Festival Musicians
2011 Festival Musicians
VIOLINS
VIOLIN I
Nathan Olson , Concertmaster
Sponsored by Sally & Andy Lewis
Louise Henderson Chair
Nathan Olson has been appointed Co-Concertmaster with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra starting in fall 2011. He has appeared as Guest Concertmaster with the Symphony Orchestras of Toronto, Omaha, and Tucson, and as Principal Second Violin with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. A graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music’s Concertmaster Academy, where he studied with William Preucil and Paul Kantor, Nathan is Concertmaster of the Canton Symphony Orchestra and substitutes with the Cleveland Orchestra. With the Kashii String Quartet, he served on faculty at the Innsbrook Music Festival and won the silver medal at the 2005 Fischoff Competition.
Loren Silvertrust
Sponsored by Mary Jane & Hans Wurster
Loren Silvertrust grew up outside of Chicago IL. She attended Williams College, majoring in Comparative Literature, and Indiana University, Bloomington, where she earned a Master of Music degree and a Performer’s Diploma. Loren has played as a member of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, Spoleto Festival USA, Youth Orchestra of the Americas, Colorado Music Festival, the Kuttner String Quartet in residence at Indiana University, and the New World Symphony. Loren is currently a violinist in the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
Emily Cornelius
Sponsored by Mary Jane & Hans Wurster
Emily Cornelius made her solo debut at age fifteen. Her appearances since have garnered critical acclaim. The Washington Post lauded her as “a violinist beyond her years,” while the Richmond Times Dispatch hailed her performance of the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the Richmond Symphony as “nothing short of brilliant.” Her recent solo with the Canton Symphony was reviewed as “memorable” and “delivered with astonishing grace and virtuosity.” Emily holds a M.M. degree with honors from New England Conservatory, and a B.M. from Oberlin Conservatory. She plays with the Canton Symphony, Opera Cleveland Orchestra, and City Music Cleveland.
Winona Fifield
Sponsored by Jean & Ted Lawson
Winona Vogelmann Fifield is Concertmaster of the Tulsa Opera Orchestra, Symphony of Northwest Arkansas, and Associate Concertmaster of the Tulsa Symphony. Born in New York City, she studied at Juilliard and Indiana University, where she was a student of renowned teacher Josef Gingold. Other teachers include Margaret Pardee, Franco Gulli and Igor Gruppman. She won principal positions with the Albany Symphony, Houston Grand Opera and Houston Ballet Orchestras. She was a guest Concertmaster for the Binghamton Philharmonic and guest Assistant Concertmaster for the Rotterdam Philharmonic. Festivals include Schleswig-Holstein and Grand Teton Music Festival.
Hannah Yim
Sponsored by Debbie & Roy Kullby
Hannah Yim is Assistant Concertmaster of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. She received her BM and MM from the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, under the guidance of Alexander Kerr and Henryk Kowalski. She has performed with the New World Symphony and Louisville Orchestra, and frequently performs in the Trinity Artist Series in New Orleans. She has also appeared in the French Quarter Festival, Bach around the Clock, and the Lotus World Music Festival. Hannah played in the National Repertory Orchestra in 2005-2006. This is her sixth season with the BMF.
Colleen McCullough
Sponsored by Marcia & Kirk Blackard
Colleen McCullough currently plays in the first violin section of both the Austin and Waco, TX Symphony Orchestras. Ms. McCullough received an undergraduate degree in violin performance from the New England Conservatory of Music, and recently completed her masters and doctorate in violin performance at the University of Texas at Austin. In March 2011, Colleen served as concertmaster of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House in Australia. In her spare time, Colleen likes to bake and decorate cupcakes and other delicious treats. This is Ms. McCullough’s fourth season with the BMF.
VIOLIN II
Kathryn Hatmaker, Principal Second Violin
Sponsored by Pat & Jack Thomas
Kate Hatmaker is currently a violinist with the San Diego Symphony in addition to being the co-founder and Artistic Director of San Diego’s newest chamber music organization, Art of Élan. Ms. Hatmaker has played with a wide variety of American orchestras, including the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the New World Symphony, and has been a featured soloist with the San Diego Symphony and the Breckenridge Music Festival Orchestra. She completed her Master of Music at Carnegie Mellon University and her undergraduate training at both the University of Iowa and the Sorbonne University in Paris, France, earning degrees in both Political Science and French.
Megan Holland
Sponsored by Joan Baker
Megan Holland has been a member of the BMF Orchestra since 2001. Formerly the Principal Second Violinist of the Charleston Symphony, she currently resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She performs regularly with various groups around New Mexico, including the Albuquerque Chamber Soloists, Chatter, a Chamber Ensemble, Church of Beethoven, the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra and the Santa Fe Symphony. She maintains a large private teaching studio and shares the Strings class at Sandia Preparatory School with her husband, James. She enjoys very much hiking with her husband and daughter Olivia, and slightly less so repairing damage caused by her cat, Jack.
