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4 SIGMA A S PIES, INC P . 4 SIGMA A S O riginally from Moscow, Russia, pianist Julia Mortyakova has performed solo piano recitals, appeared as a soloist with orchestras and participated in music festivals across the United States and abroad including: Aspen Music Festival, Eastern Music Festival, Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, Natchez Festival of Music, South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts, Musica Nueva Malaga (Spain), Assisi Music Festival (Italy), Zhytomyr's Musical Spring (Ukraine), and Symphonic Workshops International Piano Masterclass (Bulgaria). She currently teaches and serves as Chair of the Department of Music at the Mississippi University for Women. She previously held a professorship at Alcorn State University. Dr. Mortyakova's research includes applying existentialism to piano teaching, and the life and music of Cecile Chaminade. She has presented her research at numerous regional, national and international conferences. Currently, she is working on a book about the Russian-American composer, Olga Harris. Julia is a published author in the United States and Ukraine, and her first independent solo piano album has sold internationally. Dr. Mortyakova is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy, Vanderbilt University, New York University, and the University of Miami. • D eVos Insti tu te of A r t Ma na g e m e nt at t he K e nne dy C e nt er • E mily J e a n Kuchenbrod E L ambd a Mu, Upsilon A , Region V mily Kuchenbrod is an initiate of Lambda Mu chapter at Illinois State University, where she is a junior. She is pursuing a double major in Music Business and Vocal Performance, along with a minor in Business Administration. Emily served in the National Symphony Orchestra's Education Department, assisting with the 2012 Summer Music Institute. Her duties included preparing scores for each of the SMI's 57 participants and coordinating their schedules, which included orchestra and chamber music rehearsals and individual lessons with members of the NSO, as well as coordinating transportation to and from offsite activities. Emily's interest in Arts Management came about through an "Introduction to Music Business" course the first semester of her freshman year. Her assignments included interviewing and later job-shadowing at a local performing arts center, an experience she enjoyed so much that she later job shadowed twice at Lyric Opera of Chicago. A talk by a performer inspired her to continue her vocal studies as well by adding a double major in vocal performance at the end of her freshman year. Her career goal is to work in Arts Administration in positions which will allow her to interact with both visiting artists and the surrounding community. Emily joined Lambda Mu chapter during the second semester of her freshman year, where she describes meeting "a group of kind and talented women from whom I draw inspiration daily." She serves on her chapter's Program and Social committees and as a pianist during her chapter's initiation ceremonies. In addition to her SAI activities, she serves as the Director of Marketing for her campus' Music Business Organization and as a volunteer usher at the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts. Of her internship experience this past summer, Emily says, "I couldn't get enough of the Kennedy Center - I was there all of the time! Whether I was seeing a performance or working with students through my internship with the National Symphony, I was learning about the passion, music, and arts management simultaneously. My experience in Washington, D.C. was invaluable; I discovered things about myself both professionally and personally. Thank you, Sigma Alpha Iota." sai-national.org FALL 2012 PAN PIPES 13 74 SIGM PH A I O T 19 P P 74 SIGM 19 RO IOTA IOTA HA LP 7 D r. Juli a M ort ya kova Phil adelphia Alumnae CHapter , Chi A , Region VIII AL PIES, INC P . , INC. 19 9 7 • CAREER PER F ORMA NC E GRA NT • I N MEMORY OF VER NA ROSS OR NDOR F F ( $ 5 , 0 0 0 ) A TH S IE N T HR O LA P HI PH phil anthropies awards 2012 L A NT H PHI , INC. 19 HA LP PH A I O T RO AL A A A ES IE N T HR O LA P HI

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