"As a music educator, conductor, and life-long musician, it gives me great joy to be part of the music community in Down East Maine" - David Eddleman
David has had the opportunity to meet many musicians in the area and perform with several ensembles. He has performed with the Winter Harbor Festival Orchestra and the Ellsworth Concert Band, and will begin his third season with the Bar Harbor Town Band. Much fun was had playing with the unique "Fletcher's Landing Philharmonic Orchestra" (FLAPO) at the Tulip Festival in Ellsworth last year! |
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Anthony Prisk joined the Philadelphia Orchestra as Second Trumpet in August of 2013 from the Houston Symphony, where he performed for 11 seasons and the New World Symphony for four seasons. Prisk has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois where he studied with Ray Sasaki and Michael Ewald and a master’s degree from McGill University where he studied with Paul Merkelo. His other main influences were John Hagstrom, Michael Sachs, and David Bilger (from Peabody Institute website).
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American conductor Anthony LaGruth has delighted audiences and critics alike with many exciting performances recognized for their innovative presentation of orchestral music. He is currently serving as the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Garden State Philharmonic (NJ) and the Shrewsbury Chorale (NJ). An honors graduate of Ithaca College, Mr. LaGruth earned a master’s degree in orchestral conducting and a bachelor degree in composition. He serves as an adjunct faculty member of both Georgian Court University and Ocean County College. Mr. LaGruth is a member of the Board of Directors of the Conductors Guild, a national service organization for conductors.
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Celebrating his twenty-eighth season as Artistic Director of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, NEAL GITTLEMAN enjoys a career and reputation of international dimensions. With the historic merger of the Dayton Ballet, Dayton Opera and Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra into the Dayton Performing Arts Alliance in July 2012, his expanded conducting duties include frequent performances with the Ballet and Opera. During the current season, Mr. Gittleman leads the world premiere performances of Austin Jaquity’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Septime Webre’s Peter Pan, the annual holiday production of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker and Wagner’s Das Rheingold.
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Multiple GRAMMY-nominated harpist, Yolanda Kondonassis, is celebrated as one of the world’s preeminent harp soloists and has performed around the globe as a concerto soloist and recitalist. She released her first solo recording in 1993 to widespread critical acclaim and has since recorded over twenty albums, sold hundreds of thousands of discs and downloads worldwide, and made over two dozen world premiere recordings.
"As played by Yolanda Kondonassis with The Cleveland Orchestra last night at Severance Hall, the Ginastera Harp Concerto obliterated most notions of the harp as a demure pastoral figure happy to stand in the background." — THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER |