This is his second summer teaching at Walden. D.J. in music composition from the University of Michigan. He has written incidental scores for several plays, including Lindsey Ferrentinos Ugly Lies the Bone, Laura Markss Bethany, and a production of Franz Xaver Kroetzs Through the Leaves at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in 2018. Waldon Middle School. Tamar Bloch Her chamber pieces have been performed by ensembles on four continents, and her Atlantis Revelation soundtrack has had hundreds of thousands of internet radio plays since 2012. String Project is an organization funded by Texas Tech University that allows string music education students to teach beginner string players. Class Teachers. Middle School - Park Hill School District Luk will be on the composition faculty at the Walden School for the summer 2021. Hali Fieldman 1987) is an American composer whose music draws on research and imagination, often treating contemporary issues of place, migration, and environment with textural intricacy, rhythmic drive, and a taste for repurposed sounds. There she studies music education under the vocal training of Kelley Hijleh and Karen Driscoll. 2509 Waldon Road, Lake Orion, MI 48360; P: 248-391-1100; F: 248-391-5452 She earned her Ph.D. in Composition at the University of Oregon, where she worked as a Graduate Teaching Fellow in Music Theory. Cara is the winner of the 2022 National Womens Musical Festival Emerging Women Composers Competition. Faculty & Staff | Linden Waldorf Welcome to Walden III Middle and High School Visit our profile page. He is excited to work with so many new faces at Walden this summer! Wesley Levers These investigations yield vocal music of all stripes, Musique Concrte-esque electronic pieces, and lyrically driven instrumental music cultivating relationships that unfold in the spaces between voices. Becca Van Kirk She holds a DMA in Choral Conducting from University of Washington, an MM in Choral Conducting from University of Wisconsin at Madison, and a BA in Music from Williams College. Faculty and Staff. His music has travelled worldwide: abstract visual artist Sergei Petrov used Triers music for installations in Zelenograd, Russia, and the 48th International Summer Course for New Music in Darmstadt, Germany distributed a recording of Triers fixed-media piece, Serial Parameter Shift, to attendees. Adam Albrecht Carrie has been on the faculty of The Walden School since 1998 and is the director of the, . Carol Prochazka Dawn Denham Haynes A recent Midwest transplant to New York City, Evan is a stereotypical theatre nerd. In January, 2021 Trio Triumphatrix and Voices of Ascension premiered Renes works First Flight and We Need Earth for their production Astronautica: Voices of Women in Space. Kittie Cooper is a sound and intermedia artist, performer, and educator based in Vancouver, BC. 1995) is a Czech composer, performer, and educator. MIDDLE SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER & 5TH GRADE LEAD ADVISOR . Walden Middle School in Kansas City, MO - Niche Tom Brustman Robin Seto Emi holds bachelors degrees in neuroscience and oboe performance from Oberlin, a masters in vocal performance from University of York and a masters in historical performance from Juilliard. Carlos takes immense pride in being a father to his nine-year-old son and eleven-year-old daughter, whom he affectionately considers his favorite students. Creative coding spans the aural, visual, andprocedural aspects of his practice revealing musicality in data and computation. Sam is the Technical Director for the Wet Ink Ensemble, a group for whom he is a member composer as well as principal electronics performer. They also like ghost stories, chili, and cats. Daniel Shaud New York native Dr. Terry L. Greene II is a trombonist, improviser, drummer, arranger, composer, educator and poet. Born in Haifa, Israel, Netzer studied composition and piano at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, where her primary composition teacher was Menachem Zur. His music has been performed by groups such as C3LA, HEX Ensemble, Apple Hill Chamber Ensemble, and the Contemporary Vocal Ensemble at CalArts. Nicholas Emerson is a composer, producer, teacher, and guitarist, from Portland, OR and currently teaches at Reed College and Portland State University. lives in Baton Rouge, LA with his wife Kimberly, son Harris, Nannette the hound dog, and Bundini the boxer. Luke was born in Fairbanks, Alaska, but grew up and currently lives in Wichita Falls, Texas. In the years between his studies he lived and worked in Alaska, on the ancestral lands of Tlingit, Haida and Denaina peoples. Seth Knopp When she is not composing, Cara enjoys baking desserts, going on long road trips, and hanging out with her