Music in the Mountains 2025 Festival Program

Music in e Mountains

Classical Music Festival • Southwest Colorado July 10 – August 3, 2025

Vadim

Gluzman, Artistic Director

Daniel Raiskin, 2025 Principal Conductor-in-Residence

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Music in the Mountains

Classical Music Festival • Southwest Colorado

July 10 – August 3, 2025 • 39th Season

Vadim Gluzman, Artistic Director

Daniel Raiskin, 2025 Principal Conductor-in-Residence

Board of Directors

Liz Hogan, President

Tiffany Griffith, President Elect

Sheryl Kaufman, Past President

Will Spears, Treasurer

Tracie Trotter, Secretary

Elizabeth Crandall, Nomination Committee Chair

Richard Jalkut, Governance Committee Chair

Marilyn Swanson, Education Committee Chair

Clark Craig

Susan Flack

Renee Goodman

Brenda Hight

Debra May

Ellynn Ragone

Paul Singer

Angie Beach, Ex-Officio

Vadim Gluzman, Ex-Officio

Festival Administration

Angie Beach, Executive Director

Jennifer O’Donohue, Operations Manager

Kristi Peltz, Festival Assistant

Tia Stokes, Festival Assistant

Laurie Keck, Accounting Manager

Cindy Miller Atchison Design, Graphic Designer

Beth Stewart, Digital & Social Marketing

Melanie Palmer, Program Consultant

Sheryl Hadeka, Librarian & Orchestra Manager

Ryder Shelley, Technical Director

Gail Johnston, Volunteer Coordinator

Jane Doty, Volunteer Coordinator

Linda Mack Berven, Pre-Concert Lecturer

Libby Culver, Office Volunteer

Beverly Lawrence, Office Volunteer

Anne Timmins, Office Volunteer

Sonja Lough, Pops Designer

Music in the Mountains

Emeritus

Terry Bacon

Diane Becket

Leonard Davies

James H. Foster

Thomas Jones

Florence (Foxie) Mason, Founding Member

Steve Phillips

Jack Silton

Jenny St. John

Gordon Thomas

2025 Cover Artist: Hannah Wilson

Music and visual art come together in this year’s poster artwork, created by talented local artist Hannah Wilson, known for her vibrant paintings as one of our region’s most prolific mural artists. Hannah has added beautiful summer wildflowers to adorn a photograph of Artistic Director Vadim Gluzman’s violin, the legendary 1690 ‘ ex-Leopold Auer’ Stradivari. Her work captures the essence of Music in the Mountains – where nature’s beauty harmonizes with the power of music. We are pleased to showcase her artistry along with Vadim’s violin as the visual representation of the 2025 Festival. Hannah loves the Four Corners area as well as creating her specialty art, which is live event paintings. She feels fully alive when exploring area wilderness and when she has a paintbrush in her hand. hannahwilsonart.com

All images of the ‘ex-Leopold Auer’ Stradivari Violin, Photographs courtesy of Bein & Fushi, Inc., Matthew Tolzmann, Photographer

Please note...

• Use of photographic, recording or video equipment is prohibited. Please turn off all electronic devices.

• Latecomers will be seated at the first break of the program.

• Programs and performers subject to change without notice.

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Music in the Mountains

Making a Difference Year-Round in our Schools.

The education programs of Music in the Mountains Goes to School follow students through their musical development from elementary through high school.

Our programs reach hundreds of students in Durango and the surrounding areas.

We take special interest in helping students learn to play an instrument and participate in musical ensembles. Not only does this help to train the next generation of musicians, it helps build musical understanding and skill with the people who will form our classical music audiences in the future.

Music in the Mountains

Goes to School programs include:

Youth Ambassador Scholarships – providing up to 16 fully paid private music lessons for each scholarship recipient.

Scholarships to attend Juilliard High School Online for Music Theory and/or Ear Training – offering full tuition for a semester-long class to each scholarship recipient.

Annual Dinner & Family Concert – a family-friendly concert featuring the full Festival Orchestra in a concert designed for children and their families.  For only $10 we provide a hot dog, chips, root beer float, and spectacular performance inside the Community Concert Hall.

Free Student Tickets – a program offering up to two free student tickets for students ages 7 – 18, with the purchase of one adult ticket to select Music in the Mountains concerts.

Take a Bow – a free community concert event showcasing local music students.

