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Dr. Ira Abrams
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Member Bio Born May 1, 1942, New York City, New York. Attended Music & Art High School in New York City, Manhattan School of Music (trumpet and music theory). Studied trumpet with renowned teacher Carmine Caruso (NYC). Attended University of Miami (Coral Gables, Florida) on music scholarship. Mr. Abrams received his B.A. degree in Philosophy in 1964 and his Juris Doctor degree in 1967 from the University Of Miami School Of Law. He has worked with creative artists and entities in the entertainment, music, high fashion and publishing industries for many years, including Ralph Lauren/Polo; Gianni Versace; Emilio and Gloria Estefan (for 12 years); Jon Secada; Miami City Ballet; Glen Kolotkin (Producer/Engineer: Santana, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Miles Davis, Rolling Stones, et al); Matchbox 20 (mediator); Sony Music Entertainment (mediator); Sony Music Publishing/ATV, Inc. (mediator); Universal Music & Video Distribution Corp. (mediator); Atlantic Recording Corp. (mediator); TV star Cristina Saralegui; members of the Bob Marley family; Irene Cara; Jerry Heller (of Ruthless Records, Dr. Dre fame); salseros Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz; Raul di Blasio; Larry Harlow & Latin Legends; Enrique Iglesias (mediator); Jerry Greenberg; Jordan Knight (New Kids On The Block) (mediator); Led Zeppelin (mediator); Major League Baseball player/manager Warren Cromartie; composer/conductor Alfred Reed; the Conductors Guild (member of Board of Directors); and other entertainment industry entities, artists, producers, independent record labels, songwriters, managers, publishers, radio and record company executives, high tech companies, photographers and authors. Mr. Abrams is a frequent lecturer for the Florida Bar (Continuing Legal Education), and has presented numerous lectures to law students and undergraduates at the University of Miami, Florida State University and the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill). Mr. Abrams is an adjunct faculty member of Florida Atlantic University, where he teaches Advanced Legal Issues For The Musician (Spring semester) and is an adjunct faculty member of Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, where he teaches Copyright Law, Advanced Music Industry Practices and Arts Management and Promotion classes (Fall semester). Additionally, Mr. Abrams has lectured at the American Bar Association Forum on Mass Communications and is the author of a work entitled "Has the Digital Revolution Killed the Music Business? Problems and Possible Solutions" published in April, 2004. Mr. Abrams has also presented lectures on issues concerning the effect of media consolidation on the music, film and journalism industries. Mr. Abrams has taught mediation skills to lawyers and others and mediates disputes and cases in the intellectual property and entertainment industries. Mr. Abrams has been called upon to testify as an expert witness in federal copyright and record industry cases on issues of liability, damages and standard industry practices.
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Mr. Josh Aerie
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Member Bio Josh Aerie is a sought-after symphonic conductor, cellist, music educator and arts advocate. Josh’s career highlights span a wide array of credits and accomplishments, including major-label recordings heard throughout the country, nationally syndicated television appearances, premier performances as both conductor and cellist, numerous awards and appointments to leadership positions in the arts. Josh is the Music Director with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra in Columbus, Indiana. The CSO is the state’s oldest symphony, and Josh is honored to be the fifth Music Director in its nearly 100-year legacy. In addition, Josh frequently guest-conducts throughout the Midwest. Recent appearances as guest conductor include with the Elkhart Symphony, the University of Chicago Chamber Orchestra, the Notre Dame Symphony, Notre Dame Collegium Musicum and with GRAMMY Award winners Third Coast Percussion. Josh served as mentor for the Fischoff National Chamber Music Association, taught Advanced Conducting at Saint Mary’s College, was Music Director of the Hyde Park Youth Symphony in Chicago and Artistic Director of the Elkhart County Youth Honors Orchestra program at Goshen College. As a cellist, Josh has performed throughout the country as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician. He is a founding