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September 25, 12:30 For more information on attending, contact Dr. Robyn Jones. Katherine Kohler joined the Nashville Symphony in the fall of 2018 as Assistant Principal Clarinet and E-flat Clarinet. From 2016-18, she was the second clarinetist of the Phoenix Symphony, and previous to that, she spent three years with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. She…
October 15, 3:30 pm Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8720461027?pwd=dE9TRVBmMnFVMnJoRC9LR0V2cGpLUT09 For more information on attending, contact Dr. Kimberly Patterson. Praised by the New York Times as “an artist who makes one hang on every note,” ROBERT deMAINE is the Principal Cellist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. A highly sought-after solo artist and chamber musician, he is a frequent…
Robert Moody, conductor of the Memphis Symphony, discusses his journey from his background in choral music to orchestral conducting 2019/2020 marks Maestro Robert Moody’s third season as Music Director of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. Expanded and adventurous programming, the MSO’s first commercial recording in over three decades, and a new $25-million-dollar endowment have highlighted the past two…
October 1, 2:30-4:30 PM Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8720461027?pwd=dE9TRVBmMnFVMnJoRC9LR0V2cGpLUT09 For more information on attending, contact Dr. Kimberly Patterson. Cellist Astrid Schween has gained a rich following and enjoys a varied career as a soloist, chamber artist and teacher. Since joining the Juilliard String Quartet in 2016, she has appeared at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, the Musikverein in Vienna, the…
For information on attending, contact Dr. Mahir Ceitz. “Onur Türkmen is one of the few composers who has been deeply, conscientiously, and, I think, pioneering transcultural music (…) Onur is for me the perfect cultural and aesthetic “ambassador” for an artistically and musically convincing treatment of Turkish Makams in a contemporary context” ( Ulrich Mertin, violist, Hezarfen…