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Kathleen DeLaurenti Kathleen DeLaurenti Johns Hopkins University - Peabody Institute

Johns Hopkins University - Peabody Institute
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Phoenix Delgado

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Mr. Brian DeMaris

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Member Bio ually at home in opera, musical theatre, symphony, pops and ballet, Brian DeMaris has worked with Anchorage Opera, Arizona Opera, Charlottesville Opera, Opera Columbus, El Paso Opera, Mill City Summer Opera, Syracuse Opera, Tri-Cities Opera, American Lyric Theatre and American Opera Projects. He has served as Principal Conductor of Anchorage Opera, Music Director of Mill City Summer Opera, Associate Conductor of New York City Opera, Assistant Conductor of Florida Grand Opera and Glimmerglass Opera and on the music staff of Opera Theater of Saint Louis. He has led concerts with the St. Cloud Symphony, Music St. Croix, the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra, Williamsburg Symphony, Syracuse Symphoria and the Israel Chamber Orchestra, and has appeared at the United Nations, the Aspen Music Festival, New York's Le Poisson Rouge, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, Alice Tully Hall, and in recitals, competitions, and master classes throughout the United States and abroad. He is a three-time winner of the American Prize in Opera and Musical Theater Conducting. He was previously Director of Opera and Musical Theatre at Ithaca College, and currently serves as Artistic Director of Music Theatre and Opera at Arizona State University. DeMaris has also taught at Aspen Music Festival, New England Conservatory School of Continuing Education, Lawrence University, George Mason University’s International Opera Alliance, the International Vocal Arts Institute in Tel Aviv, and “Meet the Artist” at Lincoln Center. He has served on numerous panels with Opera America and the National Opera Association, and presented master classes with the National Association of Teachers of Singing, New York State Music Teachers Association, New York State School Music Association and the Arizona Music Educators Association. He’s presented master classes at numerous universities and programs across the U.S., and his students have performed on Broadway, film and television, and at opera companies and festivals throughout the world. He also serves as Arizona Governor of the National Opera Association and Director of the Arizona District Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition. A frequent performer and advocate of contemporary music, he conducted the Middle Eastern premiere of Mark Adamo’s Little Women with the Israel Chamber Orchestra at the International Vocal Arts Institute in Tel Aviv, as well as the world premiere of Stefan Weisman’s Darkling with American Opera Projects at the Classical Stage Company with additional performances in Gniezno, Poland, at Frei Universität in Berlin, Germany, the New York City Opera VOX Festival and the United Nations. He also leads the world premiere recording of Darkling, released on Albany Records in 2011. DeMaris was also involved with the professional American premiere of Richard Rodney Bennett’ s Mines of Sulphur at Glimmerglass Opera, which was broadcast on NPR and BBC, released on the Chandos label, and nominated for a Grammy Award, as well as the world premieres of Peter Ash’s The Golden Ticket and John Corigliano’s revised version of The Ghosts of Versailles at Opera Theater of Saint Louis, for which he provided assistance with the preparation of the published piano-vocal score through G. Schirmer. He has worked with Beth Morrison Projects and also served as Resident Conductor of American Lyric Theater in New York, through which he has done several workshops of new works including The Golden Ticket at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Adam and Eve at Symphony Space and Why Is Eartha Kitt Trying To Kill Me at Le Poisson Rouge. He has produced developmental workshops of half a dozen new works at Arizona State University with professional collaborators including American Lyric Theatre, Beth Morrison Projects, and Phoenix Theatre. Also a composer himself, his musical “The Portrait of Dorian Gray” received a developmental workshop at Ephrata Playhouse in the Park in 2003, and his art songs have been performed in recitals throughout the United States. His 2022 album "Gratitude" (available on iTunes and Spotify) features his complete songs for voice and piano.
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Hayden Denesha

