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Dr. Sasha Makila

University of the Arts Helsinki
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Member Bio Finnish conductor Sasha Mäkilä is gaining recognition as one of the most prominent rising talents of his generation in both operatic and symphonic fields. Since 2017 maestro Mäkilä is Artistic Director of the Helsinki Metropolitan Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the Krasnoyarsk Symphony Orchestra. In a short period of time, Mäkilä has made a name for himself as a versatile artist with a broad repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary. In maestro Mäkilä’s previous post as Music Director of St Michel Strings, he lifted the orchestra from near oblivion to national fame, taking them on international tours and music festivals and by inviting world-class soloists as well as introducing concert webcasts. Sasha Mäkilä’s conducting career has taken him to four continents and to major ensembles, such as the Cleveland Orchestra and the Mariinsky Theatre. Mäkilä has performed at the Savonlinna Opera Festival, Gergiev Festival Mikkeli, Pyeongchang Music Festival (South Korea) and Nargenfestival (Estonia) and regularly collaborates with soloists such as Vadim Repin, Kyung-Wha Chung and Jian Wang. Mäkilä has conducted the world premieres of Free Will (2012, Savonlinna Opera Festival), Lovers of Mankind (2009, Musica Nova Helsinki), as well as Finnish premieres of Philip Glass’s chamber operas In the Penal Colony and Les Enfants Terribles. Originally a cellist, Sasha Mäkilä studied conducting at the Sibelius Academy (Finland) and at the St. Petersburg State Conservatory (Russia). After completing a three-year tenure at Orchestre National de France as maestro Kurt Masur’s assistant he was nominated a Conducting Fellow at the American Academy of Conducting in Aspen. Mäkilä is a prizewinner of the Vakhtang Jordania International Conducting Competition (USA, 2006), and in 2013 the University of Helsinki presented him with the Pacius Award for his contributions to Finnish musical life. During the season 18-19 Sasha Mäkilä will conduct his debut at the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, and return to Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, Pärnu City Orchestra and Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra. He will take the Helsinki Metropolitan Orchestra on tours in Finland and in China, and conduct the opera premieres of Pacius’ Kung Karls Jakt and Rautavaara’s Auringon talo in Helsinki.
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Benjamin Nadel

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Member Bio Benjamin Nadel is a classically trained conductor, pianist, and violinist. Based in Chicago, he is the Associate Conductor and Orchestra Librarian for the Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra and New Philharmonic. He is also the Orchestra Director at North Central College. Since he began these positions, he has conducted on a wide variety of programs and has prepared hundreds of pieces across both the classical and pops repertoires. Fall of 2022 marked his first season as the conductor of the Northwest Indiana Youth Symphony Orchestra. Nadel began his conducting studies with Dr. Glenn Block at Illinois State University while completing his undergraduate degree in Music Education. He then went on to receive his MA in Orchestral Conducting at the University of Iowa with Dr. William LaRue Jones. While pursuing his degrees, he had the opportunity both assist and conduct several operatic productions, including Candide, La bohéme, La clemenza di Tito, and Iolanthe. He also participated in several summer music festivals, one of which was Cincinnati Conservatory’s program as a part of the summer music festival in Spoleto, Italy. From 2011–2015 Nadel spent his summers with the Midwest Institute of Opera, where he was assistant conductor to Maestro Joshua Greene of the Metropolitan Opera. While there, he had the occasion to conduct both full concert and stage productions of Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, and Carmen. He also assisted and coached for productions of Die Zauberflöte and La Cenerentola. Aside from his work as a professional conductor, Nadel also has a very strong connection and personal interest in music education. He believes that one of the most important aspects of being an artist is to pass along that experience and knowledge to the next generation of musicians. To that end, Nadel has worked with several high school ensembles in the Chicago area, including New Trier, Metea Valley, Glenbard West, and Stevenson High School. He has led some of these groups in side by side concerts with the New Philharmonic. He has also run conducting workshops for the Opus Chamber Music camp, as well as Illinois State University.
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Dr. Reiner Nägele Reiner Nagele Bayerische Staatsbibliothek

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
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Mr. Myles Nardinger