Durango High School and Middle School Recruitment Concerts – Provides transportation for all Durango 5th and 8th grade students to attend the annual recruitment concerts at the high school in hopes of inspiring the next generation of music students to join their respective school bands and orchestras.

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We take a special interest in getting students involved.

Music in the Mountains

Bidding Is Open July 10 - July 27!

Proceeds from Music in the Mountains’ Online Auction help fund our Goes to School music education programs year-round.

The auction opens on July 10 and bidding will close at 9:00 PM on July 27. It’s a great chance to support music education while scoring fantastic deals on experiences, services, and items from businesses you already know and love!

Offerings include exclusive vacation getaways; a wide selection of tickets and passes to music, theater, and film; a robust assortment of local wellness and self-care classes, services, and products; local adventure experiences; gift cards to your favorite restaurants and shops; unique art items; bundled gift card packages for a night on the town or a day at the lake, and more! Here is just a sample of our item selection!

PREMIER VACATION EXPERIENCES:

We are thrilled to showcase an incredible selection of exclusive vacation experiences in this year’s auction: 8-Day Viking European River Cruise – Embark on the journey of a lifetime with this exclusive Viking River Cruise for two. Enjoy 8 days of pure bliss, including unmatched views and cultural immersion, with all meals, guided tours, and onboard activities included (airfare not included). A truly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to uncover Europe’s hidden gems—perfect for history lovers, foodies, and scenic explorers alike.

7 Nights in a Glacier Wilderness Resort Cabin in Montana for Labor Day 2025 – Escape to Montana’s serene wilderness just 10 miles from Glacier National Park. Your cozy one-bedroom cabin sleeps four and features a fireplace, full kitchen, washer/dryer, and private hot tub, offering a tranquil retreat in nature.

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7-Night Stay on the Oregon coast at the Inn at the Spanish Head – Savor a full week of oceanfront beauty at the only resort hotel in Oregon built directly on the beach, with a 7-night/8-day stay at the Inn at Spanish Head in Lincoln City, perfect for relaxing in coastal comfort.

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COLORADO ADVENTURES:

Here in Colorado, we don’t have to travel far for thrilling adventure! Take in the sprawling beauty of the San Juans from a hot air balloon at the Animas Valley Balloon Rally. Host an exclusive private dinner and concert for you and 9 of your friends without lifting a finger ~ your gracious hosts at the stunning Rockin’ M Ranch will take care of everything. Ride in style on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad with First-Class Round-Trip tickets to Silverton with an overnight layover stay at the Grand Imperial Hotel! Soar above Durango on a private scenic flight with Durango Flight Tours. Make the most of your river time with passes to Tico Time Resort. Adventure to remote, off-grid locales for three nights in the backcountry comfort of a custom-built Sprinter Van!

FESTIVALS, CONCERTS, THEATER:

Whatever your taste in performance art may be, explore the tickets and passes on offer from our fellow arts organizations. Luxuriate Dress Circle Box Tickets for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, paired with a night’s stay at the luxurious JW Marriott Dallas Arts District. Treat yourself to a symphonic Santa Fe getaway with tickets to the Santa Fe Symphony, a night’s stay at Las Palomas Hotel, and a gift card to enjoy dinner at Il Vicino. See the latest on the film circuit with a series of tickets for the Durango Independent Film Festival. Theatre buffs can catch a lively performance at the celebrated Creede Repertory Theatre or enjoy an All-Access Pass to the 2026 Durango Playfest.

SELF CARE & WELLNESS:

Durango does not want for a wide array of teachers, salons, and treatments to help us look and feel our best selves! Treat yourself to yoga, Pilates classes, and massages with local favorites including K-Lea Gifford, pilatesdurango, and Balanced Recovery Massage. Reset your mind and body in the salinized waters of salt 350 float studio. Be sure your eyesight is in tip top shape and save on a new pair of glasses from Peak Eyecare, High Country Optical and Eye.D. Pamper your skin with products from Durango Dermatology and refresh your look with a visit to the Oak Brush Salon, Parker Dane Salon, or Highland Nails!

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Jill Ward

Conductor-in-Residence Program

Music in the Mountains is deeply honored to announce the receipt of an extraordinary estate gift in the amount of one million dollars from the late Ms. Jill Ward, a long-time supporter, past Music in the Mountains Board President, and cherished member of our community. This remarkable contribution will have a lasting impact on our mission to produce an exceptional summer music festival with musicians of the highest caliber.

