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Major Brian Dix, United States Marine Corps, Retired

Denman Road Productions, LLC
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Member Bio Major Brian Dix, United States Marine Corps, Retired led a brilliant military career as a conductor and composer spanning over 30 years of dedicated service culminating as Director of the highly beloved U.S. Marine Drum & Bugle Corps, “The Commandant’s Own” from Washington D.C. His distinguished leadership elevated this ensembles musical prowess that was witnessed by millions of people during concerts, performances and ceremonies throughout the United States, its territories, plus four continents. During his tenure, Brian led musical presentations for world leaders, dignitaries, heads of state and marched within every local community along the way. This included World War Memorials on the island of Iwo Jima and Belleau Wood France, the Norwegian Military Tattoo, Oslo, the USS Intrepid dedication in NYC, individual productions for the Kennedy Center Honors along with live broadcasts for PBS, CBS, NBC Fox News and Armed Forces Radio & Television. Other noteworthy events include The Great State Fair of Texas along with marching presentations for Drum Corps International, Drum Corps Associates and Bands of America. He was distinguished amongst his peers for being selected to command performances for HRH Queen Elizabeth II at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Scotland and the Sultan of Oman’s Anniversary Celebration in Muscat. These are amongst some 7500 concerts, ceremonies and performances to his name as Director with over 10,000 events as an overall musical performer.
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Dr. Timothy Dixon

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Member Bio Dr. Timothy Dixon is Professor of Music and Director of Orchestral Studies at Messiah College (PA), where he conducts the orchestras and opera productions, and teaches orchestral literature and conducting at the undergraduate and graduate level. Additionally, he is Conductor Laureate of the West Shore Symphony Orchestra (PA) and has been a regular conductor of the Harrisburg Opera Association. Active nationally and internationally, Dixon has conducted numerous festival orchestras (at the county through all-state levels) in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic region, as well as professional orchestra in Pennsylvania, New York, Connect, Georgie and in Germany and Ukraine. His orchestras at Messiah College have been selected to perform multiple times at PMEA and NAfME conferences, and he has presented scholarly papers at conferences of the College Orchestra Directors Association and the College Music Society. Before moving to Pennsylvania, Dixon served as conductor of the University of Iowa Philharmonia Orchestra, and the Preucil School String Orchestra, an ensemble which has been featured on public radio and television as well as in international festivals and tours. Timothy Dixon has also served as the Music Director/Conductor of the Middletown Youth Symphony (OH), the Saginaw Bay Youth Orchestra (MI), the Michigan State University Musical Theater Department, and the Michigan State University Campus Orchestra. Dixon also served as string educator, grades 4-12, in the Middletown City School District (OH). Timothy Dixon holds Doctor of Musical Arts in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Iowa (studying with William LaRue Jones), the M.M. in Orchestral Conducting from Michigan State University (studying with Leon Gregorian), and a B.A. and B.M. in Music and Music Education, respectively, from Miami University (OH) (studying with Jacob Chi). In workshops and private settings, he has also studied conducting with Kenneth Kiesler, Leonid Korchmar (Kirov Opera / St. Petersburg Conservatory) and Daniel Lewis.
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Michael Djabarov

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Mr. John Dodson

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Moon Doh

Butler Symphony Orchestra - PA
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Member Bio A recipient of the Takaya Urakawa Foundation Grant awarded to promising young musicians, Moon Doh is associate conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, appointed by Music Director Manfred Honeck in 2021. In this role, he has conducted subscription, education, family and movie concerts as well as sold-out performances with artists such as Sting. An active community builder, he has presented Beethoven’s string quartets in various libraries across Pittsburgh, held Discovery and Drinks talks in different breweries, and led children’s concerts in diverse venues including the MuseumLab in collaboration with Mo Willems. As the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Flora Symphony Orchestra in Cologne, Germany prior to his Pittsburgh appointment, he initiated the orchestra’s first ever live stream concerts that reached an unprecedented number of audiences across the globe over three seasons. He not only led exciting subscription concerts but also worked closely with music pedagogues in order to give young people a chance to learn and experience orchestral music in a meaningful way. In recent years, Moon has worked with many orchestras across Europe: WDR Funkhausorchester, Duisburger Philharmoniker, Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, Neue Philharmonie Westfalen, and Bergische Symphoniker, Dortmunder Philharmoniker in Germany, Romanian Chamber Orchestra in Romania, Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra in Spain, Sinfonietta Cracovia in Poland, and Pleven Philharmonic in Bulgaria to name a few. Moon's latest collaborations in the US include debuts with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Symphoria. Born in South Korea, Moon spent much of his childhood in the Philippines, Russia, and the United States. At the age of nine, he began cello and piano studies in Russia and has since performed with various youth and student orchestras across the globe. As a passionate advocate for young rising artists, he led concerts with the All-State Orchestra of Hessen in Germany. In addition, he was also the conductor of the Under-16 Orchestra of Tonhalle Düsseldorf and regularly coached the Youth Orchestra of Essen. A staunch believer in empowering others, Moon has actively worked with asylum seekers in Hungary, children in underserved areas of Bangladesh, and inmates in Baltimore as the president of a student organization while completing his B.A. in International Relations and Economics from Johns Hopkins University. He currently sits on the Board of Violence Prevention Network USA, an organization that helps people at risk of radicalization. Moon studied orchestral conducting at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf in Germany. Prior to his conducting studies, he received a B.A. in music composition from Sahmyook University in South Korea. Moon has participated in renowned music festivals such as Accademia Chigiana in Italy and Bartók Festival in Hungary. His mentors include Manfred Honeck, Rüdiger Bohn, Cristian Măcelaru, Peter Eötvös, and Jorma Panula. IG: @doh.moon
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Michael Dolan

