2015 Astral National Auditions – Live Auditions Panel

David Amado Conductor; Music Director, Delaware Symphony Orchestra

Marcantonio Barone Concert Pianist; Faculty, Associate Director, Bryn Mawr Conservatory of Music; Faculty, Swarthmore College; Astral Laureate

Igor Begelman Concert Clarinetist; Faculty, Brooklyn College and Sarah Lawrence College; Astral Laureate

Jason M. Belz Vice President, Director of Booking and Artist Manager, Kirshbaum Associates, Inc.

Natasha Brofsky Cellist, The Peabody Trio; Faculty, The Juilliard School and New England Conservatory

Melvin Chen Concert Pianist; Associate Professor of Piano & Deputy Dean, Yale School of Music

Gilan Tocco Corn Pianist; Chairman of the Board, Young Concert Artists (Washington, D.C.); Artistic Director & Co-Founder, Shenson Chamber Music Concerts at the National Museum for Women in the Arts

Barbara Govatos Artistic Director, Delaware Chamber Music Festival; Violinist, The Philadelphia Orchestra

Andrew Hauze Conductor; Pianist; Vocal Coach; Associate in Performance, Swarthmore College; Co-Chair, Program Advancement Committee and Member, Education & Community Engagement Committee, Astral

Leslie Johnson Director of Concerts & Artist Services, Astral; Soprano

Igal Kesselman Director, Kaufman Center’s Lucy Moses School; Chair, New York Chapter, National Guild for Community Arts Education; Faculty, Lucy Moses School and Special Music School

Charles Letourneau Senior Vice President, Global Head of Festivals & Events, IMG Artists

Clancy Newman Concert Cellist; Composer; Astral Laureate

Ayano Ninomiya Concert Violinist; Former First Violinist, Ying Quartet; Violin Faculty, New England Conservatory of Music; Astral Laureate

Doug O’Connor Concert Saxophonist; Founding Member, Red Line Saxophone Quartet and REED5; Astral Laureate

Ann Schein Concert Pianist; Master Teacher

Vera Wilson Founder & President, Astral

Carol Wincenc International Concert Flautist; Founding Member, Trio Les Amies; Flutist, New York Woodwind Quintet; Professor of Flute, The Juilliard School and Stony Brook University

Natalie Zhu Concert Pianist; Artistic Director, Kingston Chamber Music Festival; Co-Chair of Program Advancement Committee, Board Member, and Laureate, Astral

2014 Astral National Auditions – Live Auditions Panel

David Amado Conductor; Music Director, Delaware Symphony Orchestra

Marcantonio Barone Concert Pianist; Faculty, Associate Director, Bryn Mawr Conservatory of Music; Faculty, Swarthmore College; Astral Laureate

Amy Sue Barston Concert Cellist; Artistic Programs Director, Astral; Co-Artistic Director, Canandaigua LakeMusic Festival; Faculty, Pre- College Division, The Juilliard School

Igor Begelman Concert Clarinetist; Faculty, Brooklyn College and Sarah Lawrence College; Astral Laureate

Jason M. Belz Vice President, Director of Booking and Artist Manager, Kirshbaum Associates, Inc.

Melvin Chen Concert Pianist; Associate Professor of Piano & Deputy Dean, Yale School of Music

Michael Eberhard Artistic Administrator, Opera Philadelphia

Barbara Govatos Artistic Director, Delaware Chamber Music Festival; Violinist, The Philadelphia Orchestra

Andrew Hauze Conductor; Pianist; Vocal Coach; Associate in Performance, Swarthmore College; Co-Chair, Program Advancement Committee and Member, Education & Community Engagement Committee, Astral

Leslie Johnson Director of Concerts & Artist Services, Astral; Soprano

Ida Kavafian Concert Violinist/Violist; Faculty, Curtis Institute of Music and Bard College Conservatory of Music; Artistic Director, Music from Angel Fire

Igal Kesselman Director, Kaufman Center’s Lucy Moses School; Chair, New York Chapter, National Guild for Community Arts Education; Faculty, Lucy Moses School and Special Music School

Soovin Kim Concert Violinist; Artistic Director, Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival; Faculty, Stony Brook University; Astral Laureate