Jill was born and raised in New York City and graduated from the University of Michigan. She returned to New York and started a career working in publishing at Random House and Alfred A. Knopf in public relations. After “dabbling” in advertising for a few years, she eventually became Program Coordinator for the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies and got her first taste of Colorado. She returned to New York, married, and raised three stepsons. Her work eventually led to real estate, and for over 20 years she was a partner in a small advisory firm offering real estate expertise to corporations in preparing and implementing long term strategic planning. Some of her major clients included T. Rowe Price, Scholastic Books, the Metropolitan Transit Authority, and the Museum of Modern Art.

Jill first came to Durango in 1991 to visit a friend who was one of the founders of Music in the Mountains. From that moment on she knew Durango was the place for her. Jill visited often, and after 9/11, she moved to Durango permanently in 2002.

She spent much of her time volunteering for various organizations including The Ranch Homeowners Association Board of Directors, Mesa Verde National Park, and the San Juan Basin Archeological Society. In addition, she sang in the Mancos Valley Chorus and the Women’s Prerogative (a barbershop group). Over the course of many years, Jill volunteered for Music in the Mountains in several different capacities, including as Board President in 2015 – 2016. Jill passed away in 2022 at age 78 after a long battle with cancer.

Jill Ward’s generous legacy gift has enabled Music in the Mountains to make the momentous decision to hire internationally acclaimed violinist, Vadim Gluzman, a long-time friend of the festival, to serve as the new Artistic Director. Universally recognized among today’s top performing artists, violinist Vadim Gluzman is acclaimed for his appearances with the Berlin Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, London Symphony, Royal Concertgebouw under Riccardo Chially, Christoph von Dohnányi, Tugan Sokhiev, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, and other leading conductors. Gluzman’s industry-wide esteem and extensive network will help heighten awareness of our organization’s profile both nationally and internationally.

In honor of Jill’s gift, Music in the Mountains has named the annual Principal Conductor-in-Residence the “Jill Ward Principal Conductor-in-Residence”. The 2025 season’s Jill Ward Principal Conductor-inResidence will be the incredibly talented Daniel Raiskin, Principal Conductor of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra in Bratislava, Music Director of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, and Principal Guest Conductor of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra.

We are profoundly grateful for Jill’s generosity, vision, and commitment.

A Special Note...

From the Board of Directors’ President

Dear Friends, Music Lovers, and Supporters,

It’s my absolute pleasure to welcome you to the 39th season of Music in the Mountains! Whether you’re a returning festival-goer, one of our incredible musicians, or joining us for the first time— thank you for being here and sharing in the joy of this wonderful tradition.

This festival simply wouldn’t be possible without the generosity of our community. To our donors, sponsors, volunteers, and all of you who support the arts in Durango—you have my heartfelt gratitude. Your belief in what we do allows music to thrive in our mountain town year after year.

Over time, Music in the Mountains has grown into so much more than a summer concert series. Through music education and outreach programs, we’re reaching hearts and minds across the region—especially young people—and opening doors to creativity, inspiration, and connection. That impact is something I’m deeply proud to be part of.

We’re also entering an exciting new chapter of artistic leadership. It’s an honor to welcome our new Artistic Director, the phenomenal violinist Vadim Gluzman. His passion and vision for classical music are already energizing our festival in powerful ways. We’re equally thrilled to have Daniel Raiskin joining us as Principal Conductor in Residence for 2025. With their combined talent and leadership, this season promises to be something truly special.

Thank you again for being part of this incredible community and celebration. I’m so excited for all that’s ahead—let the music begin! And if you see me at a concert or around town—please don’t be shy! I love meeting fellow music lovers, it’s one of the best parts of the festival for me.

Liz Hogan, Board President

A Special Note...

From the Executive Director

Dear Friends,

Welcome to the 39th Season of Music in the Mountains! It is an honor to share another spectacular summer of music in our beautiful corner of southwest Colorado. We are especially thrilled this year as we embark on a new chapter filled with exciting artistic leadership.

