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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…
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Brett Copeland
Brett Copeland is a tuba player, educator, composer, and music technologist living in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area. He is a private lesson teacher and maintains a tuba and euphonium studio. Brett also teaches guitar, bass, music production, and composition lessons privately. Brett is the tubist and founding member of Flower City Brass, a brass quintet…
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Carey Kirkpatrick
Carey Kirkpatrick is a veteran communications specialist. Following marketing and PR roles with the Rochester Philharmonic, New World Symphony, and Houston Symphony, Carey joined Texas-based media startup CultureMap.com as director of marketing, seeing the site through state-wide market launches. In 2014, Carey founded CKP, which has grown into an award-winning, multi-state PR agency. Under Carey’s…
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Chisato Eda Marling
Chisato Eda Marling received a Bachelor of Music in Saxophone Performance with minor in Piano Performance from the Musashino Academia Musicae, Tokyo, Japan, a Master’s Degree in Saxophone Performance from the University of Minnesota and a Doctor of Musical Arts with minor in Musicians’ Wellness and Arts Leadership Certificate from the Eastman School of Music.…
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Christian Bigliani
Colombian-born pianist and educator, Christian Bigliani is currently a PhD student studying Music Teaching and Learning at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. Before moving to Rochester, Christian was the Choral and Theatre director at DeSana Middle School in Alpharetta, GA where he was named “Teacher of The Year” for the 2018-2019 school…
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Courtney Hershey Bress
Courtney Hershey Bress joined the Colorado Symphony as Principal Harp in 2001. Ms. Bress has had engagements with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She has served as Acting Principal Harp of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and was Principal Harp with the United States Army Field Band in Washington, D.C. She is…
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Emily Park
Emily Park is a dedicated performer and music educator. Emily has performed in venues including the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, Kodak Hall at Eastman Theater, and the main stage at the Percussive Arts Society’s International Conference. She played timpani for the world premiere of the House of Cards Symphony. Emily performed as principal percussionist and…
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Erica Powell
Harpist Erica Powell has an active career and studied at the Eastman School of Music with Kathleen Bride. Powell is sought out for her charismatic performances and thorough teaching. She performed aboard luxury British cruise liners. While in the UK, she worked as a freelance harpist and teacher and performed with many orchestral groups, smaller…
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Grace Choi
Grace Choi is an active performer, teacher, and researcher. Since her debut concerto performance at the age of 13 with the University of Texas at Arlington orchestra, she has performed across the world. Dr. Choi performed and presented at Seoul International Computer Music Festival, Asia-Pacific Symposium for Music Education Research, National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy,…
