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Indiana State Library
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Dr. Peter Askim

Wilmington Symphony Orchestra
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Member Bio Active as a composer, conductor and bassist, Peter Askim is the Artistic Director of The Next Festival of Emerging Artists and the conductor of the Raleigh Civic Symphony and Chamber Orchestra, as well as Director of Orchestral Activities at North Carolina State University. He was previously Music Director and Composer-in-Residence of the Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra. He has also been a member of the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra and served on the faculty of the University of Hawaii-Manoa, where he directed the Contemporary Music Ensemble and taught theory and composition. A dedicated champion of the music of our time, he has premiered numerous works, including works by composers Richard Danielpour, Nico Muhly, Aaron Jay Kernis and Christopher Theofanidis, and has collaborated with such artists as the Miró String Quartet, Matt Haimovitz, Vijay Iyer, Jeffrey Zeigler, Nadia Sirota, and Sō Percussion. As a composer, he has been called a “Modern Master” by The Strad and has had commissions and performances from such groups as the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Honolulu Symphony, Cantus Ansambl Zagreb and the American Viola Society, as well as by performers such as ETHEL, cellist Jeffrey Zeigler, flutist/conductor Ransom Wilson and violinist Timothy Fain. Mr. Askim is the founder and Artistic Director of The Next Festival of Emerging Artists, a summer festival dedicated to cultivating the next generation of performers and composers. Focusing on the music of living composers, the festival artists frequently perform world premieres and collaborate closely with prominent composers on performances of their works. Led by Mr. Askim, The Next Festival has received numerous grants and awards for performances of American music, adventurous programming and educational outreach since its inception in 2013. In conjunction with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Aaron Jay Kernis and Tony-nominated choreographer Christopher D’Amboise, Mr. Askim founded the Next Festival Composer and Composer/Choreographer workshops, connecting early-career performers, composers and choreographers in an innovative and highly collaborative laboratory for the creation of new works.
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Mr. Ronald Atienza

Student University of Texas At Arlington
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Dr. Matthew Aubin

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Member Bio A passionate advocate for American and contemporary music, Matthew Aubin has conducted and performed internationally from Carnegie Hall to the Musikverein and many stops in between. Currently in his third season as Music Director of the Jackson Symphony Orchestra, Aubin also serves as Artistic Director for The Chelsea Symphony in New York City. He regularly serves as a conductor and consultant for film and television including collaborations with the Golden Globe award-winning television series Mozart in the Jungle, Younger, and feature films Joker and Bel Canto. Upcoming engagements include the Symphonic Orchestra of the Teatro de Paz in Brazil, Washington State University, The Hartt School, and an orchestral recording project of the concerti of French composer Fernande Breilh-Decruck featuring soloists from the New York Philharmonic and President’s Own Marine Band, amongst others.
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Michael Avagliano

Summit Symphony Orchestra
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Member Bio Michael Avagliano has created a multifaceted career as conductor, performer, and educator. He serves as music director of the Central Jersey Symphony and the Summit Symphony, and is on the faculty of Drew University as director of the University Orchestra and violin professor. Mr. Avagliano is increasingly in demand as a guest conductor in the New York area and beyond. Recent and upcoming appearances include the Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic, Light Opera of New Jersey, the Newburgh Symphony, the University of Oregon Symphony, the YPHIL International Youth Philharmonic, the Scuola Popolare di Testaccio in Rome, the Plainfield Symphony, and the Northern Dutchess Symphony. Under his leadership, the Central Jersey Symphony has drawn acclaim for a transformation in artistic achievement from audiences and critics alike. In the 2014 season, Mr. Avagliano conducted the orchestra’s first opera performances, collaborating with Light Opera of New Jersey for a fully staged production of Die Zauberflöte, followed by Donizetti's Don Pasquale in 2016 and Daughter of the Regiment in 2018. The CJSO also presented Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake with FM Dance Company. Previously, the orchestra was a runner-up for The American Prize, awarded each year for excellence in orchestral performance.
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Dr. Ricardo Averbach