cat, Pippin. Currently pursuing a D.M.A. Titles: Media Assistant Locations: Walden Middle School Staff Phone Numbers: School: 816-359-4240 Jason Allen . After completing his Doctorate in Music at UCSD with Steven Schick, Ross formalized his visual studies with a Master of Fine Arts. He has served as a visiting artist and lecturer at the Millennium School, the California State University, East Bay, (with Tin Yi Wong,) New York University. In her free time Anastasia enjoys painting, baking, and putting together PowerPoint presentation nights with her friends. For more information, please visit www.carolinemallonee.com. He attends Morgan State University in Baltimore where hes entering his senior year as a Music major with a concentration in Flute Performance having studied under Dr. Anita Thesen, and is dual-enrolled for his Master of Arts in Teaching. Nancy Tsuyuki Jerome Always working to do my personal best. He has also received private study in composition from John Adams. Gary Monheit During his time in New York, Carlos also produced a diverse catalog of original music that has been featured in numerous movies and TV shows worldwide. He studied composition with Jeff Snyder, Dan Trueman, Dmitri Tymozcko, and Donnacha Dennehy; voice with Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek; and conducting with Gabriel Crouch. Rene has also ventured into theater, with long-time friend and collaborator, Hai-Ting Chinn, with. All buildings, including the pool, and all grounds including athletic fields, tennis courts, stadium, track and parking lots are closed to the public due to construction. Teresa LeVelle He has sung with the USC Chamber Singers, the choir of St. James in the City LA, Gallicantus, the Princeton Glee Club and Chamber Choir, and the Princeton Katzenjammers (mixed voice acapella group). Madeline Bersamina From 2011-15 he directed the Electronic Music Studio at Manhattan School of Music and from 2015-2020 he directed the CHIME Studio at the University of Chicago. Her favorite thing ever is to immerse herself into new and invigorating environments in which she can continue to grow and learn new things, and as such will be studying abroad in Valencia, Spain this upcoming academic year. After the birth of my second daughter, I separated from active duty and remained in the USAF Reserves. He can also be found singing Baritone in the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus. Other groups who have performed her music include The Julians; Friends of Rain; Electrogals; Del Sol String Quartet; Peabody Trio; and many singers, including Hai-Ting Chinn, Jesse Blumberg,Blythe Gaissert, Hannah Penn, Anna Haagenson, Alissa Rose, Jennifer Aylmer, Kristin Norderval, and William Ferguson. Locations: Park Hill South High School Staff, Walden Middle School Staff Phone Numbers: School: 816-359-4120 Candice Allen . Recently, Alexs work has explored the ecology of performance in intermedia art and interactive electronic music. For that reason, we begin Middle School with the 5th grade. She has received awards and grants from the Cincinnati Camerata, IronWorks Percussion Duo, the American Composers Forum, and the GALA Choruses, and in October 2016, she was a. . He has collaborated with Marin Alsop, the Ann Arbor Symphony, the Apple Hill String Quartet, and the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble. She has performed at the Kennedy Center, Walt Disney Concert Hall, REDCAT, and numerous other venues within the US and abroad. Waldon Middle School. He completed his bachelors degree at Oberlin Conservatory, and his masters of music at Bard College. Evan Shaw Johnson (b. I volunteered in a small health center and realized I wanted to become a nurse. Dan Temkin He is a 2012 graduate of Leadership San Francisco, where he serves as an alumni advisor. After recovering from a serious wrist injury and winning the Alice Nelson Music Competition in 1995 on the bass, she orchestrated her own bass and piano piece for the San Luis Obispo Symphony, launching her career as a composer and bass soloist. Luk Janata (b. DAVID GROSS . The program, culminated in a virtual concert and three-part conversation series with Cliburn medalist Daniel, Hsu, renowned flutist Kelly Zimba and Grammy Award-winning band, recently, he founded the Sinfonietta Project at Bard College; an ensemble focused on performing. in composition from Northwestern University. Notareschis music has been performed in the United States, Europe, and South America by groups as diverse as the Spektral Quartet, the Sacred and Profane Chamber Chorus, the Duo Montagnard, The Playground Ensemble, the Boulder Symphony, and the former Ensemble Eleven. Office Staff - Walden Middle School Terry received his Doctorate in Musical Arts from Stony Brook