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June 11 –
26, 2011 Acting
Paul Austin
Kauneonga Lake, New York
Acting
An actor and director, Paul Austin has numerous stage, television, and film credits. He has acted and directed for on- and off-Broadway, off-off Broadway, summer stock, and regional theatres. He is currently the artistic director of The Liberty Free Theatre in upstate New York, and he was recently seen as Niels Bohr in Copenhagen at the University of Oklahoma. His television credits include the hit shows The West Wing and Law and Order. For many years, he was the artistic director of The Image Theatre in New York, where he produced plays and taught acting. Austin also served as a tenured faculty member at Sarah Lawrence College for twenty years. He has written for and about the theatre in essays, poetry, plays, and in his book on acting, Spontaneous Behavior.
June 11 –
26, 2011 Ballet
Deanna McBrearty
Charleston, South Carolina
Ballet
Deanna McBrearty grew up in Pennsylvania and became a member of the New York City Ballet in 1992 at age 18. She appeared in a wide variety of principal roles in ballets such as Agon, Fancy Free, West Side Story, Fearful Symmetries, Waltz Project, Circle of Fifths, Western Symphony and The Nutcracker. She has worked with the renowned choreographers Jerome Robbins, Peter Martins, Susan Stroman, Eliot Feld, Christopher Wheeldon, and Robert Lafosse. She also appears in the New York City Ballet Workout book and videos. McBrearty appeared in the feature film Center Stage, and her television credits include America's Health Network, O Network, FOX-TV, and the David Letterman Show. She was a spokesmodel for Danskin Dancewear Inc. and a featured fashion model for couture designer Geoffrey Beene. She recently choreographed two children's Barbie Dance-A-Long videos in collaboration with Mattel Entertainment Inc. Deanna is the co-founder and creator of a dance-inspired workout DVD entitled Balocity. Her fitness choreography can be seen on ExerciseTV.tv and Balocity.com. She has served as a fitness trainer to celebrities such as Kelly Ripa, Christy Turlington, Natasha Lyonne, and Maura Tierny.
June 11 –
26, 2011 Ballet Accompanist
Andy Monroe
New York, New York
Ballet Accompanist
Andy Monroe has been accompanying dance classes in New York City for the past twenty-five years. He currently plays at The Paul Taylor School, The Ailey School, The Juilliard School, Eugene Lang College, and The Limon Institute. He has also released three albums: Joyful Noise: Disc One, Joyful Noise: Disc Two, and Rain. In addition to his work with dancers, Monroe has written the music for two full-length musicals, The Tragic and Horrible Life of the Singing Nun (New York Musical Theatre Festival, 2006) and The Kid (The New Group, 2010). He is the recipient of the 2001 BMI Foundation Jerry Harrington Musical Theater Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement and was a 2007- 2008 Dramatist Guild Fellow. A member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, he received the 2009 Jerry Bock Award Excellence in Musical Theatre for his work on The Kid.
June 11 –
26, 2011 Chorus Conductor
Jing Ling-Tam
Arlington, Texas
Chorus Conductor
One of North America's most sought-after choral conductors, Jing Ling-Tam has garnered international recognition in North America, Europe, and Asia. She currently serves as director of choral studies and coordinator of vocal arts at the University of Texas - Arlington, where she has led the UTArlington Chambers Singers on international concert tours to Mexico, Canada, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Austria. She has appeared as a clinician at the American Choral Directors Association's (ACDA) national and regional conventions, and she has conducted over thirty All-State and ACDA honors choirs throughout the U.S. Ling-Tam served sixteen seasons as associate conductor/chorus master for the Ft. Worth Opera Association, and she was on the faculty at the American Institute of Musical Studies in Austria for eleven summers. Ling-Tam serves on the boards of Chorus American, Hong Kong Treble Choir Association, and the World Choir Games. A choral series in her name is published by Alliance Music of Houston, Texas.
