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US classical musicians say their freedom of speech is under threat

US classical musicians say their freedom of speech is under threat

The following rallying cry has just gone online:

Classical musicians, please sign and share!
(Thanks to Jonathan Biss, Joyce DiDonato, Midori and Alisa Weilerstein for writing the letter below:)
To our fellow citizens:
We the undersigned, are American classical musicians. Our passion and mission are making music and, in doing so, offering listeners the possibility of deepening their experience and understanding of the world. We are not politicians: We are working citizens who are drawn to music because of its capacity to bridge different viewpoints and cultures, and to connect us through our shared humanity.
We are speaking out now because we are alarmed by the many actions targeting free speech that are being forced on our country, our colleagues and our institutions by President Trump and his administration. Many of our audience members are active in the arts, the sciences, education and government. Every single one of us knows multiple people across different sectors of American society who have lost jobs or face life-altering insecurity due to censorship or retaliatory measures over the past three months. Everyone we know can say the same. We have watched as people have been seized and targeted for deportation for participating in peaceful protest, or for no clear reason at all. We see these actions as a coordinated effort to dismantle our free society.
True freedom of speech – free from both censorship and fear of retaliation – is the bedrock of the American project: It stands as the First Amendment to our Constitution for good reason. We are dismayed that institutions have – whether by choice or for lack of choice – changed their policies in accordance with lists of demands foisted on them by the current administration. We stand proudly with the institutions and individuals who have held their ground in their own ways, recognizing that doing so carries great risk.
As musicians, we work daily within others’ truths and illusions. It is our job to examine all perspectives, even the ones we don’t agree with; the freedom to explore and share these perspectives, explicitly guaranteed by our Constitution, is in grave danger. We implore all of our fellow Americans to raise your voices with
ours to protect these inalienable rights.
We feel acutely the urgency of our current situation. Democracy is a fragile system, but mighty when used by the people, for the people. If our ability to speak freely – to engage with the world without fear of reprisal – is to stay available to us, we must exercise it now.
1. Mark Ackerman, oboist
2. Sarah Adams, violist
3. Bruce Adolphe, composer
4. Misha Amory, violist
5. Alissa Anderson, contralto
6. Jean Anderson, pianist
7. Celeste Golden Andrews, violinist
8. Atar Arad, violist, composer
9. Kyle Armbrust, violist
10. Leah Asher, violinist, violist
11. Deborah Assael, cellist
12. Juliana Athayde, violinist
13. Phillip Austin, bassoonist
14. Phoenix Avalon, violinist
15. Carlos Avila
16. Kristina Bachrach, soprano
17. Angela Bae, violinist
18. Lina Bahn, violinist
19. Jordan Bak, violist
20. James Baker, conductor, Talea Ensemble, Principal Percussionist Emeritus, New
York City Ballet Orchestra