We warmly welcome Vadim Gluzman as our new Artistic Director, a world-renowned violin virtuoso whose visionary approach promises innovative programming and unforgettable performances. Joining Vadim this season is Daniel Raiskin, our 2025 Principal Conductor-in-Residence, celebrated internationally for his dynamic interpretations and passionate musicianship. Together, they are set to bring an extraordinary artistic vision to our festival, enhancing our longstanding tradition of excellence. Each concert this season has been thoughtfully curated to delight, inspire, and connect with audiences of all ages and tastes. I encourage you to immerse yourself in the magic of music, share it with friends, family, neighbors, and newcomers alike. Our festival continues to be about building connections—between people, communities, and cultures—something we need now more than ever.

Our heartfelt thanks go to the dedicated individuals who make Music in the Mountains possible—our board, staff, musicians, volunteers, sponsors, and especially you, our patrons. Your support enriches our community culturally and economically, generating substantial economic benefits that resonate throughout our region.

Please join me in extending gratitude to our corporate sponsors, whose generous support ensures the vitality and sustainability of our beloved festival.

Thank you for being a part of the Music in the Mountains family. May this season fill you with joy, inspiration, and a profound appreciation for the power of music.

With excitement and gratitude,

Angie Beach, Executive Director

A Special Note...

From the Artistic Director

Classical Music Festival • Southwest Colorado

Dear Friends,

Greeting you for the first time as the new Artistic Director of Music in the Mountains is a very special, emotional moment in my life! Having been a part of this wonderful family since 1997, first visiting as a wide-eyed young musician, returning for countless performances throughout the years as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestra leader, I have always felt at home in Durango. I know so many of you personally and have experienced firsthand the support and love which the community in Durango shows to the Festival. I am humbled by your trust and incredibly excited to lead this extraordinary organization to the new chapter in history - both for Music in the Mountains and for myself!

Building upon the distinguished legacy of performances, I am thrilled to welcome you to our 39th season! From candlelight chamber concerts, Festival Orchestra performances, Pops, and Family nights - every program is crafted and curated with great attention to detail, brilliance, and excitement, which only a world-class Festival can offer.

Stars of music are descending on Durango this season, and I am pleased to introduce the 2025 Principal Conductor-in-Residence, Maestro Daniel Raiskin, the Music Director of the Winnipeg Symphony in Canada and the Janaček Philharmonic in the Czech Republic. An extraordinary conductor and a brilliant communicator, Daniel and I have shared the stage on countless concert tours on both sides of the Atlantic, and I can’t wait for all of you to immerse yourselves in his music-making!

In collaboration with the North Shore Chamber Music Festival, we are welcoming the inaugural Arkady Fomin Young Artist in Residence — an incredible Indonesian pianist, Janice Carissa. Winner of the Gilmore Young Artist, Janice has already made important debuts with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony, and her virtuosity was featured in recitals across the United States. Now, Durango will experience the magic Janice creates on stage!

Thanks to every musician of our phenomenal Festival Orchestra, and our wonderful staff, which makes the Festival run smoothly and seamlessly. I am very excited to welcome all of you to our performances, connect through music, and celebrate our wonderful community.

Yours,

Vadim Gluzman, artistic director

A Special Note...

From the 2025 Principal Conductor-in-Residence

“In times when spiritual goods are rarer than material ones, and egoism, envy, and hatred govern the world, music will do much to re-establish love among mankind.”

– Richard Strauss

Dear Friends of Music in the Mountains,

Nothing gives me more joy than being able to introduce myself to you as this year’s Principal Conductor-in-Residence at this year’s Festival. It is an honor and a privilege to be part of the remarkable 39-year-long history of this artistically extraordinary and versatile organization!

I am very much looking forward to discovering the unique blend of the breathtaking nature surrounding Durango and the most beautiful music performed by the world-class artists, many of whom I know and have worked with before.

It is almost impossible to single out just a few highlights of the Festival – looking at this year’s program, it really feels as if every single event is a highlight of sorts. As a former violist, passionate chamber musician and founder and artistic director of a chamber music Festival myself, I look forward to attending a few chamber music concerts and enjoying their very special intimacy. The symphonic concerts I am privileged to lead this year burst with energy and passion, are full of romance and elegance, but also drama and triumph! And sharing the stage with such wonderful soloists as Vadim Gluzman, Demarre McGill, and the Festival’s Horn Quartet is a real treat!