Allegheny College
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Member Bio Michael is Assistant Professor of Music at Allegheny College, serving as Music Director of the Allegheny College Civic Symphony, String Area Coordinator, and teaching courses in the music curriculum. He earned is DMA in Orchestral Conducting at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Mead Witter School of Music under Dr. Oriol Sans and Dr. Chad Hutchinson. While there he was a Teaching Assistant in both the School of Music and Department of Communication Arts, founding Music Director of the Medical Sciences Orchestra of UWM, and conducted a professional recording of new compositions for jazz quintet and string orchestra by Johannes Wallmann. His Master’s in Orchestral Conducting was earned under Gerardo Edelstein at the Pennsylvania State University School of Music. There he conducted his first professional recording: new compositions for viola ensemble by Scott Slapin. His undergraduate work was completed at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music where he received conducting instruction, both in the wind and choral departments, from Dr. William Jon Gray, Dr. Michael Schwartzkopf, and Dr. Paul Popiel. He also studied voice with James King, Alice Hopper, and Dr. Michael Gordon. Michael has attended workshops led by noted conducting instructors Kenneth Kielser, Donald Schleicher, Markand Thakar, and Diane Wittry with performances in New Hampshire, Los Angeles, and San Diego. He has held professional positions as Co-Conductor of the Spring Valley Concert Band in Schaumburg, IL, Director of Music at St. Cornelius Catholic Church in Chicago, IL, and Choir Director of Faith United Church of Christ in State College, PA. His musical and research interests include the promotion of American composers and works.
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Juan Dominguez

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Member Bio Juan-David Domínguez-Rincón initially trained as a pianist. He finished his studies in orchestra conducting at the Facultad de Artes ASAB in 2017. In 2024 he received his master's degree in conducting at the University of Northern Iowa and recently started his Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance (Conducting) at Shenandoah Conservatory in the fall of 2024 studying under Maestro Emanuele Andrizzi. He has conducted several orchestras in Colombia, such as the Bogota Philharmonic, Caldas Symphony Orchestra and Medellin Philharmonic. He founded the Orquesta Sinfónica Metropolitana de Bogotá “La MET” in 2019 with the purpose of developing himself as a conductor and to serve as an open space of practice for new professional musicians and students; this orchestra is projected as one of the most outreaching for young professionals in Colombia. With “La Met,” he recorded his first professional symphony album in 2021, which included five original tone poem winners of the First National Composers Competition that he also promoted and incorporates the different rhythms shaped by the diverse geography of Colombia. In 2021/22, he was considered to be assistant conductor of the Bogotá Philharmonic and Medellín Philharmonic. He conducted the Northern Iowa All State Workshop Orchestra in 2023, leading over 120 young musicians. Most recently, he has participated in the 2024 Cascade Conducting Masterclass with the Tacoma Symphony under maestra Sarah Ioannides, and the 2024 Everything Conducting Seminar with the Omaha Symphony under maestro Ankush Bahal, and he was a fellow of the 2024 Sphinx Connect in Detroit, Michigan. Recent invitations include participating in the conducting masterclass with Toby Purser at Oxford University and the International Conductors Workshop and Competition in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Brent D Douglas

Brent Douglas
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Member Bio Brent Douglas is American conductor and pianist with a highly varied and international career. He was appointed as a conductor with Dusseldorf (Germany) Lyric Opera in 2017, where he conducted the company’s inaugural production. He has conducted the London Classical Players Orchestra, National Women’s Chorus of Cuba, The Bard College Summer Symphony, University of South Carolina Conductor’s Institute Orchestra, The Gwinnett Symphony Chamber Orchestra, The Norwalk Chamber Orchestra, and the International Masterclass Orchestra in Berlin. He has also served as Assistant Conductor of the Tampa Bay Symphony. This is his sixth season playing piano and celeste in the Florida Orchestra and has also played with Tampa Bay Symphony and Springfield Symphony (MO). He is an active operatic vocal coach, serving on the faculty of the Savannah Voice Festival and has worked for Opera Tampa, St. Petersburg Opera, and Springfield Opera. Brent regularly performs in chamber music concerts, and is part of The Florida Orchestra Clarinet Trio. Mr. Douglas teaches Chorus, Piano and Performing Arts Management at Eckerd College and maintains a private studio of piano students. He has served as musical director for Crested Butte (Colorado) Mountain Summer Theater, Manatee Players Theatre, Springfield Little Theater, and M.A.D Theater. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Piano Performance and a Master’s Degree in Orchestral Conducting from the University of South Florida, where he studied with Dr. William Wiedrich and Dr. James Bass. He furthered his conducting studies with Michael Francis (The Florida Orchestra), Kenneth Kiesler (University of Michigan), and Harold Farberman (Bard College).
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Eugene Dowdy

