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Toru Tagawa

Sierra Vista Symphony
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Member Bio Toru, from Hiroshima, Japan, started playing the violin at age 6, and joined the Kurashiki Junior Philharmonic Orchestra at age 9. He received his Violin Performance degrees from the University of Tulsa (BM) and the Florida State University (MM), and a Music Education degree (MME) from the University of Arizona. His main Violin teachers include Steven Moeckel, Gary Kosloski, Eliot Chapo, Derry Deane, and Mikio Ejima. Toru has been the Music Director and Conductor of the Tucson Repertory , Artistic Director of the Sierra Vista Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Director of the Canyon del Oro High School Orchestra. His conducting teachers include Thomas Cockrell, Charles Bontrager, Jung-Ho Pak, and Maurice Peress. Toru made his debut at Carnegie Hall in March, 2017. As active violinist, he plays with the Tucson Symphony, Tucson Pops, Arizona Opera Orchestras, and has played with National Repertory (CO), Shreveport (LA), Arkansas, Tallahassee (FL), AIMS (Austria), Hiroshima (Japan) ,and Vancouver (Canada) Symphony Orchestras. Toru is the President for the American String Teachers Association of Arizona.
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Ms. Kate Tamarkin

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Member Bio Kate Tamarkin joined the faculty of the University of Virginia in the fall of 2006 bringing a background of over twenty years as a professional conductor and educator. She is currently the Music Director Laureate of the Charlottesville and University Symphony Orchestra, having retired from the Orchestra and the University of Virginia in May of 2017. She has been Music Director of the Monterey Symphony (CA), Vermont Symphony, East Texas Symphony, and the Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra (WI). She was also the Associate Conductor of the Dallas Symphony under the late Eduardo Mata. Her guest conducting credits include the Shanghai Symphony, Edmonton Symphony, National Symphony of Moldova, and the following US orchestras: Chicago, Houston, St. Louis, Phoenix, Nashville, New Mexico, Oklahoma City, Tucson, Pacific (CA), Eastern Music Festival (NC), and Chicago’s Grant Park Festival. Ms. Tamarkin is a Certified Music Practitioner on the harp and is a Musician in Residence at the UVa Medical Center as well as the Program Coordinator for “Music by the Bedside” for the Hospice of the Piedmont. Ms. Tamarkin holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from the Peabody Conservatory of Music, a Masters Degree in Orchestral Conducting from Northwestern University, and a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Chapman University in California.
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Philip Tappan

US Army
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Member Bio Born in Schenectady, NY and raised in Saratoga Springs, NY, Philip Tappan premiered and conducted his first composition at the age of 14 with the Saratoga Springs High School Orchestra. Philip has previously studied conducting with Dr. David Rudge, Dr. Timothy Dixon, Murray Sidlin, Diane Wittry, Mark Heron, Bjorn Sagstad & Colin Metters. Among other notables, Philip has worked and studied with the late Deliah Wallis (voice/opera), Lee Shaw (jazz piano) & Fr. Sean Duggan (Hindemith Studies). As a conductor, Philip has also held engagements with the Rocky Ridge Music Center (Estes Park, CO), US Army Band “Pershing’s Own,” 1st Cavalry Division Band (TX), University of Kabul (Afghanistan), American School Honor Band (Amman, Jordan), 2nd Infantry Division Band (Rep. of Korea), West Shore Symphony Orchestra (Harrisburg, PA), Messiah College Symphony Orchestra (Grantham, PA), and Capitol Opera Harrisburg (Harrisburg, PA). Philip was also choirmaster of the Trinity Episcopal Church Choir, Fredonia, NY from January 2009 to 2010. From 2010-2011, Philip volunteered as a school teacher in the City of Tbilisi Public School System through the Ministry of Education, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia (the former Soviet Bloc State). Working with the national conservatory and the US Embassy in Tbilisi, he was also invited to give four lectures to Georgian youth on American Classical music in the 20th century. Philip continues to compose and transcribe, primarily for wind and chamber ensembles. Currently Philip is serving in the US Army Bands as a conductor, with the rank of Captain (O-3), and is assigned at the US Army School of Music as the company commander. He joined the US Army Bands in 2013, initially serving as a pianist, with the rank of Specialist (E-4). He is a distinguished honor graduate from the Officer Candidate School (FT Benning, GA) and the US Army School of Music Advanced Individual Training (JEB Little Creek, VA). Philip is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and holds a BA in music composition (Messiah University), BM in music education (SUNY Fredonia), MM in orchestral conducting (SUNY Fredonia), EMBA (Quantic University), and is currently pursuing an MS in Psychology from the University of Wolverhampton.
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Mark Taylor

