Clarinetist, Current Season Guests, Performer
Adrian Gutiérrez began the clarinet for his middle school band at the age of 11. Gutiérrez continued the clarinet and attended the LaGuardia High School (2018-2022) where he was principal clarinet of the senior orchestra, wind ensemble, and pit orchestra. In the summer of 2020, Gutiérrez joined the New England Music Camp where he participated in the Chamber Intensive, then, in the summer of 2021, joined again for the entire 6-week session where he received lessons from Ben Chen and Jo-Ann Sternberg, was principal of the top orchestra and wind ensemble, pianist one of the jazz bands, and was a semifinalist for their concerto competition.
From 2020-2022, Gutiérrez attended the Mannes Preparatory Program under the tutelage of David Sapadin. Here he was principal of the orchestra, participated in chamber music, and had music theory and ear training. During the summer of 2022, Adrian Gutiérrez attended the Kinhaven Music School’s 6-week program where he was principal and second clarinet of the orchestra, played in various chamber groups and sang baritone in the choir.
In the summer of 2024, Adrian Gutiérrez attended the Prague Summer Nights Youth Festival where he was the principal clarinetist for multiple orchestra concerts, two performances of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, and participated in chamber music.
Currently, Gutiérrez is studying for his Bachelor Degree in Clarinet Performance and certification in Music Education at the Aaron Copland School of Music as a student of Mark Dover. He is principal of the ACSM Orchestra and is a winner of the 2023 ACSM Concerto Competition.
Current Season Guests, Performer, Violinist
18 year-old violinist Hyerin Ella Eom was born in South Korea and moved to Palisades Park, New Jersey at the age of 6. She attended the Juilliard School’s Pre-College from 2019 to 2024 where she learned under Ms. Elizabeth Chang. She will be attending both Columbia University and Juilliard starting fall 2024 through the BCJ cross-registration program, where she will be studying under Ms. Laurie Smukler.
As a soloist, Hyerin garnered top prizes at local and international competitions, such as the first prizes at the 2021 IGMC, the 2021 Bravura Philharmonic Concerto Competition, the 2023 Adelphi Young Artists Competition in senior division, second place in the strings division at the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition, an alternate in the Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra Korngold Violin Concerto Competition in 2022, and was a semifinalist in the Stulberg International String Competition 2023. She is also a 2024 YoungArts Winner. She attended Mozarteum Summer Festival in 2019 as a young artist under the tutelage of Pierre Amoyal and attended Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival in the summer of 2021 and 2022.
Hyerin is an avid chamber musician as well, and is one of the violinists of the FaMa Quartet, which won 2nd place in the 2022 Coltman Chamber Music Competition junior division and won the Gold Medal at the 2023 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition junior strings division.
In her free time, Ella enjoys snowboarding in the winter and spending time with family and friends.
Current Season Guests, Performer, Pianist
Nico Giacalone started his musical career under the direction of Ana Maria Trenchi Bottazzi and Bruno Bottazzi in Manhasset, New York. With the Bottazzi’s he debuted for the first time as a performer in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. He showed promise as a musician when he gave his first solo recital at the age of 10. Nicolas continued his studies at the Aaron Copland School of Music under Proffesor Jeffrey Biegel and Professor Nina Lelchuk where he completed his undergraduate degree in Piano Performance. Following this he studied in Italy with Massimiliano Ferrati and Alessandro Taverna.
He won the Aaron Copland School of Music Concerto Competition and performed Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini with the ACSM Orchestra the following year. He also performed Rhapsody in Blue with the ACSM Wind Ensemble and later, with the Conservatorio di Musica Agostino Stefani Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Ernest Hoetzl and Maestro Roberto Zarpellon in Castelfranco Veneto and Treviso. He has also performed with the Circle Symphony Orchestra.
Nico has performed many times in different halls in New York City, New England, and abroad. He has performed at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Cami Hall, Steinway Hall, the Goethe Institute, St. Peter’s Church, the National Arts Club, and the House of the Redeemer; in Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood in Lenox, Massachusetts; in Padua, Cittadella, Castelfranco, Treviso and Villa Contarini in Piazzola; in Kötschach-Mauthen, Austria; and Taipei, Taiwan.
From 2014-2019 and 2023, Nico studied at the International Keyboard Institute and Festival. He was awarded a scholarship and studied under pianists Jerome Rose, Jeffrey Swann, Ilya Yakushev, and Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
Nico has been recording music for the past four years. His most notable releases include the minor Mozart Sonatas, Beethoven’s Sonata Op. 109, Liszt’s Funérailles, and coming soon the Four Ballades of Chopin. His recordings can be found on Spotify and YouTube.
Nico Giacalone has recently won second prize in the International Mozart Competition in Vienna. He also graduated this past year with a Master’s Degree from the Mannes Conservatory and was awarded the Steinway Award for outstanding work as a performer and supportive classmate.
Conductor, Current Season Guests, Performer
Conductor Audrey J. Edelstein brings sensitivity, power, and connection to the podium, championing a compassionate experience between herself, ensemble, and audience. Incorporating a background in classical dance in her conducting, Audrey shapes soundscapes with fluidity and grace in a variety of settings including the Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, a fully staged production of Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du soldat, and Musical Passport with the Arcadian Chorale featuring choral pieces in eleven languages and original orchestrations for string quartet. Actively engaged in programming women and underrepresented voices, Audrey blends the richness of the classical tradition with perspectives of the next generation of creators.
Previous positions include Assistant Conductor of the Oratorio Society of Queens and Northwinds Symphonic Band. Audrey is a founding member of the New Conductors Orchestra, a NYC-based civic orchestra committed to showcasing emerging conductors. Audrey earned a MM in Orchestral Conducting at the Aaron Copland School of Music, and a BA at Swarthmore College. Learn more at www.audreyjedelstein.com
Conductor, Current Season Guests, Performer
Michael F. Tietz is the Music Director and Principal Conductor of The Broadway Bach Ensemble, which he founded in 1985. His conducting repertoire spans baroque, classical, romantic and contemporary works. Mike has had the privilege of working with numerous professional musicians as soloists, including members of the New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Juilliard String Quartet, Raphael Trio, New York City Opera Orchestra, Orpheus, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and the American Brass Quintet.
Mike started his conducting activities at the University of Pennsylvania Law School Light Opera Company, which he founded in 1978. He is a member of New York’s Village Light Opera Group, where he has served as Music Director, member of the company/chorus, and orchestra member.
An active ’cellist and violist, Mike plays in orchestras and chamber ensembles in the New York City metropolitan area.
