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Orchestra Roster and Biographies
Pablo Saelzer, Conductor
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Violin 1
Winston Davis Paula Harrell Bonnie McManaman
Connie Milner
Jorge Orozco, concertmaster
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Viola Clancy Broxton
Tomás Fajardo* Ginger McLaughlin Maria Montaño Alejandro Salgado Brian Tien-Street Ruth Wang
Cello Jiyoon Song Rebecca Xi
Pete Ostle*
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Flute
Susan Hayes*
Oboe
English Horn
Jeff Kahan
Bass Clarinet
Tia Wortham*
Alto Saxophone Bonnie McManaman
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Horn Shane Iler* Dinia Yeo*
Julia Woo Euphonium Roger Behrend
Tuba
Timpani
Bruce Davies
Clark Cooper
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Musician Biographies
Ari Allal, Bassoon. Mr. Allal is an active freelance bassoonist in high demand throughout the Washington D.C. area. Before moving to Washington, Ari served as the principal bassoonist for the Plymouth Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Canton, both located in southeast Michigan. While in Michigan, Ari could be seen performing with a number of professional orchestras, including the Toledo Symphony, the Windsor Symphony, and the Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra, to name a few. Since moving back to the D.C. area, Ari has performed with the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra in several productions including the Washington National Opera’s 2009 production of Wagner’s Siegfried. He has also performed with the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra and was featured as an Artist in Residence at the Music Center at Strathmore. Ari has performed in a number of prestigious and internationally renowned music festivals, including the National Orchestral Institute, the Sarasota Music Festival, and the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada. He has performed on the international stage in France where he was the principal bassoonist of Opera du Perigord’s production of Offenbach’s La Perichole and La Vie Parisienne during the summer of 2008.
Mr. Allal is an active teacher and mentor to young bassoonists, having taught extensively in both the private setting and as section mentor to the bassoonists of the Detroit Civic Youth Orchestra. He received his Master’s degree from the University of Michigan while studying with Jeffrey Lyman. He holds Bachelor’s degrees from the University of Maryland in both music performance and music education where he studied with Sue Heinemann. Mr. Allal is currently a music teacher at Bowie High School.
Julia Allal, Oboe. Ms. Allal is a freelance musician in the Washington, DC area and maintains a private studio in her Rockville home. She can be heard performing in a variety of performing ensembles, including the Landon Sinfonette, Great Noise Ensemble, The Mansion at Strathmore, and the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage. Before moving to Washington, Julia was a member of the Plymouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Canton, and the Dearborn Symphony, all located in southeast Michigan. Julia has participated in The Sarasota Music Festival, The Banff Centre for the Arts, and played principal oboe in Opera du Perigord’s productions of Offenbach’s La Perichole and La Vie Parisienne in France. She received her bachelor's degree in oboe performance from the University of Maryland and her master's degree in oboe performance from the University of Michigan. Currently Julia is the Group Services and Community Outreach Manager at Strathmore.
Euridice Alvarez, Oboe. Ms. Alvarez, a native of San Pedro Sula, Honduras was recently appointed the Visiting Assistant Professor of Oboe at The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. She started her oboe studies at the Victoriano López School of Music in her native country, with Leonel López, Masayuki Kato, Roberto Varela and José AngelAbrego. Then, continued studies with American oboists Patty Malone, Doris DeLoach, Geoffrey Burgess (Baroque oboe), and Richard Killmer. Ms. Alvarez holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of Southern Mississippi, Presser Scholar (2002), a Master of Music from Baylor University, and is completing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Performance and Literature at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY.
She has been a member of several professional ensembles, including the Meridian (MS) Symphony Orchestra, the Gulf Coast Symphony (MS), the Waco (TX) Symphony, the Temple (TX) Symphony Orchestra, and the San Angelo (TX) Symphony, as well as the Avanti Orchestra (DC). She has performed as a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra of Honduras and the Philharmonic Orchestra of San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
Ms. Alvarez participated and won several competitions including the Gold Medal at the Tutto Diffent Competition in Honduras (1993), finalist at the Ducrest Young Artists International Competition in Louisiana (2000) , won the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Woodwind Concerto Competition (2000) and the MTNA Collegiate Artist State Competition (2000, 2002). In addition, she was a finalist in the Baylor University Concerto Competition (2004), and was awarded Second Place in the Baylor University Concerto Competition (2005).
Euridice has participated in various tours, including tour of the East Coast of the United States with the American Wind Symphony Orchestra (2000), toured Italy with the USM Wind Ensemble (2001) and France and England with the USM Southern Chorale (2003). Ms. Alvarez has also performed in many festivals, such as Young Artists Summer camp in Costa Rica (1993), Kinhaven Music School in Vermont (1993, 1997), Hot Springs (AR) Music Festival (2002), Brevard (NC) Music Camp (2004), and Camp of the Woods (NY) (2006, 2007). Most recently she appeared as a soloist with the Nazareth Chamber Orchestra (NY) during a performance tour of The Bahamas (2010).
Gaining teaching experience beginning in 1994 as an Oboe Instructor in Honduras, Ms.Alvarez has taught numerous students privately and through teaching assistantships at Baylor University and at the Eastman School of Music. In Rochester, NY she was an oboe professor at the Eastman Community School of Music, Houghton College, and Nazareth College. She has also presented master classes in Honduras and Costa Rica.