21. Alexandre Barbier, tenor 2, PSS
22. Daniel Barna, tenor
23. Elisa Barston, violinist, Seattle Symphony Orchestra
24. Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano
25. Jonathan Bass, pianist and professor
26. Troy Bast, violinist
27. Susan Bates, violist, chamber music educator
28. Margaret Batjer, violinist
29. Terri Baune, violinist
30. Natalya Bazhanov, violinist
31. Heidi Bearcroft, harpist32. Nike Beaudry, music teacher, clarinetist
33. Gina Beck, Associate Professor of Voice, Boston Conservatory at Berklee
34. Michael Becker, trombonist, Tucson Symphony Orchestra, University of Arizona
35. Jessica Beebe, soprano
36. Lembit Beecher, composer
37. Igor Begelman
38. Danielle Belen, violin professor
39. Noah Bendix-Balgley, violinist
40. Danielle Belen, violin professor
41. Evangeline Benedetti, cellist
42. Peter Benton, baritone in community chorus
43. Fran Berge, violinist, Settlement Music School
44. Mark Berger, violist, Lydian String Quartet
45. Derek Bermel, composer, clarinetist
46. Emma Berry, clarinetist
47. Deborah Birnbaum, voice teacher
48. Jonathan Biss, pianist
49. Paul Biss, violinist
50. John Blacklow, pianist
51. Tanya Blaich, pianist
52. Susan Moses Bloom
53. Elisa A. Bloustein
54. Laura Blustein, cellist
55. Jessica Bodner, violist, Parker Quartet; Professor of the Practice, Harvard
University
56. Barbara Bogatin, cellist, San Francisco Symphony
57. Robyn Bollinger, violinist
58. Korynne Bolt, cellist
59. Keith Bonner, flutist
60. Laura Bontrager, cellist
61. Anne Born, mezzo-soprano
62. Anna-Sofia Botti, pianist, Rice University
63. Claire Bourg
64. David Daniel Bowes, violist
65. John Brancy, voice
66. Elizabeth Brausa Brathwaite, violinist
67. Christine M. Brandes, conductor
68. Paul Brantley, composer
69. Emily Brausa
70. Anne Briggs
71. Deirdre Brenner, pianist
72. Kenny Broberg, pianist
73. Martha Brody, violist
74. Mike Brofman, Artistic Director, Brooklyn Art Song Society
75. Natasha Brofsky, cellist76. Melissa Brooks, cellist
77. Joshua Brown, violinist
78. Jonathan Brown, violist
79. Lydia Brown, pianist
80. Elizabeth Brown, composer and performer
81. Kyle Bruckmann, oboist, composer/performer
82. Emily Bruskin, violinist
83. Julia Bruskin, cellist, Claremont Trio and Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
84. William Buchman, Assistant Principal Bassoon, Chicago Symphony
85. Sarah Bullen, harpist
86. Dr. Marilyn Bulli, soprano
87. Julia Bullock, classical singer
88. Robin Bushman, violinist
89. Gladstone Butler, composer, percussionist, Columbia University, Princeton
University
90. Vera L. Calabria, stage director, teacher
91. Ami Campbell, Concertmaster, Dallas Opera
92. Shawn Campbell, horn player, Arizona Opera, Tucson Symphony, retired, arts
administrator
93. Helen Campo, flutist
94. Chad Cannon, composer, violinist
95. Andres Cardenes, violinist, conductor, violist, pedagogue, administrator
96. Janet Carpenter, violinist
97. Molly Carr, violist
98. Nansi Carroll, composer
99. Lucinda Carver, pianist, conductor
100. David Cerutti, violist
101. Karen de Chabert, 2nd soprano
102. Angela Chan, violinist
103. Jessica Chancey, piccolo, Louisville Orchestra
104. Tiffany Chang, violinist
105. Allegra Chapman
106. Katherine Cherbas, cellist
107. Noémie Chemali, violist
108. Jonathan Chenoweth, musician
109. Daniel Ching, violinist, Miro Quartet
