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Timoteus Racz, B.M., M.M., received his formal
training from internationally renowned musicians such as the
Concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony, Victor Aitay, and intensive
orchestral training from Conductor Zoltan Rozsnyai, founder of the
Philharmonica Hungarica (Germany). Mr. Racz has performed
internationally as a soloist, recitalist and concertmaster and is in
demand as a teacher in the Northwest. He is the Artistic Director
and Concertmaster of the conductorless ensemble, the OREGON CHAMBER
PLAYERS. He is also the Artistic Director and Conductor of the
Junior Symphony of Vancouver. He is an active
composer and has composed violin etudes, solos and a concerto,
string orchestra pieces and other assorted works for chamber
ensembles including commissions for the Double Reed Divas. Some of
his music is published by JB Linear and can be purchased here:
http://www.jb-linear-music.com/
His own violin shop, Racz European
Violins, was opened in August 2001 in Vancouver, WA.

David Ogden Stiers
Although best known as an actor, David Ogden
Stiers has had an active secondary career as a
conductor. He has guest conducted over thirty American
orchestras in such cities as San Francisco, Los Angeles,
San Diego, Honolulu, and Chicago. Stiers’ acting credits
include Broadway appearances in Ulysses, and
Magic Town and toured in The Three Sisters,
Measure for Measure, and The Beggar’s Opera.
His film credits include Oh God!, The
Accidental Tourist, Beauty and the Beast, and
Mighty Aphrodite. On television he has played
major roles in MASH, The Innocents Abroad,
and Murder She Wrote. He narrated the PBS
miniseries on Ronald Reagan and New York City. He has
been nominated three times for Emmy awards.
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