University in 2008, studying under trombonists Ray Anderson and Michael Powell, as well as outside of school studies with trombonists Steve Turre and Vincent Gardener. These include a soundscape ecology internship with the Anchorage Museum, operation of a gluten free pasta business, private clarinet instruction and guest instruction with the Anchorage School District and University of Alaska. Her growing family includes a newly restored 19th-century oboe and English horn, 2-key baroque oboes and a baroque oboe damore, an 8-key Classical oboe, a modern oboe, a baroque alto recorder, and a 3D-printed Renaissance cornetto. He has experience composing chamber music, vocal music and recently premiered a concerto for guitar and orchestra with local guitarist David Tutmark and the Tillikum Chamber Orchestra. She lives in Dublin with her children and a small leopard gecko (even though she dislikes reptiles). Middle School Walden School In the summer of 2016, Nina attended Middle Tennessee State Universitys Governors School for the Arts (GSFTA), learning classical voice and has been involved in the Tennessee All-state and Mid-state choirs since middle school. In her spare time Emi enjoys collecting instruments. Calling all students and parents! As a singer, she holds a mezzo-soprano position at St James Church and has collaborated with many choirs including Medieval Womens Choir, Emerald Ensemble, Mgi Ensemble, Vox Anima, and St James Cathedral Cantorei. Sammi is passionate about learning and teaching music, going on hikes, and knowing which birds are which. Monadnock more than thirty times. Grit. Composer and electric guitarist D. J. Sparr, who Gramophone recently hailed as exemplary, is one of Americas preeminent composer-performers. Theo Trevisan (b. . 3109 Mt. Recent projects include: Solitude for soprano Arwen Myers; Ten full moons for Northwest Art Song; Wie der Katz mit der Maus for fEARnoMUSIC; Growing for Portland Piano International; as well as a recording project of her work Only in falling with Resonance Ensemble. The Los Angeles Times praises him as an excellent soloist, and the Santa Cruz Sentinel says that he wowed an enthusiastic audienceSparrs guitar sang in a near-human voice. He was the electric guitar concerto soloist on the 2018 GRAMMY award-winning, all-Kenneth Fuchs recording with JoAnn Falletta and the London Symphony Orchestra. I attended Simmons College and received my BSN and started working in critical care in Boston, MA. Her compositions have been performed by Juilliard Double Visions, Hub New Music, Corvid Ensemble, Deixis Ensemble, Les Chanterelles, and Warp Trio, and her own recitals at Oberlin and Juilliard. My husband and I and our three daughters have been living in NH for 5 years along with our 3 horses, mammoth mule, many chickens, 3 dogs, 2 cats, 6 goats, and 8 donkeys. Their work has been called highly original and wonderfully fun. Montana Rogers Beatrice Jindra (603) 563-8212, She has performed in a number of settings including with the campuss Jazz Ensemble and Chorus, as well as with the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus for the Blossom Musical Festival and Winter Seasons. Erica Ball As a critic, her writings have been published on the arts blog ArtsNash and she has been featured on the radio at WXNA Nashville. For more information, please visit, is a conductor, clarinetist and entrepreneur. He is thrilled to be on faculty this summer! Having taught classroom music in both Los Angeles Unified and New York City Schools, she is currently teaching private and group bass at the Lucy Moses School, Bloomingdale School of Music, and the Thurnauer Music School, where she is also the Head of Theory and Ear Training. She also holds degrees from Butler University and The College of Wooster. Luke also works for the Texas Tech String Project. Walden recognizes that Middle School students are in transition. We offer academic support programs for students who learn differently and have a magnified focus on diversity, partnerships with families, global . She has been featured on NPR with world-folk band Primero Sueo, and performs with a wide range of ensembles including Wild Up, Synchromy New Music Collective, Vitamin String Quartet, and is the concertmaster of Bridge to Everywhere. Who we are A K-12 Independent School located in the heart of St. Matthews, Kentucky. Her other pursuits include performing as a singer and pianist, and making noise on her laptop and accordion. Colin has strong opinions about salt and pepper, encourages everyone to drink more water and highly recommends Maggie Nelsons The Argonauts. His works and guitar performances appear on Naxos, Innova Recordings, and Centaur Records. Theos music has been performed by a wide variety of ensembles and collaborators, including the International Contemporary Ensemble, Mivos Quartet, Antioch Chamber Ensemble, the Walden School Players, Harmonium Choral Society, Princeton University Glee Club and Chamber Choir, Princeton Laptop Orchestra (PLOrk), DJ Sparr, David Friend, Matthew Gold, and Soo Yeon Lyuh. "It's not just like we have, 'alright. This school has 1 courtyard and a garden. Holmes. 