Donald Sutherland & Mas Podgorny - Organ and Double Bass: 1998 Holtkamp Organ, Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore (2015)

Mas Podgorny
Double bassist Mas Podgorny, a native of Seattle, Washington, is a 2014 graduate of the Peabody Conservatory. Engaged in graduate study at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, he is also an active substitute with the Seattle Symphony and the Seattle Opera.

Mr. Podgorny enjoys attending music festivals and collaborating in chamber music projects. His musical mentors include Paul Ellison, Ira Gold, Jordan Anderson, and his father, Brian. Mas performs on an early 19th-century, unmarked, bass of French origin.

At the Peabody Commencement in May 2014, Mas was elected to Pi Kappa Lambda, the musicians honorary society. He received the Olga von Hartz Memorial Prize in Strings and the Azalia H. Thomas Prize, given to the graduating instrumentalist attaining the highest average in music theory.
In his spare time, Mas backpacks throughout the Northwest mountain ranges and rides his bike. In addition to studying music, Mr. Podgorny is also a student in the art of fly-fishing (hopefully to catch some bass).

Donald Sutherland
Donald Sutherland is Coordinator of the Organ Faculty of the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, where in 1997 he was given the Excellence in Teaching Award by the Johns Hopkins Alumni Association. He is also Director of Music Emeritus of Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church in Bethesda, Maryland. Mr. Sutherland received his Master of Music degree at Syracuse University, where he was a student of Arthur Poister, and became a member of the School of Music faculty immediately upon graduation. In 1988, he was presented with the school’s Distinguished Alumni Award in recognition of his achievements in music.

Donald Sutherland has presented recitals and master classes throughout the United States and Canada, Europe and the United Kingdom, Russia and the Far East. Orchestral appearances include the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center; the Baltimore Symphony at Carnegie Hall, and the City of London Sinfonia directed by Richard Hickox. A frequent performer of new music, Mr. Sutherland is the dedicatee of works composed by Richard Felciano, Gunther Schuller, Rachel Laurin, David Conte, Peter Klazow, and William Albright.