Ensemble Conductors
I Dewa Ketut Alit Adnyana is an internationally esteemed performer and teacher of Balinese instrumental music. At Lawrence University, he teaches traditional and contemporary Balinese music repertoire and directs Lawrence’s own Gamelan Cahaya Asri.
Dewa graduated from the Conservatory of Indonesian Musical Arts (SMKI) in 1999, though is primarily trained in the local performing arts of his village of Pengosekan, Bali. He is a founding member of Gamelan Çudamani, one of the premiere gamelan troupes from Bali, and has toured multiple times with Çudamani to the U.S., Canada, Japan, Italy, and Greece. Their recent tour of the production “Odalan Bali” won acclaim from critics across the U.S. and Canada.
Dedicated to the continuation of traditional Balinese music education, Dewa has been one of the core teachers of Çudamani’s educational programs for children in Pengosekan. He has played a critical part in supporting the development of the Çudamani Girls’ Gamelan, one of the only ensembles of its kind to offer young girls in Bali the opportunity to learn gamelan music. He also founded a young boys’ gamelan ensemble at Çudamani in 2006. Dewa teaches at the Çudamani Summer Institute for Music and Dance in Bali, and has had private students from the U.S., Canada, Japan, and the U.K. since 2000. Dewa is sought after for his clear and systematic teaching methods. Since 1998, he has been invited to teach gong kebyar, angklung, and gamelan semarandana repertoire to men’s, women’s, and children’s gamelans across southern Bali in preparation for their performances at temple ceremonies and festival competitions.
Janet Bond Sutter, ASTRO conductor
Carrie Lane Gruselle is lead teacher of the String Project at Lawrence University, a teacher training program for string majors. A high school strings teacher in Appleton, she is also a published composer and arranger of music for string orchestra. Ms. Gruselle is actively involved with the Wisconsin School Music Association where she worked with the Middle Level Honors Project, and currently serves on the CMP (Comprehensive Musicianship through Performance) committee. A member of the Wisconsin chapter of ASTA (American String Teachers Association), she received the Wi-ASTA Teacher of the year award for 2007. Ms. Gruselle received her undergraduate degree in music education from University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and her Masters of Music Education with a Suzuki emphasis from University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
Carol Leybourn, Chamber Music Ensembles coach, has Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in piano performance from the University of Michigan. She concertized in Germany, established a studio in Ann Arbor upon her return to the United States and has performed and lectured throughout the United States and Canada. Ms. Leybourn has also established chamber music programs for junior high and high school students throughout the Midwest. She presently directs the chamber music program at Lawrence Academy of Music. She writes orchestral reduction piano arrangements of string concertos for The Frustrated Accompanist. She is listed in "Who's Who of American Women" and "Who's Who in the World".
Jon Meyer enjoys sharing the love and knowledge of music with students of all ages. On the staff of the Lawrence Academy of Music, Appleton, Wisconsin, he directs the Symphonic Band, New Horizons Band, teaches clarinet and saxophone lessons, and is also the coordinator of the summer residential Music Camp. He holds degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Northwestern University. Dr. Meyer has served on the faculty of Lakeland College in Sheboygan and the Wautoma Area School District. A member of the Kiel Municipal Band, he has performed as a saxophone soloist with bands and orchestras throughout Wisconsin
Rachel Richards, New Horizons Orchestra conductor, joined the Academy in 2005 as an instrumental coach for both the New Horizons Band and Orchestra. In 2006, she became the orchestra's conductor. An elementary and middle school strings teacher in Appleton, she is actively involved in teaching and promoting music for all ages.
Rachel received her Bachelor of Music degree from St. Norbert College in 2004 where she was a recipient of the Tony Winters Instrumental Music Award in recognition of community outreach through instrumental music performance for the purpose of expanding the appreciation of music to diversified communty audiences.
As an active member in the community, she enjoys playing the string bass or bassoon with various ensembles. Rachel is also a member of the Wisconsin School Music Association and the Wisconsin chapter of the American String Teachers Association.
Andrew Mast, Wind Ensemble conductor
