Maria Newman Louis and Annette Kaufman Composition Chair Composer-in-Residence Malibu Coast Chamber Orchestra
Joachim Chassman Violin Chair Violinist, Violist and Pianist
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Scott Hosfeld Alfred Newman Conducting Chair Conductor and Music Director, Malibu Coast Chamber Orchestra Associate Conductor Sierra Symphony Orchestra
Camilla Wicks Violin Chair Violinist and Violist
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Wendy Prober Herbert Donaldson Piano Chair Artistic Director, SPaCE Salon Resident Pianist (MAHMA) Viklarbo Chamber Ensemble
Wendy Prober has performed throughout the United States and Canada as a critically acclaimed chamber musician and soloist. She is the founding pianist of the award-winning Viklarbo Chamber Ensemble, and has served as Artist-in-Residence at Loyola Marymount University, the prestigious USC Composition Department, "Sunday's Live" at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Montgomery Arts House for Music and Architecture (MAHMA), as well as the popular Los Angeles based, SPaCE Salon. Highly sought after as an expert in the performance of new music, Prober recorded Morton Lauridsen's "Cuatro Canciones" on the RCM label, receiving a coveted Grammy nomination. She has served as Faculty-in-Residence for Loyola Marymount, and the University of Judaism, and for two seasons was Executive Director of the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony, with whom she continues to solo frequently.
Wendy
Prober has been deeply connected with the music of Maria Newman from
the beginning, presenting the world premiere and many subsequent
performances of Maskil, (Newman’s sonata for solo piano), as well as many additional chamber and orchestral works by
Newman and other acclaimed living composers.
Ms. Prober currently holds the Herbert Donaldson Piano Chair at the Montgomery Arts House for Music and Architecture in Malibu, California.
Malibu Artist, Carla Marlenée Bates, is a California native whose talents span the fields of both commercial and fine art. She holds a BFA from California State University, Fullerton. She studied under the late, Myrna Mckee at the prestigious California Art Institute. For the past ten years she has worked as Creative Director and Product Designer for Fireship Souvenir Company, based in the Caribbean, as well as for her own Souvenir Company, Zuma Design Inc., based here in Malibu.
Also highly respected illustrator, her projects have included books for children, book jacket covers and product design. Bates often collaborates on projects with other artists, and has designed logos and CD covers for such artists as drummer, Jack Irons; jazz singer, Nancy Osborne; and classical music composer, Maria Newman.
Although busy with her commercial artwork and the everyday business of raising her two children with husband Bruce, she still finds time to create fine art. As a member of the Malibu Art Association, Carla has received awards for both pastel and acrylic paintings. Recently her paintings were exhibited as part of a show for the Art Institute of Portland Gallery. The exhibit showcased past Disney Artists and was entitled, "Beyond The Mouse."
Her reverence for the Pacific coastline has inspired her most recent series of paintings, which depict ocean vistas and the local Malibu surf culture. Her artwork has universal appeal and hangs on the walls of art lovers in such locales as Malibu, Montana, New York, and Paris.
Ms. Bates currently holds the Peggy Coulston Phillips Visual Arts Chair at the Montgomery Arts House For Music and Architecture in Malibu, California.
Romy Karz Deborah and Steven Grahek Dance Chair Artistic Advisor Malibu Coast Chamber Ballet Karz School of Dance
Romy Karz, Artistic Advisor of the Malibu Coast Chamber Ballet and Director of the Karz School of Dance in Malibu, is a former and long standing member of the inimitable New York City Ballet. An artist of rare grace and sincerity, Ms. Karz is a favorite mentor of dancers of all ages and levels.
Ms. Karz joined forces with the Malibu Coast Chamber Ballet (MCCB) in Spring 2010, creating poignant choreography for an Earth Day ballet piece commissioned by the City of Malibu. The original ballet, featuring nine dancers, is entitled, "Celebraciones de la Tierra" (Celebrations of the Earth). The Malibu Coast Chamber Ballet is slated to travel to all 21 California Missions for live performances in these novel and historic venues.
Ms. Karz currently holds the Deborah and Steven Grahek Dance Chair at the Montgomery Arts House for Music and Architecture in Malibu, California.
