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Jorge Soto
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Member Bio Jorge Soto is a Venezuelan conductor and violinist with an active and diverse career both in North and South America. Currently, he is the Principal Conductor of the New Philharmonia Orchestra, the Principal Guest Conductor of the Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra, and the Music Director of the Sistema Side-by-Side Orchestra at Longy School of Music. In addition to his regular posts, Mr. Soto has collaborated with several orchestras, most recently the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He has twice conducted the Boston Symphony Chamber Players: first in October 2019 for a performance of Stravinsky’s Octet at Jordan Hall, and again at Symphony Hall in December 2020, leading the ensemble in Elena Langer’s Five Reflections on Water. The latter performance was filmed and released as part of a BSO streaming concert in January 2021. Mr. Soto also served as assistant or cover conductor on several occasions throughout the BSO’s 2020-21 online season. In addition, he assisted Gustavo Dudamel in the preparation of Puccini’s Turandot with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela in December 2015. Also a passionate educator, he has worked with orchestras at Assumption University and Clark University. Born in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Mr. Soto is a product of El Sistema, an innovative program that uses classical music as a vehicle for social change. He began his musical studies in Venezuela at the Vicente Emilio Sojo State Conservatory, later studying violin at the Latin American Academy of Violin under Rhio Sanchez and José Francisco Del Castillo. A founding member of the Simón Bolívar National Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, he has also performed with the Youth Orchestra of the Americas and the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas. He remains very active in El Sistema in Venezuela, where he teaches violin, coaches chamber music, and conducts orchestras around the country, including serving as a guest conductor with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Soto graduated with a Master of Music degree in conducting from the New England Conservatory. His conducting teachers and mentors include Harold Farberman, Stephen Tucker, Jani Telaranta, and Charles Peltz. On violin, he has studied with Sophie Vilker, Janne Malmivaara, Peter Sulski, and Timothy Schwarz.
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Jonathan Spatola-Knoll
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Member Bio Dr. Jonathan Spatola-Knoll is an award-winning conductor, musicologist, violist, and collaborative pianist based in Olympia, WA. Prior to his current appointment as Assistant Conductor for Symphony Tacoma, he acted as Music Director of the Alma Symphony Orchestra. The winner of the 2020 Cascade Conducting Fellowship and a finalist for the American Prize in Orchestral Conducting, his accomplishments also include a residency at the Salzburg Festival as a winner of the Ansbacher Fellowship for Young Conductors (Vienna Philharmonic and American-Austrian Foundation). Spatola-Knoll has been awarded 3rd place in Vytautas Marijosius Award in Orchestral Programming for his advocacy of new music and underrepresented composers. He has conducted world premieres of orchestral and operatic works by Murray Gross, William Cooper, Chris Castro, and other nationally recognized composers. A recent CD on Centaur Records features him as an assistant conductor and viola soloist in music by Ligeti and Varèse. An advocate of historically underrepresented composers, Spatola-Knoll is North America’s Leading expert on Swedish Romantic composer, organist, and feminist pioneer Elfrida Andrée (1841-1929). His editions of her music have been used by orchestras internationally. His publishers include Hildegard Publishing, Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy, and Women & Music: A Journal of Gender and Culture. His edition of her First Symphony - the earliest known symphony by a Swedish woman - is under contract with A&R Editions, North America’s leading publisher of scholarly musical editions. Spatola-Knoll holds advanced degrees in musicology and conducting from the University of California, Davis, where he acted as assistant conductor for the University Symphony Orchestra and University Chorus. As an instrumentalist, he has held positions as principal violist of the UC Davis Symphony and as a pianist and vocal coach at St. Martin’s University and the Sacramento Opera. His academic appointments have included full-time faculty positions at Alma College (Alma, MI) and Whitman College (Walla Walla, WA). He is a citizen of the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Robert Stahly
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Member Bio Engaged in every aspect of music, Robert Stahly is an award-winning Northern Colorado based musician. As an educator Mr. Stahly has taught instrumental music for over a decade. Director of Orchestras at Longmont High School, Stahly grew the orchestra program to over triple its size while at the same time increasing the quality and diversity of the ensembles. The LHS Chamber Orchestra consistently ranks as one of the top high school orchestras in Colorado and was selected to perform at the Colorado Music Educators Conference in 2016. In 2016 Stahly was recognized as one of the top six educators in the St. Vrain Valley School District with an “Encore Award” and in 2019 Stahly was a finalist for “Teacher of the Year”. He created the Music Technology and Stage Technology classes. In 2014 he took over the AP Music Theory class. Outside of the classroom, Stahly spent eleven years working with the Loveland High School Marching Band in a variety of capacities: Tuba Instructor, Assistant Director, Sound Engineer, and Lead Visual Instructor. He is the conductor of the Longmont Youth Symphony String Ensemble, the Denver Young Artists Orchestra String Ensemble, and is a frequent guest conductor and clinician. As an instrumentalist Stahly has performed in six countries with a variety of ensembles playing cello, tuba, and bass. Most recently he was appointed Associate Principal Cellist of the Longmont Symphony, having previously being a member of the section. Stahly freelances with other ensembles in the area, and has appeared on several recordings. A 2008 graduate of Colorado State University, Stahly received degrees in Music Education, Tuba Performance, and a String Pedagogy Certificate. Since then, he has continued to study at programs such as the CU Conducting Workshop, Conductors Institute at Bard College, MSU Conducting Symposium, Eastman School of Music Conducting Workshop, and CCM's Opera Bootcamp. Screen Shot 2017-11-13 at 7.00.27 PM (2).png CONDUCTOR A consummate student, Robert continues his education to this day. Robert has attended the Bard College Conductors Institute, University of Colorado Conducting Symposium, Eastman Summer Conducting Institute, Michigan State University Conducting Symposium, Arapahoe Philharmonic Conducting Workshops, and CCM Opera Bootcamp. In this time, Robert was able to work with incredible and inspirational teachers such as Gary Lewis, Donald Schleicher, Larry Livingston, Harold Farberman, Eduardo Navega, Ginamaria Griglio, Guillermo Figueroa, Wes Kenney, Scott O’Niel, Lawrence Golan, Neil Varon, Kevin Noe, Apo Hsu, and Mark Gibson. Outside of the study of conducting, Robert has also attended and presented at numerous State Music Educator Conferences, American String Teachers Association State and National Conferences, the MidWest Band and Orchestra Convention, and Boulder Bach Festival.
