2015 CMS International Conference June 17–24, 2015 Stockholm, & ,

PRESENTER & BIOS updated April 24, 2015

Adams, Bill J. Bill J. is a belting masterclass presenter and Art Song specialist who serves as the Coordinator of Performing Arts and associate professor at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale FL. He is also a principal investigator for Music Counts: A Specialized Treatment Program for Children with Autism. New York credits include: The Rape of the Lock (Ariel), The Bartered Bride (VaŠek), Die ZauberflÖte (Monostatos), Madama Butterfly (Goro). Regional credits include: The Most Happy Fella (Ciccio) with William Michals, Cannibal: the Musical (Loutzenheiser), A View from the Bridge (Mike), Albert Herring (Mayor), Assassins (Zangara), The Coronation of Poppea (Arnalta), Falstaff (Dr. Cajus), Manon (Guillot), and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Cheswick).

Adams, Daniel C. Daniel Adams (b. 1956, Miami, FL) is a Professor of Music at Texas Southern University in Houston. Adams holds a Doctor of Musical Arts (1985) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a Master of Music from the University of Miami (1981) and a Bachelor of Music from Louisiana State University (1978). He currently serves as the College Music Society Board Member for Composition and previously as South Central Chapter President. Adams is the composer of numerous published musical compositions and the author of many articles, encyclopedia entries and reviews on various music- related topics. His most recent article, “Indeterminate Passages as Temporal and Spatial Components of Three Selected Compositions for Snare Drum Ensemble” was published in the Fall 2013 issue of the Journal of the National Association of Wind and Percussion Instructors. His book entitled “The Solo Snare Drum” was published in 2000. He is also the author of two entries published in 2009 in the Oxford Encyclopedia of African-American History 1896 to the Present and has authored a revision of the Miami, Florida entry for the Grove Dictionary of American Music. Adams has served as a panelist and lecturer nationally and internationally. In 2011 he presented, by invitation, a composition master class at Ewha University in , South Korea His compositions have been performed throughout the , and in Spain, , Belgium, Sweden, Turkey, Argentina, Canada, and South Korea. His music is recorded on Albany Records,Capstone Records, Ravello Records, and Summit Records.

Albonetti, Viara S. A native of Bulgaria, Viara Albonetti graduated Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in the United States. Viara dedicates her professional work to both violin instruction and performance. She is a full-time instructor in violin and at the Neighborhood Music School, and adjunct violin faculty at the Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, CT, USA. A member of various faculty ensembles, Viara is an active participant in the chamber music series at the Neighborhood Music School. She has performed in many countries in Europe, as well as in the USA, and Canada. For the past decade Dr. Albonetti has been involved in research on the place of folk music in the classical works of , focusing on the musical heritage of Bulgaria. This research has brought her work to participation in music events at Carnegie Hall. Another area of interest and research for Dr. Albonetti is the development of global music education and violin pedagogy.

Alder, Alan Dr. Alan Alder is a faculty member of the School of Music at Ball State University, where he serves as Producer/Director of the University Singers, Indiana’s Official Goodwill Ambassadors, and teaches Music History. Under Dr. Alder’s direction, the Ball State University Singers won the gold medal (the highest level awarded) at the World Choir Games making them the World’s Number One Collegiate Entertainment Organization. In November of 2012, the University Singers also won the platinum medal (the highest level awarded) at the Xinghai International Choral Championships in China. Alder also serves on the faculty of Ivy Tech State College as a professor of Humanities.

Alder holds the BME degree from Indiana State University, the Master of Music and the Doctor of Arts in Choral Conducting from Ball State University where his research is focused on high school choral directors and their perceptions of the impact of their teaching and administrative practices on their students success in learning and performance. In December 2011, Alder was the doctoral recipient of Ball State University’s Excellence in Teaching Award for outstanding teaching, innovation and leadership.

Dr. Alder is a sought after adjudicator, clinician, guest conductor and arranger for choirs and bands throughout the nation. Alan Alder also serves on the Board of Directors for the Celebration Entertainment Academy in La Verne, CA. Alder’s performing and teaching activities have taken him to the continents of , Europe, North and South America, and Australia.

Alexander, Justin Justin Alexander is a dynamic and versatile percussionist and educator who is currently serving as Assistant Professor of Music at Virginia Commonwealth University. Justin’s recent highlights include collaborative performances in Stockholm, Sweden, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, and throughout the United States. He has performed and presented at conferences held by The Percussive Arts Society, The College Music Society, The National Association of Wind and Percussion Instructors, numerous “Days of Percussion” festivals across the country, as well as with The Richmond Symphony, The Florida Orchestra, The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, The Eastern Music Festival Faculty Orchestra, and the Tallahassee Symphony. Active in the creation and performance of new music, Justin has commissioned, premiered, and recorded works by noted composers John Luther Adams, Christopher Adler, Blake Tyson, Halim El-Dahb, Ivan Treviño, Brian Nozny, and Nathaniel Bartlett.

Asakura, Iwao Iwao Asakura, originally from Nagoya, Japan, has appeared numerous opera productions, including Figaro and Dr. Bartolo in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Peter in Hansel and Gretel, Count Almaviva and Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro, Mr. Page in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Baritone in Kurt Weil’s The Seven Deadly Sins, and Nucia in Georg Philipp Telemann’s Der geduldige Socrates. In addition he has been soloist with Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra (TX), Arkansas Symphony Orchestra (AR), Tupelo Symphony Orchestra (MS) and Cambridge Early Music Concert Series (UK), Bethany Oratorio Society (KS), and Hot Spring Music Festival (AR). His solo concert experience include Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, J. S. Bach’s St Matthew Passion, Ich habe genug, and Actus tragicus, Dvorak’s Te Deum, Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s The Seven Last Words of Christ, Mozart’s Requiem and Vesperae solennes de confessore , Schubert’s Mass in G, Durufle’s Requiem, Fauré’s Requiem, and Serenade to Music and Fantasia on Christmas Carols by Ralph Vaughan Williams. In 2009 Dr. Kumiko Shimizu (Associate Professor at Delta State University, MS) and he were selected to present a recital of Japanese Art Songs for College Music Society National Conference in Portland, OR.

He is currently serving as Assistant Professor of Voice at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, TX. He holds Doctor of Musical Arts in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy from University of Southern Mississippi and Master of Music in Vocal Performance from Florida State University.

Baldoria, Charisse Charisse Baldoria, a native of the Philippines, is an international prizewinning and pedagogue whose artistic explorations have led to interdisciplinary collaborations (poetry, visual arts, improvisation, and dance) and unusual programs. She has performed in five continents and won awards in international and national competitions, such as the San Antonio International and Hilton Head Island International piano competitions.

In recent programs, she negotiates with her Filipino identity by juxtaposing the indigenous with the colonial, performing music from and inspired by Southeast Asia and Spain. She has given a concert at the International Festival of Spanish Keyboard Music (FIMTE) in AlmerÃa, Spain; a series of concerts and lectures sponsored by Spain’s Ministry of Culture and the Instituto Cervantes, and concerts in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Awarded a grant by the Cuban Research Institute, Dr. Baldoria did research at Florida International University’s DÃaz Ayala Collection, the world’s most comprehensive Cuban music collection. Her explorations have also taken her to Cuba.

A Fulbright scholarship had brought her to the United States, and she finished her master’s and doctorate at the University of Michigan where she studied with Logan Skelton. She is currently a professor at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania where she directs the piano program.

Barry, Nancy H. Nancy H. Barry is Professor of Music Education in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at Auburn University. She earned the Master’s degree and Ph.D. in music education, and certificates in and Computers in Music from Florida State University. Barry is an international scholar in music education with publications in such journals as Arts and Learning, Psychology of Music, Journal of Music Teacher Education, Contributions to Music Education, UPDATE, and Bulletin of Research in Music Education, among others. She served as editor of the Journal of Technology in Music Learning, and is a reviewer for Psychology of Music. Professor Barry is a frequent presenter at national and international professional conferences. She was on the faculty of the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at Auburn from 1990–2000. Barry served as Professor, Graduate Coordinator and Chair of Music Education at the University of Oklahoma from 2000–2007 where she received the Henry Daniel Rinsland Memorial Award for Excellence in Educational Research in 2006 and was awarded a Presidential Professorship in 2007. She returned to Auburn in 2007. Recent international activities include being selected by the Confucious Institute to visit China as a member of a delegation of educators, and establishing a community-based partnership for AU students and faculty to work in Malawi, Africa. Barry is a long-time member of the College Music Society. She has served CMS in numerous capacities including Southern Chapter President and Mentoring Committee Chair and recently was elected to serve as National CMS Secretary.

Bartolome Sarah J. Dr. Sarah J. Bartolome, an Assistant Professor of Music Education at Louisiana State University, is a children’s music specialist with an interest in world music for the classroom. Sarah taught elementary general music and conducted children’s choirs in the Boston and Seattle metropolitan areas and she is also a fully certified Kodaly educator, having received all three levels of certification from the New England Conservatory’s Kodaly Music Institute. An active choral conductor, Dr. Bartolome has conducted for such prestigious youth choirs as the Greater Boston Youth Chorus and the Seattle Girls’ Choir. She is a frequent clinician, presenting workshops at local, regional, and national conferences and her scholarship in music education has been published in such journals as theJournal of Research in Music Education, the Journal of Music Teacher Education, Research Studies in Music Education, the International Journal of Community Music, and the Music Educators Journal. During 2013, Sarah was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship in Vilnius, Lithuania where she spent five months teaching at the pedagogical university and conducting research with local folk ensembles and choirs. She has also undertaken fieldwork in Ghana, Sierra Leone, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Research interests include children’s musical cultures, ethnomusicology and music education, service- learning in higher education, and effective music teacher preparation. Presently, Dr. Bartolome teaches courses in music education at LSU and is the current and founding director of the LSU Girls’ Choir.

Becker, Juanita Dr. Juanita Becker has an active and varied career as a collaborative and solo performer, teacher, workshop presenter, and adjudicator. In August 2014 she was sponsored in part by the Barbados National Cultural Foundation to give a workshop to piano teachers and students, and to engage with members of the Barbados National Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Barbados Police Force Band in rehearsals and recital.

In November 2013, as pianist with the Lake Cottage Duo she performed on Sunday Afternoon Live from the Chazen, which was broadcast live on Wisconsin Public Radio. In 2010 her Community Engagement Proposal, Pairing Music and Art in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, was accepted for inclusion in the 2010 College Music Society National Conference. In 2009 she was awarded a CMS Seed Grant for the Lake Cottage Duo’s community engagement programs at the Milwaukee Art Museum.

At Wisconsin Lutheran College she currently teaches Piano, Class Piano, Music Fundamentals, Piano Literature, Piano Pedagogy, and Piano Accompanying. Her students have gone on to work in music publishing, to attend graduate school, and to build careers as freelance teachers and performing musicians.

Becker holds degrees from the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the Florida State University. From 1998-2001, Dr. Becker was assistant professor of music at Truman State University. Dr. Becker joined the faculty of Wisconsin Lutheran College in July 2001.

Bosits, Marcia L. Marcia Bosits is Associate Professor of Piano and Director of the Piano Pedagogy Program at the Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University. In addition to holding the doctorate from Northwestern, she earned an Artist’s Diploma from the Warsaw Conservatory in Poland as the recipient of a Kosciuszko Foundation Fellowship.

Dr. Bosits holds national positions in many professional organizations including the Music Teachers National Association, the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, and the World Piano Conference. Her articles have appeared in such recognized journals as Clavier, Keyboard Companion, Piano Journal, and the American Music Teacher, and she has served as a member of the International Fulbright Selection Committee. Dr. Bosits has appeared as a clinician in piano pedagogy throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and the Far East. Active as a soloist, chamber musician and adjudicator, she has been a guest performer for the European Piano Teachers Association (EPTA) Conferences in Rome, Portugal, and Serbia.

Bowyer, Don Don Bowyer is Dean of the College of Fine Arts at Arkansas State University. Having previously taught at every level from kindergarten through university in the United States, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Sweden, Bowyer received his Doctor of Arts from the University of Northern Colorado, Master of Arts from California State University-Northridge, and Bachelor of Arts from West Virginia Wesleyan College.

Active in the fields of composition, music technology, and performance, Bowyer has published more than 60 pieces of music, developed an educational computer program that has been used in at least 120 countries, and has performed as a trombonist in 40 different countries. Among other performing credits, he spent five years playing trombone on eleven cruise ships in the Caribbean Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Gulf of Alaska. The first ten didn’t sink. (See donbowyer.com/aground for an account of the eleventh.)

Bowyer and his wife have also served as foster parents, having provided a home to eighteen foster children between 2003 and 2010.

Brown, Julie Hedges Julie Hedges Brown’s research emphasizes nineteenth-century music, especially the history, biography, reception, and analysis of and his music. Her publications have appeared in the Journal of the American Musicological Society, 19th Century Music, Journal of Musicology, and the book anthology Rethinking Schumann (issued by Oxford University Press). She is also a member of the editorial board of Music Theory Spectrum, where she serves as the musicology representative. Dr. Hedges Brown has held teaching appointments at Tufts University, Case Western Reserve University, and Oberlin Conservatory. She is currently Associate Professor of Musicology at Northern Arizona University.

