Discover the path toYour Future - Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival

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LINCoLN CENTER, NEW yoRk CITy jULy 29 – AUgUST 7, 2012 

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Music, I feel, must be emotional 

first and intellectual second. 

– MaurIce ravel 

In music, as I find myself forever saying, 

things don’t get better or worse: they 

evolve and transform themselves. 

– lucIano BerIo 

The Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival is now in its third year. 

What started out as an ambitious idea has grown into a 

successful institute and chamber music happening in the heart 

of New York City. Sitting in the audience last year at the Festival 

and watching Paquito D’ Rivera spontaneously pick up his 

clarinet and exchange fours with one of our fabulous pianists was 

an extreme highlight. The excitement in the room was almost a 

thing you could touch and we exchanged looks that said: “We 

are really contributing to the cultural fabric of Lincoln Center 

with this incredible idea of ours!” In that moment we of course 

felt proud, but what also surfaced was the responsibility of making 

sure every year we learn how to make things even better. 

What a difference a year makes. The most ambitious change to 

IWCMF is the addition of composers to our student roster. 

The Emerging Composers Program (ECP) was added with the 

intent to garner a major change in the next generation of wind 

music. There will be master classes by guest composition 

gurus such as Mohammed Fairouz and Daniel Bernard Roumain 

(DBR). The students will be mentored and coached by Imani 

Winds and their compositions will be performed throughout 

the Festival. 

The distinguished panel of guest artists has grown again this year 

with instrumental icons such as Stanley Drucker, Carol Wincenc 

and Frank Morelli and clinicians/panelists of the ilk of conductor 

Cliff Colnot and Edna Landau. Manhattan Brass will perform 

and Imani Winds’ own Jeff Scott will showcase his compositions 

in a special night of music-making with students of the Festival 

and top musicians from around New York. 

Imani Winds rejoices in the dichotomy between earthiness and 

the transcendent that is chamber music, and IWCMF celebrates 

and hopefully enhances this synthesis. We invite you to come 

along with us! 

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all concerts are free and open to the general public. all other events are open to auditor guest pass holders, full session auditors, and participants only. 

sunday, July 29 

concert: 

opening concert, imani winds, featuring 

Jebel Lebnan by mohammed fairouz, 7pm 

Christ & St. Stephen’s Church 

monday, July 30 

informance: 

manhattan brass, 11am 

The Juilliard School, Morse Hall 

masterclass: 

david krakauer, clarinet, 1pm 

The Julliard School, Morse Hall 

masterclass: 

mohammed fairouz, 

composer in residence, 1pm 

The Juilliard School, Room 543 

workshop: 

improvisation with paquito d’rivera, 3pm 


tuesday, July 31 

masterclass: 

chris castellanos, horn, 1pm 


masterclass: 

frank morelli, bassoon, 1pm 


lecture: 

ask edna LIVE, 3pm 

Artist Management Guru Edna Landau 

brings her famous advice column on 

career etiquette to the stage 


wednesday, august 1 

masterclass: 

daniel bernard roumain (dbr), 

composer, 10am 

Composer and Violinist Daniel Bernard 

Roumain discusses his writing style and 

works with festival emerging composers 


masterclass: 

paula robison, flute, 1:30pm 


workshop: 

the art of outreach, 3:30pm 

Imani Winds leads a demonstrative 

workshop on giving effective education 

outreach performances 


concert: 

the music of Jeff scott, 7pm 

Featuring Imani Winds and Force Five! of 

The Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve 

in the NYC premiere of Baile si Quiere 

for wind quintet and concert band 

Advent Lutheran Church 


thursday, august 2 

masterclass: 

paul cohen, saxophone, 1pm 


masterclass: 

sherry sylar, oboe, 1pm 

“How to Overcome Fear of Scary Excerpts” 


masterclass: 

imani winds, chamber music i, 3pm 

Festival ensembles perform and receive 

critique on modern masterworks 


friday, august 3 

masterclass: 

evelyn ulex, piano, 1:30pm 


workshop: 

breath support with monica ellis, 1:30pm 


panel: 

the art of entrepreneurship with 

amy frawley, Jean cook, 

richard kessler & peter thoresen, 

arts administrators, 3pm 


outreach concert: 

healing and hope, 6:30pm 

IWCMF participants bring their music to 

patients, families and staff 

Patient Recreational Pavilion, Memorial 

Sloan-kettering Cancer Center 

saturday, august 4 

symposium day – all events at the 

Juilliard school 

masterclasses & workshops: 

cliff colnot, conductor, 9am 

A Life Through and Beyond the Orchestra: 

Winning a job, keeping a job, being fulfilled 

and what else can I do with my music degree. 

david wakefield, horn, 10am 

alan weiss, flute & haynes 

flute tryouts, 10:30am 

carol wincenc, flute, 1:30pm 

eric reed, horn, 1:30pm 

stanley drucker, clarinet, 3pm 

flute tryouts: anne pollack from 

your flute works, 3:30pm 

miller marketing: the finest in 

double reed supplies, 3:30pm 

concert: 

chamber music matinee, 12pm 

Featuring IWCMF Participants 

concert: 

ladies in white, 7pm 

Mariam Adam, Clarinet & 

Monica Ellis, Bassoon 

Also featuring: Mozart Serenade in 

Eflat major, K.375 Performed by the 

IWCMF Ensemble. 

sunday, august 5 

masterclass: 

imani winds, chamber music ii, 11am 

Festival ensembles perform and receive 

critique on modern masterworks 

Mannes College of Music, Concert Hall 

workshop: 

publishing and promotion 101, 1pm 

A discussion amongst today’s leading 

publishers and composers 


concert: 

visionaries: a new generation 

of composers, 3pm 

Hosted by Mohammed Fairouz 

featuring premieres by emerging composers 

Molly Joyce, Yuan-Chen Li, Sam Parrilla, 

Matt Siffert, Matthew Taylor, Phil Taylor, 

Alex Weston, and Joelle Zigman 


monday, august 6 

masterclass: 

alan kay, chamber music, 1pm 

The Juilliard School, Morse Concert Hall 

concert: 

chamber music celebration i, 7pm 

Featuring Festival Ensembles 


tuesday, august 7 

concert: 

family concert shorts, 10am 

Wind Olympics! A hilarious and fun children’s 

concert performed by IWCMF participants 


masterclass: 

michael colina, composer, 2pm 


workshop: 

angela beeching, author, career advisor 

and consultant, 3pm 


concert: 

chamber music celebration ii, 7pm 

Featuring Festival Ensembles 


performance venues 

the abby rockefeller mauzé patient 

recreation pavilion – sloane kettering 

cancer treatment center, 15th Floor 

1275 York Ave. (between 67th & 68th St.) 

New York, NY 10065 

advent lutheran church 

2504 Broadway (at 93rd Street) New York, NY 10025 

christ & st. stephen’s church 

122 West 69th Street New York, NY 10023 

the Juilliard school 

60 Lincoln Center Plaza New York, NY 10023 

mannes college of music 

150 West 85th Street New York, NY 10024 

music career consultant and author of 

the acclaimed Beyond Talent: 

Creating a Successful Career in Music, 

angela myles beeching offers this 

for iwcmfers! 

The Six Habits for Success in Music 

Truth is, there’s no handy roadmap for 

success as a musician, but there ARE 

habits that will advance your career, and 

move you toward success. Over the years, 

I’ve advised thousands of musicians and 

have seen the typical stumbling blocks 

they encounter (and the ones they create 

for themselves). I’ve also seen what propels 

musicians forward and helps them overcome 

obstacles. Taking the best of what 

I’ve observed, here it is distilled for you 

below. The most resilient and effective 

musicians operate using these: the best 

habits for building a successful career in music. 

1. check your vision. 

Clarifying your vision for your future is 

essential: you can’t get somewhere if 

you don’t know where you’re going. It’s 

important to have long-range goals for 

the life you’d like to lead in the future; 

it’s best to write out your goals and talk 

them over with a mentor – do this 

regularly. It’s not just about the career 

you imagine, it’s the life you want to live 

and the person you intend to become. 

2. think like an entrepreneur. 

Take charge of your life and your career: 

be a change agent. Entrepreneurial 

musicians (like the Imanis!) create opportunities 

for themselves and others. They 

identify a need and create something of 

value (a product or service) to satisfy it. 

So whether it’s flute lessons or French 

lessons, it’s creating something of value 

that generates its own audience or 

demand. Entrepreneurial musicians look 

for the sweet spot in the distance between 

their aspirations and opportunities. 

Beyond Talent: Creating a Successful Career in Music 

is a favorite among classical and jazz musicians, and is used as a course text at more than 20 colleges 

and universities nationwide. The recently released expanded 2nd edition features dozens of new profiles 

and entrepreneurial musician strategies. A Fulbright Scholar and in-demand speaker, author Angela 

Beeching has directed career programs at both New England Conservatory and Indiana University, and 

currently directs the Center for Music Entrepreneurship at Manhattan School of Music. She maintains a 

thriving consulting practice, offering strategic career and business coaching for creative professionals. 

NOTE: IMANI WINDS IS FEATURED IN THE BOOk! 

Join author angela Myles Beeching for a special workshop and book signing event for festival 

participants on august 7, 2012 at 3pm in Morse Hall. 

3. be goal-oriented. 

Music careers are actually built project by 

project: whether it’s commissioning a 

new work, launching a concert series, 

starting a reed-making business, or 

raising money to buy an instrument, 

these kinds of projects are the stepping 

stones to career building. Short-term 

projects inevitably lead to new ideas, 

connections, collaborators – and to new 

projects – all of which brings you closer to 

achieving your long-term career objective. 

4. work smart. 

It can be difficult to see a clear path to 

your long-term goal, but achieving goals 

really comes down to learning how to 

manage projects. Essentially, it’s about 

making choices: how to spend time, 

focus, and energy. The trick is to think 

strategically and realistically about what 

needs to be done, and when. Successful 

musicians break gigantic projects down 

into manageable weekly tasks, so that 

the work becomes doable and the stress 

is minimized. It’s great to have the satisfaction 

of crossing tasks off your to-do 

list at the end of each week, knowing 

that you’re that much closer to reaching 

your goal. 

5. develop an attitude. 

A winning attitude has a huge career 

impact: people want to work with 

those who are pleasant, optimistic, and 

inspiring. Whether you see the glass as 

half empty or half full is actually your 

choice. Successful musicians focus on the 

positive. Be grateful and kind to yourself 

and to others, because what goes around 

comes around. Winston Churchill had it 

right: “We make a living by what we get. 

We make a life by what we give.” 

6. be relationship-focused. 

Successful musicians build lots of 

relationships: they know that the profession 

is incredibly relationship-driven. You need 

to give as good as you get. It’s about 

building a community of mutually 

supportive colleagues, collaborators, 

fans, and friends. “DIY” (do-it-yourself) 

should really be read as “DIWWO” (Do 

it well with others) because it takes a 

team – if not a village – to build a career. 