Ginny Atwood, Cello. Ms. Atwood has enjoyed playing in chamber ensembles in Germany, Ethiopia, and Italy, as well as in chamber groups and orchestras in several states in the US. She thinks of herself as a multi-lingual cello-toting reference librarian who thoroughly enjoys life and her extended family.
Bernard Baiden, Horn. Mr. Baiden,a native of northern Virginia, has been playing horn for over 16 years. A music education graduate from West Virginia University, he studied with Virginia Thompson. As an undergraduate, he played with the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony and WVU Symphony Orchestra. Currently, Mr. Baiden is a Band Director in FCPS, and has been teaching for 7 years. He currently plays 1st horn in the Grand Virginia Military Band and Fairfax Wind Symphony. He is also a member of the Capital Wind Symphony. Mr. Baiden is an employee of the Foxes Music Company in Falls Church, VA. He also has an active private horn studio.
Carol Bartholomew, Violin. Ms. Bartholomew has played in numerous orchestras and chamber ensembles. Before recently moving to Washington DC, she played in the Summit Symphony Orchestra in New Jersey for 25 years. She currently also plays with the Washington Conservatory Orchestra.
Laura Bornhoeft, Clarinet. Ms. Bornhoeft was born in Chicago, Illinois. Soon after, her family moved to the suburbs. After high school, she attended Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, where she earned a Bachelor of Music in clarinet performance and a Bachelor of Arts in chemistry. She then went on to earn a Master of Science degree in paper science from the Institute of Paper Chemistry, also in Appleton. Years later she earned a Master of Arts in clarinet performance from George Mason University. After receiving an offer of employment from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, she moved to the Washington area, where she took early retirement from the federal government after 25 years as a paper scientist with the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the Government Printing Office. For the past few winters she has worked as a tax preparer for Jackson Hewitt Tax Service.
Ms. Bornhoeft is a member of Sigma Alpha Iota, the professional music fraternity for women, and Pi Kappa Lambda, the academic honors fraternity for music. She is co-section leader with the City of Fairfax Band, and a member of the German band Die Alte Kameraden. She is a regular member of the orchestra for the Victorian Lyric Opera Company, and has played for a variety of community theaters in the metro area. She has also played regularly for the National Concert Band of America.
Linda Bryant, Flute. Ms. Bryant received performance degrees from Florida State University (MM) and Indiana State University (BA). Her teachers have included Geoffrey Gilbert, Keith Underwood, Charles DeLaney, and Joyce Wilson. In Miami, Ms. Bryant performed as a member of The Chamber Players of Coral Gables, which was heard on live public radio and television broadcasts. She has also performed in music festivals in Italy and Germany, as soloist with chamber orchestras in Viareggio, Italy, and New York, and as guest artist with the Concorde Chamber Music Society of Westport, Connecticut. As an active freelance musician in New York, she played in various ensembles including the New York Verismo Opera Company, Amato Opera Company, New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera, Staten Island Ballet, New Jersey Pops, and the Hunter Symphony. Now living in the D.C. Metropolitan area, as a freelance musician she has performed as a member of the Washington Concert Opera, The McClean Orchestra, The Landon Symphonette, The Metropolitan Orchestra at Montgomery College, The Symphony of the Potomac, and the Avanti Orchestra. In addition she has performed solo and chamber music recitals in Miami, New York, and the DC Metropolitan area. Her teaching experience includes teaching music in the Dade County Public School System in Miami, as well as maintaining private flute studios in Miami, New York City, and the DC Metropolitan area.
Christopher Buchanan, Trumpet. Mr. Buchanan is a native of Fairfax, VA and currently serves with the U.S. Naval Academy Band, where he often appears as feature soloist. In 2006, he earned Bachelor of Music degrees, summa cum laude, in both performance and composition from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He also earned a Master of Music degree from Illinois in 2007. Mr. Buchanan is now working towards a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Peabody Institute and maintains a small private studio in Annapolis, MD. He has performed with the Danville Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia da Camera and the Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana and was recently featured as guest soloist and clinician at Northern Illinois University. Mr. Buchanan has studied with Ronald Romm, Michael Ewald, Ed Hoffman, Joe Burgstaller and Terrence Detwiler.
Cristina Carnie, Violin. Ms. Carnie is an incoming sophomore at Oberlin College, with a focus in the fields of Hispanic Studies and Linguistics. She spent her freshman year in the Oberlin Conservatory’s symphony orchestra, and currently studies with Amy Beth Horman. In addition to having participated as a member of Walt Whitman High School’s symphony orchestra, she additionally performed in orchestras within the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestra program. She began in Pablo Saelzer’s Sinfonia String Ensemble and later performed in David Levin’s Philharmonic Orchestra. Cristina is excited to perform again with Pablo Saelzer as a current member of the Metropolitan Orchestra.
Wesley Chan, Violin. Mr. Chan is a graduated senior at Poolesville High school (PHS). He has played the violin for the past 11 years and has studied with Ivan Stefanvoic at the Peabody Preparatory in Baltimore. Wesley has extensive orchestral experience including the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras, PHS orchestra, and various chamber groups. His achievement also includes winner of the 2009 FMMC String Competition, recipient of the 2009 Outstanding Achievement Award at the Peabody Preparatory, selected performer of 2009 Vella Silver Memorial Recital, and performer for the Biava Quartet Master class. Next year, Wesley will attend Johns Hopkins University where he will major in biomedical engineering. He hopes to continue with his musical passion in college and throughout life. Wesley is excited about this summer opportunity to play alongside with the regional professionals.
