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Richard Rosenberg, Artistic Director

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Richard Rosenberg’s music directorships have included the Union Symphony Orchestra, Corpus Christi Symphony, the Chamber Orchestra of California, the Waterloo/Cedar Falls Symphony, Hot Springs Music Festival and the Pennsylvania Ballet. He also served on the conducting staffs of the Baltimore Symphony, the Oakland Symphony, the London Classical Players and the Aspen Music Festival, and as Acting Director of Orchestras at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. As a guest conductor, Mr. Rosenberg has performed with the Rochester Philharmonic, the Kennedy Center Opera Orchestra, Miami City Ballet, and symphony orchestras and ballet companies throughout the United States, Europe and South America. Read More…

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Caitlin Patton, Executive Director

Caitlin Patton

Caitlin Patton is a Standards for Excellence®  Licensed Consultant. She received her Master of Public Administration program at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina, where she focused her studies in Arts and Nonprofit Administration. She was the graduate assistant in the Arts Management program, where she worked on graduate student recruitment and with the Charleston Jazz Initiative. Upon her graduation, she was inducted into Pi Alpha Alpha, the national public administration honor society, and received the MPA program’s Outstanding Student Award in recognition of her 4.0 cumulative GPA and involvement in the MPA community. Read More…

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Thomas Parchman, Director of Operations

Thomas Parchman, Clarinet

Dr. Parchman holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Southern California, a Master of Music from Northwestern University,  a Bachelor’s degree in both Music Education and Performance from Southern Methodist University, and a Certificate in Non-Profit Management from the Muskie School at the University of Southern Maine.

Thomas Parchman was born in Memphis, Tennessee. His early musical training was in public school bands and youth orchestras, and his first opportunity to perform in an opera was as a member of the on-stage banda in Verdi’s Aida with the Metropolitan Opera when it toured to Memphis.  This early experience was the first of many in opera, which led to a twenty-five year association with the Spoleto Festival and the Festival dei due Mondi as both and administrator and performer.  He now is the Principal Clarinetist with Opera Maine, as well as the Orchestra Manager.  He also manages the orchestra needs for Portland Ballet, and the Conductor’s Retreat at Medomak.

In his role as a Professor of Music at the University of Southern Maine, Dr. Parchman been involved in the creation of new curricula for both the School of Music and the University at large with it’s general education program.  He was part of a team that created a new Entry Year Experience course “Musician’s Health: A Path to Peak Performance”.  This fall he is teaching a new general education course in ethics “Devils, Dwarfs, and Dragons: Anti-semiticsm in Music”.

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Alan Rothschild, Piano Technician

Alan Rothschild, Piano Maintenance

Alan Rothschild is a certified piano technician and teacher who specializes in tuning, repair and keyboard regulation. He studied at the New England Conservatory of Music and apprenticed and worked at the Tanglewood Music Festival. In addition to a plethora of private clients, his corporate clients include the Boston Conservatory of Music, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Wellesley College and Wheaton College.

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Elizabeth Adams, Strings Coordinator

Elizabeth Adams has performed throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe as violinist, violist, and pianist; in settings from solo to chamber music to orchestra. Since moving to Washington, Elizabeth has been in demand as a versatile performer, teacher, adjudicator, and clinician. As a freelance orchestral musician she performs regularly with the Richmond, Annapolis and Maryland Symphonies, Virginia and Baltimore Operas, Washington Concert Opera, the New Orchestra of Washington, and the National Philharmonic. More recently she has been accompanying and training young violinists and violists, because as a string player herself, she has a highly specialized knowledge of the literature.

She is currently on the faculty of the Peabody Preparatory in Baltimore and has a boutique private teaching studio. She coaches sectionals for the American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras (of which she is an alumna) and is the pianist for their Music Buddies mentorship program. Her students are regular prizewinners in competitions and have been accepted everywhere from the Montreal Conservatoire to Harvard, Brown, Peabody Conservatory, and the University of Maryland. Elizabeth is pleased to be returning as a mentor at National Music Festival.

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Hallie Pike, Administrative Coordinator

Jaryn Danz, Box Office Manager

Originally from Madison, Wisconsin, Jaryn Danz is currently pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Viola Performance at the Ohio State University. In addition to her interest in performing, Jaryn also enjoys the administrative side of the music; she completed a Graduate Certificate in Arts Administration while doing her Masters degree at University of Colorado Boulder and attended NMF as an Arts Administration Apprentice in 2019. Her previous work in administration has been in fundraising. Jaryn’s current musical interests lie in contemporary viola repertoire and chamber music for unexpected groupings of instruments and she likes to knit, sew, and read in her free time. Following NMF, Jaryn will be heading to Greensboro, North Carolina, to work an administrative position at the Eastern Music Festival.

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