Jeremy Blanden
Sponsored by Marte & Paul Singerman
A graduate of the University of Cincinnati and Rice University, Jeremy Blanden has been a member of the New World Symphony and Syracuse Symphony, and has performed with the Louisville Orchestra and Dayton Philharmonic. From 2004-2005, Jeremy was a member of the Graduate Quartet-in-Residence at Syracuse University and acted as the Visiting Lecturer of Violin and Chamber Music. From 2005-2007, Jeremy was faculty of Violin and Viola at Earlham College in Richmond, IN. He currently lives and teaches privately in New York City while actively performing throughout the country.
Emilia Mettenbrink
Sponsored by Kathleen & Tom Fingleton
Emilia Mettenbrink is Principal Second Violin of the Firebird Chamber Orchestra (Miami, FL). A Minneapolis native, she frequently plays with the Minnesota Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Minnesota Opera, and has spent previous summers as Concertmaster for Opera-Spoleto in Spoleto, Italy. An alumna of the New World Symphony, she performed the Lou Harrison Violin Concerto in 2009. Emilia studied at the University of Michigan with Paul Kantor and received a Masters of Music degree from the University of Wisconsin while playing Assistant Concertmaster of the Madison Symphony Orchestra. Emilia is also a yoga instructor and an outdoor enthusiast.
Meghan Jones
Sponsored by Mary Jane & Hans Wurster
Meghan Jones is the Assistant Principal Second Violin in the Sarasota Orchestra. Prior to accepting her position in Sarasota, Meghan was a member of the New World Symphony and the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. She is an active chamber musician and teacher in the Sarasota area. Meghan has performed in music festivals including Tanglewood, the National Repertory Orchestra, Spoleto USA, and Encore School for Strings. Originally from Edina, MN, Meghan earned her Bachelors of Music at Northwestern University and her Masters of Music at Boston University. She has been playing with the BMF orchestra since 2002.
Juliette Javaheri
Sponsored by Karen & Jack Hynds
Originally from San Francisco, California, Juliette Javaheri is the Principal Second Violin for the Carmel Symphony Orchestra, performs with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, and is the founder of Classical Revolution Indianapolis. From 2009-2010 she performed as Concertmaster of the Phantom of the Opera National Tour. Juliette has attended Rice University and Indiana University, earning a B.M and M.M. in violin performance. Her teachers have included Kenneth Goldsmith, Miriam Fried and Alexander Kerr. In addition to performing with the Spoleto Festival USA and Eastern Music Festival, Juliette was a fellowship recipient at the Aspen Music Festival.
VIOLA
Zsche Chuang Rimbo Wong, Principal Viola
Sponsored by Laura & Jerry Dziedzic
Rimbo Wong, originally from Hong Kong, is currently pursuing her B.M. at the Cleveland Institute of Music under the guidance of Jeffrey Irvine. She graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and the Idyllwild Arts Academy in California where she studied with renowned teacher Donald McInnes. She was principal violist in the Pacific Music Festival, the Nationaal Jeugd Orkest and participated in the prestigious New York String Orchestra Seminar. She has recently performed as Acting Principal for the Canton Symphony and will soon join the Spoleto USA festival. In her free time, she enjoys swimming and hiking.
Susan Pardue
Sponsored by Rebecca & Daniel Scheer
Susan Pardue is a member of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra in Jacksonville, Florida. Prior to moving to Jacksonville, she played with the New World Symphony in Miami. A native of North Carolina, she earned a high school diploma and Bachelor of Music Degree from the North Carolina School of the Arts and a Master of Music Degree from the Juilliard School. Her viola teachers have included Sally Peck in North Carolina, William Lincer at Juilliard and Piero Farulli, with whom she studied in Italy on a Fulbright scholarship. She enjoys running.
Jan-Marie Joyce
Sponsored by Maggie & Wally Ducayet
Jan-Marie Christy Joyce is in her ninth season with the BMF and her twelfth season as Principal Violist with the Charleston (SC) Symphony, where she has appeared frequently as soloist. After earning a Masters degree from Louisiana State University, she completed a Professional Studies Certificate from the Cleveland Institute of Music. In 2005 Jan-Marie was invited to perform in Seattle Opera’s production of Wagner’s “Ring des Nibelungen.” Mrs. Joyce can be heard on a recording of chamber music for oboe and strings with members of her family. Jan-Marie also holds a bachelors degree in Trumpet performance.
Matthew Carrington
Sponsored by Mary Grace & Hardy McAlister
Violist Matthew Carrington is a dynamic orchestral performer and chamber musician. Mr. Carrington has worked with members of the Ives and Alexander Quartets as well as with Janos Starker, Ik-Hwan Bae and Pamela Frank. He has performed as a member of the Evansville Philharmonic, New World Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, and the National Repertory Orchestra. Mr. Carrington received his Bachelor of Music Degree from U.C. Santa Cruz, where he was a member of the resident string quartet program. He also holds a Masters and Performer Diploma from Indiana University, where he studied with Mimi Zweig and Atar Arad.
