ERICA BONDAREV RAPACH
Interim Executive Director
Erica Bondarev Rapach has built her career in personal brand leadership, strategic communication, and social responsibility spanning arts administration, experiential marketing, and higher education. She has held marketing and executive roles at The Washington Ballet, Theater Alliance of DC, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and is adjunct faculty in American University’s Graduate Arts Management program. Erica serves on the Advisory Board for UMD’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, is a mentor for the Association of Arts Administration Educators, and is a volunteer editor for the American Journal of Arts Management. Erica is the mother of two bicultural, teenage daughters who are artistic and non-conforming, and is married to a creative builder and fixer who is her biggest supporter.
NETANEL DRAIBLATE
Academy Director & Founder
Draiblate is the Founder and Director of the Annapolis Symphony Academy. and Concertmaster for the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra. Hailed as “an extremely gifted violinist,” Netanel Draiblate’s performances as a soloist, chamber musician, and recording artist serve to emphasize his versatility. Draiblate has collaborated with such luminaries as Pinchas Zukerman, Yo-Yo Ma, ltzhak Perlman, Jaime Laredo, and Cho Liang Lin.
JULIE NOLAN
Director of Community Outreach, Grants Manager
Julie is the co-Director of the Annapolis Symphony Academy and Director of Community Outreach. Julie also manages all of our grants. Before joining the Annapolis Symphony Academy staff, she was a homeschool educator for 13 years to her three children. Julie’s career began in Naval Intelligence as an intelligence analyst, including roles in operational management, advisor to senior leadership and negotiator for intelligence exchange agreements with foreign governments.
SARAH JOHANSEN
Director of Business Operations
Sarah graduated from Broadneck High School and earned a Bachelor of Science in Entertainment Business, with an emphasis in Theatre Management from Oklahoma City University. Sarah worked for many years in New York City where she was the Line Producer and General Manager of Remarkable Entertainment, an immersive theatrical company whose projects included several shows for Virgin Voyages cruise line, the Big Apple Circus, and an immersive nightlife venue located in the heart of midtown called The Stranger. She also worked as the Theatre Manager of SoHo Playhouse and as the Box Office Manager of many theatre festivals around the city.
DIANA LOVE
Director of Marketing & Communications
Diana joined the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra as Director of Marketing and Communications in September, 2022. Her past experience in marketing includes Homestead Gardens, Whole Foods Market, World Duty Free Americas (BAA), LeSportSac, and Tiffany & Co. Diana’s experience in communications includes Community Journalist for the Capital Gazette, Staff Writer for What’s Up Magazine, Editor in Chief of GreenBook Magazine, and many freelance assignments. Diana is a graduate of Eckerd College with a dual degree in International Business and Political Science.
MIRIAM FOGEL
Director of Artistic Operations
Miriam Fogel joined the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra as Director of Artistic Operations in September 2022, after working the previous spring on various tour, artistic, and personnel projects. Her past experience in orchestra management includes roles at the New World Symphony (Miami, FL), Richmond Symphony (VA), The Knights (Brooklyn, NY), and the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi (Milan, Italy). Prior to ASO, she was Project Director of the Menuhin Competition Richmond 2021, an international violin competition.
She is also currently General Manager of Salt Bay Chamberfest, a two-week-long summer chamber music festival in Midcoast Maine. She also has extensive experience working with music festivals, including Aspen Music Festival (CO), Spoleto Festival dei 2 mondi (Umbria, Italy), Stresa Festival (Lombardy, Italy), Brevard Music Center (NC), and the Mostly Mozart Festival (NY). Miriam grew up in New York City and graduated from Harvard College with a bachelor’s degree in music.
OLIVIA REN
Orchestra Librarian
Olivia Ren joined the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra in July of 2022. As the Orchestra Librarian, Olivia oversees all aspects of music acquisition. Olivia is also the Orchestra Librarian at the National Philharmonic at Strathmore, the Principal Libraria
n at the National Orchestral Institute and Festival, and the Orchestra Librarian at the Capital City Symphony in Washington, D.C. Previously, Olivia was the Interim Ensemble Librarian at the Peabody Conservatory, and Assistant Librarian at The Apollo Orchestra. She has also worked in the orchestra library at the University of Maryland School of Music.
An accomplished violinist as well, Olivia is from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Violin Performance from Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Institute of Music, as well as a Master of Music degree from the University of Maryland. Olivia has performed with various groups in the Washington, D.C. metro area.
MAYA MCATEE
Data & Office Manager
Maya is originally from Bulgaria. She moved to Annapolis 16 years ago where she still lives with her husband and daughter. Maya has a Finance Degree and she has been working as a bookkeeper for profit and nonprofit companies. She has volunteered for different organizations working with children and military such as Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts of America, CASA of Maryland, Navy Fleet and Family Support and Navy Marine Corps Relief Society. Maya enjoys a multicultural environment and diverse musical styles. She is excited to be a part of an organization that creates and promotes the classical music.
DAVID SCIANNELLA
Operations Manager
Born in Lanham, Maryland, David holds a BM from Catholic University in Washington, DC and a MM from The Eastman School of Music. He leads an active freelance career in the Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia area. He is Principal Trombone of The National Philharmonic at Strathmore Hall, The Lancaster Symphony and The National Gallery Orchestra. He is a former trombonist and Euphonium soloist with The Washington Symphonic Brass and can be heard on several of their recordings. David often subs for the Baltimore Symphony, the National Symphony, and the Harrisburg Symphony. For 15 years he was a Professor of Trombone at George Washington University and now teaches at his own private low brass studio. He also owns and operates a brass instrument repair shop. He lives in Silver Spring with his two daughters. In his free time he enjoys golf and his vegetable garden.