Richard Rosenberg, Artistic Director
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…
Caitlin Patton, Executive Director
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…
Thomas Parchman, Director of Operations
Thomas Parchman studied with the finest clarinet faculty in the country, including Robert Marcellus, Clark Brody and Larry Combs. As a member of the Chicago Civic Orchestra, he had weekly sectionals with members of the Chicago Civic Orchestra section, as well as masterclasses. Mr. Parchman’s first full-time orchestra position was as bass clarinet for the Orquesta Sinfonica de Xalapa, Mexico. One of the oldest orchestras in Mexico, it performed 42 weeks a year mostly programs of large symphonic works, broadcast nationally. The orchestra toured nationally and made several recordings. After a short time in the orchestra, he was promoted to assistant principal and bass clarinet. He then became a member of the Long Beach Symphony and the Long Beach Grand Opera. During this time he was accepted into the doctoral program at the University of Southern California, where he studied clarinet with Mitchell Lurie and saxophone with Douglas Masek.
Prof. Parchman moved to Maine in 1984 as a result of a joint search between the University of Southern Maine and the Portland Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Parchman holds the rank of Professor at USM, and has been the principal clarinetist with the orchestra since his arrival. As principal clarinet, he has performed the concerti by Mozart, Copland, Krommer, Brahms/Berio’s opus 120, and Bassi’s Rigoletto Fantasy. Dr. Parchman also holds the bass/3rd clarinet position with the Rhode Island Philharmonic, and is a member of the Opera North, Green Mountain Opera and Opera Maine. Dr. Parchman is active in developing music in the Portland community, taking part in joint projects between the Portland Symphony and Portland schools, performing in ensemble concerts, and giving demonstrations, clinics and master classes. His students are active performers and teachers in their communities, ranging from teaching in the schools of northern Maine to playing in the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Alan Rothschild, Piano Technician
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.
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.
Hallie Pike, Administrative Coordinator
Hallie Pike is a first year master of music in clarinet performance student at the School of Music at the University of Maryland, College Park. Hallie is also the community engagement graduate assistant for the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. She is from Jay, Maine, and holds a bachelor’s degree in clarinet performance from the University of Southern Maine. Hallie has played in numerous chamber ensembles, ranging from trios to dectets, all around Maine and beyond. Currently, she works as the operations coordinator for the Portland (ME) Symphony Orchestra, as well as the administrative coordinator for the National Music Festival in Chestertown, Maryland. She has also held a position on the Portland Chamber Music Festival board, serving as a voice for music students in Maine. Hallie is a student of Professor Robert DiLutis, and her past instructors include Dr. Thomas Parchman and Karen Beacham.
Cecilia DuQuette, Box Office Manager
Cecelia DuQuette is a clarinetist, music teacher, and arts administrator. She graduated from the University of South Florida in 2023 with a Bachelors in Music Education and a Minor in Psychology, Magna Cum Laude, and Honors College. She served as an Arts Administration Apprentice at the National Music Festival for two seasons and returns as Box Office Manager in 2024.
