Daniel Hornstein (Ph.D.), Huntsville, Ala. :: recently retired from the Huntsville public schools as the founding conductor of the Arts Magnet High School orchestra program. He is the conductor of the Jackson, Tenn., Youth Symphony Orchestra and teaches German online through the Alabama ACCESS Distance Education program. He also is the adjunct cello professor at Alabama A&M University and teaches private brass, strings, piano and voice lessons through the Valley Conservatory of Music. He was featured in the Michigan State University 2011 Honors College journal.