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Mr. Richard Stout

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Member Bio Music Director and Conductor Richard Stout studied at the University of Southern California and earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education and a Master of Music degree in orchestral and opera conducting. His principal teachers were Charles C. Hirt, Daniel Lewis and Henry Holt. Richard also performed with Robert Shaw and Paul Salamunovich. He was active in southern California opera companies. An interest in the music of Bach led Richard to study with Helmuth Rilling, who invited him to the Frankfurt Musikhochschule, where Richard completed his diploma in Choral Conducting. While in Germany, he performed on German radio broadcasts, and also in Helmuth Rilling's two principal ensembles, the Gächinger Kantorei and Bach Collegium Stuttgart. Richard was later Roger Wagner's assistant at Pepperdine University. As Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at Lehigh University, Richard performed Mendelssohn's Elijah, using his own revision of the English translation, and co-conducted the world premiere of Robert Moran's Hagoromo. Since coming to New York, Richard's conducting credits include the
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Elizabeth Stoyanovich

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Member Bio Hailed as a charismatic and outstanding conductor, Elizabeth Stoyanovich was reviewed by the Los Angeles Times as “… extremely impressive…clean, emotional and translucent in performance [she] conducted an overplayed war-horse as a newly-played symphony full of vibrancy and originality…” during a Pacific Symphony Orchestra subscription concert in front of a 8,000 member audience at Irvine Meadows Amphitheater in Southern California. The Orange County Register noted, “Stoyanovich showed that she is a splendid talent, musical and with rock-solid technique…[she] made the New World Symphony sound new again…her musical passion [is] unfailingly strong.” Stoyanovich served for 12 seasons as Music/Artistic Director of the Orchestra of Saint Cecilia and has held many significant posts as a Music Director, Associate, Assistant, and Professor in the US. In fall of 2007, she had her English premiere guest conducting at the University of London, Kingston College Orchestra. In spring 2009 she premiered “Seven Last Words” by Patrick Stoyanovich at St. James Cathedral in Seattle. With many years of teaching in the public schools, colleges and arts magnet schools, Ms. Stoyanovich serves as Music Department Chair at Palisades Charter High School teaching symphony orchestra, concert orchestra, jazz band, AP Music Theory and Business of Music. In the summer of 2019, she was hired as an adjunct faculty at Santa Monica College directing the symphony orchestra. She completed successful tenures as Assistant Conductor of Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Assistant Conductor of the Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Associate Conductor of the Spokane Symphony, Education Conductor of the Fresno Philharmonic and Music Director of the Champlain Valley Symphony Orchestra and Bremerton Symphony Association. In addition, she served as Music Director of a number of outstanding ensembles for youths including the Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra, Pacific Symphony Institute Orchestra, Pacific Symphony Orchestra Youth Orchestra and Central Kentucky Youth Orchestra. Guest conducting appearances include: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Florida Orchestra, San Diego Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Women’s Philharmonic, Philharmonic Society of Orange County, Chicago Civic Orchestra, L’Orchestra des Junes du Quebec, Paris Conservatory Orchestra, Newport Symphony Orchestra, Grand Forks Symphony Orchestra, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra, the Tulare County Symphony and a variety of events for young musicians. Elizabeth is also known for her appealing dialogue from stage “…Stoyanovich presented a splendid introduction to the complications of this work [Brahms Symphony #3] in her pre-concert talk-few people are better at this than she.” She was honored to present the pre-concert lecture in Orange County for the Philadelphia Orchestra.
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Dr. John Strickler 3833886