Buchanan, Douglas Hailed for his “sense of creative imperative” (The Inquirer) and “ability to get under the skin of [the music’s] core material” (The Scotsman), Douglas Buchanan resides in , , where he serves as Organist and Choirmaster of St. David’s Episcopal Church, and as faculty at Dickinson College and the Peabody Conservatory, where he recently completed his DMA in Composition studying with Michael Hersch. His compositions have been praised for being “filled with terrific orchestral color and weight, not to mention feeling” (The Baltimore Sun), and have received awards from the Presser Foundation, the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer’s Awards, and the Symphony in C Young Composer’s Awards. An active scholar, Buchanan presents regularly at conferences, and in 2013 was granted the American Musicology Association Capital Chapter Lowens Award for outstanding graduate research; previously, he co-authored two books for Continuum Publishing. As pianist and organist, he has presented concerts across the East Coast, Midwest, and Southwest. He sings in the Baltimore Choral Arts Society with his wife, Kelly, and enjoys microtonal interspecies improvisation with his black lab puppy, Grover. [www.dbcomposer.com]

Burleson, Geoffrey Equally active as a recitalist, soloist, chamber musician, and jazz performer, Geoffrey Burleson, pianist, has performed to wide acclaim throughout Europe and North America. Current recording projects include Camille Saint-Saëns: Complete Piano Works, on 5 CDs, for the new Naxos Grand Piano label. Volumes 1 (Complete Piano études), 2 and 3 have been released to high acclaim from Gramophone, International Record Review, Diapason (France) and elsewhere, and have garnered International Piano Choice Awards from International Piano Magazine. Other noteworthy recordings by Burleson include Vincent Persichetti: Complete Piano Sonatas (New World Records), which received a BBC Music Choice award from the BBC Music Magazine, and Odd Couple (Oxingale Records), a duo CD of American works with cellist Matt Haimovitz, featuring the Barber and Carter Sonatas, as well as newer works by David Sanford and Augusta Read Thomas. Mr. Burleson’s concerto appearances include the Buffalo Philharmonic, New England Philharmonic, Boston Musica Viva and the Holland Symfonia in the Netherlands. He has also appeared as featured soloist at the Bard Music Festival, Monadnock Music Festival, Santander Festival (Spain) and the Talloires International Festival (France). He is principal pianist with Boston Musica Viva, the Tribeca New Music Festival, David Sanford’s Pittsburgh Collective, and is a member of Princeton University’s Richardson Chamber Players. Mr. Burleson holds degrees from the Peabody and New England Conservatories, and Stony Brook University. He teaches piano at Princeton University and is Associate Professor of Music and Director of Piano Studies at Hunter College-City University of New York.

Bushard, Anthony J. Anthony Bushard is associate professor of music history at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He received a B.A. in music from St. John’s University (Minnesota) as well as graduate degrees in musicology from the University of Kansas. Dr. Bushard’s research interests are in contemporary American music, jazz, blues, and film music. He is the author of ’s On the Waterfront: A Film Score Guide (Scarecrow Press, 2013), co-author of Music as Art, Discipline, and Profession (2013, 2014, independently published for iPad), and co-editor of Anxiety Muted: American Film Music in a Suburban Age (Oxford University Press, 2015). His work has also been featured in the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (2nd edition), the Journal of Film Music, Studies in Musical Theatre, College Music Symposium, the Journal of Music History Pedagogy, the Journal of the Society for American Music, American Music, and Notes. Further, he has lectured on jazz and film music at regional, national, and international venues.

Capdau, Michelle Michelle Alline Capdau attended Texas Tech University, where she graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education. She has performed as part of the Texas All- State Choir and the Houston Grand Opera High School Voice Studio. During her time at Texas Tech, she was the president of the University Choir, a Teaching Artist for Lubbock Symphony Orchestra, and a private voice teacher. While a member of the University Choir, she had the privilege of performing at Carnegie Hall in New York City and the Texas Music Educators Association Convention in San Antonio. Michelle spent the last three summers working for Interlochen Arts Camp in northern Michigan, where she was part of the High School Girls camp life staff. She currently teaches choir in Houston, Texas; her choirs consistently receive high ratings at contests. During her free time, Michelle enjoys yoga, traveling, hiking, and reading.

Cha, Jee-Weon Jee-Weon Cha is a scholar with interests in analysis and interpretation of 19th- and 20th-century music, music perception and cognition, music aesthetics and semiotics, and the history of music theory. His publications include “The Takadimi System Reconsidered: Its Psychological Foundations and Some Proposals for Improvement” (Psychology of Music, 2014), “Moment and Allegory: Hearing Richard Strauss’s Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24” (Ad Parnassum: A Journal of the Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Instrumental Music, 2014), “Music, Power, Money: Reading Jacques Attali’s Noise: The Political Economy of Music” (Historical Research in Music, 2013; in Korean), Korean translation of Donald J. Grout, Claude V. Palisca, and J. Peter Burkholder’s A History of Western Music, 7th ed. (2009), and “Ton vs. Dichtung: Two Aesthetic Theories of the Symphonic Poem and Their Sources” (Journal of Musicological Research, 2007). He recently finished an article entitled “Lack of Musicality? Explaining Anomalies in Some Senior Korean Christians’ Hymn Singing.” Current projects include a book that employs cognitive psychology to understand a variety of musical practices (Music in Mind: An Applied Cognitive Musicology). He has presented papers at national and regional conferences and has been invited to present research at various venues in the United States. He teaches music theory at Grinnell College in the United States.

Choi, Rosabel Pianist Rosabel Choi’s approach to the study of music is enriched by a broad educational background, and she maintains a versatile interest in writing, composition, and literature. Her musical exploration gathers the elements of her music background, which reflect the many cultural streams that resonate deeply within. From hiphop to minimalism to tango and Bach, Rosabel’s work is constantly in search of relevance in creating unexpected ways to communicate to audiences.

During studies in Oberlin and Calgary, she received numerous top awards, including the Dean’s Talent award, Rudolph Serkin scholarship, Austrian-Canadian Mozart Competition, Kiwanis Rose Bowl, University of Calgary Open Scholarship, and the Roslyn McCowan Award. Performing extensively as a soloist and chamber musician, she recently performed in tours of the Toronto, Montréal, Baltimore and San Francisco areas. She is the pianist for the Mash Potangos, a tango ensemble that formed at the Banff Centre, and has since given acclaimed performances in concert halls, traditional tango balls, jazz clubs, loft spaces, bars and cafés across the continent. With the Mash Potangos, she enjoys arranging, writing, transcribing and teaching music. Rosabel received her Doctorate of Musical Arts from Arizona State University (ASU). As guest faculty, Rosabel has taught masterclasses at the University of Alberta, ASU, and the Peabody Institute of John Hopkins. She has been awarded grants and scholarships from organizations such as the Banff Centre, ASU, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Anne Burrows Music Foundation, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, and the Canada Council for the Arts.

Clark, Adam Adam Clark is Associate Professor of Piano at Middle Tennessee State University. He has performed to great acclaim as a soloist, chamber musician, and concerto soloist throughout the United States, as well as in Belgium, Italy, and South Korea, and in notable venues including New York’s Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, the Aronoff Center in Cincinnati, Bass Concert Hall in Austin, and Royce Auditorium in Grand Rapids. Of his playing, New York Concert Review Magazine wrote, “Clark brought out much beauty in Chopin’s soulfully embroidered melodies. He played with thoughtful expressiveness” and “achieved an excellent blend [with the orchestra].”

A dedicated teacher, Clark has given lectures and presentations nationally and abroad on diverse topics ranging from technical and musical development to twentieth-century pedagogical repertoire. He has been published in American Music Teacher Magazine and Piano Pedagogy Forum, and regularly gives masterclasses throughout the United States and abroad. Originally from California, Clark received his B.M. in Piano Performance from the University of California, Santa Barbara where he was a student of Dr. Charles Asche. He went on to complete his M.M. at the University of Texas, Austin and D.M.A. at the University of Cincinnati College- Conservatory of Music (CCM) where his principal teachers were Nancy Garrett and Eugene and Elisabeth Pridonoff, respectively.

Cline, Benjamin Benjamin Cline is an American cellist who has performed in dozens of venues in the United Stated, Europe, and the Far East. He has appeared as soloist with several orchestras, including the Kaohsuing City Symphony Orchestra in Taiwan, was featured in performance on Public Radio’s WXXI “Live from Hochstein”in Rochester, and has collaborated with many noted musicians, including Yumi Hwang-Williams, Jun Iwasaki, Theodor Kuchar, Richard Fuchs, and Tali Morgulis. He is a highly versatile musician, performing as recitalist, soloist, orchestral principal, and chamber musician. His repertoire is equally diverse, spanning from Gabrielli to contemporary electroacoustic works for .

Mr. Cline currently teaches Fort Hays State University as Associate Professor of Cello and Bass, Director of Orchestras, and serves as Department Chair. He studied with Alan Harris at the Cleveland Institute of Music, and also with Jim Fittz at the University of Northern Colorado. Master classes and additional studies were undertaken with Carter Brey, Norman Fischer, Gordon Epperson, Anne Epperson, Steven Geber, and members of the Juilliard String Quartet. Born in 1974 in Colorado, he lives with his wife and son in Hays, Kansas. When not teaching, performing, conducting, or administrating, he enjoys dreaming of vacations, and occasionally taking one. He plays on an Italian cello from Milan circa 1850’s.

Cornett-Murtada, Vanessa Vanessa Cornett-Murtada is the Director of Keyboard Studies and Associate Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis-St. Paul. An international clinician, she has presented workshops and master classes around the United States and in the U.K., Canada, Ireland, Italy, Serbia, Croatia, Greece, Argentina, and Taiwan. She is an active clinician for national conferences of the Music Teachers National Association, National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, and College Music Society. She has also presented at the World Piano Conference, International Society of Music Education World Congress, International Conference of the Arts in Society, Annual Symposium of the Performing Arts Medical Association, the Centre for the Study of International Governance, and at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum.

Her publications include book chapters in the fourth edition of Creative Piano Teaching, papers in American Music Teacher, the MTNA eJournal, Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education, College Music Symposium, Clavier Companion, and The Canadian Music Teacher / Le Professeur de Musique Canadien. She received outstanding teaching awards from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the Music Academy of North Carolina.

She earned her D.M.A. in piano performance from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and her B.M. in piano performance and M.M. in piano pedagogy from West Virginia University. She is a licensed hypnotherapist and a certified meditation instructor who specializes in the treatment of performance anxiety for musicians. Her current research focuses on mindfulness, musician health and wellness, and mental skills training for performers.

Davis, Trey Trey Davis is the Associate Director of Choral Studies at Louisiana State University. Active as a guest artist and vocalist, Dr. Davis formerly served as Associate Director of Choral Activities at University of Wisconsin-Platteville and as Associate Conductor to the Dubuque Chorale, which performed for the 2014 Wisconsin Choral Directors Association Conference. Dr. Davis is also a champion of early music, appearing last season as a soloist with the Dubuque Symphony and in collaboration with the Madison Bach Musicians. Other recent scholarship includes a full reconstruction of Jean Richafort’s requiem mass, as well as the choral works of David Lang, for which he is the recipient of the Julius Herford Dissertation Prize for outstanding research in choral music. His writing has been described as “exceptional for it its level of details, insight, contextual grasp and elegance.” At the 2015 American Choral Directors Association National Conference, he presented an interest session entitled, “No Strings Attached: Alternative, Affordable, and Accessible Masterworks from Outside the Canon.” Dr. Davis completed D.M.A. studies in choral conducting at Texas Tech University with Richard Bjella. He completed M.M. studies in choral conducting at Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, New Jersey, serving as graduate assistant to the 250- voice Symphonic Choir under Dr. Joe Miller. While at Westminster Choir College, he prepared choirs for performances with many of the leading symphony orchestras of the world, including the and San Francisco Symphony. He holds a degree in music education from Pepperdine University.

Deeter, Alissa Walters Soprano Alissa Deeter is a nationally recognized performer with firm footing in both classical and musical theatre circles. She is an active recitalist with a penchant for French mélodie as well as the treasured compositions of Gershwin, Porter, , and Weill. Additionally, she is a founding member and co-director of The Miscreants Cabaret, a fringe theater troupe in San Francisco that regularly writes, produces, and performs original works. Dr. Alissa Deeter, associate professor of applied voice and vocal pedagogy at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, is a nationally recognized performer with a penchant for French mélodie as well as the treasured compositions of Gershwin, Porter, Berlin, and Weill. Her book, The Mélodies of : A Study Guide, was recently released by Rownan and Littlefeld (2014). Understanding human physiology and anatomy has been a methodology cornerstone for Dr. Deeter, and she became certified in therapeutic massage during her doctoral work to integrate that knowledge with her singing and teaching practices. She is a regular contributor to the Journal of Singing and presents and teaches at conferences and academic institutions nationwide. Her current research and practices focus on the development, assessment and implementation of health and wellness education for transformation and efficiency as well as learning through multimodal, interdisciplinary, and embodied relationships.

Dickinson, Stefanie C. Stefanie Dickinson is Assistant Professor of Music Theory at the University of Central Arkansas. She holds degrees in piano performance from the University of Georgia (BM) and Auburn University (MM) and in music theory from Northwestern University (MM) and the Eastman School of Music (PhD). Her primary areas of research include the music of Liszt’s late experimental period, issues in analysis and performance, and music theory pedagogy. She has presented her work at regional and national meetings of the Society for Music Theory and the College Music Society, and at international meetings of CMS, the Dutch”“Flemish Society for Music Theory, the 12th Biennial International Conference on Nineteenth-Century Music, the International Conference on Music and Gesture, and the First National Symposium of Musical Analytics in . Her articles can be found in GAMUT, College Music Symposium, and Liszt 2000: The Great Hungarian and European Master at the Threshold of the 21st Century, published by the Hungarian Liszt Society in honor of the millennial anniversary of the state of Hungary.

Ding, Xiaoli Xiaoli Ding is Professor of Piano at Washburn University where she teaches studio and collaborative piano. A soloist and chamber musician, she has given concerts in North America, Austria, Germany, Malaysia, Norway, Singapore and China. Premiers of contemporary composer works include a group of piano etudes by Unsuk Chin. Her own piano compositions have been performed in the CCTV 2014 National Piano and Violin Competitions in China. Dr. Ding’s research interests include historic recordings of Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano works of Chinese composers, and cross-cultural studies of historical and contemporary musical societies. Her articles have been published in Clavier as well as in Chinese publications such as Journal of the Central Conservatory of Music and Piano Artistry. She has presented lecture-recitals and papers at national and international conferences including the CMS international conferences in Berlin, Vienna, Thailand, Korea, and Argentina.

Dr. Ding is a graduate of the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, the University of Michigan, and Boston University where she received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree.

DuHamel, Ann Praised for her “profound and mystical” playing as well as her enthusiastic teaching, pianist Ann DuHamel serves as Head of Keyboard Studies at the University of Minnesota, Morris, where she coordinates and teaches solo, collaborative, and group piano, as well as piano pedagogy. She recently earned a DMA in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Iowa under the tutelage of Ksenia Nosikova. Prior to her time at UI, she was Assistant Director to Paul Wirth at the Central MN Music School. In 2013 Ann received the MTNA-PTG Performance Study scholarship to work with Lowell Liebermann on his solo piano nocturnes. In collaboration with saxophonist Preston Duncan as the duo Kairos, she commissioned and premiered a new work at the 12th Annual International Saxophone Conference in Mexico City, where her playing and teaching was described as “a delight for the ears and the soul.”A founding member of new music group ensemble: Périphérie, she returned to Carnegie Weill Recital Hall in New York City with the ensemble under the auspices of DCINY (Distinguished Concerts International New York) in the fall of 2013. Past performances include venues in Argentina, Bulgaria, Canada, Italy, Mexico, and across the U.S., including the San Francisco Festival of Contemporary Music.