CELLO
James Holland, Principal Cello
Sponsor: the Derek S. Beaty Memorial Chair
James Holland has played with the BMF since 1998. He was Principal Cellist of the Charleston Symphony from 1996-2007. Now living in Albuquerque, NM, he regularly performs with the Albuquerque Chamber Soloists, Placitas Artists’ Series, Chatter, Church of Beethoven, Santa Fe Symphony and Santa Fe Pro Musica. With his wife Megan, James shares the directorship of the strings program at Sandia Preparatory School. He also maintains a large, active private cello studio. He was named 2011 Teacher of the Year by the NM chapter of the American String Teachers Association.
David Rosen
Sponsored by Patty & Ed Wahtera
A native of Los Angeles, cellist David Rosen received his B.M from The Cleveland Institute of Music, his M.M from the Eastman School of Music and his Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Miami. David was a winner of the Coleman Chamber Music Competition in California and has participated in the music festivals of Aspen, Banff, Blossom, Breckenridge, Chautauqua and Heidelberg. David has performed with the Cincinnati Symphony, San Diego Symphony and the Los Angeles Opera. He was a member of the New Orleans Symphony and has been a member of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra since 1991.
Rebecca Gilmore
Sponsored by Maggie & Wally Ducayet
Rebecca Gilmore is currently Acting Assistant Principal Cellist with The Virginia Symphony as well as a substitute for Philadelphia, Baltimore and North Carolina Symphonies. Previously she was Principal Cellist of The Greensboro Symphony (NC) where she made her debut performing Tchaikovsky’s “Rococo Variations”. Her solo cello career has taken her abroad from China to Canada. As a chamber musician, she is co-founder of Ambrosia Quartet, a professional performing ensemble that explores a vast range of repertoire in pursuit of travels and recordings. She has degrees in Cello Performance from Indiana and Rice Universities.
Elizabeth Beilman
Sponsored by Peggy & Doug Brown
Elizabeth Beilman, a native of Wichita, Kansas, serves as Associate Principal Cellist of the North Carolina Symphony. She co-founded the chamber ensemble Aurora Musicalis, which has received glowing international reviews for its recording of chamber music by Robert Ward (Albany Records). A frequent soloist and recitalist in North Carolina, Ms. Beilman has been Artist-in Residence at the Banff Centre for the Fine Arts in Canada. She has toured throughout Canada, performing with Felix Galamir and with Menachem Pressler of the Beaux Arts Trio. Ms. Beilman performs on a Venetian cello made by Giulio Degani.
BASS
Alison Gaines , Principal Bass
Sponsored by Marcia Kaufmann
Gaines studied with principal bassists of L.A., St. Louis and Boston Symphonies, received fellowships at Tanglewood and Aspen, was Co-principal of the NRO (2 seasons) and has played in Spoletto, Italy and with the New York String Ensemble. She won auditions in New Jersey Symphony and the Tulsa Philharmonic (principal) and as a substitute with the St. Louis Symphony. She was a soloist with the BMF, Tulsa, Iowa State University (and interim Director of Orchestra) and Rockford, IL. Gaines free-lances as a conductor, bassist, is a college instructor and is Assistant Conductor for three orchestras in the Chicago area.
David Kahn
Sponsored by Sherri & Chuck Calderini
Principal Bass of the Canton Symphony and a member of the Akron Symphony Orchestra, David Kahn completed his M.M. at Carnegie Mellon University, and a B.M. studying with Orin O’Brien at the Juilliard School. David is Adjunct Professor of Bass at Grove City College. He has toured throughout Europe, playing in such venues as St. Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theater and London’s Royal Albert Hall. He has participated in the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy and was Principal Bass with the NRO. Active in American New Music, David has performed with Argento New Music and the New Juilliard Ensemble.
FLUTE
Helen Blackburn, Principal Flute
Sponsored by Cathyrn & Douglas Selman
Helen Blackburn has performed with the BMF Orchestra since 2003. She is principal flutist with the Dallas Opera Orchestra, a core member of the contemporary music ensemble “Voices of Change” and is on the faculty of Texas Christian University. Helen received her Bachelor of Music degree (summa cum laude) from West Texas State University and her Master of Music degree from Northwestern University. Helen is a certified Bikram Yoga instructor, an avid dog lover and enjoys hiking and most things outdoors.
Amy Casper
Sponsored by Janet Ulrey & Jim Roberts
Amy Casper earned her Bachelor of Music degree from Indiana University, studying with Thomas Robertello, and Master of Music degree from The University of Texas at Austin with Marianne Gedigian. She has performed with the National Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Choral Arts Society of Washington DC orchestra and the Festival-Institute at Round Top. Amy has appeared as soloist with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and the Kettle Moraine Symphony in Wisconsin. She resides in Austin, TX where she is on the substitute list for the Austin Symphony and the Lubbock Symphony and is an active teacher.