June 11 –
26, 2011 Chorus Section Faculty
Keith Dixon
Kingwood, Texas
Men's Chorus Section Leader
As he begins his sixteenth year as musical director of the Bay Area Chorus, Keith Dixon holds the distinction of having the longest tenure in the 46-year history of the chorus. He has conducted the BAC in performances of major works by Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Durufle, Faure, Vivaldi, Schubert and Bach. Tours with the BAC have included Ireland, Scotland, England and the Yucatan Peninsula. This summer the BAC Women's Chorus will appear in concert at the annual Texas Choral Director's Association Convention in San Antonio. As a vocalist, Dixon has performed with the Houston Symphony Chorus, Concert Chorale of Houston, and the acclaimed Robert Shaw Festival Singers, with whom he recorded the Telarc releases Amazing Grace, Evocation of the Spirit and Appear and Inspire. Dixon is presently the choral director at Klein High School in Texas.
Patrice Sollenberger
Leawood, Kansas
Women's Chorus Section Leader
Patrice Sollenberger received her Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Music in choral conducting from the University of Kansas, and she has been a choral music educator for 28 years. She serves as guest clinician for area honor choirs and adjudicator for music festivals throughout the Midwest. She is currently the director of choral music at Shawnee Mission North High School in Overland Park, Kansas. Sollenberger is the artistic assistant and a member of the Kansas City Chorale. From 1996 - 2003, Sollenberger performed annually with the Robert Shaw Festival Singers and Carnegie Choral Workshops at Carnegie Hall. In the summer of 1998, she was selected to participate in Shaw's forty-voice choral workshop and concert series at Furman University. Sollenberger's husband Jay is a professional trumpet player, and they have one son, Brandon. This is Sollenberger's sixth year at OSAI.
Scott VanOrnum
Dexter, Michigan
Piano (Chorus)
Scott VanOrnum is the keyboardist for the University of Michigan choral conducting department and a music and humanities instructor at Schoolcraft College in Livonia, Michigan. He is director of music at Knox Presbyterian Church in Ann Arbor, and he is a frequent pianist, organist, and harpsichordist for regional symphony orchestras, wind ensembles, and choral societies. As an organist, VanOrnum has performed in many churches and cathedrals around the United States, including St. Thomas Church and Riverside Church in New York City, and at the Crystal Cathedral in California. In Europe, VanOrnum has performed in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, the Church of St. Ignatius in Rome, the Hofkirche in Dresden, and St. Etienne Cathedral in France. In 2008, he was continuo organist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for Johann Sebastian Bach's monumental St. Matthew Passion. VanOrnum studied at the Interlochen Arts Academy, Eastman School of Music, and the University of Michigan.
June 11 –
July 26, 2011 Creative Writing
Catherine Bowman
Bloomington, Indiana
Creative Writing
Catherine Bowman is the author of the poetry collections The Plath Cabinet, Notarikon, Rock Farm, and 1-800-HOT-RIBS which was reissued in 2000 by Carnegie-Mellon University Press as part of its contemporary classics series. Her writing has been awarded the Peregrine Smith Poetry Prize, the Kate Tufts Discovery Award for Poetry, the Dobie Paisano Fellowship, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry, and Yaddo Fellowships. She was the recipient of a faculty teaching award and the Indiana University President's Arts and Humanities Award. Her poems have appeared in seven editions of the Best American Poetry as well as many other literary magazines and journals, including The New Yorker, The Paris Review, TriQuarterly, The Kenyon Review, River Styx, The Los Angeles Times, Ploughshares, Crazyhorse, Sycamore Review, Open City and Conjunctions. She teaches at the Fine Arts Work Center Summer Program in Provincetown, Massachusetts. She is the editor of Word of Mouth, Poems Featured on NPR's All things Considered, an anthology of poems by poets she has reviewed and featured on National Public Radio's All Things Considered. She has worked with Teachers and Writers Collaborative teaching poetry in the New York City Schools. She teaches at Indiana University and is Director of the IU MFA Creative Writing Program.
June 11 –
26, 2011 Creative Writing Guest Artist
Rilla Askew
Kauneonga Lake, New York
Creative Writing Guest Artist
Rilla Askew is a fifth generation Oklahoman. She is the recipient of an Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her short fiction has been selected for Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards, and her novels have received the American Book Award, the Western Heritage Award, the Oklahoma Book Award, the Violet Crown Award and the WILLA Award from Women Writing the West. Her novel about the Tulsa Race Riot, Fire in Beulah, was the Oklahoma Reads Oklahoma selection for 2007. She is married to actor Paul Austin and they divide their time between Oklahoma and the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York.
