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Mr. Jeffrey Schindler

Thunder Fungus Music, Inc.
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Member Bio Conductor Jeffrey Schindler enjoys a dynamic international career that takes him from concert podiums around the world to the recording studios of Hollywood and London. Whether leading symphonic works of the Masters, multi-million dollar film scores, or cutting edge contemporary and commercial music, Mr. Schindler’s energy and visionary musical storytelling are hallmarks of every performance. In every aspect of his diverse career, Mr. Schindler demonstrates his commitment to profound musical communication, technical excellence, versatility, breadth of knowledge and a quest for imaginative and creative musical interaction. Known as a versatile conductor, Mr. Schindler has conducted world renowned orchestras across the globe, including the London Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House, Seattle Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Nashville Symphony, Louisville Orchestra, Toronto Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, Pacific Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Winnipeg Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, Symphony Silicon Valley, Charlotte Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony, Austin Symphony, Madison (WI) Symphony, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Orquesta Filarmónica de Santiago (Chile), Orquesta Filarmónica de Puerto Rico, Strauss Orchestra of Montreal, Orquesta Internacional de Las Artes (Mexico City), Metropolitan Festival Orchestra (Singapore), Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional de Colombia (Bogota), Czech Philharmonic, London Session Orchestra, AISOI Symphony Orchestra in Australia (with whom he led the Tasmanian premiere of Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps), the Metro Voices of London, and the Bach Choir of London. Jeffrey Schindler recently celebrated his 130th Harry Potter live orchestra with film concert performance. His repertoire spans many similar productions including Amadeus, DreamWorks Animation in Concert, and the Christmas favorite It’s A Wonderful Life. In July of 2015, he produced, reconstructed, orchestrated, and conducted the live with orchestra world premiere of the Academy Award winning March of the Penguins for the Seattle Symphony Orchestra. An authorized conductor for the Walt Disney Company, he made his debut Star Wars galaxy performances in the in the winter of 2019 with the Nashville Symphony. Mr. Schindler’s extensive podium experience, efficient rehearsals, and precise yet expressive baton technique place him in high demand among film composers who seek the passion and refined artistry he elicits from an orchestra.
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Donald Schleicher

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Member Bio Schleicher has conducted the National Philharmonic of the Ukraine, the Guiyang (China) Symphony, the Gwangju (South Korea) Symphony, the Inchon (South Korea) Philharmonic, the Daegu (South Korea) Symphony Orchestra, the Orquesta Filarmonica de la UNAM of Mexico City, the South Dakota Symphony, and the orchestras of Bridgeport, Tallahassee, and Lansing. He has also appeared as a guest conductor at the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival in Detroit. In 2015, he returned to the Pine Mountain Music Festival to lead the festival’s 25th Anniversary Season by conducting their production of “The Barber of Seville” as well as leading the PMMF Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven’s monumental “Symphony No. 9.” In 2016, he guest conducted the Nairobi Orchestra in Kenya. He is frequently invited to lead performances or provide conducting master classes at many of the countries major music schools such as the University of Colorado, the University of Texas, Oberlin Conservatory, Eastman School of Music, Baylor University, University of Minnesota, Ithaca College, Ohio State University, the University of Missouri, and Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. As an enthusiastic advocate of public school music education, Mr. Schleicher has conducted All-State orchestras, festivals, and youth orchestras in nearly every state of the United States. He is also active as a clinician for public school music educators. Many of his former conducting students have gone on to hold prestigious positions with organizations such as the San Francisco Symphony, the Hartford Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, Richmond Philharmonic, and the University of Chicago. Schleicher has taught conducting in Europe every summer for the past ten years having served as the lead teacher for the International Conducting Workshop and Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria. In addition, he has led workshops for the International Conducting Institute in Kromeriz, Czech Republic, the New York Conducting Institute, the Ithaca College International Conducting Workshop, and Conducting Master Class and Workshop Series in Chicago. As a dedicated advocate of contemporary music, Donald has collaborated with leading composers including Chen Yi, Michael Daugherty, and Frank Ticheli among many others. In December of 2014, his collaboration with Augusta Read Thomas led to a recording project of her works now available on Nimbus Records.
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Fabian Schneider

