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Work Highlights
- Founder of PenshireMedia.com (2008 - Present): created content for The Boston Marathon, Red Bull, Outside Television, Chicago Blackhawks and more. Videos have generated over 750,000 views in 144 countries around the world.
- Co-Founder of ValoreBooks.com (2006 - 2015): helped create and grow online textbook marketplace to over $85 million in yearly GMS (as of 2015).
- Co-Founder of FiveNineGroup.com (2008 - Present): developed and manage websites for NHL Athletes Duncan Keith & Denis Savard. Events have brought in over $500,000 to Keith Relief & the Denis Savard Foundation.
Content Creation
- Digital Audio Production
- Digital Photography
- Digital Video Production
- Live Video (FaceBook Live & YouTube Live)
- Affiliate Marketing
- Business Development
- Credit Card Fraud Prevention
- Email Marketing
- Key Metric Analysis & Executive Reporting
- Product Development
- Paid Search Marking
- Search Engine Optimization
- Social Media Marketing
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Final Cut Pro
- Garage Band Audio
- Google Analytics & Docs
- Mail Chimp
- Microsoft Office
- Squarespace
- Wordpress
- Created "The Boston Marathon: More Than A Race" for the Boston Athletic Association, which is the associations most watched video (over 300k views)
- Created "One Last Run" that was featured by Outside Television and selected as a staff pick by Teton Gravity
- Created Denis Savard coaching video series
- Created "Jackson Hole Dreaming" that was promoted by Jackson Hole Mountain Resort
- Edited "2012 Red Bull Round Up" that was promoted by Red Bull
- Videographer for 2009 NHL Winter Classic in Chicago
- Created "The Energy of Peru" which documented a 2 week trip to Peru
- View PenshireMedia Demo Reel (can also be viewed to the right)
Director of Operations, ValoreBooks.com, June 2012 - September 2015
- Assisted in developing and executing company strategy with executive team
- Involved in marketing, operational, legal, product and business development decisions and strategies
- Monitored and managed daily operations and reported metrics, trends and solutions to executive team
- Marketplace metrics: Sales figures, cancel rate, refund rate, chargeback rate & cost
- Rental metrics: Rental sales figures, completed rental returns, rental late fees, rejected rentals, lost rentals
- Customer service metrics: # of tickets, average response time, BBB rating, reseller ratings score
- Bookseller metrics: # of booksellers, # of books, # of titles, top performing booksellers, booksellers feedback rate
- Oversaw internet marketing campaigns, including social, search engine marketing, affiliate & email
- Social: Content creation, giveaways, customer services, social media influencer promotions
- Search Engine Marketing (paid): Google paid ads and google shopping feed
- Search Engine Marketing (organic): Unique content, user generated content, inbound link development, website structure (tags, sitemap, internal linking, mobile optimization)
- Affiliate: Optimized xml feeds that could be used by dozens of affiliate sites
- Email campaigns: Full email blasts and targeted user emails sent via constant contact (previously mail chimp)
- Monitored website traffic though Google Analytics
- Visitors, conversion rate, average time on site, traffic sources, keywords, inbound links, etc
- Managed and monitored over 30,000 booksellers and troubleshooted file processing errors
- Developed and managed partnership with Verba Software to allow over 100 individual colleges to buy, sell and rent textbooks from our marketplace though an API
- This partnership increased GMS by $10 million in 2015
- Managed credit card transactions, chargebacks and fraud prevention initiatives
- Assisted product and user experience teams in redesign of website to allow for dynamic mobile response
- Documented operational procedures for company during the acquisition
Director of Product Development, ValoreBooks.com, January 2010 - June 2012
- Designed textbook rental program
- Designed homepage updates, landing pages, product page updates, customer account pages, email notifications
- First textbook rental provider uploaded inventory in June 2010
- As of 2015, rentals compose over 65% of yearly GMS
- Designed customer service programs and operational procedures for rental program
- Re-designed website and internal linking structure to follow search engine optimization best practices
Director of Operations, ValoreBooks.com, July 2006 - December 2009
- Responsible for developing and documenting daily operational procedures for company
- Developed customer service policies, faq's and managed a customer service team of 6
- Managed marketing campaigns - PPC, SEO, social media, print, radio, and email marketing
- Monitored website traffic and conversion rate though Google Analytics
- Managed peer to peer sales agent program responsible for 20% of total sales
- This later transistioned into our affiliate program
- Designed fraud prevention software & bookseller monitoring tools
- Recruited and grew bookseller community from 3,000 booksellers to over 10,000 booksellers
Director of Seller Services, ValoreBooks.com, January 2006 - July 2006
- Recruited and grew bookseller community from 500 booksellers to over 3,000 booksellers
- Designed webpages and tools for booksellers to upload inventory and sell textbooks online
- Troubleshooted and tested bookseller inventory files
Co-Founder, FiveNineGroup Inc., January 2011 - PresenT
- Created DuncanKeith.com, the Official Website for NHL All Star, Duncan Keith
- Created Savard18.com, the Official Website for Hockey Hall of Famer, Denis Savard
- Manage, monitor and update both sites with unique content
- Work with news outlets, the Blackhawks, and NHL to promote charity events
- Track and monitor site traffic though Google Analytics for both sites
- Promoted Keith Relief & Denis Savard Foundation events that have helped bring in over $500,000+ to charity
- Operations and marketing consultant for IceHockeySystems.com
- Created USOofIllinois.org, the online home for USO of Illinois
- State University of New York at Fredonia
- Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, 2006
- Division 3 Varsity Ice Hockey - Michael P. Lowe Award Winner junior year, which is awarded to the team's unsung hero
- VP of Entrepreneurs club senior year
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Brigance Sixth After First RoundGinger Brigance, Sam Houston State University senior from Magnolia, was tied for sixth in the Women's Barrel Race event after the first round of the College National Finals Rodeo under way in Rapid City, S. D.
Brigance's time of 12.44 seconds was less than a half second behind leader Tona Wright of Western Texas College, who ran the three-barrel course in just 12.13 seconds.
Five Sam Houston students are competing in the event--four members of the Southern Regional championship women's team, and Trey Fisher, senior from Madisonville, who qualified in the bareback and men's all-around events.
Women's team members in addition to Brigance include Ceslie Burton, junior from Trinity; Delana Collins, junior from Tomball; and Stephanie Cook, sophomore from Crockett.
The format for the collegiate rodeo championships include three rounds of competition for each contestant, with the top 12 advancing to the final round on Saturday night.
Sonny Sikes, who has coached SHSU rodeo teams since 1959, and Bobby K. Marks, Sam Houston president, are attending the national finals.
See SHSU Rodeo Team Qualifies for Nationals--Again! for more SHSU team details.
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The Global Cities Initiative (GCI) Exchange, a joint project of Brookings and JP Morgan Chase, is a network of metro areas across the country developing strategies to boost global trade and investment. At the core are 28 U.S. metropolitan areas creating integrated plans for export and foreign direct investment. In Texas, Houston and San Antonio are part of GCI, which is a five-year initiative.
In 2016, the Greater Houston Partnership, which oversees the GCI grant, launched the Metro Export Plan (MEP) to develop Houston's regional strategy. The plan aims to increase the number of Houston firms that export by helping them connect to existing services and by growing global markets. The Greater Houston Partnership says there is a link between increased exports and job growth.
Exports from Houston have nearly doubled since 2003, led by the energy sector. But with declining oil prices, energy exports are slowing. The MEP recognizes that Houston can't be dependent upon one sector, and must diversify its exports. The Brookings Institution says there are significant opportunities to grow exports in non-energy areas. Instead of relying on Mexico and Brazil as the main export destinations, Houston businesses could make Asia — especially China and South Korea — an important target. To do that, businesses that could be exporting need to engage in better marketing, education and training programs, which are available, but not well known.
How will MEP meet those objectives — what's their strategy? First, promote and market Houston's global advantages to grow exports and attract trade and investment. Next, facilitate and enhance Houston's international trade ecosystem by coordinating export resources and strengthening support systems. Third, catalyze exporters by focusing on targeted small to medium-sized goods-producing firms. And finally, ensure the needs of freight forwarders are integrated into the regional transportation planning process.
For a Texas business currently exporting, or one considering an international export growth strategy, Port Houston is a logical shipping point. There are several factors driving the rapid expansion taking place there. First is the 2016 expansion of the Panama Canal and the increase in imports into Houston from East Asia and other global tradelanes; second, the expected increase in freight from the surge of plastic resins that will be manufactured in the region; and third, the potential recovery of energy-related cargo.
How is Port Houston dealing with the increasing demand, and what can business owners expect? At the Port, containerized cargo is a major growth area, with total increases in volume of more than 8 percent projected by 2017 compared to 2016. Export loads are projected to be up 13.4 percent, while import loads will increase 6 percent. Empty container movement is slated to be up 2.5 percent.
From an operational standpoint, Port Houston has been making numerous operational efficiency improvements to handle the 3,000 trucks moving through the facility daily. To get trucks in and out and reduce idling and turn time, there are state-of-the-art truck gates at facilities.
Optical Character Recognition technology is used at the port's container terminal gates. OCR can read the chassis number of the truck and allows virtually seamless and speedy check-in for truck drivers picking up or delivering containers at the terminals. Also in use is a bilingual mobile app allowing truck drivers to check the status of the container they need to retrieve, which means there is little wait time.
Gate hours were extended in 2016, and plans call for them to be extended further in 2017 to stay ahead of the demand curve.
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Will the Port keep up with increasing demand? Strategic projects make up the majority of the 2017 capital plan, focused primarily on container terminal capacity and efficiency. A total of $54 million is budgeted for those projects. Another $8 million is slated for recapitalization projects, investments required to sustain high service levels and enhance productivity. A total of $5 million will go to channel projects for development at container terminals and Dredged Material Area Management (DAMP) areas, with $6 million more on tap for remaining projects that include maintenance equipment and other replacements.