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John Nardolillo

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Member Bio John Nardolillo has conducted concerts with more than thirty of the country's leading orchestras, including the National, Seattle, Cincinnati, San Francisco, Detroit, Atlanta, Dallas, Utah, Indianapolis, Milwaukie, Nashville, Columbus, Oregon, Fort Worth, Alabama, North Carolina, Toledo, Vermont, and Honolulu Symphonies, as well as the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Louisville Orchestra, and the Boston Pops Orchestra. John Nardolillo’s collaborators have included Itzhak Perlman, Lang Lang, Joshua Bell, Gil Shaham, Sarah Chang, Lynn Harrell, Denyce Graves, Sherrill Milnes, Christine Brewer, Angela Brown, Marvin Hamlisch, Pink Martini, Time for Three, Ronan Tynan, Jim Brickman, Cherish the Ladies, Wynona Judd, Mark O’Connor and Keith Lockhart, and he has frequently programmed new works by living composers, including Nina Shekhar, Hannah Eisendle, Mathilde Wantenaar, Gabriella Smith, Salina Fisher, Outi Tarkiainen, Missy Mazzoli, Hannah Lash, Natalie Dietterich, Angélica Negrón, Kaija Saariaho, Vivian Fung, Anna Clyne, and Anna Thorsvaldsdottir. He has recently been "in the pit" for productions of Porgy and Bess, Madama Butterfly, La Bohème, Hänsel und Gretel, Don Giovanni, Le nozze di Figaro, Die Zauberflöte, Così fan tutte, La Traviata, Carmen, Lucia di Lammermoor, Gianni Schicchi, Suor Angelica, Barber of Seville, Die Fledermaus, Romeo et Juliette, Falstaff, Silent Night, Susannah, and The Crucible. John Nardolillo serves as the Artistic Director and Conductor for the Prague Summer Nights Festival in Prague, and the Director of Orchestras at the University of Kentucky. John Nardolillo earned degrees in violin from the Cleveland Institute of Music and violin and conducting from the Peabody Conservatory.
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Noel Nascimento

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Member Bio Born in Brazil on december 24th. 1957, started piano playing by his mother, at age of seven. First public appearences as 11 years old child, playing pieces of BACH, MOZART, BEETHOVEN and VILLA-LOBOS. Won several youth competitions in Brazil, until the granting of a scholarship of the german DAAD (German Exchange Academic Service)to aprimorate musical studies in Germany, where he lived from 1979 to 1988, studying at the
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Shemeka Nash

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Member Bio Shemeka Nash is the Fine Arts Department Chair at Morgan Park High School. She is also the director of bands, conducting the Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble, Modern Band and Beginning Band. Shemeka also serves as the Orchestra Conductor for Sistema Ravinia. She holds a Bachelor of Music Education Degree from DePaul University and a Master of Music Education degree from Northwestern University. She also holds National Board Teacher Certification for the area of Early Adolescence Through Young Adulthood (EAYA) Music. Shemeka has been honored as a Fund for Teachers Fellow and a Jones New York in the Classroom Model Teacher. In 2006, Shemeka was nominated for a Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching. She is also a recipient of the Oppenheimer Foundation's Teacher Incentive Grant, Adopt-a-Classroom and Donors Choose award winner. Shemeka continues to be an active saxophonist with the Soundmine Merchants Big Band, KCR Ensemble, and the Noteworthy Jazz Ensemble.
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Dr. Rebecca Nederhiser

Wartburg College/Wartburg Community Symphony
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Member Bio Dr. Rebecca Nederhiser is a passionate conductor, scholar, music educator, and oboist. She currently conducts the Wartburg Community Symphony; leads the Kammerstreicher string ensemble; and teaches music theory, oboe, and conducting at Wartburg College. In her short time at Wartburg, Nederhiser has created community engaging traditions, including an inaugural string camp, the formation of the St. George String Quartet, and collaborations/clinics with national composers and artists including Neave Trio, Renee Esmail, Jocelyn Hagen, and John Hagen from the Texas Tenors. Most recently she embarked on a European tour with Kammerstreicher to Austria, Croatia, Slovenia, England, and Croatia, performing in prestigious halls across Europe, including the St. Stephen’s Cathedral. Through Trace Chamber Society, Nederhiser has pursued research of Schönberg’s Society for Private Musical Performances and their chamber arrangement methodology. This has included highlighting the work of modern-day arrangers Iain Farrington from England and Peter Stangel from Germany. Most recently, Nederhiser traveled to Vienna to celebrate Arnold Schönberg’s 150th anniversary, continuing this research at the Arnold Schönberg Center. Her passion for women composers has also taken her to the Royal College of Music in London, investigating the unpublished manuscripts of composer and conductor Avril Coleridge-Taylor. Known for her collaborative spirit, Nederhiser has created innovative collaborations in the concert hall, including a community performance of Handel’s Messiah involving over 100 chorus members, cutting edge AI-imagery for Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite, and a Music Takes Flight local art competition in conjunction with Respighi’s The Birds. In February 2023, she commissioned nationally renowned composer Jocelyn Hagen to write a ground-breaking work in celebration of the Wartburg Community Symphony’s 70th anniversary in collaboration with the Wartburg Choir. Featuring the talent of Isaac Gale (AI generative artist), Brian Newhouse (poet and managing director of Minnesota Public Radio/American Public Media’s classical programming) Scott Winters (Ion Concert Media) and the Wenger Corporation (surround sound installation), the orchestra and choir performed Hagen’s music while an AI-generated movie was projected onto the screen through the syncing technologies of Ion Concert Media. This cutting-edge technology eliminated the need for click tack, allowing the music to be organically linked to the images in real time. To their knowledge, the WCS is the first orchestra to perform a work with the simultaneous combination of AI-generated movie, choir, and surround sound. Most recently, this concert earned 3rd place in the 2023 American Prize competition for the Vytautas Marijosius Memorial Award in Orchestral Programming. Nederhiser has a music education degree from Warner Pacific University, earned master’s degrees from Washington State University (oboe performance), and Central Washington University (orchestral conducting) and a DMA in orchestral conducting from UNL. In her spare time, Nederhiser enjoys hiking, reading, cooking, traveling, and exploring her local coffee shops.
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Andrew Neer

