ASTRAL ANNOUNCES 2019 NATIONAL AUDITIONS PANELISTS
Astral | Tuesday May 21, 2019PHILADELPHIA, PA— Astral announces the panelists for its 2019 National Auditions in the voice, woodwinds & brass, piano, strings, and small chamber ensemble disciplines. The auditions will take place in Philadelphia on May 28, 29, 30, and 31.
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 2019 National Auditions Winners will be announced in mid-June.
The 2019 National Auditions Panelists are:
VOICE (May 28)
Lawrence Loh
Music Director, West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Symphoria (Syracuse)
Angela Meade
Metropolitan Opera soprano; recording artist; Laureate artist, Astral
Randall Scarlata
Concert baritone; recording artist; Co-Artistic Director, Alpenkammermusik Chamber Music Festival;Voice faculty, Peabody Conservatory, Tanglewood Music Center
Dan Visconti
Artistic Director, Astral, Fifth House Ensemble; Composer
Vera Wilson
Founding President, Astral
PIANO (May 29)
Jason Belz
Vice President, Director of Booking & Artist Manager, Kirshbaum Associates
Melvin Chen
Concert pianist; Deputy Dean, Yale School of Music
Anthony de Mare
Concert pianist; Contemporary Performance Faculty, Manhattan School of Music; Professor of Piano, NYU-Steinhardt; New Music Curator, The Sheen Center for Thought and Culture
Olga Kern
Concert pianist; recording artist; Steinway Artist; Director of Chamber Music, Virginia Arts Festival; Faculty, Manhattan School of Music
Igal Kesselman
Pianist; Director, Lucy Moses and Special Music Schools; Curator, Tuesday Matinee Series, Merkin Hall, Kauffman Music Center
Stuart Malina
Music Director & Conductor, Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra; Principal Guest Conductor, Florida Orchestra; Pianist
Dan Visconti
Artistic Director, Astral, Fifth House Ensemble; Composer
Vera Wilson
Founding President, Astral
Natalie Zhu
Concert pianist; Artistic Director, Kingston Chamber Music Festival; Laureate artist, Astral
WOODWINDS & BRASS (May 30)
David Amado
Music Director, Delaware Symphony Orchestra, Atlantic Classical Orchestra
Linda Chesis
Concert flutist; Founder & Artistic Director, Cooperstown Summer Music Festival; Faculty & Chair, Woodwind Department, Manhattan School of Music
Romie de Guise-Langlois
Concert clarinetist; Assistant Professor of Clarinet, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Laureate artist, Astral
Chien-Kwan Lin
Associate Professor of Saxophone, Eastman School of Music; Artist and clinician, Selmer and Vandoren companies
Michael Powell
Trombonist, American Brass Quintet; Principal trombone, Orchestra of St. Luke’s
William Rhoads
Senior Vice President, Esperanza Arts Center; Composer
Dan Visconti
Artistic Director, Astral, Fifth House Ensemble; Composer
Vera Wilson
Founding President, Astral
STRINGS (May 31)
Dmitri Berlinsky
Concert violinist; Artist teacher; Professor of Violin, College of Music, Michigan State University
Natasha Brofsky
Faculty, The Juilliard School; Cello, Peabody Trio (2000-2016)
Norman Fischer
Professor of Cello & Director of Chamber Music, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University; Head of Chamber Music, Tanglewood Music Center
Marka Gustavsson
Violinist/violist; Faculty, Bard Conservatory
Judith Ingolfsson
Concert violinist; Professor, State University of Music & Performing Arts Stuttgart; Co-Artistic Director & Founder, Festival Aigues-Vives en Musiques; Laureate artist, Astral
Charles Letourneau
Artist manager; Principal, Charles Letourneau LLC
Amy Oshiro-Morales
Violinist, The Philadelphia Orchestra
Roger Tapping
Viola, The Juilliard Quartet; Faculty, The Juilliard School
Dan Visconti
Artistic Director, Astral, Fifth House Ensemble; Composer
Gideon Whitehead
Concert guitarist; teacher
Vera Wilson
Founding President, Astral
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