Sharon Fike,
President
Ashlee Cribb,
Symphony Orchestra Coordinator
String Orchestra Coordinator
Secretary
Debbie Killingsworth & Michele Daniels,
Dean of Students
(symphony orchestra)
Caron
Gindi,
Dean of Students (string orchestra)
Facilities/Logistics Manager (symphony
orchestra)
Facilities/Logistics Manager (string
orchestra)
Librarian
(symphony orchestra)
Librarian (string orchestra)
Snack Coordinator (symphony orchestra)
Snack Coordinator (string orchestra)
Travel Coordinator (string & symphony
orchestras)
Ellen Banerjee,
Treasurer
Administrator
Rehearsal/Concert Coordinator
Photographers
Theory Program Administrator
Tori Compton,
Theory Program
Merchandise/CD Coordinator
Chamber Ensemble Administration
Gala Chairperson
Program Design/Printing Coordinators
Marketing/Advertising Sales
Stanford Thompson,
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Dr. Marilyn
Seelman - Symphony Orchestra
Dr.
Marilyn Seelman is Assistant Professor of String Education at
Georgia State University. She received her Doctorate of Musical Arts
in Conducting at the University of Miami-Coral Gables and her Master
of Music in Viola from Boston University. Under her leadership, MYSO
has performed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, New York’s Carnegie Hall,
Piccolo Spoleto in Charleston, the Mid-West Band and Orchestra Clinic
in Chicago, Spivey Hall and at the Georgia Music Educators’ Conference
in Savannah.
Dr. Seelman has
held the position of Director of Orchestras and violist at Trinity
University in San Antonio, Texas, the University of New
Mexico-Albuquerque and Georgia State University. She has performed
with the San Antonio Symphony, The Florida Philharmonic, the New
Mexico Symphony and numerous other musical organizations.
She has served as a
Georgia All-State Conductor and East Tennessee All-State Conductor,
been a faculty member at the Interlochen Arts Camp and is listed in
the International Who’s Who in Music. She has presented viola master
classes at Vanderbilt University and at the 2005 American String
Teachers Association with NSOA National Convention in Reno, Nevada and
presented a session on viola pedagogy at the 2004 ASTA with NSOA
Convention in Dallas. She serves as President of the Georgia chapter
of this organization.
Dr. Seelman
maintains an active viola studio, adjudicates festivals throughout the
United States and shares her love of music with her husband, teacher
and percussionist, Butch Sievers.
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Mr. Carl Reike -
String Orchestra
Mr. Carl Rieke graduated from
St. Olaf College (Northfield, Minnesota) in 1997 receiving his
Bachelor of Arts in Music Education. He received his Masters Degree
in Instrumental Conducting from Georgia State University in 2003.
Mr. Rieke has served as the music director at the Red
Wing Theater Company in Red Wing, Minnesota. He has also performed
with a variety of orchestras, including the Mankato Symphony
Orchestra, the Owatonna Chamber Orchestra, the New Ulm Civic
Orchestra, and the Southern Crescent Orchestra where he served as
concertmaster for one year. He is currently an assistant conductor
with the Southern Crescent Symphony Orchestra.
From 1999 until 2006, Mr. Rieke was Director of
Orchestras at Shiloh High School in Gwinnett County. While teaching
in Gwinnett, he was the co-conductor of the Gwinnett County Youth
Symphony for six years. Under Mr. Rieke’s direction, the Shiloh High
School Chamber Orchestra and Gwinnett County Youth Symphony were
chosen to perform at the Georgia Music Educator’s Association state
conference. Mr. Rieke currently teaches at Ola Middle School in Henry
County.
Mr. Rieke has had the privilege to conduct during many
orchestra camps and clinics, including the Encore music camp in
Atlanta, the University of Georgia Music Camp, the ASTA summer camp,
the Gwinnett Tapestry Festival, The Clayton County Honor Clinic and
the New Ulm, MN Suzuki Pops camp.
Mr. Rieke has served as Secretary for the Georgia
Chapter of the American String Teachers Association (ASTA). He also
serves as an adjudicator at orchestra festivals and competitions
around metro-Atlanta. Mr. Rieke has been an All-State Orchestra
organizing chair since 2001 and has been elected to serve as the
Georgia Music Educator’s Association Orchestra division chair
beginning this fall.