Warren Symphony Orchestra
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Member Bio Andrew Lee Neer (b. 1982), was born in Tucker, Georgia and has lived in Michigan most of his life, where he currently resides with his wife, Mary Lynn, son, and two dogs. In his work as a conductor and music director he is known for his dynamic and expressive style and technique, as well as his artistic passion on and off the podium. Andrew is honored to serve as the Music Director / Conductor of Warren Symphony Orchestra (Warren, MI), Macomb Symphony Orchestra (Clinton Township, MI), Orchestra Sono (Bloomfield Hills MI), and Artistic Director / Conductor of Oakland Choral Society (Auburn Hills MI). He is constantly working to expand awareness of orchestral music and its positive impact on society. Music is transformative, something everyone should experience. Mr. Neer’s undergraduate work consisted of Composition, Trumpet, and Music Theatre Performance studies at Central Michigan University (CMU). In his time at CMU, he had the privilege of working with Dr. Eric Hoy Tucker (voice), Dr. Timothy Caldwell (voice), and Dr. Dennis Horton (trumpet). Though his primary focus was on performance and singing, his passion was composition. In addition to his private instrument instructors, Mr. Neer was honored to work with composers Scott R. Harding, the late Jose-Luis Maurtua, and David R. Gillingham. Following his time at CMU, Mr. Neer embarked on a journey of musical mastery, pursuing a Master of Music (MM) in Composition/Theory at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. Under the guidance of Dr. James Hartway, Mr. Neer honed his compositional expertise, seamlessly blending atonality, serialism, and tonal music to create evocative works for voice, chamber, and symphonic orchestra. His passion for conducting was reignited while crafting his thesis for orchestra, “Remember Us,” prompting him to pursue a second MM in Conducting at WSU. Under the tutelage of Douglas Bianchi and Norah Duncan IV, Mr. Neer expanded his conducting prowess. In 2015, Mr. Neer sought private study with renowned orchestral conductor Kenneth Kiesler, leading to opportunities to assist him in Europe and the U.S. He has since conducted orchestras across the United States and Europe. Not content with personal growth alone, Mr. Neer sees music as a unifying force in communities. In 2017, he assembled a 60-member professional orchestra in Metro-Detroit, MI, raising over $14,500 for the Hurricane Relief Fund. This philanthropic endeavor paved the way for his appointment as Music Director of Orchestra Sono. Additionally, in 2018, he took the helm as the Artistic Director and Conductor of Oakland Choral Society, a semi-professional orchestral chorus in Auburn Hills, MI. In 2023, Andrew earned a Doctor in Musical Arts in Orchestral Conducting from the world-renowned University of Michigan. During his time there, he was awarded the prestigious Helen Wu Graduate Conducting Fellowship. Notably, in the Fall of 2021, he played a pivotal role in the revival of the Campus Orchestras, a testament to his leadership and commitment following the challenging times of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the fall of 2022, Andrew accepted the role of Music Director & Conductor of the Macomb Symphony Orchestra. In the fall of 2023, he was offered and accepted the role of Music Director of the Warren Symphony Orchestra, and he is excited to carry on the legacy of the founder David Daniels. Andrew is dedicated to championing new composers and their works, often leading premieres and early performances. His commitment to the music industry is evident in his frequent collaborations with living composers such as Alexia Benson, Dinah Bianchi, Gala Flagello, Grayson Jarvis, Yun Ma, and Ancel Neely, among others. In his spare time, he cherishes spending time and cooking for/with his wife, Mary Lynn, their son, and dogs. Andrew holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Michigan and two Master of Music degrees in Composition and Conducting from Wayne State University, Detroit MI. He is an active member of ASCAP, The Conductors Guild, League of American Orchestras, College Orchestra Directors Association (CODA), The Society of Composers International, and alumni to Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. He aspires to create new music and opportunities to share music with anyone who may not normally experience orchestral and opera repertoire. He is ever thankful to his wife and parents for their constant support!
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Holly Nelson

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