Edward Song was elected as President of the Board of Directors of SONOS Chamber Orchestra in August, 2007.  Mr. Song was previously Managing Director at VAMG LLC, artist management and marketing consulting company for the performing arts in Seattle, WA.  He directed all aspects of the business, including finance, business development, marketing, strategy, consulting, and global artist management. Concurrently, he served on the Board of Directors as the Vice Chair of Artistic Operations at the Tacoma Philharmonic Association from 2002–2005.  At the Tacoma Philharmonic Association, he was recognized as the youngest executive board member of a major non-profit arts organization in the United States. With a great deal of experience in hiring soloists, recording contracts, tours, etc, Edward plans to help elevate SONOS to the next level. He resides in the Hartford, CT area where he is an MBA Candidate at the University of Connecticut in addition to pursuing advanced studies in Finance at The Wharton School of Business - University of Pennsylvania's Executive Education program.

Allen AlexanderBoard member Allen Alexander is the Director of Symphonic & Educational Licensing at ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers). Allen has worked professionally as a Promotion Associate for the music publisher Boosey & Hawkes, freelance musician and teacher in the New York metropolitan area, Finance Coordinator of the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, and as Personnel Manager of the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra. Allen received his bachelor's degree from UC Santa Barbara and Masters and Professional Studies degrees from the Mannes College of Music in New York City.

Oboist Pamela Ajango French is one of the founding members of the SONOS Chamber Orchestra, and currently serves on its Board of Directors. Ms. French is presently the 2nd oboist/english hornist of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, the first extra oboe/english horn for the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and on faculty at the University of Indianapolis. Before moving back to her hometown in 2002, Ms. French was a busy freelance oboist in New York City, playing with such esteemed ensembles as the New York Philharmonic, the New Jersey Symphony, the Orpheus and St. Luke's Ensembles, and the SONOS Chamber Orchestra. She also served as SONOS's personnel manager from 2001-2003. She received degrees at Boston University (Bachelor of Music, Oboe Performance, 1996), the Manhattan School of Music (Master of Music, Orchestral Performance, 1998), and is currently a candidate for the Doctoral Degree of Musical Arts at SUNY Stony Brook. Ms. French studied with Malcolm Smith, Ralph Gomberg, Joseph Robinson, and Stephen Taylor. She resides in the Indianapolis area with her husband, Zack French, the Artistic Coordinator of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and their two-year-old son, Ian.

Bob Ling immigrated from China at the age of seven and grew up in the midwest. He has lived in New York his whole adult life pursuing a career in advertising. After having studied the piano in his youth through high school, he has maintained a keen enjoyment of classical music and interest in its creative world. He has had extensive experience in alumni fund raising for his alma mater.

Erik Ochsner, one of the founding members of SONOS Chamber Orchestra, currently serves as its Music Director, and served previously as the President of the of the Board of Directors. Erik has had a wide range of experience in organizing concerts: having created the Dartmouth Pro Music Orchestra and Chorus while he was a student; to the administrative side of orchestral and opera performances: having served as Assistant to the Program Director of the Festival Institute at Round Top, the Orchestra Assistant at the Pierre Monteux School, and his wide range of activities while working for the Administration of the Brooklyn Philharmonic.  He has also been associated with the Savonlinna Opera Festival, and been an apprentice at both the Houston Grand and Chicago Lyric Operas.  As his conducting career has been taking off, he has been given the freedom to focus more on artistic matters of SONOS, and his guest conducting appearances worldwide.  He is still associated as Rehearsal Assistant for composer Tan Dun, and tours with the Lord of the Rings Symphony.

Brian Wise is a producer at WNYC Radio, New York's NPR affiliate. He also works as a print journalist and his articles have appeared in the New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, Travel & Leisure, BBC Music Magazine, the Financial Times, The Strad, Time Out New York, Opera News, and other publications. Brian has worked in various aspects of the music and media industries, working a classical-music public relations firm, at a custom publisher of program books, and most recently, at WQXR radio. He studied musicology and journalism at the University of Michigan and Northwestern University, and he currently lives in Manhattan.

Ivry Gitlis is considered to be one of the most legendary violinists of this century. His performance in New York City at Carnegie Hall with the legendary pianist Martha Argerich in 2002 was sold-out with thunderous standing ovations.  He has performed with the world's finest orchestras: Vienna, Berlin, London, New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Toronto, Israel, Tokyo, Paris, Amsterdam and with leading conductors including Zubin Mehta, Daniel Barenboim, Michael-Tilson Thomas, Eliahu Inbal, and Charles Dutoit.  His debut recording, Alban Berg's concerto "To the Memory of an Angel" received the Grand Prix du Disque in France.  He has performed chamber music with many of the greatest artists including Jascha Heifetz, Isaac Stern, William Primrose, Mischa Maisky and Martha Argerich.  In addition to classical music, Gitlis has an interest in rock and jazz violin.  In 1968, he performed with Yoko Ono in the concert Rolling Stones: Rock and Roll Circus.  A frequent collaborator to the cinema as a composer as well as an actor, he has worked with the likes of Truffaut and Schlondorff.  In 1981, his autobiographical book L'Ame et la Corde was published to unanimous critical acclaim.  In 2001, he was one of the artists featured in Bruno Monsaigeon's film "The Art of the Violin.  Tony Palmer's 2004 film on Ivry Gitlis was premiered at the Prague Spring Music Festival.  Based in Paris, Ivry Gitlis continues to perform extensively throughout the world and is an exclusive recording artist for EMI Classics.  Since 1988, Gitlis was continues to serve as UNESCO's Goodwill Ambassador. 