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Member Bio Fabian Schneider, graduate assistant conductor— grew up in Moehlin, Switzerland. Before starting his undergraduate studies in trumpet and conducting, he served with the Swiss Military Bands. Aftewards, he studied with professor Christoph Rehli at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, earning his masters degree in conducting. In 2022, Fabian moved to Memphis, TN where he is working on his Doctorate of Musical Arts in orchestral conducting with Professor Harvey Felder. During his time in Switzerland, Fabian was music director of several community ensembles. In the USA, he was a conducting fellow at the Lutheran Summer Music Festival in 2023, and has guest conducted Sinfonietta Memphis.
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Lenora Schneller Lenora Schneller Cornell University

Cornell University
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Kelby Schnepel

University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Member Bio Kelby Schnepel is a Doctoral of Musical Arts student studying Orchestral Conducting with Oriol Sans. In 2022 he was named a Conducting Fellow with Wisconsin Chamber orchestra where he assisted with regular season concerts and their summer “Concerts on the Square” series. At UW – Madison he has served as one of the Assistant Conductors of the UW – Madison Symphony Orchestra, assistant to the University Opera, and Co-Conductor of the Medical Sciences Orchestra and All University Strings. Before moving to Wisconsin, Kelby was previously orchestra director at Norfolk Academy and was an adjunct professor at Virginia Wesleyan University where he taught music theory and directed the orchestra. Kelby has participated in masterclasses and festivals led by noted conducting teachers such as Victor Yampolsky, Dominic Grier, Donald Schleicher, Colin Metters, Toby Purser, and Larry Rachleff. A strong supporter of music education and arts in education, Kelby holds both a Bachelors and a Masters of Music Education from Old Dominion University along with a Masters in Orchestral Conducting from UW - Madison. In his free time Kelby enjoys cooking, baking, and camping and fishing with his wife and their two boys.
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Jacob Schnitzer

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Member Bio American conductor Jacob Aaron Schnitzer harnesses the powers of music and storytelling to connect with others. In the 2025–2026 season, Jacob will serve as Music Director of the Gateway Chamber Orchestra in Clarksville, Tennessee. He enters his ninth season as Artistic Director of Density512—hailed by Gramophone Magazine as a “crack new-music ensemble”—where he leads bold performances at the intersection of storytelling, design, and contemporary music. He also continues as Associate Conductor of The Missouri Symphony. Jacob studied conducting at the prestigious Richard Wagner Bayreuth Festival and is a recipient of The Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Award. A passionate educator, he is Director of Orchestral Activities at Austin Peay State University and previously served as Interim Director of Orchestra at Kent State University and Teaching Artist at The Missouri Symphony Conservatory. A champion of new music, Jacob has led world premieres of more than 70 works by living composers and co-founded DensitySOUND, a new music media and record label housed by Density512. Jacob participated in masterclasses with notable conductors Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Simone Young, and Pablo Heras-Casado. His principal teachers include conductors Bramwell Tovey, Kevin Noe, Joshua Gersen, and Peter Bay . He holds degrees from the UMKC Conservatory, Boston University, and The University of Texas at Austin.
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Don Schofield

