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Mark Reimer

Christopher Newport University
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Member Bio Dr. Mark U. Reimer is Distinguished Professor of Music, the George and Mary Torggler Professor of Music, and Director of Music at Christopher Newport University. The 2011 recipient of the CNU Alumni Society Award for Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring, Dr. Reimer conducts the Wind Ensemble and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in conducting and wind literature. He serves frequently as a guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator in the United States and abroad and has led the Wind Ensemble in international tours that have included performances in Cyprus, England, Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Scotland, and Slovenia. Dr. Reimer earned the Bachelor of Music Education degree from Drake University where he was voted “Most Outstanding Senior” by the music faculty, the Master of Music degree in wind conducting and literature from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where he served as the Assistant Conductor of the CCM Brass Choir, and the Doctor of Music degree in wind conducting and literature from Indiana University, the first student to earn this degree. His conducting teachers include Ray Cramer, Terrence Milligan, and Don Marcouiller, and his brass teachers include Harvey Phillips, Sam Green, and Robert Weast. A recipient of an Indiana University Fellowship to Germany, Dr. Reimer co-founded the Journal of Performing Arts Leadership in Higher Education and has published articles in the leading international wind band magazines and journals, including the Journal of Band Research, Journal of the College Band Directors National Association, Music Educators Journal, Research and Issues in Music Education, Visions of Research in Music Education, The Journal of Global Awareness, Instrumentalist, Journal of the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, Alta Musica of the International Society for the Promotion and Investigation of Wind Music, American Music Teacher of the Music Teachers National Association, TUBA Journal, Conference Proceedings of the Global Awareness Society International, and the Journal of Performing Arts Leadership in Higher Education. He has presented papers in Costa Rica, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Jamaica, Morocco, Puerto Rico, Turkey, New York, New Orleans, San Francisco, Norfolk, Washington, D.C., and Williamsburg. Dr. Reimer is a member of the International Society for the Promotion and Investigation of Wind Music, the College Band Directors National Association, the National Association for Music Education, the College Music Society, and the Conductors Guild. He is president of the national music honor society Pi Kappa Lambda, past president of the College Division of the Virginia Music Educators Association, past Province Governor of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and an accreditation visitation team chair for the National Association of Schools of Music.
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Stan Renard

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Member Bio Dr. Stan Renard is Associate Professor and Coordinator of Arts Management and Entrepreneurship at the University of Oklahoma. He is the Director of the Arts Incubation Research Lab (AIR Lab), a National Endowment for the Arts Research Lab. The lab’s research team studies the intersection of the arts, entrepreneurship, and innovation at its incubation stage with a research agenda that intends to understand the economic potential of artists as non-conventional entrepreneurs and the impact of the digital divide upon arts-based entrepreneurs. In addition, he is a touring and recording artist, and the founder and arranger of the Grammy-Nominated Bohemian Quartet and Viatorum Music. Dr. Renard holds a Doctorate in Musical Arts (DMA) from the University of Connecticut as well as a Doctorate in International Business (DBA) from Southern New Hampshire University. Previously held collegiate appointments include Colby College, the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, the University of Connecticut, Storrs, Providence College, Eastern Connecticut State University, Southern New Hampshire University, the University of California at San Diego, and the University of Texas at San Antonio. Dr. Renard is a member of the Yamaha Master Educator Collective, Music Business & Entrepreneurship Group.
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Michael Repper

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Member Bio Mr. Repper is the Music Director of the Ashland Symphony Orchestra, Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, New York Youth Symphony, Northern Neck Orchestra of Virginia, and the Principal Conductor of Sinfonía por el Perú, the elite youth orchestras and choruses representing one of South America's most versatile social impact music programs. Recognizing his success at these ensembles, and his growing profile as a guest conductor all over the world, Mr. Repper was awarded a Solti Foundation US Career Assistance Award in 2020, 2021, and 2022. His album with the New York Youth Symphony, which features debut recordings of works by Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery, and Valerie Coleman, achieved widespread critical acclaim, and reached #1 on the Billboard Chart. Mr. Repper has collaborated on large-scale productions of symphonic and theatrical works with the Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Ravinia Festival, Peabody Institute of Music, and the New School of Music, among others. An avid pianist, he regularly performs as a soloist alongside his orchestras and choruses, and as an orchestral player as well. Most recently, he played in the Chicago Symphony for their performances of Bernstein’s Mass, which was broadcast on PBS Great Performances. ​ ​Alongside the standard repertoire, Mr. Repper is especially invested in programming new music and showcasing fresh talent. His ensembles have performed dozens of world premieres and pursued innovative commissions, as well as a variety of Carnegie Hall premieres from established and emerging composers. Mr. Repper was the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Conducting Fellow for two seasons, and he served as the BSO's New Music Consultant. A trusted ear, Mr. Repper is asked to assist and cover at orchestras nationwide, including the St. Louis Symphony, and for Naxos recordings with the Peabody Symphony Orchestra. His experience with choruses has been recognized with significant positions, including his tenure as the Music Director at the Baltimore Basilica, the first Catholic Cathedral in the United States. Internationally, Mr. Repper has performed with some of the most highly regarded ensembles and in the world’s greatest venues, including the São Paulo Symphony, and at the Palau de la Musica in Barcelona.
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Mr. Joseph Rescigno

