Victor Yampolsky

Carol F. and Arthur L. Rice Jr. University Professor in Music Performance, Conducting and Ensembles

vyampolsky@northwestern.edu - 847-491-4755

Director of orchestras. Music Director: Peninsula Music Festival. Honorary director, Scotia Festival of Music, Music director Emeritus and Principal Guest Conductor: Omaha Symphony Orchestra. Guest conducting appearances throughout the United States and abroad. Member, Conducting Continuum Committee, American Symphony Orchestra League. Recordings on Pyramid and Kiwi-Pacific labels. Formerly assistant concertmaster and assistant conductor: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, and principal second violin: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Honorary Doctor of Letters: University of Nebraska at Omaha. Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts: Doane College, Crete, Nebraska.

Jay Alan Yim

Associate Professor, Composition

jaymar@northwestern.edu - 847-467-2030
PhD, Harvard University
Recent Activity

Coordinator, Composition program. Internationally recognized composer. Kennedy Center/Friedheim award, three BMI and two ASCAP awards, Tanglewood and Aspen fellowships, Guggenheim and NEA fellowships, and three Illinois Arts Council fellowships. Composer/fellow (1995-96), Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Works commissioned and performed by Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Orchestre National de Lyon, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Korean Broadcast Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra, Nederlands Radio Filharmonisch, Residentie Orkest Den Haag, London Sinfonietta, Nieuw Ensemble, Ensemble SurPlus, New Music Consort, Isaac Stern, Yo-Yo Ma, Yefim Bronfman, Ian Pace, Frances-Marie Uitti. Festival performances at Tanglewood, Almeida, ISCM World Music Days, Darmstadt, Wien Modern, Gaudeamus, Ars Musica, Sendai, Huddersfield, ICMC. Works recorded by Arditti Quartet, Duo Contexto. Listed in New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Co-founder of "localStyle" digital media collaborative, with museum installations in USA and Europe. For more information, visit his personal web site.

Susan Young

Lecturer, Music Education

susan-young@northwestern.edu
MMus, Amercian Conservatory of Music; CAS in Administration, National-Louis University

Specialist in elementary and middle school choral and general music.  Conducting studies with John Paynter, William Ballard, David B. Larsen, Fred Waring, Tom Hilbish, and Jack Boyd, among others.  Piano studies with Wanda Paul, Bruno Glade, and William Browning. Currently Choirmaster of the Evanston Symphony Festival Chorus, Founder and Director "Y'All Come Choir" Northbrook, IL. Recipient of the Mary E. Hoffman Award for Excellence in music teaching from IMEA. Former member of ISBE Fine Arts Advisory Panel and Advisory Committee on Professional Standards. Guest lecturer in Middle School Choral Methods at Roosevelt University and North Park University. Member of MENC, IMEA, and ACDA; many "Who's Who" inclusions. NCESC Award for Innovative use of Technology in the classroom. Over 30 years exemplary teaching experience in Middle School Music Education (Choral/Vocal).