I am deeply grateful to Vadim Gluzman for extending an invitation to this year‘s Festival – we have been friends on and off stage for some 20 years now and have performed together on numerous occasions. Vadim’s musicianship is of the highest possible caliber; it’s infectious, inspiring, and always leaves me deeply moved! His leadership and a unique sense of humility are a guarantee of the special atmosphere the Festival will create for both musicians and listeners, making all of us into one great music loving family. In our world, challenged by conflict, I wholeheartedly believe that music also has the true power to bridge differences and revive our shared humanity. And I certainly would like to thank you all for your ongoing support of this wonderful Festival –without it and without your trust and curiosity our mutual dreams will never be realized!

Daniel Raiskin, 2025 Principal Conductor-in-Residence

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Glacier Club Presents

Special Donor Event

Glacier Club, Prospector Restaurant

Summer Soirée

Rhythm Future Quartet

Jason Anick, violin; Max O’Rourke, Henry Acker, guitar; Greg Loughman, bass

DUKE ELLINGTON Caravan

JUAN TIZOL

WALTER DONALDSON My Blue Heaven

TONY MURENA Indifférence

JASON ANICK Treetops

JIMMY McHUGH

I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love With Me

HENRY ACKER Howland’s Landing

DUKE ELLINGTON In a Sentimental Mood

DJANGO REINHARDT Swing Guitars

JASON ANICK Sleepless

DJANGO REINHARDT Féerie

VITTORIO MONTI

Csárdás

Farm To Fingers Presents

Candlelight Chamber Concert

Community Concert Hall, FLC

Candlelight Concert – Kreutzer Sonata

Vadim Gluzman, violin; Alejandro Valdepeñas, viola; Christopher French, cello; Aaro Paavo Heinonen, bass; Janice Carissa, piano, 2025 Arkady Fomin Young Artist in Residence

LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN

Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 9 in A, (1770 – 1827) Op. 47, “Kreutzer”

Adagio sostenuto – Presto

Andante con variazioni

Presto

JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL

Piano Quintet in D minor, Op. 74 (1778 – 1837)

Allegro con spirito

Menuetto o scherzo

Andante con variazioni

Finale

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Candlelight Chamber Concert

Community Concert Hall, FLC

Ballantine Communications Presents

Candlelight Concert – Mozart in Prague

Vadim Gluzman, Jacqueline Audas, violin; Alejandro Valdepeñas, viola; Christopher French, cello; Aaro Paavo Heinonen, bass; Janice Carissa, piano, 2025 Arkady Fomin Young Artist in Residence

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

Divertimento in D, K. 136 (1756 – 1791) (Salzburg Symphony No. 1)

Allegro

Andante

Presto

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK

Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 90, “Dumky” (1841 – 1904)

Lento maestoso – Allegro quasi doppio movimento

Poco adagio – Vivace non troppo

Andante – Vivace non troppo

Andante moderato – Allegretto scherzando

Allegro – Meno mosso

Lento maestoso – Vivace

Friday, July 18 • 7:00 pm

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Federal funding for public media, about $1.60 a year per American, is under serious threat.

In 2025, 19% of KSUT’s budget comes from federal funding ($333,000). If this support is eliminated, it will jeopardize essential services that inform and unite citizens across the Four Corners, including high-quality local, regional, national, and international news, music discovery, and so much more!

At KSUT, we believe in the power of public media to unite communities, stimulate local economies, celebrate our local history and culture, and deliver essential information when most needed. We know you value this, too, and we want to continue providing our region with the best of public media.

KSUT and LePlatt’s Pond Present

World Music Concert

LePlatt’s Pond, Bayfield, CO

Damn Tall Buildings

Avery Ballotta, violin and vocals; Max Capistran, guitar, banjo, and vocals; Sasha Dubys, upright bass and vocals

This high-energy Brooklyn-based trio delivers a fresh, dynamic take on bluegrass. Damn Tall Buildings blends the heart of traditional string music with an eclectic mix of swing, ragtime, jazz, and contemporary storytelling.

Described by Saving Country Music as “Bluegrass at heart but pulling from a wide range of influences... unmatched energy and enthusiasm, underpinned by intelligent songs that don’t skimp on infectiousness,” their sound is as electrifying as it is heartfelt.

This will be an invigorating evening of foot-stomping rhythms and undeniable charm under the big white tent.

