ABOUT US

The New York Symphonic Arts Ensemble (NYSAE) was founded in 1988 by a group of musicians in order to present to the public interesting orchestral music played at the highest level by a volunteer organization. For more than 20 years, the orchestra has played a series of five concerts per season. The repertoire has spanned a wide range of the orchestral and operatic literature, including many works not ordinarily attempted by community orchestras. In addition to the standard symphonic repertoire, our concerts have featured lesser known works and contemporary compositions. Our soloists range from internationally known musicians to promising students from the local conservatories. The orchestra comprises people who come from the greater metropolitan area to share their great love of music.

Music Director

Timothy Hutto

Timothy Hutto, music director of the New York Symphonic Arts Ensemble, was recently recognized as 2nd runner up in The American Prize Competition 2012 in the The Vytautas Marijosius Memorial Award Orchestral Programming category for NYSAE's 2010-11 season, "Mahler: Aspects". Music director of the New York Symphonic Arts Ensemble since the 2007-2008 season, he made his New York conducting debut with NYSAE in 2000 and subsequently appeared annually as a guest conductor. Under his leadership NYSAE has seen both an increase in the number of orchestra members and the size of its audience.

In 2007 he made his New York musical theater debut conducting the premiere of the Puppetry Arts Theatre production of In a Round About Way. In 2009 and 2011, he conducted the premiere of the Puppetry Arts Theatre readings of songs from the new musical Anthropomorphic. Prior to coming to New York, he worked in the field of music education in Texas. A native Texan, he earned degrees from Stephen F. Austin State University, the University of North Texas, and Sam Houston State University. From 1996-97, he was music director of the Huntsville Texas Youth Orchestra. In 2000, he was a fellow at the Conductors Institute at Bard College, where his teachers included Harold Farberman and Leon Botstein.

Assistant Conductor

Thiago Tiberio

Although primarily a film composer, Thiago Tiberio has been conducting ensembles in New York for a number of years and is most active in film scoring sessions, where recording schedules require mature musicianship, clarity of expression, and accurate technique. He studied conducting with Robert Hart Baker, Yeruham Scharovsky, and Daniel Meyer, carrying forward the legacy of Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, Otto-Werner Mueller, Sir Andrew Davis, Charles Dutoit, and James Levine, among others. He has collaborated with the Manhattan Camerata, Cocoro Strings, and Symfinity, as well as other ensembles. He holds a Masters in Music Composition from New York University.

Players

Board of Directors

Violin I
Michael Nuzhny, concertmaster
Erin Brust
Sarah Capasso
Tingting Chen
Yvonne Chiang
Andrea Dovalle
Derek Hsiang
Chiyo Itoh
Jackie Kamrath
Alison Newgard
Christine Pasqueralle
Marsha Remland
David Restivo
Della Schneiderman
Kathleen Wu
Saeko Yasuda

Violin II
Suzanne Lipkin, principal
Marc Basilla
Erin Brust
Christopher Campbell
Siqi Chen
Tania Chen
Yanxi Du
Jingwen Hu
Heloise Morgan
Amy Norovich
Patricia Reilly
Samantha Rollins
France D. Rovelli
Yukako Saga
Aurelia Schoplick
Danae Schulz
Anna Sheldon
Klara Strazhnik
Sushma Subramanian
Lester Vrtiak

Viola
Josh Davidowitz, principal
Eliza Adams
Jacqueline Chang
Peter Kiral
Signe Larson
Karl Ludwig
Ryo Matsuoka
Vanessa Modzel
Jamie Monroe
Alice Odéen
Alyssa Romanova
Betsy Skinner
Rosanne VanDeMark
Heather Wallace

Cello
Brian Wagner, principal
Christina Choi
John Cockell
Shannon Gilden
Marianne Labriola
Shayne Lebron
Ed Lee
Elyse Levine
Paolo Maliksi
Yasmeen Mohammed
Max Ozey
Jennifer Schneck
Joseph Tannen
Ning Yap

Bass
Carlos Barriento
Ying Ying Chan
Nathaniel Chase
Patrick Duff
Paul Dugan
Johannes Heger
Christopher Johnson
Josh Marcum
Philip Rowan
Phil Smith
Valerie Whitney

Flute
Carole Abend
Frannie Brodeur
Craig Devereaux
Shoji Mitzumoto
Richard Parately
Betsy Smulyan

Oboe
Lynn Nack, principal
James Addison
Stacie Johnston
Rishi Magia

Clarinet
Grover Edwards, principal
Paul Allen
Joel Kolk

Saxophone
Ben Solis

Bassoon
Clark Abrams, principal
Larry Ibish
Norma Kerlin, contrabassoon

Horn
Stan Corfman, principal
Jonathan Busch
Megan Chann
Audrey Flores
Maki Hattori
Maxwell Kushner-Lenhoff
Nathan Quist
Eric Vanderlaan
Nicholas Walls

Trumpet
Marcelo Braunstein
Joseph Boga
David Kahn
Shaun Mitchell
Andy Mrozinsky
Kenneth Rodriguez
Bryan Walters
Orrin Wilson

Trombone
Robert Donnelly
Matt Eisentraut
Paul Geidel
Katie McGowan
James Reeves
Carl Reinlib
Bruce Zayde

Tuba
Brett Morrow
Larry Zaidan

Timpani
Alan Bergman

Percussion
Andrew Barlow
Mauricio de Souza
John Doing
Keren Minto
Russ Nyberg
Rachel Scarpati
Richard Stout
Thiago Tiberio

Harp
Margery Fitts
Keith Goodman
Riza Printup

President
Lynn Nack

Vice President
Marsha Remland

Secretary
Suzanne Lipkin

Treasurer
Stan Corfman

Board Members
Carole Abend
Paul Allen
Jacqueline Chang
Joshua Davidowitz
Andrea Dovalle
Joseph Tanen
Bruce Zayde

Webmaster
Stacie Johnston