Music: FY
2007 Grants Panelists
Access to Artistic Excellence #1A
July 11-12, 2006
Adrian Gnam
Music Director and Conductor
Macon Symphony Orchestra
Oboist, Artist-in-Residence
Mercer University
Bollingbroke, GA
Omus Hirshbein
Pianist
Founder and Co-Director
Twin Lions, Inc.
New York, NY
Jeffrey Mumford
Composer in Residence
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Oberlin, OH
Vickie Newton (Layperson)
News Anchor
KMOV-TV
Saint Louis, MO
Donald Thulean
Board Member
Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra
Seattle, WA
William Vickery
Trombonist
Executive Director
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra
Little Rock, AR
Huong T. Vu
Program Officer
Paul G. Allen Foundation
Seattle, WA
Allison Vulgamore
Vocalist
President and Managing Director
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Atlanta, GA
Diane Wittry
Writer
Conductor
Allentown Symphony (PA)
Norwalk Symphony (CT)
Maplewood, NJ
Access to Artistic Excellence #1B
July 17-21, 2006
Mary Lou Aleskie
Executive Director
International Festival of Arts & Ideas
New Haven, CT
William Bolcom
Composer and Pianist
Ross Lee Finney Distinguished University Professor of Composition
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Mary Deissler
Chief Executive Officer
Handel and Haydn Society
Roslindale, MA
Howard Herring
Pianist
President and Chief Executive Officer
New World Symphony
Miami, FL
Conway Jones (Layperson)
Retired US Air Force Reserve
Arts Patron, Community Volunteer
Oakland, CA
Emil Kang
Violinist
Executive Director for the Arts, Carolina Performing Arts
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Toni-Marie Montgomery
Pianist
Dean and Professor of the School of Music
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
Al Pryor
Vice President for Artists & Repertoire
Mack Avenue Records
Hempstead, NY
Lawrence Leighton Smith
Music Director
Sunriver Music Festival &
Colorado Springs Philharmonic
Colorado Springs, CO
Access to Artistic Excellence #1C
July 21, 2006
Mary Deissler
Chief Executive Officer
Handel and Haydn Society
Roslindale, MA
Howard Herring
Pianist
President and Chief Executive Officer
New World Symphony
Miami Beach, FL
Conway Jones (Layperson)
Retired US Air Force Reserve
Arts Patron, Community Volunteer
Oakland, CA
Emil Kang
Violinist
Executive Director for the Arts, Carolina Performing Arts
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Lawrence Leighton Smith
Music Director
Sunriver Music Festival &
Colorado Springs Philharmonic
Colorado Springs, CO
Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel 2A
Nov. 13-15, 2006
Christine Bullin
President and General Manager
Chanticleer
San Francisco, CA
H. David Caffey
Director of the School of Music
Professor of Music
University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO
Chen Yi
Composer, Professor of Music
Composition
Kansas City Conservatory
University of Missouri
Kansas City, MO
Nan Hildebrandt
Executive Director
Geva Theatre Center
Rochester, NY
Lee Koonce
Executive Director
Third Street Music School Settlement
Bronx, NY
James Ogle
Artistic Advisor, Director of Major Gifts
and Planned Giving
Boise Philharmonic
Boise, ID
Michael A. Smith (Layperson)
Community Volunteer, Arts Patron
Boulder, CO
Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel 2B
Dec. 6-8, 2006
Eileen T. Cline
Arts Consultant
Louisville, CO
Willie H. Hill
Director
Fine Arts Center
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Amherst, MA
Weigang Li
Violinist
Shanghai Quartet
Professor of Violin
Montclair State University (NJ)
Bard Conservatory (NY)
Towaco, NJ
Nancy Mims (Layperson)
Management Consultant
Deliberate Whispers
Oakland, CA
Steven Ovitsky
Executive Director
Santa Fe Chamber Orchestra
Santa Fe, NM
Anne H. Parsons
President & Executive Director
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
Charles Peltz
Conductor and Professor
New England Conservatory
Music Director
Glens Falls Symphony (NY)
Roslindale, MA
Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel 2C
Dec. 8, 2006
Eileen T. Cline
Arts Consultant
Louisville, CO
Weigang Li
Violinist
Shanghai Quartet
Professor of Violin
Montclair State University (NJ)
Bard Conservatory (NY)
Towaco, NJ
Nancy Mims (Layperson)
Management Consultant
Deliberate Whispers
Oakland, CA
Steven Ovitsky
Executive Director
Santa Fe Chamber Orchestra
Santa Fe, NM
American Masterpieces /Choral Music Panel
January 23, 2007
Tom Hall
Music Director
Baltimore Choral Arts Society
Baltimore, MD
Knight Kiplinger (Layperson)
Editor in Chief and Financial Journalist
The Kiplinger Letter
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine
Washington, DC
Terry Knowles
Executive Director
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Pasadena, CA
Judith A. Willoughby
Artistic Director
Canterbury Academy of the Vocal Arts
Wanda L. Bass Professor of Conducting and
Choral Music Education
Oklahoma City University
Oklahoma City, OK
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