DuPont, Carl Carl DuPont is an Assistant Professor of Voice at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. There he teaches applied voice and French, German, Italian, and English lyric dictions. The bass- baritone recently made his Mexican debut as Jim in Porgy and Bess at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, he has also sung Uberto in La Serva Padrona, Taxi Black in One Touch of Venus, Ramfis in Aida, and the title role of Don Giovanni. He has performed in Carnegie Hall with Ton Koopman, Avery Fischer Hall under the baton of Kurt Masur, Tel Aviv with Riccardo Muti, and in Willy Decker’s production of Tristan und Isolde in as an ensemble member. On the concert stage he has been heard as the bass soloist in Verdi’s Requiem with the National Music Festival and in Hadyn’s Lord Nelson Mass with the Rochester Oratorio Society. Carl received a Bachelor’s degree from Eastman School of Music and a Master’s degree from Indiana University and was awarded Performer’s Certificates at both institutions. He completed the Doctorate of Musical Arts at the Frost School of Music where he was a recipient of the prestigious University of Miami Fellowship. In addition to the standard repertoire he enjoys advocating for works by African American composers. His research interests include diversity and inclusion in higher music education and self-care for the professional voice user.

Easley, Tabatha Tabatha Easley is Assistant Professor of Flute at Virginia Commonwealth University and is also the Director of Richmond Flute Fest. She currently performs with the Richmond, Williamsburg, and Virginia Symphonies. Dr. Easley has also served as principal flutist of the Charlottesville Symphony, played regularly with the Buffalo Philharmonic and Lancaster Symphony Orchestras and was a member of the Fairbanks Symphony and the Arctic Chamber Orchestras in Alaska.

Having concertized and given masterclasses across the U.S. and in South America, she has also performed with the Fairbanks Symphony, Astoria Sinfonia, the Cole Conservatory of Music at (California State Long Beach) Orchestra, Orange County High School for the Performing Arts Orchestra, and the Virginia Commonwealth University Symphonic Wind Ensemble.

Active in the National Flute Association, Dr. Easley is the competition coordinator for the College Flute Choir Competition. Dr. Easley presented at the College Music Society International Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina in June, 2013 and gave two presentations at the College Music Society National Conference in 2011. She also presented at the National Association of College Wind & Percussion Instructors National Conference last year in California and this year in Richmond, VA.

Easley holds a doctoral degree from the Eastman School of Music, and was the first Alaskan to do so. Other degrees include California State University at Long Beach (M.A.) and the University of Alaska Fairbanks (B. Music Education and Performance). Former teachers include Bonita Boyd, Michael Parloff, Martha Aarons, Dr. John Barcellona, and Dorli McWayne.

Everett, William William Everett is Curators’ Professor of Musicology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance. He is the author of Sigmund Romberg (Yale UP, 2007), Rudolf Friml (Illinois, 2008), contributing co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to the Musical (2002; 2nd ed., 2008), and a contributing editor for musical theater for the Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd ed. His research specialties include American musical theater, particularly operettas of the early twentieth century, and the relationship between music and national identity. His latest book, Music for the People: A History of the Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra 1933-82, appeared in April 2015.

Everett was reviews editor for College Music Symposium from 2000 to 2006, and is currently a member of the editorial board for Studies in Musical Theatre and the editorial advisory board for Palgrave Studies in British Musical Theatre. He served as Program Chair for CMS’s 2009 International Conference in Croatia and was the Society’s national vice-president from 2011 to 2013. He currently chairs CMS’s International Initiatives Committee.

Faganel, Gal Gal Faganel is an acclaimed cello performer, teacher, coach, and recording artist. He has been praised in the press for his “exceptionally sensitive interpretation” (Slovenec–), his “powerful and beautiful tone” (Dornse Krant–Netherlands), and his “brilliant virtuosity and youthful vigor” (Primorske Novice–Slovenia). As a performer, Faganel is frequently heard in recital, in chamber music concerts, and as a soloist with orchestra throughout North America and Europe. He is the founder and artistic director of the Arizona Chamber Orchestra, a conductor- less ensemble. Until 2010 he served as the acting principal cellist of the Phoenix Symphony. He is a winner of a number of international competitions including the International Cello Competition “Antonio Janigro”in Croatia, he won the American String Teacher’s Association Competition in California. Since 2006 Faganel has been researching, cataloging, performing, and recording music for cello by Slovenian composers. He has also made numerous archival recordings and has performed in live broadcasts for National Radio Slovenia, Holland Radio, Classical KUSC in Los Angeles, and KBAQ in Phoenix. He received a doctorate degree from the University of Southern California. His mentors include Eleonore Schoenfeld, , Daniel Rothmuller, Peter Marsh, and Dobrila Berković-Magdalenić. Faganel greatly enjoys teaching cello and coaching chamber music as a professor at the University of Northern Colorado. He regularly conducts master classes and teaches at summer music programs in the United States and Europe. Innovative teaching approaches utilizing video conferencing technology enable Faganel to be accessible to students worldwide. (www.galfaganel.com)

Fannin, Karen M. Karen Fannin is Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Bands at the University of Nebraska at Omaha where she conducts the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, teaches undergraduate and graduate conducting, instructs courses in music education, and provides leadership for all aspects of the UNO band program.

Previously, Dr. Fannin served as Director of Bands and Department Chair at Hendrix College. While in Arkansas, Dr. Fannin also held the position of Music Director and Conductor of the Little Rock Wind Symphony. A native of Iowa, Dr. Fannin began her teaching career in the Lynnville-Sully Schools as Director of Bands and subsequently served as Director of Bands at Lockport Township High School in suburban Chicago.

Dr. Fannin maintains an active schedule as a guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator. Recent professional engagements include a residency in Guangdong, China, as well as guest conducting or adjudicating in Canada, Washington, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Colorado, Louisiana, New Mexico, Nebraska, Iowa, and Arkansas. An active presenter, Dr. Fannin has shared her research at numerous conferences. Passionate about making interdisciplinary connections that impact a conductor’s work with an ensemble, Dr. Fannin has presented on topics such as pacing in rehearsals and performance, communication in music, parallels between the ensemble and business, and the lineage of Nadia Boulanger through wind repertoire.

Dr. Fannin earned a Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting from the University of Colorado, a Master of Music in Conducting from Northwestern University, and a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from the University of Northern Iowa.

Fast, Barbara Dr. Barbara Fast, Frieda Derdeyn Professor of Piano, Professor of Piano Pedagogy and Piano Area Chair, coordinates the group piano program as well as teaches graduate and undergraduate piano pedagogy at the University of Oklahoma. Receiving the 2014 Regents Award for Superior Teaching at the University of Oklahoma, the 2013 Oklahoma Music Teachers Distinguished Teacher of the Year, and the 2008 Irene and Julian Rothbaum Presidential Professor of Excellence in the Arts at OU, she co-founded the National Group Piano/Piano Pedagogy Forum held for the first time in 2000. She also served on the Editorial Board of the MTNA E-Journal, and as Associate Editor of Piano Pedagogy Forum, the first keyboard journal on the WEB. Currently she serves as President of the Oklahoma Music Teachers Association (OMTA) She has presented numerous workshops on practicing, sight reading, ensemble music, technology, newly published music, and historical keyboard pedagogy at the London International Piano Symposium (2013), College Music Society International Conferences (CMS), College Music Society National Conferences (CMS), Music Teachers National Conferences (MTNA), The Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy (NCKP), World Piano Pedagogy Conferences (WPPC), and the European Piano Teachers Conference (EPTA). She has served on numerous national and state MTNA, CMS, and NCKP piano pedagogy and international initiative related positions. Additionally she has performed in chamber settings in England, Russia, and Japan as well as presented lecture recitals and master classes throughout the United States.

Florine, Jane L. Dr. Jane L. Florine is an ethnomusicologist and flutist. She earned a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from The Florida State University, the M.A. in Intercultural Relations from Lesley College, and a B.A. summa cum laude degree in Music (flute) and Spanish from the University of Minnesota. Currently, she is Professor of Music (Ethnomusicology/Musicology) at Chicago State University, where she teaches classes in both Western and non-Western music. For many years (from 1975 to 1987) she lived in Argentina, where she was a member of the National Symphony Orchestra, the Opera Orchestra of the Argentine Theater of La Plata, and the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Colon Theater. She has presented papers nationally and internationally for associations such as the Society for Ethnomusicology, International Association for the Study of Popular Music, and College Music Society. Her publications, the majority of which are about popular or folkloric music from Argentina, have appeared in journals and encyclopedias such as Popular Music and Society, Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Latin American Music Review, Studies in Latin American Music, and Ethnomusicology. She is the author of two books: Cuarteto Music and Dancing from Argentina: In Search of the Tunga-Tunga in Córdoba (2001) and Cosquín, una cosecha de coplas: Música y significado cultural en el Festival Nacional de Folklore argentino (forthcoming). Dr. Florine has carried out her research in Argentina with Fulbright, Fulbright- Hays, and National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships.

Foley, Gretchen Dr. Gretchen Foley is Associate Professor of Music Theory in the Glenn Korff School of Music at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. An active member of the College Music Society, the Society for Music Theory, and Music Theory Midwest, she has presented her work at conferences in Costa Rica, Spain, Italy, Germany, and Australia as well as throughout the United States. Dr. Foley’s research interests include George Perle's theory of twelve-tone tonality, music theory pedagogy, history of music theory, progressive rock, and musical theatre. Her research appears in a variety of journals, including Music Theory Online, Theory and Practice, Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, Computer Music Journal, and Indiana Theory Review, and College Music Symposium. She is currently developing Introduction to the Tonal Tradition, an e-Book for use in the freshman music theory sequence at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

At the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Dr. Foley teaches an array of theory courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, coordinates the freshman musicianship program, and is an academic advisor for music majors and minors. Dr. Foley was the recipient of the first Leadership Award in Curricular or Programmatic Development in the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts in 2009, and the College’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 2007. In both 2005 and 2008, she received the UNL Parents Association and Teaching Council Certificate of Recognition for Contributions to Students.

Fulmer, Mimmi Mimmi Fulmer performs repertoire ranging from early music to premieres of works written for her. She has appeared as featured soloist at festivals including Aspen and Bang on a Can, and in concerts at the Kennedy Center, CAMI Hall, and the Walker Art Center. The granddaughter of immigrants from Finland and Sweden, Ms. Fulmer is an advocate for making Nordic songs accessible to American singers. She has presented programs of this repertoire throughout the US. Her CD, “Voyage Home: Songs of Finland, Sweden and Norway”, was released in 2013, and she is the editor of a three-volume anthology of Nordic songs (including phonetics, translations, and recordings of the texts) to be published by Subito Music in 2015. She coordinated a residency by three members of the Sibelius Academy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, including master classes, coachings, and a concert. She has recorded with the Centaur, Albany, Innova, and CRI labels. Her solo CD, “About Time” was called “a gratifying testimony to..composers in America” by Opera News online, and her CD of music for voice and flute, “American Vistas”, was described as “superb” by American Record Guide. She has premiered dozens of works, including nine roles in eight operas. Early music has been a significant part of her career, and she performs regularly with fortepiano and early music ensembles. She was recently named to the Fulbright Specialists Roster in American music. Ms. Fulmer is Professor of Voice and Opera at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Garbes, Heather MacLaughlin Heather MacLaughlin Garbes received her Doctorate of Musical Arts degree at the University of Washington. While at UW, she helped to develop and maintain the UW Baltic Choral Library, the first collection of its kind in the United States. This research has allowed her to present at College Music Society’s National (2007, 2009, 2010, 2012) and International Conferences (2009, 2011, 2013), the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies International Conference, the Baltic Musics and Musicology Conference in Canterbury, England, The Latvian Archive, Library and Material Culture Conference at the Library of Congress and other regional conferences. Her research was recently published in the chapter “Baltic Languages: Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian”in the book The Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet in the Choral Rehearsal (Scarecrow Press, 2012), a collaborative effort with Dr. Duane Karna and Andrew Schmidt. She has conducted numerous collegiate and community ensembles in the Seattle, Chicago and Houston areas and was guest clinician for the Bangkok International Choral Festival as well as an artist-in-residence for the Bangkok International Schools. She is currently the Founder and Artistic Director of the Mägi Ensemble, a ten voice professional women’s ensemble that works to perform and record compositions from the Baltic region that are rarely heard outside of that area and to be an ambassador of the power of music in inter-cultural dialogue and identity. Dr. MacLaughlin Garbes continues to work with the Baltic Studies Program and the Baltic Choral Library at the University of Washington and has worked at Lake Forest College and The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. [www.heathermaclaughlin.com]

Gerrity, Kevin W. Kevin W. Gerrity, Associate Professor of Music Education, joined the faculty of Ball State University in the Fall of 2007. Prior to his appointment at Ball State, he spent thirteen years teaching instrumental and general music in the State of Ohio. Dr. Gerrity holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Otterbein College and Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from The Ohio State University. At Ball State, Dr. Gerrity’s primary teaching responsibilities include secondary general music methods, introduction to music education, courses in basic musicianship, graduate research methods, and music teaching and learning. Dr. Gerrity’s research interests include teacher preparation, the impact of policy on music education, the integration of music and reading instruction, and issues related to adolescence and the teaching of secondary general music. Dr. Gerrity is a member and/or affiliated with the National Association for Music Education (NAFME), the Society for Research in Music Education (SRME), the Society for Music Teacher Education (SMTE), Indiana Music Education Association (IMEA), The College Music Society (CMS), and both The American Educational Research Association (AERA) and its Mid-Western regional affiliate (MWERA). In addition to being a frequent presenter at state, regional, and national conferences, Dr. Gerrity has published articles in the Journal of Research in Music Education, the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, UPDATE: Applications of Research in Music Education, Music Educators Journal, and General Music Today.

