2017 NATIONAL AUDITIONS – PANELISTS ANNOUNCED
Astral | Monday May 15, 2017PHILADELPHIA, PA—Astral announces the panelists for its 2017 National Auditions in the strings, piano, woodwinds, and small chamber ensemble disciplines. The auditions will take place in Philadelphia on June 5, 6, and 7.
The independent panel, comprised of industry-leading musicians, managers, and presenters, will adjudicate the live auditions and recommend artists to be passed on to the final, interview round of the Auditions. The Astral 2017 National Auditions Winners will be announced in mid-June.
The 2017 National Auditions Panelists are:
STRINGS (June 5)
Norman Fischer
Professor of Cello and Director of Chamber Music, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University; Faculty, Tanglewood Music Center; Board member, Chamber Music America
Marka Gustavsson
Violinist/violist: Faculty, Bard Conservatory and Vassar College; Colorado Quartet (former)
Andrew Hauze
Conductor; Pianist; Vocal coach; Lecturer in Music, Swarthmore College; Co-Chair, Program Advancement Committee, Astral
Soovin Kim
Concert violinist and recording artist; First violin, Johannes Quartet; Artistic Director, Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival; Faculty, New England Conservatory, SUNY-Stonybrook, Bard College; Laureate artist, Astral
Charles Letourneau
Principal, Charles Letourneau LLC, Performing Arts Management
Bill Rhoads
Executive Director, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia
Peter Stumpf
Concert cellist; Johannes Quartet; Principal, Los Angeles Philharmonic (former); Faculty, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Anne Sullivan
Concert harpist; Author, arranger, educator, and lecturer; Faculty, University of Delaware
Vera Wilson
Founder & President, Astral
WINDS (June 6)
Igor Begelman
Concert clarinetist; Faculty, Brooklyn College and Sarah Lawrence College; Laureate artist, Astral
Linda Chesis
Concert flutist; Founder and Artistic Director, Cooperstown Summer Music Festival; Faculty and Chair, Woodwind Department, Manhattan School of Music
Valerie Guy
Director of Artistic Administration and Operations, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
Andrew Hauze
Conductor; Pianist; Vocal coach; Lecturer in Music, Swarthmore College; Co-Chair, Program Advancement Committee, Astral
Aaron LaVere
Principal trombone, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Chien-Kwan Lin
Concert saxophonist and recording artist; Associate Professor of Saxophone, Eastman School of Music; Artist and clinician, Selmer and Vandoren companies
Vera Wilson
Founder & President, Astral
PIANO (June 7)
Gilan Tocco Corn
Concert pianist; Co-founder & Artistic Director, Shenson Chamber Music Concerts at the National Museum of Women in the Arts; Board Chair, Young Concert Artists of Washington
Anthony de Mare
Concert pianist and recording artist; Professor of Piano, Manhattan School of Music; New Music Curator, The Sheen Center for Thought and Culture, NYC
Andrew Hauze
Conductor; Pianist; Vocal coach; Lecturer in Music, Swarthmore College; Co-Chair, Program Advancement Committee, Astral
Stuart Malina
Music Director and Conductor, Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra; Principal Guest Conductor, Florida Orchestra; Pianist
Ann Schein
Concert pianist and recording artist; Master teacher
Vera Wilson
Founder & President, Astral
Natalie Zhu
Concert pianist; Artistic Director, Kingston Chamber Music Festival; Board member and Laureate artist, Astral
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