Governance - MOLA

MOLA Board 2023-2024

PRESIDENT
Alastair McKean
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
GPO Box 4338
Sydney NSW 2001
Australia
Phone: +61 2 8215 4682

VICE PRESIDENT
Christopher Blackmon
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Gabriël Metsustraat 16
Amsterdam 1071 EB
Netherlands
Phone: +31 20 305 1025

PAST PRESIDENT
Courtney Secoy Cohen
San Diego Symphony
750 B Street, Suite 1925

San Diego, CA 92101

USA
Phone: +1-619-237-1962

SECRETARY
Matthew Dannan
The United States Air Force Band
201 McChord St
Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling
Washington, DC 20032
USA
Phone: +1-202-404-8364

TREASURER
Blaine Cunningham
Orchestra Iowa
119 Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52401
USA
Phone: +1-479-595-3665

MEMBER-AT-LARGE
Christopher Reiche Boucher
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
500-145 Wellington Street West
Toronto, ON M5J 1H8
Canada
Phone: +1-416-595-4428

If you have items you would like to be considered for inclusion in upcoming Board meeting agendae, please contact the MOLA Administrator

Coordination, Councils, and Other Officials

ADMINISTRATOR

Amy Tackitt
1949 Asheville Dr.
Charlottesville, VA 22911
USA
Phone: +1-734-646-9570

DATABASE COORDINATORS
Errata - Doug Adams, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Membership - Wendy J. Skoczen, The Metropolitan Opera
Pops Resources - Courtney Secoy Cohen, San Diego Symphony
Publishers, Agents, and Dealers Resources - Ella M. Fredrickson, Honorary Member

HOSPITALITY COORDINATORS

North America - Joy Fabos, Oregon Symphony
Europe - Georgina Govier, Welsh National Opera
Asia-Pacific - Alastair McKean, Sydney Symphony Orchestra

PAST PRESIDENTS COUNCIL
Rebecca Beavers, The Naples Philharmonic
Courtney Secoy Cohen, San Diego Symphony
Jane Cross, Honorary Member, The United States Marine Band

Marcia Farabee, Honorary Member, National Symphony Orchestra
Ella M. Fredrickson, Honorary Member, The Florida Orchestra
Georgina Govier, Welsh National Opera
Paul Gunther, Honorary Member, Minnesota Orchestra
Juhana Hautsalo, Suomen Kansallisooppera ja-baletti
Mary Judge, Honorary Member, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
James Kortz, Emeritus Member, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
Laurie Lake+, Honorary Member, Interlochen Center for the Arts
Patrick McGinn, Honorary Member, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Kazue McGregor, Honorary Member, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Mark Millidge, BBC Symphony Orchestra
Clinton F. Nieweg, Emeritus Member, The Philadelphia Orchestra
Robert O'Brien, Honorary Member, The Cleveland Orchestra
Tony Rickard, Royal Opera House
John Rosenkrans, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Karen Schnackenberg, Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Robert Sutherland, Honorary Member, The Metropolitan Opera
Tom Takaro, Honorary Member, Houston Symphony
Elena Lence Talley, Kansas City Symphony
Lawrence Tarlow, New York Philharmonic
Gregory Vaught, Honorary Member, San Antonio Symphony
Ronald Whitaker, Honorary Member, The Cleveland Orchestra

+ In Memoriam

Board Nomination & Election Procedure

On February 17, 2024, nominations will open for the following positions on the MOLA Board of Directors:

Vice President (three years, succeeding in the second year to the Presidency and in the third to the Past Presidency)
Secretary (one year)
Member-at-Large (two years)

Position descriptions may be found on the MOLA website, in the administration section of the Members Area.

Nominations Procedures

A librarian of any member organization can make a nomination during the nomination period.
Nominations will be accepted from February 17, 2024, through March 30, 2024. After this date, the full slate of nominees will be announced via the Forum and email.
Nominations must include the candidate’s name, member organization, nominated position, contact information (email and phone), and confirmation that the nominee has agreed to run and will accept the position if elected.
All nominee names will be posted at once on the MOLA Forum after the nomination period ends.