630 Essex Ct., Deerfield, IL 60015. Chris began his cello studies at the age of five in British Columbia, Canada, where he would later win first place in the strings category of the Canadian Music Competition. with Resonance Ensemble. They are currently working toward an MFA in interdisciplinary arts at Simon Fraser University. Seth received his B.A., with degrees in Music and Political Science, from Swarthmore College, where he served as President of the Colleges Alumni Association. He is currently pursuing his Masters in composition at USC Thornton, where he studies with Ted Hearne. Brett Schriewer is the Principal at Walden Middle School. In addition to his composition work, Evan is active as a theatre arranger, orchestrator, and copyist. Her music has been programmed across the United States including at New Yorks Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, Merkin Hall, Bargemusic, and National Sawdust, as well as further afield at the Long Leaf Opera Festival (NC), Carlsbad Music Festival (CA), Bennington Chamber Music Conference (VT), Jordan Hall (Boston, MA), Cambridge Music Festival (UK), and Tokyo Opera City (Japan). The PNW BOCES Intensive Therapeutic Support Program (ITSP) for Secondary students is for students in grades 7-12 needing a temporary placement while transitioning to or from an alternate school placement such as a hospital, out-of-district placement, or home instruction. An aspiring public school music educator, he is working towards his New York State K-12 music education license and advanced certificate in music education at Brooklyn College. Faculty & Staff Our talented team who loves music In addition to their many talents, the faculty and staff of the Walden School are trained in performance, composition, conducting, theory and pedagogy. in composition from the University of Michigan and a D.M.A. His sound art installations combine DIY electronics, embedded technologies, and spatial sound have been featured around the world including at the AmericanAcademy in Rome and New York University. YEAR-ROUND ADMINISTRATION Caroline Mallonee Elizabeth Susskind Noah Mlotek Sammi Stone Seth Brenzel SUMMER FACULTY & STAFF Alex Christie Middle School - Park Hill School District. 1997) is a composer, violist, dancer, and visual artist with a BA in Music from Brown University. He received an M.B.A. from the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, with a focus in non-profit management and marketing; he has also served on the Haas Schools Development Council. Karissa Ulrich: I grew up in Gloucester, MA, and have lived all over the country. Holmes. She is also an accomplished baroque violinist, and has played with Jeannette Sorrell and members of Apollos Fire. She came to the United States in 2003 for graduate studies in composition with Robert Cuckson at Mannes school of Music and continued her studies with Lee Hyla at New England Conservatory, where she earned her doctorate in 2011. In 2019, she joined the faculty of DePaul University as Assistant Professor of Composition and Musicianship. Alex is the founder and co-curator of the multidisciplinary arts series SOLOS (Charlottesville, VA) and the program coordinator for Synths for Beginners, a creative workshop series that provides free arts education and music equipment to Charlottesville youth. His work has received recognition from numerous institutions, including ASCAP, The San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and the The Music Teachers National Association. Staff Directory; Partner with Park Hill. His compositions have many influences, including the Renaissance, algorithms, minimalism, and memes, and he primarily draws from 20th-21st century repertoire for voice. Administration. Jed McGiffin Joshua Clampitt Gena Jones, Principal. You can hear Terry as a trombonist on Oliver Lakes latest big band album titled Wheels, Elliot Sharps 2016 Aggregat album called Dilectrical, an NPR filming of David Murrays Cuban Ensemble, and congahead.com performances with Chias Dance Party at LP founder Martin Cohens home. As a singer, Paul has sung in the Wooster Chorus and was provided the opportunity to sing with Cleveland Orchestra Chorus during their Holiday Concerts the past two years, and in the Blossom Festival Chorus last summer. Brian Fancher is a music educator and vocalist residing in Waite Hill, Ohio. Staff Directory - Park Hill