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James Truher

Kirkland Civic Orchestra
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Member Bio James has been a professional musician since 1982. He has degrees in Vocal Performance and Choral Conducting as well as study toward a Masters of Arts in Musicology from California State University at Los Angeles. In 1983 Jim made his conducting debut with the Pasadena Chorale and Orchestra with his orchestration of ‘Rejoice in the Lamb’ by Benjamin Britten. Jim has studied conducting with Roger Wagner, William Hatcher and Sergio Siminovich and specializes in music from the Medieval to Baroque periods. Locally, he conducted the Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major and Vaughan Williams 3rd symphony in the Northwest Mahler Festival reading sessions in 2004 and 2014, and has sung with the Tudor choir. James served as the Assistant Conductor for the Lake Union Civic Orchestra for the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 seasons. Jim joined the Microsoft Corporation in 1999. He is currently a Senior Software Engineer in the Azure organization. Jim’s leadership of the Kirkland Civic Orchestra started in 2004, during the time when the orchestra was then called the Microsoft Orchestra.
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Vasiliki Tsouva

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Robert Tuohy

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Member Bio The American-Irish conductor Robert Tuohy has been Music Director of l'Opéra de Limoges since 2013, where he has conducted productions of Bluebeard's Castle, Carmen, Così fan tutte, Der Freischütz, Eugene Onegin, Macbeth, Madama Butterfly, Les pêcheurs de perles, and Pelléas et Mélisande. Recent engagements include performances at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (Candide), the Bolshoi Theatre, l’Auditorium de l’Opéra National de Bordeaux, the Tchaikovsky Hall (Moscow), l'Orchestra della Fondazione dell'Arena di Verona, l'Orchestra del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, l’Orchestre Pasdeloup, l’Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté, and l'Opéra de Reims, as well as a highly-acclaimed début conducting Lakmé at Opéra de Marseille in 2017. Future plans include productions of Ariadne auf Naxos, Cendrillon, Eugene Onegin, Lakmé, and Les pêcheurs de perles, new collaborations with l’Opéra de Marseille, l’Opéra de Reims, the Novaya Rossiya Symphony Orchestra, and the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, as well as his débuts at l’Orchestre national d’Île-de-France, the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra and l’Opéra de Toulon. From 2009-2013 he was Assistant Conductor alongside Lawrence Foster at l'Opéra et Orchestre National de Montpellier. Opera performances with the OONM include Die Fledermaus and Rusalka, as well as highly-praised productions of Manon Lescaut and Lakmé. Symphonic work with the OONM has included the 2012 and 2013 New Year's Concerts, a gala performance at the Royal Opera of Versailles, several world and French premiere performances, as well as numerous regional and young persons concerts. At l'Opéra de Montpellier, Robert served as assistant conductor on productions of Aida, Il barbiere di Siviglia, La bohème, Don Giovanni, Elektra, La fille du régiment, Mefistofele, Le nozze di Figaro, Otello, Rigoletto, Samson et Dalila, Semiramide, and La traviata. He has also worked as assistant conductor forLes Troyens at l'Opéra de Marseille and for René Koering's Die Marquise von O at l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Robert trained at the Cleveland Institute of Music and subsequently the Royal Academy of Music, where he studied with Colin Metters, Sir Colin Davis and George Hurst. He graduated with distinction, won the Ernest Read Conducting Prize, and was awarded the prestigious DipRAM for outstanding final recital. While at the Academy, he conducted performances with all the major RAM ensembles, co-conducted a cycle of Schumann symphonies, and participated in the RAM/South Bank Centre festivals celebrating the music of Peter Maxwell Davies and Luciano Berio. In 2007, he was chosen by the musicians of the London Symphony Orchestra to conduct the LSO in a masterclass with Sir Colin Davis. In 2008 and 2009, he was invited by Kurt Masur to participate in a series of masterclasses and concerts with the Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra.
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Laurie Turley

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John Turner

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Michael Twigg

Ball State University - Periodical and Receiving
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Dr. Joseph Valent

