Youth Symphony Orchestra Conductor
Stephen Rogers Radcliffe
Stephen Rogers Radcliffe continues to fulfill the promise recognized when he made his Lincoln Center conducting debut with Metropolitan Opera sopranos Jan DeGaetani, Susan Graham and Dawn Upshaw. Since then Mr. Radcliffe has conducted orchestras on four continents, produced compact disc recordings of operatic, orchestral, and chamber music works, and has fostered the development of audiences through innovative educational and artistic programs. An Assistant Conductor of the Boston Lyric Opera, Mr. Radcliffe was Founder and Music Director of the New York Chamber Ensemble - performing for over a decade at Lincoln Center, Artistic Director of the Cape May Music Festival, and Principal Guest Conductor of the Hungarian Virtuosi, ensemble which he led in international touring, television and radio broadcast performances and recording projects.  Mr. Radcliffe is currently the Harry and Mildred Remis Endowed Fellow at Brandeis University, and served as the Director of Orchestral and Operatic Activities at the University of Massachusetts and Music Director of the Five College Opera Project. Mr. Radcliffe holds a degree in Music Education from the New England Conservatory and has led youth orchestra programs throughout the United States, Europe, Latin America and Asia.  He holds a Masters degree in conducting from the University of Michigan and has studied at the Aspen and Tanglewood Music Centers as well as at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Florence. His principal teachers include Gustav Meier, Leonard Bernstein and Franco Ferrara.

Junior Symphony Orchestra Conductor
Marcus Tsutakawa
Marcus Tsutakawa has been a music teacher in the Seattle Public Schools since 1979. He became the Director of the Garfield High School Orchestras in 1985 and has since lead the orchestra to critical acclaim, capturing first place at the NW Orchestra Festival 12 out of the past 13 years.  Mr. Tsutakawa, who received the 2005 Mayor’s Arts Awards at Bumbershoot, currently serves on the Seattle Symphony Board of Directors and is on faculty at Marrowstone-in-the-City.  This is his eigth year with the Junior Symphony Orchestra.

Mark Adamo is in his 22st year as an orchestra teacher in Washington State.  Having earned his Bachlor of Arts in Instrumental Music Education from Central Washington University in 1986, Mr. Adamo spent 12 years teaching 4th-12th grade strings in the Port Townsend School District.  Following three more years teaching at Woodinville High School, he moved to the Shoreline School District where he is currently in his 6th year as director of orchestras at Shorecrest High School and Kellogg Middle School.  Mr. Adamo has served four years on the Washington Music Educators Association’s Board of Directors, including a term as Orchestra Curriculum Officer.  In addition to his scholastic profession, Mr. Adamo is active as an adjudicator, clinician, and guest conductor throughout the state.  He lives with his wife, Kate Labiak, and their two neurotic cats in Edmonds.

MITC Program Coordinator
Walt Cole
Walter F. Cole, Marrowstone-in-the-City coordinator, has been associated with the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras since 1969.  He conducted the Debut Symphony Orchestra from 1979-1999, started the Symphonette Orchestra in 1992.  Mr. Cole is the originator of the Endangered Instrument Program now known as SYSO-in-the-schools, which provides students in Seattle and King County Schools with free musical instruction on less often studied instruments like viola and bassoon.  In 1992 he founded Marrowstone-in-the-City, a summer music camp for young musicians ages 7-14, and still serves as Program Director.  Mr. Cole served for 24 years as head of the music department at Nathan Eckstein Middle School in Seattle, and has been elected to the Washington Music Educators Association Hall of Fame for contributions to the music teaching profession and music education in the state of Washington.  He is a music consultant with the Northshore School District, and serves as clinician and adjudicator throughout the Pacific Northwest.

Coaches

Symphonette Orchestra
Violin: Pam Liu/ Judith I. Beatie
Viola: Betty Agent
Cello: Andrea Chandler
Bass: Scott Teske
Woodwinds: Mark Adamo
Percussion: Alec Wilmart

Debut Symphony Orchestra
Violin: Pam Liu/ Judith I. Beatie
Viola: Betty Agent
Cello: Angie Russell
Bass: Scott Teske
Woodwinds: Mark Adamo
Brass: Mark Adamo
Percussion: Alec Wilmart

Junior Symphony Orchestra
Violin: Debra Zadinsky/ Kim Zabelle
Viola: Leah Heard
Cello: Lauren Root
Bass: Todd Gowen
Woodwinds: Francine Petersen
Brass: Todd Merkley
Percussion: Gunnar Folsom

Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra
Violin: John Kim
Viola: Roxanna Patterson
Cello: Walter Gray
Bass: Todd Larsen
Flute: Zart Eby
Oboe: Dan Williams
Clarinet: Mary Kantor
Bassoon: Francine Peterson
Trumpet: David Gordon
Low Brass: Stephen Fissel
French Horn: Mark Robbins
Percussion: Gunnar Folsom