2011 FCCMS FACULTY
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Scott Gregg is currently in his 17th year with Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestra. During his tenure, the JSYO has grown from a 60 member group to the artistically robust arts education program it is today. Prior to taking his current position with the JSYO, Mr. Gregg was music director for education of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, music director for the Youth at the Beaches Arts Guild productions, associate conductor of the Goucher Symphony Orchestra, assistant conductor of the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, and staff conductor of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, as well as music director of the Bach Society Orchestra in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Mr. Gregg has conducted the Alabama All-State Symphony Orchestra, Brevard Symphony Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Richmond Philharmonic, the Orchestra National du Capitole de Toulouse, France, and the Kielce Philharmonic Orchestra in Poland, among others. He is a founding board member of the First Coast Community Music School and member of Leadership Jacksonville’s class of 2007.
A recipient of the Seiji Ozawa and Andrew Schenk Fellowships, he spent two summers at the Tanglewood Institute, studying with Maestros Seiji Ozawa, Simon Rattle, and Robert Spano, and closed the festival’s season sharing the podium with Maestro Rattle. Gregg has also been a conducting fellow at the Aspen Music Festival, and a fellow at the Conductor’s Institute in South Carolina. Mr. Gregg was a Semi-Finalist in the International Conductors’ Competition in Besançon, France and the Stokowski Conducting Competition in New York. He was one of four Americans chosen to participate in the 1997 Tokyo International Conducting Competition.
Mr. Gregg was himself a member of a youth orchestra as a student, serving as concertmaster of the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra, and made his solo debut with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra at the age of 17. As an undergraduate at Harvard College, he studied music theory and composition. He studied conducting at Baltimore’s Peabody Conservatory of Music, where he earned a master’s degree and was awarded the Christopher Percy Prize in Conducting. Concurrently, Maestro Gregg was appointed to the conducting staff of the Peabody Conservatory Symphony and Philharmonic Orchestras, as well as associate conductor of the Johns Hopkins Symphony Orchestra.
He is married to Camille Clement Gregg and the two are the proud parents of their overgrown golden retriever, Max.
Emily Knowles, a native to Jacksonville, has been performing since the age of 4. She began her studies at the age of 3 and a half with the Suzuki method. In her early teens, she began competing in various solo competitions and music festivals across the United States. She has performed for and collaborated with artists such as Andrew Lloyd Webber, Yo-Yo Ma, Hilary Hahn, Joshua Bell, Gil Shaham, Dave Brubeck, Regina Carter as well as The Tokyo String Quartet, The St. Lawrence String Quartet, The Ying String Quartet, to name a few.
She has participated in various music festivals such as Brevard Music Center, Eastman Music Seminar, Pacific Music Festival, Manchester Music Festival, and Aspen Music Festival.
Emily received her Masters degree in Violin Performance from Arizona State University and her Bachelors degree in Music Performance from Baldwin-Wallace College in Cleveland, Ohio. Her primary teachers include Danwen Jiang, Hanne-Berit Hahnemann and Ruxandra Marquardt.
Emily is a strong advocate for music education. She has experience teaching Suzuki and traditional methods as well as group and private lessons at the primary, secondary, and university levels. Emily belongs to ASTA (American String Teachers Association), OCMEA (Ohio Chapter of Music Educators), AMEA (Arizona Music Educators Association)
Michael Emmert is a multi-instrumentalist from Jacksonville, Florida. After picking up the alto saxophone at the age of 11, he decided that music would be the most important talent he could contribute to society. Michael has attended Douglas Anderson School of the Arts and the University of North Florida for high school and college, respectively. During school, he studied with/taken lessons from Bunky Green, John Ricci, Bob Sheppard, Sal Lozano, Dr. Guy Yehuda, Peter Wright, Rhonda Cassano, Laura Dwyer, Dr. Ed Jaffe, Antonio Hart, Vincent Herring, and many others. Important ensembles Michael has taken part of include Douglas Anderson’s Jazz Ensemble, UNF’s Jazz Ensemble 1(lead alto for 3 years), and the Disneyland All-American College Band. Through these groups, he has shared the stage with names such as Joe Lovano, Wycliffe Gordon, Maria Schneider, Terrance Blanchard, Vincent Herring, Carl Allen, Dave Douglas, Gordon Goodwin, Jon Faddis, Dr, Ron McCurdy, John Clayton, and many others. Michael hopes to continue studying and teaching music for many years to come.
Kenneth Williams is a member of the instrumental music faculty of the LaVilla School of the Arts, Jacksonville, Florida. He holds a BA in Music Education and an MA in conducting from The University of South Florida, and a Ph.D. in Music Education from The Florida State University.
He is beginning his 38th year as a teacher of music. He has conducted both bands and orchestras at the middle school, high school, university, and professional level. He has served on the faculties of The Florida State University and, more recently, The University of Texas at San Antonio, where he was Chair of Music Education and conductor of the UTSA Symphonic Band.
Dr. Williams serves on the Board of the Florida School Music Association, he is a longstanding member of the FBA Concert Music Committee, and is a trainer for the FBA Adjudication Recertification Program. He has, on numerous occasions, had the privilege of serving as concert adjudicator and conductor commentator at the State MPA of both the Florida Bandmasters Association and the Florida Orchestra Association. Articles by Dr. Williams can be found in the Florida Music Director magazine, the Glaesel/Selmer News Letter, the Band World magazine, the National Band Association Journal, and the Music Educators Journal. He is active as a conductor, clinician, and adjudicator.
