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Jennifer Huang

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Member Bio Jennifer Huang is a Taiwanese-American conductor and instrumentalist based in the Bay Area. Her most recent engagements include serving as the Assistant Conductor and Chorus Director of West Edge Opera’s Summer 2019 season, Music Director of the UC Berkeley Chamber Orchestra and Summer Symphony, and Assistant Conductor of the UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Chorus. As an accomplished violinist, pianist, and vocalist, Huang has also performed under the baton of world-class artists such as Riccardo Muti, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Gustavo Dudamel, and David Robertson. In 2016, she graduated from the University of California Berkeley with a dual degree in Molecular Cell Biology and Music. There she studied violin performance with Dan Flanagan and Antoine van Dongen and conducting with Professor David Milnes. While the majority of her work focuses on standard orchestral repertoire, Huang is also an active opera conductor and a strong advocate for new music performance, working closely with composers from around the world. In her musical studies at UC Berkeley, she conducted and music-directed a student opera, A Note Before I Go, for which she was awarded the Eisner Prize and the Mary Nunes Souza Award from the University. In fall of 2019, Jennifer will conduct a workshop of a new opera, Both Eyes Open, by Max Duykers and librettist Philip Gotunda, working alongside tenor John Duykers and members of the Paul Dresher Ensemble. “Young people have an amazing potential to connect with music. As an artist and conductor, I'm inspired by how naturally they react to what they hear and how, with just a little guidance, they can develop a deep capacity for artistic expression. With the Aspirante Youth Orchestra, I am very much looking forward to teaching our young students to love music through our repertoire and encouraging them to continue playing throughout their lives.”
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Steven Huang

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Member Bio Founder of International Conducting Masterclasses, Inc., Steven Huang has conducted orchestras and operas across the United States and throughout the world, including recurring guest conductor of the National Philharomonic of Moldova and l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Ste. Trinité, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. At the age of twenty-one, he served as Music Director of the Bach Society Orchestra of Harvard University, where he received his undergraduate degree, as well as the Lowell House Opera, the oldest continuously running opera company in New England. He is currently on faculty as Director of Orchestral Activities at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. Mr. Huang has worked with young musicians in the nationally recognized Irvine Youth Symphony and the Four Seasons Orchestra in Southern California. He has held the position of Music Director of the University of Chicago Chamber Orchestra, the Central Illinois Youth Symphony, the Gilbert and Sullivan Players of Chicago, and the Bradley University Orchestra. He also founded the Peoria Young Players, an elite ensemble of young musicians. He has guest conducted programs with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra, and abroad, he has led the New Symphony Orchestra of Bulgaria; the Attergau Kultursommer Orchestra in Austria, in conjunction with the Salzburg Festival; the Jeunesses Musicales Festival Orchestra, and Pitesti Philharmonic in Romania; the “Regina Vioara” International Violin Festival Orchestra in Moldova; and L’Orchestre Philharmonique de Sainte Trinité, Haiti, where he volunteers to teach young Haitian musicians. Mr. Huang earned the Master of Music degree in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Michigan as a student of Kenneth Kiesler. He twice received the Herbert von Karajan Fellowship for Young Conductors for study at the Salzburg Festival, and the Fulbright Fellowship for study at the National University of Music in Bucharest, where he was the student of Dumitru Goia. Steven Huang has been featured as conductor on the album
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Catherine R. Hudnall

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Member Bio Dr. Catherine Hudnall received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, her master’s degree from Georgia State University, and her doctoral degree from Mercer University. She has taught in South Carolina, Hawai’i, and Georgia. In addition to directing the South Carolina and Mississippi All-State Orchestras, she has been a guest director of the Emory Youth Symphony and the Gwinnett Philharmonic and was the co-director of the Gwinnett County Youth Symphony for six years. She is an active clinician, conductor, and adjudicator in the state of Georgia and has presented sessions and clinics at the Georgia Music Educators Conference, the Woodruff Arts Center Conference, and the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago. She has also adjudicated in Hawai’I, Nevada, and will serve as an adjudicator in New Mexico at the American String Teachers Association National Orchestra festival in 2019. In 2018, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Georgia Chapter of ASTA. A professional cellist, she performs with the Candler String Quartet and has performed with many orchestras, including the Maui Symphony, the Atlanta Pops Orchestra, the Brevard Music Center Orchestra, the Gwinnett Philharmonic Orchestra, the Augusta Symphony, the Charleston Symphony, and the Columbia Symphony. She studied cello with Martha Gerschefski and Hans Schmettau and was a member of the first International Cello Congress Cello Choir, conducted by Mistislav Rostropovitch. ​ Dr. Hudnall currently teaches at Brookwood High School in Gwinnett County, an Orchestra program that serves over 350 students in five orchestras. She is a member of the National Association for Music Educations, the American String Teachers Association, the Performing Arts Medical Association, and the Andover Educators (as an affiliate). Her orchestras have performed at Carnegie Hall, the ASTA national conference, the Georgia Music Educators Conference, and at various festivals and venues throughout the United States and Canada. She teaches cello privately and is a teacher and consultant of Healthy Musicianship. She and her family live in Tucker with their beloved dog, River.
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Silas Huff

