Musical Arts Youth Orchestra Music Director Thomas Loewenheim is completing his doctorate at the Indiana University School of Music, where he studied cello with Professors Janos Starker and Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi and conducting under Professor David Effron.

Mr. Loewenheim has enjoyed an international career as both soloist and chamber musician.  The recipient of numerous awards for his cello playing and his scholarship, Mr. Loewenheim also spent three years as director of the Memorial Chamber Orchestra at Memorial University in Newfoundland, Canada.

Mr. Loewenheim is also establishing an increasingly prominent reputation as a teacher.  He is currently teaching for the Indiana University String Academy and is frequently invited to give master classes around Canada, the United States, and in Israel.  More detailed information is available at http://www.cellosuite.com.

 

Tasha Warren began playing the clarinet at age 10 in Davidson, North Carolina and three years later began studies with Robert Listokin at the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, where she completed her high school education. She earned her BM and MM in clarinet performance at Indiana University in the studios of James Campbell, Eli Eban, and studied additionally with Alfred Prinz and Howard Klug. She has performed in master classes of Richard Stolzman, Gervase dePeyer, John Bruce Yeh and Michel Arrignon.

Ms. Warren is especially active as a performer of contemporary music, having performed numerous premieres of both solo clarinet and chamber music. She has performed extensively with the I.U. New Music Ensemble, Midwest Contemporary Consort and MOSAIC (piano, clarinet quartet), at June in Buffalo, Banff, and Scotia Festivals. She has recorded with the Slovak Radio Orchestra (Innova Records), Alba Records, SCI Records, I.U. New Music Ensemble, Hal Leonard Productions and CBC Radio. Her recording of David Dzubay’s Clarinet Concerto “American Midlife” with the Slovak Radio Orchestra was released in April of 2005.

Currently, Ms. Warren performs as a freelance artist and orchestral musician, maintaining a private teaching studio in Bloomington, IN. She is currently pursuing her Doctorate of Music at Indiana University and serves as Chamber Music Director for the Musical Arts Youth Orchestra and chamber music coach for New World Youth Orchestra in Indianapolis.

Jazz Program coordinator Pat Harbison
Trumpeter Pat Harbison has been a member of the Indiana University jazz faculty since 1997. His solo CD, After All, is also on the WholeTone label.  Harbison also performs with the IU Jazz Faculty and as a member of Jamey Aebersold's All-star Quintet. He travels internationally as a jazz trumpet artist and educator.  More detailed information is available at http://patharbison.com.