Orchestra Faculty

Timothy (Terry) Durbin is one of the most sought after clinicians/conductors in the country, bringing smiles and laughter to over 700 workshops and institutes throughout his career. He teaches violin in the Preparatory Department at the University of Louisville and beginning Fall 2007 will be teaching violin and conducting at The Center for the Arts, Wyoming. He is a composer who has written many works for string instruments. He has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Bermuda, Germany, Italy, China and Malaysia and has recorded two CDs, the most recent being the complete chamber music of Marcel Dupre for the Naxos label. He received his undergraduate degree in violin performance from the University of Alabama and his Masters in violin performance from the University of Illinois. He lives on 61 acres north of Lexington, Kentucky and recently completed his DMA in orchestral conducting from Claremont Graduate University in Los Angeles, California. Terry and his wife Sandy have three children and two grandchildren. Terry is a believer in the magic and power of music to enrich us and make our lives more meaningful and beautiful.

Trista Emmons was honored with the Ohio String Teachers Association’s 2006-07 Young Teacher of the Year award for her work as orchestra director with the Princeton City Schools in Cincinnati, Ohio. A proponent of alternative styles, she worked with the first high school rock orchestra, The Lakewood Project, in Cleveland, Ohio, and continues to expand her students’ skills by infusing groups’ programs with a large variety of musical styles. She has had great success in incorporating the Suzuki Method in the public school environment and developing strong chamber music skills in students of all ages.

An accomplished violist and violinist, she holds degrees in Viola Performance from the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music and The Cleveland Institute of Music, as well as a Master of Arts in Education from Case Western Reserve University. Ms. Emmons frequently performs throughout Ohio as an orchestral and chamber musician. She was a fellowship recipient at the Aspen Music Festival. Her primary teachers were Masao Kawasaki, Catharine Carroll, Mark Jackobs and Ellen dePasquale.

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