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David Anderson

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Member Bio David Anderson is gaining a reputation as a talented and versatile conductor who has led remarkable growth in a wide variety of settings. He is currently Music Director of the Lake Geneva Symphony Orchestra (WI), the conductor of the Johnstown Symphony Youth Orchestra (PA), and serves on the music faculty at the University of Pittsburgh and Seton Hill Uniersity (PA). During Anderson’s ten-year tenure in Lake Geneva, the orchestra has experienced unprecedented growth artistically, in audience base, and in budget. He has expanded the educational offerings in terms of masterclasses, collaborations, competitions, school-day concerts, and mentorships so that each concert presents multiple ways of intersection with students. He has championed contemporary works, and has led the orchestra through their first-ever commission. Extremely active on the administrative side of the organization, he is an effective fundraiser and participates in a host of activities each year to build the relationships necessary to help provide a financially thriving organization. From 2007 to 2014, Anderson served as Philharmonia Conductor of the Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra. During his tenure, he helped to guide the program into one of the premier regional youth orchestras in the country. In addition to leading the orchestra at an extraordinarily high artistic level, he was Chamber Music Institute Director from 2007 to 2012. During this time, membership more than quadrupled in size, expanded school-day concerts provided performance and recruiting opportunities, and a series of community concerts was initiated to help the EYSO bring chamber music to an even wider audience. During Anderson's tenure as Beloit College's Conductor-in-Residence (2011-2014), the orchestra steadily grew in terms of membership, artistic level, size of audience, and support within the greater college community. He oversaw an El-Sistema-inspired educational program, the Merrill Community Center Music Outreach, which enabled underserved children in the city of Beloit to receive musical instruction and mentorship from Beloit College students. A native of Clovis, New Mexico, Anderson received his initial musical instruction on piano. He attended Baylor University, where he earned two degrees in piano performance (BM, summa cum laude and MM, with distinction), and began orchestral conducting studies with Stephen Heyde. At the University of Illinois, Anderson earned an MM in orchestral conducting with Donald Schleicher; while there he served as ensemble manager for the University of Illinois orchestra program and as Assistant Conductor for the Quad City Symphony. He was awarded the Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowship for the 2006-07 academic year, which funded travel throughout the country to study with master conducting teachers including Larry Rachleff, Gustav Meier, David Effron, and David Hoose. In 2006, Anderson was a finalist for the Conductors Guild’s Thelma A. Robinson Award.
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Dr. Douglas Anderson

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Member Bio Douglas K. Anderson has since his debut (with the Boston Ballet in 1973) conducted a great variety of ensembles and over 75 premieres, including the first electronic music opera and the first concerto for steel drum and orchestra. His repertoire includes standard operas, symphonic and choral music, as well as a wide range of unusual works from all eras. His operatic repertoire alone consists of over 100 complete operas conducted in over 400 performances. Reviews (in national as well as local publications) regularly contain phrases such as “excellently conducted”, “musically polished”, and “eloquent”. He is in regular demand as a guest conductor, and is currently the Conductor of the Downtown Symphony, the Director of the Putnam Chorale, and Conductor of the American Chamber Opera Company. In 1984 he founded the American Chamber Opera Company, a professional company that performs new and old chamber operas in English. To date the ACOC has presented 65 productions, including 26 premieres. The company has been featured on local, national, and international radio, including National Public Radio, the Pacifica network, and Voice of America. With the Downtown Symphony, Douglas Anderson conducts 4 to 5 concerts a season, including an annual Messiah Singalong (since 1988), and an annual opera in concert on the terrace (since 1992). In 1991 he received a citation from New York City Mayor David Dinkins for “making live symphonic music available to new audiences,” and the orchestra’s 25th annual Messiah Singalong in 2012 led Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer to proclaim December 16, 2012 “Downtown Symphony Orchestra Appreciation Day” Dr. Anderson began his tenure with the Putnam Chorale, in Dec., 2001 conducting acclaimed performances of major choral works in 6-10 performances each year, including annual Pops concerts, Messiah Singalongs, and Summer Sings. He is currently on the faculty of the Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY, where he is a Professor of Music and was for 14 years Chairman of the Music and Art Department. His conducting teachers have included Neemi Järvi, Carl Bamberger, Richard Lert, Max Rudolf and Howard Shanet.
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Dr. James Anderson

