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Esther Yoo

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Member Bio Praised for her profound depth of expression, freshness of interpretation, and dazzling technique, Esther Yoo is unquestionably one of the world’s leading violinists. Her artistry has been recognized worldwide, with The Strad hailing her as “the model of a violin soloist in the modern age”. Uniquely tri-cultural among classical soloists, she was born in the United States, educated in Belgium, Germany and the U.K., and proudly embraces her Korean heritage. This international background informs the versatility and breadth of expression that defines her as one of the most articulate and gifted communicators. Highlights of the 2025/26 season includes the release of her new Deutsche Grammophon album Love Symposium, featuring Bernstein’s Serenade, recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Long Yu. She returns to perform with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, and debuts with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León, Presidential Symphony Orchestra and Evergreen Symphony Orchestra among others. Esther returns to the Z+ International Chamber Music Festival and makes her long awaited recital debut at Seoul Arts Center with pianist JaeHong Park. In September 2025, Esther joined the faculty at the Royal College of Music (RCM) as a Professor of Violin, a role that she will have while simultaneously maintaining her performing career. Recent seasons saw Esther debut with Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Calgary Philharmonic, Shanghai Symphony, Orquesta Filarmonica de Málaga, and China Philharmonic Orchestras. She toured with the Munich Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic and Korean Chamber Orchestras and returned to iconic venues such as Wigmore Hall and Concertgebouw Amsterdam. She joined the Seattle Symphony and Hong Kong Philharmonic for the American and Asian premieres of Raymond Yiu’s Violin Concerto, a piece written for her, co-commissioned by both orchestras and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, with whom she gave the world premiere in March 2024. Esther works with the world’s most prominent orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, Toronto Symphony, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Orchestre National de Lille, Orquesta Sinfónica RTVE, Melbourne Symphony, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, KBS Symphony Orchestra, as well as at venues and festivals such as Lincoln Center, Royal Albert Hall, Seoul Arts Center, Aspen Music Festival, La Folle Journée, Prague Spring Festival and the BBC Proms.
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Arthur You

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Mr. Channing Yu

Mercury Orchestra
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Member Bio American orchestra and opera conductor Channing Yu is Music Director of the Mercury Orchestra in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Associate Artistic Director of the Refugee Orchestra Project in New York City. He is the national winner of the 2010 American Prize in Orchestral Conducting in the community orchestra division. He recently served as Music Director of the Dudley Orchestra in Cambridge, Massachusetts; Music Diretor of Bay Colony Brass in Watertown, Massachusetts; Leader of the Powers Community String Orchestra in Belmont, Massachusetts; and Conductor of the Massachusetts Youth Symphony Project Preparatory String Orchestra in Belmont, Massachusetts. He has also served as Artistic Director and Conductor of the Lowell House Opera, the oldest opera company in New England, where he conducted over thirty fully staged performances with orchestra, including Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, Puccini’s Turandot, Verdi’s Otello, and Puccini’s Tosca. For his musical direction of Tosca, he was awarded second prize in the 2011 American Prize in Opera Conducting national competition. He served as guest conductor at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, in its production of Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s baroque opera Les arts florissants. He was guest conductor of Atrium Winds in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. He was also invited to guest conduct the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Of the Lowell House Opera’s performance of Otello, The Harvard Crimson wrote, “The production’s hero was the orchestra, under the keen direction of Channing Yu. Yu was able to channel all the energy of the 80-member ensemble into moments that spanned the entire emotional spectrum—from sheer joy to complete misery. The sound produced by the orchestra was stylish, heartfelt, and on the whole, refined.” The Boston Musical Intelligencer noted, “The real star of the performance was the orchestra, led with great skill by Channing Yu.” He began formal study of conducting at Harvard University with James Yannatos; there he served as assistant conductor of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra and conductor of the Toscanini Chamber Orchestra. Since then, he has worked with a number of conductor teachers in the master class setting, including Kenneth Kiesler, Roberto Paternostro, Diane Wittry, Charles Peltz, and Frank Battisti. He was invited as one of fourteen conductors worldwide to work with conductors Neeme Järvi, Leonid Grin, and Paavo Järvi in master classes at the Leigo Lakes Music Days Festival in Estonia. He worked with George Pehlivanian conducting L’Ensemble Orchestral de València in Spain, with Johannes Schlaefli conducting the Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra in Bulgaria, and with Sandro Gorli conducting the Divertimento Ensemble in Italy. Channing Yu grew up in Pennsylvania.
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Dr. Alexandra Zacharella

