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Letter to You from NRO Alumnus
Dear NRO Supporter, My name is Thomas Carpenter, and I was honored to be the principal cellist with the National Repertory Orchestra this summer. My time at this renowned festival was an extremely positive experience in my progression as an orchestral musician. It was...
Three Year Alumna Teaching and Playing in Canada
Katherine Gradojevich Manker started with the NRO as the Principal Second Violin in 1989. She returned in ’92 and ’93 to act as Concertmaster. Since then, she spent seven seasons as Associate Concertmaster with the North Carolina Symphony before moving to Montréal,...
Alumna Strives in Toledo
Laura Longman participated in the NRO in 2014, and in 2015 as assistant concertmaster. In between these summers, she auditioned for and began her current position as a core member of the Toledo Symphony Orchestra’s first violin section. Laura is a native Michigander...
Michaela Paetsch Reunites with the NRO!
Michaela Paetsch will be joining the NRO on July 7th playing Mendelssohn's Concerto in E minor for Violin & Orchestra. In the Orchestra’s days as the “Colorado Philharmonic,” sixteen-year-old Michaela Paetsch arrived in her cowboy boots as the youngest...
Meet & Greet with Miguel Harth-Bedoya
Meet NRO Guest Conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya on July 6th from 4-7pm at Arts Alive Gallery! This Emmy-award winning conductor is in his seventeenth season as Music Director of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and is Chief Conductor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra in...
Sophie Brants, Youth Pianist
Sophie Brants has been playing piano with Joyce Li in Colorado since the age of 6. In the past few years, she began to compete in numerous local and international competitions. Among her accomplishments include: 2014 1st place US International Duo Competition 2014...
Meet the NRO’s Newest Board Member
Sally Queen first encountered the magic created by the National Repertory Orchestra in 2010. As a second home owner in Breckenridge, she and her husband focused their one week visits on hiking, biking, and family picnics. They mixed it up for the July 4th concert and...
Audrey Haas, Youth Pianist
Audrey Haas is eight years old and began learning piano at an early age. By the time she was six, she was participating in local piano festivals and recitals. She most recently placed 1st at the 2017 Schmitt Music Piano Competition, Advanced Competitive Division I. ...
Principal at Mobile Symphony is NRO Alumnus
Mihai Razvan Berindean, originally from Romania, started playing violin at the age of 6, being fascinated by the sound of the violin after his brother started playing. After playing violin for 8 years, he was drawn by the beautiful deep sounds of the viola, and has...