Mr. Rieke resides in Stockbridge, Georgia, with his
wife Stacy and son, David.
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Mrs. Nicole
Thompson - String Orchestra
Mrs.
Nicole Thompson presently serves as conductor of the String
Orchestra with the Metropolitan Youth Symphony Orchestras of Atlanta.
Her passion is working with young string players, and she also serves
as Director of Orchestras at Taylor Road Middle School in Alpharetta,
Georgia. Under her direction, the TRMS Orchestras have consistently
earned superior ratings on GMEA performance evaluations and in January
2006, they were selected to perform at the GMEA Conference in
Savannah, GA. Additionally, Mrs. Thompson serves as coordinator for
the Georgia Middle School All-State Orchestra.
Mrs. Thompson began her study of the violin at the
age of eleven. At the age of fifteen, she was accepted into the violin
section of the Cobb Symphony Orchestra, a position she held for 10
years. Mrs. Thompson earned her Bachelor of Music Education Degree at
Georgia State University. She earned her Master of Music Education
Degree and Specialist of Music Education Degree at the University of
Georgia.
Mrs. Thompson began her teaching career in 1996 at
Faith Lutheran School in Marietta, Georgia. She has conducted
orchestras at the Georgia Music Educators’ Conference in Savannah,
Georgia and American String Teachers Association conferences in
Dallas, Texas and Reno, Nevada. Mrs. Thompson has also taught seminars
in Budapest, Hungary, as well as being an active clinician throughout
the Metropolitan Atlanta area.
Mrs. Thompson has maintained an active performing
career as well. She has a private violin studio, plays violin full
time with Mount Paran, and is a freelance violinist. Her professional
affiliations include MENC, ASTA, and GMEA.
Mrs. Thompson resides in Alpharetta, Georgia with
her husband Bill and their dog Max. Her hobbies include hiking,
biking, running, and traveling.
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Ms. Alexandria Rice
- Chamber Ensembles & Music Theory Program
Alexandria
Rice began her serious study of the cello with Alice Williams at
the Georgia Academy of Music and through the orchestral programs at
Dickerson Middle School and Walton High School in the metro Atlanta
area. Her studies continued with Dr. David Starkweather at the
University of Georgia, Michael Reynolds of the Muir Quartet at Boston
University, and Christopher Rex, principal cellist of the Atlanta
Symphony. She has performed in master classes for cellists Steven
Isserlis, Paul Tobias, William De Rosa, Antonio Del Claro, Sharon
Robinson, and Bernard Greenhouse. Her studies in chamber music have
been with Leslie Parnas, Bayla Keyes, Maria Clodes, Mark Cedel, and
Levon Ambartsumian.
Ms. Rice earned her Bachelor of Music degree in
cello performance from the University of Georgia, and her Masters of
Music degree in string performance from Boston University.
Ms. Rice was the winner of the National School
Orchestra Award, the Director’s Award of Excellence at the University
of Georgia, and the Georgia Cello Society’s Young Artist Competition.
She has performed throughout the United States, into
South America, and Italy. She has won scholarships to music festivals
throughout the country, including the Monterrey Festival at Pebble
Beach, California, the Garth Newell Music Festival in Virginia, and
the Southeastern Music Festival in Georgia. She was resident principal
cellist of the Londrina Symphony Orchestra in Brazil and toured Italy
as a member of the University of Georgia Chamber Orchestra. She has
played as a member of orchestras within the Atlanta area and Boston,
including the Boston Chamber Orchestra. Currently, Ms. Rice is
principal cellist for the DeKalb Symphony and performs with regional
orchestras throughout the Southeast. In June 2006 Ms. Rice performed
the Saint-Saens Cello Concerto No. 1 with the DeKalb Symphony.
She has recorded two discs as a member of the ARCO
Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Levon Ambartsumian.
While continuing to pursue her performing career,
Ms. Rice has been able to devote time to teaching young cellists from
beginning to advanced levels. Her students have won and have placed as
finalists in local competitions and consistently place high in
all-state orchestra auditions. Ms. Rice, a former teacher at the Duke
University String School, maintains a private studio in her home and
at the Georgia Academy of Music. She is also on the faculty at Georgia
Perimeter College, Clarkston Campus.
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