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DeAnnLetourneauistheConcertmasteroftheLasVegasPhilharmonic,oneofthefewfemaleConcertmastersintheUS.Sheisapowerfulywarmandemotionalychargedviolinistwithauniqueability<br />
torelateherloveofmusictoalaudiencemembers.TheLasVegas<br />
ReviewJournalsaid,“…Sheperformednotonlyimpecablybutwith<br />
anexuberantsenseofjoy.” TheDuluthNewsTribunesaid“…her<br />
peperformancewassensationalyvibrantfrombeginningtoend.”<br />
SheisanativeofSuperiorWisconsinwhereshebeganstudyingat<br />
age14,andveryquicklybecamenotedasoneoftheupandcoming<br />
YoungArtiststhroughseveralNationalYoungArtistsCompetitions.<br />
Shehasappearedasguestartistwithmanyorchestrasincludingthe<br />
MilwaukeeSymphony,LasVegasPhilharmonic,NationalArtsChamber<br />
Orchestra(Chicago),Duluth-SuperiorSymphony,GreenBaySymphony,<br />
ContemporaryArtsEnsembleofOhio,St.MartinChamberOrchestra,Orchestra,theLakeSuperiorChamberSymphonyandtheHendersonSymphony.ShehasalsobeenheardonseveralTV<br />
andRadiointerviewsandconcertsincluding:KNPRFM,NationalPublicRadio(LasVegasand<br />
Minneapolis),WQXRFMNewYorkandWisconsinPublicRadioandofcourseourownFox5,<br />
MorningBlendandPBSstations.SheatendedtheUniversityofWisconsin-SuperiorwithDiane<br />
Balko,UW-MilwaukeewithEfimBoico&theFineArtsQuartetintheirChamber<strong>Program</strong>,and<br />
finalyfinishingattheUniversityofCincinnati-ColegeConservatoryofMusictostudywith<br />
DorothyDeLay(Juiliard,CCM)&KurtSassmanshaus(CCM,Aspen).ShehasalsohadtheopportunitytostudywithsomeothergreatviolinpedagoguesatvarioustimessuchasJosefGingold<br />
(IndianaUniversity),JaschaBrodsky(Curtis)&DavidCerone(ClevelandInstitute).DeAnnlivesin<br />
SummerlinwithherhusbandScot,TheBusinessFormationExpert,andtheir3beautifuland<br />
talenteddaughters,Grace16,Rose13&Faith1(cantforgettheir2dogs:TashiandLady).<br />
MichanWalshbeganhisstudieswithMikeCarpenterandRene<br />
Gonzalez,headoftheguitardepartmentattheUniversityof<br />
Miami.HecontinuedwithhissucessorRafaelPadron.Michanhas<br />
participatedinmasterclasseswithDavidRussel,DenisAzabagic,<br />
BenVerdery,ColinDavin,BertaRojas,ManuelBarueco,Dmitri<br />
Ilinarionov,andRicardoGalen,amongothers.Hehasperformed<br />
ininvenuesthroughoutFlorida,LosAngelesandLasVegas,bothas<br />
asoloistandasamemberoftheLasVegasGuitarTrio.<br />
From2015-2016hecolaboratedforseveralconcertswithCompositumMusicaeNovae,aSouthFloridabasednot-for-profit<br />
organizationdedicatedtoproducing,performing,andexposingthe<br />
publictonewartisticexpressionsinmusic,danceandthevisual<br />
andliteraryarts.HecurentlyatendstheUniversityofLasVegas<br />
NevadaMusicSchoolonfulscholarshipundertheinstructionofrenownedColombianguitarist,<br />
RicardoCobo.
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