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Mr. Clark Chaffee

Chaffee Core Musicianship Project
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Member Bio Founder of the Chaffee Core Musicianship Project. Clark A. Chaffee is a graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy and has earned Music Education degrees from the University of Michigan and Northern Illinois University. A two-time Nationally Certified educator (MENC and NBPTS), he has held adjunct faculty positions at Elgin and McHenry Colleges, National Guitar Teachers Workshops, the Illinois Summer Youth Music program, and the Music Institute of Chicago. He is the former Vice President in charge of the Orchestra Division for the Illinois Music Educators Association. Clark is an active youth orchestra guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator, with publications including Rhythm Workshop and Key Shapes for Strings. He has served as a clinician for the American String Teachers Association (at the national level and for both Illinois and Arizona), the Music Educators National Conference, the Illinois Music Educators Association, the Arizona Band & Orchestra Directors Association, and the Texas Orchestra Directors Association. Clark was named the 2011 American String Teacher's Association Illinois Classroom Teacher of the Year. Clark made a major impact on the music education community and on the lives of thousands of students as the Director of Orchestras, Chamber Music, and Guitar at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, IL. With his educational vision and inspiring teaching style, he turned a 33-student orchestra into a multi-level, nationally recognized program with over 200 students and a large chamber music division involved in community outreach. The Stevenson High School Music Department earned recognition as one of MENC's Twelve Model Music Programs in 2006, was a two-time finalist for Grammy in the Schools, was an honoree of Those Who Excel (from ISBE), and was one of four high schools in the country in 2010 to earn the Kennedy Center Excellence in Music Education recognition. As a performer, Clark is primarily a percussionist, and has studied under many excellent teachers including Paul Yancich, Jim Salmon, Charles Owen, Don Koss, and Harold Jones. Clark held the position of Principal Timpanist in the Elgin (Illinois) Symphony for 20 years, and performed with the Chicago Civic orchestra, the training orchestra for the Chicago Symphony. He has served as principal timpanist in the Rockford Symphony (Illinois), Chandler Symphony Orchestra (Arizona), Hinsdale Chamber Orchestra (Illinois), and the Downers Grove Oratorio Society (Illinois). Clark's performing experience is not limited to the percussion section: he has been a baritone in the Chicago Symphony Chorus, Principal Bass in the Valley Civic Orchestra, and has worked extensively as a freelance timpanist, jazz drummer, and vocalist. Clark has appeared in various amateur orchestras and ensembles on bass, cello, viola, violin, and guitar.
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Simon Chalk

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Member Bio Simon was born and educated in a small mining village in South Wales and began playing the violin at age 11. He studied conducting and violin at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and he spent his early career as a teacher, violinist and chamber musician with the Almira String Quartet. He has since developed a flourishing and versatile career as a conductor, musical director, leader, director and educator and has gradually relinquished the bow in favour of the baton. Based in the West Midlands in the UK, Simon has performed with and conducted orchestras and ensembles both throughout the UK and internationally. He was appointed as Chief Conductor of the Slovak Sinfonietta (Štátny Komorný Orchester Zilina - state chamber orchestra of Slovakia) in September 2015 and completed a three year tenure. He now continues his relationship with the Orchestra as Permanent Guest Conductor. In January 2018 he was honoured by the government of Slovakia through the award of a Diploma of Appreciation in recognition of 'extraordinary merits in the development of friendly relationships with the Slovak Republic'. July 2018 saw Simon taking part in the Bucharest International Conducting Competition when he was awarded the 'special prize', voted for by the members of the Bucharest Symphony Orchestra. In 2022 he returned to Romania in order to compete in the inaugural 'Orchestra's Conductor' competition in Brasov and was awarded first prize. This win is especially special to Simon as the jury was formed of the orchestral members of the Filarmonica Brasov. The final concert was streamed live on YouTube and the audience, both in the concert hall and those watching live, were also given the opportunity to vote - Simon also won the audience vote. He will return to Brasov during 2022/23 and 2023/24 to undertake future engagements with the Orchestra. Simon became Artistic Director of the Southern Sinfonia in 2016 whilst continuing to undertake guest conductor appearances with internationally renowned ensembles, perhaps most notably the St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra. Equally at home with both classical and crossover repertoire, he became Russell Watson's Musical Director for much of Russell's UK tour in 2018. Prior to this Simon has spent a significant amount of time touring the globe as conductor with the internationally renowned classical crossover group ll Divo. His relationship with Il Divo has taken him on three world tours across six continents, performing with a plethora of international orchestras along the way and conducting in many of the world's iconic concert halls and arenas.
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Oliver Chan

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Trudy Chan

Black Tea Music
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Brent Chancellor