OBOE
Sandra Stimson, Principal Oboe
Sponsored by Tim & Patti Casey
Sandra Stimson is Principal Oboe of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra. Previous orchestral engagements include Principal Oboe of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Principal Oboe of the Billings Symphony and Acting Associate Principal Oboe of the Omaha Symphony Orchestra. Originally from New York, she earned her Bachelors degree from Ithaca College and a Masters degree from Yale University. Ms. Stimson’s principal teachers include Richard Killmer, Ronald Roseman and Mark Hill. She resides in Indiana with her husband Ken Decker, a woodwind repairman and oboe maker.
Johanna Cox
Sponsored by Sue & Nils Nelson
Johanna Cox is an Assistant Professor at the University of Oklahoma, and oboist and English horn player with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic. The New York Concert Review stated of her 2005 Carnegie Hall solo debut, “…a solid recital of high standard, excellent musicianship, and a sense of taste and proportion.” A graduate of Northwestern University and the Eastman School of Music, she was chosen for Eastman’s Freiburg Exchange Program, studying in Germany with Heinz Holliger. In 1997, Johanna and twin sister, Lenora, performed the Bach Double Concerto with the NRO. She can be heard on the CD Gale Force, with the woodwind quintet Prairie Winds.
CLARINET
Kenneth Krause, Principal Clarinet
Sponsored by Carol & Charlie Simpson
Kenneth Krause is Principal Clarinet of the Dallas Opera Orchestra. He is also Principal of the Richardson Symphony Orchestra, the Lewisville Lake Symphony, the Wichita Falls Symphony, and has performed with the Dallas and Fort Worth Symphony Orchestras. He has recorded with Anshel Brusilow as a member of the Richardson Symphony, and with Howard Dunn and Frederick Fennel while Principal of the Dallas Wind Symphony. Krause holds degrees from Northwestern University and North Texas State University. He returns for his thirteenth season with the Breckenridge Music Festival.
John Klinghammer
Sponsored by Joanne & Dick Masica
John Klinghammer currently serves as Assistant Principal/E-flat Clarinet with the Omaha Symphony. John received his B.A. from the University of Oregon and his M.M. and D.M.A. from the USC Thornton School of Music, where he studied with Yehuda Gilad. He has been Principal Clarinet of the Debut Orchestra and the Des Moines Symphony, as well as a member of NRO and the Jacksonville Symphony. John teaches at the College of Saint Mary and maintains a private studio, where students must contend with the strong opinions of his canine teaching assistants, Sofi and Leo.
BASSOON
Miles Maner, Principal Bassoon
Sponsored by Pamela & Jack O’Neil
Miles Maner is thrilled to be the new associate principal bassoonist and contrabassoonist with the Kansas City Symphony. In addition to the Breckenridge Music Festival, he has attended various summer music festivals including the Pacific Music Festival, the Tanglewood Music Center, the National Repertory Orchestra, and the International Festival-Institute at Round Top. A winner of Rice University’s Shepherd School Concerto Competition, Mr. Maner performed the Weber Bassoon Concerto with the Shepherd School Chamber Orchestra in 2008. His former teachers are Benjamin Kamins of Rice University and Kristin Wolfe Jensen of the University of Texas.
Thomas DeWitt
Sponsored by Sherrie & Chuck Calderini
Thomas DeWitt is currently the second bassoonist with the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra. He began his studies at the University of Texas at Austin, studying with Kristin Wolfe Jensen, and earned a Bachelors of Music. He continued his studies at Rice University, earning a Masters of Music studying with Benjamin Kamins. Mr. DeWitt is also a regular player with the Houston Symphony and Houston Ballet orchestras. Mr. DeWitt has participated in the Tanglewood, National Repertory Orchestra, Round Top, and Eastern Music festivals, and is excited to return to Breckenridge this summer.
TRUMPET
Timothy McFadden, Principal Trumpet
Sponsored by Jim Henderson
Timothy McFadden earned his B.M from Duquesne University and did graduate work at Bowling Green State University. Tim is currently Principal Trumpet and Orchestra Manager with the Tulsa Symphony, and Principal Trumpet with the Tulsa Opera Orchestra. He has served as principal trumpet for the Charleston Symphony and Tulsa Philharmonic, where he was a featured soloist. Tim is currently on faculty at the University of Tulsa. Principal trumpet for the past nine years for the BMF, Tim has been a featured soloist, performing the Haydn Trumpet Concert and Bach’s Second Brandenburg Concerto. In addition to orchestral playing, Tim is a founding member of Bravo Brass Quintet.