June 11 –
26, 2011 Drawing & Painting
Richard Hull
Chicago, Illinois
Drawing/Painting
Born in Oklahoma City, Hull received his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1977 and his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1979. Before graduating, he attracted the attention of art dealer Phyllis Kind, who began exhibiting his paintings in both her Chicago and New York galleries. At Kind's gallery, Hull joined the company of well-known Imagists such as Roger Brown, Jim Nutt, Gladys Nilsson, and Ed Paschke. In addition to a number of one-person shows at Phyllis Kind Gallery, Hull's work has been exhibited across the U.S. His paintings may be found in many private and public collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, and the San Antonio Museum of Art. He is represented in Chicago by Western Exhibitions Gallery.
June 11 –
26, 2011 Drawing & Painting/Visual Arts Guest Artist
Herb Parker
Charleston, South Carolina
Visual Arts Guest Artist
Herb Parker is a sculptor and site-specific landscape artist. He has created more than fifty outdoor environmental works throughout the nation and internationally, including in fifteen states and in Sweden, Japan, Italy and Canada. He has served as an artist-in-residence or visiting artist for universities and museums, as well as creating work for botanical gardens, urban centers, rural landscapes, and even an ancient Japanese temple. He has received grants and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Southern Arts Federation, The Louisiana Division of the Arts, the South Carolina Arts Commission, and the Awards in the Visual Arts XI from the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art. Parker is a Marine Corps veteran who served during Vietnam and later joined the Peace Corps. He received an MFA in sculpture from East Carolina University in 1983. He is currently a professor of art at the College of Charleston.
June 11 –
26, 2011 Extracurricular Activities
Rebecca Penniman
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Pilates
Rebecca Penniman is a graduate of Necomb College of Tulane University and Tulane University Law School. In 2005, after earning her PhysicalMind Institute Certificate, she began teaching Pilates mat classes. Two years later, she obtained a Body Arts and Science International certificate for mat and apparatus. An avid runner and swimmer, and a former collegiate tennis player, Penniman understands the benefits Pilates can provide to any athlete - increased balance, posture, flexibility, coordination and core strength. Additionally, Pilates provides young athletes with an overall kinesthetic awareness. Penniman currently teaches group Pilates classes and individual training on Pilates apparatus. She also teaches high school psychology and core conditioning to off-season athletes. A BodyPump© certified instructor, Penniman combines strength training with her core conditioning classes.
Alee Reed
New York, New York
Ballroom Dance
Alee Reed comes to OSAI from the American Ballroom Theater (ABrT) in New York City. ABrT's Dancing Classrooms program is the subject of the hit documentary Mad Hot Ballroom, as well as the inspiration for Take the Lead, starring Antonio Banderas. Reed is the artistic director of the ABrT Youth Dance Company, which has performed at venues such as the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, and Madison Square Garden. Reed also serves as educational liaison for Dancing Classrooms, and is on the faculty serves as Educational Liaison for Dancing Classrooms, and is on the faculty of the Dancing Classrooms Academy. Prior to entering the world of ballroom dance, Reed was a musical theater dancer, traveling Europe with 42nd Street and across the U.S. with the national tours of Gypsy, Mame, Jolson, and Big. Reed is a graduate of Oklahoma City University and a proud alum of OSAI -- four summers!
Rainer Trubere
New Milford, New Jersey
Ballroom Dance
Rainer Trubere has over 30 years of experience teaching, choreographing, and performing throughout the U.S., Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. He has a diverse background in ballet, jazz, tap, cabaret and ballroom dance. His extensive list of credits includes commercials, TV, film, and stage. Trubere was a "Solid Gold" dancer and a featured dancer with Juliet Prowse, and has worked with Joe Namath, Siegfried and Roy, Suzanne Somers, Charo, and Dionne Warwick, to name a few. His most recent film work was as a dancer in the Disney movie Enchanted. Trubere teaches ballroom dancing to adults privately and at DanceSport in New York City, as well as to New York City school children through American Ballroom Theater's Dancing Classrooms program. Last year, the students he taught at PS 89 in the Bronx were the first-place champions in the citywide Dancing Classrooms Grand Finals "Colors of the Rainbow" Team Match.
