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Conductors 2007-2008 Season
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David A. Levin
Philharmonic |
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David Levin
Mr. Levin has been teaching 28 years in Montgomery County Public
Schools, where his programs have been highly regarded for their
excellence. Mr. Levin is continuing as a member of the music faculty
at Winston Churchill High School, a 2005 Grammys
Signature School. Churchill has also been recognized by the "Cappies"
for having the best Pit Orchestra in the Washington D.C. metro region for
the past three school years. Before his tenure at Churchill High School,
Mr. Levin opened and established the Instrumental Music Program at James
Hubert Blake High School, the Arts and Humanities Signature School in Silver
Spring, Md. In addition, Mr. Levin has frequently conducted and
coached the Montgomery County Senior Honors Band and Orchestra. Mr.
Levin has also been asked to guest conduct the Honors Ensembles of other
jurisdictions and adjudicate district band and orchestra festivals in the
Washington Metropolitan area. In November 2007, he conducted the
Prince George County Senior High Honors Band in the John F. Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts. He also teaches trumpet privately, and has been performing professionally
with the M Street Brass Quintet
for twenty five years. Mr. Levin will be joining MCYO for his fifteenth
season! This is his 1st season serving as MCYO's Philharmonic
Orchestra Conductor and Director of Music Education |
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Scott M. Herman
Symphony |
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Scott Herman
Mr. Herman has had a distinguished career educating young musicians in
our region. He has been the Instrumental Music Director at Cabin
John Middle School for 18 years, which has been widely regarded as
being one of the finest band and orchestra programs in Maryland. Mr.
Herman frequently guest conducts honors ensembles throughout Maryland. In
2008, Mr. Herman will direct the Southern Maryland Tri-County Honors
Orchestra.
In 2002 Mr. Herman conducted the 2002 Maryland Junior
All-State Orchestra. Mr. Herman's program is the most represented
middle school program from Montgomery County in All-County, All-State, and MCYO ensembles. Mr. Herman was also very instrumental in developing
the Montgomery County Junior and Senior Honors Orchestra program,
which he directed for 16 years. In 2001, Mr. Herman was presented with
the American String Teachers
Association "Outstanding Service to Strings" award.
Mr. Herman's private trumpet and bass
studio are represented in MCYO, All-County, and the Maryland All-State
ensembles. Mr. Herman will be joining MCYO for his 10th season! |
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Chris Allen,
Director of Bands and Orchestra at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda,
Maryland. He is an active music educator, conductor, adjudicator,
clinician, and performer. Each year that Mr. Allen has been at Walt Whitman,
the orchestra, symphonic band, and jazz ensemble have received superior
ratings at both the county, regional, and state level. In 1995, Mr.
Allen was presented the “Orchestra Director of the Year” award for Maryland
and Washington, D.C., by the National String Teachers Association. In
1998, Mr. Allen conducted the Maryland All State Junior Orchestra. Mr.
Allen was conductor of the Allegheny County Honors Senior Orchestra and the
Prince George’s County Senior Orchestra. He also served as the
conductor of the Anne Arundel County and Montgomery County Honors Junior
Orchestras. Mr. Allen will be joining MCYO for his third season.
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Pablo Saelzer
Sinfonia |
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Pablo Saelzer,
Pablo Saelzer has recently been
appointed conductor of the MCYO Sinfonia. In addition, he is Music
Director and conductor of the
Friday Morning Music Club
Orchestra in Washington DC. Saelzer made his conducting debut with
the Symphony Orchestra of Concepción in Chile and since moving to the U. S.
he has served as Music Director and Conductor of the Metropolitan Chamber
Orchestra of Jackson, Mississippi and guest conductor with the Mississippi
Symphony Orchestra, the Southern Opera and Music Theatre, and the
Southeastern Music Center Orchestra. Active in music education, Saelzer
taught violin and viola at the Music Conservatory in Valdivia, Chile and
served as Artistic Director and Conductor of the Mississippi Youth Symphony
Orchestras. Currently he teaches at the Levine School of Music, and as a
performer he appears with diverse professional orchestras in the
DC/Baltimore area. During the 07-08 season Saelzer will conduct at
the Music in the Mountains Festival in Brazil, and the All State
Honors Orchestra in Mississippi.
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Jennifer L. Van Petten
Chamber Strings |
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Jennifer Van Petten
Jennifer Van Petten, a 2000 graduate of the University of Maryland, has
quickly risen in her short career as one of the leading music educators in
Maryland. Her energy and attention to detail has brought Rosa Parks Middle
School recognition at both the district and state level where both her
orchestras and bands have consistently received superior ratings. Mrs.
Van Petten is not new to MCYO. She served last season as the
second violin coach for the Young Artists and Symphony orchestras and
previously served as a substitute woodwind coach and conductor for Young
Artists. In 2005, Mrs. Van Petten was the recipient of the Nancy
Dworkin Award for Outstanding Service to Youth. Ms. Van Petten is an
active member of the Maryland Music Educators Association where she serves
as Member-at-Large in the Maryland Orchestra Directors Association, as well
as an adjudicator for the District and State honors ensembles.
Mrs. Van Petten resides in Olney, Maryland where she teaches the flute
privately. |
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