Gómez-Bravo, Andrés Colombian pianist Andrés Gómez Bravo leads a varied career as a soloist, collaborative pianist and teacher. He has participated in numerous festivals including: “Arcos y Cuerdas” “Voces y Sonidos” “Pianoforte”and “Clarineafit” at EAFIT University, “Women in Music Festival”at the Eastman School of Music. He has recorded Chilean composer Mario Gomez-Vignes’ Concerto for Clavicembalo and Guitar, a CD of Colombian music for piano from 1900 to 1910, and two CDs of Colombian chamber music with clarinet. Dr. Gómez has collaborated with numerous artists such as: Braunwin Sheldrick (Canada), Tabatha Easley Peters (USA), Elisabeth Osorio (Colombia), Fernando Silveira (Brazil), Marco Mazzini (Peru) and Javier Arias (Mexico), among others. In 2009 Dr. Gómez began a collaborative duo with singer Martha Senn with whom he has given numerous recitals, including a highly successful social project called “Trueques Creativos”. With Trueques they have traveled to more than 50 towns throughout the state of Antioquia, sharing the stage with local artists. Additionally, the duo has presented a recital at the National Arts Center in Ottawa, Canada. A committed performer of contemporary music, Dr. Gómez, along with composer Andrés Posada, created the Ensamble de Música Nueva at the EAFIT University in 2000. He has premiered pieces by Marco Alunno, Andrés Posada, Mark Olivieri and Victor Agudelo, among others. Dr. Gómez is currently head of the piano department at the EAFIT University and holds degrees in piano performance from the Universidad EAFIT (BM), Eastern Michigan University (MA) and Eastman School of Music (DMA).

Goodman, Kimberlee Dr. Kimberlee Goodman is a native of Arizona. She has lived in Columbus, Ohio for more than a decade where she is an avid performer, educator, and advocate for the arts. She has been on the faculty of Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio since 2005. Dr. Goodman also works for Jazz Arts Group - Columbus where she serves as the Orchestra Manager for the Columbus Jazz Orchestra.

A devoted chamber musician, Dr. Goodman is a founding member of EOS Duo, a flute and guitar duo with Karl Wohlwend, and From The West, a flute and harp duo with Dr. Charles Lynch. EOS Duo performed a lecture/recital at the 2011 CMS convention in Seoul, Korea. They also released their debut album “The Frame” in 2013.

As an academic, Dr. Goodman has presented lecture recitals at the College Music Society’s international conferences in Bangkok, Thailand (2007), Seoul, Korea (2011), Buenos Aires, Argentina (2013) and at a CMS regional conference in Missoula, Montana (2008). She has presented her well-received lecture, “Navigating a Career in Music”, at CMS conferences, The Ohio State University, the National Flute Association’s convention in Kansas City, Missouri, and West Virginia University.

Dr. Goodman holds flute performance degrees from Arizona State University (BM) and The Ohio State University (MM and DMA).

Grall, Jeremy Jeremy Grall received his DMA from the University of Memphis and a Master of Music degree in performance from Yale University. Jeremy is currently a PhD Candidate in Musicology at the University of Memphis where his research concerns the historical and cognitive aspects of improvised music. Jeremy has worked in the Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory at the IIS under Gavin Bidelman. Their study on the neural correlates of consonance and dissonance was recently published in NeuroImage. Jeremy is currently an Assistant Professor at Birmingham-Southern College and he is also an editor for Soundboard, Journal of the Guitar Foundation of America.

Griffin, John John Griffin is a professor of music at Western Michigan University and Associate Director of Music at St. Catherine of Siena Church in Portage, Michigan. Griffin earned his Ph.D. in music composition from the University of Iowa, where he studied with David Gompper. He received his BM and MM in music from Western Michigan University. While at WMU, he studied piano with Lori Sims and composition with Richard Adams, C. Curtis-Smith, and Robert Ricci. As a pianist, he has performed with the new music ensembles Opus 21 and Birds on a Wire, and currently serves as the accompanist for the Kalamazoo Singers choral group. His music has been featured at numerous conferences and festivals, including the Imagine 2 Electroacoustic Music Festival, the Electroacoustic Juke Joint, the UA-Huntsville New Music Festival, the Kentucky New Music Festival, the Boston New Music Initiative Concert Series, the National Flute Association Convention, and the Society of Composers, Inc. National Conference, as well as College Music Society International Conferences in Croatia (2009), South Korea (2011), and Argentina (2013). Griffin is a Finalist of the International Music Prize for Excellence in Composition 2011 and semi-finalist for the American Prize in Composition. In 2014, his commissioned solo piano work Playin’ and Prayin’ was included in pianist Nicholas Phillips’ “American Vernacular” album, released through New Focus Recordings. [www.johncgriffin.com]

Grote, Adalbert Dr. Adalbert Grote studied music pedagogy and musicology at the Musical Academy of Cologne, University of Cologne, Freie Universität, and Technische Universität Berlin with Carl Dahlhaus and Rudolph Stephan. His doctoral dissertation was titled, “Studies about Personality and Oeuvre of the Viennese Composer and Teacher Robert Fuchs.” Dr. Grote currently teaches at Friedrich-Spee-Kolleg in Düsseldorf. His work has been published in: “Österreichische Musikzeitschrift, “Heine Jahrbuch” of the Inter-national Heine- Society; Festschrift Rudolf Stephan and other journals. Dr. Grote has presented lecture-recitals at several institutions in Europe and in the USA, including CMS national and international conferences (2005, 2007, 2009 and 2013) and the Alban-Berg-Festival Hanover (2007). Upon invitation, he was a participant in the Institute of Music History Pedagogy at The Juilliard School in 2008. He served as a guest lecturer at the International George-Enescu-Festival in Bucharest (2009, 2011 and 2013). Since 2009, he has been a member of the International Association “East European Music” at University of Oldenburg/Germany. In 2012 he served as co-editor of studies in intercultural research at the University of Oldenburg (in cooperation with University of Dortmund and Dresden), and was lecturer at “International Festival Tintea/Romania.” Dr. Grote became a member of the German “Cajkovskij-Society” in 2013 and a member of the CMS International Initiatives Committee in 2015.

Harter, Courtenay L. Associate Professor Courtenay Harter currently teaches music theory, oboe & English horn, and coaches chamber music at Rhodes College in Memphis, TN. Most recently, Dr. Harter has been the point person in the development of an interdisciplinary major in Music & Psychology, and teaches courses in the curriculum, including “Psychology of Music.”•

Of her many research interests, Dr. Harter is particularly attracted to the pedagogy of music theory; her dissertation study, entitled “Phrase Structure in Prokofiev’s Piano Sonatas,”uses familiar terminology to describe formal procedures within the context of neoclassic characteristics. In addition to new empirical methodologies to complement the Music & Psychology program, she is also working on instrument-specific excerpts for theoretical studies and continues to study the compositional procedures of Serge Prokofiev through manuscript studies and sketchbook analyses.

Dr. Harter has presented papers at national and regional meetings of the Society for Music Theory and the College Music Society, international conferences on Music Since 1900 and the Music Analysis Conference, and has been a faculty consultant for the Advanced Placement Music Theory Exam and the CLEP Humanities Exam. She is also an active freelance musician in the mid-south region, maintains a private oboe studio and is the principal oboist for the Jackson (TN) Symphony Orchestra this season. In February 2006, Dr. Harter performed the Eastern United States premiere of Night Song, with the composer, Craig Phillips, on organ.

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Herndon, Hillary Violist Hillary Herndon has earned a national reputation for her brilliant playing, insightful teaching and creative programming that draws from multiple disciplines. She has been heard on NPR and PBS and has collaborated with some of the world's foremost artists, including Itzhak Perlman, Carol Wincenc, and James VanDermark. Ms. Herndon's fist recording, La Viola, a 2-cd set of works for viola written by women of the early 20th century is available on MSR Classics. Hillary's dedication to integrating music with other interests has led to collaborations with actors, dancers, social workers and sociologists, the first trans-Atlantic master class, the use of high-tech scientific equipment to analyze bow strokes, and performances reaching beyond the concert hall to venues such as the American Museum of Science and Energy. A committed teacher, Ms. Herndon has a thriving studio at the University of Tennessee and has held summer positions at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival, the Round Top Festival Institute and is currently an artist faculty member at the Montecito International Music Festival. Her recent appearances include presentations and master classes at Juilliard, the University of Michigan, LSU, Brazil and the Primrose International Competition and Festival. Herndon's teaching articles have been published in the Journals of the American Viola Society and the American String Teacher Association. Herndon serves as Secretary for the American Viola Society and holds degrees from the Eastman and Juilliard Schools of Music. [www.hillaryherndon.com]

Hsu, Chia-Yu Chiayu was born in Banqiao, Taiwan. She was the winner of IAWM Search for New Music, the Copland House Award, the KH Tan Composition Competition, the Lynn University international call for scores, the 2010 Sorel Organization recording grant, music+culture 2009 International Competition for Composers, the Sorel Organization’s 2nd International Composition Competition, the 7th USA International Harp Composition Competition, ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer’s Awards, the Maxfield Parrish Composition Contest, the Renée B. Fisher Foundation Composer Awards among others. Her work has been performed by the London Sinfonietta, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, the Nashville Symphony, the Toledo Symphony, the American Composers Orchestra, the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra, the Lynn , Aspen Music Festival Contemporary Ensemble, Eighth Blackbird, Ciompi Quartet, and Prism Quartet. She has received her Ph.D. at Duke University, Master of Music at Yale University School of Music, and Bachelor of Music at the Curtis Institute of Music.

Jenkins, Amy Amy Jenkins is a mezzo-soprano hailing from Houston, Texas. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education from Texas Tech University, where she was a member of the University Choir, Women's Chorale, and Early Music Ensemble. She sang in a number of Trey Davis's doctoral recitals and served as one of his conducting apprentices for the Texas Tech University Singers. She was a member of Schola Cantorum of Texas during the 2012–2013 season, under the direction of Dr. Jerry McCoy. As of May 2015, Amy finished her studies at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, earning a Masters in Arts Management from the Meadows School of the Arts and an MBA in Management from the Cox School of Business. She currently holds the position of Individual Giving Coordinator at Big Thought, a vanguard arts education organization in Dallas.

Jensen-Abbott, Lia Dr. Lia Jensen-Abbott brings a background steeped in the humanities as well as piano performance. In addition to her many performance activities, her current research interests include incorporating semiotics and piano pedagogy. During 2014, Lia was chosen to perform and teach at the WPTA International Piano Conference in Novi Sad, Serbia. Dr. Jensen-Abbott was selected to participate in the International Mendelssohn Piano Competition in Taurisano, Italy in 2009 where she qualified for the third round. In 2005 she taught and performed at the Con Brio Music Festival in Blonay, Switzerland. She has appeared as clinician for The Gilmore Festival KeysFest as well as performer and adjudicator around Michigan. She has also taught the past three summers at The Gilmore Piano Camp. An active performer, Lia has presented lecture recitals at the University of Arkansas, Murray State University, Western Michigan University, and Kalamazoo College. In March 2011 she performed recitals in Zurich and , and traveled to the Hawaii University International Conference on the Arts and Humanities in Honolulu, Hawaii in January, 2012. On February 10, 2012, Lia made her Carnegie Recital solo debut in New York City at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. Additionally, Dr. Jensen-Abbott has served for four years as the coordinator of the state MTNA competition. Lia holds degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, The Pennsylvania State University, and Indiana University. Currently, she teaches at Albion College where she and her husband David are co-founders of the Albion College Piano Festival and Competition.

Johnson, Eric Eric Johnson teaches choral music at Zachary High School in Zachary, Louisiana. He has taught choral and general music, K-12, in Oklahoma, Iowa and Louisiana. He is a graduate of Westminster Choir College, where he earned a Bachelor of Music in Music Education, summa cum laude.

Jones, Zachary W. Zach Jones (b. 1991) is from Bethlehem, PA, USA. He graduated summa cum laude from Lafayette College, earning his B.A. for a double major in Music (Honors) and Anthropology & Sociology. Among his numerous awards and distinctions at Lafayette, Zach was a Lafayette Marquis Scholar and was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Society.

A classically-trained pianist and self-taught drummer, he has performed in a variety of music ensembles covering a wide repertoire from classical to contemporary and pop music. At Lafayette, he drafted an inclusive music theory text with Dr. Kirk O’Riordan to be used in teaching the theory courses at Lafayette. He has also collaborated with Dr. Anthony Cummings on a book of Renaissance madrigals and will be credited as a co-author when the book is published in 2014. He has also presented research and been a session chair for The College Music Society.

Zach has composed rock and instrumental music since 2005 and began composing concert music while at Lafayette, where he studied with Kirk O’Riordan. He recently had music performed at the Atlantic Music Festival, where he studied with , Robert Cuckson, Nils Vigeland, Eric Ewazen, Ken Ueno, and Robert Paterson. Stylistically, Zach admires how cinematographers carefully frame a shot and capture an image to help tell a story, and he frames his music in a way that seeks to capture images, create storylines, and facilitate emotional reactions. He is currently earning his MM in Composition and Theory at Arizona State University.

Kang, Sang Woo Cited by the Los Angeles Times as a “prodigiously talented pianist with great technical virtuosity and interpretive gifts,” Sang Woo Kang is an active performer and educator who has presented master classes and recitals in Asia, Central and South America, and Europe. He successfully balances his performance career with teaching at Providence College, where he is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Music.

An active performer, Sang Woo’s recent international performances include the Auditorio Piazzolla in Argentina, Bari International Festival in Italy, Sehjong Cultural Center in Korea, multiple venues in Japan and Thailand, the Moulin d’Ande Festival in France, Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, and Steinway Hall in NY, to name a few. Upcoming events include chamber, solo, and orchestral concerts in New York, Providence, Chicago, and Boston.

Sang Woo recorded the Brahms Clarinet Sonatas on the EMI Korea label in 2007 and his performances has been featured on various programs in the US and abroad, including the WXXI, WGBH, and MPBN classical music stations. Sang Woo’s latest solo album, featuring Mozart’s piano pieces, will be released on the NAXOS Label in late 2014.

Over the summer, he directs the Piano Institute and Seminar at the Atlantic Music Festival at Colby College, an annual intensive four-week series of concerts and events focused on promotion and performance of new music.

Sang Woo is a graduate of Juilliard School and the Eastman School of Music, where he received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree.

Kiss, Boglárka Flutist Boglárka Kiss has had the good fortune to be a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician, recording artist, and professor of music.

Her journey began in Hungary, where Boglárka was born and raised. Her musical journey has taken her to many unexpected places: from opera in Montana, recital appearances in Europe, to recording on many kinds of flutes for film and album projects in LA’s studio scene. She recorded her eclectic solo debut album Air in 2006.

One of Boglárka’s proudest musical moments was performing the U.S. premiere of Endre Szervánszky’s Flute Concerto. Currently, she is piccolo soloist of the Golden State Pops and performs in several other orchestras in California, including the Pasadena Symphony. She performs regularly with harpist Alison Bjorkedal in Duo Ondine, and earned recognition from the Beverly Hills Auditions in 2013.

Aside from her performing career, Boglárka is committed to music education. To this end, she teaches music at Pasadena City College, is on faculty at the Croatia Flute Academy, maintains a private flute studio, and is in demand as a master class teacher, music coach, and lecturer. Boglárka earned her doctoral degree in 2013, and is expanding her work into the field of scholarly research and publication. In 2000, she was a Yamaha Prize winner at the Julius Baker International Flute Seminar. Her flute teachers have included James Newton, Julius Baker, and Anne Zentner.

Ko, Eunbyol A native of South Korea, Eunbyol Ko has been praised for her artistry and intelligence as a soloist and chamber musician. She maintains an active international career, having performed in Canada, Brazil, Austria, Germany, Belgium, Italy, the Czech Republic, China, South Korea, and throughout the United States; and with orchestras including the Kyungwon Philharmonic Orchestra, the Queen City Chamber Orchestra, and the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra. She is also a prize-winner in numerous national and international music competitions.

A dedicated chamber musician, Ko has performed with members of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Nashville Symphony, Lexington Philharmonic, Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Grand Rapids Symphony, China National Symphony Orchestra, and the Seoul Philharmonic. She has also served as a chamber music coach for the Starling String Project and has been an official accompanist for the Young-Pyong International Clarinet Festival in South Korea, the Henri Marteau International Violin Competition in Germany, the Mozarteum International Summer Academy in Austria, and the Great Wall Music Academy in China.

A dedicated teacher, Ko is currently on the piano faculty at Middle Tennessee State University. Her students have been the recipients of numerous national and international awards over the years, and she also maintains an active schedule as an adjudicator, presenter, and masterclass teacher.

Ko received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano from the Cincinnati College- Conservatory of Music and her Masters degree in Piano from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Her former teachers include Soo-Jung Shin, Shigeo Neriki, Eugene Pridonoff, and James Tocco.

Larsen, Midori Versatile pianist Midori Larsen with a background in flamenco dance and Japanese taiko drumming is an active performer, scholar, and educator in New York City and Japan, her native country. Midori explores the use of the body in piano playing as well as music education in general. She is currently working on her dissertation titled “The Pianist’s Embodiment of Rhythm and Harmony: Incorporating Body Movement into Learning ’s Fantasía Bética” at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development where she is a Ph.D. candidate in Piano Performance.

As a scholar and educator, Midori is particularly enthusiastic about adult music education and teaching those with limited or no musical background. Additional research interests pertain to self-education, embodiment, and Spanish piano music. As a pianist she has been especially praised for her performances of music by Albéniz, Granados, and Falla in solo and chamber music in the US, Italy, Spain, and Japan. Her recent performances include the solo recital at Bruno Walter Auditorium in Lincoln Center and lecture recitals at Zushi Bunka Plaza Hall in Suzhi and Museum Haus Kasuya in Yokosuka, Japan.

Formerly on faculty at NYU Steinhardt, Midori currently teaches at the British International School of New York and her private studio giving interdisciplinary guidance in piano performance, music theory, and movement to students of all levels and ages.

Lewis, Gordon Bassist Gordon Lewis resides in Manhattan, KS where he is Instructor of Jazz and double bass at Kansas State University. Lewis also serves on the faculty at Washburn University in Topeka KS. Lewis has also taught at Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, KS and Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN.

Lewis is a native of the Chicago area and has been a dynamic participant in the jazz scene in Chicago and Boston, performing at top clubs in both cities including the Green Mill, Hothouse, and Empty Bottle in Chicago and Ryles Jazz Club in Boston. For the past twelve summers Lewis has taught at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, where he has performed many of his compositions on live public radio broadcasts with the Faculty Jazz Sextet. Currently Lewis performs frequently with the guitarist Wayne Goins Quartet and appears on his recent recording on Little Apple Records, Chronicles of Carmella . An active classical performer, Lewis has served as Principal Bass with the Kankakee Valley Symphony Orchestra and as Assistant Principal Bass with the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra, Principal Bass with the Topeka Ballet Orchestra, and as a member of the Topeka Symphony.

Lewis received his Master of Music degree from DePaul University and his Bachelor of Music degree from the New England Conservatory. He also studied at Northwestern University and the University of North Texas.

Lewis, Nora A. Nora A. Lewis is Associate Professor of Music at Kansas State University, where she teaches oboe, music history, 18th century counterpoint, chamber music, and performs with the Konza Winds faculty quintet; she is also oboist in the PEN Trio. As active recitalists who have performed at more than sixty leading universities and appear on artist series concerts, the PEN Trio explores the standard repertoire for Trio d’Anches and champion new music through composer collaborations, commissioning projects, premieres, and as curators of the PEN Trio Collection, published by TMP. Lewis has performed or presented at six International Double Reed Society Conferences, ClarinetFest, College Music Society’s Regional, National, and International conferences, the Midwest Clinic, CBDNA, and music educator conferences nationwide. Lewis has performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Wichita Symphony Orchestra, and Boston Lyric Opera. With support from a Yale AlumniVentures Grant, Lewis worked with musicians in Jacmel and Port-au-Prince, Haiti and was guest soloist for Haiti’s National Woodwind Festival. Recent honors include a Big-12 Faculty Fellowship at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a university small research grant to make a recording of new works for the PEN Trio, and distinguished membership in Sigma Alpha Iota, as National Arts Associate. Lewis serves on the CMS National Advisory Board for Performance and is Consulting Editor for The Instrumentalist magazine. Lewis received degrees from Lawrence, Yale, and Northwestern universities where she studied music and philosophy. Nora Lewis is a Buffet Group USA Performing Artist/Clinician and plays Buffet Greenline oboes exclusively.

Lo, Wei-Chun Bernadette Taiwanese pianist Bernadette Lo has become a much sought-after collaborative pianist, with extensive experience in both vocal and instrumental music. She has worked in the studios of such renowned artists as Carol Vaness, Cynthia Haymon and Martina Arroyo, and for several years has been an official accompanist for the Orpheus National Vocal Competition in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. She has been engaged by the Sugar Creek Festival, Opera Illinois, Illinois Opera Theatre and the University of Tennessee Opera Theatre, and most recently, Knoxville Opera. She has performed in recital with acclaimed instrumentalists such as Yuri Mazurkevich, Dale Clevenger and David Griffin (both of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra), Ronald Barron (of the Boston Symphony Orchestra) and flutist Tadeu Coelho. She has concertized nationally with violist Hillary Herndon, which whom she has recorded two compact discs of works featuring female composers such as Harrison, Decruck, Clarke, and others. She is regularly invited to collaborate with guest artists at the Tennessee Cello Workshop, Tennessee Viola Celebration and was one of three invited collaborative to perform for the 41st International Horn Symposium. Dr. Lo holds degrees from the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, and the Peabody Conservatory. She is currently Visiting Professor of Piano at the University of the South in Sewanee and Roane State Community College, Tennessee. Dr. Lo also serves on the faculty for Viola Winter Intensive in both Columbus, Ohio and Greenville, South Carolina and American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria.

Lofquist, Louise H. Louise Lofquist, pianist, has had an unorthodox musical career. She made her pianistic debut with the National Symphony at the age of 18 but opted for a liberal arts education in college and received degrees in European History from Duke and Stanford. After finally deciding she belonged in music, Louise was pursuing a master’s degree in voice when a severe injury to her vocal cord cut short her singing career. She then returned to her pianistic studies, earning a master’s degree in Accompanying from UC/Santa Barbara and a doctorate in Keyboard Collaborative Arts from USC. Since that time she has become one of Southern California’s most sought-after collaborative pianists and vocal coaches. She is also active as a piano soloist. Louise joined the music faculty of Pepperdine University in 2001, where she teaches voice, diction, and vocal accompanying and serves as Director of Chamber Music of the Pepperdine Summer Music Program in Heidelberg, Germany.

Lovelace, Jason R. Jason Lovelace, an active composer of acoustic and electroacoustic music, currently serves as an adjunct instructor for the theory division at Towson University’s Department of music, and he is also a member of the adjunct faculty Northern Virginia Community College. A recipient of The Catholic University of America’s Furfey graduate fellowship and a member of the Pi Kappa Lambda music honors society, among Lovelace’s chief compositional interests is the transformation of scientific and technological phenomena into musical terms. Lovelace’s compositions have been broadcast internationally and performed in a variety of regional, national and international venues, with Echoes of Apollo 11 (2013) recently being performed at the 2014 International Trumpet Guild conference. His recent commissions include Echoes of Apollo 11, a piece for trumpet octet and electronics commissioned by the Wayne State University Trumpet Ensemble, and The Information Age (2012), a work for concert band and celebrating the eponymous age commissioned by the NVCC Alexandria Concert Band.

Lovelace completed his doctorate in composition at The Catholic University of America in 2009. Previously, he earned Masters degrees in composition and computer music composition from the Peabody Conservatory and a Bachelor of Musical Arts from the University of Oklahoma. His teachers include Andrew Simpson, Steven Strunk, Bruno Amato, Geoffrey Wright, Marvin Lamb, and James Faulconer.

Lupis, Giuseppe With more than twenty years of experience in the musical field, pianist and composer Giuseppe Lupis frequently appears in the United States, South America, and Europe.

As composer, Lupis aims at restoring the prominence piano enjoyed in the 19th Century by featuring the peculiar characteristics of the instrument. In crafting his works, Lupis gives great consideration to the performer, the audience, and the musical language.

Giuseppe Lupis’ piano works have been performed and broadcast in North and South America, Asia, Europe, and Australia, including Sky Classica TV, TV2000, Danish Radio, ORF Austria, Bavarian Radio, Vatican Radio, RSI Svizzera Italiana, Channel 4 Finland, Kol Ha-musica Israel, ABC Classics FM Australia; the , Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver, Opera House in Copenhagen, and Martha Argerich Presents Project in Buenos Aires. His pedal piano arrangement of Gounod Marche funebre d’une marionette was recently released by pianist Roberto Prosseda on Continuo Records label.

Lupis is also active as event organizer. His Grumo Festival & Opera Tour brings together international faculty and students for a series of concerts across Italy each year. A former pupil of Aldo Ciccolini, Giuseppe Lupis holds a Doctorate from the University of Georgia and serves on the piano faculty at Grand Valley State University.

Mantel, Sarah J. Sarah Mantel, mezzo-soprano, served as Professor of Voice and Director of Opera and Music Theatre at Indiana University of Pennsylvania where she is currently Professor emeritus. She holds the D.M.A. in vocal performance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and has appeared throughout the United States in recital premiering song cycles by contemporary composers Judith Zaimont, Katherine Hoover, and Daniel Perlongo. Most recently Mantel premiered Perlongo’s song cycle “only apricots fall in the Autumn wind”for mezzo-soprano and piano, repeating the performance in Seoul, South Korea at the CMS International Conference in 2011. Mantel is the co-director of the Festival of Women Composers at IUP and her scholarly achievements include national and international presentations, lecture/recitals, and workshops on contemporary song and operatic techniques for the young performer. She has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and Meet the Composers, Inc. connected with the FWC’s mission to showcase the music of contemporary and historical women composers. Mantel has directed over sixty mainstage opera and musical theater productions and is an active member of NATS and NOA.

Mattson, Sheri Dr. Sheri Mattson is Associate Professor of Double Reeds at the University of Central Missouri. Besides her studio teaching, she teaches music theory, woodwind methods and chamber music and she is the academic advisor for the music department. She also performs with the UCM Faculty Woodwind Quintet. She is an active soloist, chamber musician, and clinician having performed and taught nationally and internationally. Along with pianist Juanita Becker, she performs with the Lake Cottage Duo who released a CD of Dutch music for oboe and piano with Centaur Records in 2012. Sheri received a Bachelor of Science degree in music and physics from the University of Wisconsin – Superior, A Master of Music in oboe performance from Arizona State University and the Doctor of Music in oboe performance from The Florida State University. Her teachers include Anne Leek, Anita Nashlund, Eric Ohlsson, Roger Rehm, and Martin Schuring.

Mojica, Luis Luis completed his doctoral degree in administration and supervision at Teachers College, Columbia University, and also studied composition independently with Latin pianist Charlie Palmieri, and Pulitzer Prize winner David Del Tredici. He worked with the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music as Artistic Director, with the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music as Dean of Academic Affairs and with the Caribbean University of Puerto Rico as External Affairs Coordinator and Chancellor of the Bayamon Campus. He currently serves as PI for a research project with the Multicultural Music Group in collaboration with the Center for Arts Education Research at Teachers College, Columbia University, a study sponsored by the William T. Grant Foundation. Dr. Mojica also works as an auditor for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and as a scorer for the Pearson’s edTPA music teaching certification in NYS. Luis is a 1997 Echoing Green Fellow.

Momand, Elizabeth B. A native Mississippian, soprano Elizabeth Blanton Momand, Associate Professor of Music at the University of Arkansas–Fort Smith, received her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees in Vocal Performance from Mississippi College in Clinton, where she was an active performer of chamber and solo recital music. She completed her Doctorate of Musical Arts degree in Vocal Performance at The University of Texas at Austin. As a soprano soloist, Momand has performed over a dozen oratorio roles with orchestra, and continues to perform frequently as a recitalist. She currently teaches voice and voice-related subjects at UAFS. Her students have been state, regional, national, and international winners of competitions and scholarships, and many have been admitted to prestigious graduate programs and summer festivals across the United States. Among the many honors Momand has received for her academic work are a scholarship to Johannes Gutenberg Universität in Mainz, Germany for a year of study, a fellowship for travel and study in former East Germany from the International Visitors Center of Mississippi, and a Fulbright-Hays Fellowship for travel and study in India. She has served as an officer in N.A.T.S. and the College Music Society as well as Department Head of Music & Humanities at UAFS from 2006-2013. Additionally, she is a trained accreditation visitor for the National Association of Schools of Music.

