Daniel Cataneo: Rhythm and Performance, Pianist, The Juilliard School

Mr. Cataneo is an international clinician in Dalcroze Eurhythmics and its relationship to performance. He is a frequent recitalist, guest piano soloist throughout U.S., Europe, and Asia; a musical consultant, Viking Penguin Press; Artistic director, the Cape May Institute, Cape May, NJ; Executive director, the Robert Abramson Dalcroze Institute of Music; Co-founder, the Northern New Jersey Conservatory, 1989. Former faculty, Manhattan School of Music, 1985-89. Current faculty member at Temple U. and the Dalcroze Institute at Juilliard. He holds a B.M. and M.M. in piano from the Manhattan School of Music; M.Ed., Ph.D. studies, Columbia U; Dalcroze license, Manhattan Dalcroze Institute, with Robert Abramson. He has studied piano with Robert Goldsand, composition with David Diamond and Ludmilla Ulehla, harmony and analysis with Saul Braverman and conducting with George Manahan and Dino Anagnost.

Bradley Mansell, cellist, Nashville Symphony

Bradley Mansell, cellist, is a member of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra and serves on the faculty of the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University. He has performed numerous solo and chamber music recitals throughout the United States and Europe and as a member of the Nashville Symphony has recorded for Naxos, Sony Classics and Decca recording labels. In 1995 he performed the premier of Aurora for solo cello by Nashville composer Lee Gannon as well as Gannon’s  Sonata for Cello and Piano, which was commissioned by the Tennessee Music Teachers Association and dedicated to him. He received his Bachelor of Music degree from the Dana School of Music at Youngstown State University and a Master of Music degree from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. .His principal teachers have included Michael Gelfand, Lee Fiser and Zara Nelsova. He has served as an adjudicator for the Music Teachers National Association and the American String Teachers Association.

Brian Luce, Assistant Professor of Flute, University of Arizona

An Arizona native, Brian Luce is the Artist/Teacher of Flute at The University of Arizona where he also coordinates the activities of the National Flute Association Library. Dr. Luce has performed as principal flute of the Champaign-Urbana, Midland-Odessa, and Johnstown symphony orchestras. In addition, he has performed with the Dallas Chamber Orchestra, Dallas Bach Society, Keystone Wind Ensemble and the Dallas Wind Symphony. As a performing artist, he has appeared at the National Flute Association’s Atlanta, Dallas, Las Vegas, San Diego, and Albuquerque conventions. He has also performed throughout the US and Europe including British Flute Society, Arizona Flute Society, Tucson Flute Club, Texas Flute Society, Las Vegas Flute Club, Florida Flute Association, Mid-South Flute Society, and Flute Society of St. Louis festivals. His performances have been broadcast in Arkansas, Illinois, Texas, and Michigan. He has previously held artist/teacher positions in Illinois, Texas, and Pennsylvania. Brian is a prizewinner of the National Flute Association Young Artist Competition, Myrna Brown Young Artist Competition, University of North Texas Concerto Competition, Mid-South Young Artist Competition, and Kingsville International Young Artist Competition. He holds doctoral and masters degrees in flute performance from the University of North Texas, where his teachers included Mary Karen Clardy, Kathleen Chastain and Jacob Berg.

John Salmon, piano, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

John Salmon has been a member of the faculty of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro School of Music since 1989. He holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from The University of Texas at Austin; the Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School; the Solistendiplom from the Hochschule für Musik, Freiburg, Germany; and the Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Arts (philosophy) degrees from Texas Christian University. His awards include the Premio Jaén (1979), the Gina Bachauer Award from Juilliard, a fellowship from the Beethoven Foundation (known nowadays as the American Pianists Association), and prizes from the 1979 University of Maryland (William Kapell Competition) and 1984 Busoni competitions. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1954.

David Roth, General Director, Kentucky Opera

Before coming to Louisville, Mr. Roth was the Assistant Director of the Minnesota Opera and the Director of Production at the Fort Worth Opera. He has directed numerous operas including the Dallas Opera, the Opera Theater of St. Louis, Boston University's Opera Institute and the Opera in the Ozarks.