FACULTY: WINDS

Igor Begelman:Director, Clarinet; Artist/Clarinet Professor at North Carolina School of the Arts; Member, Aeolian Chamber Players. Winner of the 2000 Avery Fisher Career Grant, Begelman has performed recitals in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Israel and as a soloist with such orchestras as the Houston, Savannah, and New Haven Symphonies, the Odense Simfoniker and L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Has performed with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and at festivals throughout the world. Has premiered compositions by such composers as Jennifer Higdon, Ralph Shapey, Meyer Kupferman, Anton Kuerti, Elliot Schwartz, and Roland Tec. Mr. Begelman is affiliated with Astral Artistic Services, a Philadelphia nonprofit organization dedicated to guiding the careers of America's most exceptional musicians. In residence full six week session.

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Guest Artists:

Sue Heineman: Principal Bassoonist, National Symphony Orchestra; faculty, University of Maryland School of Music. She has held positions with the New Haven, Memphis, New Mexico, and New Zealand Symphony Orchestras. She has appeared as soloist with the NSO, as well as with the Kennedy Center Chamber Players.  Ms. Heineman has performed as guest Principal Bassoonist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and is a frequent soloist at conferences of the International Double Reed Society. A former member of the Aspen Wind Quintet, she has performed with the American Chamber Players, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Santa Fe Opera, and Metropolitan Opera. Ms. Heineman holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Eastman and a Master's degree from Juilliard. She also completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Rochester, and was the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship to Salzburg. Her teachers include Shirley Curtiss, David Van Hoesen, Milan Turkovic, Judith LeClair, and Stephen Maxym.  Ms. Heineman is a frequent guest clinician at conservatories and festivals throughout the US and Canada. Dates TBA.

Joshua Smith: Head, Flute Department, Cleveland Institute of Music. Has been principal flute of The Cleveland Orchestra since 1990. He received an Artist Diploma from the Curtis Institute of Music. A student of Julius Baker, Jeffrey Khaner and Frank Bowen, he has been a frequent soloist with The Cleveland Orchestra, including collaborations with Christoph von Dohnányi, Esa Pekka Salonen, Mitsuko Uchida, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Riccardo Chailly, Myung-Whun Chung and Leonard Slatkin. He is also chairman of the wind faculty at Kent/Blossom Music. As a coach and teacher, he has been asked to lead national and international master classes. He has served on the faculties of the Domaine Forget Summer Festival in Québec, the National Orchestral Institute in Maryland, and as a guest artist/coach for the New World Symphony in Florida. He regularly appears as a chamber musician and recitalist around the country and abroad, often with pianist Kathryn Brown as a duo partner. His other recent chamber collaborations include performances with soprano Lucy Shelton and pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard. He was appointed to the CIM faculty in 1990. Dates TBA.

William Caballero: Principal Horn, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; faculty, Duquesne University. Previously: Houston Symphony Orchestra, l'Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Hartford Symphony, Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Pops, the Houston Grand Opera, l'Opera de Montreal, the Opera Company of Boston, the New England Ragtime Ensemble and was an artist teacher at Carnegie Mellon and Rice University. Graduate: New England Conservatory, where he studied with Richard Mackey and Thomas Newell. Has given master classes throughout North America. Member: the artist board of the Summit Brass and performs regularly with them. As a chamber musician, he has collaborated with Joseph Silverstein, André Previn, and Christoph Eschenbach and appeared at several music festivals. He also performs regularly with the Sewickley BACHfest and the Pittsburgh Symphony Brass. Recent performances include the first horn recital in the 75-year history of the Pittsburgh Y Music Society, a recital in Boston at the Northeastern Horn Conference, performing live on NPR with Orli Shaham and Phillip Setzer, and participating in the Tokyo International Music Festival with the Super World Orchestra. Dates TBA.

Liang Wang: Principal Oboe, NY Philharmonic. In February 2008 he performed Richard Strauss's Oboe Concerto with the Orchestra in Hong Kong. Previously he was principal oboe of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Santa Fe Opera, and San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, and was guest principal oboe at the Chicago and San Francisco Symphony Orchestras. Born in Qing Dao, China, he studied at the Beijing Central Conservatory and at California's Idyllwild Arts Academy. He received his bachelor's degree from Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music, and was a fellowship recipient at the Aspen Music Festival and School and at the Music Academy of the West. He has won awards at the Spotlight Competition of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Pasadena Instrumental, Fernard Gillet International Oboe, and Tilden Prize competitions, and he has twice received the Los Angeles Philharmonic Fellowship. He has performed chamber music at the Santa Fe and Angel Fire Festivals; given master classes at the Cincinnati Conservatory; and was on the oboe faculty of the University of California–Berkeley. Dates TBA.