Conductor & Concertmaster
Meet the SSO's Musical Leadership
Dr. Jeffrey Schoyen
Conductor
Jeffrey Schoyen’s interest in conducting began at Tanglewood, where he was
awarded cello fellowships, playing under the guidance of conductors such as
Bernstein, Ozawa and Masur. Since then he has attended conducting workshops in
Madison, Chicago and Toronto. Having been the conductor of the Slidell Community
Orchestra of Louisiana and the Kearney Area Symphony Orchestra, University of
Nebraska at Kearney, he became the conductor of the Salisbury Symphony Orchestra
in 2005. He has collaborated with soloists such as Anton Miller, Allen Nisbet,
Dan Kamin and Ernest Barretta. As a cellist, he has given concerts throughout
the United States, Germany,
Mexico and Spain. He has been a member of the Opera Orchestra of New York,
Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and principal
cellist of the Filarmonica del Bajio in Mexico. He earned a Doctor of Musical
Arts from State University of New York: Stony Brook and currently is a member of
the Department of Music at Salisbury University where he teaches cello and bass.
Dr. Sachiho (Sachi) Murasugi
Concertmaster
 Sachiho Murasugi has performed extensively as a professional orchestral and
chamber musician. She has been concertmaster of the Sorg Opera Orchestra in Ohio
and Filarmonica del Bajio in Mexico, and a member of the West Virginia Symphony,
Louisiana Philharmonic and Springfield Symphony. As a chamber musician, she has
performed throughout the United States, Mexico and Spain, in such venues as the
Museo del Prado in Madrid. She holds music performance degrees from the
Manhattan School of Music; Queens College, The City University of New York; and
is currently pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts at Ohio State University. Her
teachers include Raphael Bronstein, Daniel Phillips, Kia-Hui Tan and Catharine
Carroll. In addition to serving as concertmaster of the Salisbury Symphony
Orchestra, she performs with the Mid-Atlantic Symphony and is a member of the
Department of Music at Salisbury University where her classes include violin,
viola and chamber music for strings.
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