Monson, Linda Apple Dr. Linda Apple Monson, International Steinway Artist, is also a Distinguished Service Professor of Music at George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. She currently serves as Managing Director for Masons School of Music as well as Director of Keyboard Studies. Dr. Monson was awarded the George Mason University 2012 Faculty Member of the Year. She was an honored recipient of the George Mason University 2009 Teaching Excellence Award “for exemplary dedication to student learning and commitment to educational excellence.” Dr. Monson has also been selected for the Fulbright Senior Specialist Roster, in collaboration with the U.S. State Department and the Council for International Exchange of Scholars. An active international concert artist, lecturer, and master class clinician, Dr. Monson has given solo piano recitals, lecture-recitals, and piano master classes in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. An advocate of new music, Dr. Monson has presented numerous world premieres of solo piano works written for her. Recent lecture-recital performances include Nanjing Normal University, China; Dublin, Ireland; Oxford, England, and for the Alban Berg Symposium in Hannover, Germany. She has presented lecture-recitals at CMS International Conferences in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Dubrovnik, Croatia; Bangkok, Thailand; Madrid, Spain; and San Jose, Costa Rica. She has also presented lecture-recitals at College Music Society National Conferences in Miami, Florida; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Portland, Oregon, Salt Lake City, Utah, San Antonio, Texas, and San Diego, California. She is a past President of the CMS Mid-Atlantic Region. Professor Monson earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Peabody Conservatory of Music of the Johns Hopkins University and a Diploma in Piano Performance from Musica en Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

Morris, Jeffrey M. Jeff Morris uses his experience in improvisation and technology-based performance to build works that explore our human sense of time and authenticity. Time may be an illusion, but the experience of time defines so much of the human experience. Through funky textures and elusive asynchronicities in the moment, deep temporal structures splayed and revealed across the duration of a performance, or pitting “then” versus “now” in counterpoint using technology- mediated improvisation, he strives to let us feel ourselves sense, think, be human. He studied at Florida State University and the UNT Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia, and he is currently the Studio Director in the Performance Technology program at Texas A&M University.

Ng, Ka Man Melody Dr. Ka Man “Melody” Ng is a native of Hong Kong. Her appearances included broadcast performances on Wisconsin Public Radio and the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. In addition to her performance career, Dr. Ng recently presented at Asia-Pacific Symposium of Music Education Research, European Association for Music in Schools Conference, and National Group Piano and Pedagogy Forum. She received her DMA and MM in Piano Performance & Pedagogy from University of Wisconsin–Madison. She also holds BM in Piano Performance in BA in Economics from Lawrence University. Dr. Ng currently serves as Assistant Professor of Music and Artist-Teacher in Piano at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.

Ohtake, Noriko Born in Japan, Noriko Ohtake came to the United States at the age of 15 and studied the piano at the Juilliard School in New York. After graduating from the Juilliard with B.M. and M.M., she attended the doctoral program at the University of Maryland and received Doctor of Musical Arts degree. Her main teachers include Martin Canin and Thomas Schumacher. As the first prize winner of Enrico Fermi Foundation Competition, Ms. Ohtake has also won the first prize at Brooklyn Arts and Culture Association Competition and the Ulrich Award at the University of Maryland. After returning to Japan, she has performed in numerous recitals and chamber music concerts. In 1996, she appeared on a BBC broadcast program commemorating the death of the Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu. In 1997, she made a concert tour in Chile for the centennial celebration of the relationship between Japan and Chile. Ms. Ohtake is an author of a number of musical publications including “Creative Sources for the Music of Toru Takemitsu” (Scolar Press, London) and “The Dictionary of Piano Composers and Their Compositions” (Yamaha). She has translated into Japanese “Study Guide” Series (Zen-on) and the “J.S. Bach Well-Tempered Clavier Mugellini Edition” (Yamaha) among many others. She has also edited scores including “Haydn Piano Sonatas” and “Schubert Drei Klavierstücke” (Zen-on). Ms. Ohtake currently holds positions as a professor of music at Sagami Women’s University and a lecturer at the Open University of Japan.

Olivieri, Mark Mark Olivieri is a Professor of Music at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. He has played and composed for luminaries like the Jose Limon, Sean Curran, Doug Varone, Martha Graham, Lar Lubovitch, and Shapiro and Smith Dance Companies. He is the founder and Artistic Director of Vision of Sound New Music and Dance Concert Festival, which pairs composers and choreographers together in the creation of new collaborative works.

Olivieri has received numerous commissions from various performers and ensembles throughout the U.S. and abroad. His recent work, Stress Test for piano concertino, was commissioned and performed by the acclaimed Society for New Music with a commercial recording to be released in the spring of 2015. His Chromium Music was recorded by Seattle’s Tangletown Trio in January of 2011. His newest work, Spectacular Vernaculars for solo piano, was recorded by pianist Nicholas Phillips for his American Vernaculars CD which was released in January 2014 on New Focus Recordings.

Ovens, Douglas P. Douglas Ovens is an active composer and performer who has presented his own works in Buenos Aires, at the Akiyoshidai International Arts Village in Yamaguchi, Japan, at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, on the Philadelphia Fringe Festival and many other festivals around the US and abroad.

His music is represented on four internationally-released CDs including his solo percussion CD, Douglas Ovens – Seven Improvisations (N/S 1036). His works have been reviewed in The New York Times, American Record Guide, Percussive Notes, and most recently, the Journal of Singing.

He has written over 90 pieces and has received commissions from the North/South Chamber Orchestra (New York City), the Allentown Symphony, Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra, Asheville Symphony (NC), as well as many modern dance companies. He has composed music for plays ranging from The Oresteia of Aeschylus to Gao Xingjian’s The Other Shore.

International performances of his music have taken place in Italy, Germany, Poland, Scotland, Japan, and Canada.

His music has won prizes in competitions of the Percussive Arts Society, Auros Group for New Music, and selected for performance on festivals of NACUSA, CMS, the Charles Ives Center and Society for Composers, Inc.

Douglas Ovens is Professor of Music at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA and served as chair of the department from 1994 to 2013. He teaches composition, music theory, computer music and 20th and 21st century music.

Park, Sooah Dr. Sooah Park is an active opera performer whose roles include Oscar, Countess, Susanna, Michaela, Salud, Boy, Pamina, Antonia, and Goldentrill. Houston Arts Week praised her Oscar from Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera,” “Sooah Park shines as Oscar, and her singing is utterly delightful.” Houston Chronicle commented, “Sooah Park is excellent as Oscar the page and provides comic relief throughout the opera with her bright coloratura and her fine acting.”

Dr. Park’s performance experience includes a broad array of musical idioms and styles. She has performed in the countries of Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico, Finland, and South Korea. As an avid recitalist, Dr. Park gave recitals at Penn State University, Stillman College, UT Brownsville, UT Pan American, and UT Tyler. She has performed a lecture recital and a recital at the College Music Society South Central regional conference in 2015 and 2013. In 2015-16 season, Ms. Park will perform as a soprano soloist in Brahms’ German Requiem with East Texas Symphony Orchestra.

Currently, Dr. Park is Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Texas at Tyler. She holds a Doctoral and a Master of Music degree from the University of Texas at Austin and her bachelor’s degree in vocal performance from Eastman School of Music.

Parker, Sylvia Sylvia Parker is Senior Lecturer of Music at the University of Vermont, where she teaches piano and music theory. Parker performs frequently as piano soloist and ensemble player in Vermont, nationally and internationally. Her new CD entitled “Béla Bartók: Peasant Jewels” is published by Centaur Records (2014) and includes his complete piano settings of authentic peasant melodies. Her earlier CD of solo piano music by Bartók, Griffes, Mozart and D. Scarlatti is also published by Centaur Records (2006). Her recent journal publications include “Béla Bartók's Other Microcosmos” in MTNA e-Journal (2014), “'s ” in College Music Symposium (2013), “A Riverton Retreat: Royal Charter to State Forest” in Vermont History (Winter/Spring 2010), “Béla Bartók's Arab Music Research and Composition” in Studia Musicologica (2008), “Understanding Sonata Form through Model Composition” in Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy (2006), and “Bartók at the Crossroads: A Classical Sonatina from Five Rumanian Folk Dances” in College Music Symposium (2003).

Peavler, Robert Baritone Robert Peavler serves as Associate Professor of Voice at Eastern Michigan University. Dr. Peavler regularly performs across the country as a recitalist and soloist. A versatile performer, Dr. Peavler has been heard on Wisconsin and Michigan Public Radio, and recently performed with Michigan State University’s Musique 21 in the Michigan premiere performance of Kieren MacMillan’s Drunken Moon paired with Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire. His operatic credits include the title roles in Le nozze di Figaro and Gianni Schicchi as well as the Father in Hansel and Gretel. Dr. Peavler’s repertoire also includes Vaughan Williams’ Mystical Songs, Copland’s Old American Songs, Beethoven’s Mass in C, Handel’s Messiah, Poulenc’s La bal Masqué and the Requiems of Mozart, Fauré, and Brahms. An advocate of American art song, his recording, From The Heartland (Albany Records-TR1349), is a collection of contemporary American art song, highlighting composers Mechem, Argento, Pasatieri, and Hoekman. He recently co-authored his first book, The Mélodies of Francis Poulenc: A Study Guide (Scarecrow Press). Dr. Peavler’s students consistently place at the top of their divisions in state and regional auditions and he is proud of their contributions as music teachers and professional singers across the country.

Perlongo, Daniel J. Daniel Perlongo, emeritus professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania where he taught Theory and Composition, received his musical education at the University of Michigan, studying with George Balch Wilson, Leslie Bassett and Ross Lee Finney. With a Fulbright Fellowship, he continued his studies for two years in Rome at the Academy of Santa Cecilia with Gofreddo Petrassi. Mr. Perlongo and his music compositions have received numerous awards, including the American Prix de Rome, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the American Academy-National Institute of Arts and Letters, and the National Endowment for the Arts. He has been resident composer at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Villa Serbelloni in Bellagio, Italy, and Montalvo Center for the Arts in Saratoga, California. A CD of his Concerto for piano and orchestra is released on Master Musicians Recordings (MMC), with pianist, Donna Coleman and the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra of Bratislava, Slovakia. Also on MMC is Mr. Perlongo’s Sunburst for clarinet and orchestra, commissioned by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and recorded by clarinetist, Richard Stoltzman and the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. His Symphony No.1, Millennium Voyage, was premiered live on the world wide web in October, 2010, by the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, En Shao, conductor. Mr. Perlongo has had works performed at College Music Society (CMS) International Conferences in Spain-2005, Gallery Set; Croatia-2009, Thai Souvenir; South Korea-2011, Five Pieces On Korean Zen Poems; Argentina-2013, Tango Around Cape Horn. His works are available through American Composers Alliance.

Perniciaro, Joseph C. Dr. Joseph Perniciaro, tenor, has sung opera with companies across the United States including Oratorio Society of New Jersey, New Orleans Opera, Pensacola Opera, Opera Southwest, Chautauqua Opera, and Des Moines Metro Opera, to name a few. Recent concert appearances include Haydn’s Creation, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Mozart’s Vespers and Requiem, Bach’s Magnificat, and Handel’s Messiah. In 2010, he was selected winner of the Kansas’ NATS Artist Award Competition and was Regional First-Alternate to the national semi-finals. In 2011, he made his European recital debut with recitals of American Song in Genoa and Torino, Italy.

Dr. Perniciaro was chosen in 2008 by the National Association of Teachers of Singing Board of Directors and the NATS Foundation as an Emerging Leaders Award winner. He has presented lecture-recitals at conferences sponsored by the College Music Society, including the 2013 International Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the National Association of Teachers of Singing. He was featured as the guest clinician, working with high school students from Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and Wyoming, during the 2011 NATS West Central Region Conference and Student Competition.

Dr. Perniciaro is Associate Professor of Voice and Director of Opera at Fort Hays State University where he has served since 2005. In 2012 and 2014 he was nominated for the prestigious FHSU Pilot Award for Teaching Excellence. He is a graduate of Simpson College (Bachelor of Music), University of Houston (Master of Music) and Louisiana State University (Doctor of Musical Arts) with degrees in vocal performance.

Phillips, Nicholas S. Described by the New York Times as an “able and persuasive advocate” of new music, pianist Nicholas Phillips’ playing has been praised for its “bejeweled accuracy” (Fanfare) and as “razor- sharp yet wonderfully spirited” (American Records Guide). He is active as a soloist and collaborative artist; recent performances include solo recitals in Korea and Argentina, as well as dozens of states across the U.S., and an invited performance at the Croatian Embassy in Washington, D.C.

Phillips has given lecture-recitals and presentations at conferences in the U.S., Argentina, Croatia, England, and South Korea. He is the author of “Mendelssohn’s Songs without Words Revisited: Culture, Gender, Literature, and the Role of Domestic Piano Music in Victorian England,” published by VDM Verlag. In 2011 he released two CDs on Albany Records; Portals and Passages, which features the piano music of American composer Ethan Wickman (b.1973), and Boris Papandopulo: Piano Music. His most recent CD, American Vernacular: New Music for Solo Piano (New Focus Recordings), features commissioned works written for him on that theme by 10 American composers.

Dr. Phillips holds degrees from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music, Indiana University, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is currently Associate Professor of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. [www.nicholasphillips.net]

Pike, Pamela D. Pamela D. Pike is the Aloysia Landry Barineau endowed associate professor of piano pedagogy at Louisiana State University, where she coordinates the group piano and pedagogy program. In addition to her university teaching, Dr. Pike educates pre-college students of all ages and levels and is active as an adjudicator and clinician throughout the southern United States. In 2012 Pike won the LSU Tiger Athletic Foundation Undergraduate Teaching Award and in 2013 her article on sight-reading received the Music Teachers National Association Article of the Year award. She has presented papers and workshops at music, arts, and education conferences throughout Asia, Europe, North and South America.

Recent articles have been published in the International Journal of Music Education, Music Education Research, Journal of Music Teacher Education, Journal of Music, Technology & Education, MTNA e-Journal and American Music Teacher. Pike’s research interests include adult learning, perception and cognition, motivation, distance teaching, and group dynamics in learning environments. Pike serves on the e-Journal editorial committee for Music Teachers National Association, she chairs the Music in Higher Education committee for College Music Society, is a commissioner for the ISME Commission for the Education of the Professional Musician (CEPROM) and is a member of the research committee and immediate past chair and member of the adult learning committee for the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy.

Pohly, Linda L. Linda Pohly is Coordinator of Graduate Programs in Music and Professor of Music History at Ball State University. She is a long-time member of CMS having served on the national program committee and the Music in General Studies committee. She also has participated in Community Engagement activities associated with national conferences. Linda teaches Introduction to Music for non-majors, Music-appreciation pedagogy, Bibliography and Research, Music of the 20th century, and American Music among other courses. Her research interests focus primarily on American music of the late 19th and 20th centuries.