Clark Cooper, Percussion. Mr. Cooper has been active as a timpanist and percussionist since grade 5, having studied music seriously but choosing to pursue it as an avocation rather than vocation. A program director at the National Science Foundation “by day,” he holds a BS and Ph.D. degrees in materials science from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University, respectively. Prior to his relocation to the Washington, DC area in early 2006, he was principal research scientist at United Technologies Research Center in Connecticut and Adjunct Professor in the Institute of Materials Science at University of Connecticut. His current musical pursuits include singing bass voice in the Friday Morning Music Club Chorale and playing timpani or percussion in the Washington Conservatory Orchestra, the Metropolitan Orchestra at Montgomery College, the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic, and the New England Chamber Choir and Orchestra.
Paul Durning, Percussion. Mr. Durning is a graduate of Annandale H.S., where he was drumline captain for two years. He received the John Philip Sousa Award and was selected for the VA Governor's School for the Performing Arts. He graduated with a BA in music from Bucknell University. During college, Paul was timpanist for the orchestra, but he was also a member of the symphonic band, hand bell ensemble, jazz band, pep band, and gamelan, and the 2005 PA Intercollegiate Band. In the spring of 2006, he was a member of the Rødovre Concert Band in Copenhagen, Denmark. In his senior year of college, he performed the xylophone solo, "Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints," by Alan Hovhaness, with the orchestra in their annual Concerto Competition concert. Paul worked at the Interlochen Arts Camp for two summers during college as Percussion Coordinator. Since graduation, he has been freelancing as a percussionist in the greater DC area, playing with groups such as the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic, McLean Orchestra, Friday Morning Music Club Avanti Orchestra, Capital Wind Symphony, National Concert Band of America, NIH Philharmonia, Piedmont Symphony Orchestra, Prince William Symphony for their “Sounds of the Symphony," and for productions with the Washington Savoyards and the Little Theatre of Alexandria. Paul is currently the Principal Percussionist with the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic and is the head of the percussion department at Northern VA Community College's Alexandria campus.
Cyndy Elliott, Bass.
Ms. Elliott freelances in the Washington DC area and has performed
with the Avanti Orchestra, the McLean Orchestra, and as co-principal
bass with the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra for several years.
After teaching piano for over twenty five years, she spent four
years touring the country playing bass for a 1940s big band show
called "In the Mood" and working as a crew musician on ships in the
Caribbean, the Mediterranean, and northern Europe. Ms. Elliott has
performed with a number of well known big bands including the Artie
Shaw Orchestra, the Harry James Orchestra, and Diva. She is
co-leader of the jazz octet "Swingtopia" and in 2009 she completed
her M.M. in Jazz Studies from the University of Maryland. Tomás Fajardo, Viola. Mr. Fajardo is a violist and music educator. Currently he holds the principal viola chair in the Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra and is a member of the Mobile Symphony Orchestra in Alabama. Mr. Fajardo is Artistic Director of the Magnolia Chamber Music Society in Hattiesburg, MS. Additionally he is Director and Conductor of the Southern Chamber Orchestra in Biloxi, MS, an orchestra devoted to exploring Historical Informed Practice performance from the 17th to 19th centuries.
For the 2011 summer season, Mr. Farjardo was invited as Guest Artist to the Victoria Bach Festival in Victoria, TX, and Saintes Festival in Saintes, France.
As an educator, Mr. Fajardo serves on the educational staff of the Mobile Symphony Orchestra, where he teaches strings and conducts clinics at middle school and high school programs in the Mobile area. Mr. Fajardo also maintains a private teaching studio.
His earlier orchestral experience includes Emmanuel Music in Boston, the Keene Chamber Orchestra in New Hampshire, and the Mercury Baroque Ensemble of Houston, Texas. He also performed and toured with the Jeune Orchestra Atlantique in Saintes, France. He was principal viola for the Round Top Festival Institute Orchestra in Texas and the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Festival Orchestra in Toronto, Canada.
A dedicated chamber musician, he has been a member of the Stretto String Quartet and the University of Southern Mississippi Graduate String Quartet, performing educational and outreach concerts. In 2006, he won the Honors Chamber Music Award at Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Mr. Fajardo holds a master’s degree in viola performance from the University of Southern Mississippi, did graduate work at the University of Houston, and received a Performance Diploma from the Longy School of Music. His principal teachers include Michael Kimber, Michael Zaretsky, Rita Porfiris, and Roger Tapping. He also has studied conducting at the Tafelmusik conductors’ program and the Rose City International Conducting Workshop in Portland, Oregon.
Paul Fontelo, Trumpet. Mr. Fontelo is currently studying history and music as a rising Junior at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. He currently serves as principal trumpet with the Holy Cross Chamber Orchestra, lead trumpet with the Holy Cross Jazz Ensemble, and lead trumpet for the Holy Cross Pit Ensemble for the Holy Cross theatre department most recently in the department’s production of The Drowsy Chaperone. Mr. Fontelo has studied trumpet with Bruce Stanly and Bruce Hopkins. Additionally, he has studied composition with Osvaldo Golijov. In the Spring of 2011, Mr. Fontelo directed an orchestra and chorus for a concert featuring the “Anvil Chorus” from Verdi’s Il Trovatore.