June 11 –
26, 2011 Film & Video
Troy Word
Petersham, Massachusetts
Film & Video
Troy Word is a filmmaker and fashion/celebrity photographer based in New York. He has just completed production on The Presence of Joseph Chaikin, a feature documentary about the life and work of the revolutionary experimental theater director. Word's editorial work has appeared throughout the world in the publications Marie Claire, InStyle, Oprah, Lucky, Glamour, Red (London), Arena, People, and Elle. His commercial clients include L'Oreal, Lancome, Neutrogena, Macy's, Liz Claiborne, and Avon. He has photographed celebrities and world leaders, including President Barack Obama, former President George W. Bush, King Abdullah and Queen Rania of Jordan, Princess Haya of Dubai, Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Monica Bellucci, Dolly Parton, Teri Hatcher, Tyra Banks, Eva Longoria, Isabella Rossellini, Liv Tyler, Andie MacDowell, Kirstie Alley, John Stewart, Susan Sarandon, Iman, and Heidi Klum. He is a native of Bartlesville, Oklahoma and returns to OSAI 32 years after attending as a student and counselor.
June 11 –
26, 2011 Film & Video Assistant Faculty
Beau Leland
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Film & Video Editor
Beau J. Leland has worked as a freelance editor, cinematographer, and producer in Oklahoma City since 2004. He has a special love for music video production and documentary films, contributing to videos for the Oklahoma bands The Flaming Lips, Other Lives, and Hinder. His contributions to documentary work include camera for Bradley Beesley's films Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo, Okie Noodling II, and Flaming Lips: UFOs at the Zoo. He has done camera and editorial work for the Oklahoma Visual Artist Coalition's Art 365, Stefanie Leland's Food For Thought and Ferrell, and provided ongoing content for the Oklahoma History Center's exhibit "Another Hot Oklahoma Night." In 2008, the first feature film Leland co-directed and edited, Rainbow Around the Sun, premiered at South By Southwest film festival, and was chosen as best Oklahoma Feature at deadCENTER Film Festival the same year. Beau is a Taurus.
Alan Novey
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Film & Video Technician
Alan Novey is an Oklahoma-born cinematographer and producer. Novey graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1999 with a BFA in film, video and photography. Novey worked as the director of photography on the Bradley Beesley film Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo (HBO), which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival in 2009. Novey has also photographed and produced various other commercial projects and films, including Okie Noodling II (PBS), Rainbow Around the Sun, The Flaming Lips concert film UFOs at the Zoo (Warner Bros.), and most recently, Currents of Belize (Costa Del Mar), about fly fishermen.
June 11 –
26, 2011 Modern Dance
Helen Simoneau
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Modern Dance
A native of Quebec, Helen Simoneau is a dancer, choreographer, and teacher. She has created and restaged her work for the Bessie Schönberg Residency at The Yard, the University of the North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA), the University of Oklahoma, Wake Forest University, Hollins University, and the Swiss International Coaching Project. She received first place for choreography at the 13th Internationales Solo-Tanz-Theatre Festival in Stuttgart and is the winner of The A.W.A.R.D. Show! 2010: New York City. Her choreography has been presented in Austria, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States. She has served as adjunct faculty at the American Dance Festival, UNCSA, and University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She was a visiting assistant professor at Hollins University and an artist-in-residence at Bates Dance Festival. Simoneau earned a BFA from UNCSA and an MFA from Hollins University/American Dance Festival. She is a 2010 North Carolina Arts Council Choreographic Fellow. Headshot courtesy of Brad Harris.