110. Sally Chisholm, violist
111. Catherine Cho, violinist
112. Jessica Choe, pianist
113. Daniel Chong, violinist
114. Beth Guterman Chu, violist
115. Katherine Ciesinski, mezzo-soprano
116. Donna L. Clark, violist, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra
117. Andrea Clearfield, composer and pianist
118. Miki Cloud, violinist, violist
119. Alexander Cohen, timpanist/percussionist120. Diana Cohen, violinist
121. Kathleen Collins, violinist, Cleveland Orchestra
122. Kendra Colton, soprano
123. Laura Conwesser, flutist emerita, NYC Ballet and American Symphony
124. James Cooke, violinist, Boston Symphony Orchestra
125. Roberta Cooper, cellist
126. Steven Copes, Concertmaster, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
127. Conrad Cornelison, Principal Bassoon, Detroit Symphony Orchestra
128. Shannon Coulter, soprano
129. Lisa Crockett, violinist and teacher
130. Robert Cutietta, musician
131. Sara Cutler, harpist, former President of Local 802, AFM
132. Laura Dahl, pianist
133. Owen Dalby
134. Marji Danilow, double bassist
135. Mary Jane Davidson, pianist, public school vocal/theatre teacher
136. Daniel Thomas Davis, composer and professor
137. Allyson Dawkins, violist
138. Allan Dennis, Founder and President, Midwest Young Artists
Conservatory, Music Director, Highland Park Symphony Orchestra
139. Gabriela Diaz, Kronos Quartet, Wellesley College, Winsor Music
140. Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano
141. Meeka DiLorenzo
142. Tatiana Dimitriades, violinist
143. Simone Dinnerstein, pianist
144. Michael Djupstrom, composer
145. Meryl Dominguez, soprano
146. Michael O’Donovan
147. Jenny Douglass, violist
148. Karen Dreyfus, violist
149. Eugene Drucker, violinist and faculty member at Stony Brook University
150. Kristen Dubenion-Smith, mezzo-soprano
151. Kiera Duffy, professional soprano, Professor of Voice, Eastman School of
Music
152. Noah Dugan, trumpeter
153. Elayna Duitman, Violist, Cleveland Orchestra
154. Earle Dumler, oboist
155. Alexander East, cellist
156. Eli Eban
157. Alicia Edelberg, violinist
158. Joe Edelberg, violinist
159. Anna Elashvili, violinist
160. Ruth Eliel
161. Joan Ellersick, violist
162. Jennifer Elowitch, violinist
163. Peter Eom, cellist, Rolston String Quartet, The Happenstancers
164. Anna Eschbach, soprano
165. Lawrence Fader, violist, retired
166. Oren Fader, classical guitar
167. Elizabeth Faidley, violinist, Manhattan School of Music
168. Ginny Fairchild, violinist, Atlanta Opera
169. Luosha Fang, violinist and violist
170. Elizabeth Fayette, violinist
171. Melanie Feld, oboist
172. Gina Felicetti, cellist in Brooklyn Conservatory Community Orchestra &
Indeterminacy Festival
173. Bart Feller, flutist
174. Guillermo Figueroa, violinist, conductor, Santa Fe Symphony
175. Rafael Figueroa, Principal Cellist, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
176. Mary Kay Fink, Cleveland Orchestra
177. Gina Fiore, musical director/accompanist
178. Elaine Fitz Gibbon, musicologist
179. Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano
180. Kevin Flynn, cellist
181. Lydia Forbes
182. Donald Travis Foster, symphonic and studio clarinetist
183. Hayley Fox, soprano
184. Lily Francis, violinist, violist, Professor of violin at University Mozarteum,
Salzburg
185. Elise Frawley
186. Jordan Frazier, bassist, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