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When forensic investigators first started using sophisticated ballistics analysis to identify criminals, it was viewed as an incredible insight. Just a pattern of scratches on a hunk of half-destroyed metal could link a gun to a bullet — amazing!
Today, impressing people is much more difficult; DNA evidence in particular has given us the sense that physical evidence can be analyzed to almost unlimited effect. Still, investigators often have trouble tracing evidence back to its source in any useful way, often in the most serious of cases. But what if trace amounts of explosive, say, could be identified and tracked as easily as a firearm? That's the goal of new research published this week, which uses nanoparticles to put an invisible, indestructible barcode in just about any object imaginable.
Of course, this is only metaphorically a barcode. In reality, the researchers input a unique mixture of concentrations of four nanoparticles with different specific melting points. This creates a sort of thermal barcode that can be used to create an almost unlimited number of unique identifying combinations. In one demonstration the team marked a batch of TNT with the nanoparticles, and found that their signature was identifiable even after they detonated the explosives.
If the nanoparticles are shown not to affect the function of many chemicals, this could be the beginning of a new era in forensics. After all, while some pre-explosive substances are very difficult to acquire (and thus easy to track back to a supplier) many are as common as dirt. If detectives could collect a sample of explosive residue and track it back to both the supplier and, potentially, the point of sale, terror investigations could become much more efficient very quickly. If deployed widely enough this could limit anonymous domestic bomb-making to fertilizer and similar natural products, putting virtually all industrial chemicals off-limits.
The nanoparticles could also be used to trace drugs or money. It would be a lot harder to "destroy" a shipment of a pharmaceuticals if drug busts can identify the exact shipping history of a particular pill. Counterfeiting would also be far more difficult, requiring counterfeiters to acquire a complex mix of these nanoparticles; you might be able to print out the perfect bank note, but all the artistry in the world won't fool melting point analysis.
Nanoparticles are actually only one way we could possibly tag up our future. Another uses fluorescent tags for a more literal barcode, and still others do literal engraving on the micro-scale. These nanoparticles are much more rugged and versatile, however, able to be mixed into a batch of some larger substance very easily, and maintaining their signature for very long periods of time. We can imagine giving a nano signature to every batch of concrete, turning the gravel in your tire treads into a detailed travelogue.
Note that this technique does require that we melt a very small portion of the object we wish to identify, so don't think you'll be tagging your Xbox One controllers (or little brothers) any time soon. Still, this has enormous potential to let manufacturers tag their products for later identification. Perhaps in the future, guns will be identified with a tiny shavings of metal rather than from a serial number on the side, giving inanimate objects a sort of man-made genome for easy identification.
Of course, this all begs the question: who will track all these millions of unique identifying tags? Will manufacturers each maintain their own database for requests from law enforcement? Will some keep such records for 5 years, and others for 10? The government might be obliged to step in and maintain any such records itself, simply for the sake of efficiency.


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Keren Satkin is a Boston based freelance musician focusing on solo, chamber, and ensemble performing. Originally from Rhode Island, she studied with former second flutist of the Rhode Island Philharmonic, John Curran. Satkin is currently a student of Boston Lyric Opera's principal flutist, Linda Toote and has also taken lessons with Marianne Gedigian and Elizabeth Rowe. She has also performed in masterclasses with Lorna McGhee, Susan Milan, Mario Caroli, and Trevor Wye.
In 2011, she was a soloist in the Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall wind ensemble. In 2014, she won first place in the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra Youth Concerto Competition. Satkin was also the winner of the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra's Lillian B. Lamoureux Scholarship award in 2014. A champion of new music, Satkin has premiered dozens of contemporary works from Boston-based composers, and has been featured in the New Music Festival at The Boston Conservatory in 2017 and 2018. Satkin is a founding member of the JK Duo, which performs in and around Boston and Rhode Island.
In 2017, Satkin won the 37th Annual James Pappoutsakis Memorial Competition, and gave her debut recital at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall at the Fenwick Smith Tribute Concert in September of the same year. She regularly performs with The Boston Conservatory's orchestra, wind ensemble, opera, and a variety of smaller ensembles. She has also performed with the Berklee Silent Film Orchestra, the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Chamber Orchestra. She was recently awarded the Presser Award for excellence in academics, leadership, and music from The Boston Conservatory. Satkin is currently in her final year at The Boston Conservatory pursuing a Bachelor of Music degree. For more information, you can follow her on https://www.kerensatkinflutist.com/
Born in 1996, flutist Annie Wu of Pleasanton, California joined the roster of Astral Artists as a winner of their 2015 National Auditions. She first received national recognition at the age of fifteen when she won First Prize in the National Flute Association's 2011 High School Soloist Competition, becoming the youngest First Prize winner in the NFA's history. Upon graduating high school in 2014, Annie became a U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts after being named a winner in the Classical Music division of the National YoungArts Foundation's 2014 Competition. Annie is also a Yamaha Young Performing Artist, as well as an active substitute with the New World Symphony in Miami, FL. A frequent soloist, Annie has performed with the San Francisco Symphony, Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, Livermore Amador Symphony, Diablo Symphony Orchestra, Vienna International Orchestra, and the San Jose Chamber Orchestra. Over her summers, she has attended the 2015 Music Academy of West and the 2014 and 2013 National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America. Annie's previous teachers include Isabelle Chapuis, Esther Landau, and Shao-Jiang Huang. Annie is a sophomore in the 5-year dual degree program between Harvard University and the New England Conservatory of Music, where she studies with flutist Paula Robison.
THE 35th ANNUAL COMPETITION
Allison Parramore
A native of Massachusetts, Allison Parramore is the Second Flutist of the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra and Principal Flutist of Boston's Phoenix Orchestra. She has performed with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, New World Symphony, Boston Lyric Opera, Midland-Odessa Symphony and Chorale, Cape Symphony, New Bedford Symphony Orchestra, Juventas New Music Ensemble, and Symphony Nova, among others. She is a founding member of Hathor Winds, a wind quintet who was quarter-finalists in the 2015 and 2016 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, semi-finalists in the 2015 Astral Artists National Auditions, and won the Judges' Special Recognition Award at the 2015 Plowman Chamber Music Competition. Ms. Parramore's recent awards include first prize in the 35th Annual James Pappoutsakis Flute Competition, which resulted in her solo debut in Boston's Jordan Hall, and also first prize of the 2016 Boston Woodwind Society Doriot Dwyer Competition.
Ms. Parramore has performed on the Festival of Contemporary Music at the Tanglewood Music Center, the Texas Music Festival, and she was the teaching assistant at the Brevard Music Center. She also performed and guest taught at the 2015 Boston University Tanglewood Institute. Ms. Parramore is in her first year as flute teacher at the Natick Public Schools and Walpole High School.
Ms. Parramore's primary teachers include the Boston Lyric Opera's principal flutist, Linda Toote, the Boston Symphony's principal flutist, Elizabeth Rowe, the Rhode Island Philharmonic's principal flutist, Susan Thomas, and the former piccoloist of the New Orleans Symphony, Jacqueline Goudey. She holds degrees from The Boston Conservatory and the University of Rhode Island where she won the Kingston Chamber Music Award, the Presser Scholarship, and the 2010 Concerto Competition.
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THE 34th ANNUAL COMPETITION
Adrian Sanborn
Flutist Adrian Sanborn is acclaimed for his versatility as a soloist, orchestral player, and chamber musician. He is the first prize winner of the 34th Annual Pappoutsakis Competition, a finalist in the 2014 National Society of Arts and Letters Woodwind Competition, and a 2014-15 New World Symphony finalist. As a 2013 Fellow of the Tanglewood Music Center and member of the New England Conservatory Philharmonia Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra, Adrian has played under numerous world-class conductors, including Christoph von Dohnányi, Kurt Masur, Rafael Frühbeck, Charles Dutoit, Stéphane Denève, Hugh Wolff, and Stefan Asbury. Adrian has performed chamber music regularly in Jordan Hall as the flutist of the Philharmonic Five wind quintet, twice winners of the NEC Honors Ensemble Competition, and with the Borromeo String Quartet as a recipient of their Guest Artist Award.
In 2014, Adrian completed his Masters degree at New England Conservatory in the studio of Paula Robison. He previously graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University in 2011 with an undergraduate degree in mathematics and computer science. Outside of the flute, he works on biophysics research at the Center for Genome Architecture and enjoys ballroom dancing and yoga.
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The 33rd Annual Competition
Thomas James Wible
First Place Winner, James Pappoutsakis Memorial Prize
Thomas James Wible has been a concerto soloist throughout the USA and Europe, including appearances at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Germany; Dvorak Hall in Prague, Czech Republic; Franz Liszt Hall in Budapest, Hungary; Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh, PA; and the Maurice Gusman Concert Hall in Miami, FL. He gave his Carnegie Weill Recital Hall debut in October of 2011.
Recent awards include First Prize Atlanta Flute Club Young Artist Competition, First Prize Alexander & Buono International Flute Competition, Second Prize New York Flute Club Competition, Second Prize NFA Piccolo Young Artist Competition, and Semi-Finalist in the Concert Artist Guild International Competition. In the summer of 2011 he was a guest artist at the International Festival of Music in Santa Fiora, Italy. Thomas performs regularly with the Boston Harp Trio and is currently Principal Flutist of the Haffner Sinfonietta chamber orchestra. He currently holds a fellowship in the Artist Diploma Program at Boston University's College of Fine Arts as a pupil of Ms. Geralyn Coticone.