Lori Fowser, Bass Clarinet. Ms. Fowser earned her Bachelor of Music (2004) and Master of Music (2006) degrees from the University of Maryland. She has studied privately with members of the National Symphony Orchestra and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and continues to maintain a busy teaching studio of about 30 private clarinet and saxophone students. Her students have been selected for honors, county and all-state bands, as well as achieving highest marks in the Maryland Band Directors Association Solo and Ensemble Festival. She has teaching studios in Laurel, Ellicott City, Elkridge, and Rockville. Ms. Fowser is also a busy freelance musician, doubling on clarinets and saxophones of all sizes. She has performed locally with Rockville Summer Dinner Theater, Washington Savoyards, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Capital Wind Symphony, Sonora Ensemble, Gennusa Clarinet Camerata, Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, Toby's Dinner Theater of Columbia, and many others. She has recently formed a saxophone quartet and looks forward to performing with them in the near future. Lori is currently the third, bass, and Eb clarinetist with the Columbia Orchestra. Ms. Fowser also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in physics, which she earned from The College of New Jersey (formerly known as Trenton State College) in 1993. In 1997, Lori was a winner of the University of Massachusetts-Lowell Concerto Competition while working towards a master of science degree in physics. This marked the beginning of a decision to change careers from physics to music performance and private teaching, which she has found very rewarding.
Kevin Frear, French Horn. Mr. Frear is active in several groups in the DC area, primarily the NVCC-Annandale Symphony, Avanti, Annandale Brass, and the Brass Lite Quintet. His teachers include Zardis Hoffman and Edwin Thayer. While in the Continental Army Band at Fort Monroe, Va, he played with orchestras throughout the Tidewater region. Mr. Frear is also active as a musician at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church in Springfield as a baritone/faux-tenor and in their brass quintet.
Rebecca Garvey, Violin. Ms. Garvey will be entering her sophomore year at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in the fall. She is pursuing a degree in violin performance under the professorship of David Russell. She has been studying violin for 11 years. Her orchestral experience includes participation in College Park Youth Orchestras, Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras, and the Metropolitan Orchestra at Montgomery College. She has also been privileged to be a part of various chamber ensembles, and enjoys performing the role of a chamber musician and private violin teacher. In her spare time, Ms. Garvey enjoys writing, and dabbling in the field of visual arts, including drawing and watercolors.
Susan Hayes, Flute. Dr. Hayes is a sought after performer, teacher, orchestral and chamber musician. A native of Alexandria, VA, She made her recital debut at the Dame Myra Hess series in Chicago in 1990, a performance broadcast live on WFMT radio and syndicated nationally. Since then she has been engaged as a solo performer, giving recitals in venues such as The Kennedy Center, The Phillips Gallery, The Gallery at the Ellipse, The Fairfax Towne Hall, The Strathmore Arts Center, The Lyceum, The Martin Luther King Memorial Library, and many other Washington, DC performance spaces. Her performances have been broadcast on National Public Radio through “Performance Today.” She performs chamber music with the Eco Voce Ensemble, and is an active freelance artist
In addition to her work as a soloist, Dr. Hayes has held flute positions with several orchestras, including The Civic Orchestra of Chicago, The Annapolis Symphony, The Prince Georges Philharmonic, The Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, and The Washington Symphony. She performs currently with The Alexandria Symphony, The Rappahannock POPS Orchestra, the Avanti Orchestra, The Capital Wind Symphony, and The Landon Symphonette. She has been presented as soloist with The National Symphony Orchestra, The Alexandria Symphony, The Capital Chamber Orchestra, The Rappahannock POPS Orchestra, and the Avanti Orchestra. She has collaborated with some of the foremost musicians of the day, including Georg Solti, Daniel Barenboim, Leonard Slatkin, Michael Morgan, and Robert Shaw.
Dr. Hayes holds several degrees in music, including a Bachelor’s Degree from Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University, Master’s Degree from Northwestern University, and Doctorate Degree from University of Maryland. Her principal teachers include Dr. William Montgomery, Mark Sparks, Emily Countroulis, Walfrid Kujala, and Timothy Day. She has studied in masterclass with James Galway, William Bennett, and Trevor Wye. She spent two summers at the Aspen Music Festival, where she played assistant principal flute to her teachers, Albert Tipton and Nadine Asin, in the Festival Orchestra and Chamber Symphonies. A sought after teacher, Dr. Hayes has taught undergraduate students at both Northwestern University and University of Maryland, in addition to her private studio. Her students have been accepted at Music Conservatories around the world, including the Royal College Conservatory, London, Oberlin Conservatory, McGill University, Peabody Conservatory, and San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
Molly Hollingsworth, Violin. Ms. Hollingsworth began her musical studies at the age of three, beginning with piano lessons. When she was seven years old, her parents bought her a violin at a garage sale. She has been a member of the Pensacola Symphony and Opera Orchestras, Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra, Pensacola Choral Society, and the University of West Florida's Runge Strings Chamber Orchestra, of which she was Concertmaster. In 2009, Hollingsworth took the first prize at both the Pensacola Music Teachers Association Sonata Contest and the Music Teachers National Association Florida State Young Artist Performance Competition at the collegiate level. Hollingsworth earned her Bachelor's degree from the University of West Florida where she studied with Leonid Yanovskiy, and will begin her Master's degree at the University of Maryland with teacher James Stern this year. Hollingsworth loves cooking, travel, bicycling and horror movies, and also enjoys playing the viola, piano, guitar, and accordion.
