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Mr. Larry Newland
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Member Bio Larry J. Newland, American orchestra conductor. REcipient Harold Bauer Memorial award, 1957, Koussevitzky Conducting prize, 1963, Pennsylvania Governor's citation, 1982, Pennsylvania House of Representatives citation, 1988, Distinguished Public Service award City of Harrisburg, 1982, Golden Baton award Harrisburg Symphony, 1994, Pennsylvania State Senate commendation, 1994; Leonard Bernstein conducting fellow, 1964.
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Dr. Canes Nicolas
Missouri Southern State University
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Member Bio Dr. Canes Nicolas joined Southern Utah University in 2016 as Visiting Assistant Professor of Music, and Director of Orchestra. Born and raised in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, he attended L’Ecole de Musique Sainte Trinité (Holy Trinity Music School) where he received his first musical training. He started to learn the violin at age 8 with violinist Guerlyn Esperance. In 2002, Dr. Nicolas joined l’Orchestre Philarmonique Sainte Trinité (Holy Trinity Philharmonic Orchestra), and the following year he began teaching the violin in the Suzuki program. At the University of Minnesota, Dr. Nicolas was a recipient of the Chancellor’s String Quartet Scholarship, the Cecilian Society Scholarship, the UMD Orchestra Music Scholarship, the Omnibus Scholarship, and the Orchestra Award. At Ohio University, he was the assistant conductor of the Ohio University Symphony and Campus Orchestras. He also served as the assistant conductor of the orchestras at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Dr. Nicolas has studied conducting in Europe as well as the United States with such teachers as Dumitru Goia, Steven Huang, Keith Lockhart, and Markand Thakar. Prior to joining the faculty at Southern Utah University, Dr. Nicolas taught at Wayne State College in Wayne, NE.
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Clinton Nieweg
The Philadelphia Orchestra Library (ret.)
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Member Bio Clinton F. Nieweg, retired principal librarian of The Philadelphia Orchestra is currently owner of ~ Proof Purr-fect Research ~ a research company that locates music for conductors, librarians and players worldwide. Born in West Chester, PA, and raised in Reading, PA, he studied string bass with Wes Fisher and harp with Edna Phillips, former principal harp of The Philadelphia Orchestra. Mr. Nieweg graduated from West Chester University (1959) with a Bachelor of Science in Music Education with a concentration of String Bass, Harp and Orchestra Library Science. Prior to his joining the Orchestra, Mr. Nieweg was head of the instrumental department at J.W. Pepper & Son Music Publishers (world’s largest distributor of educational music) and rental librarian at Theodore Presser Music Publishers. In the evenings, he volunteered and studied with Jesse Taynton, former principal librarian with the Orchestra. Mr. Nieweg joined The Philadelphia Orchestra in 1975 as a salaried assistant librarian and met his life-long goal by becoming principal librarian in 1979. At this time, he became a mentor to students wanting to become orchestra librarians. Creating this career for musicians is a specialty of Mr. Nieweg as no school is currently offering a program in orchestra librarianship. His students are now librarians at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; National Symphony, DC; Toledo Symphony, OH; New World Symphony, FL. – to name a few. Mr. Nieweg founded and is past president of MOLA (Major Orchestra Librarians’ Association). This international organization, with a current membership of over 500 librarians, has held an annual conference for the past 36 years. In 1989, he received from Maestro Riccardo Muti, The Philadelphia Orchestra’s C. Hartman Kuhn Award for being that year’s most valuable member. Mr. Nieweg retired from The Philadelphia Orchestra in December 2002 and was recognized by his peers for his many years of outstanding service and musicianship. He continues to mentor orchestra librarian students, compile research for conductors and librarians, and is a contributing editor to the “Score and Parts” column of the Journal of the Conductors' Guild. He founded a Yahoo! Group - OLI (Orchestra Library Information) for the small and mid-budget orchestra librarians with a current membership of over 400. In 2009 Mr. Nieweg was the first performance librarian to be honored by the Conductors Guild. Mr. Nieweg continues as supervising editor for the Nieweg et. al. Performance Editions, which are published by Edwin F. Kalmus & Co. LC. Over 180 of his critical and corrected orchestra editions are available.
