Kristen Daniel
Oboe
A 2021 Music Education graduate of Morehead State University, Kristen Daniel is currently a first-year master's student at the University of North Carolina Greensboro studying Oboe Performance with Dr. Ashley Barret where she sits as second chair in the Wind Ensemble. Before this, she was a Louisville-based freelance oboist and a member of the group Louisville Winds, which is conducted by Nan Moore. While at Morehead, Kristen was a member of the MSU Symphonic Winds and Concert Band where she sat as first chair. She was also a member of the MSU Oboe ensemble, and a woodwind quintet named The Royal Winds. Kristen's primary teacher was Dr. Thomas Pappas, and she has performed for ensembles led by Dr. Jonathan Caldwell, Wilson Wise, Joshua Smith, DuWayne Dale, Susan Creasap, Thomas Singletary, Amy Acklin, Fred Speck, W. Dale Warren, Brad Rodgers. In her ten years as an oboist, she has taken part in many significant performances, including performing at the 2012 KMEA conference, being a featured soloist in both her junior and senior year, premiering a piece at Carnegie Hall, being a part of the 2016 Kentucky Ambassadors of Music and going on tour through Europe, performing with the 2020 Kentucky Intercollegiate Band where she sat the first chair, and most recently performing at the 2022 KMEA conference. She also was the recipient of the Mary Lynne Albers Memorial Scholarship in 2017, 2018, and 2019.
Jack Fanning
Bassoon
Jack Fanning earned his DMA and MM in bassoon performance at UNC Greensboro, as well as a PBC in Music Theory. He holds positions as principal bassoon with Carolina Philharmonic, second bassoon with North Carolina Opera, and third bassoon/contrabassoon with Greensboro Symphony. Jack has been teaching bassoon to students of all ages since 2015. He aims to make each lesson fun, enjoyable, educational, and informative. He has helped students win positions in youth orchestras. honor bands, and prestigious music festivals.
Jack also plays bass guitar, and has performed with rock, funk, and metal bands throughout his career. Jack lives in Greensboro with his wife Bri and cats Pierre and Ori.
Jonathan Goodman
Clarinet, Saxophone
Jon Goodman leads a dynamic and diverse career not only as a Clarinetist and Saxophonist, but also as a woodwind repair
specialist and music educator. This will be Jon’s sixth year teaching at Moore Music Company!
As a performer, Jon is currently serving as second clarinet for Carolina Philharmonic, section clarinet for the Piedmont Wind Symphony, as well as performing his second year this summer as a part of MUSICA Malicorne and MUSICA Le Mans in
France. Described by Arts Atlanta as having a “musical chemistry that is on target”, Jon is also no stranger to the new music realm. He has stayed active as a new music chamber player playing for various groups across the United States,
including Atlanta-based GremlinsDuo and was recently seen on Eric Mandat’s newest 2024 release of Lines and Shadows. Jon also actively gigs and doubles on Saxophone in the Triad Area.
As a woodwind repair specialist, Jon operates his woodwind repair business, Goodman Customs Woodwinds as a part of Moore Music Company, where he has experience working with students through professional musicians. Jon has given
clinics at University or Virginia at Charlottesville, Appalachian State University, Duke University, University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the University of Virginia, among others. Jon is Adjunct Lecturer of Instrument Repair at
University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
As an educator, Jon is the Adjunct Lecturer of Clarinet at Guilford College and teaches clarinet and saxophone lessons at Moore Music Company.
Originally from Syracuse, NY, Jon resides in Greensboro, NC, where he is an stays active trail running, golfing, and enjoying good food and drinks with friends and his wife Abby. His primary teachers include Norbert Buskey, Raphael Sanders, and
Eric Mandat. He received his Bachelors of Music from the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam and his Masters of Music from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
Amy Karnes
Flute
Amy Karnes is a flutist currently residing in Greensboro, NC. Originally from Pennsylvania, she has taught flute and saxophone privately for 5 years. In addition, she served as woodwind and visual technician for the Blue Mountain High School Marching Band for two years and the Williams Valley Marching Band for one year. She currently maintains an active flute studio through Moore Music Company in Greensboro, NC.
Amy holds a Master's of Music degree from UNC-Greensboro where she studied with Erika Boysen. During her time there she pursued research in contemporary American composers. Amy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education as well as a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music with concentrations in flute and jazz studies from Lebanon Valley College where she studied with Robin Lilarose and Tom Strohman. During her time at LVC, Amy actively performed in several shows, including Sweeney Todd, The Pajama Game, and Bye Bye Birdie. In 2015, Amy won the Concerto-Aria Competition and performed as a soloist with the Lebanon Valley College Symphony Orchestra. During her time in Greensboro, Amy has maintained an active performing and teaching career. In addition to music, she enjoys reading fiction books, making homemade baked goods, and enjoying the outdoors.
Julianna Pierdomenico
Clarinet, Saxophone, Flute
Clarinetist and educator Julianna Pierdomenico has performed with the American Chamber Ensemble and is an active participant of the Appalachia Wind Symphony. Julianna was awarded a spot as an Instrumental Conducting Fellow for the University of Miami's Frost Young Women Conductors Symposium in 2020 and was the recipient of the Rhoda Pinsley Levin Endowed Award in Music Performance in 2018. In addition, she is a board member for the 501(c)(3) non-profit Keep Music Alive. Her academic interests include empowering and discovering the voices of minority groups who were erased from the history of Western art music from the late nineteenth through early twentieth centuries.
She is currently pursuing her M.M. in Clarinet Performance at UNC Greensboro where she is a music theory GA. Julianna has also earned her M.Ed. in Music Education from Kutztown University and Bachelor's degrees in Music Composition and Film Studies and Production from Hofstra University.
Tom Turanchik
Oboe, Bassoon
Dr. Tom Turanchik teaches oboe, clarinet, and bassoon at Elon University, and is Oboe and Bassoon Instructor at Moore Music Company in Greensboro. He has received a DMA in Oboe Performance, a MM in Woodwind Performance and a BA in Music from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and a BA in French from Elon University. He has over 15 years of teaching experience with students aged 10 to 70 and has had students pursue music at institutions such as Appalachian State University, Meredith College, and the University of North Carolina Greensboro. He has given numerous woodwind masterclasses at area middle and high schools.
He is principal and solo oboist with the Elon University Orchestra and the Lee County Community Orchestra, second oboist with the Durham Symphony, and has performed on oboe and English horn with the Greensboro, Western Piedmont, Wilmington, Davidson, Sandhills, and Danville Symphony Orchestras. He has performed on Baroque oboe with the Raleigh Camerata, Greensboro Early Music, Mallarmé Chamber Players, and the Winston-Salem Collegium. As a bassoonist he has performed as principal and second bassoon with the Durham, Western Piedmont, Elon University, and Lee County Orchestras and on Baroque bassoon with the Raleigh Camerata. Dr. Turanchik has performed on oboe, bassoon, clarinet, saxophone, and recorder in pit orchestras throughout central North Carolina for over 20 years and performs as a soloist and ensemble musician at churches and with choral ensembles around the state.
In addition to local performances on multiple woodwinds, he is an active arranger and composer and has had several works premiered by the Elon University Orchestra, the UNCG Oboe and Clarinet Ensembles, and a graduate UNCG saxophone quartet. He also sells a line of handmade oboe, English horn, and bassoon reeds to students and performers throughout central NC and teaches reed-making to advancing double reed students.