Jeffrey Lang Associate Principal Horn, The Philadelphia Orchestra; Faculty, Boyer College, Temple University, and the Bard College Conservatory of Music

Charles Letourneau Senior Vice President, Global Head of Festivals & Events, IMG Artists

Loren Lind Flute, The Philadelphia Orchestra; Faculty, Boyer College, Temple University

Charles Neidich Concert Clarinetist; Faculty, The Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, Mannes College of Music, and CUNY Queens College

Bill Palant Founder & Managing Director, Étude Arts LLC

Julie Rosenfeld Member Esterhazy Quartet; Former First Violinist, Colorado Quartet; Assistant Professor, University of Missouri, School of Music

Jeremy Rothman Vice President, Artistic Planning, The Philadelphia Orchestra

Ann Schein Concert Pianist; Master Teacher

Peter Schoenbach Bassoonist; Music Lecturer; Faculty, Musical Studies, Curtis Institute of Music

Carrie Sykes Executive Vice President, Schwalbe & Partners

Steven Tenenbom Violist, Orion String Quartet and Opus One; Coordinator of String Chamber Music, Curtis Institute of Music; Faculty, The Juilliard School, Mannes College of Music, and Bard College Conservatory of Music

Benita Valente Metropolitan Opera Soprano

Roger Wight Artistic Administrator, The Philadelphia Orchestra

Vera Wilson Founder & President, Astral

Natalie Zhu Concert Pianist; Artistic Director, Kingston Chamber Music Festival; Co-Chair of Program Advancement Committee, Board Member, and Laureate, Astral

2013 Astral National Auditions – Live Auditions Panel

Marcantonio Barone Concert Pianist; Faculty, Associate Director, Bryn Mawr Conservatory of Music; Faculty, Swarthmore College; Astral Laureate

Igor Begelman Concert Clarinetist; Faculty, Brooklyn College and Sarah Lawrence College; Astral Laureate

Melvin Chen Concert Pianist; Associate Professor of Piano & Deputy Dean, Yale School of Music

Simone Dinnerstein Concert Pianist, Astral Alumna

Barbara Govatos Artistic Director, Delaware Chamber Music Festival; Violinist, The Philadelphia Orchestra

Matthew Horner Vice President & Artist Manager, IMG Artists, Vocal Division

Leslie Johnson Director of Marketing & Special Projects, Astral; Soprano

Ida Kavafian Concert Violinist/Violist; Faculty, Curtis Institute of Music and Bard College Conservatory of Music; Artistic Director, Music from Angel Fire

Igal Kesselman Director, Kaufman Center’s Lucy Moses School; Chair, New York Chapter, National Guild for Community Arts Education; Faculty, Lucy Moses School and Special Music School

Soovin Kim Concert Violinist; Artistic Director, Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival; Faculty, Stony Brook University; Astral Laureate Allen Krantz Concert Guitarist; Composer; Lecturer in Classical Guitar, Boyer College of Music and Dance, Temple University

Jeffrey Lang Associate Principal Horn, The Philadelphia Orchestra; faculty, Boyer College of Music and Dance, Temple University, and the Bard College Conservatory of Music

Don Marrazzo Executive Director, Astral; Baritone; Voice Teacher

Daniel Paul Meyer Conductor; Music Director, Asheville Symphony and Erie Philharmonic

Charles Neidich Concert Clarinetist; Faculty, The Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, Mannes College of Music, and CUNY Queens College

Kimberly Rowe Harpist; Editor, Harp Column

Peter Schoenbach Bassoonist; Music Lecturer; Faculty, Musical Studies, Curtis Institute of Music

Carrie Sykes Executive Vice President, Schwalbe and Partners

Steven Tenenbom Violist, Orion String Quartet and Opus One; Coordinator of String Chamber Music, Curtis Institute of Music; Faculty, The Juilliard School, Mannes College of Music, and Bard College Conservatory of Music

Emmy Tu Director, Instrumentalists, Ensembles & Special Projects, Dispeker Artists, Inc.

Benita Valente Metropolitan Opera Soprano

Roger Wight Director of Artistic Planning, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra

Vera Wilson Founder & President, Astral