member of the Sylvan Trio and the Gichigami Piano Trio. He has numerous recording credits, including on the United Artists, Innova, and Vitamin Records labels, and on film soundtracks. He has appeared on nationally syndicated television programs and national tours at venues such as the Kennedy Center, the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Tanglewood, Strathmore Hall, the Library of Congress, and the Smithsonian museums. Josh can be heard on classical radio programs and streaming services nationwide. Recent features include multiple appearances on Performance Today with the Sylvan Trio (the number one-ranked classical radio program in the U.S.); and What’s New, and New Classical Tracks – nationally syndicated new music showcases. In collaboration with Cincinnati composer Rick Sowash, Josh recently released an album of new music, titled Seasonal Breezes: Five Chamber Works by Rick Sowash Featuring Josh Aerie, Cello. In addition to performing and conducting, Josh is currently Executive Director of The Music Village, a community musical arts center and school. TMV celebrates music and cultural expressions rooted in the traditions of diverse local and global communities in the heart of downtown South Bend, Indiana. In 2013, Josh relocated to South Bend from Duluth, Minnesota where he served on the music faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, the College of St. Scholastica, and Mesabi Range Community and Technical College. Previously, he was Artistic Director and Conductor of the Mesabi Symphony Orchestra, the Heartland Symphony Orchestra, the Red Cedar Symphony Orchestra, and the Duluth Community Orchestra.
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Phil Aguglia
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Member Bio Just a stick with a handle? yes, it used to be, until Phillip Aguglia went on a mission to design and manufacture the perfect conducting instrument. The cliché of Form over Function is true with almost every innovation but not with a PaGu Batons. Your conducting instrument will marry form with function resulting in a natural feeling extension that will fluidly move with the movement of your arm, wrist, hand, fingers to the baton. It all started when Phillip Aguglia felt he needed a better baton than he could find anywhere in the marketplace. He went on a mission to make the perfect conducting baton. His mission lead him on a journey to understanding what materials felt natural in your hand, what shape was best for the autonomy of the human hand, and the algorithm of shape, size and balance that lead to an incredibly accurate fitting system no matter what shape and size of the conductor. The function of the baton lead him to understanding the visibility of the baton from the perspective of the musicians or choir, light reflection, saturation and the metamerics of incandescent stage lighting. The challenge to create the perfect conducting instrument became Phil's life's passion. Today, he represents the leader in custom, hand-made conducting batons. He still works from his wood working shop in Buffalo New York and he is proud to say that almost every world-renowned conductor is holding one of his creations. When you are looking for a custom conducting baton, there is no other option than a PaGu batons, you will not find a better conducting instrument in the world. You are guaranteed that your baton has been made individually by the hands of Philip Aguglia, and not mass-produced like the typical conductors baton. We ask that you follow the fitting instructions to make sure your conducting baton is precisely fitted to the conductor. If you are looking for the perfect gift for a conductor, you have come to the right place. A custom-made conductor baton and case will be a gift that the recipient will cherish for years to come. Today and beyond: The PaGu 430 Brand Conductors Baton has evolved into PaGu Batons and continues to grow into a world-wide name for excellence in the art of baton making and our web store is becoming a one-stop shop for conducting supplies. PaGu Batons is continuing to grow into a global brand for hand-made custom batons having a presence in retailers throughout the world. Who is Phil Aguglia: Phil Aguglia’s passion for music was ignited as a student in the City of Buffalo School Public School system learning to play the trumpet. He was fortunate to have some amazing teachers that provided many unique opportunities which eventually led him to major in music education at Ithaca College where he received his Bachelors of Music Education and later at SUNY Fredonia to complete his Masters in Music.