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Member Bio I am a versatile orchestra conductor. The areas where I have the greatest interest, expertise, and experience are 1) working with semi-professional and advanced university orchestras 2) collaborative conducting: choral/orchestral masterworks, opera, musical theatre and ballet 3) working with teaching orchestras 4) making less-familiar repertoire accessible to musicians and audience members 5) rehearsing and performing orchestral works in a stylistically appropriate and compelling manner 6) conducting engaging educational concerts for area elementary school students and 7) not shying away from performing popular repertoire.
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Paul Taylor

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Member Bio A native of San Francisco, Paul Wegman Taylor, began learning violin under his grandfather, Willem Wegman, a principal violinist for over 30 years in the San Francisco Opera and Symphony Orchestras. Paul‘s mother, Anne Wegman Taylor, a skilled accompanist and trained opera singer and teacher, proved a perfect chamber music coach for her children. Ross Taylor, Paul‘s father, young horn player in the New York Philharmonic section, became George Szell‘s chosen solo horn player in 1950‘s Cleveland Orchestra, before returning home to the California Bay Area, taking the Symphony and Opera solo horn positions in San Franciso in 1956. Paul Wegman Taylor young violin and horn pupil, was more nature boy and horseman than student. Initially considering history and law as fields of study, the sound of music, youth orchestras and the call of the horn became deafening. This resulted in Paul's earning the Degrees Bachelor of Music 1976, and Master of Music 1978 in horn performance from The Juilliard School, New York. Meanwhile, Paul appeared regularly as extra hornist with the New York Philharmonic, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and played principal horn in various regional Orchestras. Appearances as extra player with The San Francisco Symphony and on tour with the Bavarian Radio Orchestra provided impulses for musical wanderlust. Playing under the direction of Leonard Bernstein, Claudio Abaddo, Seiji Ozawa, Rafael Kubelik, Gennady Rozdestvensky, Zubin Mehta, James Levine, Erik Leinsdorf, Herbert Blomstedt, and others, proved to be inspiring. Parallel activities as a chamber musician in many formations fostered Paul's interest in shaping ensemble music himself. Maestro David Gilbert‘s teaching prepared Paul for acceptance in the graduate conducting program at CCNY Queens College, Aaron Copland School under Maurice Peress. Then an engagement to play horn in a village summer opera, Urs Steiner‘s „Il Secondo Settenio“, provided Taylor with an unexpected bridge to Europe: ultimately 3 years intensive private and masterclass studies with Walter Hügler, Professor in Trossingen, followed upon Vienna Masterclasses with Bruno Weil and Julius Kalmar in Italy, as well as international masterclasses with Jorma Panula and Markus Lehtinen. First jobs as conductor 1992 were workshops conducting 20th Century repertoire for students in Camerata Lysy of Yehudi Menuhin‘s Academy, Berne, Switzerland, and assisting in independant productions of modern opera in Vienna‘s Opera Theater. Since 1993 Paul conducts the Kirchgemeindeorchester Zürich-Schwamendingen. Paul’s directorships during 1996 – 2008 included of the Kammerorchester des Musik-Collegiums Schaffhausen, the Zumiker Musiker String Orchestra, youth symphony orchestra Nota Bene of Zurich, the Finnish Choir of Zurich, and Artistic Leader/ Conductor of Jakobstads Orkester in Jakobstad, Finland.
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Dr. Mehran Tebyani