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Member Bio Joseph Rescigno (born October 8, 1945) is an American conductor best known for his work in opera in North America and Europe. He served as Artistic Advisor and Principal Conductor of the Florentine Opera Company of Milwaukee, WI for 38 seasons beginning in 1981. He also served as Artistic Director of l'Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal, in Quebec, Canada, for four seasons. His commitment to young musicians and singers returns him each year to La Musica Lirica, a summer program for singers in Northern Italy, where he has been Music Director since 2005. He has mentored Solti Foundation U.S. Award recipients as part of the Foundation's residency project (newly expanded to opera) since the 2014–2015 season, first at the Florentine and later elsewhere. In addition, he serves on the advisory committee of the Olga Forrai Foundation, which supports the training, education, and career development of singers and conductors. Maestro Rescigno is also the author of the forthcoming CONDUCTING OPERA: WHERE THEATER MEETS MUSIC (University of North Texas Press, spring 2020).
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Lauren Reynolds

University of Delaware
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Member Bio Lauren Reynolds is associate​ professor of music and director of concert bands at the University of Delaware School of Music, where she serves as conductor of the University of Delaware Wind Ensemble and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in conducting and wind literature. She received her Bachelor of Music in Music Education and Master of Music in Conducting from the University of Delaware, and her Doctor of Musical Arts in Wind Conducting, cognate in Flute Performance, from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Rodney Winther. She is the founder and music director of the Delaware Youth Wind Ensemble, a year-round honor ensemble comprised of fine high school musicians from the greater Delaware region. Dr. Reynolds has conducted ensembles from the middle school through professional levels, and has served as an adjudicator and clinician throughout the United States. She was previously the music director of the Cincinnati Youth Wind Ensemble, and also served for several years as the teacher for the United States Coast Guard Band conductor leadership program. An avid conductor of wind chamber music, her doctoral document examines the larger wind chamber works of Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů. Dr. Reynolds is active as a presenter and clinician, and currently serves as president of the Eastern Division of the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA). She resides in Maryland with her husband, a professional bassoonist, and her two young children.
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Seung Eun Rhee

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Member Bio Seung Eun Rhee, a conductor, a musicologist and an historian was born in Seoul, South Korea. Before she entered music world, she studied chinese history at the university and worked for National Museum of Korea as an historic librarian and university. Even though she was not in music world, she was studying piano from the age of 5. When she was working for National Museum, she had a chance to attend a rehearsal by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, it inspired her to study classical music, especially orchestral conducting. First, she studied Theory of Music in the Seoul National University which is the best one in South Korea. After that, she studied Orchestral Conducting in University of Music named by F. Chopin in Warsaw, Poland and Rimsky-Korsakov States Conservatory in Saint Petersburg, Russia. During her studying in Saint Petersburg, she organized chamber orchestras of students and held several concerts. Also she attended many master classes and competitions in Europe by Master Colin Metters, Vassily Sinaisky, Lior Shambadal, Konstantinos Diminakis, Jorma Panula, Jin Wang, Victoria Zhadko, Luis Clemente and Competition Ionel Perlea International Conducting Competition, Erich Bergel International Conducting Competition, etc. Currently, she works for Gwangju Civic Philharmonic Orchestra as a residence conductor in South Korea. Also she organized chamber orchestra ASOK and co-founded conducting masterclass for youth, “Music Mind Leadership Development”. Jury member of International Music Competiton of Young Performers “Podiskyi Vodogray” in Ukraine.
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Dr. John Ricarte

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Member Bio John Ricarte has blended his unique experiences to allow him to create a successful career as a Teacher, Orchestra Director, Clinician and Lecturer. Born in Lisbon, Portugal Dr. Ricarte came to the United States at the age of 19 to pursue his musical career. His first stop was at Otterbein College (now University) in Ohio where he received a Bachelors of Art with a double major in Music and Speech Communication. From there he went to Michigan State University where he received a Masters of Art in Orchestral Conducting. He concluded his studies at the University of South Carolina, receiving a doctorate in Musical Arts in Orchestral conducting. Dr. Ricarte begins his 24th year teaching orchestra at the Cypress-Falls High School in the Cypress-Fairbanks ISD in Houston, Texas. Under his direction the orchestras have consistently achieved sweepstakes at UIL competitions. His students have also received numerous awards including membership in All-State organizations. Dr. Ricarte is the founder and Music Director of Grace Symphony Orchestra, served as conductor of The Fort Bend Symphony Orchestra for ten years, and recently stepped down from the Brazosport Symphony Orchestra where he held the position of Music Director for fourteen years. Dr. Ricarte’s experience includes working with a diverse number of groups from youth to adult, orchestra and ballet, to opera, wind, and choral. He traveled to Romania and conducted the Satu-Mare State Philharmonic Orchestra. Dr. Ricarte is a frequent adjudicator at competitions around the state and has presented at TMEA, TODA and workshops in various school districts. He recently joined Hal Leonard as a clinician. In his free time Dr. Ricarte enjoys running, reading, cooking and traveling. Dr. Ricarte is fluent in French, English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Dr. Ricarte lives in Houston with his wife, a native Houstonian and has a 23 year daughter who lives in Dallas, Texas. As a family they love to travel all across the world with frequent stops in Portugal.
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Ms. Frances Richard

