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Mike Breidenbach is the Director of Piping at Macalester College and is the Pipe Major of their Grade 3 competition band. He has been a full time bagpipe teacher and performer since 1999. He began learning at Macalester College in 1992 under the tutelage of Andrew Hoag. Later he studied with Donald Lindsay, Jim MacGillivray, and the late Lindsay Kirkwood. In 1997 and 1998 he was awarded Champion Supreme by the Midwest Pipe Band Association in Grade II as a soloist. He is now recognized as an accomplished Grade I piper. Michael also plays with the Kansas City St. Andrews Society Pipe Band which competes in Grade 2. Mike has performed on stage with The Chieftains, Blink-182, and others.
Charles Block studied the double bass at San Francisco State University with Shinji Eshima, and Indiana University with Bruce Bransby. He served as Principal Bass of the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra from 2010-2023, the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra from 2010-2020, and Assistant Principal of the Memphis Symphony from 2006-08. Around town, he can be heard performing as a member of groups like the MN Sinfonia, Minneapolis Pops, and as a frequent sub/extra with groups including the MN Orchestra, MN Opera, The Guthrie Theater, and the list goes on. Internationally, Charles has worked with the RTE Irish National Symphony Orchestra, the Macau Orchestra, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, and as guest Principal of the Hong Kong Sinfonieta. Past years have also included sub/extra work with the Milwaukee Symphony, the Chicago Symphony, and the Grant Park Symphony. Teaching positions include UW-River Falls, Carleton College, and Macalester College. Mr. Block lives in Minneapolis with his wife Kathryn Nettleman, Associate Principal Bass of the Minnesota Orchestra, and their daughter.
Joan Griffith is a teacher, performer and composer who has toured and recorded extensively. She is the director of MacJazz (big band) and is a studio instructor, teaching electric bass, electric guitar, mandolin, and jazz improvisation. She is also the head of the jazz studies department at the University of St. Thomas.
Native Tennessean Andrew Brady comes to Minnesota from the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, having served there as Principal Bassoon since January 2016. Prior to the ASO, Brady held the same position for two years with the Louisiana Philharmonic.
Enthusiastically involved in music education, Brady has taught as an Artist-in-Residence at Kennesaw State University, and he is sought after for masterclasses and private tutelage. He has also served on the faculties of the Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival, National Orchestral Institute, Brevard Music Center, Festival Napa Valley and National Youth Orchestra/NYO2 through Carnegie Hall.
Brady graduated with his Bachelor of Music degree from The Colburn School Conservatory of Music in 2013, where he studied with Richard Beene. Other major teachers and influences include Anthony Parnther, Rick Ranti and Suzanne Nelsen.
Tom is a graduate of Oberlin and the Eastman School of Music where he was teaching assistant to both Paul Katz and Laurence Lesser. Other teachers include Richard Kapuscinski, Alan Harris, Alta Mayer, and for chamber music, members of the Budapest, Juilliard, Tokyo, Guarneri, and Cleveland Quartets. (www.tomrosenbergmusic.com)
Shelley Hanson, a Twin Cities composer, arranger, teacher, and professional musician, has an affinity for writing and performing folk music. Her band, Klezmer and All That Jazz, recorded traditional and original music for the audio book version of the Yiddish play The Dybbuk. Ms. Hanson received a Ph.D. in Performance, Music Theory, and Music Literature from Michigan State University. She is a member of the Minneapolis Pops Orchestra and serves on the faculty of Macalester College.
Martha Jamsa received her B.F.A. from the University of Minnesota and her M.M. in Flute Performance from the Indiana University School of Music. During the past two decades she has been an active member of several major ensembles, including the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra and the Dakota Wind Quintet. She has also served as a Substitute Flute/Piccolo player for the Minnesota Orchestra. She has taught flute at South Dakota State University, the University of Sioux Falls, Carleton College and Macalester College. She has also served on the Board of Directors for several organizations, including the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra and the Upper Midwest Flute Association.
Aisling is the Third Horn of the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra and enjoys freelancing in the Twin Cities area. She has performed with the Minnesota Orchestra, CAYO (Cuban American Youth Orchestra), and the Compass Rose Brass Ensemble. Summer music festivals include the Texas Music Festival, the Chautauqua Institute, Sewanee Music Center, the Bay View Spectrum Brass Seminar, and Kendall Betts Horn Camp. She was selected for a fellowship with the National Repertory Orchestra in Breckenridge, Colorado, in 2020.