So treat your fellow IWCMFers well and 

keep in touch afterwards: these are colleagues 

you won’t want to lose track of! 

These habits are a sample of what it 

actually takes to build a successful music 

career. It calls for more than the artistry; 

you also need to do what Elvis referred 

to as ‘taking care of business.’ Beyond 

talent – I like to say – it takes the courage 

to dream, the power to plan, and the will 

to get things done. 

Have a terrific festival and I look forward 

to meeting you all on August 7! 

For more tips, check out Beyond 

Talent — available at the Juilliard 

bookstore and on Amazon. And sign up 

for Angela’s weekly Monday Bytes – 

the musicians’ blog of career tips and 

inspiration at: 

BeyondTalentConsulting.com 


2012 participants 

Ruth Aguirre 

Megan Alston 

Peter Arfsten 

Tyler Austin 

Cindy Baez 

Sarah Balzer 

David Batdorf 

Matthew Bennett 

Genesis Blanco 

Ileana Blanco 

Jeffrey Boehmer 

Caitlin Brody** 

Jacqueline Burkat 

Sarah Carter 

Stacey Chou 

Ashley Cook 

Dakota Corbliss 

Elizabeth Crawford 

David Dickey 

Rebecca Dora 

Jacob Eichhorn 

Anne Everhart 

kristen Fowler 

kelly Fussell 

Ana García 

Ross Garton † 

Calen Gayle* 

Jessica Gillespie 

Tyler Logan Graves 

Ronn Hall 


katie Haun 

Christopher Hettema † 

Marissa Honda 

Raymundo Jacinto 

kalyn Jang** 

Juan Jimenez 

Jeralee Johnson 

Rebecca Johnson 

Andrea Jones* 

Molly Joyce 

kelly kasle † 

Blaire koerner 

Allison Lacasse 

Charles Larson 

Thomas Lee* 

Yuan-Chen Li 

Perry Maddox 

Nicole Marriott 

Valeria Mastrorosa 

Brian Mckee 

Lara Mitofsky Neuss 

Madelyn Moore 

James Morris 

kenneth Murphy* 

Jacquelyn Nakamura 

Tsukumo Tina Niwa 

Jessie Nucho 

Nick Ober 

Briana Oliver 

Sam Parrilla 

*Full Session Auditors **Bailes Family Scholarship Fund † Judith & Andrew Tucker Group Scholarship Recipient 

† † The Stamps Foundation, University of Miami Frost School of Music 

2012 institutions represented 

Aaron Copland School of Music, 

CUNY Queens College 

Ball State University 

Baylor University 

Bennington College 

Blair School of Music, 

Vanderbilt University 

Boston University 

Brigham Young University 

Carnegie Mellon University 

Conservatorio de Musica de 

Puerto Rico 

Eastman School of Music 

Fiorello H. LaGuardia 

High School for the Performing Arts 

Florida Atlantic University 

Fordham University 

Frost School of Music, University of Miami 

Governor’s School for the Arts, Norfolk 

The Hartt School 

Hofstra University 

Jacobs School of Music, 

Indiana University, Bloomington 

James Madison University 

H.B. Woodlawn Secondary School 

Longy School of Music 

Manhattan School of Music 

Miami University (Ohio) 

Montclair State University 

North Carolina School for the Arts 

Ohio Northern University 

Rice University 

Royal Holloway, University of London 

Rutgers University 

San Francisco Conservatory of Music 

SUNY Potsdam Crane School of Music 

SUNY Purchase 

SUNY Stony Brook 

Susquehanna University 

Texas A&M University-kingsville 

The Juilliard School College Division 

The Juilliard School Evening Division 

The Juilliard School Pre-College Division 

United States Air Force Heritage Band 

University of Akron 

University of Chicago 

† † 

Larysa Pavelek 

Joseph Philpott 

Andrea Reinhold* 

Aleh Remezau 

Heather Rodgers 

Richard Sachs 

Clarissa Salinas 

Lee Seidner 

Amr Selim 

Lori Shepherd 

Matt Siffert 

† † 

Spencer Stromquist 

Matthew Swallow 

† † 

Anthony Taboada 

† † 

David Taylor 

Matthew Taylor 

Phillip Taylor 

† † 

Rebecca Taylor 

Sheba Thibideau 

Jonathan Tindall 

Jacqueline Traish † 

David Valbuena 

Helen Verchota † 

kathryn Vetter 

Alex Weston 

Anna Wilkens-Reed 

Jialiang Zhu 

Joelle Zigman 

University of kansas 

University of Iowa 

University of Maryland, College Park 

University of Memphis 

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 

University of Missouri-kansas City 

University of Oregon, Eugene 

University of Rhode Island 

University of South Carolina, Columbia 

University of Southern California 

University of Tennessee 

University of Texas at Brownsville 

University of Toronto 

University of Wisconsin-Madison 

Utah State University 

Virginia Commonwealth University 

Virginia Polytechnic University 

Wake Forest University 

Westminster Choir College 

West Virginia University 

Willamette University 

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Aleh Remezau, Clarinet 

Sheba Thibideau, Bassoon • Jialiang Zhu, Piano 

stamps wind Quintet - frost school of music, 

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Larysa Pavelek, Horn • Anthony Taboada, Bassoon 

sam parrilla 

alex weston 

matt siffert 

Joelle Zigman 

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Lori Shepherd, Clarinet 

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Elizabeth Crawford, Bassoon 

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Sarah Carter, Flute 

kelly Fussell, Oboe 

Joseph Philpott, Clarinet 

Juan Jimenez, Horn 

James Ryan Morris, 

Guest Bassoon (not pictured) 


More than north america’s premier wind quintet, Imani Winds has established itself as 

one of the most successful chamber music ensembles in the united States. Since 1997, 

the Grammy nominated quintet has taken a unique path, carving out a distinct presence 

in the classical music world with its dynamic playing, culturally poignant programming, 

genre-blurring collaborations, and inspirational outreach programs. With two member 

composers and a deep commitment to commissioning new work, the group is enriching 

the traditional wind quintet repertoire while meaningfully bridging european, american, 

african and latin american traditions. 

Imani Winds’ extensive touring schedule 

has brought them to most of this country’s 

major concert venues including Carnegie 

Hall, Lincoln Center, kennedy Center, 

Disney Hall and kimmel Center. The group 

is frequently engaged by the premier 

chamber music series in Boston, San 

Francisco, Portland, Philadelphia and 

New York, and have also played virtually 

every major university performing arts 

series including those in Amherst, Ann 

Arbor, Austin, Seattle, Stanford, Urbana 

and countless others. Festivals include 

Chamber Music Northwest, Santa Fe 

Chamber Music Festival, La Jolla Music 

Society, Virginia Arts Festival, Bravo! 

Colorado and Ravinia Festival. The current 

season features several international 

tours for Imani Winds, with debut 

appearances in France, China, and Brazil. 

The group continues its Legacy Commissioning 

Project, in which the ensemble is 

commissioning, premiering and touring 

new works for woodwind quintet written 

by established and emerging composers 

of diverse musical backgrounds. The select 

composers originate from different points 

of the globe bringing a wide range of sounds 

and experiences. The Legacy Project 

kicked off in 2008 with world premieres 

by Alvin Singleton and Roberto Sierra. 

Since then, projects have included works 

by Jason Moran, Stefon Harris, Danilo 

Perez, Simon Shaheen. The group’s fifth 

album on E1 Music – entitled Terra 

Incognita after Wayne Shorter’s piece 

written for the group – is a celebration 

of the Legacy project with new works 

written for Imani Winds by Mr. Shorter, 

Jason Moran, and Paquito D’Rivera. 


The wide range of programs offered by 

Imani Winds demonstrates their mission 

to expand the repertoire and diversify 

new music sources. From Mendelssohn, 

Jean Françaix, György Ligeti, and Luciano 

Berio, to Astor Piazzolla, Elliott Carter 

and John Harbison; and to the unexpected 

ranks of Paquito D’Rivera and Wayne 

Shorter, Imani Winds actively seek to engage 

new music and new voices into the 

modern classical idiom. Imani members 

Valerie Coleman and Jeff Scott both 

regularly contribute compositions and 

arrangements to the ensemble’s expanding 

repertoire, bringing new sounds and 

textures to the traditional instrumentation. 

Through commissions and performance 

the quintet regularly collaborates with 

artists ranging from Yo-Yo Ma to Wayne 

Shorter. Shorter’s Terra Incognita – 

his first-ever composition for another 

ensemble – was premiered by Imani 

Winds. The group went on to perform 

extensively with Shorter at major 

European festivals such as the North Sea 

Jazz Festival, and in North America at 

venues such as Carnegie and Disney Halls. 

The group’s Chamber Music Society of 

Lincoln Center residency culminated in a 

recital in New York’s Alice Tully Hall with 

renowned clarinetist/saxophonist/composer 

Paquito D’Rivera. The ensemble 

has also worked with luminaries such as 

bandoneonist Daniel Binelli, the Brubeck 

brothers, clarinetist David Shifrin, and 

pianists Gilbert kalish and Shai Wosner. 

Their ambitious project, “Josephine 

Baker: A Life of Le Jazz Hot!” brought 

chanteuse René Marie with them to 

New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles 

and St. Louis, receiving wide acclaim and 

glowing reviews. 

Imani Winds enjoy frequent national 

exposure in all forms of media, including 

two features on NPR’s All Things Considered, 

appearances on APM’s Saint Paul Sunday, 

NPR’s Performance Today and News and 

Notes with Ed Gordon, BBC/PRI’s The 

World, as well as frequent coverage in 

major music magazines and newspapers 

including the New York Times and Wall 

Street Journal. 

Their excellence and influences have 

been recognized with numerous awards 

including the 2007 ASCAP Award, 2002 

CMA/ASCAP Award for Adventurous 

Programming, as well as the CMA/WQXR 

Award for their debut and self-released 

recording Umoja. At the 2001 Concert 

Artists Guild International Competition, 

Imani Winds was selected as the first-ever 

Educational Residency Ensemble, in 

recognition of their tremendous musical 

abilities and innovative programming. 

Imani Winds’ commitment to education 

runs deep. The group participates in 

residencies throughout the U.S., giving 

master classes to thousands of students 

a year. In the summer of 2010, the 

ensemble launched its annual Chamber 

Music Festival. The program, set on 

the Juilliard campus, brings together 

young instrumentalists from across North 

America and beyond for an intense week 

of music exploration. 