Min Kyun Kim
Second Place Winner, William H. Grass Memorial Prize
The 32nd Annual Competition
Jisun Oh
First Place Winner, James Pappoutsakis Memorial Prize
Twenty-year-old flutist Jisun Oh started to play the flute at the age of 11 and piano at the age of 4. She won numerous competitions such as the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra, Toronto Sinfonietta, Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Orchestra Concerto Competitions, Kiwanis Music Festival, and Ontario Music Festival(OMFA). In the summer of 2008, she was the youngest wind finalist of the National Music Festival (Federations of Canadian Music Festivals). Jisun also appeared as a soloist with the Toronto Sinfonietta, Kichener-Waterloo Chamber Orchestra, Academy Symphony Orchestra of the Royal Conservatory of the Music. Past few summers, she attended Banff Music Festival ,the Orford Music Festival and Domaine Forget where she studied with Emmanuel Pahud,Robert Langevin, Carol Wincenc, Jeffrey Khaner, Mattieu Dufour and Tara O'Connor. While studying in Toronto, she part of Royal Conservatory of Music's Young Artists Performance Program where she studied with Julie Ranti. Jisun is currently pursuing her Bachelor Degree of Music at the New England Conservatory under the tutelage of Renee Krimsier.
Bethanne Walker
Second Place Winner, William H. Grass Memorial Prize
The 31st Annual Competition
Christina Hughes
First Place Winner, James Pappoutsakis Memorial Prize
Christina Hughes is currently a senior at New England Conservatory in the flute studio of Fenwick Smith. She previously attended the Juilliard Pre-College Division as a student of Bart Feller from 2005-2008, where she was one of ten to receive an award of excellence upon graduating. She has also studied with Wendy Stern, Susan Rotholz, and Sookyung Park. A native of the Tri-State Area, Christina participated in the New York Youth Symphony from 2005-2007 as well as their chamber music program, performing in Carnegie Hall and Weill Recital Hall. She was also selected as principal flute of the Honors Orchestra at the MENC All-Eastern Music Festival in 2007. In January 2008, Christina was a youngARTS finalist in Music for the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts' youngARTS week, and was also a semi-finalist to be a Presidential Scholar in the Arts. Christina was a member of the Honors Wind Quintet coached by John Heiss at the New England Conservatory for the 2009-2011 school years, performing recitals in Jordan Hall in the Spring of 2010 and 2011. In December 2010, she participated in the New York String Orchestra Seminar, and this past summer she attended the Sarasota Music Festival. Christina has additionally performed in master classes taught by Paula Robison, John Heiss, Carol Wincenc, Thomas Robertello, Leone Buyse and Jim Walker.
Hyunjung Kwon
Second Place Winner, William H. Grass Memorial Prize
The 30th Annual Competition
Caitlyn Perry
First Place Winner, James Pappoutsakis Memorial Prize
Caitlyn Perry is a graduate of the Boston University School of Music, where she earned the Bachelor of Music degree in Flute Performance while studying with Doriot Anthony Dwyer, former principal flutist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Before coming to Boston, Ms. Perry studied with Warren Little and Carl Hall, both of the Atlanta Symphony. She has won numerous prestigious awards including a scholarship from the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in 2002, the William H. Grass Memorial Prize in the Pappoutsakis Flute Competition in February 2006 and the Boston Woodwind Society's Flute Merit Award in April of 2006. Currently, Ms. Perry is pursuing two Master's Degrees at Boston University in Flute Performance and Music Education, and studying flute with John Heiss.
Youngji Ahn
Second Place Winner, William H. Grass Memorial Prize
The 29th Annual Competition
Seth Allyn Morris
First Place Winner, James Pappoutsakis Memorial Prize
Kentucky native Seth Allyn Morris has gained recognition as a prominent young American flutist, most recently as the winner of the 29th annual James Pappoutsakis Memorial Flute Competition. He has made concerto appearances with the University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra and at the Bay View Music Festival, won first place in the 2006 Flute Society of Kentucky Collegiate Artist Competition, and is the recipient of the O. Helton Memorial Acres Scholarship and Mildred Lewis Music Education Scholarship. Seth has performed with the UKSO on albums with folk artist Arlo Guthrie and on the Naxos label.
In 2008, Seth founded the Tamino Duo with fellow flutist Benjamin Smolen; they have since been featured in the Boston Globe, on Cambridge Community Television, and on WGBH-Boston with flutist Fenwick Smith. Seth has also performed with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Callithumpian Consort, the Freisinger Chamber Orchestra, and the Discovery Ensemble, of which he was a founding flutist. During the summers, he has attended the 2006 Bay View Music Festival and the 2009 American Institute of Musical Studies Festival Orchestra in Graz, Austria.
Seth holds a Master of Music from the New England Conservatory, where he studied with Paula Robison and Fenwick Smith, and Bachelor of Music degrees in Flute Performance and Music Education from the University of Kentucky under Gordon Cole. Currently, Seth is pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts in Flute Performance at the University of Michigan studying with Amy Porter and serving as the Graduate Student Instructor for the flute studio.
Tayeon Kim
Second Place Winner, William H. Grass Memorial Prize
Benjamin Smolen
First Place Winner, James Pappoutsakis Memorial Prize
Benjamin Smolen began his flute studies at the age of ten with Jennifer Dior in Charlotte, North Carolina. As a flutist, he has received the Luski-Gorelick Merit Scholarship, Marie Rowe Memorial Scholarship, Thornburg Merit Scholarship, Symphony Guild of Charlotte Merit Scholarship, and a 2007 Boston Woodwind Society Merit Award. Benjamin won First Prize in the Symphony Guild of Charlotte Young Artist Competition in 2000 and 2003, the Charlotte Civic Orchestra Young Artist Competition in 2002, the Gardner-Webb Concerto Competition in 2002, and the Princeton University Concerto Competition in 2007, each of which resulted in solo concerto performances. In 2001, he was featured on the National Public Radio show From the Top. Most recently, Benjamin won First Prize in both the 2007 Haynes International Flute Competition and the 28th Annual James Pappoutsakis Memorial Flute Competition and Second Prize in the New York Flute Club's Young Artist Competition, for which he collectively won a handmade 14K gold flute and recital debuts in New York and Boston.
Benjamin graduated from the Music and Slavic departments at Princeton
University in 2007, where he served for four years as co-principal
flutist of the Princeton University Orchestra. While at Princeton, he
studied flute with Jayn Rosenfeld and Michael Parloff. Benjamin is
currently pursuing a Master of Music in Flute Performance at the New
England Conservatory, where he studies with Paula Robison.
Robert Myers
Second Place Winner, William H. Grass Memorial Prize
The 27th Annual Competition
Ona Jonaityte
First Place Winner, James Pappoutsakis Memorial Prize
Ona Jonaityte has won several competitions including 1st prize at the 27th James Pappoutsakis Flute Competition (Boston, 2007), YAMAHA Woodwind Competition (Lithuania, 2006), The International Juodkrante Flute Competition (Lithuania, 2005), 3rd prize at the XXIX Scecinik Young Performers Competition (Poland, 2000). Recently the Greater Boston Flute Association announced Ms. Jonaityte as their New Horizon's Artist'07 which recognizes exceptional talent, poise, and drive, as well as technical achievement and the ability to communicate a devotion to flute music through performance.
Ms. Jonaityte participated in the master classes of William Bennett, Gerard Bourgogne, Fernando Brandau, Denis Bouriakov, Barbara Giesler-Haase, John Heiss, Eduard Brunner and Klaus Thunemann. She performed with The Vilnius University Chamber Music Ensemble, Musica Humana, Vilnius State Quartet, and The Lithuanian National Opera - Ballet Theater. Before coming to The United States Ona has toured in France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Poland, and Spain.
Ms. Jonaityte is currently working toward an Artists Diploma at The Boston Conservatory where she has already obtained a Graduate Performance Diploma. She will be studying with Linda Toote. In 2004 Ona studied in France at The Lyon National Conservatory of Music and Dance with Professor Philippe Bernold and Emannuelle Reville. In 2006 she graduated from The Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater with a Masters in Performance and Teaching.
Thomas J. Wible, Erin Hunt, Sungwoo Stevens Kim
Second Place Winner, William H. Grass Memorial Prize
The 26th Annual Competition
Nicole Millner
First Place Winner, James Pappoutsakis Memorial Prize
Nicole Millner began her musical studies at a young age and always had a passion for orchestral music. Growing up in Minnesota, she studied with Wendy Williams and Julia Bogorad with occasional lessons with Adam Kuenzel. She spent a semester of high school studying at a Gymnasium in Austria and taking flute lessons with Raphael Leone in Vienna. When she returned to the States for her senior year, she studied part-time at the University of Minnesota with Immanuel Davis. She received her Bachelor's Degree from Boston University cum laude in 2006 after studying with Marianne Gedigian, Elizabeth Ostling and Geralyn Coticone. After her senior year at Boston University in the studio of Geralyn Coticone, Nicole decided to remain in Boston for further studies with Ms. Coticone and completed her Master's Degree at the Boston Conservatory. She received her degree in May 2008 and has since returned home to the Twin Cities in Minnesota where she freelances and pursues an orchestral career.
Caitlyn Perry
Second Place Winner, William H. Grass Memorial Prize
The 25th Annual Competition
Heather Zenobia
First Place Winner, James Pappoutsakis Memorial Prize
Heather Zenobia earned her Master of Music degree with honors at New England Conservatory in 2006 and received her Bachelor of Music with highest honors from the Cleveland Institute of Music in 2001. Before joining "The President's Own" United States Marine Band in 2006, Heather served as co-principal of the Hingham Symphony, where she was also a soloist. She received partial fellowships for the Tanglewood Music Festival and the National Orchestral Institute. Heather also attended the National Repertory Orchestra festival where she competed for and won the opportunity to perform Mozart's Concerto for Flute and Harp. She won first prize in the James Pappoutsakis Flute Competition and was an alternate for the National Flute Association Young Artist Competition. Her past teachers include Elizabeth Rowe, Jeanne Baxtresser, and Joshua Smith.
