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distinguished members NATIONAL ARTS ASSOCIATE a man or woman who is nationally recognized for distinguished contribution to the arts Juliana Athayde Juliana Athayde was initiated by the Rochester Alumnae Chapter in September. A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Athayde made her solo debut at the age of 16 with the San Francisco Symphony. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Juliana studied with Paul Cantor and received the Albert A. Stanley Award. She received her Master's from the Cleveland Institute of Music, becoming the first graduate of the Concertmaster Academy under the direction of William Preucil. In 2002 she led the New York String Seminar Orchestra at Carnegie Hall under Jamie Laredo. An Aspen Music Fellow for many years, she received the prestigious Dorothy DeLay fellowship in 2004 and was invited to speak at the festival's 2010 convocation ceremony. In 2005, at the age of 24, Juliana became the youngest Concertmaster of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO). Previously she had held that position with the Canton and Plymouth symphonies. She has appeared as guest concertmaster with the Kansas City and Houston Symphonies and the National Arts Centre Orchestra and has performed nationally and internationally with The Cleveland Orchestra. A passionate educator, Juliana is on the faculties of the Eastman School of Music, Roberts Wesleyan College, and Cornell University, and is a visiting teacher at the Cleveland Institute of Music. She spends her summers performing alongside her husband, RPO principal oboist Erik Behr, at San Diego's Mainly Mozart Festival 54 PAN PIPES FALL 2012 sai-national.org and with the Sun Valley Summer Symphony in Idaho. She performs on a 1948 Celeste Farrotto violin and J.B. Vuillaume bow. roland carter Roland Carter was initiated by the Clarksville Alumnae Chapter as a National Arts Associate during the National Convention in Atlanta in August. Distinguished composer, conductor, educator, and pianist, Roland Carter is the Ruth S. Holmberg Professor of American Music in the Department of Music at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC). His accomplishments as a leading figure in the choral arts include concerts with major choruses and orchestras in prestigious venues nationwide, as well as lectures, workshops, and master classes. From presidential inaugurations to the smallest church, from scholarly presentations for national gatherings of musicians, educators, and preservationists to private coaching with individual singers, Carter lends his keen ear, bright mind, and talented hands to projects of every sort. In recognition of his stature, he has served on National Endowment for the Arts' Heritage, Access and Choral Panels and received an honorary Doctor of Music degree from Shaw University. He was one of the 2003 Tennessee Governor's Arts Awards in the Distinguished Artist category. In 2004, Carter was elected to honorary membership of the internationally acclaimed Morehouse Glee Club, joining the ranks of only two other musicians so honored during the history of the award – Robert Shaw and Leonard DePaur. Historic Abyssinian Baptist Church (NY) honored Carter with a program of his arrangements and composition in July 2005. Most recently, he served as guest conductor of the 2008 Yale University High School Festival, and his arrangements were featured in a special recognition program by the 175th Anniversary committee of the Metropolitan AME Zion Church of Hartford , CT. In summer of 2009, The Chamber Choir of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, under the direction of Dr. Kevin Ford, released the Volume I of The Choral Music of Roland Carter. Carter is especially noted as an authority on the performance and preservation of African American music, having produced and appeared on programs for national and international radio and television networks in support of these aims. He is founder and CEO of Mar-Vel, a music publisher specializing in the music of African American Composers and traditions. Carter has directed the Chattanooga Choral Society for the Preservation of African American Song for 19 years, and served as music advisor and principle guest conductor of the Houston Ebony Opera Guild, Houston, for twelve years. An unquestionably gifted composerarranger, it is Carter's arrangement of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" that is most often used to present the anthem in formal settings. His arrangements and settings have and continue to be performed by orchestras and choirs throughout the world. In addition to performance and academic pursuits, Carter has served on several boards including the Tennessee Arts Commission, the Southern Arts Foundation, National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, Allied Arts of Greater Chattanooga. Chattanooga African American Museum/Bessie Smith Hall, and the National Association for the Study and Performance of African American Music. Presently he sits on the boards of the League of American Orchestras, the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera Association, and is an honorary member of the board of directors of the Negro Spiritual Foundation, Orlando, and the African American Music Foundation, San Diego. Carter recently completed his sixth and final year as president of the National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc., the nation's oldest organization committed to the performance and preservation of African American music. He serves the music ministries of the Cascade United Methodist Church (Atlanta) and the Christian Faith Baptist Church (Raleigh, NC).

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