Imani Winds have five releases on E1 

Music, including their 2006 Grammy 

Award nominated recording entitled 

The Classical Underground. 

valerie 

coleman 

toyin 

spellman-diaz 

mariam 

adam 

A native of Louisville, kentucky, Valerie Coleman 

began her music studies at the age of eleven 

and by the age of fourteen, had written three 

symphonies and won several local and state 

competitions. Valerie is not only the founder of 

Imani Winds, but is a resident composer of the 

ensemble, giving Imani Winds their signature piece 

Umoja (which is listed as one of the “Top 101 Great 

American Works” by Chamber Music America). In 

addition to her significant contributions to wind 

quintet literature, Valerie has a works list for various 

winds, brass, strings and full orchestra published 

Toyin Spellman-Diaz has developed a reputation 

as a world-class oboist. As an orchestral musician, 

she has performed in the New York Philharmonic, 

Chicago Symphony, Chicago Civic Orchestra, 

Milwaukee Symphony, Brooklyn Philharmonic, 

and Orchestra of St. Lukes, and has worked with 

such conductors as kurt Masur, Daniel Barenboim, 

Pierre Boulez, Christoph Eschenbach, and Mstislav 

Rostropovitch. As an educator, she has written 

two music-telling performance pieces for 

Imani Winds, a performance practice that incor- 

Mariam Adam, a native of Monterey, California 

is an internationally distinguished soloist and 

chamber musician. 

“Mariam Adam of Imani Winds plays with amazing 

versatility, yet beauty of sound” 

- American Record Guide 

Chosen to be one of the last students of legendary 

clarinetist, Rosario Mazzeo, Ms. Adam developed a 

busy career on the west coast soloing with such 

ensembles as the Sacramento Symphony, 

Monterey County Symphony and Eastman Music 

Summer Festival. She toured internationally 

with the Monterey Jazz Festival jazz ensembles, often as the drummer and was 

active in chamber music touring with the Pacific Clarinet Quartet. She moved 

Jeff 

scott 

A native of Queens, NY, Jeff Scott started the 

French horn at age 14, receiving an anonymous 

gift scholarship to go to the Brooklyn College 

Preparatory Division. An even greater gift came 

from his first teacher, Carolyn Clark, who taught 

the young Mr. Scott for free during his high school 

years, giving him the opportunity to study music 

when resources were not available. He received 

his bachelor’s degree from Manhattan School of 

Music (studying with David Jolley), and master’s 

degree from SUNY at Stony Brook (studying with 

William Purvis). During those years Mr. Scott 

studied with Jerome Ashby, David Jolley, Scott 

Brubaker and William Purvis. He later continued his horn studies with Scott 

Brubaker and the late Jerome Ashby. Mr. Scott’s performance credits are many 

and varied. They include The Lion King orchestra (on Broadway, New York) 1997- 

monica 

ellis 

Bassoonist Monica Ellis, a native of Pittsburgh, 

PA, discovered the joy of making music at the 

age of 4. Encouraged by her father, the late jazz 

saxophonist Clarence Oden, she began playing 

the clarinet, saxophone and later the piano. After 

being introduced to the bassoon in middle school, 

she studied with Mark Pancerev of the Pittsburgh 

Symphony throughout high school. Ms. Ellis went 

on to receive her Bachelor of Music degree from 

Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, studying 

with George Sakakeeny. While at Oberlin she 

participated as both an instructor and performer 

by International Opus and in the near future, Theodore Presser. Prior to her solo 

debut at Carnegie Hall, Valerie was the understudy for flutist Eugenia Zukerman 

at Lincoln Center, featured soloist in the Mannes 2000 Bach Festival, two-time 

laureate of the Young Artist Competition at Boston University, recipient of the 

Aspen Music Festival Wombwell kentucky Award, and was the inaugural recipient 

of the Michelle E. Sahm Memorial Award at the Tanglewood Festival. Recently, 

she appeared as guest artist at the Chenango Music Festival, teaching artist for 

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, was recipient of Meet the Composer’s 

Edward and Sally Van Lier Memorial Award, and was showcased on the New York 

classical radio station WQXR. Most Recently, she is a recipient of the Multi-Arts 

Production Fund - a grant given to “support innovative new works in all disciplines 

and traditions of performing arts.” 

porates music into the telling of a story by using the instruments as props and 

as integral parts of the story-telling process. Ms. Spellman-Diaz was acclaimed 

as a “standout oboist with smooth, controlled tone and excellent technique” in 

the Washington Post when she performed the Goosens Oboe Concerto at the 

kennedy Center. She has also performed concerti with Chicago Civic Orchestra, 

Manhattan Virtuosi and the Antara Ensemble. She attended the Oberlin 

Conservatory where she achieved her Bachelor of Music degree, and received 

her Masters and Professional Studies degrees from the Manhattan School of 

Music. Ms. Spellman-Diaz has studied with Joe Robinson, James Caldwell, 

Joe Turner, and Alex klein. She is currently on faculty of the Manhattan School of 

Music, Precollege Division. 

to New York to pursue graduate studies at Manhattan School of Music and has 

since performed with Chamber Music Lincoln Center, Prussia Cove Festival in 

England, 92nd St. Y, Rockport Music Festival, Chenango Music Festival, 

Carmel Bach Festival, La Jolla Music Festival, Skaneateles Festival, Chamber 

Music Northwest, Carnegie’s Weil recital hall as well as collaborations with such 

artists as Paquito D’Rivera, David Shifrin, the Pacifica String Quartet and the 

Cologne Philharmonic. Since 2007 she has performed throughout Europe, 

Central America and Mexico with the TransAtlantic Ensemble. This clarinet-piano 

duo performs a wide range of music including special commissions by living 

composers. A much in demand soloist and educator, she has been invited to 

give recitals and master classes all over the United States, Mexico, Spain, 

Switzerland, London, Costa Rica, France and Germany. Ms. Adam continuously 

collaborates with several international pianists celebrating music from their 

native regions. Ms. Adam can be heard on koch Classics/E1 and the 

TransAtlantic Ensemble label. 

2005, and the 1994 revival of Showboat 1994-1997. He has been a member 

of the Alvin Ailey and Dance Theater of Harlem orchestras since 1995 and has 

performed numerous times under the direction of Wynton Marsalis and Arturo 

O’Farrill with the Lincoln Center Jazz and Afro-Latin Jazz orchestras. Mr. Scott 

has also experienced good fortune as a studio musician. He can be heard on 

movie soundtracks scored by Terrence Blanchard, Tan Dun and on commercial 

recordings with notable artists such as Chico O’Farill, Robin Eubanks, Freddy 

Cole and Jimmy Heath, among others. Additionally, he has toured with artists 

such as Barbra Streisand and the late Luther Vandross. Mr. Scott’s arranging and 

composing credits are many, and include scoring the off-Broadway production 

of Becoming Something, The Canada Lee Story, the staged production of 

Josephine Baker: A Life of Le Jazz Hot!, and many arrangements and original 

works for solo winds, wind and brass quintet, horn quartet, and jazz ensembles. 

Mr. Scott’s works are published by International Opus and Trevco Music. Mr. 

Scott has been on the horn faculty of the music department at Montclair State 

University (New Jersey) since 2002. 

in the Panama Project; a month long camp for young Panamanian students. She 

then received her Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School and also 

attended Manhattan School of Music in the Orchestral Performance Program, 

studying with Frank Morelli at both institutions. Residing in Harlem, Ms. Ellis is an 

active New York freelancer, having performed with the Chamber Music Society 

of Lincoln Center, Absolute Ensemble, Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, American 

Symphony Orchestra and the Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre, just to name a few. Also 

a passionate teacher, Ms. Ellis is on the faculty of the Conservatory of Music of 

Brooklyn College and Purchase (NY) College. She has also taught at the Mannes 

College of Music Preparatory Division and Juilliard’s Music Advancement Program. 

She is also a well renowned clinician, and has given masterclasses and solo recital 

performances across the country. 


composer in residence 

mohammed 

fairouz 


Mohammed Fairouz, born in 1985, is one of the 

most frequently performed, commissioned, and 

recorded composers of his generation. Hailed by 

The New York Times as “an important new artistic 

voice,” his distinctive musical language melds 

Middle-Eastern modes and Western structures to 

deeply expressive effect. His large-scale works, 

including four symphonies and an opera, engage 

major geopolitical and philosophical themes with 

persuasive craft and a marked seriousness of 

purpose. His solo and chamber music attains an 

“intoxicating intimacy,” according to New York’s 

WQXR. A truly cosmopolitan voice, Fairouz had a transatlantic upbringing. By his 

early teens, the Arab-American composer had traveled across five continents, 

immersing himself in the musical life of his surroundings. Prominent advocates 

of his instrumental music include the Borromeo and Lydian String Quartets, the 

Imani Winds, The knights Chamber Orchestra, Metropolis Ensemble, violinists 

angela myles 

beeching 

alex 

brown 

A leader in the field of music career development, 

Angela Myles Beeching is author of the acclaimed 

Beyond Talent: Creating a Successful Career in 

Music. Ms. Beeching has advised hundreds of 

musicians, successfully coaching them on ways 

to turn their entrepreneurial ideas into successful 

projects and career paths. The former director of 

the New England Conservatory Career Services 

Center and consultant to the Indiana University 

Jacobs School of Music, Angela now directs the 

Center for Music Entrepreneurship at Manhattan 

School of Music. She has presented workshops at 

Setting the tone for the second decade of the 

21st century, pianist Alex Brown kicked it off 

with a feature article in the January 2010 issue 

of Keyboard Magazine. His reputation continues 

expanding via his notable performances with 

everyone from innovative saxophonist Miguel 

Zenon to the legendary Wynton Marsalis and the 

Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. A member 

of Paquito D’Rivera’s ensemble since 2007, 

he shared in that ensemble’s 2010 Grammy 

nomination for D’Rivera’s album, Jazz-Clazz. Of 

Brown’s 2010 debut CD with his own ensemble, 

Pianist (Sunnyside), DownBeat Magazine proclaimed it “A really fine record 

that leaves you wanting more.” This just a year after his 2009 graduation with 

a Bachelor of Music from New England Conservatory where he studied with 

chris 

castellanos 

A lifelong resident of Las Vegas, Chris Castellanos 

received his formal education at the University of 

Nevada, Las Vegas. His primary teachers include 

Ed Jackson, Lynn Huntzinger Beck, Beth Lano and 

Bill Bernatis. Chris is a former member of the 

Las Vegas Philharmonic, with whom he has also 

been a soloist. In addition to the Philharmonic, 

Chris has served as hornist for the Nevada Chamber 

Orchestra, Nevada Wind Ensemble, Las Vegas 

Jazz Connection, and the TAD Wind Symphony of 

Japan. As a top call freelancer, Chris has backed 

countless headliners on the Las Vegas Strip, most 

notably, Frank Sinatra Jr., Tony Bennett, Johnny Mathis, Peter Cetera, Peabo 

Bryson, kenny G, Robert Goulet, Olivia Newton-John, Plácido Domingo, Luciano 

Rachel Barton Pine and James Buswell, clarinetist David krakauer, and conductors 

Gunther Schuller, Fawzi Haimor, and Yoon Jae Lee. He has been recognized 

as an “expert in vocal writing” by the New Yorker magazine and as a “postmillennial 

Schubert” by Gramophone Magazine. Among the eminent singers that 

have promoted his wealth of vocal music are kate Lindsey, Sasha Cooke, Lucy 

Shelton, D’Anna Fortunato, David kravitz and Randall Scarlata. Commissions 

have come from the Borromeo Quartet, Imani Winds, New York Festival of Song, 

Da Capo Chamber Players, New Juilliard Ensemble, Cantus Vocal Ensemble, 

Cygnus Ensemble, Counter)induction, Alea III, Musicians for Harmony, and many 

others. Recordings of his music are available on the Naxos, Bridge, Dorian Sono 

Luminus, Cedille, Albany and GM labels. Mohammed Fairouz is the subject of a 

documentary by BBC World Service TV, has been featured on NPR’s All Things 

Considered and BBC/PRI’s The World, and has been profiled in Symphony, 

Strings, New Music Box, and the Houston Chronicle, among others. His principal 

teachers in composition have included György Ligeti, Gunther Schuller, and 

Richard Danielpour, with studies at the Curtis Institute and New England Conservatory. 