Alicia de Larrocha has developed an intensive international career since her concerto debut at age of twelve, and is now recognized as an artist of interpretive insight.  Throughout her illustrious career, she was a regular performer in all of the important musical centers of the world including the Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall.  She has collaborated with a number of eminent musicians, among them Victoria de los Angeles, Monserrat Caballe, and the Guarneri and Tokyo Quartets.  An exclusive recording artist with BMG/RCA Classics, her releases have included the complete piano concertos of Mozart with the English Chamber Orchestra and Sir Colin Davis.  She has performed with the greatest orchestras and conductors all over the world including the Los Angeles, Chicago, Vienna, Berlin, London, New York, Philadelphia, Toronto, Israel, NHK (Tokyo), Paris, Montreal, Toronto and with leading conductors including Rafael Fuhbeck de Burgos, Sir Georg Solti, Claudio Abbado, Michael-Tilson Thomas, Daniele Gatti, Gerard Schwarz, Sir Simon Rattle, Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta and Charles Dutoit.  Ms. de Larrocha is the recipient of many special distinctions including the Paderewski Memorial Medal, the Principe de Asturias prize, an Honorary Doctorate from University of Michigan, the German critics' prize, three Grammy awards, and two Grand Prix du Disque.  After retiring from performing, she is now on the faculty at the prestigious International Piano Foundation in Cadennabia, Italy.  She currently resides in Barcelona, Spain.

Dr. Christopher Ng joined Gilead in 2003 as an Associate Director, Medical Sciences supporting the Hepatitis Franchise in the Bay Area.  Chris was promoted to the position of Director, Medical Sciences in 2006 and to the Field Director of Hepatitis Medical Scientist Team in August, 2007.  Prior to joining Gilead, Chris was a practicing internist/hospitalist at the New York University Downtown Hospital where he was involved with or led several innovative care programs.  Chris obtained his undergraduate degree from New York University, his medical degree from SUNY - Stony Brook and his MBA in Strategic Management from the Lubin School of Business.

Robert Spano is among the most innovative and imaginative conductors of his generation. Now in his seventh season as Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, he has enriched its repertoire and elevated it to greater prominence. He has conducted the major orchestras of North America, including those in Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco. Among the orchestras he has led internationally are the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, Czech Philharmonic, Berlin Radio Sinfonie Orchestra, BBC Scottish and BBC Symphony Orchestras, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic and Oslo Philharmonic. Mr. Spano has appeared with the opera companies of Chicago, Houston, and Santa Fe, and at the Royal Opera at Covent Garden and Welsh National Opera. In August 2005 he conducted three consecutive cycles of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen at Seattle Opera, and returns to conduct the Ring cycles in 2009

The conceptual and multifaceted composer/conductor Tan Dun has made an indelible mark on the world's music scene with a creative repertoire that spans the boundaries of classical, multimedia, Eastern and Western musical traditions.  A winner of today's most prestigious honors—the Grawemeyer Award for classical composition, Grammy Award, Academy Award, and Musical America's  "Composer of The Year" —Tan Dun's music has been played throughout the world by the leading orchestras, opera houses, international festivals, and on radio and television. His latest work, Secret Land for Orchestra and Twelve Violoncelli for the Berlin Philharmonic and Sir Simon Rattle premiered in June 2004 in Berlin. Tan Dun's current commissions include a new opera for the Metropolitan Opera to premiere in December 2006, and a new work for pianist Lang Lang to premiere in 2008.

David R. Warren, MD first began serious studies in classical music appreciation under the radio tutelage of Karl Hass (Adventures in Good Music) during college at Denison University (WOSU) and through medical school at Case Western Reserve University (WKSU and WCLV).  He completed many advanced courses with The Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Hall- $10 front row student tickets.  During the past 17 years, classical music has continued to inspire and inform him as an HIV primary care clinician and researcher in New York City and San Francisco and drives his commitment as a board member of SONOS Chamber Orchestra.

Mark Yeh is a Board Certified Radiologist in private practice in Pasadena, California.  He received his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College, his MD from Duke University, and completed his residency training at the University of Southern California.  He has been involved with music since he was young, playing classical piano as he was growing up, and performing with the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra and Dartmouth Wind Symphony as a percussionist and timpanist in college.  Despite his busy career in medicine, he continues to maintain a strong interest in the arts.  In addition to serving as an advisor and donor to SONOS, he has recently begun a second career as a Producer/ Executive Producer in the independent film business.