2019 Music Level 2


Teleconference

9/27/2017 9:00:00 AM

2019 Music Level 2

2019


Towson Fraser

Brokaw-McDougal House

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Materials

Panelists (7)

Stringer, Amanda

  • County: Leon County

Bio:

County: Leon

Bio

  • CEO, Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra and music instructor at FSU’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
  • Previously Executive Director at Tallahassee Youth Orchestras, Adjunct Professor at Florida State University and Visiting Professor of Music at University of Oklahoma
  • She is involved in many community groups, including Leadership Tallahassee, the Knight Creative Communities Institute and the League of American Orchestras
  • Doctor of Music Performance, Piano/Theory from University of Oklahoma; Master of Music, Piano Performance from Indiana University Bloomington; Bachelor's degree, Music from Vanderbilt University; Certificate of Advanced Musical Performance (CAMS), Musicology/Theory from University of London, King's College

Schillhammer, David

  • County: Brevard County

Bio:

County: Brevard

Bio


  • Executive Director, Brevard Symphony Orchestra since 1993.
  • Previously served as General Manager of Indian River Players (now known as Melbourne Civic Theatre)
  • BFA in Education, University of South Dakota


Quinlan, Laura

  • County: Miami-Dade County

Bio:

County: MiamiDade

Bio

  • Director, Rhythm Foundation, Miami
  • Laura has developed some signature programs for the Rhythm Foundation that include the TransAtlantic Festival and Big Night in Little Haiti
  • Honored in 2013 by the French government as a chevalier des artes et letters
  • B.A., New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts

Gwinn, Elizabeth

  • County: Orange County

Bio:

County: Orange

Bio

 

  • Executive Director, Bach Festival Society of Winter Park since 2006
  • Former Planning Administrator for the Orlando Museum of Art and has over 20 years of arts administration experience
  • Attended the Non-profit Leadership Institute presented by Georgetown University’s Center for Public and Non-profit Leadership
  • Serves on the Winter Park Arts and Culture committee and the Orange County Diversity/Equity/Inclusion Committee
  • Named to Winter Park Magazine’s list of “Most Influential” in 2018
  • B.A. in Art from the University of Central Florida, Orlando

Capote, Manuel

  • County: Palm Beach County

Bio:

County: PalmBeach

Bio

  • Music Education and Community Outreach Coordinator, Lynn University Music Conservatory, Boca Raton, Florida
  • Formerly principal cellist with the Florida Philharmonic, Florida Grand Opera, Boca Pops, and the Miami City Ballet Orchestras for over twenty years, Mr. Capote has taught cello and chamber music at Miami-Dade Community College and at the New World School of the Arts.
  • Band and Orchestra Director at American Heritage School of Boca/Delray from 1997-2009 and served as Conductor and Music Director with the Youth Orchestra of Palm Beach County from 1997-2011. Manuel is a Fellowship alumnus of the Aspen Music Festival.
  • B.M. in Performance from the University of Miami as well as a M.M. in Music Education from Boston University. 

Lautar, Rebecca

  • County: Palm Beach County

Bio:

County: PalmBeach

Bio

  • Chair, Department of Music, Florida Atlantic University, 2011-present
  • Professor of Music: teaches applied violin, chamber music, string music education
  • Professional violinist, member of Palm Beach Opera since 2000
  • Bachelor of Music degree from Western Michigan University and a Master of Music with Distinction from Indiana University

Kurtz, Andrew

  • County: Lee County

Bio:

County: Lee

Bio

  • Music & Executive Director, Gulf Coast Symphony, Fort Myers, Florida
  • Former General Director, Center City Opera Theater
  • Former Board President and Board Member, Alliance of the Arts, Lee County, Florida  
  • Former Music Director, Jr. Session, Luzerne Music Center
  • Performer of the Year Award, Lee Country Angel of the Arts Awards, 2007
  • D.M.A.  Peabody Conservatory, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; M.A. / B.A., Music History/Conducting/Theater, University of Virginia, Charlottesville