David Childs United Kingdom

David will be in Residence at IEI from from June 24-27

Adam Frey, United States

Manfred Heidler, Germany

Patricio Cosentino, Argentina

Charae Krueger received her training in cello studies at the New England Conservatory of Music where she studied with Laurence Lesser and Colin Carr and received a Bachelor of Music degree in cello performance. She also holds an Artist Diploma from the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA. Ms. Krueger received her chamber music training with Eugene Lehner of the Kolisch Quartet, as well as with Robert Mann and Samuel Rhodes of the Juilliard String Quartet. She has also coached with such artists as Menahem Pressler of the Beaux Arts Trio, Louis Krasner, Felix Galimir and Leon Kirchner. She has played in masterclasses with Aldo Parisot, Janos Starker and Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi at the Banff School for the Arts.

Dr. Tom Gibson returns for his 6th year as an IEI Faculty Member and is one of the most sought after brass performers and teachers in the country. He has performed solo recitals, concerts, master classes, and clinics around the world. He enjoys a triple threat career as a celebrated Trombonist, Conductor, and as a teacher/coach. His degrees are from University of Michigan (B.M.), University of Northern Colorado (M.M.), and The Catholic University of America (D.M.A.).

Prior to moving to Atlanta in 2000, Tom was a member of the U.S. Navy Band in Washington, DC, for 6 years. He currently teaches at Kennesaw State University and produces his WORLD FAMOUS POD CASTS that cover a huge variety of personalities and topics. For more information, visit www.trombonelessons.com.

Jamie Lipton holds a bachelor's degree in music education and euphonium performance from Northwestern University where she studied with Rex Martin, and a master's degree in euphonium performance from the University of North Texas. She currently studies with Dr. Brian Bowman at UNT and is pursuing a doctoral degree in euphonium performance with concentrations in trombone, tuba, and conducting. Jamie has won many of the major euphonium competitions, including the 2006 Leonard Falcone Competition, the 2006 International Tuba and Euphonium Conference (ITEC) Competition, and the 2005 Potomac Festival Competition.-

Jamie was recently invited to perform as a soloist and in ensembles at the 2008 and 2006 ITEC conferences. Jamie also appeared at the 2005 Texas Music Educators Association Conference and the 2006 Percussive Arts Society International Convention as a member of the UNT Wind Symphony, and can be heard on several of their recordings on the Klavier and GIA labels.

Bernard H. Flythe recently joined the faculty at the University of Georgia in 2010 as a tuba and euphonium instructor. He is also currently teaching for his third year at Kennesaw State University and was named an artist affiliate at Emory University in 2009.

Mr. Flythe has performed with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and the Nashville Symphony. During the 1992-1993 season, he served as the acting principal tubist with the North Carolina Symphony. As a chamber musician, Mr. Flythe has performed with the Detroit Chamber Winds, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet, and the North Carolina Symphony Brass Quintet.

Mr. Flythe received a bachelor of music degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He earned his master of music and his specialist in music degrees from the University of Michigan. Mr. Flythe’s principal tuba teachers include Fritz Kaenzig, Robert Leblanc, David Lewis, Wesley Jacobs, and Michael Sanders.

Pianist, Caryl Worthington Conger, continues her passion of musical collaboration, performing regularly with wind and brass artists in recitals and conferences throughout the U. S. and abroad including the annual U.S. Army Band Tuba-Euphonium Conferences and the recent ITEA conferences in Finland and Greensboro and Denver. Her special niche of interest has been her collaboration with tuba and euphonium artists including tubists, Daniel Perantoni, Patrick Sheridan, Oystein Baadsvik, Roger Bobo, and Harvey Phillips, and euphoniumists, Steve Mead, Adam Frey, Roger Behrend, and Brian Bowman.

Magdalena Shumanova was born in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria and started playing piano at the age of 4. She attended school at the Secondary Music School "Dobrin Petkov" in Plovdiv, Bulgaria and was awarded the Special Faculty Award for Academic and Performance Excellence as well as soloing with the City Philharmonic Orchestra of Plovdiv playing Saint-Saens' 2nd Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. While attending school there, she studied with Julia Girginova and Svetlana Kosseva and received her diploma in Piano performance and for secondary specialized education in music and art in 2002.