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 .