Ben Hoyt, Violin. Mr. Hoyt is a Junior at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School and has been playing the violin since age seven. Ben plays with the MCYO Philharmonic Orchestra and the Peabody Preparatory Violin Choir. He also plays with the BCC High School Symphonic Orchestra and the BCC String Quartet, with whom he has recently played at The Democratic Women’s Club for a ceremony honoring Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Ben won Second Place at the 2008 MSMTA String Festival, first place in the 2010 MSMTA String Festival, Second Place in the 2009 Weaver Competition, and First Place in the 2010 Brewster Competition. He studies with Rebecca Henry at the Peabody Preparatory in Baltimore.
Phillip Hummel, Cello. Mr. Hummel is a native of Huntington, New York. He has toured over thirty countries with the Long Island Youth Orchestra and played for audiences ranging from the Queen of Jordan and the President of Malta to elementary school students in South Africa and New Zealand. Phillip currently is a cellist with the Symphony of the Potomac and the Washington Sinfonietta. Before moving to Washington, D.C., he performed with the Hopkins Symphony Orchestra in Baltimore, MD for four years. Phillip is a graduate of Tufts University and the University of Maryland School of Law. He enjoys pub trivia, O’s games at Camden Yards, free concerts at the Library of Congress, and Peruvian chicken.
Alice Ming-Yi Ju, Violin.Ms. Ju holds degrees of Bachelor and Master of Music in Violin Performance from the University of Maryland and a Master of Arts in Teaching from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is currently on faculty at the Levine School of Music, the Orchestra Director at Mosby Woods Elementary School in Fairfax County as well as a sectional coach for the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestra. Ms. Ju also has a private studio of ten students while avidly free lancing in the Washington D.C. Metro area. She has performed at Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Taiwanese Embassy, Italian Embassy and National Presbyterian Church.
Jeff Kahan, Oboe and English Horn. Mr. Kahan studied oboe performance at Rice University and University of Texas at Austin and performed in orchestras, wind ensembles, chamber groups, early music ensembles, and contemporary music ensembles. In Austin, he also played with the 1000 Nights Middle Eastern Orchestra which culminated in a live performance of a new score to the 1924 silent film Thief of Baghdad. Since his return to Northern Virginia in 1999, he has played with a plethora of ensembles including the Jewish Community Center Symphony Orchestra, the Riverside Wind Symphony, Pan American Symphony Orchestra, NOVA Manassas Symphony Orchestra, various musical theater groups and is currently serving as principal oboist of The Metropolitan Orchestra at Montgomery College and frequently enjoys making music with Avanti, the Orchestra of the Friday Morning Music Club, the Red Fox Winds, Circus of Saints, the Montrose Ensemble, and is a member of the DC Chamber Music Players Group.
Lori Kaufman, Violin.
Ms. Kaufman is a
rising senior at Montgomery Blair High School. She has studied
violin for 8 years. She plays with her school orchestra and the
Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras as well as various chamber groups.
She has participated in the All State Orchestra for 4 years and was
an alternate for the All Eastern Orchestra. She currently studies
with Holly Hamilton of the National Symphony Orchestra. This summer
Ms. Kaufman is working as an intern at the Carnegie Institute of
Washington in the field of geochemistry. In her spare time, she
likes to read, hike, bike, and write computer programs. Susan Kelly, Cello. Longtime performing member of the Friday Morning Music Club and Avanti, teaches at Episcopal High School, and the Levine School of Music. She plays in orchestras for Wolf Trap, the National Theatre, and in Baltimore as well as contracting musicians for various groups such as the Alexandria (VA) Symphony, Concert Artists of Baltimore, and Post-Classical Ensemble in Washington. Additionally, she is music librarian for the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra.
Rachel Kim, Cello. Ms. Kim is a freshman at Northwest High School. She has been an active member of MCYO for the past three years. She was the principal cellist of the MCYO Symphony orchestra during her 8th grade year and is currently the principal cellist of the MCYO Chamber Orchestra. She has also participated in the Maryland Junior All State Orchestra for the past two years and has been the principal cellist for both. This year she has won the 40th Annual Feder Memorial String solo competition as first place in the advanced division for cello and bass. She has also won first place in her division for the Maryland Strings Music Teachers Association/ American Strings Teachers Association 2011 Spring Solo Strings Festival. She also won second place in the 2011 Montgomery County Music Teachers Association Brewster Memorial Strings Competition. She has performed at many places, including the Kennedy Center, the National Gallery of Art at the Smithsonian, and Strathmore Hall. Rachel has played the cello for the past four and a half years and currently studies with Ms. Laurien Laufman.
Melissa Lindon, Flute and Piccolo. Ms. Lindon freelances as a soloist and chamber/orchestral musician in the Baltimore/Washington area, and is founder and flutist of the Patagonia Winds (wind quintet). Melissa has served on the music faculty at Howard Community College and The Music Institute at HCC since 2003, and has been featured on HCC's Faculty Artist Concert Series. She teaches privately at her home studio and is co-director of “Flute-a-rama” Summer Flute Camp in Takoma Park, Maryland. Also a certified yoga teacher (RYT500), she brings special attention to breathing and body awareness to her flute teaching, and has led Yoga for Flutists workshops at Boston University and for the Flute Society of Washington. A Maryland native, Melissa began flute studies with her mother Marlee. She received her BMus and MMus in Flute Performance from Boston University, and an Artist Certificate in Flute Performance from Southern Methodist University. Major teachers include Emily Skala, Marianne Gedigian, Doriot Dwyer, Jean Larson, and Debbie Baron (piccolo). Her website is www.melissalindon.com.