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Member Bio Dr. Joseph Valent is a conductor, pianist, organist and composer/arranger who began making music in 1959 at the age of four in his hometown of Watkins Glen, New York. He had his first regular church music job by age ten, and has since worked in churches, schools, universities, orchestras, opera companies, and theater and ballet companies. He is the accompanist for the CCAE Master Chorale, and performs locally in a piano trio named Striano. Dr. Valent enjoys performing and conducting music of all different styles. Dr. Joseph Valent holds degrees from the New England Conservatory of Music and Ithaca College in piano, and a Doctor of Arts in Music with a Primary Emphasis in Orchestral Conducting from Ball State University. He is currently the organist at St. Timothy's Catholic Church in Escondido, accompanist for The Center Chorale at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido, and a member of the San Diego American Guild of Organists.
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Sarah Valente

Boston Conservatory of Music - Journal Ads
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Francisco Valero-Terribas

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Neil Varon

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Member Bio Neil Varon’s conducting career spans 40 years and several continents. Born in New York in 1950, Varon studied piano, composition, and conducting at the Juilliard School. After early stations in Istanbul, Vienna and Nuernberg , he was named first Kapellmeister of the Deutsche Opera am Rhein in Düsseldorf in 1981, and in 1987 he became music director of the Südwestfälische Philharmonic. He kept this position until 1991, when he was appointed general music director of the City of Gelsenkirchen, Germany. In that capacity, he brought international names to his theater, including Helen Donath, Frank Peter Zimmermann, and Franco Gulli. Varon has been a frequent guest in Asia. He conducted the Korean Symphony in Seoul, the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony in Tokyo, and the Kyushu Philharmonic in Fukuoka. In 1991 and 1992 he led the Tokyo Philharmonic in a series of performances of The Magic Flute for the Mozart Festival in Japan. In December 2014, Varon led the Daegu Symphony Orchestra and four combined choruses in a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony for the year-end celebratory concert in Daegu, South Korea. In February 2015, he conducted four performances of Mozart’s opera The Marriage of Figaro at the Chan Center for the Performing Arts in Vancouver, British Columbia., After completing his second term as general music director of Gelsenkirchen in 1996, Varon concentrated on international guest performances for the next several years. In 1996, he performed in Japan and Korea with the Chamber Orchestra of Kanazawa, the orchestra of the Toho Gakuen Academy (Toyama), and the Suwon Philharmonic, Korea. He also led performances with the Frankfurter Chamber Orchestra in Milan, and the Norddeutsche Philharmonie in Rostock. In 1997, he conducted Humperdinck’s lesser known opera Die Konigskinder at the Sarasota Opera. His 1998 performance of Die Fledermaus at Hamilton’s “Opera Ontario” was broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Company. In 1999, Varon made his Swedish debut in Malmö, performing Puccini’s Turandot to great critical acclaim. In 2000, he returned to the Staatsorchester Frankfurt-Oder, and to Sweden for the revival of Turandot and performances of La Fille du Régiment and Die Fledermaus. In 2001, He made his debut at the Opera of Vancouver with Fledermaus. In 2002, he conducted a new production of Gounod’s Faust at the Staatstheater in Saarbrücken, and new productions of Dido and Aeneas and Gianni Schicchi at UBC in Vancouver. Varon has conducted at the Hamburg State Opera, Nürnberg Opera, Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Stuttgart Opera, Berlin Staatsoper, and New York City Opera, as well as the Haydn Orchester in Bolzano, Italy, the Conservatory Orchestra at the Toho Gakuen Conservatory in Tokyo, and the Philharmonia Hungarica. He directed the German premiere of Un Re in Ascolta by Luciano Berio in Düsseldorf, and the world premiere of Erinys by Volker David Kirchner in Wuppertal. He made his Portuguese debut with the Gulbenkian Orchestra of Lisbon, with the renowned violinist Maxim Vengerov. He returned to conduct this orchestra in summer 2003 for the Vendome International Piano Competition in Sintra, Portugal. Varon continues to appear as guest conductor of operas, symphonies, and music festivals throughout Europe and Asia. His concerts have been broadcast by the Westdeutsche Rundfunk, RIAS Berlin, RTL Luxembourg, and the Bayerische Rundfunk. Neil Varon was named Professor of Conducting and Music Director of the Eastman Philharmonia, Eastman School Symphony, and Chamber Orchestras in 2002. He was appointed full professor with tenure at Eastman in 2005, and has since developed very successful summer orchestral conducting master classes with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also taught conducting master classes in Cologne, Siegen, and Nuremberg in 2010, and made his debut with the Rochester Philharmonic in 2011.
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