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Maia Cabezza 
Rebecca Miller, cited as one of ‘Four at the Forefront’ in The Guardian’s recent article on women conductors, has become increasingly acclaimed as an energetic and imaginative young conductor. She has been critically acclaimed for her 'new insights into old works', her innovative programming, and her broad-ranging repertoire, and has been repeatedly praised for her engaging podium manner, her energetic concert presentation skills, and her ability to relate to audiences of all ages.Miller is currently the Resident Conductor of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. From 2005-07, she was Conducting Fellow of The Houston Symphony, with whom she gave over 70 concerts ranging from education, family and community concerts to classical programmes and included her debut on the symphony’s Classical Subscription series. Miller’s recent guest conducting engagements include performances with the Williamsport Symphony Orchestra in Pennsylvania, Musiqa, Virtuosi of Houston and the American Festival of the Arts in Houston, the Manson Ensemble at the ‘Sounds New’ Festival in Canterbury (UK), The New Asiana Ensemble at the Seoul Arts Centre in Korea and The Bard Festival Chamber Players at The Bard Festival in New York. In 2006, she gave a highly-acclaimed Israeli debut on a Classical Series subscription concert with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. Since 1999, Miller has been Music Director of The New Professionals, an orchestra comprised of the foremost London artists at the start of their careers. She has led the NP in guest performances at London’s South Bank Centre, the BAC Battersea Opera Festival, and at various music societies and festivals around the UK, and has raised over $30,000 in grants for the orchestra. Their debut CD is out on the Mode Records label. Funded by a competitive grant from the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, it contains previously unrecorded works of Lou Harrison and features the Silk Road Tour’s Pipa player Wu Man and was highly acclaimed in The Times (London). Their second CD, funded again in part from a second grant from the Copland Fund, is in the making and will include the music of Pulitzer Prize winner Aaron Jay Kernis. Born in California, Miller completed her studies at Oberlin Conservatory (piano), Northwestern University (conducting), and at the Aspen Music Festival and School. She moved to London in 1999 and was the Paul Woodhouse Junior Fellow in Conducting at the Royal College of Music for two years, where she prepared orchestras for Bernard Haitink, Andrew Litton and Sir Roger Norrington and was Assistant Conductor at the Benjamin Britten International Opera School. In 2002, Miller conducted a composer portrait of Anthony Payne at the BBC Proms, and has conducted the Bamberger Symphoniker, the Berlin Kammerphilharmonie, the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, and the Kharkov Philharmonic. She has participated in Master Classes with Esa Pekka Salonen, Christoph Eschenbach, Jorma Panula, Marin Alsop, and Sir Colin Davis. As Assistant Conductor, Miller worked with the BBC Symphony Orchestra on a recording of Chausson’s ‘Le Roi Arthus’ for Telarc, at the Bard Music Festival in New York, with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, and assisted James Conlon at the Houston Grand Opera. Recently a prize-winner in the 8th Leeds Conducting Competition, Miller has been re-invited for several performances with the Houston Symphony during 2007-08 season, and is a finalist for Music Director of the Williamsport Symphony Orchestra. In October, Miller will conduct the Reno Philharmonic as a finalist in their Music Director search. Maia Cabeza, the daughter of Argentinean parents, was born in Japan in 1992 and started violin studies in Toronto at the age of 4. She had her first soloist performance with orchestra at the age of 10. Recently, she performed with the Detroit Symphony at Meadow Brook Music Festival and with the Sphinx Chamber Orchestra in two gala concerts at the Isaac Stern Auditorium of Carnegie Hall. In 2004, she was loaned an 1892 Gragnani violin by the Stradivari Society of Chicago, and in 2005, she was awarded a $25,000 fellowship from the Davidson Institute for Talent Development. Miss Cabeza has won prizes in numerous competitions, including the North Carolina Symphony Youth Competition, Edmonton Fall Festival, the Kiwanis Music Competition, the Winston Salem Youth Talent Search, and the Sphinx Competition. In addition to the Detroit Symphony and the Sphinx Chamber Orchestra, Maia has performed as a soloist with several orchestras, including Orquesta Academica del Teatro Colón, Chapel Hill Philharmonia, Duke String School Chamber Orchestra, Danville Symphony, and the Triangle Youth Philharmonic. Miss Cabeza was the concertmaster of the Triangle Youth Philharmonic for the 2005-2006 season. She has also played in numerous recitals with piano and chamber music ensembles in Canada, United States, and Argentina. Her soloist performances and recitals have received outstanding reviews, such as these ones by the online magazine Classical Voice North Carolina: “Solo violinist Maia Cabeza soared in her Mozart selections. The lovely Adagio, K.261, was remarkable in every respect” (April 2003). “[Cabeza and Tyson] offered a movement from Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 4 that was meltingly beautiful.” (November 2004). “Hers was the most exciting performance of Tzigane I have ever heard, live or on records…” (May 2005). Past violin teachers include Patinka Kopec (Manhattan School of Music), Richard Luby (UNC), and during several summers Robert Lipsett (at Encore School for Strings). Miss Cabeza was admitted to the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music at the age of 13, where she currently studies violin with Ida Kavafian and Joseph Silverstein. |
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