His works are published by Peermusic Classical. He lives in New York City. 

many universities and conservatories as well as for Chamber Music America, 

the National Association of Schools of Music, the Association of Performing 

Arts Presenters, and the National Conference on keyboard Pedagogy. A 

Fulbright Scholar and Harriet Hale Woolley grant recipient, Ms. Beeching holds 

a doctorate in music and a thriving private consulting practice. Committed to 

helping musicians, she regularly works with individuals and ensembles to create 

innovative strategies and implement action plans for success. 

Danilo Perez and Charlie Banacos, among others. Due to his diverse influences, 

Classical, rhythm & blues, hip-hop, Afro-Caribbean and Brazilian styles all 

co-mingle – naturally and infectiously – in Brown’s music. Doubtlessly, this 

versatility contributed to his collecting an array of student and young composer 

awards from ASCAP, DownBeat Magazine and BMI, propelling him towards a 

professional career. Now in Alex Brown’s rear-view mirror are appearances at 

top jazz venues and festivals, including: Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater, 

Birdland, and the Blue Note in New York (and Tokyo), Blues Alley in Washington 

DC, the Heineken Jazz Festival in Puerto Rico and Israel’s Red Sea Jazz Festival. 

The understated virtuosity of pianist Alex Brown is a clear indication that reports 

of jazz music’s demise are greatly exaggerated. 

Pavarotti, Mannheim Steamroller, Yes, Josh Groban, Michael Bublé, Charlotte 

Church, and David Foster (Hit Man live album and DVD). He has also toured 

with Andrea Bocelli. As an educator, Chris has performed and given masterclasses 

and clinics in every state of the US, as well as 21 countries. These include 

The Juilliard School, New England Conservatory of Music, The Sibelius 

Academy, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory, The Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic 

and the Texas Bandmasters Association, to name but a few. Chris currently 

holds the solo horn position as well as does much of the arranging for the 

prestigious Boston Brass, with whom he tours the world for almost half the year. 

When not on the road, Chris can be heard at the Venetian in Andrew Lloyd 

Webber’s Phantom – The Las Vegas Spectacular, a show he has played over 

1600 times and seen once. Prior to joining Boston Brass, Chris toured for six 

years as the solo horn with the Dallas Brass. 

John 

clark 

paul 

cohen 

Dr. Paul Cohen, as performer, teacher, historian, 

musicologist, and author, is one of the strongest 

voices bringing the saxophone into the 

mainstream of classical music performance. As 

soloist he has appeared with the San Francisco 

Symphony, Richmond Symphony, New Jersey 

Symphony, Charleston Symphony, Philharmonia 

Virtuosi and the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra. 

Dr. Cohen has performed with the New York 

Philharmonic, Oregon Symphony, Hartford Symphony, 

and the Santa Fe Opera, and has recorded with 

the Cleveland Symphonic Winds, Manhattan 

Chamber Orchestra, as well as the Saxophone Sinfonia, New York Solisti, 

michael 

colina 

Horn player, arranger, and composer, John Clark 

has performed all over the world with a wide 

diversity of musicians in a variety of musical 

arenas: jazz, pop, Broadway, classical, and studio 

work. Clark was awarded the M.M. degree from 

New England Conservatory of Music where he 

studied Horn, composition and improvisation, and 

he established his jazz credentials with a series of 

recordings with his own band – the most recent 

being the album I Will on the Postcards label 

(nominated for Record of the Year by the National 

Association of Independent Record Dealers). The 

list of artists (many of them Grammy winners) with whom he has recorded and/or 

performed includes: Gil Evans, McCoy Tyner, Miles Davis, Frank Sinatra, 

Diana Ross, Leonard Bernstein, the Boston Symphony, Jazz at Lincoln Center, 

Composer Michael Colina (born 1956) is a multiple 

GRAMMY ® winning composer and producer 

based in New York City. Colina studied composition 

at the North Carolina School of Arts with 

Vittorio Giannini, Louis Mennini (brother of 

composer Peter Mennin) and Robert Ward. He 

continued studies at the Chigiana in Sienna, Italy 

with Thomas Pasatieri and Roman Vlad, and was 

the first recipient of the Vittorio Giannini Memorial 

Scholarship award. In his music, Colina embraces 

classical, jazz and Latin elements, often in an 

engaging and distinctive mash up that displays his 

love for the sheer diversity of his musical influences and resulting in a refreshing 

and honest musical language. Mr. Colina has written music for television, film, 

theatre, dance and live performances on concert stages throughout the United 

States, South America, and Asia. As a jazz musician, composer, producer and 

engineer, he has won three Gold Records, an Ace Award for Best Film Score 

for the 1985 film Finnegan Begin Again, and three GRAMMY ® awards in the 

cliff 

colnot 

In the past decade Cliff Colnot has emerged as a 

distinguished conductor, arranger, educator and 

musician of uncommon range. One of the few 

musicians to have studied orchestral repertoire 

with Daniel Barenboim, Colnot has conducted 

the Chicago Civic Orchestra, Chicago Symphony 

Orchestra’s contemporary MusicNOW series, 

the Lucerne Festival Academy, with the ICE 

(International Contemporary Ensemble), the 

West-Eastern Divan Workshops, and with eighth 

blackbird. Colnot also conducts Contempo at 

the University of Chicago, the DePaul University 

Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble and orchestras at Indiana University. 

He teaches jazz arranging at DePaul University, film scoring at Columbia College 

Paquito D’Rivera, Natalie Cole, and Luther Vandross, among many others. Clark 

is the recipient of a composition grant from the National Endowment of the Arts, 

and his work has been performed and/or recorded by the Gil Evans Orchestra, 

McCoy Tyner Big Band, Paul Winter Consort, Composers’ Concordance, 

Genghis Barbie, and the Pugh -Taylor Project, among others. He has appeared 

on television for HBO, PBS, The David Letterman Show, and Saturday Night 

Live; and has been a leader and guest artist at many of New York’s jazz clubs. 

He is the recipient of a NARAS award for Most Valuable Player in the Recording 

Field, as well as a Downbeat “Critics Poll” award. Clark is a Conn- Selmer artist, 

has conducted many workshops and master classes, and published Exercises for 

Jazz French Horn. He is on the Faculty of Manhattan School of Music, and 

the Board of Directors of the Manhattan New Music Project, a non- profit 

organization that sponsors new music performances and educational programs 

in New York City public schools. His website is: www.hmmusic.com. 

Paul Winter Consort, and the North-South Consonance. He is the founder and 

leader of the New Hudson Saxophone Quartet, whose recordings and concerts 

feature American music from the 19th through the 21st centuries. Combining 

his musicological pursuits with performing activities, Dr. Cohen has rediscovered 

and performed lost saxophone literature, including solo works for saxophone 

and orchestra by Loeffler, Florio and Dahl (for winds), as well as rare chamber 

works by Grainger, Ornstein, Sousa, Cowell, Siegmeister, and Loeffler. He has 

published more than one hundred articles on the history and literature of the 

saxophone in numerous music journals. Dr. Cohen has authored two books: 

The Secret Life of the Original Concerto for Saxophone by Ingolf Dahl and 

The Altissimo Primer. Dr. Cohen is currently on the faculties of Manhattan School 

of Music, Rutgers University, Montclair State University, Brooklyn Conservatory, 

and the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College. 

field of Contemporary Jazz. He has worked alongside a wide range of artists 

including James Taylor, David Sanborn, George Benson, Michael Brecker, Linda 

Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Bob James and Herbie Hancock. Colina’s recent Classical 

works include Nesting Dolls for the kremlin Chamber Orchestra; Baion de Bayo 

commissioned by the Quintet of the Americas; The Idoru, a piano trio by the 

New Arts Trio; Shadow of Urbano, premiered by the Quartet San Francisco and 

the world-renown jazz pianist Bob James; Los Caprichos, Commissioned by the 

Orchestra National of Brazil; Goyescan a Guitar Conceto premiered by the 

Imperial Orchestra of Lakeland Florida. Mambosa, a Cuban Dance for Orchestra 

was premiered in June 2010 by the Buffalo Symphony Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta 

conducting. Los Caprichos was given its US premiere in May 2010 by Fabio 

Mechetti and the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, and has also been performed 

in Seoul, South korea. In 2011, Colina recently released CD of his Violin 

Concerto, Three Cabinets of Wonder, his Guitar Concerto, Goyescana, and the 

orchestral set Los Caprichos on the Fleur de Son Label. The recording features 

the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ira Levin, and soloists Michael 

Andriaccio on guitar and Anistasia khitruk on Violin. In November, 2012, Colina’s 

Baba Yaga will be released on Fleur de son Classics/Naxos. 

and advanced orchestration at the University of Chicago. He orchestrated works 

of Duke Ellington for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Daniel Barenboim 

at the piano and Colnot also arranged, conducted, and co-produced the CD of 

the music. He wrote for the MGM/UA motion picture Hoodlum and has written 

for rock-and-roll, pop, and jazz artists Richard Marx, Yo-Yo Ma, Phil Ramone, 

Hugh Jackman, Leann Rimes, SheDaisy, Patricia Barber, Emerson Drive, and 

Brian Culbertson. As a bassoonist, he was a member of the Lyric Opera Orchestra 

of Chicago, Music of the Baroque, and the Contemporary Chamber Players. 

In 2001 the Chicago Tribune named Cliff Colnot a “Chicagoan of the Year” in 

music, and in 2005 he received the William Hall Sherwood Award for Outstanding 

Contributions to the Arts. 


daniel 

dorff 

paquito 

d’rivera 


Daniel Dorff’s music has been commissioned five 

times by the Philadelphia Orchestra’s education 

department resulting in over 20 performances, 

and commissioned twice by the Minnesota 

Orchestra’s kinder konzert series which has 

performed his music over 250 times. Dorff’s works 

have been performed by the Baltimore Symphony, 

Pittsburgh Symphony, Detroit Symphony, 

Aspen Festival, Spoleto Festival, and Eastman 

Wind Ensemble; chamber concerts of the Chicago 

Symphony and St. Louis Symphony, by pianist 

Marc-André Hamelin, flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal, 

and conducted by Alan Gilbert. He has arranged for James Galway, keith 

Emerson, and Lisa Loeb. In 2011, legendary clarinetist Larry Combs premiered 

Perennials for flute, clarinet, and piano – the headline work on a new all-Dorff 

Albany CD. The 2012 National Flute Association convention will present Dorff’s 

Perennials and Three Romances. Recent works include Musetta Steps Out (a jazz 

stanley 

drucker 

In addition to Paquito D’Rivera’s extraordinary 

performing career as an instrumentalist, he has 

rapidly gained a dynamic reputation as a composer. 