Ravitskaya, Irena Dr. Irena Ravitskaya enjoys a dynamic performing and teaching career that has taken her across Europe, Asia, and South and North America. Irena has given notable performances around the world as a solo recitalist and chamber musician. Her repertoire encompasses works from Baroque to Modern, with a particular interest in the music of Beethoven, Chopin, and Russian composers. Orchestral engagements include Moldova State Philharmonic, Moldova National Orchestra, Boise State Symphony Orchestra, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Indiana University Symphony Orchestra, South Kansas Symphony Orchestra, Salina Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburg Symphony Orchestra, and Powder River Symphony Orchestra. Among Irena’s chamber engagements are Edwin V. Lacy, Yuval Gotlibovich, Raquel Castro, Ian Clark, Yumi Wang, Lucy Ginther, Richard Fuchs, and the St. Petersburg Quartet. Born in Moldova, Irena won the National Competition of Moldova at age nine. At age sixteen, Irena won the Young Artists State Competition, followed by an invitation to perform with the National Symphony Orchestra. Her performances have been broadcast on National Radio and Moldova State Television. She later studied at Moldova State Conservatory with Alexander Paley.

Immigrating to the U. S. in 1995 opened new opportunities for Irena. She received her Doctor of Music degree in Piano Performance with Luba Edlina-Dubinsky at Indiana University and her Master of Music degree with Del Parkinson at Boise State University.

Irena’s secondary area of interest is music history. Her doctoral dissertation on Shostakovich’s works is undergoing final preparations for publishing. Currently, Dr. Ravitskaya is Associate Professor of Music at Fort Hays State University.

Reitz, Christina L. Christina L. Reitz is currently Assistant Professor of Music at Western Carolina University where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in musicology. She has presented research at the College Music Society’s International, National and Regional Conferences, the Nineteenth Century Studies Association and the International Alliance for Women in Music Congress. She has been a frequent contributor to the International Alliance for Women in Music Journal but is also published in the American Music Teacher, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and Journal of Library Administration.

Reynolds, Jeremy W. Internationally renowned artist, Jeremy Reynolds joined the faculty of the University of Denver Lamont School of Music after performing as Principal Clarinetist with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra. In addition to his faculty position, he currently holds the position of Assistant Principal Clarinet with the Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra. He has performed on five continents concertizing for the International Clarinet Association's ClarFest, Clarimania (Poland), ClariBogota, Cultural Festival of Portugal's World Exposition, Australian Clarinet and Saxophone Festival, International Alliance for Women in Music, University of Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium, International Double Reed Society, and National Flute Association. Equally in demand in an orchestral setting, he has performed with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Colorado Music Festival, Des Moines Metro Opera, Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra, New World Symphony, National Repertory Orchestra, National Orchestral Institute, and at the Aspen Music Festival. Reynolds also brings dynamic chamber music performances to the concert stage. He has won awards at both the Coleman and Carmel National Chamber Music Competitions additionally collaborating with esteemed artists Itzhak Perlman, Don Weilerstein, Paul Katz, Ronald Leonard, Stefan Milenkovich, and Merry Peckham. Reynolds has been invited to teach in some of the world’s most renowned music conservatories including the Versailles Conservatory of Music, Seoul National University, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya and Conservatorio de Música de Murcia in Spain as well as Soochow University and Tainan University of the Arts in Taiwan. Jeremy Reynolds is a Buffet Group Performing Artist/Clinician and Lomax Classic Mouthpiece Performing Artist.

Reynolds, Nicholas Mr. Nicholas Reynolds is pursuing his DMA at The University of Texas at Austin as a student of Anton Nel, and received his MM from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where he received the Piano Department Award, and a BM from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Honors Program. He currently teaches piano independently and at numerous schools in the Austin area, including The Austin School for the Performing and Visual Arts. A prizewinner in competitions including the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition, the San Francisco Young Artist Competition, and the Mid-Texas Symphony Young Artist Competition, Nicholas has also performed in Austria, Germany, and Russia. Mr. Reynolds is the co-founder and co- director of Pianists of the Americas, a music festival in his hometown, Portland, Oregon.

Riley, Patricia E. Patricia Riley ([email protected]), D.M.A. is Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Music Education Program at the University of Vermont. Prior to this, she taught at The Crane School of Music, State University of New York at Potsdam. Previously, Dr. Riley taught instrumental, general, and choral music for twenty years in the public schools of New Jersey and Vermont; and for five years maintained a woodwind and brass studio at Green Mountain College. She has published in Music Education Research, Research and Issues in Music Education, Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, Visions of Research in Music Education, Journal of Technology in Music Learning, College Music Symposium, Music Educators Journal, Teaching Music, and The Vermont Music Educator; and has contributed numerous chapters to edited books and symposium proceedings. Dr. Riley is a frequent presenter of sessions at international, national, regional, and state conferences. Her research interests include student music composition, cultural studies, technology, and assessment.

Roland-Silverstein, Kathleen Soprano Kathleen Roland is an active soloist in the realms of both opera and concert music, and has been a featured singer with Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and the Tanglewood Music Festival, and has sung with many notable conductors, including James Conlon, Grant Gershon, , John Mauceri, Reinbert de Leeuw and Oliver Knussen. She has sung, to critical acclaim, with the Grammy award-winning Southwest Chamber Music Society, Pacific Serenades, the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony, the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, the , and the New York New Music Ensemble. Recent engagements include concerts in Scandinavia, with the Los Angeles Master Chorale at Disney Hall, with Southwest Chamber Music in Southeast Asia, and in Germany with mdi ensemble Milano. Ms. Roland holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts in vocal performance from the University of Southern California. She is a much sought after master clinician, having taught master classes on Swedish song and contemporary voice for Tanglewood, Songfest, Southern Utah University, University of Southern California, Delta University, International Congress of Voice Teachers (Paris), and at the Royal Conservatory in Stockholm. She is a Fulbright scholar, and an American Scandinavian Foundation grantee, and is the author and editor of Romanser: 25 Swedish Songs with Guide to Swedish Lyric Diction (Gehrmans Musikförlag.) Dr. Roland serves on the board of directors for the National Opera Association and the New York Singing Teachers Association. She is a member of the faculty at Syracuse University.

Rolls, Timothy Timothy Rolls (b. 1967) holds a B.A. in Music from SUNY New Paltz, an M.M. in composition from Binghamton University and a D.M.A. from the University of Houston. His theory teachers have included John Rothgeb, John Snyder, and Tim Koozin. He has studied composition with Michael Kinney, Gundaris Poné, and Michael Horvit. He has taught Music Theory, Aural Skills and Music Technology at the University of Houston, Binghamton University, Broome Community College and Northern Arizona University. Prior to coming to Fort Hays State University, he taught for a year at Western Carolina University. His works have been performed all over the country and in Great Britain, South Korea, Japan, and South America. His current compositional focus is on the merging of acoustic and electroacoustic instruments.

Shaomian, Armen A native of Stockholm, Sweden, Dr. Armen Shaomian has extensive background in performing arts, education and project management consulting. Dr. Shaomian holds Masters and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in Accompanying and Chamber Music from the University of Miami. He also holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from Wayne State University. He is an active concert pianist and has performed numerous concerts at venues in Europe and the United States. His dissertation on Swedish National-Romantic Music was published by VDM Verlag and his piano recordings of composer Hugo Alfvén are featured on Vax Records’ Vaxholm - Ett DubbelnÖje. Dr. Shaomian is currently an assistant professor in Sport and Entertainment Management at the University of South Carolina.

Dr. Shaomian is also the Founder and CEO of Armenize, Inc., an arts consulting agency specializing in non-profit arts management and foundational strategies. Prior work includes Programs Manager/Associate Producer for the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA) and its signature YoungArts program. In his role as their Associate Producer, Dr. Shaomian oversaw live performance logistics as well as strategic relations with the Baryshnikov Arts Center in NYC, the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC., as well as the United States Department of Education and the United States Presidential Scholars program.

Sheldrick, Braunwin Dr. Braunwin Sheldrick leads a dynamic career dedicated to both performing and teaching. She has given masterclasses and solo recitals in Canada, the United States, Colombia, Australia, New Zealand, and England and has participated in festivals including the Spoleto Festival USA, the Domaine Forget, and the Banff Centre.

Since her arrival in Colombia in 2008, Dr. Sheldrick has performed as a soloist with the EAFIT Symphony Orchestra and the Medellin Philharmonic Orchestra where she has performed under conductors Alejandro Posada, Cecilia Espinosa, Francisco Rettig, and Ricardo Jaramillo. She has also collaborated in chamber music concerts with artists such as Roberto Gonzalez, Javier Arias, Javier Vinasco, Fernando Silveira, Tabatha Easley Peters, and Andres Gomez Bravo. In a review of Dr. Sheldrick’s performance of Vaughan Williams’ Flos Campi, El Colombiano wrote: “The viola was played by Braunwin Sheldrick with utmost propriety and security. Her sound, intense and beautiful, was accompanied by a special poetic sense.”

Dr. Sheldrick is currently Professor of Viola at the Universidad EAFIT in Medellin, Colombia. Previously, she was a member of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, the viola instructor at the University of Rochester as well as the teaching assistant to Professor George Taylor at the Eastman School of Music. She holds degrees from McGill University (BMus), Temple University (MM) and a postgraduate diploma from London’s Royal Academy of Music. Dr. Sheldrick earned the DMA degree in viola performance and literature from the Eastman School of Music.

Shimizu, Kumiko Kumiko Shimizu is associate professor of music at Delta State University. As a collaborative pianist, she has played for several competitions (including National Opera Association and District Metropolitan) and opera companies and has been invited to perform at conventions for the College Music Society, the American Choral Directors Association, the National Association of Teachers of Singing Southern Region, the Mid-South Flute Society, and the Song Collaborators Consortia Art Song Festival. She was selected to participate in SongFest and Malcolm Martineau Masterclass at Crear (Scotland) and received instructions in vocal collaborative piano from Graham Johnson and Martin Katz (SongFest) and Malcolm Martineau.

Her current performing interests are to perform art songs that are rarely heard in the USA and to present world premieres. She has performed Japanese, Swedish, and Korean art songs at various venues such as the CMS National Conference and the NATS Southern Region Conference. The most recent world premieres include Sy Brandon’s Phantasie on Singaporean Folk Songs (for piano) and Bruce Trinkley’s The Sylvan Cycle (for voice and piano).

Her primary teaching interest is in collaborative piano and vocal coaching. She has presented seminars and master classes in these fields. She has been on the National Opera Association Pianists and Conductors Committee.

Her recording of Brandon’s Phantasie on Singaporean Folk Songs has been released on the Emeritus Recordings label (http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kumikoshimizu). She is the co-editor of Japanese Art Song Anthology Volume 1 published by Classical Vocal Reprints (www.classicalvocalrep.com – please type in “Japanese Art Song Anthology” at “Search”).

Smith, Janice P. Janice Smith is Professor of Music Education and Associate Director of the Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College, City University of New York. Her teaching responsibilities include courses in music education philosophy, general music methods, and composition pedagogy. She has presented at numerous state, division, and national conferences and published articles addressing composition in music education and working with unpitched singers. She is the research chair for the New York State School Music Association. In addition to various book chapters in edited publications dealing with urban education or composition pedagogy, she is the coauthor of the book Minds on Music: Composition for Creative and Critical Thinking (Rowman & Littlefield) coeditor of both Composing Our Future: Preparing Music Educators to Teach Composition and Promising Practices in 21st Century Music Teacher Education (Oxford University Press).

Snow, Jennifer L. Dr. Jennifer Snow is the Vice President of Teacher Education for The Royal Conservatory. She is actively involved with areas of creativity and innovation integrating technology and learning. Jennifer has held leadership positions as Director of Creative Arts and Performance with AUP, Senior Vice President of Education with Chromatik, Executive Director of Teacher Pedagogy at The Royal Conservatory (RCM) and Chief Academic Officer for RCM Examinations and The Carnegie Hall Royal Conservatory Achievement Program. A passionate educator, Jennifer was a member of the keyboard faculty at the renowned UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for 10 years where she served as Co Chair of Keyboard Studies and taught piano, collaborative piano, and pedagogy. Her students now hold teaching, performing, and arts leadership positions globally.

Jennifer is a frequent speaker and invited clinician who has presented at a wide range of national and international conferences. She is a member of the editorial board for the MTNA American Music Teacher magazine, the CFMTA International Research Advisory Committee, and the AHRC Research Network on music learning and gaming at the University of Kent in the U.K. Currently, she is President of the California Professional Music Teachers Association (CAMPT). In addition to her deep commitment to education, Jennifer is a versatile performer who has appeared as a collaborative pianist throughout Canada, the United States, Asia, and Europe.

Solomon, Nanette Kaplan Nanette Kaplan Solomon, pianist and Professor of Music at Slippery Rock University, performs frequently as soloist and chamber musician. She has presented lecture-recitals at many CMS National and International Conferences. Dr. Solomon’s involvement with the works of women composers has led to invitations to perform at several Feminist Theory and Music conferences, the American Music/American Women symposium in Boulder, Colorado, the Athena Festival in Murray, Kentucky, as well as at six of the International Festivals of Women Composers held at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

She is a founding member of the Slippery Rock Piano Trio, as well as the Kaplan Duo, with her sister Iris Kaplan. A former board member for performance of The College Music Society, she also served on the editorial board of the American Music Teacher. She recently completed a term as board member of the IAWM and is Immediate Past-President of the Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association. Her three compact discs- piano music of Nikolai Lopatnikoff (Laurel), Character Sketches and Sunbursts (Leonarda) have received critical acclaim.

Dr. Solomon received her early training as a scholarship student at the Juilliard School, where she studied with the late Edgar Roberts and Mme. Rosina Lhevinne. She received a B.A. degree magna cum laude from Yale College, where she studied with the late Ward Davenny and and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, an M.M. from the Yale School of Music, where she studied with Claude Frank, and a D.M.A. from Boston University School for the Arts, where she studied with the late Leonard Shure.

Stephan-Robinson, Anna K. Anna Stephan-Robinson is assistant professor of Music Theory at West Liberty University in West Liberty, WV, where she teaches Music Theory, Ear Training, Form and Analysis, and horn. Dr. Stephan-Robinson holds Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Arts degrees in Music Theory from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, a Master of Music degree in Horn Performance from the University of Georgia (Athens), and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education from the Aaron Copland School of Music, City University of New York.

