 President & Director Founder of International Conducting Masterclasses, Inc.,
Steven Huang has conducted orchestras and operas across the United States and
throughout the world, including recurring guest conductor of the National
Philharomonic of Moldova and l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Ste. Trinité, in
Port-au-Prince, Haiti. At the age of twenty-one, he served as Music Director of
the Bach Society Orchestra of Harvard University, where he received his
undergraduate degree, as well as the Lowell House Opera, the oldest continuously
running opera company in New England. He is currently on faculty as Director of
Orchestral Activities at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.
Mr. Huang has worked with young musicians in the nationally
recognized Irvine Youth Symphony and the Four Seasons Orchestra in Southern
California. He has held the position of Music Director of the University of
Chicago Chamber Orchestra, the Central Illinois Youth Symphony, the Gilbert and
Sullivan Players of Chicago, and the Bradley University Orchestra. He also founded
the Peoria Young Players, an elite ensemble of young musicians. He has guest
conducted programs with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra, and abroad, he has led
the New Symphony Orchestra of Bulgaria; the Attergau Kultursommer Orchestra in
Austria, in conjunction with the Salzburg Festival; the Jeunesses Musicales
Festival Orchestra, and Pitesti Philharmonic in Romania; the “Regina Vioara” International Violin
Festival Orchestra in Moldova; and L’Orchestre Philharmonique de Sainte
Trinité, Haiti, where he volunteers to teach young Haitian musicians.
Mr. Huang earned the Master of Music degree in Orchestral
Conducting from the University of Michigan as a student of Kenneth Kiesler. He
twice received the Herbert von Karajan Fellowship for Young Conductors for
study at the Salzburg Festival, and the Fulbright Fellowship for study at the
National University of Music in Bucharest, where he was the student of Dumitru
Goia.
Steven Huang has been featured as conductor on the album
"Sticks & Stones," released by Equilibrium, and an upcoming album
of music by Miklos Rozsa.
 Secretary/Treasurer & Director A native of Athens, Ohio, AJ Stack has extensive experience in all aspects of not-for-profit organization. He has served on the boards of directors for the Graduation Reality and Dual-Role Skills Advisory Committee (Ohio Dept. of Education programming); the Episcopal Appalachian Ministries Commission for the Episcopal Church USA; numerous advisory and directorial boards and commissions in the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio; and the Athens AIDS Task Force, where he served as President. Mr. Stack received his Bachelors of Arts in Social Work from Ohio University and maintains both a Social Work and Foster Care/Adoption Assessor license in the State of Ohio. He has extensive experience in residential and outpatient mental health, drug and alcohol, and behavioral health counseling, and currently works for Oasis Therapeutic Foster Care Network as an Assessor and Care and Treatment Team Leader. Mr. Stack was the Seek Work Program Coordinator for Athens County Job and Family Services, a program designed to aid the unemployed in acquiring workplace skills. He is also currently employed by Sun Electric, a family electrical contracting business, where he manages all financial and personnel activities. |
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