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Member Bio Eugene (Gene) Dowdy is conductor and artistic director of the Symphony of the Hills, Kerrville, Texas. Dowdy served for 23 years as director of orchestral studies and instrumental conducting at the University of Texas at San Antonio, and, upon his retirement in 2019, was named Professor Emeritus. Dowdy currently serves as Coordinator of Strings at Schreiner University. Dowdy was the assistant conductor of the Mid-Texas Symphony from 2009-2013 under David Mairs, and also guest conducted the Camerata de Coahuila, the state orchestra of Coahuila, Mexico. During his time at UTSA, Dowdy led the orchestral program in diverse venues and genres including collaborations and appearances with the Brubeck family of Jazz musicians, internationally-acclaimed Baroque violinist Rachel Podger, the progressive rock band KANSAS, Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan, and in world premieres of numerous orchestral and operatic works. The UTSA Orchestra, under Dowdy’s direction, performed as the featured university orchestra at the 2017 TMEA Convention, and has performed by invitation and on tour in Texas, Mexico, and Italy. Gene grew up as the youngest of four children in a musical family, and began violin studies with Achille DiRusso in Corpus Christi, Texas. His parents both completed college degrees as they raised children. Dowdy received the doctoral degree in orchestral conducting with James Dixon at the University of Iowa, a master’s degree in music education from UTSA with Donald Hodges, and the bachelor’s degree from UT Austin, where he was awarded a Performance Certificate in Violin, studying with Vince Frittelli, and taught in the University of Texas String Project under Phyllis Young. He taught award-winning public school orchestras for nine years in San Antonio’s NEISD, conducted orchestras for nine summers at the Interlochen Arts Camp, and continues to serves as honorary Resident Conductor of the Youth Orchestras of San Antonio. Dowdy is past president of both the Texas Orchestra Directors Association and the Texas Chapter of the American String Teachers Association, and a former executive director of the National String Project Consortium. Dowdy is an active guest conductor, having appeared with orchestras and festivals around the United States (Texas, Florida, Alaska, Wyoming, Georgia, Missouri, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, California, and Iowa), and in Mexico, Austria, France, and Italy. He is a member of numerous professional and honorary societies including the American Federation of Musicians (Local 23), Pi Kappa Lambda, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Sigma Alpha Iota (Friend of the Arts), and Mu Omicron. Gene and his wife Stacy have two daughters; Jessica Lopez, a piano-playing pastry chef, and Rachel Dowdy, an orchestra director and cellist.
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Simonida Dragovic

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Member Bio Simonida is a professional orchestral conductor and early music singer. She holds a degree in conducting from the Faculty of Music Art in Belgrade, Serbia, and in orchestra and opera conducting from the Frederic Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, Poland under the instruction of professors: Boguslaw Madey and Ryszard Dudek. She recently completed DMA (Doctor of Musical Arts) degree in Orchestral conducting at TTU (Texas Tech University) School of Music in the class of Professor Lanfranco Marcelletti. She also attended the Josip Slavenski Music High School in Belgrade, where she majored in Early Music singing. Simonida has been an active participant in conducting masterclasses and summer schools. The most important being at the Conductor’s Academy with Jonathan Brett (Radom, Poland, Budapest, Hungary). She started to work on short-term projects with the Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Borislav Pašćan in Belgrade as a conductor. After that, she assisted and conducted in projects with the Symphonic Orchestra of Radio Television of Serbia and chamber Opera Orchestra Madlenianum. With Chamber Orchestra Collegium Academicum she worked and performed in International Cultural Center in Belgrade. She started to work as a manager and conductor of orchestra Pro Classica and had many great concerts in SKC Great Hall, the Polish embassy, and many other places in Belgrade. She organized and prepared a concert for guest conductor Maestro Predrag Gosta (USA). Simonida also had a successful concert while working with the famous “Wonder Strings” orchestra from Belgrade. Most recently, she was featured as a volunteer conductor at the Music Art Project in Belgrade – EL Sistema Serbia (“Music of Hope”). As a TA and as at TTU she worked with USO and Sinfonietta orchestra on various concert programs conducted by her, Professor Philip Mann and Professor Lanfranco Marcelletti. She conducted concerts in Hemmle Hall and Buddy Holly Hall in which she conducted pieces of Grieg, Mussorgsky, Prokofiev, Beethoven etc. as a part of her performance practice and at TTU opera project she was rehearsal/assistant conductor to Professor L. Marcelletti on the Mozart’s opera “Don Giovanni”.
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