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Member Bio A native of Buffalo, New York, Hayden Denesha is a passionate conductor known for his intensity and his dedication to the education of audiences and young musicians. Presently, Hayden serves as the Associate Conductor of the Loudoun Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Loudoun Symphony Youth Orchestras. Hayden is also on faculty at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania where he directs the College Orchestra and teaches classes in Music Education. Hayden most recently served as Assistant Conductor for the Peabody Youth Orchestra and worked as an Assistant Conductor and Youth Orchestra Conductor for the South Carolina Philharmonic. While with the South Carolina Philharmonic, he led professional young persons’ concerts and helped grow its Youth Orchestra program into one of the largest in the state. As an advocate for contemporary programming, Hayden has premiered numerous commissions and has been relied upon for his expertise in multimedia collaboration. He recently worked on the U.S. premiere of Du Yun’s Where We Lost Our Shadows at the Kennedy Center and served as an Assistant Conductor for a Baltimore city-wide production of Leonard Bernstein’s Mass under the baton of Marin Alsop. He is also one of the few conductors in the world trained in original performance practice of accompanying silent films with live orchestra. In 2018, he was invited to Indiana University in partnership with the Jacobs School of Music to present the original orchestral score to Phantom of the Opera (1925) with renowned organ soloist Dennis James. Hayden holds conducting degrees from the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University, the University of South Carolina, and the State University of New York at Fredonia. He has also trained and performed at music festivals such as the National Orchestra Institute, Eastern Music Festival, Pierre Monteux School, and the PRISMA Festival in Western Canada. His principal teachers have included Marin Alsop, Joseph Young, Scott Weiss and David Rudge. Hayden is equally at home as a performer on viola having earned his undergraduate degree in Viola Performance & Music Education. He has held viola section positions with the South Carolina Philharmonic, Aiken Symphony Orchestra, and the Carolina Ballet. He presently resides in Baltimore, MD with his wife Mary Kate and is an avid Buffalo Bills fan.
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Bryant Denmark

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Member Bio Bryant Denmark is a conductor with a diverse background spanning symphonic, choral, contemporary music, and musical theatre. Originally from Tennessee, he began his musical journey studying violin and voice, developing a deep appreciation for large ensemble collaboration. He remains active as an instrumentalist, frequently performing in orchestras and chamber ensembles. Bryant earned his Bachelor of Music in Orchestral Conducting from the Mannes School of Music, where he worked extensively with the Mannes Orchestra, Mannes Opera, Mannes Composers Ensemble, and New School Community Orchestra. He was also named the Julius Rudel Conducting Fellow in partnership with the Buffalo Philharmonic in 2022. Following his time at Mannes, Bryant worked with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as a score reader for video productions. In summer 2025, Bryant was awarded the Cascade Conducting Fellowship at Orquesta Northwest’s Cascade Masterclass. Throughout his years as a conductor, Bryant has received mentorship from JoAnn Falletta, Sarah Ioannides, Lawrence Golan, Scott O’Neil, David Hayes, Diane Wittry, Anna Edwards, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, and Ankush Kumar Bahl. Currently pursuing his Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting at the Lamont School of Music, Bryant continues to refine his artistry and leadership on the podium. Bryant’s main goals as a conductor include engaging with as many living composers as possible, uncovering neglected orchestral works from the 20th century, and fostering community between orchestras and audiences. His passion for music is driven by a commitment to facilitating meaningful collaboration with musicians and creating compelling, empathic performances that engage audiences and spread joy.
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Dr. John Devlin

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Member Bio Conductor John Gennaro Devlin is an ardent champion of American music, an innovator of concert design, and a thought leader in the field of classical music. Currently in his sixth season as Music Director of the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra (WSO), Devlin is only the ninth conductor in its 90-year history to hold that title. In 2025, Devlin began his tenure as the Music Director of the Lancaster (OH) Festival Orchestra. For his work with the WSO, Devlin was named a recipient of the 2023 Georg Solti Foundation Career Assistance Award. Also in 2023, Devlin was honored by Wheeling’s mayor, Glenn F. Elliott, with the Mayor’s Award for “distinguished service, loyalty, and dedication to our city.”
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Dr. Nove Deypalan