187. Alan Freeborn, retired violinist, violist, educator
188. Alex Freeman, composer
189. J Freivogel, Jasper String Quartet
190. Rachel Freivogel, cellist
191. Miriam Fried, violinist
192. Aloysia Friedmann, violinist, violist
193. Francisco Fullana, violinist
194. Vivian Fung, composer
195. Teddy Gabrielides, bassist
196. Alexandra Gardner, composer
197. James Gately, opera
198. Larisa Gelman, bassoonist
199. Emilie-Anne Gendron, violinist
200. Elaine Fitz Gibbon, musicologist
201. Suzanne Gilman, violinist
202. James Ginsburg, recording producer
203. Julia Glenn, violinist
204. Lucille Goeres, flutist
205. Treesa Gold, violinist
206. Rachel Goldstein, violinist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
207. Matthew Good, tuba, Dallas Symphony Orchestra208. Tharanga Goonetilleke, soprano
209. Zachary Gordin, Baritone and General Director of Festival Opera
210. Mary Ellen Goree, violinist
211. James Gorton, retired Co-Principal Oboe, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
212. Michelle Gott, harpist
213. Elssa Green
214. Jordana Greenberg
215. Philip Greenberg, conductor, violinist
216. Abbey Greene, mezzo soprano, Admissions Counselor for Bard
Conservatory
217. Sandra Greet, cellist, tenor, senior citizen, Brooklyn, NY, public radio
supporter
218. Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor, Professor of Voice, Eastman School of Music
219. Henry Gronnier, violinist, professor
220. Jerry Grossman, Metropolitan Opera
221. Emma Gasterland Gustaffson, violinist
222. Susan Gulkis Assadi
223. Ben Gulley, tenor
224. Marka Gustavsson, Bard Conservatory, Manhattan String Quartet
225. Melinda Haas, pianist
226. Carole Haber, professional soprano
227. Margaret Hagen, alto, Park Slope Singers
228. Frederick Halgedahl, violinist
229. Cecelia Hall, mezzo-soprano
230. Thomas Hall, baritone
231. Joyce Hammann, violinist
232. Frederic Hand, guitarist, Metropolitan Opera
233. Trevor Handy, cellist
234. Amanda Harberg, composer and pianist
235. Grant Harville, conductor, composer
236. Betty Hauck, violist
237. Martha Head, Retired ASO violinist
238. Jake Heggie, composer
239. David Heiss, cellist
240. Alice Henkin, cello
241. Michael Henoch, Chicago Symphony alumnus
242. Sheryl Henze, flutist
243. Ellen Higham, violist
244. Amy Hiraga, violinist
245. Dasha Hlavenka, violinist
246. Annabelle Hoffman, cellist
247. Brian Joonwoo Hong, violinist, violist
248. Russell Houston, cellist, Balourdet Quartet
249. Hsin-Yun Huang, violist
250. Rahel Inniger, pianist
251. Maria Ioudenitch, violinist252. Hannah Ishizaki, composer
253. Ethan Iverson, pianist and composer
254. James Hamlin
255. Stefanie Jacob, pianist
256. Barbara Jaffe, violinist
257. Joanna Jenner, violinist
258. Maria Jette, soprano
259. Kirsten Johnson, violist
260. Kathleen Jones, 42-year Principal Clarinetist, Puerto Rico Symphony,
retired
261. Teresa Jones, violinist, educator
262. Warren Jones, pianist
263. Peter Joseph
264. Sylvia Kahan, pianist, Professor, City University of New York
265. Jeffrey Kahane, pianist, conductor, teacher
266. Sarah Hogan Kaiser, double bassist
267. Ani Kalayjian, cellist
268. Benjamin Kamins, bassoonist and teacher
269. Peggy Kampmeier, pianist
270. Eri Kang, pianist
271. Juliette Kang, violinist
272. Lisa Kaplan, pianist
273. Cynthia Katsarelis, conductor, violinist, teacher
274. Naomi Katz