School District Walden Middle School's stakeholders include students, staff, community members, district administration and more. Anna Bridgers English Language Arts & Algebra Teacher. Her works have been premiered by the May Festival Youth Chorus, Hub New Music, Quince Ensemble, and Splinter Reeds, amongst other ensembles. Bill Stevens Hertzs compositions have been heard around the United States and abroad, having been recently programmed by the GAIDA Festival (Lithuania), Aries Composers Festival, Midwest Composers Symposium, PASIC, Nief Norf Summer Festival, Atlantic Music Festival, the Dynamic Music Festival, Bard Colleges Music Alive series and the Deer Valley Music Festival. ), napping, and spending time with her beloved sister. Colin is a proud student of Richard Hawkins, Tim Weiss, James Bagwell, Kai-Yun Lu and Craig, Hay. In the fall, Luke will be entering his Senior year at Texas Tech University, where he majors in Music Education. Lila Meretzky is a composer, educator, and visual artist born and raised in New York City. Most notably would be his work with The Walden School Young Musicians Program as a faculty member, composition forum moderator, band leader, jazz and free improvisation instructor, coach for singer/songwriters, choral singer, and creative musical contributor on trombone and drums. Born in Canton, Ohio and raised in Stillwater, Oklahoma, Notareschi is a professor of music at Regis University and a summer faculty member of, The Walden School Creative Musicians Retreat, . Elizas music, described as delicate, haunting, and introspective by Symphony Magazine, is frequently intertextual, opening dialogues with pre-existing pieces of music, historical styles, field recordings, non-musical artworks, and other artifacts. About Us. Congress and Walden Earn State Counseling Award. Furthermore, she has had an amazing time partaking in high school, college, and extracurricular a cappella groups (both SATB and SSAA). Michael is also an active music teacher, pianist, violinist, and conductor. She first came to Walden as a student when she was 12 and has hiked Mt. Among her original works are Jewish and Judeo-Christian music, secular pieces with improvisatory elements, and frequent settings with string obbligato parts. Kitties music has been commissioned and performed by International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), Ensemble Dal Niente, Splinter Reeds, Popebama, and Warp Trio. William Hawkins (b. Noah Mlotek has been associated with The Walden School for 20 years, first as a student at the Young Musicians Program, then as a summer staff member, and now as a full-time member of Waldens administrative staff. She partakes in many vocal and instrumental ensembles, and is eager to share her knowledge of music as a teacher in the near future. Recent and ongoing collaborations include new works for Sandbox Percussion, Unheard-of//Ensemble, icarus Quartet, Omer Quartet, and the Yale Philharmonia, and for the dance companies New Dialect, X-Contemporary Dance, and the Nashville Ballet. Pamela Layman Quist Samuel Lord Kalcheim (he/him) composes in a variety of styles, old and new, and is dedicated to writing music both emotionally and intellectually satisfying, balancing tender lyricism with tight and complex formal architecture. Stacey Bentley 7th Grade Teacher Class of 2024. . with world-folk band Primero Sueo, and performs with a wide range of ensembles including Wild Up, Synchromy New Music Collective, Vitamin String Quartet, and is the concertmaster of Bridge to Everywhere. Michael Gilberston Her love and focus in music is centered in improvisation and songwriting collaboration. Ted has continued offering workshops around the world onmachine learning and creativity including at the University of Pennsylvania, Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) at Stanford University, and Music Hackspace in London. He has taught piano and music education at the Willow Creek Academy, Mid Peninsula Music Academy, and the California Conservatory of Music. Julia Swift Saul Described as frankly unsafe by icareifyoulisten.com, performances on his custom, large-scale software instrument for live sound processing and synthesis, enables animprovisational voice rooted in free jazz, noise music, and musique concrte. Chris enjoys a broad range of quality music but is befuddled by Elizas love for Bad Bunny. Building on an expertise in 18th and 19th c. styles and forms, Samuel writes expressive new music for todays sensibilities. Ann Callaway He is a member of the Magnificent Marching Machine at Morgan State University under the direction of Mr. Melvin N. Miles Jr. Art is a member of Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity.

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