2017-030-E Arts - North Carolina Symphony Society, Inc. - Fall 2016 Arts Grant Agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID: 1732F087-2E47-4F14-BEFD-43DC5AA7123A Sarah Baron, Director of Education Sarah Baron is Director of Education for the North Carolina Symphony, which conducts one of the most extensive education programs of any U.S. orchestra. Her duties include planning and administering 40 plus education concerts around the state each year and working with North Carolina music educators to provide orchestral experiences for students from pre-school through high school. She pursued degrees in music education and clarinet performance at the University of Northern Iowa. At the University, she won the Myron and Ruth Russell Award and People's Choice Award at the Presser Foundation Performance Competition and had the unique experience of student teaching at Millais School in England and the American School of The Hague in The Netherlands. Ms. Baron's interest in arts management was sparked after working at the Interlochen Arts Camp and the Bowdoin International Music Festival. After graduation, she began with Orchestra Iowa in Cedar Rapids. In her five years with that orchestra, she played a key role in - the expansion of the Music in the Schools chamber music program to the Iowa City Community School District. She enhanced youth concerts with multi-media visual presentations and pre- concert trivia to engage students on a deeper level. David Glover,Associate Conductor David Glover joined the North Carolina Symphony as Associate Conductor in the 2014/15 season. Mr. Glover comes to the North Carolina Symphony from the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, where he served for two years as the Assistant Conductor, leading its Discovery, Family, and Side-by-Side Concerts. His duties with the North Carolina Symphony include conducting education and evening concerts throughout the state, as well as performances on the Triangle Pops Series and Young People's Concerts, along with pre-concert talks. He has led numerous orchestras including the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, North Czech Philharmonic, Bulgarian Opera in Bourgas, and Hungarian Opera-Cluj. As a participant in numerous competitions, he placed in the semi-finals of the Bartok Opera Competition and was the youngest person to pass the preliminary round of the Cadeques Competition in 2008. In addition, Mr. Glover has held positions as the Ansbacher Fellow to the Salzburg Festival and conductor of the Indiana University All-Campus Orchestra. He holds degrees from the University of Georgia and Boston University in violin performance, as well as a master's degree in instrumental conducting from Indiana University, where he was named an Adjunct Lecturer in 2007. Mr. Glover founded and served as Artistic Director of L'Orchestra da Camera, Boston, which he led for its first two seasons.