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Mr. Steven Stanke
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Member Bio Born in Chinchilla, Queensland, Lieutenant Commander Steven Stanke joined the Royal Australian Air Force Operational Command Band in 1982 playing trombone and bass. During his six year posting he performed throughout Australia and South East Asia and in 1987 travelled to the UK with a combined ADF Band for the Royal Tournament in London. In 1988 he began fulltime studies at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, graduating with undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in composition, music theory and analysis, and conducting. He taught at the Conservatorium and at many schools in the Brisbane area and in 1996 became Head of Music at East Catholic High School, Manchester, Connecticut. He returned to Australia in 1998 and joined the Royal Australian Navy Band on trombone and bass. In 2000, he was offered a commission as a Band Officer and upon graduation in 2001 became Assistant Director of Music - Navy. In 2003 he took up the position of Music Director of Royal Australian Navy Band Melbourne and, in 2006, spent four months in the UK with the Bands of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines in Portsmouth, Plymouth and Scotland. He also taught at their school of music through the University of Portsmouth. In 2008 he posted to the Defence Force School of Music in Melbourne as Senior Instructor. During these years in Melbourne, he completed a Masters degree and a PhD in conducting through the University of Melbourne and also conducted local choirs and orchestras. In 2010 he posted to Royal Australian Navy Band Sydney as Music Director and in 2015 became Director of Music - Navy. Steven is also very active as a conductor and music director with community ensembles and is Artistic Director for Symphony Central Coast and Sydney Independent Opera. His orchestral transcriptions for wind band are published through Baton Music, The Netherlands.
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Mr. Michael Stanley
Burbank Philharmonic Orchestra
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Member Bio Michael Stanley is a multi-talented conductor, French horn player and music educator who has performed in such world-renowned venues as Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall, UCLA’s Royce Hall and the Soraya Center for the Performing Arts. He is the newly selected Music Director and Conductor of the Burbank Philharmonic Orchestra in Burbank, CA, as well as the Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Westlake Village Symphony in Westlake Village, CA. As a conductor, his performances have garnered outstanding reviews, with the Los Angeles Times’ Josef Woodard proclaiming that “…[his] ensemble performed beautifully.” Mr. Stanley has guest conducted both nationally and internationally, including directing the prestigious YMF Debut Orchestra at the finals of the 2019 Christopher Parkening International Guitar Competition. He has also appeared with the Beach Cities and New Valley Symphonies and conducted a 2013 world premiere with the Pipe Dream Flute Ensemble in New Orleans. Mr. Stanley’s versatility has led him to conduct numerous pit orchestras throughout Southern California in shows ranging from Sweeney Todd to Jesus Christ Superstar and he has served as Assistant Conductor with groups at UCLA, the Colburn School and Idyllwild School of the Arts. As a music educator, Mr. Stanley is committed to providing musical opportunities to young people from diverse communities. In his role as a Teaching Artist for the Young Musicians Foundation, he has provided music instruction to underserved youth across the Los Angeles area. He is also proud to be the inaugural director of the Burbank Philharmonic’s “Discovery Conductor” Project, a unique program designed to find and train the next generation of conductors. Mr. Stanley has served as adjunct faculty at College of the Canyons and Los Angeles Valley College, and he has been honored as a “Teacher of the Year” for his dedication to his students. Mr. Stanley is currently a Doctoral student at Claremont Graduate University, where he studies conducting with Dr. David Rentz. He received his MM in Orchestral Conducting from California State University, Long Beach, under the tutelage of Dr. Richard Rintoul. Among his many additional conducting teachers and mentors are Kenneth Kiesler, Jeffrey Schindler, Markand Thakar, Donald Schleicher, and Barry Brisk. Mr. Stanley earned his BA in Music summa cum laude from UCLA, majoring in French horn with Richard Todd. He continues to play horn regularly in Southern California with groups such as the Topanga Symphony and LA Lawyers Philharmonic.
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Benjamin Marten Stayner
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Member Bio Benjamin Marten Stayner is a conductor, music director, and multi-instrumentalist from Youngstown, NY. After receiving a Bachelor of Music in Music Theory from The Hartt School (University of Hartford) and a Master of Music in Conducting from Ithaca College, he has spent the last three years music directing and conducting musical theatre around the country. Benjamin has collaborated with Broadway-level talent such as David Archuleta, Josh Strickland, and Felicia Finley. He has studied conducting with Edward Cumming, Glen Adsit, Christopher Zemliauskas, and Michael Jinbo. In masterclass, he has worked with Tito Muñoz and Carl Topilow. Benjamin is currently working toward a Master of Music degree in Orchestral and Choral Conducting at the University of Connecticut, studying with Paul McShee and Jamie Spillane. As part of his assistantship, he teaches fundamentals of music theory and ear training, assists with undergraduate conducting classes, and serves as the Assistant Conductor of the UConn Symphony Orchestra and UConn Concert Choir.
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