275. Ani Kavafian, violinist and professor
276. Erin Keefe, violinist
277. Laura Keller, violinist, San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
278. Nicolas Kendall
279. Yumi Kendall
280. Alexi Kenney, violinist
281. Michelle Kesler, cellist
282. Lillia Keyes, cellist
283. Erica Kiesewetter, Director of Orchestral Studies, Bard College
284. Adrienne Kim, pianist
285. Ariana Kim, violinist, Cornell University, Chamber Music Society of
Minnesota, The Knights
286. Dr. Chin Kim, violinist, soloist, professor
287. Clara Kim, violinist
288. Daniel Kim
289. Ellen Kim, violinist, Chamber Music Society of Minnesota
290. Karen Kim, violinist
291. Kyu-Young Kim, violinist and artistic consultant
292. Sofia Kim, violinist
293. Yeesun Kim
294. Young-nam Kim, violinist, Chamber Music Society of Minnesota
295. Davis King, violinist296. Jessica King, bassoonist
297. Ralph Kirshbaum, cellist and professor
298. Amy Beth Kirsten, composer
299. Nicholas Kitchen
300. Annette Klein, violist, arts administrator
301. Claudia Knafo, pianist, Manhattan School of Music
302. Leland Ko, cellist
303. Gerhardt Koch
304. Alicia Koelz, violinist, Cleveland Orchestra
305. Wolfram Koessel, cellist, American String Quartet, Manhattan School of
Music
306. Kelvyn Koning, composer, pianist, countertenor
307. Olivia Koppell, violist, retired
308. Tom Kraines, cellist
309. Deborah Kramer, bassoonist
310. Elsa Krasner-Miller, violinist, violist (retired)
311. Aimee Kreston, violinist
312. Jan Krzywicki, musician
313. Paul Krzywicki, faculty Curtis Institute of Music
314. Philip Krzywicki, retired military musician
315. Phyllis Jo Kubey, contralto
316. Julian Kuerti, conductor
317. Nicolee Kuester, freelance french horn player, New York
318. Victoria Kursch, collaborative pianist/vocal coach UCLA/USC faculty
319. Jeremy Kurtz-Harris, Principal Bass, San Diego Symphony
320. Nicolasa Kuster, bassoonist
321. David Lai, conductor, pianist, producer
322. Richard Lalli, Professor (art song and musicianship, Yale
323. Andrea Lam, pianist
324. Yvonne Lam, violinist
325. Stephen Lancaster, baritone
326. Tessa Lark
327. Benjamin Larsen, cellist
328. Sharon Lavery, conductor
329. Shannon Lee, violinist
330. Wayne Lee, violinist
331. Stephen Leeds, pianist
332. Stephen Lester, double bassist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
333. Beth Levin, pianist
334. Samuel Levine, tenor, artist manager
335. Howard Lew, composer
336. Geneva Lewis, violinist
337. Allen Lieb, violinist, educator
338. Anna Lim, violinist
339. Cho-Liang Lin, violinist
340. Nicholas Lindell, graduate student341. Michael Lipman, cellist (retired), Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
342. Steven Lipsitt, conductor
343. Mark Livshits, pianist
344. Natalie Loughran, violist
345. Eric Lu, pianist
346. Evelyne Luest, pianist
347. Joshua Major, opera stage director
348. Natasha Makhijani, violinist
349. Judith Malafronte, mezzo-soprano, Yale University, Indiana University
350. Tobé Malawista, soprano
351. Eliza O’Malley, soprano, Artistic Director, Berkeley Chamber Opera
352. Hampton Mallory, cellist (retired)
353. Jackson Mankewitz, violinist, violist
354. Nicholas Mann, violinist
355. Ian Manuel, poet
356. Robert Martin, cellist, founding director of Bard College Conservatory of
Music
357. Anthony de Mare, pianist, professor, curator
358. Zoë Martin-Doike