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Hannah Wilson Art Presents

Chamber Orchestra Concert

Community Concert Hall, FLC

Gluzman Plays The Four Seasons

Vadim Gluzman, violin, leader

Paul Singer, narrator

Emmanuelle Boisvert, Erin Schreiber, Leslie Shank, Petros Karapetyan, Jimin Lim, Oleg Sulyga, Jacqueline Audas, Valory Hight, Josephine Kim, Iris Chen, violin; Alejandro Valdepeñas, Dmitry Kustanovich, Rachel Daniels, Rebecca Barnes, viola; Christopher French, Jan Simiz, Katherine Audas, Maria Simiz, cello; Aaro Paavo Heinonen, bass; Sun Chang, harpsichord

NINO ROTA

Concerto per Archi (1911 – 1979)

Preludio: Allegro ben marcato

Scherzo: Allegretto comodo

Aria: Andante quasi adagio

Finale: Allegrissimo

MICHI WIANCKO La Follia (2012) (1976 – )

INTERMISSION

ANTONIO VIVALDI

The Four Seasons (Le quattro stagioni), Op. 8 (1833 – 1897)

Spring (La primavera)

Summer (L’estate)

Autumn (L’autunno)

Winter (L’inverno)

Vadim Gluzman, violin

July 20 • 5:00 pm

World Music Concert

River Bend Ranch, Durango

Cream Bean Berry and Star Liquors Present

Sundaes on Tuesday with Music for Dessert Featuring Diego Figueiredo

Treat yourself to the ultimate summer evening—where sweet sounds meet sweet treats!

Start the night with a handcrafted sundae from Cream Bean Berry, then settle in for an unforgettable musical journey with Brazilian guitar virtuoso Diego Figueiredo. Known for his breathtaking technique and irresistible charm, Diego blends bossa nova, jazz, and original works with effortless flair.

Enjoy beloved favorites including Antonio Carlos Jobim’s timeless melodies, jazz classics like Dave Brubeck’s Take Five, Diego’s own fan favorites such as Antarctica, and a lively grand finale with the iconic Brazilian choro Tico Tico No Fubá.

Music has never been so sweet!

Tuesday, July 22 • 7:00 pm

Community Concert Hall, FLC

Morehart Murphy Regional Auto Center, Durango & Silverton

Narrow Gauge Railroad and Four Corners Broadcasting Present

Dinner and Family Concert

Beethoven Lives Upstairs by Classical Kids LIVE!

Daniel Raiskin, 2025 Jill Ward Principal Conductor-in-Residence

Andrew Redlawsk, Christoph; Thad Avery, Uncle

Susan Hammond, Series Creator; Paul Pement, Director & Producer

Barbara Nichol, Author; Paul Pement, Dramaturgy & Music Timing

“Dear Uncle, something terrible has happened. A mad man has moved into our house! His name… is Ludwig van Beethoven.”

This world-famous production features a lively exchange of letters between young Christoph and his Uncle. The funereal second movement of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony sets the scene as we travel back in time from March 26, 1827, the day of Beethoven’s death, into the more intimate setting of young Christoph’s house in Vienna a few years before. Christoph’s father has just died, and Beethoven has taken the room upstairs. As the correspondence with his uncle unfolds, Christoph recounts the horrors of the composer standing naked at the window, water dripping down into their apartment and Beethoven playing late into the night. Finally, after attending the famous first performance of the Ninth Symphony, Christoph comes to understand the genius of Beethoven, the torment of his deafness, and the beauty of his music.

The theatrical concert version of Beethoven Lives Upstairs is an adaptation of the best-selling and award-winning Classical Kids audio recording, Beethoven Lives Upstairs, produced by Susan Hammond and originally directed as a staged concert by Peter Moss with additional direction by Dennis Garnhum. Classical Kids® is a trademark licensed exclusively to Pement Enterprises and produced by Classical Kids Music Education, NFP.

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Chamber Orchestra Concert

Community Concert Hall, FLC

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Mostly Mozart

Vadim Gluzman, violin & leader

Janice Carissa, piano, 2025 Arkady Fomin Young Artist in Residence

PĒTERIS VASKS

Musica Dolorosa (1946 – )

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183/173dB (1756 – 1791)

Allegro con brio

Andante

Menuetto & Trio

Allegro ••• INTERMISSION •••

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K. 488 (1756 – 1791)

