David Effron's numerous recordings include a Grammy-winning recording of Aaron Copland's A Lincoln Portrait. Professor Effron has conducted major orchestras in Canada, Taiwan, Korea, Europe, Israel, Mexico, and the United States. He served as head of the Merola Program in San Francisco and artistic director of the Central City Opera in Colorado. He is a former faculty member of the Curtis Institute of Music (1970-1977), and the former head of the orchestra program at the Eastman School of Music (1977-1998).   Biography >>

Arthur Fagen was the music director of the Dortmund Philharmonic Orchestra and the Dortmund Opera from 2002 to 2007. For the 2008-2009 season, Fagen is the principal guest conductor of the Haydn Orchestra in Bolzano, Italy. He has conducted in opera houses throughout the U.S. and Europe. He has recorded for BMG, Bayerischer Rundfunk, SFB and WDR Cologne and records regularly for Naxos, for whom he has completed the six symphonies of Bohuslav Martinu.   Biography >>