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Paul Altomari
Prior to taking up his new role at Fulbright NZ, Paul spent over a decade at Victoria University of Wellington holding several administrative positions, including Senior Admission and Enrollment Adviser and tenures at the New Zealand School of Music as School Manager and Academic Manager. Prior to moving to NZ in 2011, he was an…
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Ji Won Lee
Ji Won Lee earned a bachelor’s degree in Oboe Performance (09′), dual master’s degree in Oboe Performance and Music Education (12′) 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,…
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Lauren Woodward
Lauren Woodward most recently served as Manager of Admissions and Recruitment for the Colburn School’s Conservatory and Music Academy. She has also worked for Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, CA and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Her entry into the arts administration world was a nine-month post-graduate ALP internship with the Memphis Symphony…
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Sarah Forestieri
Sarah Forestieri is an arts administrator, soprano, and educator. She is the City of Brampton Performing Arts Associate, where she is responsible for liaising with internal and external stakeholders to execute performing arts events, services and programs for the community. Sarah was the Manager of Community Partnerships & Programs at the Canadian Opera Company. Sarah…
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Stephen Lamb
Stephen Lamb, tuba, currently serves as a tuba player in the United States Coast Guard Band, a position he has held since 2003. Additionally, he is Principal Tuba of the Rhode Island Philharmonic and currently serves at the orchestra’s Personnel Manager. He received a bachelor’s degree from the Eastman School of Music and a master’s…
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Stephania Romaniuk
Ukrainian-Canadian mezzo-soprano Stephania Romaniuk is the Grand Prix Winner of the First International Competition of Ukrainian Retro Music and has toured Ukraine twice, singing in the Odesa, L’viv, and Kyiv Opera Houses and in concert with the Kyiv National Operetta Company. As a teaching artist for Calgary Opera, she has created and led cross-cultural song-sharing…
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Jessica Powell Eig
Praised for her “natural expressiveness,” Dr. Jessica Powell Eig has crafted a dynamic and varied career performing on double bass, violone, and viola da gamba. In recent seasons she has appeared with Washington Bach Consort, The Thirteen, National Philharmonic Orchestra, New Orchestra of Washington, American Bach Soloists, Washington Concert Opera, Cathedral Choral Society, REBEL, ARTEK,…
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Alison Lowell
Alison Lowell is a passionate arts advocate. She currently serves as a Supervisory Copyright Specialist with the United States Copyright Office, Performing Arts Division, at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Alison is a founding member and Artistic Director of District5, a wind quintet dedicated to new works and transcriptions. She is the Director…
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Andrew Smith
Andrew Smith’s musical journey has taken him all over the globe as a low brass performer, higher educator, and leader in the music industry. Andrew is the Product Manager of Repair Parts at Conn-Selmer, the US’s largest manufacturer of band and orchestra instruments. Andrew has served on the faculty of Campbell University, Methodist University, and…
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Arianna Hammond
Arianna Hammond is the Principal Clarinetist of the United States Navy Band. She joined the band in 2017, after completing her BM in Clarinet Performance from the Eastman School of Music earlier that year. She was named Assistant Principal of the Navy Band in 2019 and was later appointed Principal Clarinet in 2021. While at…