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Member Bio Brent Chancellor is the Founding Music Director of LUX, Artistic Director and Conductor of the Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra, Music Director of the Rockland Symphony Orchestra, Interim Music Director of the Rutgers University Sinfonia and Music Director of the New Jersey Vocal Arts Collaborative. He is also a cover conductor with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Assistant Conductor with the New Jersey Festival Orchestra and Conductor with the prestigious International Vocal Arts Institute. Previous positions include Interim Music Director for the Montclair State University Opera Orchestra, Conducting Assistant with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Assistant Conductor to Stéphane Denève, Martin West and Joel Revzen at Festival Napa Valley, and Cover Conductor for concerts featuring André Watts, Leon Fleisher, Robert Levin, Seong-Jin Cho, Angel Blue and Lester Lynch. In opera, Brent has led numerous productions, and collaborated with many accomplished musicians and young artists from The Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, La Scala and Lyric Opera of Chicago. Hailed by Mignon Dunn as “a real singers’ conductor”, from 2008-2012 he served as Assistant Conductor to Paul Nadler on productions including Ariadne auf Naxos, La Traviata, The Rake’s Progress, Don Pasquale and Lucia di Lammermoor, as well as concerts with the Israel Chamber Orchestra in Tel Aviv and l’Orchestre de la Francophonie in Montreal. He has worked with revered stage directors Marc Verzatt, Joshua Major, Dietlinde Turban Maazel, Ira Siff, Jeffrey Gall, Lawrence Edelson and Joachim Schamberger, and in 2018, stepped in last minute to lead highly praised performances of The Rape of Lucretia. Other credits include Tosca, Madame Butterfly, Don Giovanni, La Bohème, Die Zauberflöte, Suor Angelica, Les Nozze di Figaro, L’enfant et les sortilèges and Tamerlano. A devoted music educator, Brent is rapidly gaining recognition as a unique and imaginative presenter. In 2016 he founded LUX, an orchestra dedicated to creating opportunities for young people to access and connect with symphonic music. Acclaimed performances have included Grammy Award-winning violinist and member of Snarky Puppy, Zach Brock, and fully immersive multi-media concerts in unconventional settings. In 2019, LUX became a partner orchestra with Carnegie Hall Link Up providing in-school concerts with the South Orange Performing Arts Center as part of a district-wide orchestra initiative. Brent also serves on the faculty of Montclair State University and has presented pre-concert talks and audience outreach at the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, UC Davis, California State University, Sierra College, Sonoma State University and the John J. Cali School of Music. With a deep curiosity and appreciation for music across genres, in 2003, Brent spent almost four months in Uganda studying traditional ngoma drumming with Mpambire Drum Makers of Uganda.
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Ge Chang Ge Chang Beijing Book Company - Copy 1

Beijing Book Company - Copy 1
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James Chang

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Member Bio James T. Chang is an American conductor and musician of Chinese descent and is a doctoral candidate at the University of Minnesota, studying with Mark Russell Smith. James was previously assistant conductor of the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra and Apollo Chorus of Chicago, music director of the Tallahassee Sinfonietta and the Florida State University Campus Orchestra, and has served as guest conductor for the 5th Wave Collective, the Northwest Symphony Orchestra, and the Jacksonville University Orchestra. James has also led performances with the Berlin Sinfonietta, the Miami Music Festival Orchestra, the Florida State University Philharmonia and Symphony Orchestras, the Alice Millar Chapel Choir and Brass Ensemble, the Northwestern Summer Chorus, and several ad hoc orchestras and ensembles. James began his musical studies in piano with Myrtle and Peggy Edwards and in violin with the late Aaron Krosnick in his hometown of Jacksonville, Florida. He later studied piano with Sylvia Wang at Northwestern University, where he earned two Bachelor's degrees in Computer Engineering and Orchestral Studies, and with David Kalhous at Florida State University, where he received his Master's of Music in Orchestral Conducting under the tutelage of Alexander Jimenez. Other conducting teachers and mentors include Victor Yampolsky, Benjamin Zander, Stephen Alltop, Mallory Thompson, Donald Nally, Robert Hasty, Emily Threinen, Tiffany Lu, Markand Thakar, Arthur Fagen, Hugh Wolff, Kenneth Kiesler, Julius Williams, Mark Shapiro, Mark Gibson, Chris Younghoon Kim, Apo Hsu, Adrian Gnam, Gregory Pritchard, and Philip Greenberg. Enthusiastic about music outside of the standard orchestral repertoire, James has premiered works by Roydon Tse, Aaron Spotts, Justin Giarrusso, Bryan Lin, among others. At the 2017 FSU Festival of New Music, James led a performance of Louis Andriessen's Zilver in the presence of the composer. At Northwestern, James founded and directed the ReZenance Music Society, dedicated to the performance and promotion of East Asian music, and led annual orchestral concerts for Lunar New Year Celebrations. At Florida State, James was assistant director and principal erhu player of the FSU Chinese Music Ensemble, and began studying the guqin with Haiqiong Deng. In 2018, he guest conducted the orchestra of the 5th Wave Collective, a Chicago organization dedicated to the performance and promotion of music by womxn composers. Leading up to and during the COVID-19 pandemic, James co-edited a critical performing edition of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring with Clinton F. Nieweg and engraved the full set of score and parts from scratch, now published by Serenissima Music and available from EMS.
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Keith Chapman Keith Chapman Rice University Fondren Library

