AOAAll-State 2007 Clinicians Festival Orchestra,Bohuslav Rattay, Conductor
A native of Prague, Czech conductor Bohuslav Rattay is quickly gaining recognition as one of the young upcoming stars of the podium. In Eastern Europe he has appeared with some of the finest orches- tras of those regions, including Russia's St. Petersburg Academic Orchestra and the Moscow Chamber Orchestra as well as the Parnu City Orchestra of Estonia, where he shared the podium with world- renowned conductor Neeme Jarvi. In the fall of 2006, Rattay took over as the newly appointed Music Director of the Muncie Symphony Orchestra and Ball State University Orchestras in Muncie, Indiana. In the spring of 2005, Rattay was selected by Maestro Leonard Slatkin to take part in the National Symphony Orchestra’s National Conducting Institute. Here he had opportunities to take private coach-
ings with Maestro Slatkin and conduct the NSO. A graduate of Rice University and the Prague Conservatory in bassoon performance, as well as a bassoonist in various professional ensembles, Mr. Rattay became interested in the fight for clas- sical music and felt compelled to be at the podium, bringing orchestral music to the often-disenchanted public in new and exciting ways. Mr. Rattay is particularly interested in attracting young audiences with creative presentations and pro- gramming. He has conducted numerous university and youth orchestras throughout the United States and Europe. At the Peabody Conservatory, Bohuslav studied conducting with many esteemed teachers, including Gustav Meier, Markand Thakar and Edward Polochick. Here he served as Assistant Conductor for the Peabody Symphony Orchestra and the Peabody Opera Department. He has also worked with Neeme Jarvi, Paavo Jarvi, Jorma Panula, Alexander Dmitriev, Donald Thulean, JoAnn Falletta, Daniel Lewis, and Carl St.Clair. In 2004 Bohuslav was selected to attend the Kurt Masur conducting workshop. In his quest for the continued education of public and concert audiences, Bohuslav recently host- ed the ‘Colonial Classics’ radio show on 90.9 FM.
Clark Potter, Premiere String Orchestra, Conductor
A native of Longview, Washington, Clark Potter is in his eleventh year as the viola professor at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln, where he also teaches conducting and serves as principal viola of the Lincoln Symphony. Mr. Potter is in demand as an adjudicator and clinician in schools around the region, and he is the conductor of the Junior Youth Orchestra of Lincoln, an audition ensemble for students in grades 6-9. Prior to his appointment at Nebraska, Mr. Potter taught nine years at Eastern Oregon University, where he was professor of strings, conductor of the Grande Ronde Symphony in La Grande, and the founder of the Youth String Ensemble.
He received his graduate degrees from Indiana
University and California Institute of the Arts and his bachelor's degree from Western Washington University. He has stud- ied with Charmian Gadd, Peter Marsh, James Dunham and Mimi Zweig. Mr. Potter has conducted numerous honors orchestras, including most recently in Rapid City, SD, Reno, NV, Salina, KS and Fort Hays, KS. Conducting at the Alabama All-State Festival is his second such venture; he has also conducted the Oregon All-State Middle School String Orchestra. As a performer he is active as a solo recitalist and chamber musician, performing works as diverse as the complete Brahms sonatas for violin and viola to Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire to Bach's Brandenburg Concerti. He has also premiered numer- ous pieces for the viola, including five pieces by Nebraska composers recently performed on one recital. He is busy com- posing and arranging music for the University of Nebraska viola ensemble, known as NEBratsche. Mr. Potter is halfway to a professional goal of performing as a solo or chamber musician in every state in the union before retirement (Alabama has already been crossed off the list, but he'll be back!), and he is constantly working toward a personal goal of making a positive difference in people's lives. Clark stays sane by enjoying as much time with family life and activities as possible with his dancer/artist daughter Shannon (16), baseballer/violinist son Samuel (12), and early childhood educator wife of 25 years, Jan. His primary hobby is running and racing on the roads and trails of Nebraska year around, regardless of the weather.
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