Steve Haefner
Sponsored by Mary Grace & Hardy McAlister
Steve Haefner received his early training from Richard Metzger, Principal Trumpet of the Milwaukee Symphony, and studied with Charles E. Geyer at the Eastman School of Music. He has lived in the Tulsa area since joining the Tulsa Philharmonic in 1988 as 2nd Trumpet. He is Principal Trumpet with the Oklahoma Light Opera Festival Orchestra, Trumpet Instructor at Oral Roberts University and performs with the Tulsa Opera Orchestra, Bravo Brass and Light Opera Oklahoma Festival. He has been a substitute player with the Milwaukee and Honolulu Symphony orchestras, as well as Principal Trumpet for BMF. He frequently appears as a lecture/recitalist with the Oklahoma and Green Country Organ Guilds.
Michael Zonshine
Sponsored by David & Leslie Katz
Mike Zonshine, a native of Southern California, is currently on leave as Principal Trumpet of the Honolulu Symphony. A graduate of Boston University, Zonshine is completing a M.M. Performance degree, begun at the Eastman School of Music, at the University of Southern California. Mike’s principal teachers are Boyde Hood (LA Philharmonic), Roger Voisin and Tom Rolfs (Boston Symphony), James Thompson (Atlanta Symphony), and Malcolm McNab (LA Studio Musician). As a teacher, Mike was co-founder of the University of Hawaii Trumpet Ensemble, and Brass Coach of the Boston University Tanglewood Institute’s Young Artists’ Orchestra. Mike Zonshine is a Yamaha Performing Artist and Clinician.
TROMBONE
John Allen, Principal Trombone
Sponsored by Carol & Charlie Simpson
Currently Principal Trombonist of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic and on the faculty of Oklahoma City University, John Allen has been Bass Trombonist of the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra, and a substitute with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. John has toured and recorded with the Glenn Miller Orchestra and was Solo Trombonist with the versatile sextet, Rhythm & Brass. He is a founding member of Dallas-based Orion Brass, a septet that is in the process of creating a new repertoire for seven virtuoso brass players. Mr. Allen has held faculty positions at Howard Payne, East Texas Baptist and Texas Wesleyan universities, and at the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute.
Jemmie Robertson
Sponsored by Bernard & Judith Bottomley
Jemmie Robertson teaches trombone at Eastern Illinois University and performs with the Artemis Chamber Brass of Chicago. He has also performed with Lyric Opera of Chicago, Music of the Baroque, Chicago Chamber Musicians, and many other area ensembles. This spring Jemmie performed as Principal Trombone of the Santo Domingo Festival Orchestra. His solo CD, A New Day Dawning, is available on MSR Classics. Jemmie completed a DMA at Northwestern University and also holds degrees from Yale University and the University of Northern Colorado. Previously, Jemmie was a member of the Virginia Symphony.
Thomas Joyce
Sponsored by Steve & Sheila Sarovich
Thomas Joyce is in his fourth season with the BMF and his sixteenth season as Bass Trombonist of the Charleston (SC) Symphony. Tom graduated the University of Puget Sound summa cum laude in 1991 with degrees in Mathematics/Physics and Music and then pursued performance studies at the New England Conservatory and Boston University. In addition to his active teaching studio, Tom is a member of Burning River Brass and can be heard on the ensemble’s five CDs. Tom spent the summer of 2005 performing in Seattle Opera’s production of Wagner’s “Der Ring des Nibelungen.”
FRENCH HORN
Jaime Lynne Thorne, Principal Horn
Sponsored by Judy & Fred Green
French hornist Jaime Lynne Thorne is a native of Marion, New York. She received an Artist Diploma from the Cleveland Institute of Music and Bachelors and Masters degrees from Pennsylvania State University. She plays second horn with the Connecticut Virtuoso Orchestra and is a regular substitute with the Hartford Symphony. After performing as 2nd Horn with the Canton Symphony, Jaime played French horn in the U.S. Coast Guard Band and brass quintet. Her other orchestral experiences include Akron and Cleveland Pops in Ohio, and Princeton and Garden State Philharmonic in New Jersey.
Mike Morrow
Sponsored by Nancy Macey
Michael Morrow is Associate Professor of Horn at Texas A&M University,-Commerce and Second Horn of the Dallas Opera Orchestra. He has performed on recordings including “The Music of Percy Grainger” as a member of the Dallas Wind Symphony and on the World Premier of Tobias Picker’s opera “Therese Raquin” as a member of the Dallas Opera Orchestra. Mr. Morrow has performed more than eighty different operas with the Dallas Opera Orchestra, including Wagner’s “Ring” cycle and Alban Berg’s “Wozzeck.” Michael lives in Heath, Texas with his wife, Amanda, an oboist, and their 6 year old daughter. This is Michael’s 22nd season with the BMF.
Lauren Moore
Sponsored by Gene & Dick Sosville
Lauren Moore lives in Syracuse, New York, and is currently third horn in the Canton Symphony Orchestra. Lauren earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Baldwin-Wallace College and a Master of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music. Major teachers include Richard King, Richard Solis, David Brockett, and Haley Hoops. Lauren has performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, Syracuse Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, and IRIS Orchestra. She has attended the Aspen Music Festival, Blossom Music Festival, and was a soloist at Tanglewood with the Mark Morris Dance Group.