June 11 –
26, 2011 Modern Dance Accompanist
John Wilson
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Modern Dance Accompanist
John C. B. Wilson received a BM from The North Carolina School of the Arts and an MM from the Manhattan School of Music. He regularly performs with ensembles including Four for One, Ken Rhodes Trio, Muddy River Band, The Matt Kendrick Unit, Lean In, and The Carolina Chamber Symphony. In addition, Wilson has taught music at many institutions, including Davidson College, Pfeiffer University, Hartwick College Summer Music Festival, and the John Coltrane Jazz Workshop. Throughout the last decade, he has operated Spot Studio. At Spot, Wilson and his engineering partner, Chris Peck, have worked with artists such as The Martha Bassett Band, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Luminescent Orchestrii, The StoryLine Project, and Will and Deni Films featuring David Holt. Since 1998, Wilson has found a creative home as an accompanist in the UNCSA dance department. Wilson lives in downtown Winston-Salem with the love of his life, Dr. T. Sharee Fowler.
June 11 –
26, 2011 Orchestra Conductor
Jeffrey Grogan
Weehawken, New Jersey
Orchestra Conductor
Applauded for performances "high in energy, with close attention to ebb and flow," conductor Jeffrey Grogan is hailed as a musical leader who "knows what kind of sound he wants from an orchestra, rich and vibrant." His humanistic leadership style, coupled with a strong command of skills as a musical communicator, has earned him an impressive reputation with audiences nationwide. Grogan recently conducted at the prestigious Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview sponsored by the League of American Orchestras. Grogan serves as education and community engagement conductor for the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, director of orchestras at Montclair State University, music director of the Greater Newark Youth Orchestra, and music director of the InterSchool Orchestras of New York. Grogan was previously on faculty at the University of Michigan, Ithaca College, and Baylor University. He is a graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University and the University of Michigan.
June 11 –
26, 2011 Orchestra Section Faculty
Rodney Ackmann
Columbia, Missouri
Bassoon
Rodney Ackmann joined the faculty of the University of Missouri in 2005, following 22 seasons as principal bassoonist of the Tulsa Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also performed as principal bassoonist with the Tulsa Opera Orchestra and for the Italian music festivals Musica nel Chiostro and Musica Assisi. As a soloist, Ackmann has appeared with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Musica Regala, and the Tulsa Philharmonic. Recently, he performed as a soloist in a two-week concert tour of China. Ackmann has recorded for Chandos, Enharmonic, and Mark Records, and he has been heard on NPR's Performance Today. He served for seven summers as visiting assistant professor of music at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Ackmann currently serves as first vice-president of the Midwest Double Reed Society. He was a student of Leonard Sharrow and Sidney Rosenberg.
Wesley Broadnax
Richmond, California
Trombone & Tuba
Dr. Wesley J. Broadnax joined the music faculty of the California State University East Bay in 2007. As the director of bands, Broadnax conducts the Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, and Chamber Winds, and teaches courses in music education. Broadnax received his bachelor's degree in music education from Stephen F. Austin State University, and he taught in the Texas public schools. He received both the master's and doctoral degrees from Michigan State University in wind conducting. While teaching at Michigan State University, he was a regular performer (bass trombone and euphonium) throughout the state of Michigan, where he was a member of the West Shore Symphony Orchestra. He also performed with the Greater Lansing, Grand Rapids, Jackson, Kalamazoo, and Midland Symphony Orchestras, and with the West Shore Symphony Brass Trio and the Capitol Brass Quartet. He currently performs bass trombone with the Mission Chamber Orchestra of San Jose and the Silicon Valley Symphony Orchestra of Los Gatos.
Karel Butz
Cypress, Texas
2nd Violin
Karel Butz has performed in several orchestras, including the National Repertory Orchestra, National Orchestral Institute, and Spoleto Festival USA. He has served as associate instructor for string techniques and music theory at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. In addition, he taught violin for the Indiana University String Academy and the Bands of America Summer Symposium Orchestra Division. Butz taught orchestra in Carmel, Indiana and served as adjunct violin faculty at Purdue University. He is a frequent guest conductor, lecturer, and clinician around the country, and his music is published by Musica Propria. Butz received both his Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Music in violin with high distinction from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where his principal violin instructors were Nelli Shkolnikova and Mimi Zweig. Currently, Butz teaches orchestra in Houston, Texas while completing his doctorate in music education at Indiana University.
