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22 Summer 2025 • sai-national.org Dr. Corbliss is currently Assistant Professor of French Horn and Graduate Director of Music Performance at Hayes School of Music at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. He previously served as an instructor of horn at the University of South Carolina, University of North Carolina-Wilmington, and Coastal Carolina University. As an ensemble performer, Dr. Corbliss is fourth horn in the Western Piedmont Symphony. He also frequently plays with regional orchestras including the North Carolina Symphony, Charlotte Symphony, Augusta Symphony, Virginia Symphony, South Carolina Philharmonic, and Long Bay Symphony. Previously, he has performed with the New World Symphony, Miami City Ballet, United States Navy Band Southwest, United States Air Force Heritage of America Band, South Florida Philharmonic, and many others. An avid chamber musician, Dr. Corbliss bridges gaps and styles of music across different instrumentations. He has helped found Vice City Brass, a collective of brass and electronic musicians; and PIVOT, a horn and saxophone duo that promotes perspective shifts among their audience. Dr. Corbliss has an extensive background in pedagogical instruction, working with private students, chamber groups, and large ensembles. He regularly presents masterclasses at regional high schools and universities, and is involved in the marching arts. Currently, he is a member of the brass staff of Drum Corps International's Phantom Regiment, serving as a technician and adjudicator in the Mid-Atlantic region. Dr. Corbliss is Director of Operations for the Brass Institutes of America and has worked on projects including the Savvy Arts Venture Challenge and the College Music Society Summit. He earned a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of South Carolina School of Music, a Master of Music from the University of Miami Frost School of Music, and a Bachelor of Arts from Virginia Tech. DR. THOMAS LOEWENHEIM Dr. Thomas Loewenheim was initiated as a National Arts Associate by the Kappa Psi Chapter at California State University, Fresno in May. Dr. Loewenheim is Professor of Cello and Director of Orchestras at California State University; Music Director and conductor of the Youth Orchestras of Fresno; and founding Artistic Director of the FOOSA Festival/Fresno Summer Orchestra Academy. He maintains an international career that combines cello performance, conducting, and teaching, and has toured North America, Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia. A devoted educator, Dr. Loewenheim is frequently invited to present master classes both nationally and internationally, and collaborates with musicians around the world. He has been a guest artist at prominent music festivals around the world, including the Montecito International Music Festival, the Music in the Mountains Festival and Conservatory in Durango, Colorado, and, in California, both CSU Summer Arts in Fresno and the Chamber Music Unbound Festival in Mammoth Lakes. He is in much demand on the honor orchestra circuit. As the director and visionary for many ensembles within Fresno, Dr. Loewenheim has fostered a community appreciation for neglected and underappreciated works. He founded the Topelli Piano Trio alongside violinist Limor Toren-Immerman and pianist Peter Klimo. As a cello soloist, he recently premiered Daniel Akiva's Requests for cello and orchestra, a concerto dedicated specifically to Loewenheim. As a recording artist, his discography includes conducted works as well as works for solo cello. Most recently, the Tonsehen record label released an album of Dr. Loewenheim conducting Mahler's Symphony No. 5 with the FOOSA Philharmonic. Dr. Loewenheim earned a Doctorate in Cello Performance from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, a Master's from the University of Michigan, and a Bachelor's from the Rubin Academy for Music and Dance in Jerusalem. He plays a Jean Baptiste Vuillaume cello made in 1848. Virginia Andrews Virginia Andrews was initiated as a Friend of the Arts by the Northern Delaware Alumnae Chapter in May. Andrews holds extensive experience as a piano teacher, which she began in 1992. She is trained in both classical and jazz piano, and has received individual composition lessons from international composers such as Daniel Locklair, Orlando Orey, and Liduino Pitombeira. Her performances as a pianist in various ensembles dates back over four decades, a career that includes church pianist and intermittent pianist for church services within nursing homes. She has also served as activities aid at several nursing homes, where she performed daily for the patients. As a composer, Andrews has released four streamable albums that each feature ten original pieces, and has plans for a fifth album in 2025. As a lifelong learner, she continues to take jazz and composition lessons. Andrews Andrews Distinguished Members FRIEND OF THE ARTS a person who is supportive of and actively involved in the arts at a local or regional level

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