University of Delaware
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Member Bio Hailed for his inventive programming and compelling interpretations, award-winning maestro James Allen Anderson continues to engage audiences worldwide with entertaining and thought-provoking performances. Praised for his conducting versatility, he is equally at home in both concert and staged production settings. Since 2011, he has served as the director of orchestral activities and music director of the University of Delaware's Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra and Opera Theatre. Maestro Anderson continues to break new ground creating innovative programs such as the Delaware International Music Exchange (D.I.M.E.) project, the Creative Fusion Initiative (C.F.I.) and the University of Delaware's Cinema Symphony Series. Trained as a conductor and pianist, Dr. Anderson studied under esteemed maestros David Effron, Tonu Kalam, Pierre Hétu and Otto-Werner Mueller and with pianists Michael Zenge and Francis Whang. In previous positions Dr. Anderson has served as music director of the Butte Symphony association, cover conductor of the North Carolina Symphony and director of orchestral activities at Appalachian State University and the University of Montana. He has held posts with the Eastman Opera Theatre, Triangle Opera (NC), Theater on the Ridge (NY) and the Pauper Players Theatre Company (NC). Additional affiliations include three summer seasons as resident conductor of the Master Players Festival Orchestra in Newark, Delaware, and eight seasons as resident conductor of the Cannon Music Symphony and String Orchestras in Boone, North Carolina. He is in demand as a guest conductor, having worked with ensembles in North and South America, Europe and Asia. Upcoming international guest conducting activities include performances with the Jerusalem Symphony and the Israel Sinfonietta Beer Sheva. He remains committed to a variety of outreach projects and is a frequent adjudicator and clinician on the national and international level. His commitment to new music developed early in his career and led to collaborations with composers such as Joseph Schwantner, Augusta Read Thomas, Michael Daugherty, Libby Larsen, Stephen Paulus, David Liptak, George Walker and Robert Moore. This commitment to new music endures with recent world premiere performances of works by Mark Hagerty, Beyond These Horizons; Robert Moran, Frammenti di un'opera barocca perduta and Star Charts and Travel Plans I; Joseph Vella Concerto Grosso; William Harbinson, Of Fire and Ice; David Maslanka, 11:11 A Dance at the Edge of the World, Symphony No. 6
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Zachary Anderson

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Member Bio Zachary Anderson is a graduate of Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN with a degree in Instrumental Music Education. While at Gustavus he studied pipe organ and trombone, and served as an Instrumental Music Assistant for the music department. Following graduation, he was a substitute music teacher for four metro area school districts and held a long term substitute position at Anoka High School in the band department. Zachary is a swimming teacher with Foss Swim School which combines his love of working with students and teaching them valuable life skills and how to be safe in and near the water. He served as Assistant Organist for First Lutheran Church in Winthrop, MN. Zachary has a extensive background in public safety as well, through the Explorer program with the Maple Grove Fire Department, and as being a Nationally Registered EMT as well as holding state certification in the State of Minnesota. Zachary hopes to become a high school band director as well as a paid on call firefighter and EMT. Zachary is passionate on the benefits of music education and bystander medical training.
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Ida Angland

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Member Bio Ida Angland is the Artistic Director of Gateway Classical Music Society and the conductor of the Gateway Orchestra. The Greenwich Time featured a front page article about Ida Angland, on June 9, 2014, entitled Leading lady conductor makes her mark in field dominated by men. Ms Angland has been characterized as having “inner genius,” “flair,” “idealism,” and “grit.” Gateway’s Great Works of Art performances have been described as “fantastic,” “thrilling,” “compelling,” “a revelation,” “unforgettable,” and “amazing.” (Brooklyn Eagle, Italian Voice, Greenwich Time, Stamford Advocate, Italian Citizen and other regional publications).
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Dr. Donald Appert

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Member Bio Donald Lawrence Appert has appeared as a guest conductor in Japan, Australia, Central America, and throughout Europe. In Italy La’ovadese wrote, “…the performance of the ‘Serenade in C Major’ of Tchaikovsky, under the exceptional direction of Appert, was in such a style that it brought out the elegance and grace of the melodic lines with Mozartian inspiration. …The L’Orchestra Sinfonica Città di Grosseto… performed the Barber ‘Adagio’ with rare effectiveness, emphasizing its intrinsically rich melody.” Giornale di Sicilla praised his interpretation of Nielsen’s First Symphony as “lyrical with an airy freshness,” and his conducting as “precise, painstakingly accurate, and diligent.” In the United States, he has appeared as a guest conductor of the Vancouver (Washington) Symphony, the University of Texas – Arlington Symphony Orchestra, the Eastern Washington University Symphony Orchestra, and the University of Central Arkansas Symphony. In March 2017, Dr. Appert guest conducted the Satu-Mare Philharmonic (Romania) in a concert, which featured his Concertino for Bass Clarinet and String Orchestra. 2020 has been a banner year for the Maestro as he was the 2020 WINNER: The American Prize in Orchestral Programming / Vytautas Marijosius Memorial Award—community division for his work with the Clark College Orchestra and The Jewish Community Orchestra of Portland and he also received the Clark College Exceptional Faculty Award. As one of only five musicians chosen, Dr. Appert received the 2015 Honored Artists of The American Prize, the Honored Artists being "...individuals who have proven themselves to be musicians of "sustained excellence" over a number of seasons as contestants in the competitions." Adding to this distinctive honor is his 2011 The American Prize in Orchestral Programming – Vytautas Marijosius Memorial Award for his work with the Oregon Sinfonietta. The results of The American Prize 2017 – 2018 competition show the Oregon Sinfonietta receiving an Honorable Mention for the Ernst Bacon Memorial Award for the Performance of American Music for their performance of Dr. Appert's Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, with world-renowned violist Brett Deubner, and placing as a Finalist in the category of Orchestral Performance for their performance of Scriabin's Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 29. The Clark College Orchestra placed as a Semi-Finalist in the Orchestral Performance category for their performance of Berlioz' Symphonie fantastique, and as a Semi-Finalist for the Ernst Bacon Memorial Award for their performance of Dr. Appert's Sacred Song Cycle.
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Michael Arell