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Member Bio Throughout his career, John Strickler has been praised for his innovative concert programs, prompting the press to declare him “…a true master at programming.” During his 23 years as Music Director of the Topeka (KS) Symphony and also the same position with the Gulf Coast Symphony in Biloxi, MS for 15 years, his programs offered a “…judicious balance of the familiar and the progressive,” and performances he has led have been described as “flawless,” “tour de force,” and “rousing.” Singers and instrumentalists alike praise Strickler’s work as an accompanist. Itzhak Perlman and Frederica von Stade found him to be a very sensitive and most accommodating conductor. Over the years, Strickler has enjoyed performing with such distinguished artists as: Joseph Alessi, Daniel Adni, Jeffrey Biegel, Daniel Beliavsky, Jasmines Choi, Larisa Elisha, Steven Elisha, Ina Faliks, Claudio Jaffe, Julius Kim, Sharan Leventhal, Brian Lewis, Marina Lomazov, Richetta Manager, Horia Mihail, Jon Nakamatsu, Michael Pearson, Artur Pizarro, Sandra Rivers, Jung Pill Ryu, Stephen Salters, Wayne Shepperd, David Shifrin, Wendy Warner, Andre Watts, Ivan Zenaty, the Canadian Brass, the Elaris Duo, the Gramercy Trio, and Five By Design. During one of his guest conducting appearances, Strickler stood on Dvorak’s podium for a performance of the “New World" Symphony with the North Czech Philharmonic in Dvorak Hall in Prague’s Rudolfinum. He also conducted the South Bohemian Chamber Philharmonic in a program of Haydn and Mozart in Vienna’s Kaisersaal, and he spent three weeks in Romania conducting the Philharmonic Orchestras in the cities of Ploieste, Bacau, and Brasov. In 1998, Dr. Strickler was a recipient of the Kansas Governor’s Arts Award in recognition of his contribution to the cultural life of Topeka and northeast Kansas. Further, the opening concert of the Topeka Symphony’s 60th anniversary season, featuring Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, was televised by KTWU TV and received a Telly Award in 2007. In Mississippi, the Gulf Coast Symphony performed with the famed tenor, Luciano Pavarotti, and was invited to tour with Andre Bocelli. In May of 2014, the Mayor of Pascagoula presented him with a commendation and a Key to the City in recognition of his commitment and dedication to music on the Gulf Coast. A native of New Glarus, Wisconsin, Strickler graduated with distinction from the University of Wisconsin. He holds a Master’s in conducting and a PhD in music theory from the University of Southern California.
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Sam Stucky

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Member Bio Sam is currently studying music composition at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. Sam has previously served as an instructor with BOA’s Drum Major Institute and currently works with the Mt. Vernon “Band of Marauders” as a drum major, visual, and music technician. Sam served as drum major for two years at Zionsville Community High School and is excited to continue sharing his passion for conducting, leadership, and the marching arts with the next generation of drum majors!
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Neal Stulberg

The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
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Member Bio Heralded by the Los Angeles Times as “. . .a shining example of podium authority and musical enlightenment,” NEAL STULBERG has garnered consistent international acclaim for performances of clarity, insight and conviction. Since 2005, he has served as Director of Orchestral Studies at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. From 2014 to 2018, he served as Chair of the UCLA Department of Music. In North America, Mr. Stulberg has led the Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Atlanta, Fort Worth, Houston, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Mexico City, National, New Jersey, New World, Oregon, Pacific, Phoenix, Saint Louis, San Antonio, San Francisco, Utah and Vancouver symphonies, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and New York City Ballet and San Francisco Ballet. A former assistant conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Carlo Maria Giulini and music director of the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, he is a recipient of the Seaver/National Endowment for the Arts Conductors Award. Mr. Stulberg’s European appearances have included performances in Germany with the WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln and the orchestras of Augsburg, Bochum, Dortmund, Freiburg, Herford, Jena, Münster, Nürnberg, Oldenburg and Rostock. In Holland, he has conducted the Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and led the Netherlands Ballet Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, North Holland Philharmonic, Gelders Orchestra and Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam. He has also appeared as guest conductor with the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra (Norway), Warsaw Chamber Orchestra, Klaipeda Chamber Orchestra (Lithuania), Athens State Orchestra, London Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Barcelona Liceu Orchestra and Norwegian National Opera Orchestra. International engagements have also included the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic, Korea Philharmonic (KBS), Queensland, Adelaide and West Australian symphonies, Haifa Symphony Orchestra, Israel Sinfonietta and Ra’anana Symphonette. An acclaimed pianist, Stulberg has appeared as recitalist, chamber musician and with major orchestras and at international festivals as pianist/conductor. His performances of Mozart concertos conducted from the keyboard are uniformly praised for their buoyant virtuosity and interpretive vigor. In 2011-12, he performed the complete Mozart sonatas for violin and piano with violinist Guillaume Sutre at UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall and at the Grandes Heures de Saint Emilion festival in France. In 2018, he performed throughout South Africa on a recital tour with saxophonist Douglas Masek and in 2022, appeared as solo pianist in the world premiere of Inclusion, a new work for pianist and chamber orchestra by Hugh Levick.
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Dr. John Sutton

