The Directors
Rosemary Lather, GT Director
This is my 21st year of teaching orchestra in Howard County, and my 14th year of directing this orchestra so i have been directing it longer than most of the kids have been alive. I currently teach at River Hill HS and Marriotts Ridge HS. In 2001 I was Howard County's music teacher of the year. I played in the 1st violin section of the Maryland Symphony for 21 years, 1st Violin section of the Harrisburg Symphony for 3 years, assistant concertmistress of the Millbrook Chamber Orchestra for two years and concertmistress of the Columbia Orchestra for four years. I also taught violin and chamber music at Western MD, now McDaniel College for three years. I am a frequent adjudicator and guest conductor throughout the state of MD. Together with my husband, an award winning banjo player, we play music of the American Civil war era, performing at the Smithsonian, civil war battlefields, reenactments and many other historical events. We have two recordings and have recorded sound tracks for several battlefield visitor centers. I studied the violin with Robert Gerle, Berle Senofsky and Herbert Greenberg. I also have a Juris Doctor degree. I have two children and 4 poodles.
Alan Leung, GT Assistant Director
My name is Allen Leung and I am from Kansas. Of course there is "no place like home" but I am glad to call Maryland my home right how. This is my third year of teaching in Howard County. I am currently the orchestra director at Patuxent Valley Middle School and Hammond Hight School. I am a recent graduate from the University of Kansas and was a member of the KU Symphony Orchestra. I am a piano and violin player. I received my degree in Music Education. My experience with music education programs in the Midwest has been of high quality. I have been pleased with similar experiences in Howard County and the Gifted Talented music programs. I look forward to making music and being a part of this year's Middle School GT Orchestra.
Jay Kim, Enrichment Co-Director
A native of South Korea, Mr. Kim earned his Bachelors majoring in Violin from Han Yang University in Korea, where he served as concertmaster in his senior year. He came to the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore and studied with two world-renowned violinists, Mr. Berl Senofsky and Ms. Shirley Givens. He had orchestra repertoire training with Mr. Herbert Greenberg, who was concertmaster at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Kim received his Masters Degree and Graduate Performance Diploma majoring in Violin from the Peabody Conservatory of Music.
He has had the opportunity to work with several performing groups in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area including the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, Goucher Chamber Orchestra, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Concert Artist of Baltimore, Maryland Symphony Orchestra, and Washington Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. His string quartet group appeared at the Maryland Governor’s Gala Concert and his trio group was invited to play in the Eastern Chamber Music Society. Mr. Kim was the founder of the Columbia Camerata Musika, a professional string orchestra group, and the executive director of the Washington Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra.
In addition to his performing career, he has taught as a chamber music coach for two years at Chesapeake Youth Symphony Orchestra in Annapolis, Mr. Kim is currently teaching at two middle schools in Howard County Public School System and performing actively in Baltimore-Washington area. He has two sons, Joshua and Justin. His wife also graduated from the Peabody Conservatory majoring in OboeBonnie Zeitler, Enrichment Co-Director
Mrs. Zeitler has been the orchestra director at Hammond Middle and Hammond Elementary Schools and presently conducts orchestras at Manor Woods and Triadelphia Ridge Elementary Schools in Howard County. She has also maintained a private studio for the past 13 years. She has been a Suzuki group teacher, sectional coach, and conductor of the Younger Orchestra at the Baltimore String Orchestra Camp.
As a violinist, Mrs. Zeitler has studied in San Francisco, New Orleans, San Diego and here in the Baltimore area, and has been the concertmaster of several university orchestras. She has studied privately with Fred Lifsitz and Zoltan Szabo as well as receiving chamber music instruction from the Alexander String Quartet. Her degree programs featured special focus on both chamber music and cross-cultural language and development. She has also had several performing opportunities on various television shows.
Mrs. Zeitler adjudicates various music festivals and is a freelance violinist in the metropolitan area. She looks forward to a great year with the MSEO!We Make Our Plans the Hard Way
Summer 2005