Ameorry Luo, Violin. Ms. Luo has been playing violin for nine years. She has participated in MCYO for the most part since fourth grade, and also takes major positions in her school's pit orchestra and music program, gaining recognition as a proficient violin player. She has won several ribbons in quartet competitions and placed 3rd in a solo competition in year 2008. Ameorry likes to play in an orchestra setting rather than as a soloist, because of the group experience it provides and the edge that a full orchestra can give to the music. She enjoys instrumental music outside of her own playing, and loves listening to classical music as well as orchestral music such as movie soundtracks. Outside of music, she is deeply immersed in the visual arts, having created a reputation for herself in graphic design, drawing, and video production. In college, Ameorry aspires to pursue a degree in Film & Video Production so she can enter a career in the film industry.
Gail MacColl, Violin. Ms. MacColl got hooked on playing orchestra and chamber music during her youth in Seattle and has been an active violinist and violist throughout her adult life. During her time in DC, she has attended chamber music workshops at the Levine School, Gettysburg College and has studied with Melissa Ruof. A retired federal program analyst, Ms. MacColl currently leads the second violin section of the Washington Conservatory Orchestra (WCO). As WCO's Personnel Manager, she welcomes more string players. She is a Chamber and Orchestra Performance Member and past president of the Friday Morning Music Club, and encourages audience members--music lovers as well as musicians--to join. Gail also participates in several informal chamber ensembles.
Barbara Marks, Violin. Ms. Marks picked up the violin at the age of six because all the piano classes at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop were full. For the next twelve years, she took private lessons from Virgilio Hoven, and at eleven, she joined the DC Youth orchestra program. With DC Youth, she toured in Austria and Germany and finished her tenure in 2000 as concert mistress and soloist at the Lincoln Theatre. From 1995-2000 She attended various music camps including Camp Encore Coda as well as Interlochen to which she received a scholarship from a DC competition. During the same time period, she played with various chamber groups at the Levine School of music. She attended McGill University in Montreal where she majored in Economics and Music. Currently, she teaches private violin lessons, middle school science, and freelances. She looks forward to playing with the Avanti Orchestra in the coming year.
Daniel Martinez, Cello. Mr. Martinez began his Cello studies at the age of nine in San Pedro Sula, Honduras and continued his studies at the Victoriano Lopez Music School. In 2001, he entered The University of Southern Mississippi on a full scholarship, studying there with Dr. Alexander Russakovsky. He has served as principal cellist with the University orchestra and a member of the Stretto String Quartet. Daniel is an avid follower of fútbol (know as soccer by Americans) and spends a lot of his free time playing, well... it's mostly watching both international and club matches. He, his wife, Catherine, and their cat Stormy are big fans of FC Barcelona.
Leah Morse, Violin. Ms. Morse just moved here last month from Honolulu, Hawaii to be an intern at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Though she has not been back in several years, she has visited Washington D.C. numerous times before, and even lived here for a while back in 2004 when she interned at the classical music radio program Performance Today. Leah is excited to be back on the East Coast, is extremely grateful to be a part of the Masterworks Festival, and is eagerly looking for more musical activities--whether orchestral or chamber--so please feel free to contact her if you are interested! (leahmorse@hawaii.rr.com)
Jorge Orozco, Violin. Mr. Orozco is a faculty member at the Levine School of Music and the Georgetown Visitation School. He is also conductor of Chamber Strings at MCYO. Mr. Orozco is an active chamber music performer with pianist Carlos Rodríguez and violist Maria Montaño, as well as a member of the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra and the Vox Amadeus Ensemble. Mr. Orozco holds a Masters Degree in Music Performance from the University of Southern Mississippi and a Bachelor Degree in music performance from the Instituto Superior de Artes, Havana, Cuba. Mr. Orozco has participated in numerous Festivals and workshops including the Texas Music Festival, Victoria Bach Festival, Vicksburg Chamber Music Festival, and the Sterling-Delay Seminar at Juilliard. Pete Ostle, Bass. Mr. Ostle is a versatile bass player, band leader, and tubist who served with the U. S. Army Band, “Pershing’s Own,” based at Fort Myer, Virginia. Tours abroad with the Band included a month at the renowned Edinburgh Tattoo. Locally, Mr. Ostle led A La Carte Brass & Percussion, an innovative 10-piece ensemble for which he also played sousaphone, and the Tuxedo Park Orchestra, a 10-piece swing band. Currently, he plays double bass and tuba with the jazz/pop ensemble Chaise Lounge, and leads a groovy band called Larue Boogaloo. He also performs with the Avanti Orchestra, the McLean Orchestra, and the Pan American Symphony Orchestra. He received a degree in Arranging and Composition from Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.
Margaret Quinn, Violin. Ms. Quinn will be an incoming 11th grader at Quince Orchard HS in the fall. She has been playing the violin since she was ten and has enjoyed participating in the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras for the past two years. She currently studies under Adrian Semo. Outside of violin, she enjoys playing lacrosse and running. Franziska Rust, Violin. Ms. Rust has played the violin for 9 years. She played in several national and international orchestras, such as the Bavarian Youth Orchestra and Youth French-German Philharmonie. In the regional Orchestra she was the concertmaster. She took masterclasses with Helmuth Zehetmayer (Germany) and Vadim Khadem-Missagh and Martha Khadem-Missagh (both Austria). In 2008 she won the 2nd Prize with Violin Duo at "Jugend Musiziert" in Germany. Since her arrival in the US in August 2010 she has played in the Metropolitan Orchestra @ Montgomery College, DC Youth Orchestra, American University Orchestra, and the European Orchestra of Washington.