Jenna McBride
Sponsored by Nancy & Jon Sawvell
A proud Oregonian, Jenna McBride earned her music degrees from St. Olaf College and the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. McBride is second horn in the Canton Symphony Orchestra and the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, and plays with a variety of regional orchestras and ensembles including the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Principal teachers include Herbert Winslow, Randy Gardner, Duane Dugger, Elizabeth Freimuth and Tom Sherwood. Festival participation includes the Sarasota Music Festival, Opera Music and Theatre Festival of Lucca, Italy and the Orchestra Camp of Luechow, Germany where she is the horn instructor.
TUBA
Raul Rodriguez
Sponsored by Pam & Rick Oshlo
Raúl I. Rodríguez is Associate Professor of Music at Texas State University-San Marcos. His duties include applied music in the area of tuba and euphonium and conductor of the tuba-euphonium ensemble. His performance credits are quite diverse, ranging from symphony and pops orchestras to brass quintet, solo recitals and jazz. He is an active member of SouthWest BrassWorks. When he is not performing or teaching, Mr. Rodríguez makes sure to get in a round of disc golf when he can. Raúl has performed with the Breckenridge Music Festival Orchestra since 2001.
HARP
Emily Melendes
Sponsored by Dr. Sandra F. Mather
Emily Melendes is a student of Delaine Fedson at the University of Texas at Austin’s Butler School of Music, studying harp performance. Emily has won three concerto competitions, soloing with the Milwaukee Youth Symphony, the University of Milwaukee Symphony, and the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra for both the Debussy Dances and the Ginastera Harp Concerto. Emily has also studied with Geraldine Elliott and Danis Kelly.
PRINCIPAL TIMPANI
Chandler Teague
Sponsored by Janey & Russ Trowbridge
Principal Timpanist and Percussionist of the Shreveport Symphony, Longview Symphony and Opera East Texas, Chandler was timpanist of the Classical Music Festival in Eisenstadt, Austria for 13 summers. He has performed with the St. Louis Symphony, has been featured in timpani and percussion concertos and as hand drum soloist in a performance of Ravi Shankar’s “Concerto #1 for Sitar and Orchestra.” He has performed recitals with his wife, Janis, and his father and works regularly in a jazz trio. Chandler received the 2008 Music Fellowship Award from the Shreveport Regional Arts Council. In his 20th season with the BMF, Teague teaches percussion at Centenary College and Grambling State University.
PRINCIPAL PERCUSSION
Drew Lang
Sponsored by Allison Saxe
Percussionist Drew Lang performs in the Dallas/Fort Worth area including the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Opera Orchestra, Dallas Wind Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and Casa Mañana Musicals. Dedicated to furthering the marimba as a solo and chamber music instrument, he has commissioned, recorded, and premiered works for marimba in solo, chamber and concerto settings. Drew is in his eighth season as principal percussionist at the Breckenridge Music Festival. He is on the percussion faculty at Eastfield College and Southern Methodist University. Drew also plays in the Dallas-based rock band Scarlet Vermillion.
PIANO AND PERCUSSION
Michael Linville
Sponsored by Anne Stonington
Pianist, percussionist, conductor, arranger and educator, Michael Linville is currently the Director of Chamber Music Activities for the New World Symphony. Mr. Linville is also the artistic coordinator of the New World Percussion Consort, an ensemble dedicated to the performance of contemporary chamber music that features percussion. As a soloist, Mr. Linville has performed with the San Francisco Symphony, the New World Symphony, the BMF, and the NRO. He has also performed with the Honolulu and Pasadena Symphonies, the Florida Orchestra, and the Florida Philharmonic. His playing can be heard on a number of recordings, including New World Jazz, A Night in the Tropics, Orchestral Music of Bernstein and White Mares of the Moon, which Mr. Linville also produced.
GUEST VOCALISTS
Daniel Boye, Bass-Baritone
Dan Boye has been widely featured as an operatic and musical theater performer and as an oratorio soloist. He has performed principal roles in over twenty-five Opera Carolina productions, including Zuniga in Carmen, Timur in Turandot and Bartolo in The Barber of Seville, and has performed with the Charlotte, Canton, Fayetteville, Asheville, and North Carolina Symphonies. A graduate of Emory and Henry College and the University of Georgia, he is currently Department Chair and Professor of Physics at Davidson College. He teaches a wide range of physics courses including a course for non-science majors entitled “Musical Technology.” He has provided educational opportunities for school students and adults of all backgrounds through programs such as “The Science of Singing,” which takes a systematic look at the anatomy of the vocal instrument and the physics associated with its sound production. He also maintains an active research program in the development of new optical materials in the Laser Laboratory at Davidson College.
