ARTIST FACULTY
BREVARD MUSIC CENTER BYRON TAUCHI is the Principal Second Violin of the Louisiana Philharmonic. He has served as Concertmaster of the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra and Associate Concertmaster of the San Jose Symphony, and has been on the faculty at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Mr. Tauchi studied at the Manhattan School of Music with Raphael Bronstein and Ariana Bronne, and also holds a degree in computer science from the University of California at Berkeley. Tubist CHARLES VILLARRUBIA is Associate Professor of tuba/euphonium at The University of Texas at Austin and a founding member of Rhythm & Brass. He has regularly performed with the Boston Symphony and Boston Pops, and has been a member of the Dallas Brass and the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra. He holds degrees from Louisiana State University and Boston University and can be heard on the Telarc, Angel, and EMI labels.
FELIX WANG is currently Professor of Cello at the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University. He is the cellist of the Blair String Quartet and Blakemore Trio, and Co-Principal Cellist of the IRIS Orchestra. Mr. Wang earned degrees from the Peabody Institute, New England Conservatory, and the University of Michigan, and was a recipient of the Frank Huntington Beebe Grant enabling him to study in London with William Pleeth. Steinway Artist DOUGLAS WEEKS is Babcock Professor of Piano at Converse College. A prizewinner in the Robert Casadesus International Piano Competition, he has performed solo and chamber recitals in the U.S., Europe, and Central America, as well as in Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East, for the U.S. State Department. He holds degrees from Indiana University, Illinois State, Florida State, and the École Normale de Musique in Paris.
JANICE WILLIAMS has served as Director of Choral Activities at Bolton High School in Arlington, Tennessee, and on the faculty of the University of Memphis Community Music School, as the director of the Memphis Area Children’s Choir. Ms. Williams has made presentations for the Texas Music Educators Association and has been published in “Texas Music Education Research.” INA ZDOROVETCHI is an internationally acclaimed harp soloist, having performed in major concert venues in North and South America, Europe, and the Middle East. Multiple top prize winner at the 17th International Harp Contest in Israel, she is currently Principal Harpist of the Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, and Boston Modern Orchestra Project, and is on the faculty at the Boston Conservatory, Wellesley College and New England Conservatory Preparatory Division.
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