Jan 4, 2017 | Alumni Spotlight
Violinist Grace Nakano, NRO 2015 and 2016, was appointed the assistant concertmaster of the Tucson Symphony shortly after returning home from Breckenridge in October 2016. A native of Japan, Grace received her Master of Music in classical performance from the...
Dec 19, 2016 | Alumni Spotlight
Jiah Chung Chapdelaine joined The Cleveland Orchestra in the autumn of 2016. She has previously served as concertmaster of Opera Cleveland, performed new compositions with the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, and was a member of the Akron Symphony. A native of Seoul,...
Nov 2, 2016 | Alumni Spotlight
Gabriel Campos Zamora attended the NRO in the summer of 2010, and went on to be a fellow of ACJW (an ensemble at Carnegie Hall) for one year, and later moved to Norfolk to play Principal Clarinet with the Virginia Symphony. Shortly after, he moved to Kansas City to...
Nov 1, 2016 | Alumni Spotlight
Lawrence Quinnett recently accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Music at Livingstone College. He teaches music theory and piano, in addition to playing piano and organ for choir and school assemblies. Of his new job, Lawrence says, “I feel very fortunate to...
Oct 27, 2016 | Alumni Spotlight
“I attended NRO in 2006 and 2007 and those were extraordinary summers of music-making that I will never forget. I was treated as a professional, giving me a new confidence as I embraced and grew into meeting those high expectations. I had the privilege of serving as...
Oct 27, 2016 | Alumni Spotlight
After attending NRO in 2014, Kevin Tompkins completed his graduate studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he studied with William Preucil and Stephen Rose. During his time in Cleveland, he performed with the Akron Symphony, Erie Philharmonic, Firelands...
