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Kathleen Van Bergen
Now in her 12th season at the helm of Artis—Naples, CEO and President Kathleen van Bergen continues to chart an assured and ambitious course for the organization. Her dedicated oversight is recognized throughout Southwest Florida and the greater arts community as an example of leadership geared toward prudent growth and relationship building. Gulfshore Life magazine…
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Bridget Kinneary
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…
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Marissa Arciola
Marissa is a bassist, strategist and leader with a unique combination of artistic and business experience helping her build on founder Samer Ali’s vision of the Syrian Music Preservation Initiative. Marissa completed her undergraduate degree in double bass performance at the Eastman School of Music under the tutelage of renowned soloist, James VanDemark and Curtis…
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Maria Kanakis Yang
Maria Kanakis Yang has worked at the Seattle Symphony for over three years, currently holding the Chief Development and Project Officer position, overseeing all fundraising efforts for the Symphony and Benaroya Hall in addition to implementation of the strategic plan. Prior to working at the Symphony, Yang was most recently Director of Advancement at the…
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Peter Ferry
Acclaimed as “the ingenious percussionist Peter Ferry,” (Chicago Sun-Times), Peter Ferry is a young American percussion soloist re-imagining classical performances around the world through contemporary repertoire projects and innovative artistic collaborations. An active concerto soloist, Ferry has championed the percussion concerti of Joe Duddell, Emmanuel Sejourne, Michael Torke, Ney Rosauro, and Jacob ter Veldhuis and…
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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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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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Natalie Fuller
Natalie received her BM in Trumpet at the University of Regina and MM and DMA at the Eastman School of Music. After graduation, Natalie was appointed interim head of brass at Montana State University and won Assistant Principal Trumpet in the Regina Symphony. Upon moving back to Rochester, Natalie began teaching at SUNY Brockport, managed…
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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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Lisa French
Lisa Dixon French is the Executive Director of Nashville Ballet. Ms. French moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 2015 following a successful tenure as Executive Director of the Portland (Maine) Symphony Orchestra. Ms. French went to Portland from her role as the Chief Operating Officer of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. Ms. French is also a graduate…