University of Arkansas-Fort Smith
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Member Bio Dr. Alexandra Zacharella is director of bands and associate professor of low brass at the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith. Dr. Zacharella is an active wind ensemble/low brass clinician and has presented clinics and masterclasses in the United States and abroad. In 2022 Dr. Zacharella was awarded the Excellence to the University, to the Profession, and to the Community Faculty Service Award at UAFS. In 2018 they were also awarded the Excellence in Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities Award at UAFS. Dr. Zacharella has presented at the 65th and 70th Annual Midwest Clinic and has presented over 75 peer-reviewed presentations, papers, performances/recitals, lecture recitals, and poster sessions on topics including conducting and wind band repertoire, trombone, euphonium and tuba performance, women in music, brass pedagogy, historical brass, music of Central and South America, and music education at the International Conference of College Music Society, National and Regional CMS Conferences throughout the United States, the International Conductor’s Guild, the College Band Directors National Association Conference, International Trombone Festivals, International Women’s Brass Conferences, National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors Conferences, International Alliance for Women in Music Conference, Music by Women Festivals, CBDNA Southwestern Regional Conferences, South Central Regional Tuba Euphonium Conference, SliderAsia, Women Composers Festival of Hartford and several state Music Educator’s Conferences and Arkansas Bandmasters. Under Dr. Zacharella’s direction, the UAFS Wind Ensemble has performed at two South Central College Music Society Conferences. Dr. Zacharella believes in new music and has been involved in several commissioning projects through UAFS, CBDNA, Arkansas Chapter of CBDNA, UAFS Low Brass Society, and most recently four commissioned works for trombone ensemble premiered by the Bordertown Bones at the 2023 International Trombone Festival. Dr. Zacharella holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Southern California in trombone performance with minors in orchestral and wind conducting, music education, and jazz studies; a Master of Music in trombone performance from The University of Michigan; and a Bachelor of Music in trombone performance and music education from the University of Hartford, The Hartt School. They have served as past-president of the Arkansas Chapter of CBDNA and currently serve as the president-elect for the South-Central Chapter of CMS, on the board of the International Alliance for Women in Music as treasurer, artistic director and conductor of the collegiate community-based trombone ensemble Bordertown Bones, and artistic director and conductor for the UAFS Summer Music Camp Programs. Dr. Zacharella is a Bach Artist and Warburton Signature Artist and maintains an active performance schedule on trombone and euphonium.
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S. Shade Zajac

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Member Bio S. Shade Zajac is a freelance conductor, composer and cellist. He is the Principal Conductor and Music Director of both the Genesee Symphony Orchestra and the Finger Lakes Symphony Orchestra. He was appointed to these positions in the Spring of 2016 and 2017, respectively. After appearing as a guest conductor in 2019 and 2020, Mr. Zajac was chosen to be the next Conductor and Music Director for the Orchard Park Symphony Orchestra. The 2025/2026 season will be Mr. Zajac’s 10th Season as Conductor and Music Director of the Genesee Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Zajac was a student of Professor Nancy Strelau and has conducted the Nazareth College Chamber Orchestra, Nazareth College Symphony Orchestra and the OpusWerkes No.2 as well as her orchestra, the Greater Rochester Women’s Philharmonic. Mr Zajac was awarded the Paul Vermel 2015-2016 Apprenticeship with the Northwest Symphony Orchestra in Chicago, working with Maestro Kim Diehnelt. He was also accepted as a Fellow in the BCO December 2015 Workshop under the direction of Maestro Markand Thakar, where he conducted the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra in selections such as Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings”. In the spring of 2016, Mr. Zajac was an active participant in the 8th Ithaca International Conducting Master Class with Maestros Donald Schleicher and Dr. Jeffery Meyer. He led the Ithaca College Chamber and Symphony Orchestras in performances of Berio’s Folk Songs for Mezzo Soprano and Orchestra, and Mahler’s Fourth Symphony. Mr. Zajac has conducted the Oneida Jr. High All County Orchestra, the Zone 3 Sr. High Area All State Orchestra, and will conduct both the Onondaga Jr. High All County Orchestra and the Monroe Sr. High All County Orchestra in 2024. In October of 2025, Mr. Zajac will work with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra as an active member of the 2025 International Conductors Guild Workshop. Mr. Zajac has collaborated with many world renown soloists such as Philadelphia Orchestra Concertmaster David Kim, Flutist Carol Wincenc, and Grammy Award Winning Pianist Jeffery Beigel to name a few. He conducts a wide variety of repertoire placing emphasis on standard works alongside more recent composers. This season he will conduct performances of works such as Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony, Sibelius’s 7th Symphony, and Mahler’s immense Sixth Symphony. Mr. Zajac is founder of the Seneca Summer Music Festival and Orchestra, providing events that include chamber music and orchestra performances. Emphasis is placed on raising funds for charities and offering classical music to surrounding communities in upstate New York. In 2018, the Genesee Symphony Orchestra performed a special concert as part of the festival. The Summer of 2025 will mark 10 years of the festival. As a cellist, Mr. Zajac performs chamber and solo performances frequently and was a two time winner of the Nazareth College Concerto Competition. He is the Assistant Principal Cellist of the Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes and has also performed with the Glimmerglass Opera Festival and the Albany Symphony. Shade is also an accomplished drummer, recording and performing in a rock band called “The Third Half”. In February 2026, Mr. Zajac will perform the Dvorak Cello Concerto in a special concert with the Genesee Symphony Orchestra and Guest Conductor Nancy Pettersen Strelau. A prolific composer, Mr. Zajac has written music for solo cello (commissioned by Pro. Mimi Hwang), a cello sonata, harp concerto, violin concerto, string quartets, and pieces for percussion ensemble, chamber groups and orchestra. In April 2016, he completed his first symphony in which he dedicated to his teacher Nancy Strelau, the Greater Rochester Women’s Philharmonic and the Nazareth College Symphony Orchestra. In October 2018, the Genesee Symphony premiered “Electric Dream for Acoustic Orchestra” which he wrote for the Orchestra. The 2025/2026 Season will see the premier of his Concerto for Harp and Orchestra entitled “I am the Lizard King” with Rosanna Moore and the Genesee Symphony Orchestra. His song cycle “Mementos” for Soprano, Cello, and Piano will also be premiered this season.
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Mr. Spencer Zembrodt