Nominee Statements

By March 30, each nominee will be required to submit a photo and statement to the Administrator for publication via the MOLA Forum and in Marcato. Statements should not exceed 300 words and must include:

Name
Organization
Reasons for wanting to serve on the Board
What the nominee feels they can bring to MOLA as a Board member

Optional information:

Prior MOLA involvement
Background

All nominations must be made in writing and sent to be received by midnight United States Pacific Time on March 30 by email or standard mail to:

Amy Tackitt, MOLA Administrator

1949 Asheville Drive

Charlottesville, VA 22911

USA

Email: amytackitt@aol.com

Voting

Proposed bylaw amendments, if any, will be posted to the MOLA forum on April 6, 2024. Members may propose amendments directly on the forum or by sending via email to the MOLA Administrator. Discussion may take place on the forum through April 20, 2024. A link to vote online will be sent to all member librarians on April 27, 2024, inclusive of any amendments that have been raised during the discussion period.

Please note that only one vote may be cast by each member organization. For organizations with more than one librarian, please coordinate amongst yourselves to submit one vote only. Duplicate votes from a single member organization will be discarded. Once it has been determined that there are no duplicate votes, all votes will be de-identified and tallied to avoid any association of ballot selection with the submitting organization.

Voting will close when the Annual Business Meeting is called to order (time TBD).

Reminder: MOLA resources, including the Forum, may not be used to promote candidates for Board elections. Doing so will result in immediate removal of the candidate from the nomination process.

MOLA I - 1983

Back row - left to right: John van Winkle, San Francisco; Timothy (Tim) Keleher, Opera Company of Philadelphia; Robert (Bob) O’Brien, Rochester; Paul Gunther, Milwaukee; ♪ Joseph (Joe) Fisher, Baltimore; ♪ Donald (Don) Jennings, Juilliard; ♪ Nicholas (Nick) Bryce, National Arts Centre (ret.); Marshall (Marty) Burlingame, ASOL; Lawrence (Larry) Tarlow, Atlanta

Middle Row: ♪ Victor (Vic) Alpert, Boston; ♪ Vernon (Vern) Kirkpatrick, National, DC; Clinton (Clint) Nieweg, Philadelphia; John Perkel, Buffalo; John Grande, Metropolitan Opera; ♪ David Bartolotta, San Francisco Ballet; James (Jim) Berdahl, Minnesota; ♪ Louis (Lou) Robbins, New York Philharmonic; ♪ Christian (Chris) Woehr, Pittsburgh; John Tafoya, St Louis; ♪ John Donohue, New York City Ballet

Front Row: Mary Judge, Cincinnati; Nancy Bradburd, Philadelphia; ♪ Elizabeth (Betty) Burnett, New England Conservatory (ret.); Robert (Bob) Grossman, Philadelphia

[♪ Deceased]

MOLA Committees 2023-2024

ARCHIVES COMMITTEE
Cynthia Stacy, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Chair
Matthew Holland-Gray, San Francisco Symphony
Larissa Powers, The United States Army Band
Elizabeth Cusato Schnobrick, National Symphony Orchestra
Christina Wensel, The United States Army Band
Matthew Dannan, The United States Air Force Band, ex-officio

ASIA-PACIFIC COMMITTEE
Nadia Myers, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Chair
Keiko Itonaga, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Robert Johnson, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
Jin-Keun Kim, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra
Lip Hua Lim, Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Christine Ong Li-Huey, Malaysian Philharmonic
Eric Yan-Di Zhu, Suzhou Symphony Orchestra
Alastair McKean, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, ex-officio

CONFERENCE PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
Christopher Blackmon, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vice President
Courtney Secoy Cohen, San Diego Symphony, Past President
Michael Ferraguto, The Cleveland Orchestra, 2024 Host
Inger Marie Garcia de Presno, Berliner Philharmoniker, 2023 Host
Elaine Li, The Juilliard School
Alastair McKean, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, President
Gabrielle Petek, The Cleveland Orchestra, 2024 Host
Manly Romero, Manhattan School of Music
Sebastian Schüssler, Berliner Philharmoniker, 2023 Host
Amy Tackitt, Administrator

DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Elena Lence Talley, Kansas City Symphony, Chair
Laura Cones, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Michael Ferraguto, The Cleveland Orchestra
Sara Griffin, New York Philharmonic
Sarah Bowman Peterson, Grand Rapids Symphony & Peninsula Music Festival
Manly Romero, Manhattan School of Music
Karen Schnackenberg, Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Amanda Tallant, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Courtney Secoy Cohen, San Diego Symphony, ex-officio

EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Elaine Li, The Juilliard School, Co-Chair
Alizabeth Nowland, University of Michigan, Co-Chair
Marcia Farabee, Honorary Member
Meredith Gangler, Eastman School of Music
Gordon Grant, Scottish Opera
Joshua Luty, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Nadia Myers, Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Rachel Perfecto, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra
Wendy J. Skoczen, The Metropolitan Opera
KT Somero, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Christopher Blackmon, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, ex-officio

FINANCE COMMITTEE

Christopher Hawn, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Chair
Luke Bryson, Houston Symphony
Shannon Highland, The Dallas Opera
Patrick McGinn, Honorary Member
Karen Schnackenberg, Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Blaine Cunningham, Orchestra Iowa, ex-officio

LICENSING COMMITTEE
Christopher Reiche Boucher, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, ex-officio

MARCATO COMMITTEE

Nishana Dobbeck, The Metropolitan Opera, Co-Chair, Editor-In-Chief
Anya Brodrick, The United States Marine Band, Co-Chair, Editor-In-Chief
Sarah Logan Smith, Honorary Member, Layout Editor & Production/Distribution Manager
Courtney Secoy Cohen, San Diego Symphony
Rachel Lowry, Des Moines Symphony, Errata Report Editor
Rachel Perfecto, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra
Caroline Ramos, Boston Conservatory at Berklee
KT Somero, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Thomas Takaro, Honorary Member, Crossword Puzzle Author
Elena Lence Talley, Kansas City Symphony
Erin Vander Wyst, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Transitions Column Writer
Alastair McKean, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, ex-officio

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
Christopher Reiche Boucher, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Chair & ex-officio
Matthew Dannan, The United States Air Force Band
Joy Fabos, Oregon Symphony, North America Hospitality Coordinator
Michael Ferraguto, The Cleveland Orchestra
Meredith Gangler, Eastman School of Music
Chloe Geller, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Georgina Govier, Welsh National Opera, European Hospitality Coordinator
Katharina Hötzenecker, Wiener Staatsoper
Àngels Martínez, The Metropolitan Opera
Alastair McKean, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Asia-Pacific Hospitality Coordinator
Sarah Bowman Peterson, Grand Rapids Symphony & Peninsula Music Festival
Manly Romero, Manhattan School of Music
Wendy J. Skoczen, The Metropolitan Opera, Membership Database Coordinator
Ali Verderber, Austin Symphony

POLICY COMMITTEE
Christopher Blackmon, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Chair & ex-officio
Sara Baguyos, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Juhana Hautsalo, Suomen Kansallisooppera ja-baletti
John Van Winkle, Honorary Member

POPS COMMITTEE
Fabrice Curtis, Kansas City Symphony, Chair
Luke Bryson, Houston Symphony
Diana Doublet, Symphony Nova Scotia
Michael Ferraguto, The Cleveland Orchestra
Bradley Geneser, Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
Jay Koziorynsky, Youngstown Symphony Orchestra
Rachel Lowry, Des Moines Symphony
Renee Pflughaupt, Nashville Symphony
Carl Wilder, Seattle Symphony
Courtney Secoy Cohen, San Diego Symphony, ex-officio

PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE
Lisa Dempsey Kane, The Juilliard School, Chair
Bob Greer, Dallas Symphony Orchestra

David Gruender, Emeritus Member
Jin-Keun Kim, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra
Katie Klich, St. Louis Symphony
Justin Vibbard, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Courtney Secoy Cohen, San Diego Symphony, ex-officio