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Member Bio SILAS NATHANIEL HUFF is a conductor, composer, and U.S. Army Music Officer, currently acting as Director of Orchestras at Washburn University (Topeka, KS), Music Director of Colorado Pops Orchestra, Co-Director of the International Conducting Institute (dedicated to training the world's next generation of conductors), Staff Conductor of the International Concerto Festival and Commander & Conductor of the 44th Army Band (Albuquerque, NM). Huff has conducted orchestral, band, choral, opera, ballet, and new music performances for 15+ years across the United States and Europe. He has conducted youth, university, and professional ensembles in CA, CO, CT, FL, IN, IL, MD, MA, MO, NJ, NM, NY, PA, TX, and VA, and across Europe. As a U.S. Army Music Officer, Captain Huff has conducted concerts at the White House, the U.S. Capitol, Arlington National Cemetery, the Pentagon, and at other important monuments and landmarks in Washington, D.C., for diplomats, heads of state, royalty, and audiences numbering in the thousands. His recordings of important works and broadcasts of live performances have been seen by millions of listeners and viewers. Abroad, he has conducted the L’Orchestre de L’Institut Musical de Provence-Aubagne (Aix-en-Provence, France), the Republic of Adegya National Philharmonic Orchestra (Maikop, Russia), the New Symphony Orchestra (Sofia, Bulgaria), and the Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra (Zlin, Czech Republic). Maestro Huff's past positions include Music Director of the Astoria Symphony (NYC), Director of the University of Colorado Boulder Campus Orchestra, Boulder Concert Band (CO), Music Director of Round Rock Symphony Orchestra (TX), Director of the U.S. Army Orchestra (D.C.), Associate Conductor of the Boulder Chamber Orchestra (CO), Assistant Conductor of the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra (CO), Assistant Conductor of the Williamsburg Symphony Orchestra (VA), Conductor of Moscow Ballet's USA east coast tours, and Associate Producer of Opera at the Manhattan School of Music. An avid dance conductor, Huff has conducted performances with Fullerton College Ballet Theater (CA), Long Island City Ballet (NYC), Octavia Cup Dance Theatre (NYC), Moscow Ballet, and the Martha Graham Ensemble, with which he conducted Aaron Copland's complete Appalachian Spring with the original choreography, costumes, and set. In 1999, Maestro Huff won First Prize in the Los Angeles Valley Composition Competition for his homage to Charles Ives, Begging the Question. In 2001, he was named Conductor of the Year by the California St Univ system, and the Texas House of Representatives signed House Resolution No. 113 recognizing Maestro Huff's distinguished musical service in 2011, and in 2015, the U.S. Army conferred upon him a Meritorious Service Medal for his outstanding and exceptionally meritorious leadership of the U.S. Army Orchestra in Washington, D.C.
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Mary L. Huismann Mary Huismann St Olaf College

St Olaf College
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Jennifer Hunt

Berklee Libraries
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David Hurpeau

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Member Bio A student at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et Danse de Paris, the Royal Conservatory of Liège, the Pôles Supérieurs de Paris-Boulogne and Ile-de-France, he received in turn a Diplôme National Supérieur Professionnel in guitar and orchestral conducting, a State Diploma, then a Master's degree in Orchestral Conducting obtained with great distinction and mention relevance and artistic singularity. He continued at the Bundesakademie in Trossingen (Germany) which awarded him a diploma with the mention Excellence, and finally obtained the Certificate of Aptitude. He perfected his skills with the advice of conductors such as Nicolas Brochot, Claire Gibault, Aurélien Azan Zielinski, Léo Warynski, Philippe Ferro, Theodor Guschlbauer, Patrick Baton, Neeme Järvi, etc. In 2022, he won the 3rd prize of the Atlantic Coast International Masterclass & Competition in Porto , Portugal. During his career, David Hurpeau has conducted the Orchestre Dijon Bourgogne, the Orchestre National de Bretagne, the Orchestra of Television and Radio of Albania, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Liège, the Athens Philharmonia Orchestra, as well as specialized orchestras such as the Ensemble Linéa, the Ensemble Court-Circuit, etc. or youth orchestras (PSPBB, Orchestre du CRR de Paris, CRR de Boulogne-Billancourt, Choeur et Orchestre Sorbonne Université, CRR du Grand Nancy, etc.). He regularly receives offers to work with different orchestras in France and abroad. In November 2023, he is the first French conductor to have received an invitation from the State Orchestra of Turkmenistan. His enthusiasm and generosity encourage him to develop creative projects with high potential. Particularly fond of embarking on new experiments, in search of new sound emotions, David Hurpeau has developed an ability to carry out projects at the crossroads of multiple and varied artistic universes and then embarks on a policy of commissioning works from many composers among whom we can find Claire-Mélanie Sinnhuber, Thierry Pécou, Olivier Calmel, Pierre Thilloy, Graciane Finzy, Samir Amarouch, etc. All praise him for his precision, his dynamism, his sensitivity without neglecting a great respect and a rigorous fidelity to the score. Simultaneously with his career as a conductor and musical director, David developed a career in the management of educational establishments and pedagogy thanks to an extraordinary vitality. Thus, after having taught at the Olivier-Douchain Conservatory in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges and directed the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Départemental in Châteauroux, he taught at the University of Haute-Alsace and took over the management of the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Départemental Edgar Varèse located in Mâcon. His artistic activities have taken him all over France and Europe, particularly to Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Germany, Portugal, the Netherlands, Greece, but also to Switzerland, Albania and further afield to China, Turkmenistan, Canada, the USA, etc., leading him to have strong artistic experiences in prestigious venues such as the Théâtre des Champs Élysées and the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, the Scènes Nationales de Belfort, Châteauroux or Mâcon, the Salle Philharmonique de Liège, the prestigious Vilnius Philharmonie in Lithuania, or the legendary Carnegie Hall in New York. Since September 2022, he has been musical director of the Orchestre Symphonique de Mâcon and appointed artistic director of the Festival and the International Competition of Opera Airs and French Melody of Mâcon.
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Nguyen Huynh