None Awarded
Second Place Winner, William H. Grass Memorial Prize
The 24th Annual Competition
Sarah Paysnick
First Place Winner, James Pappoutsakis Memorial Prize
Sarah Paysnick, a native of Longmeadow, MA, won the Pappoutsakis Competition when she was studying at BU with Marianne Gedigian. She completed her Masters with Ms. Gedigian at UT Austin and has since returned to Boston and dedicated herself to historical performance. In 2009, Sarah won the NFA Baroque Artist Competition and was a semi-finalist in 2007. She freelances in the Boston area with Musical Offering, Grand Harmonie, Arcadia Players, and Harvard Baroque, where she frequently appears as guest soloist. In 2013 she released her first CD, CPEB: The Piano Quartets, with Musical Offering.
Dawn Weithe
Second Place Winner, William H. Grass Memorial Prize
The 23rd Annual Competition
Alicia Paulsen
First Place Winner, James Pappoutsakis Memorial Prize
Alicia DiDonato Paulsen, originally from Stoneham, MA, holds performance degrees from the New England Conservatory and the Hartt School, where she studied with Fenwick Smith and John Wion. A former member of the New World Symphony in Miami, FL, Alicia was awarded two Tanglewood fellowships and also participated in the Aspen and Norfolk music festivals. She was the first prize winner of the 1999 Frank Bowen and 2005 Mid-South Young Artist competitions; in 2006, she placed third in the NFA Young Artist Competition. As a freelancer in Boston, she was a member of Boston Musica Viva and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, and frequently performed with the Boston Symphony and Boston Pops. She has appeared as concerto soloist with the Santa Fe Symphony and BMOP. Currently, Alicia is the assistant principal flutist with the Oregon Symphony.
Sooyun Kim
Second Place Winner, William H. Grass Memorial Prize
The 22nd Annual Competition
Rachel Taratoot Ciraldo
First Place Winner, James Pappoutsakis Memorial Prize
Rachel Taratoot Ciraldo is the principal flutist of the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestraand teaches at Southeastern Louisiana University. She won Third Prize and the award for the Best Performance of the Newly Commissioned Work in the 2007 National Flute Association's Young Artist Competition in addition to the first prizes at the 2006 Byron Hester Flute Competition, 2002 James Pappoutsakis Memorial Flute Competition and the 1998 Flute Festival Mid-South Young Artist Competition. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Indiana University where she studied with Thomas Robertello and a Master of Music degree from Boston University where she studied with Marianne Gedigian. She has also studied extensively with Jill Felber privately and at the Cincinnati Flute Symposium and Flute Focus seminars. She performs regularly with guitarist and husband Nicholas Ciraldo in the Ciraldo Duo, and they reside in Hattiesburg, MS
Alicia DiDonato
Second Place Winner, William H. Grass Memorial Prize
The 21st Annual Competition
Jae-Yoen Shim
First Place Winner, James Pappoutsakis Memorial Prize
Jae-Yoen Shim has a Master's Degree in Flute Performance at New England Conservatory, where she studied with Fenwick Smith. She has performed as a soloist with the Seoul Chamber Orchestra and the Korean Symphony Orchestra. She has also been the third place winner in the Kyung-won University Competition in Korea and the winner of the Seoul Chamber Ensemble Competition for Woodwind Quintet.
sarah brady
Second Place Winner, William H. Grass Memorial Prize
The 20th Annual Competition
Jessica Lizak
First Place Winner, James Pappoutsakis Memorial Prize
Dr. Jessica Lizak performs as one of Boston's most versatile flutists, with a style described as "poised, gorgeous, musical, and very sweet." Appearing in concert across the US, Canada, and Israel, she is currently principal flute of the Atlantic Symphony, and section flute of the Orchestra of Indian Hill. She performs with Opera Boston, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Cantata Singers, Gardner Museum Orchestra, Zamir Chorale, Marsh Chapel Chamber Orchestra, and nationally, with the New World and the Albany Symphony. She was a Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center, Music Academy of the West, Domaine Forget, and Interlochen. In addition to winning the Pappoutsakis Competition, she won top prizes at the Myrna Brown International Flute Competition, Bohemians Club of the Detroit Symphony Concerto Competition, and twice won the BU Departmental Award for outstanding musical achievements. She has been a soloist at the National Flute Convention, the Greater Boston Flute Association's Flute Fair, and she has performed as a chamber musician on WGBH and WCRB.
Her discography includes a live performance of the American premiere of Carter's opera What Next? conducted by James Levine, and the first BSO release of live performances of the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra. She regularly records with BMOP, and she has collaborated with recording artists Tim Janis and Natalie Merchant.
Equally committed to education, she is on artist faculty with the New England Conservatory Preparatory School, Winchester Music School, Lexington Community Education, and the Boston Youth Symphony. She holds a DMA from BU, MM from NEC, and BM from UM Ann Arbor. Her teachers have included Nina Barwell, Leone Buyse, Geralyn Coticone, Marianne Gedigian, Renee Krimsier, Elizabeth Ostling, Fenwick Smith, and Jeff Zook.
Diane Power
Second Place Winner, William H. Grass Memorial Prize
The 19th Annual Competition
Hyuncheong Park
First Place Winner, James Pappoutsakis Memorial Prize
A native of Seoul, Korea, Hyuncheong Park began her undergraduate studies at The Juilliard School where she studied with Julius Baker, and later at Die Musik Hochschule Fuer Musik in Munich, Germany where she studied with Andras Adorjan, receiving a Bachelor of Music degree with honors. She furthered her studies at the New England Conservatory where she earned her Master of Music degree and Graduate Diploma as a student of Paula Robison. Recently Ms. Park earned her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Boston University on the Susan McDonald Scholarship.
Mrs. Park has been the recipient of top prizes in various competitions, including V. Bucchi International Music Competition in Rome, Italy, the Popputsatkis Flute Competition in Boston, the NEC Concerto Competition, National Flutist Association High School Competition in Minneapolis, and E-Hwa, Chosun and Dong-A Music Competitions, while she was in Korea. As a concerto soloist she has performed with TJB Orchestra, Arco Diablo Chamber, Dae-Jeon Philharmonic, KBS Symphony, NEC Symphony, Pan Asian Chamber, Budapest Chamber, and the Korean Symphony Orchestra. In addition, she has given many recitals in the venues, such as Carnegie Hall in New York, Jordan Hall, King's Chapel in Boston, Kum-Ho Art Hall, Seoul Arts Center and Se-Jong Art Center in Seoul, Korea. Now she has been teaching at Chung-Nam University in Deajeon, Korea.
Sarah Brady
Second Place Winner, William H. Grass Memorial Prize
The 18th Annual Competition
Boaz Meirovich
First Place Winner, James Pappoutsakis Memorial Prize
2nd Flutist, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
Donna Shin
Second Place Winner, William H. Grass Memorial Prize
The 17th Annual Competition
Jin Ta
First Place Winner, James Pappoutsakis Memorial Prize
Jin Ta joined the Singapore Symphony Orchestra as Principal Flutist in 1998. He started learning music at the age of five, and studied flute at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan, where he studied with Keith Bryan and Leone Buyse. Following this, he pursued his graduate studies with Fenwick Smith at the New England Conservatory in Boston. In 1997, Jin Ta studied as an artist diploma candidate with renowned American flutist Paula Robison.
Jin Ta has performed extensively throughout the Boston area and has won numerous national and international competitions. He was the first prize winner in the Boston Pappoutsakies Memorial Foundation Competition, the Memphis Young Artist Competition, and the 2000 Haifa International Flute Competition in Israel. He is also a prize winner at the Flute Talk Competition and the National Flute Association Young Artist Competition.
The National Repertory Orchestra (Colorado), Springfield Orchestra
(Massachusetts), Shenzhen Symphony, Xiamen Symphony, US Capital Wind
Orchestra, and the Pacific Music Festival (Japan) are just some of the
orchestras and music festivals Jin Ta has performed with. An
enthusiastic performer and educator, he has toured Beijing, Shanghai,
Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and held master classes at the Central Music
Conservatory, Shanghai Music Conservatory and Shenzhen School of Fine
Arts. In 2001, he toured the US with Israel's Haifa Chamber Orchestra
and in September 2002, gave a series of recitals in Taiwan. Jin Ta has
recorded the works of Fauré, Poulenc, and Ibert, among other composers,
and can be heard on the Taiwanese label, NewArt.
Julianna Miller
Second Place Winner, William H. Grass Memorial Prize
The 16th Annual Competition
Stephanie Mortimore
First Place Winner, James Pappoutsakis Memorial Prize
Stephanie Mortimore has held the position of Piccoloist with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra since 2000. During the 2008-09 season, she will serve as Acting Principal Flute. Prior to her tenure with the Met, Stephanie was Principal Flutist of the Portland Symphony Orchestra and an active freelancer throughout New England, as well as around the country. She has performed with many orchestras including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra.
Stephanie has won numerous distinctions, including earning top honors in the 1998 Myrna Brown Competition, resulting in a concerto performance with the Dallas Chamber Orchestra; the 1996 James Pappoutsakis Competition; and the 1995 Union League Civic and Arts Foundation Competition.
An active recitalist, Stephanie gave her Weill Recital Hall debut in 2007. She also performs frequently with the Grand Teton Music Festival in Jackson, Wyoming and on the Metropolitan Opera Chamber Orchestra series at Carnegie Hall under the direction of James Levine.