Rice University Fondren Library
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Simon Charette

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Member Bio Simon has been recently appointed assistant conductor of the Chesapeake Youth Symphony Orchestra in Annapolis, MD, and chorus master & assistant conductor for the Southern Maryland Youth Orchestra and Chorus in Leonardtown, MD. He also serves as assistant conductor, chorus master and pianist for the Washington Opera Society. Recent productions include Verdi's Aida, presented at the Egyptian Embassy, Bizet’s Carmen, presented at the Embassy of France in Washington, DC and Kalman’s The Gypsy Princess presented at the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Washington, DC. Simon is the artistic director of the Rochambeau Choir and the Choir of the Embassy of France in Washington. He recently conducted both ensembles for French President Emmanuel Macron's address in Washington, DC, in April 2018. As a singer, Simon has recently appeared with the In-Series in Jacques Brel: Songs of His World. He also recently made his debut with the Connecticut Lyric Opera as the Sacristan in Tosca and Guglielmo in Cosi fan tutte and also performed in a concert at the Residence of the French Ambassador in Washington, DC, with famous mezzo-soprano Géraldine Chauvet. He also sings in the chorus of the Annapolis Opera. Simon is very active as a pianist and vocal coach and teaches music at Rochambeau, the French International School in Bethesda, MD. After receiving a Master’s degree from the Université de Montréal, he furthered his training at the Canadian Operatic Arts Academy (London, Ontario), at the American Institute for Musical Studies (Graz, Austria) and at the Accademia Europa dell’Opera (Lucca, Italy). Simon Charette is a sought-after conductor, collaborative pianist, and vocal coach based in Washington, DC. Passionate about opera from an early age, Simon is the founder and artistic director of the Opéra Comique de Washington, an opera company specializing in French operetta. In 2022, he was named Artistic Director of the newly founded French Choir of Washington. Simon is also the Artistic Director of the Choir of the Embassy of France in Washington. He conducted this ensemble for French President Emmanuel Macron's address in Washington, DC, in 2018 and 2022. ​ Recently, Simon worked as assistant conductor and pianist for the Washington Opera Society and also served as assistant conductor of the Chesapeake Youth Symphony Orchestra in Annapolis, MD, and chorus master & assistant conductor for the Southern Maryland Youth Orchestra and Chorus in Leonardtown, MD. He has worked with the National Music Festival Orchestra, the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra and l'Orchestre Classique de Montréal. ​ ​After receiving a Master’s degree from the Université de Montréal, he furthered his training at the Académie musicale de Villecroze (France), at the Canadian Operatic Arts Academy (London, Ontario), at the American Institute for Musical Studies (Graz, Austria), and at the Accademia Europea dell’Opera (Lucca, Italy).
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Mr. Michael Charry

The New School - Mannes
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Member Bio Michael Charry was a member of the conducting staff of The Cleveland Orchestra for nine years under George Szell, whose biography he has written. It was published by the University of Illinois Press in 2011 in hardcover and in paperback in 2014. Mr. Charry was music director of the Nashville (Tennessee) and Canton (Ohio) Symphonies, and the Peninsula Music Festival (Wisconsin). He was also assistant conductor and first oboist of the Rhode Island Philharmonic in Providence. He has been a guest conductor of the orchestras of Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Dallas, Syracuse, Louisville, San Antonio, and Kansas City; the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Belgian BRT, Vancouver CBC and Swiss Radio Orchestras, the Vancouver Academy Orchestra, the Singapore Symphony, the Oslo Philharmonic, and the Orchestra of the State of Mexico. Opera credits include the New York City, Santa Fe and San Francisco Spring Operas, Kansas City Lyric Theater, Lake Erie Opera Theater (with the Cleveland Orchestra), Lake George Opera Festival, Netherlands Opera, Holland Festival, and the Boston Lyric Opera. He has conducted for the José Limón Dance Company in the United States, Europe, South and Central America, and the Far East and, in the US, for the Martha Graham Dance Company. Mr. Charry studied conducting with Pierre Monteux at his school in Maine and Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt on a Fulbright scholarship in Hamburg, Germany. He holds BS and MS degrees in orchestral conducting from The Juilliard School of Music in the class of Jean Morel. His piano teachers include Rosalyn Tureck, Arthur Dann, and Josef Raieff, and he studied oboe with Warren Stannard, Robert Zupnik, and Lois Wann, Mr. Charry has been on the Mannes faculty since 1988 and was Music Director of The Mannes Orchestra and head of Orchestral Conducting from 1989 to 1999.
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