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Member Bio Colonel Don Schofield is the commander and conductor of The United States Air Force Band in Washington, DC. He is responsible for all activities of this 184-member squadron including equipping, training and deploying Airmen musicians to perform nearly 1,600 missions each year at locations such as The White House, Arlington National Cemetery, the Kennedy Center, and venues throughout the world for the President of the United States, world leaders, and dignitaries. Colonel Schofield also serves on the faculty at the University of Texas at El Paso, where he teaches the History of Wind Literature and Applied Conducting. Colonel Schofield was born in Atlanta, Georgia and received his Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from the University of Georgia, his Master’s Degree in Music from Louisiana State University, and his Doctoral degree from Boston University. Prior to receiving his commission at Officer Training School in 1997, Colonel Schofield taught public school in Georgia. His previous commands include the United States Air Forces in Europe Band in Germany, the United States Air Force Academy Band at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado, the Band of the Air Force Reserve at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, and the Band of Mid-America at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. In 2007, he led the United States Air Force Central Command Band, where he planned and led overseas performances for United States and coalition forces in Iraq, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Africa, Kyrgyzstan, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, and Bahrain in direct support of combat operations IRAQI FREEDOM and ENDURING FREEDOM. Colonel Schofield has conducted military bands, professional orchestras, and school honor bands throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Poland, Sweden, and Ukraine. He has led international performances with artists such as Joshua Bell, Frank Tichelli, Dianne Shuur, Kid Rock, Little Big Town, Josh Turner, Chris Daughtry, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Lonestar, Wynonna Judd, Amy Grant, Take 6, Diamond Rio, the Miracles, Lee Greenwood, Gary Morris, Brian McKnight, Gordon Goodwin, Allen Vizzutti, Aaron Deihl, Samantha Massell, David Childs, Christian McBride, and Yuri Mynenko. Colonel Schofield has been recognized by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences as a two-time Emmy Award Top Four Finalist for his musical leadership during internationally broadcast productions at the Grand Ole Opry. Colonel Schofield’s leadership has been recognized by the United States Air Force by being named the United States Air Forces in Europe’s Public Affairs Communication Excellence Field Grade Officer of the Year, the United States Air Force Academy’s Public Affairs Field Grade Officer of the Year, and the Air Force Reserve Command’s Public Affairs Field Grade Officer of the Year.
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Patricia Schokneckt Patricia Schokneckt Bates College

Bates College
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Jean Schreiber

Classics Alive Artists
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Barbara Schubert

University of Chicago
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Member Bio Barbara Schubert serves as Director of the Performance Program and as Music Director and Conductor of the University Symphony Orchestra and New Music Ensemble. In 2001 she was Resident Conductor of the Contemporary Chamber Players. Schubert is a Past President of the Conductor's Guild and a former Assistant Conductor of the Colorado Philharmonic. Winner of the 1982 American Conductors Competition, she also serves as Music Director and Conductor of the DuPage Symphony and of the Park Ridge Fine Arts Symphony Orchestra. Cited for “her consistently high artistic standards, her energetic podium style, and her innovative programming,” Music Director Barbara Schubert was honored by the Illinois Council of Orchestras as the 2003 Conductor of the Year. Appointed at the beginning of the 1986-87 season as only the second music director in the DSO’s history, Maestra Schubert also serves as Music Director and Conductor of the University of Chicago Symphony Orchestra and New Music Ensemble, and of the Park Ridge Fine Arts Symphony. With a performed repertoire of over 2,500 works, she brings a wealth of musical knowledge of and experience to the podium, and continues to lead the DSO with energy, artistry, and imagination. Schubert began her conducting career while a student of music and mathematics at Smith College. She did graduate work in Music History and Theory at the University of Chicago and studied conducting with Otto-Werner Mueller, Thomas Briccetti, Charles Bruch, and Iva Dee Hiatt. She has been a participant in many professional conducting workshops with such renowned maestros as Max Rudolf and Pierre Boulez. As winner of the 1982 American Conductors Competition, Barbara Schubert served two seasons as Assistant Conductor of the Colorado Philharmonic Orchestra. In the summer of 1985 she was selected for the Tanglewood Seminar for Conductors, where she studied with Seiji Ozawa, Leonard Bernstein, Kurt Masur, and Gustav Meier. She has appeared as a guest conductor with numerous professional ensembles in the Chicago area, including the Grant Park Symphony, the Contemporary Chamber Players, the Lyric Opera for American Artists, the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Oak Park Symphony, the Chicago Camerata, and Light Opera Works. She has also a guest conducted a variety of district and all-state festival orchestras around the country, and both community and professional orchestras throughout the Midwest. Schubert is a past President of the Conductor’s Guild, an international service organization of nearly 2,000 members that is dedicated to “encouraging and promoting the highest standards in the art and profession of conducting.” Known throughout the Chicago area as an orchestra builder, she has dramatically increased the quality and the scope of the symphony orchestras she directs.
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