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Juan Alonso
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Member Bio Composer and Conductor Juan Manuel Alonso received his musical graduate education in both Composition and Conducting in Spain, Real Conservatorio de Música de Madrid. He continued with his preparation in several courses in Spain and UK and, after being granted by de USA Fulbright committee, he pursued postgraduate his studies in both disciplines at Boston´ New England Conservatory of Music. As a conductor, he is the founder and main conductor of Orquesta Carlos III. He has been invited to work with Buda Pest Symphony Orchestra BPSO, Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife OST, Symphony orchestras of Granada OCG, Madrid ORCAM, Valencia OSV, and many others. He also has worked with youth orchestras like Joven Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid, JORCAM, Atlántida Symphony Orchestra ASO and more. Special mention to his work with prestigious children´s choirs like Escolania del Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Nuestra Señora del Recuerdo y Jóvenes Cantores de la Comunidad de Madrid. Among others, he has collaborated with important artists like mezzo Teresa Berganza, soprano Saioa Hernández, violinist Ara Malikian, and pianist and composer Gabriel Yared, Oscar´s Winner for The English Patient. His composition's catalog ranges from concert music to TV, theater and movies. Juan Manuel Alonso collaborated with Stephen Warbeck - Oscar´ winner for Shakespeare in Love in the movie Deseo. He also worked among flamenco guitar star Gerardo Núñez in the music for the flamenco ballet La Celestina. Alonso is the founder and director of Ubuntu!!!, a community music project with more than 8000 children involved in more than 200 schools in Spain. This project had won in 2020 the Atresmedia Foundation´ Grandes Iniciativas por la Inclusión (Great Initiatives for Children Inclusion). This prize joined the Ombudsman´s Office for Children Rights, won for the Orquesta Carlos III in 2011.
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Efraín Amaya
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Member Bio American composer and conductor Efraín Amaya was born in Venezuela, where he began his musical training. Continuing his studies in the United States, he earned two Bachelor’s of music degrees in composition and piano from Indiana University, and a Master’s degree in conducting from Rice University. Amaya's compositions have been selected for performance at major international festivals, such as the Seattle Symphony's Viva la Música Festival; the American Composers Orchestra Festival of Venezuelan Music at Weill Recital Hall in New York; the II Congreso Puertorriqueño de Creación Musical in San Juan; the XVII Foro Internacional de Música Nueva Manuel Enríquez in Mexico City; the XVII, XVI, XV, XI and VIII Festival Latinoamericano de Música in Caracas, Venezuela; the 38th, 37th, 35th, 32nd and 29th Annual National Flute Association Conventions; the Gala Concert of the Jeanne Baxtresser International Master Classes at Carnegie Mellon University and the Juilliard School in New York, and in Boston at the Modern Orchestra Project recital series. In 2004, Efraín Amaya received a Fellowship from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. He was also a Meet The Composer Composer-in-Residence with Gateway to the Arts, WQED-FM, Renaissance City Wind Music Society and Shaler School District from September of 2001 to September 2004, which was made possible by Meet The Composer, Inc. and its New Residencies program. His music has been performed by numerous ensembles, including the Orquesta Municipal de Caracas, Orquesta Sinfónica Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho, the Point Chamber Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfónica Juvenil del Estado de Veracruz, the Turtle Island String Quartet, the Cuarteto Latinoamericano, the Dali Quartet, the Madison String Quartet, the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra, the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic, the IonSound Project, as well as the Carnegie Mellon University and the Duquesne University Contemporary Ensembles, among several others. Amaya’s work has also been included in the Sewickley Bachfest, the Shadyside Concert Series and the Renaissance City Winds concert series. His opera Clepsydra premiered as part of the First Night celebrations in Pittsburgh as a collaborative multimedia performance for tape, live performers, and edited video projection, sponsored by the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh and the Heinz Endowment. His debut CD A Sense of Time was released on June 1, 2001 by Élan Recordings. In 2004, Albany Records released the two-cello version of Silent Conversations in a CD entitled Zoo of Dreams, featuring the Amici Chamber Players. Amaya’s two chamber operas: Clepsydra: An Operatic Installation with 13 Performers and Phantasmagorilla? No! Phantasmagoria, were also released by Albany Records in 2009 receiving excellent reviews by the American Record Guide, Fanfare Magazine and Pittsburgh Magazine.
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