Stephanie received her master's degree from the New England
Conservatory of Music and her bachelor's from DePaul University. A
native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, she also spent a year studying at the
Conservatoire de Genève in Switzerland. Her teachers have included
Geralyn Coticone, Isabelle Giraud, Paula Robison, Fenwick Smith and
Mary Stolper. She lives in Manhattan with her husband, Paul, a journalist, and their two adorable parrots (each of them a self-professed music critic!).
Jin Ta
Second Place Winner, William H. Grass Memorial Prize
The 15th Annual Competition
Gaspar Hoyos
First Place Winner, James Pappoutsakis Memorial Prize
Gaspar Hoyos was born in Colombian origin, born in the United States, Gaspar Hoyos studied in Bogotá, Dallas, Boston and Paris. He is currently Principal Flute of the Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy. Mr. Hoyos has performed in South and North America, Europe and Asia. He has appeared in recital in Tokyo, Kobe, Osaka, Nagano, Fukuoka and Shizuoka. In February 2002 he performed as a soloist with the Orchestra of Nancy. His upcoming engagements in France will include master-classes in Paris, Lyon, Nancy, Lille, Macon, La Rochelle, Bourg-en-Bresse. In April 2002 he was a guest performer at the French Flute Festival in Obernai, where he performed as a soloist with the Ensemble "La Follia". Next season Gaspar Hoyos will be recording as a soloist with the Orquesta Filarmonica de Bogota. He has played at prestigious festivals in Europe (Montpellier - Radio France, Musica Riva, Histria, Guebwiller, 2è festival de Flûte à Paris, 2nd Festival of the Flute, Frankfurt, Festival International à Obernai), in Japan (Japanese Flute Association) the USA (Boston, New York, Chicago) and in South America (Bogota, Cali, Popayan, Lima). A teacher in great demand, he has taught Master-Classes in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagano, Fukuoka, Dallas, Bogota et Lima. Every year he teaches the flute class in Groznjan organized by Jeunesses Musicales. He has been a prize-winner of the Jean-Pierre Rampal Competition, the Markneukirchen Competition, the National Flute Association Young Artist Competition, the Flute Talk Competition, the Sorantin Young Artist Award, the Concours d'Excellence Gaston Crunelle, and the Concours National du Jeune Talent.
Ann Bobo
Second Place Winner, William H. Grass Memorial Prize
The 14th Annual Competition
Lisa Hennessy
First Place Winner, James Pappoutsakis Memorial Prize
Lisa Hennessy is principal flutist with the Portland Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Landmarks Orchestra. She also performs regularly with Boston Ballet, Boston Lyric Opera, and other orchestras throughout New England. Lisa maintains a private flute studio and has given masterclasses for the Greater Boston Flute Association, the Longy School of Music and the University of Southern Maine. Lisa holds a Master's in Music, with distinction in performance, from the New England Conservatory, and a Bachelor of Arts in Music, summa cum laude, from the University of Houston. While earning her degrees, she studied with Byron Hester, principal flutist of the Houston Symphony, and renowned flute soloist Paula Robison. In 1994, Lisa was the winner of Boston's James Pappoutsakis Flute Competition and NEC's Concerto Competition. She has been a featured soloist on WGBH radio's Boston Performances and with the Portland Symphony, and has made recordings for the A & E Cable Network and the Naxos American Classics and Chandos labels.
Janelle O. Dibiase
Second Place Winner, William H. Grass Memorial Prize
The 13th Annual Competition
Christine Fish
First Place Winner, James Pappoutsakis Memorial Prize
Dr. Christine Fish Moulton, Assistant professor of flute and class piano at Mansfield University of PA, earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the Boston Conservatory of Music; Masters of Music from Manhattan School of Music and a DMA from Rutgers University. She is a member of the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra appearing with them in the annual Finger Lakes Chamber Music Festival every summer. She is a former member of the Allentown Symphony and performs regularly with professional orchestras in eastern PA and NY. Dr. Moulton has served on the teaching faculties at the Manhattan School of Music, Northampton Community College and the Community Music School of Allentown and gives flute clinics and classes regularly in the northeast. She serves as Secretary/Treasurer of the Marcel Moyse Society.
Her professional career began in the Boston area where she earned a reputation as a skillful interpreter of new music performing with noted new music ensembles including Extension Works, the Harvard Group for New Music and Alea III. The Boston Globe described her as a "classy and resourceful musician, and quite a player" and she has been featured in both live and recorded performances on Boston's WGBH Radio. As an orchestral musician she has performed with orchestras including the Rhode Island Philharmonic, the Northeastern PA Philharmonic, the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra and the Bach Choir of Bethlehem and participated in the Spoleto Festivals both in the USA and Italy. As a former winner of the Boston based James Pappoutsakis Flute Competition (1993), Dr. Moulton was invited to perform at the 2005 National Flute Convention in San Diego, CA. Principal teachers include Keith Underwood, Bart Feller, Sandra Church and William Grass.
None Awarded
Second Place Winner, William H. Grass Memorial Prize
The 12th Annual Competition
Melissa Mielens
First Place Winner, James Pappoutsakis Memorial Prize
Melissa Mielens received her bachelor's and master's degrees from the New England Conservatory, and was one of the youngest recipients of the Fulbright grant. Currently, she is principal flutist with the New Hampshire Symphony and Indian Hill Symphony. She has performed with various orchestras, including the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra in Japan; in the United Kingdom with the New World Symphony; and tours of Europe and South America with the Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra. Mielens is a prizewinner of national and regional competitions, including the James Pappoutsakis Flute Competition, and the National Flute Association Young Artist Competition. In addition to performing, she teaches at University of Massachusetts Lowell and Phillips Exeter Academy.
None Awarded
Second Place Winner, William H. Grass Memorial Prize
The 11th Annual Competition
Fernando Brandão
First Place Winner, James Pappoutsakis Memorial Prize
Flutist, composer, author, arranger and educator Fernando Brandão is from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. An active musician versed in classical, jazz and ethnic music, he has performed extensively as a bandleader, sideman, chamber musician and as a soloist with many prominent orchestras both in Brazil and the US. He leads the Fernando Brandão Septet, the group Alma, the Brasilis Quartet, and he has performed and recorded with Sergio Brandão & Manga Rosa, Teresa Inês Quintet, Choro Democrático, Earthsound, Nando Michelin Quintet, John Stein Quartet, Bruno Råberg Nonet, Kris Adams, Los Changos, Manuel Santos & Bambule, Luciana Souza, Emmanuel Music Orchestra and many other prominent musicians. Mr. Brandão is an Associate Professor at Berklee College of Music and a faculty member of Longy School of Music and the Community Music Center of Boston. A leading educator in Brazilian music, he has given many lectures about Brazilian music and composers, and he is the author of the play-along book Brazilian and Afro-Cuban Jazz Conception. He was the first prize winner of the 1991 Pappoutsakis Flute Competition.
Jeanne Carere
Second Place Winner, William H. Grass Memorial Prize
The 10th Annual Competition
Marianne Gedigian
First Place Winner, James Pappoutsakis Memorial Prize
Marianne Gedigian, Associate Professor of Flute at The University of Texas at Austin, was a regular performer with the Boston Symphony Orchestra for over a decade, including several seasons as Guest Principal Flute under Seiji Ozawa. As Principal Flute with the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra and Guest Principal Flute with the Boston Pops, Ms. Gedigian has been heard on dozens of recordings and Evening at Pops television broadcasts as well as the nationally broadcast Fourth of July specials. She has also been heard on several John Williams' movie scores, including Saving Private Ryan and Schindler's List. In the 2000 – 2001 season, Ms. Gedigian was invited by Mariss Jansons to perform as Acting Principal Flute with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Her solo performances have taken her around the world, including concerts in Japan, Australia, and Armenia and has appeared as concerto soloist numerous times with the Boston Pops Orchestra and with the Armenian Philharmonic performing her own transcription of the Khachaturian Violin Concerto. She was featured with Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull fame in a performance at the Berklee College of Music in Boston.
Ms. Gedigian has been first prizewinner in the National Flute Association's Young Artist Competition, and the James Pappoutsakis Memorial Flute Competition. She keeps an active schedule as a chamber musician as a founding member of the Boston-based Walden Chamber Players and was formerly a member of the Dorian Wind Quintet. Her solo recordings include Voice of the Flute and Revolution, both with pianist Rick Rowley.
Ms. Gedigian has served on the faculties of Boston University's College of Fine Arts, The Boston Conservatory, Boston University's Tanglewood Institute and the Round Top Institute.
Dong-Yun Min
Second Place Winner, William H. Grass Memorial Prize
The 9th Annual Competition
Juliana Overmeier
First Place Winner, James Pappoutsakis Memorial Prize
Juliana Overmier earned her Bachelor of Music degree in 1987 from DePauw University, where she was a two-time concerto competition winner. She received first prize in the 1989 James Pappoutsakis Memorial Flute Competition in Boston as well as first prize in the 1992 Concours Artistique Lucien Wurmser in Paris.
While living in Paris, Ms. Overmier attended the Conservatory of Bourg-la-Reine/Sceaux, from which she received a gold medal. In 1994, she was a semi-finalist in the National Flute Association's Young Artist Competition. In 1996, she earned her Masters degree in flute performance from the University of Southern California, where she also won the Annual Concerto Competition. Ms. Overmier can be heard on several film soundtracks, including As Good As It Gets and Halloween H20. In 2007, she was named the winner of the Byron Hester Solo Flute Competition in Houston, where she returned to perform a solo concert at the 2008 "Flute Fest."