Pablo Saelzer, Conductor. Mr. Saelzer has been Music Director and Conductor of FMMC’s Avanti Orchestra since 2005, when he made his Washington, DC, conducting debut at the orchestra’s yearly Kennedy Center performance. A Professor of Music at Montgomery College in Maryland, he also conducts the college’s Metropolitan Orchestra (metropolitanorchestramc.org). In addition, he conducts the Chamber Orchestra of the Maryland Classical Youth Orchestras, with which he made his Carnegie Hall debut this past May, and is Music Director of the Mississippi Symphony’s Premier Orchestra Institute. He also teaches at The Levine School of Music. In demand as a guest conductor, this past summer Pablo conducted at the Festival Internacional de Cuerdas Ibague in Colombia and FestivalSouth in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Earlier, Mr. Saelzer conducted at the Music on the Mountains Festival in Poços de Caldas in Brazil; the Orquesta Clásica in Santiago, Chile; the orchestra at the Conservatorio Nacional in Chile; and the Mississippi All-State Orchestra. An accomplished violinist and violist, he has performed with diverse ensembles in this area, including the National Philharmonic Orchestra and the Concert Artists of Baltimore.
In his native Chile, Mr. Saelzer conducted the Symphony Orchestra of Concepción and served on the faculty of the Music Conservatory of the Universidad Austral in Valdivia, where he taught violin and viola. In the United States he was conductor of the Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra in Jackson, Mississippi, and guest conductor with the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra and the Southern Opera and Music Theatre. He also served as Artistic Director the Mississippi Youth Symphony Orchestra program and taught chamber music and conducting at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Mr. Saelzer studied at the Music Conservatory in Valdivia, Chile, and at the Kantorei St. Martini in Bremen, Germany. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Universidad Austral de Chile and a Master of Music degree from Columbus State University in Georgia.
Glenn Sewell, Timpani. Mr. Sewell is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi and Indiana University and performs regularly with the Eclipse Chamber Orchestra, the McLean Orchestra, Avanti Orchestra of FMMC, the Brass of the Potomac, and the Great Noise Ensemble, while maintaining a busy freelancing schedule with a variety of ensembles in the VA/DC/MD area. Glenn has also appeared with the National Symphony Orchestra, the Washington Chorus, and the Choral Arts Society of Washington, DC. and is a member of percussion faculty at the International School of Music in Bethesda.
Mark G. Simon, Clarinet.
Mr. Simon is a clarinet student of Steven Hartman (principal
clarinet of the New York City Ballet and Opera), and holds a DMA in
composition from Cornell University, where he studied with Karel
Husa. He has performed with the Binghamton Philharmonic, the
Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes, the Ithaca Opera Company,
the Tri-Cities Opera (Binghamton, NY), the Prince George's
Philharmonic, The Montgomery College Metropolitan Orchestra, the
Capital City Symphony, as well as Avanti. He has participated in
many performances of contemporary music at Cornell University and
Colgate University, and performed music by Witold Lutoslawski, Poul
Ruders, Joan Tower, Karel Husa, Steven Stucky and others in the
presence of the composers. His compositions include vocal and instrumental works, many for clarinet. His musicals Mr. Natural and Jennie's Will were successfully produced in Ithaca, New York, and Music's Recreation commissioned his Carnival of the Subatomic Particles, a musical exploration of particle physics, with text by David Mermin. Avanti has performed the first movement of Silver Spring, for orchestra Most recently his Duo for Mandolin and Guitar was accepted for performance by the Duo Ahlert & Schwab in Germany. For more information, go to his website at http://www.markgsimon.com. When not engaged in musical activities, Mark Simon is a librarian at the Library of Congress Joanna Taylor, Cello. Ms. Taylor started the cello as a young teen when her Foreign Service family lived in Germany. She graduated from Barnard College in New York City with a degree in English and Creative Writing. Later she enrolled at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, where she obtained a Certificate in Arranging & Composition. Currently, she performs with FMMC’s Avanti Orchestra and several other area groups. She is a freelance editor and writer by occupation. John M. Taylor, Tuba. Mr. Taylor was born in Freeport, Illinois, and began his trumpet studies in the sixth grade; moving to the tuba in eighth grade. He graduated from York Community High School in Elmhurst, Illinois, and then received his bachelor of music degree from the University of Wisconsin – Platteville. In 1962, he began studying with the renowned teacher and Principal Tuba of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Arnold Jacobs, a relationship that continued until Mr. Jacobs’ death in 1998. In 1964, he joined the Chicago Civic Orchestra, the CSO’s training orchestra, and simultaneously became the substitute and second tuba of the CSO. He later became the Principal Tuba of the North Carolina Symphony, the Buffalo Philharmonic, l’Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec and finally served 21 years with The United States Army Band (Pershing’s Own). In addition, he was a member of the CBC-Quebec Orchestra and associate tuba of the Chicago Lyric Opera. Since retiring from The Army Band, he has become the principal tuba of The City of Fairfax Band and The Capital Wind Symphony, and is a member of The Virginia Grand Military Band and The Legacy Brass Quintet. He is currently the author of three books about shotguns and edited a forth titled Arnold Jacobs: Song and Wind, and writes for several outdoor publications. He lives in Northern Virginia with his wife of 41 years, Peggy, a registered nurse, and director of Lighthouse Home Health, a full-service home-care agency.