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Member Bio Now celebrating his 16th year as Director of Orchestral Studies at Miami University of Ohio, Brazilian conductor Ricardo Averbach has also served as President of the College Orchestra Directors Association (CODA) and guest conductor of orchestras in Bulgaria, Russia, Portugal, Italy, Luxembourg, France, Azerbaijan, China, Brazil, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Japan, India, Armenia and the United States. His concerts have been broadcast on radio and television in over 50 countries. As a dedicated advocate of contemporary music, Dr. Averbach has performed and recorded several world premieres for major labels, which have sold more than half a million copies around the globe. The American Prize recognized his work in the College/University Division in three different categories: Winner of the 2010 American Prize in Conducting (runner-up in 2016), runner-up in the 2010 American Prize in Orchestral Performance with the Oxford Chamber Orchestra and finalist in the 2016 American Prize in Orchestral Performance with the University Symphony Orchestra. A recipient of the 1st Honor Diploma at the 2010 Masterplayers International Music Competition in Lugano, Switzerland, Ricardo Averbach previously worked as Music Director of the Orquestra Sinfônica Municipal de São Paulo in Brazil, the Echternach International Music Festival Orchestra in Luxembourg, and the University of Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble in Philadelphia. He worked with Sergiu Celibidache at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival in Germany, Gennady Rozhdestvensky at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Italy and received the Maurice Abravanel Fellowship at the 1992 Tanglewood Music Festival. Residing in Oxford since 2002, Ricardo Averbach has been promoting the arts in the state of Ohio by collaborating with world renowned composers, soloists and musicians, participating in multidisciplinary projects, taking his students on tours nationally and abroad, commissioning Ohio composers, and serving in the Committee for the Arts and Innovative Thinking of the Ohio Department of Education. Averbach is passionate about working in a university environment, and challenging his students to think out of the box and use music as a tool for civil engagement, cultural erudition and artistic refinement.
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David Avshalomov

Composer/Guest Conductor
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Member Bio A third-generation American composer and conductor based in Santa Monica, David Avshalomov is also an accomplished bass vocalist. He composes in an accessible neo-tonal, modern Romantic style that balances a lyric gift with characteristic rhythmic vitality and pungent harmonies. His influences include the great 20th-century tonal composers (plus his late father Jacob and grandfather Aaron). He has written for forces ranging from solo instruments to full orchestra, band, and chorus, from songs and incidental pieces to full-length oratorio, with an increasing number of regional commissions. Currently he is writing his second opera. His music has been performed professionally across the US, in Europe, Russia, South America, and the Far East, and recorded on Albany and Naxos. He has won numerous grants and competitions, most recently The American Prize for Band Composition (1st Place 2015, 2nd Place 2016, 3rd Place 2014, and frequent Finalist in other categories); the 2016 IOCSF Choral Composition Competition (First Place), Five VoxNovus 15 Minutes of Fame awards, Honored Artist of the American Prize 2014, a 2013 ACDA Silver Platter Award for Choral Composition, and a 2012 Special Judges’ Citation for Unique Artistic Achievement and Distinctive Merit from the American Prize for Orchestral Composition. He earned his B.A in Music at Harvard and a D.M.A. in conducting (Krachmalnick) and composition (Bergsma, Verrall, Suderberg) at the University of Washington, studied at Aspen (Morel, Blomstedt, Torkanowsky, Jones [composition]), and Tanglewood (Bernstein, Schuller, Ozawa), was music director of several US orchestras and choruses on both coasts, guest conducted widely, has toured in Europe and the Far East, and recorded orchestral music by his grandfather Aaron in Moscow for Naxos. His conducting work has garnered frequent listings in Who's Who in Music and Who's Who in the West.
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Louis Babin

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Member Bio Louis Babin’s work has been acclaimed in Canada and abroad. His 2015 album features his symphonic piece Saint Exupery : of Heart, of Sand and of Soul, an homage to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the publication of which was supported by the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Youth Foundation. The album received outstanding reviews: “particularly elegant and full of tenderness” (Sonograma), “hauntingly beautiful” (Music & Vision), “…some fine music by a composer we should be hearing more from” (The WholeNote), and “creativity and colours that charm the listener immediately” (La Scena Musicale). Many music ensembles and performers have commissioned or performed Louis Babin’s works, including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Montreal Chamber Orchestra, McGill Chamber Orchestra, Laval Symphony Orchestra, Eurochestries Festivals (China and Europe), Orchestre symphonique des jeunes de Strasbourg, the Molinari Quartet, the American Festival of Microtonal Music and the South Bay Philharmonic in the U.S.A., and the French violinist Marie Cantagrill (France), to name a few. Louis Babin is known for his modern, playful, accessible, and cinematographic works. He received a special mention from the World Music Competition IBLA Grand Prize (Italy) and was a finalist in the Canadian Music Centre Composer Competition – Quebecor. His musical and teaching skills, combined to his showmanship are what makes him a sought-after musical director. In addition to his directing work in recording studios, Louis Babin has conducted many musical ensembles in Canada, China, and France. He currently conducts two choirs: Ô Choeur du Nord and Les Chanteurs de la Place Bourget.
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Virginia Bacon