ASCAP
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Dr. James Richards

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Member Bio Dr. Richards has held the positions of Interim Dean, Senior Associate Dean for Academics and Scholarship, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and Chair of the Department of Music. He is a member of the 2005 class of the University of Missouri Leadership Development Program of the President's Academic Leadership Institute. Dr. Richards holds a doctorate from the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester and degrees in orchestral conducting and music theory, as well as a Performer's Certificate in Violin, from the University of Texas at Austin. He studied orchestral and opera conducting with Walter Ducloux, Paul Vermel, and Gustav Meier, and participated in the Conductor's Program of the Aspen Music Festival. In addition to conducting the University Orchestra, Dr. Richards currently serves as conductor and music director of the Gateway Festival Orchestra of St. Louis. Prior to these appointments, he served as conductor of the Kirkwood Symphony Orchestra for nineteen seasons and as associate conductor of the Kammergild Chamber Orchestra. He has appeared frequently as a guest conductor and clinician for band and orchestra festivals throughout the United States, including numerous guest appearances with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Discovery Series. In June, 2009, Dr. Richards conducted the New York premiere of the music theatre work, Booth!, by Harbach, Coker, and Yordy, at NYU's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. Dr. Richards has recently completed terms as President of the Missouri Association of Departments and School of Music (MADSM) and the Missouri Chapter of the American String Teachers Association (MoASTA). He has been a reviewer of new string literature for the American String Teacher Journal, served for three years as national chair of the ASTA Merle J. Isaac Composition Competition, and authored chapters on works by William Grant Still, Johann Strauss, Jr., and Elliot Del Borgo in volume III of the Teaching Music through Performance in Orchestra series published by GIA. As a violinist, Dr. Richards has performed with a variety of professional ensembles including the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Illinois Symphony Orchestra, the Kammergild Chamber Orchestra, the Fox Theatre Orchestra, the Dance St. Louis Orchestra, the St. Louis MUNY Orchestra, and the Landolfi String Quartet. In 1999, Dr. Richards received a University of Missouri Research Board Grant to study Baroque violin performance at the Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute. Dr. Richards has been the recipient of the St. Louis Suburban Music Educator's Association's Merit Award
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Lucas Richman

Bangor Symphony Orchestra
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Member Bio GRAMMY award-winning conductor Lucas Richman has served as Music Director for the Bangor Symphony Orchestra since 2010 and held the position as Music Director for the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra from 2003-2015. Over the course of nearly four decades on the podium, he has garnered an international reputation for his graceful musical leadership in a diverse field of media. In concert halls, orchestral pits and recording studios around the world, Richman earns rave reviews for his artful collaborations with artists in both the classical and commercial music arenas. He has appeared as guest conductor with numerous orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Pops, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra and Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Russian National Orchestra, the Oslo Philharmonic, the SWR Radio Orchestra of Kaiserslautern, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, the Zhejiang Symphony Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional and the Zagreb Philharmonic. Recent guest conducting highlights include programs with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Orlando Philharmonic and the Israel Camerata Orchestra Jerusalem. In recent years, Mr. Richman has led performances with notable soloists in both the classical and pop worlds, ranging from Mstislav Rostropovich, Garrick Ohlsson, Lang Lang, Midori, Gil Shaham, Emanuel Ax, Yefim Bronfman, Michelle DeYoung and Frederica von Stade to James Taylor, Michael Jackson, Pat Boone, Michael Feinstein, Gloria Estefan, Matthew Morrison, Martin Short, Tony Randall, Victor Borge and Brian Wilson. His numerous collaborations with film composers as their conductor has yielded recorded scores for such films as the Academy Award-nominated The Village (with violinist, Hilary Hahn), As Good As It Gets, Face/Off, Se7en, Breakdown, The Manchurian Candidate, White Noise and the recent Marvel Universe release, Madame Web; in 2010, John Williams invited him to lead the three-month national summer tour of Star Wars in Concert. Mr. Richman received a GRAMMY Award (2011) in the category of Best Classical Crossover Album for having conducted the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on Christopher Tin’s classical/world fusion album, Calling All Dawns. Also an accomplished composer, Mr. Richman has had his music performed by over two hundred orchestras and ensembles across the United States, with the Bangor Symphony having premiered eleven of those works during his tenure. His recent CD release of solo piano works, Lucas Richman: Variations, is available for sale in the lobby and online. For more information, visit www.lucasrichman.com.
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