Ms. Overmier is a member of the Tulsa Opera Orchestra and also performs with the Tulsa Symphony. She served as principal flutist for the Light Opera of Oklahoma Orchestra in Tulsa for the 2001 and 2002 seasons. She has performed with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, the Tulsa Philharmonic, the Tulsa Oratorio Chorus, and the Tulsa Ballet orchestra. In 2004, she joined the faculty at East Central University in Ada, OK, where she teaches flute and directs the University Flute Ensemble. In addition to her freelance playing and private teaching studio, she also performs with the Cimarron Wind Quintet. Ms. Overmier is a member of the National Flute Association, she serves as Community Outreach Chair on the board of directors of the Oklahoma Flute Society and is a frequent clinician and adjudicator for musical organizations statewide.
Yong Sun
Second Place Winner, William H. Grass Memorial Prize
The 8th Annual Competition
Roy Eric Johnston
First Place Winner, James Pappoutsakis Memorial Prize
Leslie Chin
Second Place Winner, William H. Grass Memorial Prize
The 7th Annual Competition
Elaine Saloio
First Place Winner, James Pappoutsakis Memorial Prize
Elaine Saloio Szlosek was awarded second prize in the 1982 Pappoutsakis Flute Competition, was a finalist in 1983, and won first prize in 1987. Elaine was honored to serve as secretary for the Pappoutsakis Competition for 10 years, resigning from this position in 2005. She has her B.M. in flute performance from Boston Conservatory of Music and her M.M. in flute performance, graduating with "Distinction in Performance," from New England Conservatory of Music. She studied with William Grass, Lois Schaefer, and Thomas Nyfenger. Elaine is on the music faculty at Westfield State College, The Community Music School of Springfield, teaches privately in her home studio, and performs as a soloist and in several chamber and orchestral organizations in the New England area. In 2006, Elaine established "Melodia" a musical organization in which she utilizes her flute and vocal ablility along with various professional musicians in the Massachusetts and Connecticut area. Elaine currently resides in Ludlow, Massachusetts.
Susan Jackson
Second Place Winner, William H. Grass Memorial Prize
The 6th Annual Competition
Áshildur Haraldsdóttir
First Place Winner, James Pappoutsakis Memorial Prize
Áshildur Haraldsdóttir was born in Iceland in 1965. She received her BA mus. degree with distinction in performance from the New England Conservatory in 1986, and in 1988, her MA mus. from the Juilliard School of Music were she studied with Samuel Baron. She then continued her studies with Alain Marion and Pierre-Yves Artaud at the Paris Conservatory where she was enrolled in the 'Cycle de Perfectionnement'.
Áshildur has won first prizes at various competitions including The New England Conservatory Commencement Competition, The Annual James Pappoutsakis Memorial Fund Competition, The biennial For Young Nordic Soloists; and The International Young Concerts Artists Competition of Royal Tunbridge Wells. She is also the 3rd prize winner of The International 'Flute d'Or' Competition of Paris and the 2nd prize winner and the 1st price winner for the best interpretation of a contemporary work of the International Competition 'Syrinx' of Italy.
Áshildur has appeared as soloist with orchestras such as the Reykjavík Chamber Orchestra, the Camerata Roman, the Umeå Symphony Orchestra, the Baijo Philharmonic, the London Region Symphonia, the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic, Musica vitae, I Solisti Veniti and regularly with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. She has also given solo recitals in such venues as The Lincoln Center and Cami Hall, New York and The Barbican Center and The Purcell Room, London. She has appeared on radio or television in over 20 countries.
Áshildur has published six CD's. 'Joueuse de Flûte', French music for flute and piano; 'Undine', romantic music for flute and piano; 'Concertos by C.Ph.E. Bach, Benda and Haydn', Concertos by Gösta Nystroem (Intim Musik), Miniatures' for flute and piano (Spor) and 'Tónamínútur/Complete Works for Flute' by Atli Heimir Sveinsson (Smekkleysa).
Áshildur Haraldsdóttir was a member of L'Orchestre Symphonique Français
in 1995-1997. She is now a member of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.
Maria Pelletier
Second Place Winner, William H. Grass Memorial Prize
The 5th Annual Competition
Elizabeth Carville Evans
First Place Winner, James Pappoutsakis Memorial Prize
Flautist Elizabeth (Beth) Carville Evans is a member of the Lavender Trio wind ensemble. The trio performs classical and contemporary music in a uniquely enhanced performance setting designed to appeal to all the senses. Lavender Trio's recent performance at the Everson Museum in the Civic Morning Musicales series was recorded for future broadcast on WCNY. Beth has performed as soloist and chamber musician in Boston' s Jordan Hall, the Isabelle Stewart Gardner Museum, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and Harvard's Sanders Theater. Upon completion of her studies, Beth returned to the Utica area in 1987 and established herself as a performer, teacher, and active member of the B Sharp and Etude Music clubs. She gives solo and chamber recitals throughout the area, has performed with the Utica Symphony, and is a member of the Catskill Symphony Orchestra. Beth holds both Bachelor and Masters degrees in flute performance from the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, where she was a student of Claude Monteux. A native of New Hartford, her early flute studies were with John Oberbrunner. She won the 1985 James Pappoutsakis Memorial Flute Competition, and was a four-time winner of the Conservatory Gala Chamber Music Competition.
Ann Gorczyca and Kelly Hayner
Second Place Winners, William H. Grass Memorial Prize
The 4th Annual Competition
LESLIE Waddel
First PLACE WINNER, James Pappoutsakis Memorial Prize
Leslie Chin
Second Place Winner, William H. Grass Memorial Prize
The 3rd Annual Competition
Julie Darling
First Place Winner, James Pappoutsakis Memorial Prize
Rita George
Second Place Winner, William H. Grass Memorial Prize
The 2th Annual Competition
Helen Campo
First Place Winner, James Pappoutsakis Memorial Prize
The South China Morning Post declared that flutist Helen Campo "had such dazzlingly beautiful tone, that she could only be called extraordinary... she displayed stunning lucidity, colour, and figuration." In addition, Leonard Bernstein said, "Miss Campo plays the flute the way I wish I could sing." Since her debut at the age of 14, Ms. Campo has made hundreds of solo appearances, from concertos with the Philadelphia Orchestra and other orchestras in the Academy of Music, Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center and the Hong Kong Cultural Center, to a guest television appearance as the evil pied piper with the Muppets. The youngest flutist to win Concert Artists Guild International Competition, and the first flutist to win Artists International Distinguished Artists Award, she has been the subject of feature articles in several national magazines. Helen was also Acting Associate Principal Flutist with the Houston Symphony, and has performed as Assistant Principal with the Baltimore Symphony. She now performs with the New York City Ballet, New York City Opera, and American Symphony Orchestra, and New York Philharmonic, and was the piccolo player on the NY Phill's recent tour of Europe and live recordings. She is a member of the New York Pops and the Westfield Symphony, and is the flutist for Wonderpets! (Nickelodeon's #1 TV show). Helen can be heard on many television commercials and films and has been the principal flutist of many Broadway shows including Jane Eyre, The Sound of Music, King and I, Disney's King David, Camelot, The Man of La Mancha, and Topol's Fiddler on the Roof, Dance of the Vampires, and currently, Wicked. Helen graduated as valedictorian of her class in high school, was awarded the Chadwick Medal upon graduation from New England Conservatory with honor and distinction, and the School-wide Graduate Achievement Award with honors and distinction from Queens College. She was also a member of the Tanglewood Fellowship Orchestra, Sasha Schneider's New York String Orchestra, and studied with, Murray Panitz, John Krell, Julius Baker, Robert Stallman, John Heiss, Keith Underwood, and Robert Langevin.
Elaine Saloio
Second Place Winner, William H. Grass Memorial Prize
The 1st Annual Competition
Les Roettges
First Place Winner, James Pappoutsakis Memorial Prize
Les Roettges is a native of Ohio and started his music studies at the age of 6 on the violin. He started playing the piano when he was 8 years old, and began to study the flute when he was 10. While in high school he was a student of Maurice Sharp; Principal Flutist of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, and was a winner of the Columbus Symphony's Young Artist Competition. Mr. Roettges went on to study at the New England Conservatory of Music, The Paris Conservatory, and The Juilliard School. His teachers have included Robert Stallman, Alain Marion, Julius Baker, and Paula Robison.
Mr. Roettges is currently the Principal Flutist of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra. He has also played Principal Flute for the Philharmonic Orchestra of Mexico City, the Eastern Music Festival Orchestra, the Colorado Festival Orchestra, Solisti New York, and the Opera Ensemble of New York.
Christine Locke
Second Place Winner, William H. Grass Memorial Prize


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Join Thea Gahr, printmaker and member of Justseeds for an immersive & fun day of printing your own textiles! Choose to attend only one workshop or both for a $10 savings.
Block Printing 101
During this intro class, students will design & print their own tea towel or tote bag. We'll cover basic block printing techniques such as design, carving, tools, and inking. Class taught by Thea Gahr, printmaker and member of Justseeds.
Block Printing 102
Take your printing skills to the next level as you explore more in-depth fabric printing & design techniques! Learn how to carve a design to create a pattern for printing yardage. Bring home a yard of fabric that is printed in your own design as well as the knowledge & skills to print many yards more!
Price: $80
Take both 101 & 102 for $150 — A $10 savings!
Time: 10am - 1pm
Level: Absolute Beginner/Beginner
No prior sewing experience needed
Designing a printable image
Carving a rubber stamp
Printing techniques
Block printing tools & their uses
Supplies: Drawing, carving & inking supplies are provided for use in class.
Maker Kit (Included in the price of class): A large 28" x 28" 100% cotton tea towel or a canvas tote bag as well as a rubber block to carve and keep to use again & again!
Price: $80
Take both 101 & 102 for $150 — A $10 savings!