Duke University
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Jason Baker

Maryland Opera Studio
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Member Bio American conductor, coach, pianist and administrator J. Bradley Baker enjoys a versatile career both in and out of the concert hall, currently serving as Director of the Maryland Opera Studio at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland; Principal Coach on the Music Staff of The Glimmerglass Festival in Cooperstown, New York; and Co-Founding Executive & Music Director of Music On Site in Wichita, Kansas. In addition to his ongoing work with Maryland Opera Studio, The Glimmerglass Festival, and Music On Site, Baker has worked on operatic productions with Opera Naples, Wichita Grand Opera, Lyric Opera of Orange County, Opera Arlington, Landlocked Opera, Chicago Summer Opera, Opera Seme, Natchez Festival of Music, Opera Birmingham, LOLA-Austin, Franco-American Vocal Academy, Tabor College Opera, and the University of Alabama Opera Theatre. Baker has collaborated with many noted international opera artists, including Samuel Ramey, Greer Grimsley, Jill Grove, Eve Gigliotti, Michelle Bradley, Michael Sylvester, Yongzhou Yu and Issachah Savage. Dedicated to training the next generation of opera artists and bringing opera to new audiences, Baker is the Executive and Music Director of Music On Site, Inc. (MOSI), an opera company in Central Kansas that he co-founded with his wife, opera singer and stage director Jen Stephenson. MOSI’s mission is to increase the accessibility of opera by producing engaging performances at low or no cost for underserved communities and providing high quality training and opportunities for promising emerging and early-career opera artists. Since 2016, Music On Site has performed for more than 20,000 individuals through its free-admission performances of professional opera productions throughout Central Kansas, particularly focusing their efforts on rural locations with limited or no access to the arts. Since its first production in 2017 featuring six singing-actors, Music On Site’s Winter Opera Festival has grown to be one of the largest opera festivals in the country, welcoming more than 150 artists annually, including pianists, conductors, stage directors, orchestral musicians and production interns. Alumni of Music On Site have continued on to success at such prestigious programs as the Merola Opera Program, The Glimmerglass Festival, Wolf Trap, Des Moines Metro Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Aspen Music Festival, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Scottish Opera, Houston Grand Opera and HGO Studio, The Metropolitan Opera, Dallas Opera, Utah Opera and Lyric Opera of Kansas City, among many others. More information on Music On Site can be found at www.musiconsite.org. As a collaborative pianist and chamber musician, Baker has presented nearly 300 collaborative recitals throughout the United States, Canada, France, and Italy, and has performed at many international and national conferences and festivals, including those of the International Double Reed Society, International Women’s Brass Conference, National Trumpet Competition, Hot Springs Music Festival, North American Viola Institute, Ad Astra Music Festival, National Opera Association, ClarinetFest, CollabFest, College Music Society, National Association of College Wind & Percussion Instructors, Music Teachers National Association and the National Association of Teachers of Singing. Chamber music coaches include Elizabeth DeMio, Anita Pontremoli, Virginia Weckstrom, Paul Kantor, Yi-Fang Huang and Cleveland Quartet founding member Peter Salaff. From 2016 to 2021, Baker was the principal pianist and celesta for the Wichita Symphony Orchestra (KS). Prior to his appointment in Wichita Symphony, Baker also held orchestral keyboard roles at Hot Springs Music Festival (AR), Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra (AL) and Cleveland Institute of Music (OH). An avid scholar and academic in service to the musical community, Dr. Baker currently serves as Co-Chair of the Pianists and Conductors Committee for the National Opera Association. His research has been presented multiple times at the national conference of the National Opera Association, at Collabfest, and he has coauthored articles featured in the NATS Journal of Singing and NOA Now. From 2029–2021, Baker served as President of the Kansas Music Teachers Association and was awarded the 2021 KMTA Service Award for his years of service to the organization. Valued for his contributions to student learning, Baker was awarded the university-wide Outstanding Junior Faculty Award during his second year of employment at Tarleton State University (TX), and he has been invited to present masterclasses at many music schools through the US, including The University of North Texas, Baylor University, The University of Colorado at Boulder, The University of Arkansas, Kansas State University, The University of Missouri and Florida State University, among others.
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