THOMAS
SERVINSKY
Assistant Conductor
Thomas Servinsky grew up in Indiana, Pennsylvania, where his
parents were both teachers.
His father, a gifted clarinetist, passed on his
musical talents to his son and by the age of six, Mr. Servinsky was playing the clarinet.
During Mr. Servinsky’s studies at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, his professor, Dr. Daniel
DiCicco, organized a trip abroad to the Paris Conservatory
and Paris Opera.
While there, Mr. Servinsky had the opportunity to
study with Maurice Gabai, principal clarinetist with the
Paris
Opera. After
his return to the U.S. he studied
with Louis Paul, principal clarinetist with the Pittsburgh Symphony.
Mr. Paul then arranged the “chance of a lifetime” for
Servinsky to study with
Stanley
Drucker, principal clarinetist with the
New York Philharmonic.
Mr. Servinsky enters his 19th season with the Atlantic
Classical Orchestra, as well as free lancing with several
south Florida
orchestras and opera companies.
Mr. Servinsky recently finished his 6th recording
under the Citadel Label as assistant concert master with the
Keystone Wind Ensemble. Those recordings can be heard on all
NPR radio stations world-wide.
The Keystone Wind Ensemble was one of the
featured ensembles at Lincoln Center in 2010 celebrating the 100th birthday
of William Schuman, famed 20th Century composer and former
head of the
Julliard School of Music. The Keystone Wind
Ensemble won accolades for their recording of the entire
William Schuman wind ensemble collection in 2005.
The Keystone Wind Ensemble recently completed a
recording of the entire Leroy Anderson collection.
In addition to performing, Mr. Servinsky continues
teaching private clarinet to advanced students throughout
the Treasure Coast
.
Mr. Servinsky is a graduate of the Chautauqua
Institute Piano Technology program.
This is his 28th year as a Registered Piano
Technician, with responsibilities of keeping the concert
pianos in performance condition for many of the concert
halls, homes and churches throughout the Treasure Coast.
His rebuilt pianos have been hailed by Victor Borge,
Peter Nero, Roger Williams, and the Beaux Art Trio.
Mr. Servinsky has traveled world-wide as the personal
piano technician artists such as Ryuchi Sakamoto and John
O’Connor. In addition, Mr. Servinsky is also on staff as one
of the Steinway Concert Technicians for south
Florida.
This is
the 16th season that Mr. Servinsky has worked with the
Treasure
Coast Youth Symphony as
assistant conductor. His passion and dedication to teaching
the next generation of musicians remains one of his many
interests. It
is with great pleasure to see this group succeed beyond
everyone’s expectation.
BENJAMIN ENYART
Assistant Conductor
Benjamin Enyart began studying the violin at age
five. When he
joined the
Treasure
Coast
Youth Symphony in the eighth grade, he realized how much he
loved music and the violin.
After graduating from high school, Mr. Enyart pursued
his musical studies at
Bob
Jones
University,
with a Bachelor and Master’s degree in Music.
Throughout Mr. Enyart’s
university days, he performed with the university symphony and string quartet.
Mr. Enyart taught at the Berean Christian
School in West Palm Beach where he
worked at developing a string program.
Presently, Mr. Enyart teaches at the
Morningside
Academy in Port St. Lucie,
Florida and currently directs
the middle and high school orchestras.
He performs as soloist in various venues, plays in the Enyart String
Quartet and the Morningside
Church Orchestra.