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Member Bio Nové Deypalan is an award-winning conductor with demonstrated experience in leading orchestras and other ensembles. A versatile musician with a strong foundation in scholarly and editorial work, contemporary, world, choral music, and artistic programming. Maintains an active role in serving as music faculty, guest conductor, and clinician of vocal and instrumental ensembles in middle & high schools, community, and college/university ensembles in Europe, Asia, and the United States. In addition, Nové is committed to mentoring and coaching young artists to develop their style and techniques by creating innovative workshops. Implemented programs drawing on proficiency in learning science and focused on cooperative learning, inquiry-based learning, creative lesson plan development, and improvisation techniques. Deypalan is a visionary Executive Officer with solid experience managing all levels of multiple projects, including administration, planning, monitoring, budgeting, negotiation, fund-raising, and recruitment. He is devoted to the cost-effective management of resources and quality performance. A hands-on and inspirational leader passionate about empowering individuals and the community both in business and artistic expressions to promote, thrive, and achieve excellence. Nové hails from the small town of Victorias, Negros Occidental, Philippines. His higher education began at the College of Music, University of the Philippines, and continued in the United States. He completed the Bachelor of Music in Conducting Performance at Chapman University. He received the Master of Music in Choral Music, magna cum laude from the University of Southern California, and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Orchestral Conducting at the University of South Carolina. Dr. Deypalan is a prolific conductor in the US and Europe. He received the Special Commendation Award at the conducting competition in London with the London Classical Soloists in January 2016. In February 2014, Deypalan was a Prize Winner and awarded the Highest Distinction in the International Masterclass “Conducting Tchaikovsky” with the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic in Russia. In addition, he was a two-time winner of the International Conductors Workshop and Competition in Georgia, the USA, in 2012 and 2013. In February 2012, he premiered Fang Man’s “Dream of a Hundred Flowers” at Carnegie Hall in New York. Deypalan has led his ensembles in repeat performances at Carnegie Hall, command performances for St. John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI, and Pope Francis at the Vatican. He has conducted symphony orchestras in public performance and workshop settings such as The Berlin Sinfonietta in Germany; Filharmonie Bohuslav Martinů in the Czech Republic; Festival Orchestra in Santa Cruz, California; Gwinnett Symphony Orchestra in Georgia; and The London Conducting Workshop Orchestra at the Royal Academy in London.
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Mr. Salvatore Di Vittorio

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Member Bio Born in Palermo, Italy, composer and conductor Salvatore Di Vittorio is heir to the Italian neo-classical orchestral tradition, “following in the footsteps of Ottorino Respighi” – Luigi Verdi, Philharmonic Academy of Bologna. He gained considerable attention with his completion of the first Violin Concerto (in A) and other works of Respighi by invitation of his great nieces Elsa and Gloria Pizzoli and archive curator Potito Pedarra. Di Vittorio is founding Music Director of Chamber Orchestra of New York, which debuted in 2007 at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall. His Naxos recordings with the orchestra continue to air worldwide, receiving much critical praise. He has worked with numerous orchestras, including San Diego Symphony, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, and Teatro Massimo Opera Palermo. Di Vittorio is fascinated with the world of storytelling and best known for his lyrical symphonic poems, including program symphonies, which are often inspired by classical antiquity and show connections to the Italian Renaissance and Baroque. Under his baton, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia world premiered his Ode Corelliana in 2017, after the successful premiere of Venus and Adonis in 2016. “Di Vittorio’s Venus was an orchestral song, and often a beautiful one.” – Philadelphia Inquirer. “Venus…recalls Respighi, and is infused with Di Vittorio’s original imagination and ability to build musical architecture that ultimately fades, like Venus’s own loveliness. There is an appealing heft to this work, [influenced by] Bach and Ravel.” – Broad Street Review. In 2015, San Diego Symphony world premiered his orchestral Fanfara del Mare “Su un Tema di Monteverdi”, commissioned for the centennial of Balboa Park at Copley Symphony Hall. In 2012, Di Vittorio made his conducting debut with Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana at Teatro Politeama Garibaldi. Giornale di Sicilia praised the evening “From Pines of Rome to the Temples of Sicily”, depicting Di Vittorio’s third symphony as “a commemorative memorial with a dimension of insularity, which during great peaks reveals suggestions of an international musical palette.” La Repubblica acknowledged Di Vittorio’s neo-classical works and in particular his third symphony, as “his first composition to capture Respighi’s impressionism, together with [influences of] Berlioz and Richard Strauss.” Mayor Leoluca Orlando awarded Di Vittorio the Medal of Palermo, recognizing “the great importance of Di Vittorio’s work as a promoter of Palermo around the world” – Il Moderatore. Di Vittorio began his musical studies at an early age with his father Giuseppe, who introduced the operas of Verdi and Puccini. He studied composition with Giampaolo Bracali (later, conducting) and Ludmila Ulehla at Manhattan School of Music, and philosophy at Columbia University. He is a protégé of such esteemed conductors as Piero Bellugi (of Florence).
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Cristjan Diaz

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Dr. Thomas Dickey

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Member Bio Gold Prize Winner in the 2022 World Classical Music Awards and the 2nd Prize Winner of the 2019 Mozart & Tchaikovsky International Conducting Competition, Thomas Taylor Dickey has been reviewed by critics as a
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