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Melissa Barrett, Violin
Peter Dutilly, Viola
Scott Gregg, Violin/Viola
A recipient of the Seiji Ozawa and Andrew Schenk Fellowships, he spent two summers at the Tanglewood Institute, studying with Maestros Seiji Ozawa, Simon Rattle, and Robert Spano, and closed the festival’s season sharing the podium with Maestro Rattle. Gregg has also been a conducting fellow at the Aspen Music Festival, and a fellow at the Conductor’s Institute in South Carolina. Mr. Gregg was a Semi-Finalist in the International Conductors’ Competition in Besançon, France and the Stokowski Conducting Competition in New York. He was one of four Americans chosen to participate in the 1997 Tokyo International Conducting Competition.
Mr. Gregg was himself a member of a youth orchestra as a student, serving as concertmaster of the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra, and made his solo debut with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra at the age of 17. As an undergraduate at Harvard College, he studied music theory and composition. He studied conducting at Baltimore’s Peabody Conservatory of Music, where he earned a master’s degree and was awarded the Christopher Percy Prize in Conducting. Concurrently, Maestro Gregg was appointed to the conducting staff of the Peabody Conservatory Symphony and Philharmonic Orchestras, as well as associate conductor of the Johns Hopkins Symphony Orchestra.
He is married to Camille Clement Gregg and the two are the proud parents of their overgrown golden retriever, Max.
Emily Knowles, Violin
She has participated in various music festivals such as Brevard Music Center, Eastman Music Seminar, Pacific Music Festival, Manchester Music Festival, and Aspen Music Festival.
Emily received her Masters degree in Violin Performance from Arizona State University and her Bachelors degree in Music Performance from Baldwin-Wallace College in Cleveland, Ohio. Her primary teachers include Danwen Jiang, Hanne-Berit Hahnemann and Ruxandra Marquardt.
Emily is a strong advocate for music education. She has experience teaching Suzuki and traditional methods as well as group and private lessons at the primary, secondary, and university levels. Emily belongs to ASTA (American String Teachers Association), OCMEA (Ohio Chapter of Music Educators), AMEA (Arizona Music Educators Association)
Shannon Lockwood, Cello
Linda Minke, Cello
Todd Lockwood, Double Bass
Laura Dwyer, Flute
Chrystal Staples, Clarinet
Anthony Anurca, Bassoon
Michael Emmert, Saxophone
Daniel Blackburn, French Horn
Chris Dwyer, French Horn
Ken Williams, French Horn
He is beginning his 38th year as a teacher of music. He has conducted both bands and orchestras at the middle school, high school, university, and professional level. He has served on the faculties of The Florida State University and, more recently, The University of Texas at San Antonio, where he was Chair of Music Education and conductor of the UTSA Symphonic Band.
Dr. Williams serves on the Board of the Florida School Music Association, he is a longstanding member of the FBA Concert Music Committee, and is a trainer for the FBA Adjudication Recertification Program. He has, on numerous occasions, had the privilege of serving as concert adjudicator and conductor commentator at the State MPA of both the Florida Bandmasters Association and the Florida Orchestra Association. Articles by Dr. Williams can be found in the Florida Music Director magazine, the Glaesel/Selmer News Letter, the Band World magazine, the National Band Association Journal, and the Music Educators Journal. He is active as a conductor, clinician, and adjudicator.
Jay Forman, Trumpet
Chris Banks, Low Brass
Gary Donald, Percussion
Chelsea Chacon, Piano
Twila Miller, Piano/Eurhythmics
Lindsay Johnson, Piano
Sonja Prescott, Piano
Lynne Radcliffe, Piano
Aida Rubeiro, Piano
David Gall, Guitar/Classical
David Gall holds a Bachelor’s Degree, cum laude, from Jacksonville University (1978) with a double major in classical guitar and composition. He studied the renaissance lute with Donna Curry in Topanga, California.
He has composed music for theater and dance and was a performance award winner in the 1975 Delius Composition Contest. His solo guitar piece Noel has been recorded by international concert artist Stephen Robinson and his Music for Guitar Ensemble was premiered at Stetson University in 2002.
In addition to solo performances on the guitar and lute Mr. Gall has performed in recital with Maria Pena (soprano), Philip Pan (violin), Laura Dwyer (flute) and Tim Edwards (violin). He has also performed on the lute with the Jacksonville Masterworks Choral, The Chamber Music Society and the UNF Concert Choral. Presently he plays guitar in the Domra Duo with Nadia Zarembo (domra). He was a founding member of the original Riverside Guitar Quartet.
He has composed music for theater and dance and was a performance award winner in the 1975 Delius Composition Contest. His solo guitar piece Noel has been recorded by international concert artist Stephen Robinson and his Music for Guitar Ensemble was premiered at Stetson University in 2002.
In addition to solo performances on the guitar and lute Mr. Gall has performed in recital with Maria Pena (soprano), Philip Pan (violin), Laura Dwyer (flute) and Tim Edwards (violin). He has also performed on the lute with the Jacksonville Masterworks Choral, The Chamber Music Society and the UNF Concert Choral. Presently he plays guitar in the Domra Duo with Nadia Zarembo (domra). He was a founding member of the original Riverside Guitar Quartet.