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Member Bio Spencer Zembrodt is a dynamic conductor, composer, and educator, currently serving as the Artistic Director of the Cincinnati Men’s Chorus. He is a passionate community builder and advocate for the arts and LGBTQ+ rights in Cincinnati and beyond. As an active performer, Spencer has played with notable groups, including the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Shippensburg Festival Orchestra, Cincinnati Boychoir, and with countless school and community ensembles. Alongside his performing endeavors, Spencer helps train the next generation of musicians as a piano teacher. His passion for teaching has also extended to appearances as a guest faculty member at the Universal Artists Festival and guest conductor of the Southeast Indiana Youth Orchestra. Spencer has an extensive musical background, having held positions as Assistant Conductor for the Shippensburg Symphony Festival and the Orchard Park Symphony Orchestra. His compositions and arrangements have been performed by high school, university, community, and professional ensembles. Spencer holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music from the University of Louisville and the State University of New York at Fredonia, respectively.
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Mengru Zheng

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Member Bio Mengru Zheng is an emerging orchestral conducting talent who just finished her first year of graduate studies at the University of Michigan School of Music under the tutelage of sought-after teacher and mentor Kenneth Kiesler. She completed her Master of Music in choral conducting at the Eastman School of Music, benefiting from the instruction of renowned conductors William Weinert and Brad Lubman. Mengru holds a Bachelor's degree in Music Education with a piano major from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, where she developed her conducting skills under the guidance of Professors Li Yang and Lin Chen. Mengru's leadership in conducting has been recognized through her roles as the associated conductor of the University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra, Campus Orchestra, Eastman Repertory Singers Chorus, and Eastman Chorale. Her performance at the Eastern Music Festival in North Carolina was not only highly praised by CVNC for her exceptional musicality and excellent dynamic control, but also earned her the admiration of her teacher at EMF, Gerald Schwartz. Mentor Kenneth Kiesler has commended Mengru for her innate, unteachable qualities as a conductor and her remarkable ability to make rapid progress within a limited timeframe. Her talent and commitment were showcased when she was invited to conduct Bach’s The Art of Fugue at Artisan Work during the centennial concert at Eastman. Before this, she was the associate conductor and sectional leader at the Central Conservatory of Music Department of Music Education Chorus and the assistant conductor at Xishiku Catholic Church Choir. Swiss harpsichordist and guest professor at the Central Conservatory of Music, Michael Kiener, invited Mengru to collaborate in the Baroque Historical Performance Practice Concert. In addition to her conducting and vocal pursuits, Mengru has also arranged art songs for the children’s choir and directed concerts for elementary students whom she used to teach during her undergraduate years.
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Jingqi Zhu