His compositions have earned him honors such 

as a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in 

Music Composition, a 2007–2008 appointment 

as Composer-In-Residence at the Caramoor 

Center for Music and the Arts with the Orchestra 

of St. Luke’s, and a Latin GRAMMY ® for “Best 

Classical Contemporary Composition” in 2011 

for his Panamericana Suite. The recent premiere 

of D’Rivera’s Cape Cod Concerto with the Silicon 

At the conclusion of the 2008-2009 Season, 

New York Philharmonic Principal Clarinet Stanley 

Drucker celebrated 60 years as a member of the 

Orchestra. In honor of this milestone anniversary, 

he became an honorary member of the Philharmonic 

Society of New York, the first orchestral musician 

so honored. The Philharmonic estimates that 

he has performed in 10,200 concerts, which is 

approximately 70% of the total number of their 

concerts since 1842. He was Principal Clarinetist 

for a record 48 years, making close to 200 

appearances as soloist and chamber musician with 

the orchestra. He played under 9 Music Directors, among them Bruno Walter, 

Dmitri Mitropolous, Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez and Zubin Mehta. He has 

performed in 60 countries on tour. He is listed in the Guinness Book of World 

Records as “Longest Career as a Clarinetist.” Mr. Drucker maintains an active 

amy roberts 

frawley 

Amy Roberts Frawley has a breadth and depth of 

experience in the field of arts management. 

Currently she is Executive Vice President of 

Concert Artists Guild where her responsibilities 

include marketing, development, the CAG 

Records label, concert production for series and 

events in a variety of halls in New York, the New 

Music/New Places initiative, which brings roster 

musicians into diverse and non-traditional venues, 

and artist mentoring. Prior to CAG, Ms. Frawley 

held positions with John Gingrich Management, 

Speculum Musicae and Chamber Music International. 

sax quartet version of Musetta’s Waltz from La Bohème); Sonata – Three Lakes 

for flute/piano, and Flowers of St. Francis for solo bass clarinet, commissioned 

for premiere in Assisi. Highlights next season include the above premieres, 60+ 

performances by The Atlanta Opera of Stone Soup: An Operatic Fable in One 

Delicious Act, and the European premiere of The Kiss, an orchestra work based 

on the klimt painting. Daniel Dorff was born in 1956; acclaim came early with 

First Prize in the Aspen Festival’s composer competition at 18 for his Fantasy, 

Scherzo and Nocturne for saxophone quartet. Dorff received degrees in 

composition from Cornell and UPenn; teachers included Crumb, Rochberg, 

Husa, Brant, Shapey, and Siegmeister. He studied saxophone with Sigurd 

Rascher. In 1996, Dorff became Composer-In-Residence for Symphony in C, 

where he played bass clarinet 1980-2002. Dorff serves as VP/Publishing for 

Presser; a sought-after expert and lecturer on music notation, and advising 

the leading notation software companies. He serves on Boards for the Music 

Publishers Association, the National Flute Association, and the Executive 

Board of The Charles Ives Society. 

Valley Symphony was lauded as “sassy and brash, a big work of imagination 

and humor that arrives like a birthday cake with exploding candles” by the 

San Jose Mercury News. His new ballet, Ladies in White, was just performed 

by the José Limón Dance Company at the Central Park SummerStage to a 

capacity crowd, with more performances to follow. His works often reveal his 

widespread and eclectic musical interests, ranging from Afro-Cuban rhythms 

and melodies, including influences encountered in his many travels, and 

back to his classical origins. D’Rivera’s music is published exclusively by 

Boosey & Hawkes. 

solo career, appearing with ensembles throughout the world. He has been 

nominated twice for Grammy Awards in the category of Best Instrumental Soloist/ 

Classical with Orchestra: In 1992 for his recording of the Copland Concerto 

with the Philharmonic and Leonard Bernstein, and in 1982 for John Corigliano’s 

Concerto with the Philharmonic and Zubin Mehta. Mr. Drucker is featured on 

a number of other Philharmonic recordings: under the direction of Leonard 

Bernstein in Debussy’s Premiere Rapsodie; in Nielsen’s Clarinet Concerto; and in 

the World-Premiere live performance (1977) of the Corigliano Clarinet Concerto, 

which is a part of the Orchestra’s acclaimed CD box set, The Historic Broadcasts: 

1923-1987. In recognition of his highly respected and widely acknowledged 

musical excellence and dedication, he was named Musical America’s 1998 

Instrumentalist of the Year. Mr. Drucker began clarinet studies at age ten with 

Leon Russianoff, his principal teacher, and later attended the High School of 

Music and Art and The Curtis Institute of Music. He was appointed Principal 

Clarinetist of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra at age 16, of the Adolf Busch 

Chamber Players at age 17, and of the Buffalo Philharmonic at age 18. 

As a consultant in development, fundraising, marketing and event production, 

she is project director and publicist for KeyedUp and has worked with artists, 

ensembles and organizations including flutist Patricia Spencer, the New York 

Woodwind Quintet, Split Second, Talujon, the Lark Quartet, Chamber Music 

America and the Sonic Boom Festival. Ms. Frawley is Chairman of the Board of 

Directors of the Look & Listen Festival and a member of the Advisory Board 

of Underworld Opera Productions. Her other volunteer activities include 

membership on the Board of Directors of her cooperative and as chair of a 

School Leadership Team in a New York City public middle school. She is a 

Phi Beta kappa graduate of Connecticut College. 

alan r. 

kay 

richard 

kessler 

Based in New York City, clarinetist Alan R. kay 

has traveled worldwide as co-principal clarinetist 

with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and with 

his distinguished wind quintet, Windscape. He 

is Principal Clarinetist of New York’s Riverside 

Symphony, the Little Orchestra Society and the 

Queens Symphony, appearing regularly as a guest 

with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, the American 

Symphony, American Ballet Theater Orchestra 

and the New York City Opera. Vastly experienced 

as a chamber music performer, Mr. kay appears 

Richard kessler, former executive director of The 

Center for Arts Education (CAE) and current dean 

of Mannes College The New School for Music, 

is also one of the principal authors of the plan 

that led to the creation of the CAE in 1996, when 

he was serving as an arts education consultant. 

As a keynote speaker, conference panelist, and 

workshop facilitator, kessler has been engaged 

by organizations such as the American Symphony 

Orchestra League, Association of Performing Arts 

Presenters and Bank Street College of Education, 

among others. From 1997 to 2004, kessler was 

executive director of the American Music Center (AMC). During his tenure at 

AMC, kessler’s accomplishments include the creation of award-winning web 

magazine NewMusicBox.org, a nationwide career development program 

for composers and performers, the establishment of the American Music 

Center Collection at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, and 

the creation of AMC’s first endowment. From 1993 to 1997, kessler was vice 

david 

krakauer 

Internationally acclaimed clarinetist, David 

krakauer, redefines the notion of a concert artist. 

known for his mastery of myriad styles, he 

occupies the unique position of being one of the 

world’s leading exponents of Eastern European 

Jewish klezmer music, and at the same time is 

a major voice in classical music. As one of the 

foremost musicians of the vital new wave of 

klezmer, David krakauer tours the globe with his 

celebrated klezmer Madness! ensemble. While 

firmly rooted in traditional klezmer folk tunes, 

the band “hurls the tradition of klezmer music 

into the rock era” (Jon Pareles, The New York Times). In addition to his annual 

European tours to major international festivals and jazz clubs, recent seasons 

brought krakauer and his band to the Library of Congress, Stanford Lively Arts, 

San Francisco Performances, the krannert Center, Carnegie’s Zankel Hall, the 

Venice Biennale, krakow Jewish Culture Festival, BBC Proms, Saalfelden Jazz 

Festival, Transmusicales de Rennes, La Cigale, New Morning in Paris, and many 

others. Recently he has also done extensive international touring with the multi- 

edna 

landau 

Edna Landau has dedicated over 30 years of 

her life to the field of artist management. She 

was a Director of IMG Artists from its founding 

in 1984 until her departure from the company 

in October of 2007. At IMG Artists, Ms. Landau 

personally looked after the career of the world’s 

premier violinist, Itzhak Perlman, for 21 years and 

launched the careers of current musical superstars 

such as Evgeny kissin, Lang Lang, Hilary Hahn, 

Franz Welser-Most, and Alan Gilbert. Ms. Landau 

served as Director of Career Development (a 

position created for her) at the Colburn School 

for three years, where she designed a special curriculum intended to enhance 

students’ preparedness for post-conservatory life. Edna Landau’s intense desire 

to help young performing artists and advocate on their behalf inspired her to 

write a comprehensive article entitled Getting Noticed in the 21st Century, 

which was published in Musical America’s 2011 Directory. That association led 

to the creation of Ms. Landau’s career advice blog, Ask Edna, which is hosted 

by Musical America and draws a large international readership each week. A 

frequently with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Trio Solisti and 

with the Bravo! Vail Valley Music, Yellow Barn and a wide variety of other summer 

festivals. Mr. kay is widely recorded on numerous labels, most recently for the 

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in Samuel Baron’s adaptation for wind 

quintet and string quartet of Bach’s Art of Fugue. Winner of a 2003 Presidential 

Scholars Teacher Recognition Award, Mr. kay teaches on the faculties of Juilliard, 

the Manhattan School and Stony Brook University. 

president of Artsvision, an arts education consulting company where he created 

and implemented arts and education programs throughout the United States 

and Canada, including Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE) and the 

Learning Through the Arts Program of The Royal Conservatory of Music. Before 

joining Artsvision, kessler was a Naumburg-award winning chamber musician, 

performing as a trombonist and teaching artist throughout the world for almost 

fifteen years. A champion of new music, kessler commissioned and premiered 

works by composers including Richard Danielpour, Anthony Davis, Arvo Pärt, 

John Harbison, and Pauline Oliveros. kessler holds two degrees from The Juilliard 

School and was a faculty member of the Manhattan School of Music from 1988 

to 1993. He is a board member of the American Composers Orchestra and The 

Festival of New Trumpet Music (FONT), board treasurer of Common Core, the 

DC-based education advocacy organization, and a long-term member of the 

Steering Committee of the New York City Arts Coalition. kessler has been 

honored with a number of awards, including a 1999 ASCAP Deems Taylor 

Award, The American Music Center’s 2005 Letter of Distinction, and recent 

awards from Music Educators Association of New York, The New York City Art 

Teachers Association, and The New York City Arts Education Roundtable. 