Dr. Stephan-Robinson’s areas of research interest include analysis of twentieth- and twenty-first- century music, especially the popular songs of Paul Simon and the art music of Marion Bauer; music theory and aural skills pedagogy, including incorporation of technology; and intersections between music and other art forms. She has presented research at regional, national, and international conferences, and maintains an active research agenda.

Prior to her appointment at West Liberty, Dr. Stephan-Robinson taught at Ithaca College, New York University, Wagner College, the Eastman School of Music, and the University of Georgia, as well as in public schools in Long Island, NY.Bio

Stolz, Nolan Nolan Stolz is a composer, music theorist and drummer currently living in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Stolz has an individual compositional voice in the contemporary classical music world: one that is clearly influenced by his performance background in jazz fusion and progressive rock, yet firmly rooted in the contemporary classical tradition. His compositions have been performed throughout the United States, Canada, South America, and across Europe, including several national and international festivals and conferences. Stolz has been commissioned by the Alturas Duo, CCSU Chamber Players, Synchronix, LVA Jazz Ensemble, Las Vegas Music Festival Orchestra, SUNY-Stony Brook, and several solo performers. Stolz’s works may be heard on releases from Ablaze, ESM, Six Strings Sounds, and Tributary Music. In 2014, his flute piece Princess Ka”˜iulani was published in SCI Journal of Scores (51).

Stolz has won several awards, including the Max DiJulio Composition Prize for Haystacks for orchestra, and was the winner of the Composers Voice Dance Collaboration Competition for Remnants of Bullfrog, Nevada for fixed electronic media and dance. Stolz has published articles and given papers on his own compositions, microtonal music, theory-composition pedagogy and jazz improvisation pedagogy at several regional, national and international conferences. Dr. Stolz holds degrees from The Hartt School, University of Oregon, and University of Nevada-Las Vegas. Stolz is currently Assistant Professor of Music at University of South Carolina-Upstate. Previously, he taught at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Southeast Missouri State University, University of South Dakota, and at two community colleges in Connecticut.

Stoner, Kristen L. Dr. Kristen Stoner is Associate Professor of Flute at the University of Florida, where she has taught for thirteen years. She has performed at several CMS regional and national conferences, at eleven National Flute Association conventions, and at numerous international flute festivals in South America.

She has released two solo CDs, “Images for Solo Flute” and “Colors: Works for Solo Flute by American Composers.” Both critically-acclaimed solo CDs included several premieres, as well as more standard unaccompanied flute literature. Her performance was recently featured on the Society for Composers, Inc. recording “Pendulum,” released in 2014 on Capstone Records. She earned degrees at the University of Texas and the University of Cincinnati.

Straub, Joshua Joshua Straub is a native of the US and is currently pursuing his doctorate at the Butler School of Music in Austin, TX where he teaches group piano and applied non-major lessons. He has participated in the Bosendorfer International Piano Academy, Beverly Hills International Music Festival, and Napoli Nova International Piano Festival. An advocate for new music, Joshua has recorded several new works for student composers that have been broadcast on public and internet radio. He also is highly interested in bringing classical music to a broader audience and has praised for supplementing his performances with applicable commentary to help guide a general audience’s listening. Recently, Josh has presented papers at ISME European Regional Conference and Canadian Federation of Music Teachers’ Associations Convention.

Takasawa, Manabu K. Noted for his “sensitive touch”by The Washington Post and for his “beautiful sound with an abundant sense of fantasy”by Musica Nova magazine (Japan), pianist Manabu Takasawa is Professor of Music at the University of Rhode Island. His interest in music education has taken him to performances in regional elementary and secondary schools in Rhode Island as well as schools in Japan, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. He also serves as the director of the Young Artists and Chamber Music Competitions for the Music Teachers National Association Eastern Division.

Since making a solo recital debut at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 1992, Manabu has performed in the United States, Europe and Asia including a recital at the Czech Embassy in Washington, D.C. and a sold-out recital in Tokyo’s Opera City Recital Hall. His concert activities and interviews have been broadcast on WSCL-FM89.5 and WBOC- Channel 16 in Maryland, internationally on Mercury Radio (Poznań, Poland) and on a News 5 evening news broadcast in Belize. He is also the creator of the URI Piano Extravaganza!, a piano festival of concerts and performing events, which brings to campus aspiring young pianists and hobbyists from the Southern New England and the Greater Boston areas every spring. When he is not at the piano, Manabu enjoys gardening and swimming. In the summer he swims a 1.7-mile open water course across Narragansett Bay to raise money for Save the Bay, a Rhode Island’s premier organization for environmental protection.

Tan, Kia-Hui Kia-Hui Tan has performed as concerto soloist, recitalist and chamber musician in approximately 25 US states and 20 countries on 5 continents, including at London’s Barbican Hall and New York’s Carnegie Weill Recital Hall. Described in The Strad as a “violinist whose virtuosity was astonishing,” she has won numerous awards including the Bronze Medal at the 1st NTDTV Chinese International Violin Competition at Town Hall in 2008. Her repertoire over 400 solo/chamber works includes premiere performances of music by more than 80 living composers. She has been a member of various new music ensembles and is frequently invited to perform at contemporary music festivals and conferences, often presenting themed lecture- recitals on the vastly unexplored repertory for unaccompanied solo violin. Also an experienced orchestral violinist, she had served as concertmaster under Sir Colin Dais and Mstislav Rostropovitch among many other notable conductors. Born in Singapore, Tan studied piano, violin, music theory and composition in her native country before receiving scholarships to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (London, UK) and The Cleveland Institute of Music where she was conferred the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in 2001. Currently Associate Professor of Violin at The Ohio State University, Tan is in demand as a master class presenter, adjudicator, strings coach and guest conductor in high schools, colleges and youth orchestras, and her outreach activities have extended as far as China and Colombia. She is the recipient of the 2008–09 School of Music Distinguished Teaching Award.

Thies, Robert Pianist Robert Thies is an artist renowned for his consummate musicianship and poetic temperament. He first captured worldwide attention in 1995 when he won the Gold Medal at the Second International Prokofiev Competition in St. Petersburg, Russia. With this victory, Thies became the only American pianist to win a Russian piano competition since Van Cliburn's triumph in Moscow in 1958.

Thies enjoys a diverse career as an orchestral soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, and recording artist. He has already performed 40 different concerti with orchestras all over the world, including Russia’s Saint Petersburg Philharmonic, New Zealand’s Auckland Philharmonia, and the Mexico City Philharmonic. As a recitalist, he has performed on three continents, including a 40-city tour of the United States under the auspices of Community Concerts.

Thies is highly sought after as a recital partner and collaborator in both instrumental and vocal chamber music. He frequently shares the stage with members of the LA Philharmonic and the LA Chamber Orchestra. When not onstage, he is in high demand for special recording projects and also appears on the soundtracks of many film scores. He founded the Thies Consort, an ensemble that presents unique programs based on a style, composer, or other concept.

Also a dedicated teacher, he is sought after as a master class teacher, chamber music coach, lecturer, and adjudicator across the globe. He maintains a small private studio and serves on the faculty of the Colburn School in downtown Los Angeles. Thies is a Steinway Artist.

Vlahcevic, Sonia K. Sonia Vlahcevic received her Bachelor of Music degree with honors and Master of Music degree in piano pedagogy from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Mass. While a graduate student at the conservatory, Vlahcevic was awarded graduate assistantships in music history, solfeggio and theory. She earned her doctorate in theory from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. In addition, she completed post-graduate studies in piano with Zbigniew Drzewiecki, head of the Chopin Institute in Warsaw, Poland, and Stig Ribling, piano faculty at the States Higher School of Music in Stockholm, Sweden. Before coming to VCU, Vlahcevic held faculty appointments at the New England Conservatory of Music, where she taught theory.

Her performances include numerous two-piano recitals, lecture recitals and solo piano concerts, including a lecture-recitals at the International Arts and Humanities Conference and numerous CMS International Conferences. She also performed at an international conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

At VCU, Vlahcevic has an active role in teaching and advising students. As professor of music, she teaches courses in Form and Analysis, Advanced 20th Century Aural Skills, Music Since 1945, Analysis for Performance, History as seen through Broadway Musicals and other original course topics. She is also serving as the Coordinator for Music History.

Vu, Kinh T. Kinh T. Vu is a lecturer of music education at Boston University. He earned a doctor of philosophy in music education from the University of Minnesota. Vu’s current research includes place-based hip-hop as a form of democratic education and justice making. Prior to joining BU, Dr. Vu was a public school music teacher.

Watts, Sarah Dr. Sarah Watts is a specialist in early childhood and elementary music education, with a particular interest in Orff Schulwerk pedagogy, and holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in music education from Penn State University and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in music education from the University of Washington, Seattle. Sarah currently directs the general and choral music programs at Holy Name of Jesus School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania where she works with children and youth in grades Kindergarten through Eight. She additionally works with the Kent State University Online Masters in Music Education program, teaching various courses and advising Capstone projects. She is very interested in world music and is particularly involved with musics of the Pacific Islands region, specifically, music and movement traditions of Hawai’i. Her scholarly interests include musical oral history, children’s musical play, and the transgenerational transmission of children’s musical play repertoires. Her publications can be found in the Journal of Research in Music Education, The Orff Echo, andPhilosophy of Music Education Review.

Wheatley, Susan Susan Wheatley, pianist, has been invited as performer and music educator throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. Dr. Wheatley has an active interest in research about women in music and received a Fulbright to transcribe Gunild Keetman’s dance pieces at the Orff Institute in Salzburg. She co-founded Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s prestigious Festival of Women Composers (1990-2014), performing the music of Libby Larsen, Judith Zaimont, Katherine Hoover, Cecile Chaminade, Josephine Lang, Louise Talma, Germaine Tailleferre, and Judy Coe, among others. Dr. Wheatley holds a Ph.D. in music from the University of Michigan and has served on the faculties of Oakland University in Michigan and, most recently, Indiana University of Pennsylvania (currently professor emeritus). She has received grants from the American Association of University Women, National Endowment for the Arts, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts to sponsor her performances and research on the music of women composers. Internationally, her piano performances include premieres of Daniel Perlongo’s piano works in Salzburg, Madrid, Zagreb, South Korea, and Buenos Aries as well as her performance of Germaine Tailleferre’s two-piano works in Beijing, China.

Woldu, Gail Hilson Gail Hilson Woldu is Professor of Music at Trinity College in Hartford, CT. Her published work focuses on the disparate fields of American popular music in the late twentieth century and music in France between 1870 and 1930. She has written two books, one in each area, as well as numerous articles and essays on Gabriel Fauré, , French schools of music, and the music of black Americans. This work appears in Revue de musicologie, Musical Quarterly, Notes, Women and Music, and College Music Symposium, as well as in edited volumes, among them Echos de France et d’Italie, Debussy and His World; Nadia Boulanger et Lili Boulanger, témoignages et etudes; Le : des Ménus-Plaisirs à la Cité de la musique; American Popular Music: New Approaches to the Twentieth Century; The Resisting Muse; and The Routledge History of Social Protest in Popular Music. A grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities supported her research on d’Indy and his contemporaries. Woldu is currently writing a book on Marian Anderson.

Wolf, Debbie L. Debbie Lynn Wolf, PhD, is a professor of music, and chair of music education in the School of Music, Cairn University (formerly Philadelphia Biblical University), Langhorne, PA. She also serves as consultant and chief reader for PRAXIS Music Tests at Educational Testing Services (ETS), Ewing, NJ. Her work in musical development, assessment, and music in special education has been presented at national and international conferences including NAfME, ISME Research Commission, ISME World Conference, ICMPC, and the College Music Society. Publications include contributions to CRME, ISME, PMEA, and ETS. Her most recent publication is a chapter, “Rhythm and Pitch Development,” in the National Association for Music Education Research Handbook now under advisement.

Zacharella, Alexandra Alexandra Zacharella, a native of New Jersey is Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Low Brass at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith. Zacharella holds a Doctorate in Trombone Performance from the University of Southern California, a Masters in Trombone Performance from The University of Michigan School of Music and a Bachelors in Trombone Performance and Music Education from The University of Hartford, The Hartt School. Zacharella has presented clinics and masterclasses in South Korea, Hong Kong, California, Michigan, Georgia, Arkansas, Oklahoma and is currently an active wind ensemble clinician. She is a Bach Performing Artist and has recently performed or presented at the 2014 SliderAsia Trombone Festival in Hong Kong, the Southeast Trombone Symposium, the International Conference of the College Music Society in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Seoul, South Korea, The International Trombone Festival in Columbus, Georgia and Paris, France, the 65th Annual Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Illinois, the College Music Society South Central Regional Conferences in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Brownsville, Texas and Ada, Oklahoma. Zacharella is past president of the CBDNA Arkansas State Chapter, serves on the CBDNA Small College Committee and serves as Treasurer for the CMS South Central Chapter.

Zhong, Mei Dr. Mei Zhong has appeared extensively in both China and the United States as an opera singer and concert soloist. Her numerous solo recitals and concerts have taken her to professional venues in at least twenty-four states in the U.S. She has performed many lead opera roles including Butterfly in Madama Butterfly, Sister Angelica in Suor Angelica, MicaËla in Carmen, Dido in Dido and Aeneas, Haixia in The Militia Woman of the Island, and Hanying in Honghu Guerrilla.

Dr. Zhong has published several articles, books and recordings on singing and teaching Puccini, three books of which have been reviewed by NATS Journal of Singing in the United States. She received the top faculty honor of Outstanding Creative Endeavor Award from Ball State University in 2007, and was honored with the Master Teacher award from Idaho State University in 2002. Dr. Zhong is also active in giving master classes, lecture recitals and presentations at various institutions and conferences internationally, such as in Australia, Costa Rica, Canada, France, Spain, Ireland, Thailand, Taiwan/China and the United States. She has presented at 48 conferences worldwide.

Dr. Zhong is currently a Professor of Voice at Ball State University. She earned her Doctor of Musical Arts in Vocal Performance and Literature from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, a Master of Fine Arts in Vocal Performance and Practices from the University of California Los Angeles, a Bachelor of Arts in Piano Performance from Hunan Teachers University and a vocal performance diploma for advanced study from Shanghai Conservatory of Music in China.

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