Anne Eisfeller
Albuequerque, New Mexico
Harp
Anne Eisfeller is the principal harpist of the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra and the Santa Fe Symphony, and she also serves as adjunct faculty at the University of New Mexico. She has performed with Opera Southwest, Four Corners Opera, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Aspen Festival, and Octubre Internacional in Mexico. In addition to OSAI, her summers take her to Oregon for the Peter Britt, Coast, and Cascade Festivals, and to Italy where she performs with the Assisi Festival and serves as the chamber music coordinator. She received her bachelor's and master's degrees with high distinction from Indiana University, where she studied with and assisted Peter Eagle.
Misha Galaganov
Fort Worth, Texas
Viola
Dr. Misha Galaganov, viola professor at Texas Christian University and director of Chamber Music Roundup, has performed as a soloist and given master classes in Russia, Italy, Israel, Czech Republic, Mexico, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Austria, and the USA. His performance at Carnegie Hall was called "warm and expressive" by the New York Music Review He is also a member of Trio Con Brio, a group that inspired leading composers from several countries to write new pieces for them. Dr. Galaganov received his degree of Doctor of Musical Arts from Rice University in Houston, Texas. His students now have successful careers in the U.S.and abroad.
Charles Gavin
Nacogdoches, Texas
French Horn
Charles Gavin, professor of music, joined the faculty of the Stephen F. Austin School of Music in Nacogdoches, Texas in 1985. Dr. Gavin's students are on the faculties at the University of Michigan, University of Alabama, Ithaca College, Texas A&M University, and East Texas Baptist University. As performers, his students' experiences range from a Grammy-winning studio artist in Hollywood to performers in the concert venues of Europe. Gavin is currently principal horn with the Orchestra of the Pines and performs regularly with the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra and the Longview Symphony. He is also a member of the Stone Fort Wind Quintet and the Pineywoods Brass Quintet. Prior to moving to Texas, he taught at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and was principal horn with the Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra and associate principal of the Quad Cities Symphony. Gavin has been a soloist at the International Horn Symposium, and he has presented clinics on horn pedagogy and performance at many state and regional conferences.
David Hays
Springfield, Missouri
1st Violin
David Hays earned his bachelor's degree at Indiana University and his master's and doctoral degrees at Northwestern University. A former concertmaster of the young artists' orchestra at Tanglewood, he has performed with the Minnesota Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony, and others. As co-principal violinist of the Fry Street Quartet, Hays was a finalist at the 1998 Banff International String Quartet Competition. As a member of the Hawthorne Trio, he has performed throughout the U.S., in Poland, the Czech Republic, and England. He also has national experience as a baroque violinist. Hays is professor of music at Missouri State University and currently serves as concertmaster of the Springfield Symphony. He has recorded on the labels Lyrichord, MSR Classics, and Musical Arts Society. In recent seasons, he has performed concertos by Sibelius, Lalo, Mozart, and Beethoven with various orchestras.
Catherine Hudgins
Boston, Massachusetts
Clarinet
Clarinetist Catherine Hudgins began her career in Caracas, Venezuela, as a member of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Caracas. She later held positions in the Sinfonica Municipal de Caracas, the Charleston Symphony, and the Boise Philharmonic. Hudgins performs frequently with the Boston Symphony, Portland Symphony (Maine), and as principal clarinetist with the National Lyric Opera. She has appeared with many other orchestras, including the Buffalo Philharmonic, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Jacksonville Symphony, and the Rantos Collegium of Australia. Hudgins was featured in chamber music concerts at the Spoleto and Scotia Festivals. She recently participated in the Saito Kinen Festival in Matsumoto Japan, Tokyo Opera Nomori, and the Mito Chamber Orchestra,all under the direction of Seiji Ozawa. She also performed for the inaugural performances of Ozawa's Tokyo Opera Nomori. Her chamber music performances have been broadcast on National Public Radio, West German Radio, RAI (Italian Radio), SCETV and CBC, among others. She studied clarinet with Robert Marcellus.