Aisling also teaches at UW-Eau Claire and Augsburg University, and maintains a private studio in the Twin Cities. She previously worked as the Operations Manager for MYS (Minnesota Youth Symphonies). In addition to playing horn, Aisling enjoys rowing at the Minneapolis Rowing Club and gardening.
A Los Angeles native, Hougham studied with William Criss at the University of Southern California. She has often been a guest player with the Los Angeles Philharmonic; she has also served as assistant principal oboe/English horn of the San Antonio Symphony and was a member of the New World Symphony from 1990 to 1993. Additionally, she has played with the Cape Town Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Joffrey Ballet, Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, Pasadena Symphony and Honolulu Symphony.
B.A. University of Minnesota, M.A. and Ph.D. University of Michigan. Studied Organ with Barrett Spach, Heinrich Fleischer, Marilyn Mason and studied harpsichord under M. Mason, Lisa Crawford and others. Kaehler also studied in England, France and Switzerland. Special performing interests include J. S. Bach, C. Franck and French Baroque.
Peter regularly composes for and performs with The Atlantis Quartet, The Fantastic Merlins, The Zacc Harris Trio, Vintage Raggs. He currently teaches a Jazz/Pop combo course at Macalester College in St. Paul.
Equally at home in orchestral, solo, and chamber music roles, Dr. Matthew McClung has appeared with a wide variety of prestigious ensembles throughout the United States. Recent engagements include guest principal percussionist with the Phoenix Symphony and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. He has also performed with the Houston Grand Opera, the Hawaii Opera Theater, the Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra, and ROCO, plus the symphony orchestras of Arkansas, Austin, Corpus Christi, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Houston, Kentucky, Lexington, Maui, Phoenix, San Antonio, and Victoria. As a chamber musician, he has performed with Alisa Weilerstein, the Percussion Group Cincinnati, So Percussion, Elemental Percussion, Strike 3 Percussion, Musiqa, and many others. He is also a founding member of Drumpetello, a unique trio comprised of percussion, trumpet, and cello.
A dedicated proponent of new music, Matthew has commissioned or premiered works by David Lang, John Luther Adams, James Stephenson, Martin Bresnick, Thomas Osborne, Paul Lansky, and Lauren Bernofsky, among others. As a winner of a Presser award, he studied with the Master Drummers of the Ewe tribe in Ghana, West Africa.
Matthew holds an engineering degree from the University of Cincinnati and a Master of Music degree from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He is also the recipient of the first Doctoral degree ever awarded in percussion performance from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. Currently, Dr. McClung serves as an Associate Professor of Music at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi and the principal percussionist of both ROCO and the Glimmerglass Opera Festival.
Claudia Chen enjoys an active career as performer and teacher. Making her solo debut with the Denver Symphony Orchestra at age 14, Ms. Chen has gone on to perform as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States, Canada, Eastern Europe and Chile. Equally at home in contemporary works as in standard repertoire, Ms. Chen has given numerous premieres of solo and chamber works by several American and Canadian composers. She has been a guest at the Grand Teton Music Festival, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and Minnesota Orchestra Sommerfest. She has performed at Bowdoin Festival in the USA; Contrasts International Contemporary Music Festival in Ukraine; Agassiz Chamber Music Festival and Centara International New Music Festival in Canada. Her performances have been aired nationally in Canada on CBC Radio; Polish Radio and Television; and in the USA on National Public Radio. With her husband, cellist Arek Tesarczyk, the duo has given numerous recitals in the U.S., Canada, Chile and Poland. She has served on the jury of several competitions: GTCYS, YPSCA, and WAMSO in Minnesota; The Fischoff Chamber Music Competition; MTNA West Central Division piano competition and the National Chamber Music Competition. Her dedication to teaching has been reflected in the number of students who have been accepted to music schools in Canada and the USA, and have been accepted to summer programs such as Yellowbarn Festival, Oberlin Conservatory Music Festival and Brevard Music Festival.
Claudia has served on the faculty of the Univ. of Manitoba in Canada, and currently teaches at Macalester College in Saint Paul, as well as privately in her home. She received degrees from the Peabody Conservatory of Music, where she was the recipient of the Rose-Marie Milholland Prize; and University of Minnesota. She has worked with Julian Martin, Leon Fleisher, Lydia Artymiw, John Perry and Margo Garrett.
She also performs frequently with her husband, pianist Kevin Hobbs, and as a duo the two have been featured on the Artist Series at the University of Minnesota International Piano Camp as well as faculty-artist recitals at North Hennepin Community College. The duo were also semifinalists in the McKnight Artist Fellowship auditions.
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