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Dr. Brian Norcross
The Allegro Orchestra of Lancaster, Franklin & Marshall College
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Member Bio Brian Norcross has been the Conductor of Instrumental Ensembles at Franklin & Marshall College since 1986. He directs the Franklin & Marshall Orchestra, Philharmonia, and Symphonic Wind Ensemble and he teaches conducting. A champion of new music he has directed over 60 premiere performances with various ensembles. In addition he is also the Director of Music at the First United Methodist Church in Lancaster, where he directs the Chancel Choir and administers eight other choirs. He has also been the Artistic Director of Allegro, the Chamber Orchestra of Lancaster, since 2002. Allegro is a professional ensemble, specializing in music of the 18th century performed with an exciting 21st century twist. The members of Allegro greet audience members before the performances and during intermission creating a unique, accessible concert experience. In addition Dr. Norcross will be the director of the newly formed Allegretto Youth Chamber Orchestra which begins it first season in the fall of 2009. He is an active guest conductor and clinician in Pennsylvania and Maryland. His most recent conducting appearances include the Pennsylvania Music Educators Region IV-V All-State Orchestra, District 7 and District 12 Orchestras, Lancaster-Lebanon County Wind Ensemble, Lancaster County Youth Symphony (PA), OperaLancaster (Lancaster PA), and Old York Road Symphony Orchestra (Jenkintown PA). He has also arranged and conducted ten benefit concerts for the Susquehanna Association for the Blind and Vision Impaired. He has a number of publications including a book, titled One Band that Took a Chance. Dr. Norcross is a recipient of the Massachusetts Music Educators Lowell Mason award for outstanding contributions to the field of music education. The Franklin & Marshall senior classes of 2004 and 2008 voted him "Most Influential Professor in the Arts and Humanities." He received his doctorate, with distinction, from The Catholic University of America in Washington D. C.; his master's, with performance and academic honors from New England Conservatory in Boston, MA; and his bachelor's from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA. He and his wife Kim are active volunteers in the community and have four children: Molly, Megan, Greyson and Gloria.
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Grant O'Brien
Empire Film and Media Ensemble
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Member Bio GRANT O'BRIEN is a conductor, composer, and producer of contemporary music. During his studies at the Eastman School of Music, he worked extensively with conductors Dr. Oliver Hagen, Dr. Mark Scatterday in addition to the Emmy Award winning Mark Watters. Currently, Grant is studying orchestral conducting with Neil Varon at the Eastman School of Music. As a classically trained artist with a devotion to popular AND contemporary music, Grant continues to display himself as a versatile musician and an inventive concert producer. Having studied tuba during his undergrad, Grant has performed with many ensembles including the East End Brass Band and the Eastman Philharmonia. He has toured with the Eastman Wind Ensemble after appearing on their recording of Jeff Tyzik’s Images and premiered Andre Previn's Music for Wind Ensemble (No Strings Attached). Additionally, he has performed Daugherty’s solo for tuba, Reflections on the Mississippi, with the Eastman Wind Orchestra. Grant has conducted many ensembles in the Rochester area including the Eastman Graduate Orchestra, Upstate Brass Band, Eastman Tuba Mirum, and the Empire Film and Media Ensemble. He has also conducted in over ten degree recitals at the Eastman School of Music in addition to several recording sessions with ensembles ranging from octet to a 50-piece orchestra. Most notably, Grant has conducted recording sessions for the award winning web-series, “Star Trek Continues” and film, “Aquarium” by Stephanie Maxwell. Producing innovative community based projects has also been a passion of Grant’s professional career. His project, TERRA, raised funds for a local urban farming center through a benefit performance of pastoral concert pieces all performed with multimedia elements. His other community based accomplishments include producing, conducting and arranging for Songs of the Valiant, a benefit concert for the Wounded Warrior Project and The Flower City Show, a premiere of student and independent films with live orchestral accompaniment. As a media music composer, Grant has written for 3 senior thesis films at the University of Texas, Chapman University and the Rochester Institute of Technology. Additionally, many of his arrangements of popular music have been aired live on Rochester’s WXXI Classical 91.5.
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Pierce O'Brien
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Member Bio Pierce O’Brien is an artist, teacher and conductor in the Piedmont Triad area. A graduate of the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University, he aspires to work with orchestras nationwide. He currently serves as Drum Major Tech and Music Consultant for the Atkins High School Marching Caravan, and Music Intern and Assistant Conductor at Main Street United Methodist Church in Kernersville. Pierce is an experienced music teacher and maintains a private studio where he specializes in low brass and piano. In fact, Pierce’s own passion for music started with piano lessons at the age of 7. In middle school he first chose trombone but eagerly switched to tuba when there was need in the band. He quickly placed highly in many competition ensembles and even won principal tuba of the NC All-State Orchestra two years in a row. Selected to attend the prestigious North Carolina School of the Arts, Pierce received his high school diploma with a concentration in tuba. Pierce’s love for and commitment to his art has brought him to institutes such as Sewanee Summer Music Festival and Brevard Music Center—where Maestro Ken Lam first gave him the opportunity to conduct an orchestra. Since, he has studied under Robin Fountain, Emelyne Bingham, and currently works with highly esteemed conductor and Piedmont Triad local Peter Perret. While music is Pierce’s first love, he also enjoys backpacking, skiing, disc golf, martial arts, and watching NBC’s The Good Place.
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