MOLA/PUBLISHER JOINT COMMITTEE - Europe
Georgina Govier, Welsh National Opera, Chair
Patrick Abrams, Bärenreiter
Henrik Almon, Durand/Salbert/Eschig – Universal Music Publishing Classical
Stefan Conradi, Edition Peters
Thierry Fouquet, Edition Mario Bois
Simone Fuligno, Ricordi – Universal Music Publishing
Inger Marie García de Presno, Berliner Philharmoniker
Adam Harvey, Wise Music
Juhana Hautsalo, Finnish National Opera & Ballet

Christian Hoesch, Schott
Bevis Hungate, Boosey
Astrid Koblanck, Universal Edition

Susanna Lehtinen, Fennica Gehrman
Peter Magro, LM Edition AB
Nick Pfefferkorn, Breitkopf & Härtel
Christian Rudolf Riedel, Breitkopf & Härtel
Mathilde Serraille, Opéra de Paris
Emanuel Signer Bärenreiter
Cordula Stamm, Breitkopf & Härtel
Pablo Suso, Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa

Simon Wright, OUP
Christopher Blackmon, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, ex-officio

MOLA/PUBLISHER JOINT COMMITTEE - North America
Lisa Dempsey Kane, The Juilliard School, Co-Chair
Bob Greer, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Co-Chair
Maureen Conroy, Minnesota Orchestra
Elizabeth Dunning, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Marc Facci, Tulsa Symphony Orchestra
Travis Hendra, Buffalo Philharmonic

Maria Iannacone, Theodore Presser
Leif Larson, C.F. Peters
Melissa Luck, Luck's Music
Robin Pomatto, Rodgers and Hammerstein
Matt Searing, San Francisco Symphony
Eric Wendell, Boosey & Hawkes
Matthew Dannan, The United Air Force Band, ex-officio

MOLA/AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS (AFM) LIAISON COMMITTEE
Karen Schnackenberg, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Chair
Kim Hartquist, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Data Coordinator
Sarah Bowman Peterson, Grand Rapids Symphony & Peninsula Music Festival
Henry Skolnick, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Reiche Boucher, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, ex-officio

MOLA/MUSIC PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION (MPA)/MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (MLA) JOINT COMMITTEE
Sara Griffin, New York Philharmonic, Chair
Michael Crowley, The City University of New York
Daniel Dorff, Theodore Presser
Christi English, Jazz at Lincoln Center
Jane Gottlieb, The Juilliard School
Karen Heymann, Peermusic Classical
Jonathan Hiam, New York Public Library
Peter Martin, G. Schirmer/Music Sales
Mickey Jianniney, J.W. Pepper
Cynthia Stacy, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Robert Sutherland, Honorary Member
Kay Wolff, Jazz at Lincoln Center
Matthew Dannan, The United States Air Force Band, ex-officio

SOCIAL MEDIA COMMITTEE
Ali Verderber, Austin Symphony, Chair
Brendan Agnew, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Iñigo de Peque, Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa
Batya Frenlakh, Israel Philharmonic
Jay Koziorynsky, Youngstown Symphony Orchestra

Elaine Li, The Juilliard School
Rachel Perfecto, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra
Renee Pflughaupt, Nashville Symphony
Mathilde Serraille, Opéra de Paris
Melissa Wilson, Boise Philharmonic
Blaine Cunningham, Orchestra Iowa, ex-officio

TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
Mark Fabulich, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Co-Chair
Joshua Luty, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Co-Chair
Doug Adams, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Matthew Dannan, The United States Air Force Band
Graham Fast, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Mark Fugina, Long Beach Symphony
Bob Greer, Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Julia Karstens, Virginia Symphony
Katie Klich, St. Louis Symphony
Tony Rickard, Royal Opera House
John Rosenkrans, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Philip Rothman, NYC Music Services
Luke Speedy-Hutton, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Blaine Cunningham, Orchestra Iowa, ex-officio

WEBSITE COMMITTEE
Sebastian Djupsjöbacka, Radion sinfoniaorkesteri, Chair & Webmaster
Ella M. Fredrickson, Honorary Member
Elaine Li, The Juilliard School
Wendy J. Skoczen, The Metropolitan Opera
Courtney Secoy Cohen, San Diego Symphony, ex-officio
Website maintenance: webteam@mola-inc.org