Jacquelyn Culpepper, Soprano
Jacquelyn Culpepper has shared her beautiful soprano voice with audiences across the United States, Europe, South America, the Caribbean and to countries in Asia including Japan, Vietnam, Taiwan, and Brunei. Career highlights include performing more than 85 roles in opera and oratorio, and solo concert tours throughout the world with American Voices. Her talent has taken her to prestigious concert venues from Washington’s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to Atlanta’s Symphony Hall and she has also appeared on PBS; her national broadcasts include An Evening with Cole Porter and Salute to Masterpiece Theatre. Jacquelyn Culpepper is currently artist associate of voice at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina.
Bradley Howard, Tenor
With a career spanning the classical and modern choral works, solo recitals, and operatic roles, Bradley Howard has developed a repertoire of some of opera’s most classic roles including Mozart’s Tamino in The Magic Flute and Ferrando in Cosi fan tutte, Puccini’s Rodolfo in La Boheme, Leoncavallo’s Beppe in I Pagliacci, Rossini’s Count Almaviva in The Barber of Seville, Britten’s Peter Quint in The Turn of the Screw, and the title roles of Albert Herring and Candide. Bradley’s concert engagements include Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Requiem, Weill’s Seven Deadly Sins, Mozart’s Requiem, Haydn’s Creation, Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang, Handel’s Messiah and Saul, Bach’s St. John Passion and B minor Mass. In 2010-11, Mr. Howard’s solo recitals will be heard across the U.S. in such places as Whitman College, Emory University, Ohio State University, and New York City. Bradley teaches privately in Atlanta, GA and has just accepted a position as the Visiting Director of Vocal Studies at Emory University for 2011.
Soon Cho, Mezzo-soprano
Praised by Opera News for her “potent presence” and hailed by Cincinnati Post as “regal in bearing, with vocal endowments to match…,” lyric mezzo-soprano Soon Cho has gained recognition for her sensitive artistry and winning execution on the concert and opera stages around the world. Cho has been under the batons of world-renowned conductors such as Alan Gilbert, Kristjan Järvi, Paavo Järvi, Erich Kunzel, and David Zinman. Opera credits include Costanza in Haydn’s L’Isola Disabitata with New York Philomusica; Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Seongnam Arts Center in Korea; Mao’s 2nd Secretary in Nixon in China with Cincinnati Opera; “delightfully melodramatic” Dorabella in Cosi fan tutte; Mercedes in Carmen. Her concert and oratorio work as a soloist include Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy with the Cincinnati Symphony; Berlioz’s Les Nuit D’Eté with Opera Philharmonic of Bourgas, Bulgaria; Handel’s Messiah with Pilgrim’s Chorus and Orchestra in Vancouver, Canada to list a few. As a recitalist, Cho has performed recitals and concerts all over the U.S., Canada, Korea, and Belgium.
Christine Robertson, Soprano
Christine Robertson has had a versatile career as a leading lady in musical theatre and opera and as a concert soloist. She is delighted to once again appear with the Breckenridge Music Festival Orchestra. Ms. Robertson has also appeared as a soloist with the Virginia and Rockford symphonies and the U.S. Air Force Heritage of America Band. Professional theatrical credits from around the Midwest, the Rocky Mountains and the East Coast include several productions at the historic Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia. This fall, she will debut at Milwaukee’s Skylight Opera Theatre in the role of Lucy in the world premiere of Kirke Mechem’s The Rivals. Ms. Robertson has performed as soprano soloist for Handel’s Messiah and Haydn’s Creation. Favorite operatic roles include Eurydice in Orpheus in the Underworld and Lucy in The Telephone. Musical theatre roles include Amalia in She Loves Me, Laurey in Oklahoma!, and Maria in The Sound of Music. Ms. Robertson currently lives in Illinois with her husband, Jemmie, their son, James, and canine-child, Portia.
GUEST ARTISTS
Chu-Fang Huang, Piano
Chinese pianist Chu-Fang Huang burst onto the concert scene in 2005 as a finalist in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and First Prize winner of the Cleveland International Piano Competition, which brought her rave reviews for performances as soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra and her recital at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall. Shortly thereafter, Ms. Huang won the 2006 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, where she holds the Mortimer Levitt Piano Chair. Ms. Huang made her concerto debut with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater and was presented in her Kennedy Center debut in the Young Concert Artists Series, to rave reviews. Her recording of Scarlatti sonatas on the Naxos label is available this season.
Ms. Huang began piano lessons at the age of seven and entered the Shenyang Music Conservatory at the age of 12. She made her U.S. debut at the age of 15 in the La Jolla Music Society’s Prodigy Series. Ms. Huang earned her Bachelor of Music degree from the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with Claude Frank, and her Master of Music degree and Artist Diploma from The Juilliard School, where she worked with Robert McDonald. Ms. Huang serves as the Artistic Director of the Ameri-China International Music Association and is a Steinway Artist. She currently resides in New York City.
Robin Sutherland, Piano
Born in Denver, Robin Sutherland grew up in Greeley, entering the studio of Dr. Rita Hutcherson, head of the piano department of what was then Colorado State College, at the age of four. As a boy, he was befriended by another faculty member, Dr. Kenneth Evans; which led to many musical experiences including the first of many solo engagements with the Breckenridge Music Festival. Sutherland is an alumnus of the Aspen Music School and Festival, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the University of Hawai’i and Juilliard.
