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James Lamb
Point Source Audio
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Member Bio James Lamb (b. 1961, Mt. Clemens, Mich.) is an American composer and audio engineer. Growing up in North Hollywood, the sounds of West Coast jazz were his introduction to music. James studied the trumpet under instruction from Los Angeles’ finest musicians, and was awarded a full scholarship to California State University at Northridge’s School of Music. After graduation, James joined the Navy and went on to perform in concerts throughout the Pacific Northwest as a musician in a Navy band. In the mid 1980s, he became arranger, performer, and leader of a Naval band which toured the Orient, Asia, and Australia. In 1991 James left the Navy and moved to New York City to become a freelance artist. Credits included performances at Lincoln Center, the New Jersey Pops Orchestra, the Tavern on the Green, and conducting the New Jersey All Star Big Band. The highlight of his stay in New York was assuming the position of Music Director/Conductor of the Great American Songbook Orchestra. Performances that included a critically acclaimed Carnegie Hall debut, the Williamson Center for the Performing Arts, and the Harman Center further defined his talent as a conductor. James has been in the music and audio industry for over 30 years, previously with long tenures at Apogee Sound and Digigram prior to founding Point Source Audio. Aside from his business roles in the industry, James continues to nurture his passion for music performance and composition as a regular volunteer with the National Guard band.
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Jonathan D Lane
Westwood Ensemble https://www.westwoodensemble.com/
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Member Bio Presently Artists Director and the conductor of the Westwood Ensemble, Jonathan Lane enjoys a career as a conductor, double bass player, and music educator. Born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, he started music in a public-school music program playing bass. He has an undergraduate degree in Music Education from Arizona State University. His Master’s Degree is in Double Bass performance from the University of Michigan. Additional education includes a Summer Fellowship at Northwestern in Chicago and numerus conducting and orchestra education workshops. Mr. Lane has taught elementary through college music for over 35 years. He was orchestra director at Shawnee Mission East High School for 31 years where he also taught middle school. In that time, the SM East orchestra performed as an Honor Orchestra at; Chicago Mid-West Band and Orchestra Clinic, Music Educator National Conference (MENC), the American String Teachers National (ASTA) convention and Kansas Music Educators Association conference. He has also been a guest clinician and given talks at the Mid- West Band and Orchestra clinic, Missouri Music Teachers Association and ASTA. He has also published articles and the ASTA magazine and the Instrumentalist. He is a contributor to the GIA series of books “Teaching Music Through Performance in Orchestra”. Mr. Lane has been on the faculty of many summer music camps including the Fort Hays summer music camp. Jon Lane is active as a professional double bass player, teacher, and orchestra clinician for KC Strings. He keeps a private bass studio in the Kansas City area. Former students have gone on the top music schools like Indiana University and Juilliard, some have gone on to play in the Hong Kong and the Wichita Symphonies. He has 3 grown children, one granddaughter he also plays tennis and does yoga.
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Elijah Langille
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Member Bio Elijah Langille is a graduate of Gordon College, where he received his Bachelor of Music in Music Education. He studied trumpet with Fred Sienkiewicx, current principal trumpet player of the Jackson Symphony Orchestra. After graduation, Elijah continued his music education, studying conducting with Michael Ellis Ingram, the Korrepetitor, and Kapellmeister of the Mecklenburg State Theater in Schwerin, Germany. He was selected to be a fellow at the Carter-Glennon International Masterclass, studying with renowned conducting pedagogue Markand Thakar. He has been with South Shore Conservatory since 2014. Elijah is the Music Director of the SSC Youth Orchestra. He is an avid educator and conductor throughout Massachusetts, currently teaching Orchestra at New Bedford High School, and is the organist at Christ Church Parish, Plymouth. He sings with the Tanglewood Festival Choir, performing at venues such as Boston’s Symphony Hall, Carnegie Hall, and the Koussevitzky Music Shed, under prominent conductors such as Andris Nelsons, Keith Lockhart, and Bramwell Tovey. Recently, Elijah conducted the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra in Olomouc Czech Republic, studying under prominent Russian conductor Alim Shakh. He also was a guest conductor with the Parkway Concert Orchestra in 2018 and conducted the Junior SEMSBA Orchestra in 2017 and the Senior SEMSBA Orchestra in 2016. He studies conducting with Michael Ellis Ingram, the Korrepetitor, and Kapellmeister of the Mecklenburg State Theater in Schwerin, Germany. He has been with SSC since 2014.
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Pamela Lasser
European American Music Alliance (EAMA)
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Member Bio Philip Lasser is a visionary composer native to French and American traditions. His music, direct and undisguised, creates a unique sound world that blends together the colorful harmonies of French Impressionist sonorities and the dynamic rhythms and characteristics of American music. In 1979, he entered Nadia Boulanger’s famed Ecole d’Arts Americaines in Fontainebleau, France, where he began to establish his connection to the French lineage. Following his studies at Harvard College, Lasser lived in Paris, where he worked with Boulanger’s closest colleague and disciple, Narcis Bonet, and legendary pianist Gaby Casadesus. He received his master’s degree from Columbia University while studying with René Leibowitz’s disciple, Jacques-Louis Monod, and his doctorate at The Juilliard School, where he worked with David Diamond. Since 1994, Lasser has been a distinguished member of the faculty of The Juilliard School. He is also the director of the European American Music Alliance (EAMA), a school dedicated to training young composers, chamber musicians, and conductors in the tradition of Nadia Boulanger. Lasser’s works can be heard on the Sony Classical, Telarc, New World, Crystal, and BMG RCA/Red Seal labels. His works have been performed worldwide by artists such as Simone Dinnerstein, Zuill Bailey, Susanna Phillips, Elizabeth Futral, Margo Garrett, and Cho-Liang Lin, as well as the Atlanta, Seattle, and Colorado symphonies, and the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, among others.
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Fernanda Lastra
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
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Member Bio Fernanda Lastra serves as the Assistant Conductor Diversity Fellow for the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, under the mentorship of JoAnn Falletta. Born in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Fernanda is a passionate and creative conductor with a wide range of interests in repertoire, including symphonic, contemporary, and operatic works. In May 2025, Fernanda is scheduled to make her debut with the Buffalo Philharmonic in the classic series featuring pianist Avery Gagliano. Besides leading the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in several concerts in her role of Assistant Conductor, Fernanda has led as a guest conductor professional and youth orchestras. As a cover conductor, she has had the opportunity to work alongside esteemed conductors such as JoAnn Falletta, Giancarlo Guerrero, Maximiano Valdés, Gerard Schwarz, Mei-Ann Chen, Joseph Caballé-Domenech, and Michael Francis, among others. Committed to featuring diverse voices in concert halls, Fernanda is an advocate for Latin American composers, particularly those from Argentina. She is equally dedicated to creating well-balanced and diverse programs that enhance the overall concert experience. Fernanda is passionate about community engagement and music education, as she believes in the transformative power of music to unite, heal, and to develop emotional intelligence. In November 2024, Fernanda will receive the "Career Advancement Award" at the Women in Classical Music Symposium hosted by the Dallas Symphony.
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