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Dr. Richard Hynson

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Member Bio This season marks Richard Hynson’s 32nd year as Music Director of the Bel Canto Chorus. Additionally, Hynson has begun his third season as Music Director of the Kettle Moraine Symphony Orchestra. In demand as a guest conductor, Hynson’s past engagements include performances with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Skylight Music Theatre, and the Racine, Sheboygan, and Waukesha Symphony Orchestras. Hynson has conducted at Carnegie Hall in New York City, where he led a large national festival chorus and orchestra in Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem. In 2012, Hynson was awarded the American Prize in Choral Conducting – community choral division. This national prize provides evaluation, recognition, and reward to America’s finest performing artists, ensembles, and composers. In making the award, the American Prize committee wrote, “During his 24 years as Music Director, Dr. Richard Hynson has transformed Bel Canto Chorus of Milwaukee from a venerable community chorus to a vibrant, successful arts organization respected for its artistic excellence, innovative programming, and impactful outreach…” Hynson and members of Bel Canto Chorus have performed internationally at the acclaimed Spoleto Music Festival in Italy, the Festivals of Troyes and Rheims in France, the Llangollen Festival in Wales, and the Elora and Huntsville Festivals in Canada. In addition to its annual concert season, the chorus is often called upon to participate in performances by national touring companies. In November 2016, Bel Canto participated in the Milwaukee performance of The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses: Master Quest. The chorus has performed with orchestras in Argentina, Uruguay, France, and Ireland. In June 2017, Bel Canto traveled to Germany and Czech Republic and performed two concerts.
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Anthony Iannaccone

Bavarian Festival Orchestra
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Member Bio ANTHONY IANNACCONE (born New York City, 1943) studied at the Manhattan School of Music and the Eastman School of Music. His principal teachers were Vittorio Giannini, Aaron Copland, and David Diamond. During the 1960's, he supported himself as a part-time teacher (Manhattan School of Music) and orchestral violinist. His publications include four symphonies, smaller works for orchestra, several large works for chorus and orchestra, numerous chamber pieces, large works for wind ensemble, and extended a cappella choral compositions. His music is performed by major orchestras and professional chamber ensembles in the US and abroad. He is an active conductor of both new music and standard orchestral repertory. In addition to guest conducting numerous university and metropolitan orchestras in the US, he has conducted several European orchestras, including the Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic, the Bavarian Festival Orchestra, the Janacek Philharmonic, the Moravian Philharmonic, and the Slovak Radio Orchestra. For 42 years he taught at Eastern Michigan University, where, for 30 years he conducted the Collegium Chamber Orchestra in late18th and early-to-mid 19th century music. He has won many first prizes in national and international competitions, including the Ravel Prize for RITUALS FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO, the Dutka Foundation Prize for STRING QUARTET NO. 3, the Ostwald Award for SEA DRIFT, the SAI/C.F.Peters Award for TWO-PIANO INVENTIONS, and the Washington Philharmonic prize for DANCING ON VESUVIUS. His WAITING FOR SUNRISE ON THE SOUND was chosen as one of five finalists in the 2001 London Symphony Orchestra Masterprize competition from a field of 1151 orchestral works submitted. Several of his works have entered the standard repertory. Describing his music, The New Grove Dictionary states, “organic growth inspires music of great strength and formal clarity, as opening bars generate the textural and thematic contours that forge contrasting sections of reflection and cross-rhythmic dynamism.” He has received grants, awards, and commissions from numerous institutions, orchestras, foundations, and organizations. See www.iannacconeworks.com for details.
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