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Dr. Eduard Zilberkant

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Member Bio Russian born Eduard Zilberkant is recognized as one of today’s most gifted artists and has an active career as conductor and pianist. A Yamaha performing artist, Eduard Zilberkant has been received enthusiastically by audiences and press alike throughout Europe, Canada, Asia and the United States, performing in such halls as The Academy of Music and Curtis Hall in Philadelphia; Merkin Hall in New York City; Artur Rubinstein Hall and Warsaw Philharmonic Hall in Poland; Teatro di San Carlo Opera House in Naples, Italy; Teatro Sangiorgi in Catania, Sicily; Volgograd Opera House in Russia; Sitka Music Festival and Alaska Center for the Performing Arts in Anchorage. Eduard Zilberkant has been a guest artist and conductor at some of the most prestigious music festivals which include the International Keyboard Institute and Festival in New York City; the Classical Bridge International Music Festival in New York City; the Ravello Festival in Italy; the Gumi International Music Festival in South Korea; the Corfu Festival Ionian Concert Series in Greece; the Monolis Kalomiris International Music Festival in Greece; the Assisi International Festival and Orazio Frugoni Music Institute in Italy; the Baracasa Festival of Radio France in Montpellier, France; the Alaska International Piano-e-Competition, Fairbanks, Alaska; and the Bellingham Music Festival in Washington. Some of the orchestras he has guest conducted include the Czech National Symphony Orchestra in Prague and on tour to Germany; the orchestra of Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano in Italy; the Martinu Chamber Orchestra in the Czech Republic and Germany; the Orchestra of the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania, Sicily; the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra in New York City; the Teatro di San Carlo Orchestra in Naples, Italy; and the Prague Philharmonic in Prague and Italy. The Badische Zeitung wrote of his performance of the Dvorak’s “New World Symphony”, “[Maestro Zilberkant] made an impression for feeling the nuances of tempo, pauses, and accents… he brought out new colors and romantic feeling with full balance of the sound from the orchestra.” After his performance of the Mozart’s Symphony No. 41 in Anchorage, Alaska. The Anchorage Daily News wrote: “[Maestro Zilberkant] brought admirable intelligence to his reading of the piece…and sculpting the individual lines into a monumental and heroic structure; his weaving of the finale’s awesome counterpoint show him to be a musician of significance whom we hope to hear again.” American Record Guide stated, “Zilberkant’s artistic approach emphasizes a strongly colored rhetoric, supported by passionate and sensitive temperament…Zilberkant’s pianistic and musical qualities are found not only in his speed, but also in his ability to distill the slow tempos by drawing them out to the extreme.” Radio France, Polish Radio and Television and PBS Radio and Television in the United States have also broadcast his performances.
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Mrs. Dana Zimbric

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Member Bio Dana Zimbric is a conductor on a mission to make classical music relevant, engaging, and awesome for today’s audiences of all ages. Both on and off the podium, Zimbric brings passion and energy to her work promoting classical music and music education. Since 2010 Zimbric has held the position of Artistic Director and Conductor of the California Chamber Orchestra in Temecula, CA, where she presents innovative concert programs and serves as host of the Temecula Presents Classical series. This seven concert series is the ONLY professional classical music series in the area, and draws artists from all over the US and abroad. Ms. Zimbric also serves as the Senior Director of Music & Programs for Classics 4 Kids and Conductor of the Classics Philharmonic Orchestra, a position she has held since 2003. This fully professional adult ensemble performs over 30 concerts annually for nearly 30,000 school children in San Diego County through the Classics 4 Kids program. As a regionally recognized expert in music education, Ms. Zimbric has presented at the Association of California Symphony Orchestra’s Annual Conference on curriculum based-educational programming and was a 2015 finalist for the San Diego Business Journal’s Women Who Mean Business Awards. Her High School Alma Mater in Rockford, Michigan inducted Zimbric into their Foundation’s Hall of Fame in 2014 for her work as a conductor in the field of classical music. As guest conductor, Ms. Zimbric has led the San Diego State University Symphony Orchestra and various Honor Orchestras for the San Diego Unified School District, including the 2011 High School Honor Orchestra. Previously, Ms. Zimbric has held conducting positions with Orchestra Nova San Diego (formerly the San Diego Chamber Orchestra), San Diego Youth Symphony, Avanti (Youth) Chamber Orchestra, and the University of Wisconsin Chamber and Symphony Orchestras. She is also a frequent coach, judge, and guest conductor at festivals and schools throughout southern California. An accomplished clarinetist, Dana holds a Bachelor of Music in Clarinet Performance from the University of Wisconsin and a Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, where she won multiple concerto competitions on clarinet and was awarded scholarships for academic achievement and exceptional women pursuing careers in music. Zimbric currently lives in San Diego, CA with her husband and two young daughters.
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