News & Notes
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NRO Announces ’18 Marketing Fellow
Hailing from the suburbs of Chicago, the NRO is delighted to welcome Katharine Allison to Breckenridge, Colorado. This past summer and fall, she worked in the marketing department at YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park, Colorado, and Snow Mountain Ranch in Granby,...
NRO Announces ’18 Assistant Librarian
Eri Isomura is a librarian, percussionist and keyboardist based in Minneapolis. She has been working in the Minnesota Orchestra Music Library for the last six years under the direction of Paul Gunther and Maureen Conroy. In addition, she is the librarian for the...
NRO Welcomes New Development Director
Åsa Armstrong joined the National Repertory Orchestra (NRO) on December 11, 2017 as the Director of Development. Born and raised in Sweden, Åsa has called Breckenridge home for the past 26 years, where she resides with her husband Olin, and their two children Heidi...
2015 Alumnus Gets Job in Charlotte
Originally from Port Angeles, Washington, Hunter Gordon is currently Acting Section Bassoon of the Charlotte Symphony for the 2017-2018 season. He holds a Master of Music from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music and both a Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Arts...
Success for Miles Jaques
Since attending NRO in 2011, Miles Jaques was a member of the New World Symphony in Miami Beach from 2013-2016. The first time he even auditioned for NWS was during his summer in Breckenridge! After his time in Miami, he was asked to play with the Toronto Symphony...
Alumnus wins Principal Bassoon in Jacksonville
Conrad Cornelison joined the Jacksonville Symphony as Principal Bassoon in 2017, after spending two seasons with the Houston Grand Opera. Prior to his work in Houston, he held the Principal Bassoon positions with the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra and the Symphony of...
NRO Intern Gets Job with Cleveland Orchestra
Kentucky native, Carey Skinner, was raised in a musical family and began studying violin at just two years old. Falling in love with its sonorous sounds, she switched to viola at age eleven. In 2011, she joined the studio of Ivo-Jan van der Werff at Rice University...
Fall Dinner to Honor Phyllis and Gary Martinez
On October 24, the NRO will be honoring Phyllis and Gary Martinez at their annual fall dinner. Join us for this amazing evening full of good food and wine generously donated by the Blue River Bistro. Click here for tickets and more information. Phyllis and Gary...
Alumna to Debut at Grand Ole Opry
Twenty-four-year-old Mia Orosco, is a recognized classical violinist in addition to a multiple state and national fiddle champion. Mia grew up in Lorena, Texas and began studying classical violin at age 6. She soon began studying violin with Dr. Eka Gogichashvili and...