359. Kevin Matson, violinist
360. Ed Matthew, clarinetist, sound design
361. Katy Mattis, violist, St. Louis Symphony emeritus
362. Brian McAnally, bassist
363. David McCarroll, violinist
364. Meredith Parsons McComb, vocalist
365. Charles, McCracken, professional musician, retired
366. Ryan MacEvoy McCullough, pianist, composer, educator
367. David McFerrin, baritone
368. Daniel McGrew, tenor
369. Caitlin McKechney
370. Elizabeth L. McKinnon, cellist
371. Emma McNairy, soprano
372. Joel McNeely, composer/conductor
373. Robby Meese
374. Nathan Meltzer, violinist
375. Patrice Michaels, composer, soprano
376. Midori, violinist
377. Emil Miland, cellist
378. Mara Milkis, musician
379. Rishi Mirchandani, pianist
380. Michael Mizrahi, musician
381. Eric Moe, composer
382. Sonja Braaten Molloy, violinist, Cleveland Orchestra
383. Deborah Molodofsky, violinist, educator
384. Carla Moore, violinist385. Thalia Moore, Assistant Principal Cello, SF Ballet Orchestra; Associate
Principal Cello, SF Opera Orchestra
386. Maxim Moston, violinist, arranger, composer for media
387. Alan Moverman, pianist
388. Zachary Mowitz, cellist
389. Eugene Moye, cellist
390. Jonathan Mueller, violist, Louisville Orchestra
391. Jessica Mary Murphy, soprano
392. Anne Nagosky, Omaha Symphony, violinist and Lead Residency Teacher
and Private Instructor
393. Noelle Naito, violinist
394. Wende Namkung, violinist
395. Lynn Newdome, violinist, teacher
396. Clancy Newman, cellist, composer
397. Nokuthula Ngwenyama
398. David Nicastro, violist
399. Gayletha Nichols
400. Elizabeth Nielsen, violinist
401. Susan Palma Nidel, flutist
402. Lorenzo Nigrelli, double bassist
403. Carl Nitchie, bassoonist
404. Heidi Nitchie, violist
405. Jennifer Nitchman, flutist
406. Susan Nowicki, pianist
407. Joseph Nuñez, double bassist, Kansas City Symphony
408. Sam Oliver, violinist, composer, San Francisco Symphony
409. Luis Orozco, baritone
410. Daniel Ott, composer
411. Anik Oulianine, cellist
412. Karen Ouzounian, cellist, composer
413. Chris Gordon Owen, cellist (Mannes graduate)
414. Tom Owen
415. Deborah Pae, cellist, Formosa Quartet
416. Julia Paine, bassoonist
417. Philip Pandolfi, bassoonist, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
418. Maiya Papach, violist
419. Michael Papierniak, french hornist
420. Angela Park, cellist
421. Leah Partridge, writer, soprano
422. Sarah Pratt Parsamian, violinist
423. Sydney Patten, pianist, composer for Concerts for Climate
424. Lorri Paulucci, soprano
425. Stacey Pelinka, flutist
426. Leora Perelman, soprano
427. Davis Perez, violist
428. Sally Perreten, harpist429. Antoinette Perry, pianist
430. Martin Perry, pianist
431. Nicholas Phan, tenor
432. Cynthia Phelps, principal violist, New York Philharmonic
433. Todd Phillips, violinist
434. Tonia Pilliod, violist and Suzuki violin/viola teacher
435. Annaliesa Place, violinist
436. Eric Plutz, organist, University Organist at Princeton University
437. Anna Polonsky, pianist
438. Pat Posey, artist, teacher, administrator
439. Dilshad Posnock, flutist, Artist Faculty, Brevard Music Center, Brevard
College, Principal Piccolo, Asheville Symphony Orchestra
440. David Post, composer
441. Stephen Powell, opera and concert singer, Professor of Voice at the
Mannes School of Music
442. Nardo Poy, violist, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera
Orchestra (retired)
