridget Kinneary enjoys a career as an orchestral conductor, music director, educator, violist, and collaborative artist. Present engagements include the position of conductor for the Symphony Orchestra of the Mannes Conservatory for the music prep division in New York City and co-lecturer at the University of Potsdam, Germany, where she leads seminars on teaching methods [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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