genre super group Abraham Inc that he co-leads with funk legend Fred Wesley 

and hip-hop renegade Socalled. In addition, krakauer is in demand worldwide 

as a guest soloist with the finest ensembles including the Emerson, Orion and 

kronos String Quartets, as well as orchestras including the Amsterdam Sinfonietta, 

the Detroit Symphony, the Weimar Staatskapelle, the Phoenix Symphony, the 

Dresdener Philharmonie, and the Seattle Symphony. krakauer’s discography 

contains some of the most important klezmer recordings of the past decade 

including six CDs under his own name: two on John Zorn’s Tzadik Label and four 

on Label Bleu; plus collaborations with the klezmatics, Itzak Perlman, the kronos 

Quartet/Osvaldo Golijov and Socalled. Abraham Inc’s Tweet-Tweet on his own 

label, Table Pounding Records (and Label Bleu in Europe) was released in early 

2010. Composers who have written major pieces for him include David del 

Tredici, Paul Moravec, Ofer Ben-Amots, Jean Philippe Calvin, George Tsontakis, 

Anthony Coleman and Wlad Marhulets. David krakauer is on the clarinet and 

chamber music faculties of Mannes College of Music, the Manhattan School of 

Music, NYU and the Bard College Conservatory of Music. His unique sound can 

be heard as soloist in Danny Elfman’s score for the film Taking Woodstock and 

throughout The Tango Lesson. 

frequent lecturer at college and conservatory campuses, she has shared her 

experiences and insights with students at The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, 

Carnegie Mellon University, The Juilliard School, The Bard College Conservatory 

of Music, The National Orchestral Institute, and Pianofest in the Hamptons, to 

name only a few. Ms. Landau received her B.A. in Music and M.A. in Musicology 

from City College and the City University of New York, and was on the faculty of 

the prestigious High School of Music and Art in New York for five years. In 1974 

she became Assistant to the Director of the non-profit management agency 

Young Concert Artists, and in 1979, she joined up with Charles Hamlen to 

launch Hamlen/Landau Management. The company quickly gained recognition 

and attracted the attention of International Management Group’s Chairman, 

Mark McCormack, who acquired it in 1984 and re-named it IMG Artists. Edna 

Landau’s many years of dedication to the arts and the field of arts management 

have been the subject of a CNN documentary on their series entitled Movers, 

broadcast internationally in the year 2000. In January of 2008, the International 

Society of the Performing Arts awarded Ms. Landau their International Citation 

of Merit, recognizing her Lifetime Achievement in the performing arts. In 2009, 

she was appointed to the Board of Directors of Chamber Music America. 


manhattan 

brass 

ed 

matthew 

frank 

morelli 


Hailed as a Critic’s Pick in Time Out New York 

magazine, the award winning Manhattan Brass 

is best known for its innovative programming, 

dynamic performances, varied, eye-opening 

repertoire, and commitment to educating audiences 

of all ages about live music and the brass idiom. 

In 2011-12, the MB celebrates its 20th anniversary 

season! The ensemble is an amalgam of individual 

virtuoso musicians, each bringing to the table 

their unique experience and vision. Comfortable 

in every genre from Gesualdo to jazz, the quintet 

is intent on taking brass ensemble playing to 

another level and bringing their audience with them. Throughout its 20 year 

history the quintet has commissioned and premiered the works of a wide range 

of composers, including jazz greats Wynton Marsalis and Paquito D’ Rivera. 

Season 2011-12 will see the recording of and release of two more CDs, as well 

as national and international touring. Their latest CD release has received rave 

reviews; New York Now is now available in all international music markets on 

ENJA Records. About the recording, Paquito D’Rivera states: “The Manhattan 

Ed Matthew, Senior Promotion Manager/Internet 

Manager at G. Schirmer/AMP, oversees the 

ScoresOnDemand digital score service and other 

projects, including flash-disc samplers, catalogue 

and performance databases, social media, and 

advertising. He manages promotion for several 

composers, including Joan Tower. Premiering 

her wind quintet “Island Prelude” led him to join 

Schirmer/AMP in 1989. He is an active performer. 

On classical clarinet he has served as guest 

principal with Tafelmusik, Philharmonia Baroque, 

the American Classical Orchestra, and Musica 

Introduced to the bassoon through the public 

school music programs in Massapequa, New York, 

Frank Morelli studied with Stephen Maxym at the 

Manhattan and Juilliard Schools of Music, and was 

the first bassoonist to be awarded a doctorate by 

the Juilliard School. Frank Morelli has made nine 

appearances as soloist in Carnegie Hall. The Miami 

Herald has hailed his “breathtaking virtuosity” 

and the Toronto Globe and Mail proclaimed his 

performance: “the kind of Mozart even the 

most tireless concert goer is lucky to hear once 

a year.” Frank Morelli recently released two solo 

CDs on MSR Classics: Bassoon Brasileiro, which includes performances with 

Orpheus and Baroque Fireworks. The magazine, Gramophone proclaimed 

“Morelli’s playing is a joy to behold.” The American Record Guide stated: “the 

bassoon playing on this recording is a good as it gets.” Of his recording of the 

frank J. 

oteri 

NYC-based composer and music journalist Frank 

J. Oteri is the Composer Advocate at New Music 

USA and the founding editor of its web magazine, 

NewMusicBox. A crusader for new music and 

breaking down genre barriers, he has written 

for many publications, served as pre-concert 

speaker at venues ranging from Carnegie Hall 

to Los Angeles’s Walt Disney Concert Hall, and 

has been a radio guest on four continents. Frank 

holds two degrees from Columbia University 

where he served as Classical Music and World 

Music Director for WkCR-FM. Oteri’s own music 

Brass has the right timing and sense of rhythm to give to these four pieces of 

mine the ideal feeling and balance. I was so happy when my old friend Lew 

Soloff called home to tell me they were recording my compositions.” In 2004 

legendary trumpeter Lew Soloff and virtuoso bass trombonist David Taylor 

joined the ensemble, providing a new and vital drive and sense of direction. 

Soloff and Taylor brought a wealth of experience making music with a number 

of influential musicians ranging from Duke Ellington to Stokowski and back to 

Gil Evans and Blood, Sweat & Tears. In recognition of this boost in versatility 

and fresh thinking, the ensemble modified its name to the Manhattan Brass 

and broadened its repertoire. The Manhattan Brass places an emphasis on 

breaking down barriers between performers and audiences – the quintet has 

been featured on National Public Radio’s Performance Today, has appeared 

as featured artists in recital on Japanese network NHk-TV, at NY’s Caramoor 

& FONT Festivals, as well as under the auspices of the Chamber Music Society 

of Lincoln Center. MB has performed throughout the USA (including Alaska), 

toured Europe in 2006 and will tour internationally again to Mexico next season. 

Manhattan Brass is Wayne du Maine & Lew Soloff, trumpets; R.J. kelley, horn; 

Michael Seltzer, trombone and David Taylor, bass trombone 

Angelia. He has performed with Apollo’s Fire, Opera Lafayette, Sinfonia New 

York, Boston Baroque, Handel & Haydn Society, Concert Royal, Arcadia Players, 

and other period orchestras. He is a member of the Grenser Trio, Pit Stop 

Players, and The New York Clarinet Quartet. On modern clarinet and woodwinds, 

he is in the orchestra of the Broadway production of The Phantom of 

the Opera. He was a member of the Broadway orchestras for the revival of 

Meredith Willson’s The Music Man and for the Lincoln Center premiere of Jason 

Robert Brown’s Parade, as well as the off-Broadway Fermat’s Last Tango by 

Joshua Rosenblum. His recording of Passages, a clarinet concerto by Gary 

William Friedman, is on the 150Music label. He can also be heard on the RCA 

Victor, Original Cast Records, PS Classics, and Naxos labels. He was a founding 

member of Arizona’s award-winning wind quintet Quintessence. 

Mozart Bassoon Concerto with Orpheus on the DG record label, Gramophone 

Magazine noted the “delicacy of articulation and colouring, [and] the lyrical 

warmth of the Andante.” Fanfare Magazine added that this recording “reset a 

reviewer’s standards at too high a level for comfort in a world more productive 

of ordinary music making.” The Orpheus CD Shadow Dances, which features 

Frank Morelli, won a 2001 Grammy Award. A prolific chamber musician, Frank 

Morelli has appeared with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center on 

numerous occasions, including at the Whitehouse for the final State Dinner of 

the Clinton Presidency. He is a member of the Festival Chamber Music and 

Windscape, an ensemble in residence at the Manhattan School of Music. Chosen 

to succeed his teacher, Stephen Maxym, Mr. Morelli serves on the faculties of 

the Juilliard School, the Yale and Manhattan Schools of Music, as well as the 

SUNY Stony Brook faculty. He is editor of Stravinsky: Difficult Passages for 

Bassoon, published by Boosey & Hawkes, and has several transcriptions for 

bassoon and woodwind quintet to his credit, published by Trevco Music. 

has been performed in venues including Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall and the 

knitting Factory. His music has been recorded by PRISM Saxophone Quartet and 

Los Angeles Electric 8, among others. MACHUNAS, his performance oratorio 

created with visual artist Lucio Pozzi and inspired by the life of Fluxus-founder 

George Maciunas, received its world premiere in Vilnius, Lithuania as part of the 

kristoforo Festival in 2005. In 2007, Oteri was the recipient of ASCAP’s Victor 

Herbert Award for his distinguished service to American music as composer, 

journalist, editor, broadcaster, impresario, and advocate. 

anne 

pollack 

Anne Pollack - Master Flute Technician - has spent 

the better part of 35 years working on flutes. Her 

background as Manager of the Repair Department 

and as Flute Tester (at one of the oldest and 

largest Boston flute makers) has established Anne 

as a talented force in the universe of Flute Repair 

and Restoration. Amongst Anne’s responsibilities in 

the Repair Department was the training of Repair 

Technicians. Her repair work and her flute repair 

classes have taken her far and wide...to Aspen, 

Los Angeles, Barcelona, Paris, San Juan, and 

further. Invariably all roads always lead Anne back 

to the music world of NYC! Having released 2 CDs as a flutist and composer, 

received numerous performance and composition grants (NEA and Meet-the- 

eric 

reed 

Eric Reed has established himself as a versatile 

performer, having appeared as a soloist, chamber 

artist, and orchestral musician throughout North 

America, Europe and Asia. A graduate of Rice 

University and the Juilliard School, Eric is the 

horn player of the widely-celebrated Canadian 

Brass. Reed has been a member of the Oregon 

Symphony, New World Symphony, Harrisburg 

Symphony, Ensemble ACJW and Burning River 

Brass, as well as being a founding member of 

Spectrum Brass. As an active free-lance musician 

in New York City, he has performed with the 

Orchestra of St. Luke’s, New York Philharmonic, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, 

New York City Opera and International Contemporary Ensemble, as well as with 

the kansas City Symphony and Florida Orchestra. Also active in commercial and 

contemporary genres, Eric has performed as a member of the Radio City Music 

paula 

robison 

daniel bernard 

roumain (dbr) 

sherry 

sylar 

Paula Robison burst onto the international music 

scene in 1966 when she won First Prize at the 

Geneva Competition, the first American ever 

to receive this honor. She joined the roster of 

the newly-formed Young Concert Artists and 

embarked on a groundbreaking, world-traveling 

career as a flute soloist, a career which continues 

to be vibrant to this day. She has commissioned 

works for flute and orchestra by Leon kirchner, 

Toru Takemitsu, Oliver knussen, Robert Beaser, 

and kenneth Frazelle, premiered music written 

for her by Lowell Liebermann and Michael Tilson 

Having carved a reputation for himself as an 

innovative composer, performer, violinist, and 

band leader, Haitian-American artist Daniel 

Bernard Roumain (DBR) melds his classical music 

roots with his own cultural references and vibrant 

musical imagination. Proving that he’s “about as 

omnivorous as a contemporary artist gets” (New 

York Times), DBR is perhaps the only composer 

who has collaborated and performed with Philip 

Glass, Cassandra Wilson, Bill T. Jones, and Lady 

Gaga. He’s received commissions from Carnegie 

Hall, the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), the 

Sherry Sylar joined the New York Philharmonic in 

1984 as Associate Principal Oboe. In 1989 Ms. 