443. Kevin Puts, composer
444. Cody Quattlebaum, bass-baritone
445. Janet Quiroz, violist
446. Raman Ramakrishnan, cellist
447. Lynne Ramsey, violist
448. Bjorn Ranheim
449. Julie Ranti, retired orchestral flutist
450. Richard Ranti, bassoonist, 40 year career with Philadelphia Orchestra and
Boston Symphony
451. Gena Raps, pianist
452. Richard Ratner, composer
453. Bryan Register, heldentenor
454. Tom Reicher, horn player
455. Linda Reichert, pianist, educator, Artistic Director Emerita, Network for
New Music
456. Kenneth Renshaw, violinist
457. Ronda Respess, violinist and educator
458. Kathleen Lane Reynolds, flutist
459. William (Bill) Reynolds, lyric tenor, opera conductor
460. Laura Reynolds, oboist
461. Hiroko Yajima Rhodes, violinist, Mannes College, ret.
462. Samuel Rhodes, violist, Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music
faculty
463. Mary Alice Rich, violinist, composer
464. Rhonda Rider Professor of Cello and Chamber Music, Boston
Conservatory at Berklee
465. Emma Robertson, soprano
466. Beth Robin, pianist
467. Scott Robinson468. Rony Rogoff, violinist, conductor
469. Kurt Rohde, musician, composer, violist, Art. Dir. – Composers
Conference
470. David Romano, double bassist
471. Stewart Rose, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
472. Marcy Rosen, cellist
473. Victor Rosenbaum, pianist
474. Jayn Rosenfeld, flutist
475. Douglas Rosenthal, Associate Principal Trombone, Pittsburgh Symphony
476. Frank Rosenwein, oboist
477. Vitali Rozynko, baritone
478. Sebastian Ruth
479. David Russell, cellist
480. George Sakakeeny, bassoonist, Professor, Eastman School of Music
481. Nick Sakakeeny, Percussionist/Timpanist, Fort Worth Symphony
Orchestra
482. Michael Sanita, tenor
483. Isaac Santos, PhD Candidate, Princeton University
484. Kurt Sassmannshaus, violinist
485. Jason Sato, trombonist
486. Mari Sato, violinist
487. Dorothy Savitch, conductor
488. Dr. William Sauerland, Associate Professor of Music & Director of Choral
Studies, Purdue University Fort Wayne
489. Randall Scarlata, baritone
490. Gene Scheer, librettist, Metropolitan Opera NYC
491. Gabriel Schaff, violinist, author, historian
492. Daniel Schlosberg, pianist (Chicago)
493. Rie Schmidt, flutist
494. Adriel Schoek, music, educator, saxophonist, conductor
495. Benjamin Schwartz, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
496. Deborah Selig, soprano
497. Vadim Serebryany, pianist
498. Judith Serkin
499. Jenny Shallenberger, violist
500. Sophie Shao, cellist
501. William Sharp, baritone, Professor of Vocal Studies, Peabody
Conservatory
502. Akal Dev Sharrone, flutist
503. Robert Shaw, violinist
504. Gabrielle Shek, violinist
505. Lucy Shelton, singer
506. Michael Sheppard, pianist, composer, conductor
507. Sean Shepherd, composer
508. Emma Shook, Violinist, Cleveland Orchestra
509. Emily Siar, soprano, voice pedagogue, Boston Conservatory at Berklee510. Martha Siegel, cellist and teacher
511. Lex Simakas, composer and pianist
512. Moni Simeonov, violinist
513. Sebu Sirinian, violinist
514. Teresa Skinner, musician, teacher
515. Sofia Skoldberg, violinist
516. David Small, operatic baritone, Voice Faculty, Boston Conservatory
517. Caeli Smith, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Bard College and
Conservatory
518. James Austin Smith, oboist
519. Louise Smith, pianist
520. Betsy Smulyan
521. David Sogg, bassoonist
522. Livia Sohn
523. Evan Solomon, pianist
524. Susanne Son, pianist
525. Crispin Spaulding, MD, professor and author, Trondheim, NO
526. Ted Sperling, conductor
527. Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, violist
528. Jennifer Steele, flutist, Pittsburgh Symphony
529. Barrick Stees, bassoon, Cleveland Orchestra