Michael Murray
Springfield, Missouri
Cello
Dr. Michael Murray is the founding member of the Hawthorne Trio, an artist-faculty ensemble at Missouri State University. The Hawthorne Trio has performed widely across the United States, Japan, Czech Republic, England, and at the Chopin Academy in Warsaw, Poland. Murray held an artist/scholar residency at the American Academy in Rome, where he researched music for cello composed in the 1930s. Murray is the principal cellist of the Springfield Symphony and his wide orchestral experience includes the Minnesota Orchestra, Tucson Symphony, Kansas City Camerata and Kansas City Chamber Orchestra. He received a College of Arts and Letters Award in Teaching from Missouri State University and a National Endowment in the Humanities Fellowship for study at Harvard University. Murray recently returned from London, where he served on the faculty of the Missouri London Program for the remainder of the year.
Valerie Naranjo
New York, New York
Percussion
Valerie Naranjo has studied music in ten African countries. She was the first woman permitted to publicly perform Ghanaian gyil and the only Westerner to receive a first prize at Ghana's Kobine Festival. With her mentor Kakraba Lobi, she toured, recorded, and compiled the 15 transcriptions West African Music for the Marimba Soloist. Naranjo performs solo marimba and gyil with her world music group Mandara, and she has been the percussionist for NBC's Saturday Night Live Band for 13 years. She wrote the percussion arrangements and performed for Broadway's Tony Award-winning The Lion King. She has performed with Megadrums, The Philip Glass Ensemble, Tori Amos, The Paul Winter Consort, and many more. She has recorded ten CDs, featuring a variety of musical styles. She has been named "World Percussionist of the Year" by Drum! magazine twice, and she has been featured in Modern Drummer, Rhythm, Percussive Notes, and World Percussion Rhythm magazines. She was a featured artist at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention seven times, and she has been featured at festivals and symposia on six continents. Naranjo apprenticed with Leigh Stevens, Gordon Stout, and Dave Samuels. She received a BME at the University of Oklahoma and an MM at Ithaca College.
Karl Olsen
Louisville, Kentucky
Double Bass
Karl Olsen is in his tenth season with the Louisville Orchestra. He is also the bass instructor at Indiana University Southeast and The University of Kentucky. Before joining the Louisville Orchestra, Olsen was a member of the New World Symphony and served as assistant principal bass with both the Evansville Philharmonic and the Owensboro Symphony Orchestras. Olsen holds a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point and a Master of Music Performance from Indiana University. While at Indiana University, Olsen performed with the New Music Ensemble under David Dzubay and the Baroque Orchestra under Stanley Ritchie. Olsen's bass teachers include David Dunn, Bruce Bransby, Gary Karr, and Stuart Sankey. When not practicing, performing, or teaching, Olsen might be found out on a hike with his daughter Annika and his wife Allison, a cellist with the Louisville Orchestra.
Virginia Sircy
Alexandria, Virginia
Piano (Orchestra)
Dr. Virginia Rice Sircy was professor of music at Cameron University and holds three degrees in piano performance. She has been soloist for two piano premieres and made her fifth solo appearance with the Lawton Philharmonic Orchestra in November 2006. An active chamber musician, Sircy is a founding member of Words and Music (2008), a vocal quartet with piano accompaniment. They have performed Ned Rorem's "The Evidence of Things Not Seen," a compendium of art songs, throughout the Washington D.C. area and in New York. Sircy has conducted recent performances of Haydn's Mass in Time of War in Northern Virginia and served as music director and conductor for four performances of Benjamin Britten's opera, Noye's Fludde, the Faure Requiem, Saint-Saens Christmas Oratorio, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. This marks Dr. Sircy's twenty-fourth year as a member of the OSAI faculty.
Elizabeth Tomorsky Knott
Charleston, South Carolina
Oboe
Elizabeth Tomorsky Knott is a native of Ann Arbor, Michigan. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and a master's in oboe performance from The Mannes College of Music in New York City. She has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the National Symphony, and the Spoleto festivals in both Italy and the U.S. She played for twelve seasons with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra and taught at the Tanglewood Institute and the New England Conservatory Pre-College Division. Tomorsky Knott toured Tanzania as part of a Fulbright invitation with the Austin, Texas based Wild Basin Winds. She is currently a freelance musician. This is her fifth year with the Oklahoma Arts Institute.