Sylar took part in the Berlin Celebration Concerts, 

held in East and West Berlin to hail the dismantling 

of the Berlin Wall. One of eight Philharmonic 

musicians chosen to represent the United States, 

she performed with an international orchestra led 

by Leonard Bernstein. She was acting principal of 

the New York Philharmonic during the 2005-6 

season and has also served as guest principal 

Composer), and been at the head of various ensembles that kept her busy 

performing internationally throughout the 1980’s and 90’s, Anne truly understands 

the flute – and flutists – from all angles. Trained as a classical flutist – and having 

deeply explored various sorts of improvised music stemming from Jazz – Anne’s 

relationship to her work as a flute technician comes from her sensibilities as a 

musician... propelling her to match her clients exacting professional needs with 

her high standards and her diligent artistry. Your Flute Works, established in 1991, 

has brought Anne Pollack into close contact with the luminaries of the flute world. 

Her clients range between world renowned soloists, studio and Broadway musicians, 

orchestral flutists, conservatory professors and students, and a huge array of 

passionate flutists from all walks of their musicals lives. Her years of maintaining a 

teaching studio in her home has added to heighten her awareness and her sensitivity 

to musicians of all stripes. Anne thoroughly enjoys the challenge of helping 

flutists to reach their highest potential, no matter what their musical goals entail. 

Hall Christmas Spectacular, and has regularly appeared with Gary Morgan’s 

Latin big band, PanAmericana!. He has been a regular substitute at numerous 

Broadway shows, and has played in back-up groups for a wide spectrum of 

artists, from Ray Charles to Boyz II Men. As an educator, Eric has appeared as a 

clinician on 3 continents and has taught private lessons since the age of 16. Also 

committed to educational outreach, community engagement, and arts advocacy, 

Reed was a member of The Academy, a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard 

School, and the Weill Music Institute, in partnership with the New York City 

Department of Education. As part of this coveted fellowship, Eric spent 2 years 

teaching in NYC Public School 13Q in Elmhurst, Queens, and performed for 

Carnegie Hall patrons and public elementary, middle and high school students 

alike. Eric studied with William VerMeulen and Roger kaza at Rice University and 

with Julie Landsman at The Juilliard School. As part of an exclusive agreement 

between Conn-Selmer and Canadian Brass, Reed performs on a 24k gold-plated 

“Vintage-model” Conn 8D. Eric resides in New York with his wife, violinist Sarah 

Zun, and their cat, Sydney. 

Thomas, performed Leonard Bernstein’s Halil in Vienna, Carl Nielsen’s Concerto 

in Copenhagen, and presented a rich spectrum of music from Mozart Concerti 

to Brazilian Samba in her many appearances at New York’s Carnegie Hall. Paula 

Robison was a founding artist member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln 

Center and performed with them for twenty seasons. During the same time she 

was co-director with Scott Nickrenz of the famed Noontime Concerts at the 

Spoleto Festivals, presenting many great artists early in their careers. She was 

awarded the Premio Pegaso and the Adelaide Ristori Prize for her contributions 

to Italian cultural life. Paula Robison has recorded extensively, taught at the 

Juilliard School, and given classes all over the world. She now occupies the 

Donna Hieken Flute Chair at New England Conservatory. 

Library of Congress, and the sports channel ESPN. He’s appeared on American 

Idol (FOX), America’s Assignment (CBS Evening News), E:60 (ESPN) and been 

voted one of the “Top 100 New Yorkers” (New York Resident), “Top 40 Under 

40 business people” (Crain’s New York Business), “Top 5 Tomorrow’s Newsmakers” 

(1010 WINS Radio), and spotlighted as a “New Face of Classical Music” 

(Esquire Magazine). Most recently DBR has created a new evening length-work, 

Symphony for the Dance Floor, for the 2011 BAM Next Wave Festival and ASU 

Gammage, and composed music for the Atlanta Ballet, Home in 7, with the 

choreographer Amy Seiwert and the poet Marc Bamuthi Joseph. 

oboist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony and the 

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. Ms. Sylar has been a featured 

soloist with the New York Philharmonic several times. Most recently she 

participated in the Berio Festival, playing the solo oboe Sequenza. Ms. Sylar is 

on the faculty of the Mannes College of Music. 


evelyn 

ulex 

todd 

vunderink 

david 

wakefield 

alan 

weiss 

carol 

wincenc 


Pianist Evelyn Ulex, born and raised in Berlin, 

studied at the University of the Arts in Berlin and 

at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen (DMA & 

Artist Diploma). Ms. Ulex, a finalist for the Frienna 

Awerbuch International Piano Competition in New 

York City, tours internationally as a solo pianist, 

chamber musician and with orchestras. She has 

appeared at New York City’s Carnegie Hall, 

Berlin’s konzerthaus and Philharmonie, and 

various German & US Embassy and Consulates 

Shortly after receiving a M.A. in music composition 

from SUNY Stony Brook, New York, Todd 

Vunderink began a career in music publishing, 

interrupted only briefly by a short stint in Lincoln 

Center’s information technology department. As 

Vice President and Director of Classical Music at 

Peermusic, one of the world’s largest independent 

music publishers, he is responsible for signing 

composers and developing a catalog centered on 

20th century and contemporary composers from 

the U.S. and Latin America. His responsibilities 

David Wakefield, horn, joined the American Brass 

Quintet while a doctoral student at The Juilliard 

School in 1976. He studied horn with Paul Mansur, 

Caesar LaMonaca, and James Chambers. In 1976 

he joined the Aspen Music Festival and School 

horn and chamber music faculty. In 1987 he joined 

the Juilliard horn and chamber music faculty 

and from 1995-2000 was Senior Associate Dean 

at Juilliard. With the American Brass Quintet, 

Mr. Wakefield has toured worldwide, all 50 states, 

recorded more than 40 CDs, and was one of the 

Flutist Alan Weiss has been the Artist-in-Residence 

for the William S. Haynes Flute Company since 

2004. He travels worldwide over 60,000 miles 

annually presenting recitals, masterclasses, and 

lectures promoting Haynes Flutes. Mr. Weiss has 

been a member of the Boston Classical Chamber 

Orchestra since 1987 and has performed with 

many acclaimed musicians in numerous chamber 

music series and ensembles including the Boston 

Pops Orchestra. Weiss was the principal flutist 

of the Virginia Symphony and has also served 

as flutist with the Mexico City Philharmonic, the 

State Orchestra of Mexico, and the Iceland National Symphony. Alan Weiss has 

premiered a number of commissions and orchestra compositions, notably two 

operas of Philip Glass. He was the first American flutist to perform and record 

in concerto with the renowned George Enescu Bucharest Philharmonic since its 

One of today’s international stars of the flute and 

recent Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient from 

the National Flute Association, Carol Wincenc has 

appeared as soloist with major orchestras around 

the world and has premiered works written for 

her by many of today’s most prominent composers. 

The grand prize winner of the Walter W. Naumburg 

Solo Flute competition, Ms. Wincenc has appeared 

with the Chicago, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Detroit, 

St. Louis, Atlanta, Indianapolis, Houston and 

Seattle symphonies among many others, and the 

Mostly Mozart, Santa Fe, Spoleto, Caramoor, Mu- 

sic@Menlo, Yale/Norfolk and Marlboro music festivals. She has performed in all 

the major New York concert halls including Lincoln Center’s “Great Performers” 

around the globe. Of particular note are Ulex’s special projects, such as 

Sight & Sound, a live concert featuring projections of paintings by Berlin artist 

Ade Frey and the TransAtlantic Ensemble with clarinetist Mariam Adam. 

Ms. Ulex is a Steinway artist and can be heard on E1/koch classics and Eroica. 

include overseeing the editorial and production process as well as marketing 

and promotion. He serves on the board of directors of the Charles Ives 

Society and the Stefan Wolpe Society. A past-president of the Music Publishers 

Association of the United States, he remains active on its board of directors. 

first American musicians invited to teach and perform in the People’s Republic 

of China after the Cultural Revolution. Principal Horn of the Little Orchestra 

Society, he has also performed with the Orpheus, St. Luke’s as well as playing 

extra with the Lincoln Center orchestras. He also has enjoyed a varied free-lance 

career, playing on Broadway and commercial recordings. 

inception in 1868. Weiss’s compact disc for Albany Records (sponsored in part 

by a grant from the Aaron Copland Foundation) featured premier recordings of 

works of Robert Starer and Lester Trimble, received high acclaim in Gramophone 

Magazine. Alan’s most recent CD called Virtuoso Flutes Trios is on the Golden 

Tone label. A former flute and chamber music professor for a decade at the 

Boston University College for the Arts and the Tanglewood Institute, Weiss 

is pleased that many of his students have won competitions and positions in 

professional orchestras. Some of his outstanding students include: Grammy 

nominated flutist and composer Valerie Coleman of the ensemble Imani Winds; 

Guoliang Han, principal flutist China National Symphony and Professor of Flute, 

Beijing Central Conservatory; Jeanne Carere, principal flutist Atlanta Ballet; 

Vasco Gouveia, prize-winner of the Maria Canals Competition and acclaimed 

Portuguese performer and teacher; and Heather Holden of the award-winning 

Arc Duo. He performs on a custom-crafted hand-chased 14k gold flute with 

a 19.5k headjoint made expressly for him by the William S. Haynes Company. 

Please visit Alan’s web site www.alanweissflute.com. 

Series for four consecutive seasons. Equally in demand abroad, she has 

given acclaimed performances with the London Symphony, the English and 

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestras and at numerous international music festivals. 

