Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra | 5,341 followers on LinkedIn. Cynthia Moore, Human Resources, Diversity & Inclusion Manager She loves playing upright bass, and sharing her love of music with other students. After teaching for eight years in Oshkosh, Carmen relocated to Florida where she played in the Treasure Coast Symphony and taught in Vero Beach. He has attended the Montecito International Music Festival, Oberlin in Italy, and International Academie de Courchevel. The MSO set a fund-raising goal of $120 million (later raised to $139 million) and got to work. Tim Rush has been active in the steel pan world since 1995, after joining the renowned Northern Illinois University Steel Band. In 2010, he was one of five recipients of the UWM-SAC Award for excellence in teaching students with special needs while maintaining high academic standards.. Prior to this, she served as Director of Orchestras at Kettle Moraine High School and Lake Geneva Middle School. Wisconsin's Leading Community Music School An Education That Lasts A Lifetime The Wisconsin Conservatory of Music is the largest non-profit music school in Wisconsin, consisting of world-renowned teachers and musicians eager to provide you or your child with the quality music education you desire. She has taught violin and viola performance at Ohio State University and Florida State University while performing and organizing various groups. An active free-lancer, she plays viola and violin for the Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra, Bel Canto, Kenosha Symphony Orchestra, Bach Chamber Choir and Orchestra, the Festival City Symphony, Gabriels Horns, and Les Artistes. Eliana Kiltz, Front of House Staff During the summers, she performs and teaches at Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro, NC. Administration - Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Back Mrs. Fellows received her Bachelor of Music Performance and Education degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her Master of Music degree from the University of Akron. He is on the board of the Palm Springs International Film Festival and the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Zed Waeltz, Senior House Manager He Is assistant conductor and principal tubist with the Milwaukee Philharmonic. Elise McArdle, Grant Writer There she worked at Carbondale Middle School and Roaring Fork High School with their band programs. He finds it moving and powerful to hear many voices come together as one, and create beautiful sounds together. Rosalie has performed in masterclasses with prominent bassoonists Nanci Belmont, Darrel Hale, Timothy McGovern, Frank Morelli, Leonard Hindell, Catherine Chen, Ted Soluri, and Barrick Stees. She graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in 2018 with a double major in Anthropology and Italian. Tim also teaches percussion at Merton Intermediate School, Waukesha County Conservatory of Music, and Gman Music. Mrs. Michels is also an active free-lance musician and teacher in Southeastern Wisconsin. Mr. Duffy recently retired as director of instrumental music at Waukesha West High School. Thereafter he joined Claudio y la Orquesta, making his directorial debut with Salsa Power. Over his career he has studied and toured with John Becker, Steve Wiest, Ed Shaughnessy, Brad Leahi, Dave Pietro, Michael Spiro, Billy Cobham, the Maynard Ferguson Big Band, Joan Rivers among many more. Slide 2 Jun 25 Sun Out of the Blue Slide 3 Oct 6 Fri Bluey's Big Play Slide 4. Al Bartosik,Box Office Manager After college, she moved to Chicago where she worked in the local storefront theatre community, most notably serving as production/company manager for the inaugural season of the Chicago Theatre Marathon. The event is organized by BlankSpace MKE, an urban artist cooperative co-founded by Symphony Swan-Zawadi and Bridget Whitaker, with the intention of getting more attention and more money flowing . Rosalie is currently an instructor in multiple woodwind instruments at White House of Music and Milwaukee Public Schools where she teaches bassoon, clarinet, alto saxophone, and flute to students aged 10-60. Enjoy an exceptional meal and choose from a delectable prix fixe menu, then head to the Bradley Symphony Center for An Evening with Brian Stokes Mitchell at 7:30 PM. His early violin training came from Gloria Schroeder and Ferenc Feny. Tristan Wallace, Technical Manager and Live Audio Supervisor She earned a Bachelor of Arts in dance and participated heavily in the schools two dance companies, Veselica and Companydance, as well as the Ballroom Performance and Competition Team. A small army of artisans and technicians repaired water damage,. Admittedly, we're being a little self-serving with the pick considering he's playing the stage at our Walker's Point . An Evening with Brian Stokes Mitchell | Radio Milwaukee Michaels job is to tell MYSOs story a story of nurturing, challenging, and inspiring young musicians, a story of lifelong impact on students, audiences, and our community to raise grant funding for our programs. Paul Sekulski graduated in 2017 from the University of WisconsinMilwaukee, where he studied with Dr. Bernard Zinck, with a BFA in violin performance. As a student she was invited to participate in the Casals Festival in Puerto Rico with Alexander Schneiders NY String Orchestra and additionally has been a fellow at the Oberlin Baroque Institute, the International Baroque Institute