Beverly Hills Philharmonic Association
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Member Bio Mehran Tebyani is a Musician, Orchestra Conductor, and Composer. He is a Doctorate Candidate in Organizational Leadership. He has received his Master degree in Orchestral Conducting and his Bachelor degree in Composition. Mehran is the Founder of Beverly Hills Academy of Music and Director of Beverly Hills Philharmonic Orchestra – BH Phil. #mehrantebyani-Doctorate Candidate of Education in Organizational Leadership-Master of Music in Orchestra Conducting-Bachelor of Music in Composition Experienced Music Director with a demonstrated history of working in the music industry. Skilled in Orchestral Music Conducting and Composition in Contemporary Music. Strong entrepreneurship professional with a Master of Music (M.M.) focused in Orchestral Conducting and a Bachelor of Music (B.M.) in Classical Composition from California State University-Northridge. Lullaby for Orchestra, Harp, Santoor, and Choir in Farsi – Lullaby for Orchestra, Harp, Santoor, and Choir in Farsi – Mehran Tebyani, Composer and Conductor
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David Tedford

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Member Bio Conductor, violinist, and educator, David Tedford is passionate about orchestral music. He enjoys sharing this art form with others and passing on his knowledge of classical music to the next generation. Winner of the 2019 International Conductors Workshop & Competition, Tedford currently holds the position of Conductor of the Bloomsburg University Community Orchestra. In addition, he is an Assistant Professor of Music at Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. David Tedford seeks to engage musicians and audience members of multiple generations through well-crafted performances each concert season. As conductor of the Bloomsburg University Community Orchestra, Tedford directs the orchestra in their four-concert season, which includes two classical concerts, a Concerto Competition Winners' Concert, and a Young Person's Concert. The Young Person's Concerts reach around 1,200 students annually and have focused on educating young students on specific elements of music using a variety of styles including classical music, pop music, and movie music, as well deepening their understanding for the orchestral art form. He enjoys exploring the newest trends in music, believing that the key to future generations of concert-goers is to perform music of contemporary society. His research interests include programming of contemporary music in the collegiate setting and is a proponent of promoting compositions by living composers. Dedicated to serving arts communities beyond the podium, Tedford is co-founder and contributor to The Adore Project (https://theadoreproject.org/), which is a resource for promoting composers of underrepresented demographics. He is also involved with the Orchestra division of And We Were Heard (https://www.andwewereheard.org/), another organization helping to promote orchestra music written by underrepresented demographics. Additionally, Tedford serves on the board of directors of the Harmony Arts Foundation in Bloomsburg, PA, a non-profit organization that is oriented towards the advancement of music education through lessons for all ages. An avid educator, he has been a guest conductor for numerous high school orchestra festivals and workshops throughout the east coast and Midwest. He has also initiated multiple performing outlets for students at Bloomsburg University, including a Concerto Competition and a chamber music course. He also coordinates multiple educational outreach initiatives, such as Stringposium, an educational outreach for area string players, and multiple pre-audition workshops for local high school musicians. Tedford holds degrees from Grove City College, Ohio University, and the University of Iowa. He has worked with conductors such as Steven Huang, William LaRue Jones, Kenneth Kiesler, Stuart Malina, Dwight Oltman, Robert Page, and Markand Thakar.
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Mr. Scott Terrell

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Member Bio Music Director of the Lexington Philharmonic from 2009-2019, conductor Scott Terrell transformed the orchestra with his imaginative programs, engaging presence, and determined passion for artistic excellence and viability. An ardent champion of new music and diversity of repertoire, he was a visionary leader with a keen intellect for bringing context to the concert hall. Adept in a broad range of repertoire from masterworks of orchestral canon, new commissions, opera, and works beyond the mainstream, this American conductor can, as critics have noted, “program works that entertain and educate, innovate with new works and revitalize the old.” In great demand as a guest conductor, this past season included several important debuts including the Pittsburgh Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá (Colombia), Fort Worth Symphony and re-engagements with Arizona Opera, Baltimore Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic and the Aspen Music Festival and School. Maestro Terrell debuted with the Philadelphia Orchestra in an all-Gershwin program in 2017, as well as debuted with the St. Louis Symphony, Houston Symphony, Vancouver Symphony and the National Arts Centre Orchestra. He has been on the cover conductor staff of the Philadelphia Orchestra since 2012, assisting Music Director Yannick Nezet-Seguin and regularly leading their pre-concert lectures.
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