Jan 27, 2016 | Alumni Spotlight
“Looking back over my development as a musician, my summer at National Repertory Orchestra in 1992 was pivotal in helping me make the leap from student to professional musician. It was amazing playing with such a consistently high caliber ensemble and being immersed...
Jan 26, 2016 | Alumni Spotlight
Toru Tagawa attended the NRO as a violinist in 2001. After his summer in Breckenridge, he won a job with the Arkansas Symphony, where he played in a String Quartet with several other NRO alumni. In the summer of 2007, Mr. Tagawa worked as the Ensemble Manager at...
Jan 21, 2016 | Alumni Spotlight
Andrew Raciti was a member of the NRO in 1996, and principal in 1997. After getting his masters degree at Rice University under the tutelage of Paul Ellison, Andy won a position as Associate Principal Bass with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in Australia. In 2006 he...
Jan 20, 2016 | Alumni Spotlight
An alumna of the NRO when it was the Colorado Philharmonic located in Evergreen, CO, Carole Whitney was a member of the cello section in 1974. Already a student at Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, she had carved out a dream to have a job as a member...
Jan 18, 2016 | Alumni Spotlight
Richard Deane is the newly appointed Associate Principal Horn of the New York Philharmonic, joining that orchestra in the fall of 2014 after 28 years as Third Horn of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. While in Atlanta, Richard participated in almost 100 recordings with...