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Donald Swinchoski

Count Basie Center for the Arts
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Member Bio I teach not just the mechanics of playing an instrument or singing. I share my love of music in a variety of ways. Instilling confidence is an important factor in helping a young musician understand what is possible. The next is the "joy" of practicing. Learning through repetition of sequenced patterns. Then through modeling, singing, "fingering" and other teaching tools the learners accomplish something greater. At this point, the learner is ready for the next challenge. It may sound simple but at this time musicians are ready to repeat the process to learn new music.
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Gerald A Szymanski Gerald Szymanski Eastman School of Music

Eastman School of Music
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Kevin Sütterlin

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Member Bio Dr. Kevin F.E. Sütterlin is an internationally sought-after conductor and pedagogue. Sütterlin is Director of Orchestral Activities and Opera and Associate Professor of Conducting at Concordia College. Under his direction, The Concordia Orchestra has won the prestigious American Prize in 2018-19. He and his colleagues and students received two EMMY awards for the nationally broadcast Concordia Christmas Concert productions in 2016. Sütterlin is Music Director of the Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra — one of Wisconsin’s finest professional orchestras — which is currently a finalist for the American Prize professional orchestra division 2023 (Sütterlin himself is also currently a finalist in the professional conducting division). Together with his best friend, Dr. Mathias O. Elmer, he is Music Co-Director of Sinfonietta Memphis, an ensemble that provides free concerts and educational experiences for the Greater Memphis communities. Celebrating the orchestra’s tenth season, and perhaps the only orchestra in the U.S. with a co-directorship model, Sinfonietta Memphis’s conductors Elmer and Sütterlin proudly represent the orchestra’s credo: friendship through music. They also co-direct The Sinfonietta Academy for Historically Informed Performance Practice which has recently been recognized as one of the country’s leading period performance practice institutes. In 2019, Sütterlin was named Principal Guest Conductor of the Qingdao Concert Hall Symphony in China, and in 2021 Honorary Conductor of K-Classic Orchestras, a Korean organization dedicated to contributing to world peace through musical and cultural exchange. Sütterlin furthermore serves as Principal Guest Conductor of Fargo-Moorhead Opera, where he recently directed productions of Rossini’s La Cenerentola and Humperdinck’s Hänsel and Gretel to great acclaim, and where he will return again this season. With a great love and passion for teaching, Sütterlin is also Artistic Director of the Northern Valley Youth Orchestras, and holds The Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Endowed Orchestra Chair of the Lutheran Summer Music Academy and Festival, directing the organization’s orchestral and conducting programs. He has been recognized as one of the country’s leading conducting pedagogues, being praised for his keen analytical eye and deep understanding of conducting technique and physique, paired with a kind and caring approach that has empowered over 150 conductors and conducting students across the globe so far. He is a much sought-after clinician for regional, state-wide, national, and international music festivals and workshops.
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Mr. William Tackett

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