Time: 2pm - 5pm
Level: Advanced Beginner/Beginner
Prior block printing experience is needed. Qualify for this class by either being a previous Block Printing 101 student or have practiced it on your own.
Designing a printable image
Carving for repeat patterns
Registration techniques for overlaying color
Printing techniques for large areas
Supplies: Drawing, carving & inking supplies are provided for use in class.
Maker Kit (Included in the price of class): One yard of cotton fabric as well as a rubber block to carve and keep to use again & again!
Thea is an amazing teacher & so enthusiastic! She was very knowledgable (I could tell she had many years of printing under her belt). I also enjoyed that she wove concepts about the role of printing-making & social change throughout the class. It was a joy to learn from her!
Thea Gahr
Thea is a bilingual artist & educator intent on connecting people to their highest creative potential through the small and dedicated acts of printmaking & sewing. With a strong commitment to social & environmental justice, she is a member of Justseeds Collective.
Klum House Workshop
The Hub Building
3808 N Williams Ave. #132
Portland, Oregon 97203
We are located inside the Hub Building hallway corridor (we do not have a sidewalk storefront). Enter through the Hub building door on N Williams with the Klum House sign above it. Walk down the hall & take a left. You'll see the Klum House sign hanging above our door.
*Please note: We have street parking, so please arrive a few minutes early to allow ample time to park.
Questions? Send us a note!
Review our cancellation & rebook policy:
We require at least 7 days notice prior to the start of class to cancel for a full refund.
We require at least 48 hours notice prior to the start of class to rebook for a later class.
Full payment for class is due at time of sign up in order to secure your spot in class.
No shows forfeit any refund or rebook.
If Klum House cancels a class that you registered for, you are entitled to either a cash refund or a rebook to a later class.
If you transfer your registration to another class with a higher price, you are subject to pay the difference.


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i saw these photos at a clothing store near union square and was really struck by them. the artist, jennifer trausch, works at the polaroid studio where she operates the 20x24 polaroid camera. this series was shot using the 20x24 polaroid which she lugged from new york down to new orleans. the melancholy in these images deftly follows the tradition of american southern photography.


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Clubs and Discos
Espace, which until recently was called Estrumbols, is the only disco in Sa Coma and S'Illot.
The dress code is casual and there is a mix of tourist and locals. The admission charge also includes
your first drink. Contact details are:
Calle Rosa De Los Vientos
Sa Coma
Telephone: +34 971 810 993
Although a little to the north of S'Illot in the resort of Cala Millor, Palace Q or "The Q Club" as it is sometimes
referred to by visitors, is one of the largest and most popular discos in the area.
The club is built on split levels and the dress code is smart/casual. Overall the music is a mixture of Spanish and
International and they are open from 10pm to 6am. Contact details are:
Palace Q
Calle Olivera 1
Cala Millor
Telephone: +34 971 586 096
Fax: +34 971 811 574
Also in Cala Millor is the Disco Karussell which first opened its doors to the public in 1965 when it was known as "La Caracola".
Along with an international mixture of modern dance music, the club also features illusionists and hypnotists
along with Caribbean and Brazilian dancers. Contact details for more information is:
Disco Karussell
Pasg. de la Mar 14
Cala Millor
Telephone: +34 971 813 191
Web Site: www.disco-karussell.com
La Havana is a disco-bar in Cala Millor that is open everyday during the summer from 8:30pm to around 5:00am the following morning.
This fully air-conditioned club can hold 350 people and has 2 bars along with giant TV screen playing music videos.
Contact details are:
La Havana
Calle Llum
Cala Millor
Also worth a short mention in this section is the Disco Ktedral in Cala Millor who play a varied selection of popular international
dance music. Contact details are:
Disco Ktedral
Calle Alosa
Cala Millor
Finally, and again in Cala Millor, is the Chaplin Music Bar which is open everyday during the summer from 8:30pm
to around 4:00am the following morning.
Their resident DJ plays a varied selection of both Spanish and international music. Contact details are:
Chaplin Music Bar
Calle Alosa
Cala Millor
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Learn More
Accomplishments resulting from Panhandle Twenty/20's
actions to improve Educational Attainment
In 2006, the board of Panhandle Twenty/20 launched a community study focused
on improving the low levels of educational attainment in our region.
Data showed:
• While Texas was (and still is) last in the number of adults with a high school diploma, our area's numbers were lower.
• One in four adults in our region had no high school diploma; and in the rural regions, one in three had never graduated from high school.
• The region's level of advanced degrees was also low.
To be a community that could attract businesses that offered high-paying jobs, these statistics clearly needed to improve.
To create the necessary change, Panhandle Twenty/20 engaged the community around the new study, The Economic Implications of Educational Attainment.
Implementation efforts continued from 2007 to the present, most of those actions having been taken over by institutions in the community.
A few of the most notable results of the Panhandle Twenty/20 study on the economic implications of educational attainment include:
The Texas Panhandle P-16 Council—whose mission is to promote success across the education continuum so students will grow to be successful citizens, professionals, and life-long learners. This dynamic organization, with organizational support from Region 16, has brought together powerful community leaders who can more readily create systemic changes deemed necessary in our educational institutions. Already, the TPP16 Council has garnered a "We Inspire"grant through WTAMU to continue aligning High School and Higher Ed Core Curriculum activities, following two regional meetings to decrease the numbers of students taking developmental classes in college. These and additional efforts of the Texas Panhandle P-16 Council will continue to improve student transition between High School and College, creating greater success for those students.
Pursuing Real Opportunities, or PRO—whose mission is to develop a qualified workforce for Amarillo and region to sustain a vibrant economy. PRO is a
community-wide initiative to develop a higher-skilled local workforce and is a collaboration of Amarillo Economic Development Corporation, Amarillo
Independent School District and Amarillo College. PRO actively targets industries that currently have the greatest workforce needs and works with Amarillo ISD, Amarillo College, and now Canyon ISD to connect students with businesses for meaningful real-world experiences through internships and partnerships.
Celebrate Education—A community partnership designed to increase awareness to the need for educational attainment and to develop and facilitate solutions for this issue. To reach this goal, the Globe-News, in conjunction with strong community partnerships, published a number of special features focusing on individuals who credit their success in life to their education (Profiles of Success); profiled companies chronicling their efforts to help employees reach their educational goals (A Helping Hand) and coordinated a meeting of more than 50 CEOs of Amarillo area companies seeking their input into the issue of educational attainment.
Concerted Efforts of Amarillo ISD—Amarillo ISD has actively sought ways to improve student success, and several of the many responses to P2020's study and their related mission statement are listed below:
• Career Explorations Class established for AISD 7th graders
• Exploration of Combined Career Campus with AC & AISD/Great Schools by Design Award
• Diplomas & Certificates (DAC) Program with AC & AISD
• Expansion of ACE Program
• Expansion of community-based preschools
• Ready for the Real World–AISD Program for all Juniors (created before release of P2020 study report)
• R U Job Work?–AISD month-long focus for all HS students
• No Excuses University expansion from San Jacinto Elementary to six additional campuses
• Instructional Improvement through such programs as Differentiated Instruction, Professional Learning Communities, and Lesson Study (some of this was under development prior to study release)
• Book study of The Global Achievement Gap by Tony Wagner by AISD Board and Executive Leadership
Examples of Community Actions Related to Improving Educational Attainment:
• No Excuses University, which first blossomed at San Jacinto Elementary under the leadership of Principal Doug Curry, has expanded to six additional AISD campuses this year. Other campuses are using a variety of approaches to create a culture of expectation for higher education for their students as well.
• The expansion of the ACE Program of the Amarillo Area Foundation to three more elementary feeders schools of Tascosa High School will improve access to higher education for more students in low-socioeconomic neighborhoods.
• Cafés con Leche, a combined effort of dedicated community volunteers (many of whom were very active in the study on educational attainment), Glenwood Elementary, Amarillo College, West Texas A&M University, and the Hispanic Chamber, provides an exciting and promising model of creating educational attainment success to neighborhood families by partnering with the community.


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- An Account of a Savage Girl, Caught Wild in the Woods of Champagne, translation (1768).
Works about Robertson[edit]
- "Robertson, William (1740-1799)," in Dictionary of National Biography, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
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Diverse City Careers and Jobs Shared Partner to Increase Gender Diversity within Australian Workplaces
Two Australian startups, both led by female CEOs, have joined forces to create one of the most extensive resources for female job seekers and employers in Australia.
The new partnership will provide over 30,000 subscribers access to one of Australia's leading job share resources along with access to Australia's only jobs site that selects employers based on their commitment to supporting women. Together, DCC and Jobs Shared offer the most comprehensive platform for gender equality and workplace flexibility initiatives for employers in Australia.
Diverse City Careers (DCC) pre-screen employers on their initiatives for supporting women in the workplace before allowing them to advertise – this has lead them to be named as Leaders in Advertising in the 2016 Tech Diversity Awards. DCC has had tremendous success in the market, helping companies diversify their workplaces and assisting women to progress their careers while balancing personal and family commitments. DCC Endorsed Employers for Women include the likes of AECOM, Accenture, Atlassian, BHP Billiton, Deloitte, Caltex, CBA and Xero along with a number of startups and SMBs.
"In a recent survey of over 25,000 female job seekers who utilise the DCC jobs board, flexible work arrangements was the most important criteria women looked for in a new employer," said Valeria Ignatieva, DCC co-founder. "Flexibility encompasses many different aspects, and job sharing is one key initiative that can contribute to more inclusive workplaces."
Jobs Shared is a job sharing consultancy which provides a free online matching platform, helping people find others to share a full time role. Founder Simone McLaughlin is a former ad executive and identified the ad industry as desperately in need of more flexible work arrangements.