Wesley Woolard
Cincinnati, Ohio
Trumpet
Trumpeter Wesley Woolard is principal trumpet of the Richmond Symphony Orchestra in Indiana and second trumpet with the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra. He also frequently performs with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Additionally, he has performed with the St. Louis Symphony, the Belgian Radio Orchestra, the Mexico City Philharmonic, and the Lexington Philharmonic. He spent two seasons in Mexico as the principal trumpet of the Veracruz Symphony Orchestra. Woolard studied trumpet performance at Illinois State University, the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, and the University of Kentucky. He received a fellowship from the Alex de Vries Foundation of Antwerp, Belgium for study with the late Theo Mertens. Woolard has studied with master teachers Susan Slaughter, Philip Collins, Vincent DiMartino, Arnold Jacobs and William Adam. Woolard teaches extensively throughout the southwestern Ohio region. In addition to his passion for the trumpet, Woolard is an enthusiastic cyclist, pedaling over 4,000 miles annually. He lives with his flutist wife, Evelien, and drummer son, Peter, in Cincinnati.
Evelien Woolard
Cincinnati, Ohio
Flute
Evelien Woolard is a founding member of the Taft Woodwind Quintet, first-prize winner in the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition and twice finalist in the International Munich Competition. A strong advocate for chamber music, Woolard is also a member of LYRICA, a harp, flute, and cello trio and AULT MUSIC, a guitar, flute, and double bass trio, both based in Cincinnati. She serves as principal flutist of the Cincinnati Ballet, Richmond Symphony (Indiana), and Blue Ash/Montgomery Orchestras and has performed with the Cincinnati Symphony and Pops Orchestras, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, and the Dayton and Lexington Philharmonics. Woolard spent twelve years as flute instructor for the preparatory department of the University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory for Music and nine years in the same position at the Cincinnati School for Creative and Performing Arts.
June 11 –
26, 2011 Photography
Connie Imboden
Baltimore, Maryland
Photography
Connie Imboden is represented in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York and The Bibliothèque Nationales in Paris, as well as in many other public and private collections throughout Europe and the Americas. Imboden has exhibited her photographs in an extensive range of group and solo shows at galleries and museums throughout the United States, South America, Europe and China. Imboden teaches and inspires colleagues and students alike in her quest to push the photographic medium to its highest level. She currently teaches at the Maryland Institute College of Art, where her experience as a photographer began. Imboden has served as an instructor at workshops around the world, including The Maine Photographic Workshops and the Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie in France.
June 11 –
26, 2011 Photography Assistant Faculty
Konrad Eek
Norman, Oklahoma
Darkroom Technician
Konrad Eek owns and operates Maxwell Eek Design Photography, a commercial photography studio specializing in product and advertising photography. He serves a diverse client base, ranging from Carlisle Food Service Products to the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. In addition to his commercial photographic work, Eek is very involved in arts education. He has served as an adjunct professor of photography for Oklahoma City Community College for over a decade. He teaches classes in photo lighting, advanced darkroom techniques, and alternative photographic processes. He also serves on the curriculum development committee for the college. For over 20 years, Eek has served the Oklahoma Arts Institute in a variety of roles.
Ben Long
San Francisco, California
Digital Technician
Ben Long is a San Francisco-based photographer, writer, and teacher. The author of over two dozen books on digital photography and digital video, he is also a senior contributing editor to Macworld magazine, a contributing editor at CreativePro.com, and the author of several best-selling Lynda.com photography courses. His photography clients have included 20th Century Fox, Blue Note Records, Global Business Network, the San Francisco Jazz Festival, the Pickle Family Circus, and Grammy-nominated jazz musicians Don Byron and Dafnis Prieto. He has taught and lectured on photography around the world, including workshops at the Santa Reparata International School of the Arts in Florence and a class for imaging engineers at Apple, Inc. He occasionally dabbles in computer programming and has written image editing utilities that are used by National Geographic, the British Museum, and the White House. Long was an OSAI acting student in 1985.
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