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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.

 

Associate Conductor David Ogden Steirs

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.