Craig B. Teer, Percussion. Mr. Teer was awarded a BME from Murray (KY) State University; percussion and education, and a MA from American University in performing arts management. Retired instrumental school teacher, he has taught K - college. Currently or in the past Mr. Teer has stage managed for the following: Alexandria Symphony, Arlington Philharmonic, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Eclipse Chamber Orchestra, Friday Morning Music Club, Georgetown Symphony, McLean Orchestra, McLean Youth Orchestra, National Chamber Orchestra, Trinity Chamber Orchestra. Has performed with the above and the following: Fairfax Symphony, PG Philharmonic, Landon Symphonette, Loudon Symphony, McLean Symphony, Washington Symphony Orchestra, Washington Savoyards. In addition to stage managing and freelance percussion work, he has a small orchestral equipment rental business and is Music Director for Kensington Baptist Church.
Larry Wallace, Viola. Mr. Wallace has performed at the Kennedy Center, Constitution Hall, the Library of Congress, the National Gallery of Art, the British Embassy, and other venues. His recordings include Leonard Bernsteins’ Mass with the composer conducting, several recordings with the American Camerata for New Music, and videos with Beverly Sills and M. Baryshnikov. Formerly on the law school faculties of Duke University and UCLA, Mr. Wallace was Deputy Solicitor General of the United States under 8 Presidents and ten Solicitors General. He has made more oral arguments before the Supreme Court of the United States than any other living person and holds the 20th century record for such arguments. He has received Presidential, Department of Justice, Bar Association, and university awards for his public service.
Hannah Wang, Cello. Ms. Wang began piano at an early age, adding cello as her main instrument once elementary school came along. She is a recent graduate from the University of Maryland, School of Music with a major in Music Education. She has a strong passion for teaching and furthering the growth of music and has been active in the field of education since early high school. She currently maintains a small studio of beginning cello students. If anyone is interested in lessons please email Hannah at hannah.cellist@gmail.com. Aside from music and education, Hannah is current captain and founder of the University of Maryland's Dragon Boat club and loves to cook and bake food.
Ruth Wang, Viola. Ms. Wang is an aspiring musician who also happens to be super active in sports. She currently rows on her Chinese school's Dragon Boat Team. Ruth started with violin and added on piano soon after. As of this year she has also added the viola to her list of instruments that she can play. She has been involved in the All County and All State Orchestras as well as MCYO. She hopes to have a double degree major in Violin Performance and Kinesiology. Wish her luck as she prepares and begins her auditions for college in the upcoming year!
Randy Ward, Cello. Mr. Ward is a member of String Poets Quartet and Bel Canto Strings in Washington D.C. He has been an active performer throughout the southeast as a member of Long Bay Symphony, Fayetteville Symphony, Aeneid String Quartet, and Trent River Chamber Players. He has appeared as soloist with Barry Manilow performing "Mandy", East Carolina Symphony, Hartsville Civic Chorale, Greenville Choral Society, and has also performed with American Festival Pops Orchestra. He has recorded with Fayetteville Symphony, Long Bay Symphony, metal bands Spirit Molecule and Kill The Hostage, and Southern Gospel singer Tamara Whitley. Randy is currently on the faculty of The Carroll County String Project and has been on the faculty of the North Carolina Suzuki Institute for 3 years.
Matthew Wlezien, Trumpet. Mr. Wlezien is a trumpet instructor in Northern Virginia. He holds degrees in trumpet performance from the University of Illinois and Penn State and has studied with Ronald Romm, Dr. Michael Ewald and Dr. Langston Fitzgerald. Mr. Wlezien currently maintains an active performance schedule in the Metro-Washington Area playing with groups such as the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Orchestra, the Annandale Brass, and the Brass Lite Quintet.
Eleanor Woods, Violinist. Ms. Woods violinist and occasional violist, has been a member of the Friday Morning Music Club since the 1970’s. She started violin at the age of 8 and went on to major in music at Smith College and then at Yale University. Her teachers have been Marjorie Hogg, Gabriel Banat, Broadeus Earle, William Haroutounian, and Jody Gatwood. She has relished many aspects of the Friday Morning Music Club. It has offered chamber music opportunities, its orchestra and its Washington International Competition. She states: “Teaching is what has really nurtured my soul. I relish each student who comes before me. I have so loved keeping up with former students who studied with me five years or more, many of whom now have children of their own. I recently created an online newsletter with blurbs from 40+ students from the past, and it is fascinating to see how their lives have evolved and how their violin study impacts them now.”
Joyce Yang, Violist. Ms.Yang is a rising senior at Yang Academy. She has played violin for twelve years and viola for a year. She played with Damascus Theatre Company and the Landon Symphonette in about fifteen concerts this year. Joyce is conducting research in mathematics this summer and also enjoys reading, watching movies, attempting to solve Rubik's cubes, and most sports.
Fan-fan Yu, Violinist. Although Ms. Yu has played violin for most of her life, she opted out of a musical profession for a slightly less glamorous career in biostatistics. By day, she works at Statistics Collaborative, Inc. in Washington, DC. |
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