According to a recent study of 400 people in the advertising industry released by AdNews in conjunction with SheSays, 38% of female creatives left agencies because they didn't feel valued or recognised and 43% did so they could find better work-life balance.
McLaughlin has since expanded into other industries and sees the partnership with DCC as key to driving the uptake of job sharing with more organisations.
"DCC work with companies which are open to discussing flexible work arrangements. When job seekers are applying for a full-time role as a job share team, these are the companies they'd want to approach," explained McLaughlin. "This partnership means Jobs Shared are able to expand our reach and provide our community with more opportunities to meet their job share partners."
For more information on Diverse City Careers and Jobs Shared, please get in touch via firstname.lastname@example.com
About DCC
DCC is a social enterprise helping women pursue rewarding careers, particularly in sectors with high gender inequality rates. Since its conception, DCC has grown rapidly and is now regarded as one of Australia's leading authorities on gender diversity. The DCC jobs board is Australia's only exclusive jobs board, meaning employers must be pre-qualified before advertising to ensure a strong focus on diversity and inclusion.
DCC produces a number of resources on topics such as personal branding, negotiation skills and other areas of professional development for women. Winners of the 2016 #techdiversity awards and finalists in the 2015 ARN Women in ICT Awards in the Innovation category, DCC co-founders regularly participate in advocacy events on gender diversity and run community meet-ups and corporate panel sessions along with in-company training. DCC supports a number of industry NFP groups, donating all proceeds from corporate events to charity.
About Jobs Shared
Jobs Shared is a social enterprise creating flexible work solutions through job sharing for both male and females, young and old. Jobs Shared's goal is to see the 'mummy stigma' removed from flexible work and have it become the norm to allow everyone access to flexible work for whatever reason. It provides a free online matching platform to help people find their job share partner, as well as consulting and training services to both companies and individuals to help ensure job sharing best practices are put in place.
Jobs Shared has been named in the top 50 of the Anthill SMART 100 Index for 2016 which is the largest awards program dedicated to innovation in Australia, and Simone (founder and CEO) was recently the inaugural winner of Spotcap's #Yesismore competition to find Australia's bravest business person.


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FOUR STARS - Inspiring
There are people who have a clear sense of their own destiny. Though most often frustratingly ambiguous, they nevertheless have a clear sense of their ultimate purpose. Simon Birch is one such person.
Like the Biblical story of Joseph who saw in a dream his future as a ruler over his older brothers but was not shown how this would be fulfilled or the painful path to its completion, Simon's destiny is both known and unknown, promised and ambiguous.
Additionally, when Joseph shared his dream with his brothers it only caused him to be ridiculed and ostracized, until they finally banished him. This also was true of Simon and is most often the experience of people who share such awarenesses. Implying that we are mentally unbalanced, the social pressures silence most of us into dismissing our own inner sense of who we are. But it did not silence Simon Birch.
Based only loosely on the novel by John Irving titled A Prayer for Owen Meany, "Simon Birch" is a film about a boy with a debilitating birth defect who has a God-given faith, hope and enduring sense of his own destiny.
Played by Ian Michael Smith, Simon Birch is a person for whom life has obviously been unfair. The only child of cold and rejecting parents, his birth defects not only shorten his stature but his life span, as well.
But these challenges are more than compensated for by his tremendously enhanced faith and spiritual insight. Obviously a person who knows God and has learned to hear his voice, Simon dwarfs the "normal" people of his town and challenges their superficial religious activities and beliefs. When they try to silence him and force him into accepting the patterns of their own disbelief, he stubbornly holds onto his own faith in God and his destiny to one day be a hero.
Simon is befriended by another boy his age named Joe Wenteworth (Joseph Mazzello). As an illegitimate child of a beautiful Christian woman, Joe is also ridiculed by the people of his small town. This shared experience as outcasts due to events beyond either of their controls, bonds Simon and Joe into a deep and faithful friendship. Like Simon, Joe's spirit is enhanced by his experiences and his ability to faithfully love and care for others is obviously greater than that of a normal twelve-year-old boy.
Joe's mother, Rebecca (Ashley Judd), also shares their place of public ridicule because of her decision to give Joe his life and not secretly abort him as an unwed mother. Keeping the name of the father a secret, taking full responsibility for her choices, and becoming a person of exceptional ability to love and accept others create within Rebecca a woman of unexplainable joy and beauty.
This is a profound message to all of us. Agreeing with the promises of God that forgiveness and acceptance is available for all, Simon, Joe and Rebecca live in a state of grace which is missing from most of the others in the film.
Humorously playing off of a mean and unmerciful Sunday School teacher named Miss Leavey (Jan Hooks), the film exposes the hypocrisy of religious actions without religious faith. Leavey has no love, compassion, mercy or enjoyment of children and yet has chosen to be a Sunday School teacher and director of the church Christmas Program probably in order to be close to the pastor. Though obviously stereotyped for humorous reasons, the truth is clear that religious activity without true faith can only increase one's inability to love.
Perhaps the most disappointing person within the film was Fr. Russell (David Strathairn). Although he is revealed to have sinned, it is not his sin which is so disappointing, since all of us have sinned, as it is his inability to accept the forgiveness of God and live with God's grace and compassion for others. Not accepting himself, Rev. Russell does not accept others.� Being hard on himself, Rev. Russell is also hard on others. As Simon says to Joe, "Rev. Russell and his wife are the two most miserable people we know!"
"Simon Birch" is a film about the grace that each of us needs to both receive love and give it to others. Even though he lived a short life, it was Simon's faith that built up the faith of everyone around him. And, in his best friend's life, it was Simon's faith that ultimately led Joe to know who his real Father was.
Even a cold heart would be thawed by the inspiration of this little boy. This is a story for all ages to see!


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Born in Poland in 1990, I grew up in Berlin. Ever since my childhood I was very interested in design and photography - so I decided to study Industrial Design after finishing my A-levels in 2010. During my studies I developed a strong preference for clean and visual - but still functional and sustainable - design. This led me to do an internship at the furniture design label "My Kilos" which is well-known for their designs published in magazines like Architectural Digest.
To finance my studies I worked as a student employee for both the start-up TheLabelFinder (in-house Graphics and Corporate Design, B2B) and Ressourcenmangel. Ressourcenmangel is an advertising agency for convergent communication and produces campaigns for companies and organisations such as the German Federal Ministry of Health, MARS or the UNESCO.
As I never wanted to give up on photography, I took the chance to work as an intern at PX1 - one of Germany's best post production agencies. There I contributed to campaigns and photography series of Vogue, Nikon or BMW. During the semester break in 2012 I worked for the I-Magazine in Bali. I had the opportunity to publish my portraits of Jerinx from Superman is Dead - Indonesia's best known Rock Band. Another major event was my "Freedom" exhibition for Bayer Healthcare at the Nhow Gallery in Berlin (published by Photocircle and mandalah). Together with three other international photographers, I showed my photographic interpretation of women's definition of freedom.
After working for Beiersdorf's Packaging Innovation department - where I shaped new ideas for brands such as Nivea or Labello - I now started to support Colorfy as a Project Manager while working for companies like Henkel.
ArtDesign Feldkirch/ Potentiale Austria, 2015
Werkschau at the University of Applied Sciences Berlin, 2015
DMY Berlin, 2015
Werkschau at the University of Applied Sciences Berlin, 2014
Packplay Montreal, Canada 2014
Nürnberg Messe Germany, 2014
Werkschau at the University of Applied Sciences Berlin, 2013
Freedom Exhibition at NHow Gallery Berlin 2013, together with: mandalah, Bayer Schering, Photocircle
Packaging of the World: Top 50 Packaging Design Innovations (worldwide) - 2015
LAVA Design Award nominee in the category "newcomer" - Austria, ArtDesign Feldkirch/POTENTIALe - 2015


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Brain Bowl
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This competition is for students in 6th and 7th grades who work in groups of five to test their knowledge and skills through rapid fire questions and answers in science, math, English, history and general information. The regional competition will be held in January. The top six teams in each grade category from the North, Central and South Tournaments will be invited to compete at the Colorado-Wyoming Optimist Brain Bowl Championship Tournament to be held in Denver on the last Saturday in February.


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It's been more than 6 months in the making, but my new book, This Moment: How to Live Fully and Freely in the Present Moment, is almost here!
The book is now available for pre-order at ThisMomentBook.com and pre-orders have already begun rolling in. I couldn't be more excited to bring the book to you, it turned out far better than I had originally imagined.
The book is huge, roughly 50% larger than my last book, Zen for Everyday Life, which was big in itself. In the book, I cover every important principle I've found from a combination of my study of the world's wisdom traditions, life, writing and working with so many of you here on Buddhaimonia, and through my personal practice. I leave no stone unturned and no question unanswered, at least as best as I feel I can answer right now.
In it, I cover what I consider to be the four major principles for the realization of "it". That is, what we all want- peace, freedom, happiness. However you choose to describe it, they're all different shades of the same thing.
The basis for the book is the realization that there was more at play to the path of living peace and happiness than just mindfulness. As my practice began to develop, and as I continued to write here and talk with so many of you, I noticed certain key principles emerge that were just as important as mindfulness. It was then that I began piecing together this more "complete" practice for walking the path to peace and happiness.
The book will be officially released on February 29th (next Monday, as of the day this post will go live), but you can pre-order it now by going to ThisMomentBook.com. You can also check out the different editions (including eBook, paperback, and you can even get the audiobook, plus a lot of cool bonus material to take the book even further), learn more about the book, and get 2 free sample chapters there as well.
Thank you to everyone who has supported the book so far, I deeply appreciate it! Be on the lookout for This Moment February 29th!