530. Lili Stein, violinist BCCO
531. Mark Steinberg
532. Netania Steiner, alto, NYC Master Chorale, Park Slope Singers
533. Arnold Steinhardt, violinist, violist
534. John Steinmetz, composer, bassoonist, teacher
535. Kay Stern, violinist
536. Michael Stern, conductor
537. Jo-Ann Sternberg, humanitarian, Juilliard
538. Aliza Stewart
539. Amanda Stewart, trombonist
540. Lawrence Stomberg, cellist
541. Dorothy Strahl, violinist
542. Laura Strickling, soprano
543. Marija Stroke, pianist
544. Peter Stumpf, cellist
545. Karim Sulayman, tenor
546. James Sullivan, oboist
547. Wendy Sutter, cellist
548. Richard Svoboda, principal bassoonist, Boston Symphony Orchestra
549. Jeffrey Swann, pianist, professor at NYU
550. Jonathan Swensen, cellist
551. Charlie Tauber, pianist, Shepherd School at Rice University
552. Brant Taylor, cellist
553. Stefanie Taylor, violist
554. Steven Tenenbom,
555. Sonja Tengblad, classical singer
556. Jessica Thompson, violist
557. Frank Ticheli, composer
558. Lisa Tipton, violinist
559. Tanya Tomkins, cellist
560. Kristopher Tong, violinist
561. Philip Traugott, recording producer
562. Isabel Trautwein, violinist, Cleveland Orchestra
563. Stirling Trent, violinist
564. Emily Treigle, mezzo-soprano
565. Jessica Troy, violist
566. Dmitri Tymoczko, composer and theorist
567. Reiko Uchida, pianist
568. Janet Underhill, bassoonist, conductor
569. Elena Urioste, violinist
570. Almita Vamos, violinist, Roosevelt University, Music Institute of Chicago
571. Peter Van Derick
572. Gretchen Van Hoesen, Principal Harpist, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
573. Osmo Vänskä, conductor
574. Gregory Vaught, retired orchestra librarian, former bassoonist
575. Ben Verdery, guitarist, composer, Professor Emeritus, Yale University
576. Katie Ventura, harpist, Kansas City Symphony
577. Liesl deVilliers, violist
578. Andrew Waggoner, composer
579. Erin Wagner, mezzo-soprano
580. Dr. Melinda Wagner, composer
581. Michael Walk, trumpeter
582. Susan Walters, pianist
583. Diane Walsh, pianist
584. Asheley Watabe, violinist
585. Anna Weesner, composer
586. Crystal Wei, violist
587. Donald Weilerstein, violinist
588. Richard Weinert, concert presenter
589. Peter Weitzner, double bassist
590. Dillon Welch, violinist, Louisville Orchestra
591. Melissa White
592. Lisa Wienhold, Principal Flute, Alabama Symphony Orchestra
593. Jim Williams, bass-baritone
594. Shannon Williams, violist
595. Elena Williamson, professional soprano and conductor
596. CarrieAnne Winter, vocalist
597. Morgan Wolfe, soprano
598. Hugh Wolff, conductor
599. Seth Parker Woods, cellist
600. Beth Woodside, Violinist, Cleveland Orchestra601. Tanya Woolfrey, cellist, Cleveland Orchestra
602. Peter Wyrick
603. Yang Xu, violinist
604. Robert Yamins, clarinetist
605. Julia Yang, cellist
606. Barbara Yahr, conductor, music therapist
607. Sandy Yamamoto, violinist
608. Susan Lee Youens, musicologist
609. Benjamin Zannoni, violist
610. Jo Zakany, violist
611. Matt Zalkind, cellist
612. Gregory Zavracky, tenor, Assistant Professor of Voice, Boston
Conservatory
613. Peter Zazofsky, violinist
614. Carol Zeavin, violinist
615. Nancy Zhou, violinist
616. Eric Zivian, pianist, Festival Music Director
617. Carmit Zori, violinist
618. Mimi Zweig
619. Ann Roggen, violist
620. Elizabeth Tuma, cellist Milwaukee Symphony
621. Leslie Grimm, clarinet
622. Katja Phillabaum, pianist
623. Becky Grossman, Soprano, Guitarist, Saxophonist
624. Sang Mee Lee, violinist
625. Annie Fullard, Cavani Quartet
626. Erica Brenner, Producer
627. Martin Bresnick, composer
628. Jeannette Sorrell, conductor, Artistic Director, Apollo’s Fire

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