While still an undergraduate at SFCM, he was appointed Principal Pianist of the San Francisco Symphony by Seiji Ozawa; an appointment reaffirmed by subsequent music directors Edo de Waart, Herbert Blomstedt and Michael Tilson Thomas. At the time, he was the youngest principal musician in the Orchestra’s history. His association with Leonard Bernstein’s “Age of Anxiety,” has taken him all over the world. In addition to numerous performances on tour with the San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas requested it for his farewell tour with the London Symphony, and Sutherland was Seiji Ozawa’s soloist of choice when he programmed the piece for his celebrated guest appearance at La Scala in Milan in 1994.
Of Sutherland’s recording of Bach’s “Goldberg” Variations, Newhouse News Services has said, “…Sutherland has given us what may very well be the most totally satisfying Goldberg Variations available.”
Carl Topilow, Conductor of the National Repertory Orchestra
During his 33 years with the National Repertory Orchestra, Maestro Topilow has led the orchestra to the forefront of summer music festivals. He has assisted in the training of talented young musicians and conductors for positions in orchestras in the United States and abroad.
With the NRO, Topilow has conducted for Itzhak Perlman, Nathaniel Rosen, Yefim Bronfman, Lorin Hollander and “Doc” Severinsen, and has led the orchestra in concerts at the Kennedy Center, Wolf Trap, at the Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea, and in Taiwan and Japan.
Topilow also serves as Conductor and Director of the Orchestra Program at the Cleveland Institute of Music, is the Founding Conductor of the Cleveland Pops Orchestra and Music Director of the Firelands Symphony Orchestra (Sandusky, OH). He has served as guest conductor for more than 100 orchestras in 31 states and 11 foreign countries.
Young Artists
Amy Zhou
Amy Zhou is a straight-As 7th grader at Mountain Ridge Middle School. She began studying piano at the age of eight and a half with Ms. Carolyn Shaak and has been playing for four and a half years. Recently, she won 1st place in the Yamaha Advanced Competitive Division III. As a result of this, Amy received the opportunity to play with the Breckenridge Music Festival this August. In 2009, she had the chance to play with the National Repertory Orchestra in the Breckenridge Music Festival, after she won the Yamaha Advanced Competitive Division II. That same year, Amy took 1st place in the Colorado State Music Teachers Association SPA Artist Piano Competition Level II, and the Kawai Piano Competition Advanced Competitive Division II.
Amy’s favorite subjects are reading, writing and mathematics. She also enjoys doing Future Problem Solving, dancing, drawing, playing tennis, and hiking. This year, Amy was the grand prize winner in the 18th Judicial District Calendar Contest, by creating a drawing on Crime Prevention. In 2010, Amy and her team, in Future Problem Solving, made it all the way to Internationals, and took 11th place there.
Joseph Eisele
Pianist Joseph Eisele is a sixteen-year-old sophomore honors student at Cherry Creek High School in Centennial. He began his piano studies for a year as a pre-schooler under the tutelage of Mrs. Carolyn Shaak, a Juilliard graduate. He resumed formal keyboard study at age seven and currently studies with University of Colorado professor emeritus Larry Graham, also a Juilliard graduate. Joseph is a prize-winner at numerous competitions including a three-term roster member of the prestigious Young Musicians Foundation of Colorado and was top under-14 piano performer in the 2006 YMF audition at the age of 12. In the recent Dec 2010 YMF audition, at 16, he was named the Top High School Piano Performer as well as the Overall Top Piano Performer competing against college students. In Nov 2010, Joseph was honored to be the first prize recipient at the Colorado Piano Festival Pre-collegiate Piano Competitions in Greeley.
His enthusiasm for Tae Kwon Do earned him a black belt after only two years of training at the age of ten. When he isn’t playing the piano, Joseph loves to ski, read, and play the drums with his school friends in their band.
About the Wells Music-Yamaha Piano Competition
The Wells Music-Yamaha Piano Competition was founded 23 years ago by Wells Music. The first competition was held at Wells Music in the Cinderella City Mall in Englewood, Colorado and drew approximately 25 pianists. The goal of the competition was to give young pianists the opportunity to compete at different grade levels with local piano teachers as adjudicators. Unlike recitals, which are performance opportunities only, the competition’s adjudication comments help young players to improve their technique.
The Competition quickly grew, and scholarship awards, medals, plaques and trophies were added to the event. Since Wells Music moved to its current location at 685 S. Broadway in Denver, the competition has grown exponentially, and now takes place over seven days. It has become the largest Yamaha piano competition in the country.
The Breckenridge Music Festival became involved in 1989. The Festival invites the winners of the Junior and Senior High divisions to perform one movement of a concerto with the Breckenridge Music Festival Orchestra.
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