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Biographies

Administration

Jane Bakken Klaviter
Founder
Artistic and Executive Director
Timothy Palladino
Administrative Director
Eva Hess Thaysen
Co-Artistic and Executive Director
* In memoriam

Board of Directors

John H. Haley
President
Mark Elyn
Vice President
Jane Upton
Treasurer
Dr. Eileen Camasso
Fran Marley Feinberg
Karl Firmbach
David Holloway
Rolf Liebergesell*
Lena Marley*
* In memoriam

Advisory Committee

Licia Albanese*
John Ardoin*
Roberto Benaglio*
Ellen Faull*
Judith Haddon
Håkan Hagegård
Barbara Hocher
Dimitri Kavrakos
Alfredo Kraus*
David Lloyd*
Anna Moffo*
Edoardo Müller
Leo Nucci
Deborah Voigt
Ruth Welting*
Paul Plishka
Juan Pons
Nicola Rescigno*
Gianna Rolandi*
Lee Schaenen*
Frederica von Stade
* In memoriam

Faculty

Stefano Fantini
Jane Bakken Klaviter
Founder
Artistic and Executive Director
Maria Giallombardo
Katherine Ciesinski
Joshua Greene
Ulla Casalini
Leonardo De Lisi
Eva Hess Thaysen
Co-Artistic and Executive Director
Stephen West
* In memoriam

Guest Lecturers

Dr. Youngnan Jenny Cho
Dr. Anthony F. Jahn
* In memoriam

Past Lecturers

Jane Bakken Klaviter
Founder
Artistic and Executive Director
John H. Haley
President
Mark Elyn
Vice President
John Ardoin*
Dr. Youngnan Jenny Cho
Dr. Anthony F. Jahn
John Alcorn
William Ashbrook
Victor Callegari
Corradina Caporello
John Frederick Cone
Will Crutchfield
Gildo Di Nunzio
Jean Druesedow
Ursula Eggers
John Fisher
Robert Friedman
Philip Gossett
Henry Grossi*
Stephen Herx*
Harry Jensen
Luke Jensen
E.J. Johnson
Gayletha Nichols
Mary Jane Philips-Matz*
Joseph Rescigno
Richard Woitach
Tomer Zvulun
* In memoriam

Honorees

Licia Albanese*
Risë Stevens*
* In memoriam
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