at Longy and the Bach Aria Festival in New York. There he received private instruction with the programs director, Dinorah Marquez, learning both mariachi and classical music. He had a patent love for performing at a young age; it was not uncommon to find him playing for the class when the curriculum allowed it during his primary and secondary education years. Ann Wood is a violinist and registered Suzuki teacher who enjoys working with students of all ages. He has served as President of the Alaska chapter of the American String Teachers Association (ASTA) and was a conductor for Fairbanks Youth Symphony Orchestra. The grueling schedule led him to yearn for an environment where he could focus his methods on students who were interested in jazz. Other honors include winning the Indianapolis Matine Musicale Collegiate Competition in 2013, which resulted in a performance at the Indiana Landmarks Center with pianist David Keep. Under her leadership and direction, the Senior Symphony has performed in Hungary, Austria, Czech Republic, China, France, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Canada (British Columbia and Quebec) and Scotland, where the orchestra performed as part of the Festival of British Youth Orchestras and the Edinburgh Festival. Hauer received his degrees from Oberlin Conservatory and Indiana Universitys Jacobs School of Music. He was the Music Director and Conductor of the Brass and Percussion Ensemble at the University of North Texas during his doctoral studies. She also served as a violin and viola coach for Super Strings, a Suzuki-based preparatory string orchestra. Earlier, he worked for 20 years as a copy editor at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and The Milwaukee Journal. Anne Sempos, Front of House Staff He currently serves as co-chair for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Capital Campaign and previously founded the Wisconsin AIDS Fund. Mr. Hauer traveled to Athens in May of 2015 to participate in the 4th Leonidas Kavakos International Masterclass. A student of Karen Tuttle, Lynne Ramsey, and Jeff Irvine, Ms. Kochs teaching philosophy and curriculum focuses on a relaxed and confident approach to playing string instruments. In that essay, he detailed the MSO's experience in bringing musicians into the He received his Bachelor of Music Performance and Bachelor of Music Education degree at Central Michigan University, and his Master of Music degree in Percussion Performance at Rice University in Houston, TX. Her success is based on the guiding principle to first understand the business strategy and goals; and then use this information to work with leaders to develop and implement a people strategy that will help ensure they have the talent needed to be successful. A finalist of the National Conducting Institute of the National Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Simmons also participated in seminars conducting the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and the Eastman Wind Ensemble. Previously, Ms. Edelstein held numerous positions at the United Performing Arts Fund from 2005-2012, culminating in Chief Operating Officer. In 2018, Ms. Zakutansky was awarded the Student Exemplary Service Award, the highest award given to a student, at the National ASTA convention. Seating is limited; reservations are required. Alan Mason, vice chair. He is an alumnus of MYSO/MFY (Music For Youth) and Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra. Jeremy Tusz, Audio & Video Producer Later, she moved to Minnesota where she was Associate ConcertMaster of the Dakota Valley Symphony (DVS), played in the Rochester Orchestra and Choral (ROC), Kenwood Symphony, performed regularly with DVS chamber groups and was Principal Second Violinist in the Arious Chamber Music Society. Rise and Grind Cafe. The Mahler Team - Mahler Private Staffing Im excited about the opportunity to teach and work with MYSO. In 2015, Paul took first place in the UW-Milwaukee Concerto Competition, playing Tzigane by Ravel. Rayden graduated from Milwaukee High School of the Arts and The Cello Institute of Milwaukee in 2018. In addition Ijoister has served as a string clinician and private violin instructor. Ky Catlett, Front of House Staff At CU, Mr. Emanuelson was a Suzuki Pedagogy student of William Starr and studied Baroque performance practices with Elizabeth Farr, performing in the CU Early Music Ensemble. He is a graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder and Lawrence University. Bachelor of Arts degree from UWM where she studied with Beth Giacobassi. In addition to her conducting role, she serves as the flute instructor for MYSOs Prelude Wind Ensemble program, is a faculty member at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, and instructs a small private flute studio. Sipe earned his Bachelors and Masters degrees in music from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, where he studied trumpet with Barbara Butler. Mr. Winkle currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Association of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestras and the Civic Music Association of Milwaukee. In addition to continuing her private teaching studio, she is head teacher for the Greater Milwaukee El Sistema Chapter. If you go. As a student at the University of South Carolina, Sabrina developed a program entitled Find Your Beat, a recycled instrumental music education program for under-resourced children.