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Member Bio Sleepy Dog Films is an umbrella title for the film and music work of Michael Arell. Sleepy Dog Films began in 1996 when Michael Arell, (Sleepy Dog Films’ owner and founder) created his first film. The name came from the fact that his dog managed to sleep through all the noise and commotion of production. Since 1996, Michael Arell has produced dozens of short subject films and several feature films. Since Michael Arell started Sleepy Dog Films, he has always stressed wholesome entertainment. Sleepy Dog Film's films fit into the categories of Maine film, independent film, comedy film, low budget film, cult film, and classic film. Music fits into the categories of classical, traditional pop, film score, and worship. Since founding, Sleepy Dog Films has been featured in the Bangor Daily News, has premiered 3 feature length films, released 2 albums, and won 3 film awards.
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Arthur Arnold

Moscow Symphony Orchestra & PRISMA Festival and Academy, BC, Canada
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Member Bio Dutch-born conductor Arthur Arnold leads captivating performances with prominent symphony orchestras around the world. Music Director of the Moscow Symphony Orchestra since 2012, Arnold returns to Russia to conduct the Master Series in the Grand Hall of the historic Moscow Conservatory. With unstoppable energy and a conviction that music deeply connects, Arnold inspires musicians to perform with heart and passion. Arnold is “…one of the rare conductors who not only possesses a flawless technique but also inspires the orchestra, giving the individual musicians creative freedom.” (Shalom News) Maestro Arnold is cofounder and Artistic Director of the Pacific Region International Summer Music Academy (PRISMA) Festival on Canada’s west coast. The annual festival attracts world-renowned musicians and top international music students, and draws over 5000 concertgoers to daily musical events. On the international stage, Maestro Arnold has worked with orchestras in Europe, North America, and Asia, and appeared at international festivals. Arnold was Music Director of the Symphony Orchestra Academy of the Pacific from 2004 to 2011. In South Korea, he served as Principal Guest Conductor of the Seoul National Symphony Orchestra from 1997 to 2001. Recent engagements included a CD recording with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra for Naxos with rediscovered works of Alexander Mosolov, concerts with the Silesian Philharmonic in Katowice, Poland, the Spokane Symphony Orchestra in the USA, a concert tour through China with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, a new opera production with Pacific Opera Victoria and recordings for the Canadian Broadcast Company with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Arthur and his wife Kim divide their time between the rugged West-Coast of Canada and The Netherlands. In Canada they enjoy hiking, sea kayaking and paddle boarding and in Europe they enjoy the adventurous road trips to the different orchestras, camping in a roof tent on their Volkswagen van. Kim writes about their trips in her blog “Waking up on the roof”.
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Sydney Arrendell

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Dr. Peter Askim

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Member Bio Active as a composer, conductor and bassist, Peter Askim is the Artistic Director of The Next Festival of Emerging Artists and the conductor of the Raleigh Civic Symphony and Chamber Orchestra, as well as Director of Orchestral Activities at North Carolina State University. He was previously Music Director and Composer-in-Residence of the Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra. He has also been a member of the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra and served on the faculty of the University of Hawaii-Manoa, where he directed the Contemporary Music Ensemble and taught theory and composition. A dedicated champion of the music of our time, he has premiered numerous works, including works by composers Richard Danielpour, Nico Muhly, Aaron Jay Kernis and Christopher Theofanidis, and has collaborated with such artists as the Miró String Quartet, Matt Haimovitz, Vijay Iyer, Jeffrey Zeigler, Nadia Sirota, and Sō Percussion. As a composer, he has been called a “Modern Master” by The Strad and has had commissions and performances from such groups as the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Honolulu Symphony, Cantus Ansambl Zagreb and the American Viola Society, as well as by performers such as ETHEL, cellist Jeffrey Zeigler, flutist/conductor Ransom Wilson and violinist Timothy Fain. Mr. Askim is the founder and Artistic Director of The Next Festival of Emerging Artists, a summer festival dedicated to cultivating the next generation of performers and composers. Focusing on the music of living composers, the festival artists frequently perform world premieres and collaborate closely with prominent composers on performances of their works. Led by Mr. Askim, The Next Festival has received numerous grants and awards for performances of American music, adventurous programming and educational outreach since its inception in 2013. In conjunction with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Aaron Jay Kernis and Tony-nominated choreographer Christopher D’Amboise, Mr. Askim founded the Next Festival Composer and Composer/Choreographer workshops, connecting early-career performers, composers and choreographers in an innovative and highly collaborative laboratory for the creation of new works.
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