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Upcoming Events| Fall ASA Workshop 2011: Tango! with Michael McLean and Derek Snyder. SeeWorkshop Information for a Flyer. Scroll down for a Map to Orangewood Church and Application to the Workshop |
| Michael McLean: Based in Los Angeles, Michael McLean is an internationally noted composer, violinist, and pedagogue. On the faculty at The Colburn School of Performing Arts as a violinist and conductor, he also maintains a lively career as a composer of orchestral, chamber, and film music. He studied violin and composition at Northwestern University and film scoring at the University of Southern California. He has taught violin at the Music Insti-tute of Chicago and at Texas Christian University. Mr. McLean is a popular guest clinician at work-shops and Institutes throughout the country, and has been invited to teach and perform in Argen-tina, Singapore, and Africa. An active member of the Suzuki Association of the Americas, he has studied Suzuki pedagogy with Yuko Honda, Bar-bara Barber, and John Kendall. Mr. McLean has written over one hundred compositions and has recorded four CDs, Care to Tango?, New World, Pieces, and Kokoro. His Violin Concerto, Elements, was recorded by Brian Lewis and the London Symphony Orchestra and was released by Delos in 2006. |
| Derek Snyder began his cello studies at the age of six. He progressed smoothly until Tuesday, 17th March, 1982, when he left his cello behind the family station wagon while waiting for his Suzuki group class. Having fully recovered from the “accident,” Derek maintains an active performing schedule. He has appeared as a soloist with orchestras in both the United States and Europe, and as a chamber musi-cian has collaborated with members of some of the country’s most exciting ensembles, including the Cavani and Cleveland string quartets and the Cleve-land, Detroit, Montreal, and Baltimore symphonies. He is a founding member of The Phoenix Ensemble and cellist in the tango band The Oblivion Project, which explores the music of Astor Piazzolla. |
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