Harold Farberman, founder and artistic director of The Conductors Institute, studied percussion at the Juilliard School, composition at the New England Conservatory, and conducting and composition at Tanglewood. In 1951 he became the youngest member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra when he joined its percussion section. In 1963 Farberman left the Boston Symphony to embark on a conducting career that has earned him an international reputation. He has been music director of the Colorado Springs (Colorado) and Oakland (California) Symphonies and principal guest conductor of the Denver Symphony and the Bournemouth (Great Britain) Sinfonietta. Farberman has been a frequent guest conductor and recording artist of major orchestras, including the London Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, BBC, Stockholm Philharmonic, Swedish Radio, Danish Radio, Hessischer Rundfunk, and Hong Kong Philharmonic.

For his dedication to the music of Charles Ives through performance and recordings, Farberman was awarded the Ives Medal. His book The Art of Conducting Technique is published by Warner Brothers. His music has been heard in numerous international venues. Albany Records released four CDs featuring his works, and his Cello Concerto was premiered by the American Symphony Orchestra in November 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall.

ALEXANDER FARKAS originally trained as a pianist and currently teaches at the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford. A certified teacher of the Alexander Technique, he earned his certificate at the Victoria Training Course, London, Shoshana Kaminitz, principal. Mr. Farkas has been a guest lecturer at the Royal College of Music, the Royal Academy of Music, Trinity College of Music in London, and the Musik-Akademie in Basel, Switzerland. He also teaches privately in New York City and Hartford.

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Alexander Technique Center of Washington, D.C.

B.A., University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., Temple University. Dissertation: “Issues in the Theory of Land Value Taxation.” Specialization in public-sector economics and history of economic thought. Temple University awards: Russell Conwell Fellowship (1984–86), University Fellowship (1983–84), summer tuition scholarship (1984). Taught at Franklin and Marshall College, West Chester University, and Temple University. Coauthor, “What’s Missing from the Capital Gains Debate,” Levy Institute Public Policy Brief No. 32 (1997). Contributor, The Corruption of Economics (1994), Beyond Neoclassical Economics: Heterodox Approaches to Economic Theory (1995), and Critics of Henry George (2003). (1991– ) Associate Professor of Economics.