In great demand as a chamber musician, Ms. Wincenc has collaborated with 

the Guarneri, Emerson, Tokyo and Cleveland String Quartets and performed 

with such distinguished colleagues as Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma, Jesseye Norman, 

Joshua Bell, Bella Davidovich, Lukas Foss and Aaron Copland. As a champion 

of contemporary works, she has premiered and recorded Christopher Rouse’s 

Flute Concerto with the Detroit Symphony and Henryk Gorecki’s Concerto 

Cantata with the Warsaw Philharmonic. A Grammy Award winner, Ms. Wincenc 

has recorded on the Decca, Telarc, Naxos, Nonesuch, Deutsche Grammophon, 

Hannsler, CRI, New World, D’Note, and Musical Heritage/Music Masters record 

labels. She is presently the Professor of Flute at both The Juilliard School and 

Stony Brook University. 

In his first release with Sono luminus, 

young new York composer 

Mohammed Fairouz brings together 

a breathtaking collection of music 

in Chamber Works of Mohammed 

Fairouz, showcasing the versatility 

and raw passion that makes him one 

of the most frequently performed 

composers of his generation. 

avaIlaBle For purcHaSe at WWW.SonoluMInuS.coM 


valerie 

coleman 

peter 

thoresen 

andrea 

humenick 


Valerie Coleman is the founder, flutist and resident 

composer of the Grammy nominated Imani Winds. 

As a self-taught administrator, she is also the 

creator of Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival, a 

program that empowers artists to become leaders 

and entrepreneurs within the music industry. 

Through her artistic vision, she has created a 

legacy of innovation that breaks down cultural and 

social barriers in chamber music. Born and raised 

in the inner city neighborhood of West End 

neighborhood in Louisville, kentucky, Coleman 

began her music studies at the late age of eleven. 

Peter Thoresen is delighted to join the IWCMF as 

its Administrative Director. A music educator, arts 

administrator, and countertenor, Peter recently 

served as a visiting faculty member at the Indiana 

University Jacobs School of Music, where he led 

Project Jumpstart, a music entrepreneurship 

program. There he programmed a wide range 

of career development workshops, provided 

individual career advising, and served as a frequent 

panelist and adjudicator on entrepreneurship 

panels and competitions. Peter recently earned 

a doctor of music degree in voice at Indiana 

University, where he also served as Operations Coordinator for the IU Graduate 

and Professional Student Organization for four years. While in Bloomington, 

Peter maintained an active private voice studio, and spent two seasons as resident 

Andrea is thrilled to join the staff of the Imani 

Winds Chamber Music Festival in its third year as 

Assistant Administrative Director. She recently 

graduated with her Master of Arts Management 

degree from the H. John Heinz III College, School 

of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie 

Mellon University. She also received her BFA in 

Clarinet Performance from CMU, graduating Phi 

Beta kappa, and studied with Michael Rusinek, 

Principal Clarinet of the Pittsburgh Symphony 

Orchestra. She had a strong focus in music education 

during her undergraduate studies and has 

taught many budding clarinetists in private lessons. She made her Carnegie Hall 

debut in January 2009, performing Mahler’s “Symphony No. 1 in D Major” under 

By the age of fourteen, she had already written three full-length symphonies 

and had won a number of local and state flute competitions. Today, she gives a 

multitude of flute masterclasses yearly within Imani Winds’ intense international 

touring schedule, and her music is heard regularly on Classical radio stations 

throughout the country: Sirius XM, NPR’s Performance Today, All Things Considered, 

The Ed Gordon Show, WNYC’s Soundcheck, and MPR’s Saint Paul Sunday among 

others. Valerie currently maintains a flute studio in NYC, and serves on both 

the advisory and the new music committee of the National Flute Association. 

stage director and curriculum coauthor for Roundabout Opera for kids. Peter 

previously lived in San Francisco where he worked as Executive Assistant to 

legendary arts presenter Ruth Felt, President & Founder of San Francisco 

Performances. In demand as a performer, Peter was praised by Opera News for 

his “delightful portrayal” of Toulouse Lautrec in the world premiere performances 

of the opera Vincent (Bernard Rands), and was recently named in Pittsburgh 

Post-Gazette’s list of the top 10 classical concerts in Pittsburgh in 2011 for his 

portrayal of Julia Child in Lee Hoiby’s Bon Appétit! with Pittsburgh New Music 

Ensemble. He holds a master’s degree in voice from the Peabody Conservatory, 

and an undergraduate degree from Illinois Wesleyan University. 

the direction of keith Lockhart. During her time in Pittsburgh, Andrea also worked 

for the Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society as Program Assistant, presenting 

concerts of the Emerson Quartet, kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, Takács 

Quartet, Orion String Quartet, Menahem Pressler, Jon Manasse and Jon 

Nakamatsu, and of course, Imani Winds, among numerous others. Andrea 

originally hails from Bridgewater, New Jersey and her passion for chamber music 

first stems from her playing experiences with the New Jersey Youth Symphony. 

She is excited to pursue a career in music administration. 

gold donor/ 

student’s patron 

Zandra Bailes 

Judith & Andrew Tucker 

festival donors 

Nura Adam 

Anonymous 

Nick Balaban 

special thanks to: 


Alliance Artists Management 

Angela Beeching 

Patricia Billings 

Edward Buggie 

Brian Chojnowski 

Buffet Crampon 

Dr. Paul Cohen 

Cliff Colnot 

Susan Barnes 

Arlene G. Bascom 

Herb Colley 

Francis J. Dance 

Gilbert Dejean 

Pedro Diaz 

Stephanie Dixon Foundation 

Marlene Ellis 

Amy Frawley 

Ethan & Heather Goldman 

Composers Forum 

Lee Compton, Christ & 

St. Stephen’s Church 

Concert Artists Guild 

Ricky Eng 

Mohammed Fairouz 

Fischoff Chamber Music Association 

Force RL Printing 

Andrea Humenick 

Ira Hall 

Leonard Hindell 

Jonathan Hodgson 

Andrea Humenick 

Norma Hurlburt 

Lee koonce 

Peter & Edith kubicek 

Tania J Leon 

Barbara Page 

Jonathan Page 

imani winds would like to thank all of the sponsors, donors & patrons, venue 

partners, and friends that have helped to make the 2010, 2011, and now 

the 2012 imani winds chamber music festival a great success. we aspire to 

enrich the lives of the exceptional musicians that are a part of the festival, 

and your generous contributions allow us to realize this goal. 

thank you for your continued support! 

imani winds would like to invite you to 

be a part of our festival family! 

Join us by underwriting a concert or guest artist 

appearance, or make a donation that will go towards 

student scholarships and the festival itself. 

Join us to make a difference. To make a tax-deductible 

contribution, or to place an ad in the 2013 Festival 

program book, visit: www.imaniwindsfestival.com 

Audra Lang 

Mannes College 

The New School for Music 

Lynn Mazza 

Frank J. Oteri, New Music Box 

Jonathan Page 

Anna Wilkens-Reed 

Tricia Ross 

Mona Smith 

Alfred and Jane Ross 

Foundation, Inc. 

Christina Rupert 

Jonathan Russell 

Sassan Safay 

Joy Sato 

David Schober 

Peter Thoresen 

Susana Watson 

The Stamps Family 

Charitable Foundation 

Sabrina Tanbara 

Theodore Presser Company 

Peter Thoresen 

Saint Peter’s Church 

Stuart Wolferman, 

Unfinished Side Productions 

Yamaha Corporation of America 

Imani Winds is a sponsored artist of The Field, 

a not-for-profit, tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) organization 

serving the New York City performing arts 

community. Contributions made to IMANI WINDS 

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I was recently honored to be asked to participate on a panel 

at the annual Astral Artists auditions, during which I listened 

to a substantial number of pianists and wind players. While all 

were on a rather high level, I was struck by the relatively small 

number who grabbed my attention right from the start of the 

audition and sustained it all the way through. It got me thinking 

about a three letter word, not often mentioned, that for me 

constitutes an essential ingredient of successful performance, 

whether on stage or in the workplace: JOY. While it is indisputable 

that beloved artists such as Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma have 

earned their place as musical legends first and foremost by virtue 

of their extraordinary artistry, I am convinced that their joy in 

music making has been an essential ingredient in making them 

household names. It is palpable from the very first notes that 

they play. I believe that this element of performance is rarely 

addressed in the practice room, where the majority of attention 

may be focused on the mechanics of playing. Can joy be taught? 

Probably not, but I do think that all teachers can encourage their 

students to identify and perform repertoire that brings out the 

best in them and in which they feel they have something special 

to say. For works that are relatively unfamiliar, the artist should 

be encouraged to share with their audience some spoken comments 

regarding why they chose to program the work, thereby 

increasing the potential receptivity to it from their listeners. Joy 

in performance may result from confidence that a program has 

been well prepared, and from the artist’s belief that it offers 

works or interpretations that might be new to an audience or 

juxtaposed in an interesting way. The artist might pause, almost 

imperceptibly, before a phrase that they find particularly special, 

just as a storyteller would do, thereby sharing that moment 

more meaningfully with the audience. It seems to me that our 

most treasured artists are those who give us the impression that 

there is nothing they would rather be doing than performing for 

us. While a healthy schedule of performances is essential to a 

successful career, a concert should never be a means to advance 

to the next rung on the career ladder. It is a special moment in 

time, and the opportunity to communicate with a live audience 

should be savored. 

And what about the workplace? In my twenty-three years as 

Managing Director of IMG Artists, I interviewed many job 

applicants and often made a positive decision after the first few 

minutes. A good number of people that I hired still work at IMG 

after ten years or more, and they have all advanced through the 

ranks to higher levels of responsibility and more distinguished 

titles. Their excitement about working at a dynamic and distinguished 

international agency was visible to me from the start, 

and it quickly became apparent that the pleasure they took in 

their work overshadowed any eagerness they may have felt to 

advance in their career. The promotions came naturally because 

they were great team players, galvanizing everyone around them 


The Secret Ingredient for Success 

by edna landau 

published on January 26, 2012 on www.musicalamerica.com 

with their enthusiasm and joy in having a job that allowed them 

to be surrounded by great performers and inspiring colleagues. 

This created a family atmosphere throughout the years, despite 

substantial growth in the size of the artist roster and number of 

employees, which I think was a key element in the company’s success. 

Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony may be the most beloved work in 

the classical music literature, uplifting all who hear it with the final 

movement’s magnificent setting of Friedrich Schiller’s Ode to 

Joy. Our lives will undoubtedly be richer and more meaningful if 

we can compose, and actually live, our own personal ode to joy. 

Edna Landau is the author of Musical America’s 

popular “Ask Edna” blog. To Ask Edna, write 

to askedna@musicalamerica.com 

(Edna will not reveal your actual name unless you give permission 

to do so. And please don’t worry about whether your question 

has already been asked. She will surely put a new spin on it.) 

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