The promotional code you have entered is invalid. Formerly affiliated with the Cincinnati Symphony and Pops Orchestra, she has appeared as guest artist with many orchestras including the Milwaukee Symphony, National Arts Chamber Orchestra (Chicago), Duluth-Superior Symphony, St. Martin Chamber Orchestra, Nevada Chamber Orchestra and the Lake Superior Chamber Symphony in addition to soloing . He has also held the Concertmaster position with the Rotterdam Philharmonic with Valery Gergiev and Guest Concertmaster of theLondon Symphony Orchestrawith Kurt Masur. This past year, Professor Dvorak was honored by having a doctoral dissertation written on his life as a conductor and educator. Mr. Winkle is currently Director of the Jazz Ensemble at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. A Madison resident, Lynn enjoys spending time with her husband and three children. Besides singing and music in general, Marna loves to spend time reading, traveling, and working on her writing portfolio. Her other teachers include Thomas Briccetti, Franco Ferrarra, Bruno Bartoletti, Piero Bellugi, Sergiu Commisiona and Dennis Russell Davies; she has also studied flute with Samuel Baron and voice with Jan DeGaetani. Her primary teachers were Ted Thayer, Dick Mackey, and Gail Williams. Previously, he has served on the Boards of the International Trombone Association, Historic Tennessee Theatre Foundation, Arts Wisconsin, and Kenosha Symphony Orchestra. Frank Almond writes an online column, as he admits, instead of practicing. Nondivisioffers his thoughts, hopes and expectations for the present and future of classical music and other topics. Kelly earned a Bachelor of Music degree from New England Conservatory and an Master of Music degree from Northwestern University, and is an alum of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. Born and raised in Milwaukee, Progressions Viola Instructor Evan Lane began viola in the fourth grade. In addition to teaching in the Music Theory area, Jim taught organ and graduate score reading (playing choral and orchestral scores at the piano). Learning and understanding music is a life long skill that can bring joy and beauty to ones life. Ben served as a graduate assistant for the University of South Carolina percussion studio and was the percussionist for the Spark Collective, a graduate quintet focusing on community engagement through music. He has twice been honored by the prestigious American School Band Directors Association for lectures he has presented at two of their national conventions, in Duluth, MN, and in Brookfield, WI. Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Revisited I n the October 1996 issue of Harmony, Michael J. Schmitz, a past president of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (MSO) board, shared with readers an essay on musician participation in symphony orchestra management. Progressions | Music Lessons | Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra - MYSO He also plays with Camerata Milwaukee, and with the Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra as principal second violin. Previously, she worked for Extension Inc. as an Administrative Assistant with Childrens Wisconsin Foundation, and for Akorbi Workforce Solutions as an Administrative Assistant 3 in the Johnson Controls Public Affairs and Diversity Department. Kerry Tomaszewski, Communications Manager, Luther Gray, Director of Ticket Operations & Group Sales The Jazz Symposium was so successful that it became part of the UW-W Jazz curriculum. Passionate about the achievement of excellence through musical performance, Mr. Duffy served on the board of directors of the National Band Association Wisconsin Chapter, was the NBA Wisconsin All-State Band Coordinator, and served as percussion section coach of the Wisconsin School Music Association State Honors Band and Orchestra. Prior to coming to MSYO, he spent over 20 years in consumer marketing in retail banking, at both large and small institutions.