Allegro

Adagio

Allegro assai

Janice Carissa, piano

Friday, July 25 • 7:00 pm

The Dear Family

Pops Orchestra Concert

Community Concert Hall, FLC

The Dear Family – In Memory of Walter Dear, Presents

A

Special Tribute to the Music of and Other Hollywood Fantasies

Richard Kaufman, conductor

Whitney Claire Kaufman, Jacob Haren, vocalists

ALAN SILVESTRI

RICHARD SHERMAN

RICHARD SHERMAN

ROBERT SHERMAN

ALAN MENKEN

KLAUS BADELT

ALAN MENKEN

LEE HOLDRIDGE

JOHN WILLIAMS

JOHN WILLIAMS

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY

LEIGH HARLINE

ELTON JOHN

ALAN MENKEN

ROBERT LOPEZ

Back to the Future

Overture to Mary Poppins

Through the Eyes of Love from Mary Poppins

Overture and Duet from Beauty and the Beast

Pirates of the Caribbean

Part of Your World, Under the Sea from The Little Mermaid

Love Theme from Splash

Flight to Neverland from Hook

••• INTERMISSION •••

Flying Theme from E.T. the Extra Terrestrial

Waltz from Sleeping Beauty

When You Wish Upon a Star from Pinocchio

Can You Feel the Love Tonight from The Lion King

Friend Like Me, A Whole New World from Aladdin

Let It Go from Frozen

26 • 7:00 pm

Community Concert Hall, FLC

Durango Dermatology & Animas Chocolate Company present This concert is in honor of all military veterans

Demarre McGill

Raiskin Conducts Shostakovich

Daniel Raiskin, 2025 Jill Ward Principal Conductor-in-Residence

CAROLINE SHAW (1982 – )

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

Flute Concerto No. 1 in G, K. 313/285c (1732 – 1809)

Allegro maestoso

Adagio ma non troppo

Rondo: Tempo di Menuetto

Demarre McGill, flute

••• INTERMISSION •••

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH

Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 (1906 – 1975)

Moderato

Allegretto

Largo

Allegro non troppo

Symphony No. 5, Op. 47 by Dmitri Shostakovich presented under license from G. Schirmer Inc. and Associated Music Publishers, copyright owners.

Strater Hotel Presents

Strater Hotel, Pullman Room

Taste What You Hear

Angela Yoffe, piano; Vadim Gluzman, violin

Paige Ben-Dashan, Executive Director of the Stradivari Society and Gabriel Ben-Dashan, owner of Bein & Fushi, the world’s premier rare string-instrument dealer

A sampling of rare violins made by the world’s greatest violin makers, Antonio Stradivari and Guarneri del Gesù

At this once-in-a-lifetime musical and culinary event at the historic Strater Hotel, you will see and hear rare violins crafted by legendary makers Antonio Stradivari and Guarneri del Gesù, played by renowned violinist Vadim Gluzman and accompanied by pianist Angela Yoffe. These legendary instruments, brought to us from the esteemed Stradivari Society of Chicago, will sing in a program spanning from Vivaldi to Piazzolla. Each exquisite violin will be paired with a hand selected wine and a sumptuous course inspired by the fine cuisine of Cremona, Italy created by the new head chef of the Mahogany Grill. Savor exquisite dishes designed to complement the beauty and intensity of the music, making for a decadent sensory experience.

Tuesday, July 29 • 6:00 pm

Orchestra Concert

Community Concert Hall, FLC

Community Foundation and The Gable House Present

Brahms and Friends

Daniel Raiskin, 2025 Jill Ward Principal Conductor-in-Residence

Nicolette LaBonte, Matthew Wilson, Reese Farnell, Sheryl Hadeka, horns

ALFRED SCHNITTKE

Suite in the Old Style, Op. 80 (1934 – 1998)

arr. V. Spivakov

Pastorale: Moderato

Ballet: Allegro

Menuet

Fuga: Allegro

Pantomime: Andantino

ROBERT SCHUMANN

Konzertstück for Four Horns and Orchestra in F, Op. 86 (1818 – 1856)

Lebhaft

Romanze. Ziemlich langsam

Sehr lebhaft

Nicolette LaBonte, Matthew Wilson, Reese Farnell, Sheryl Hadeka, horns

••• INTERMISSION •••

JOHANNES BRAHMS

Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 (1833 – 1897)

Allegro non troppo

Andante moderato

Allegro giocoso

Allegro energico e passionato

1 • 7:00 pm

Suite in the Old Style for Chamber Orchestra by Alfred Schnittke, arr. by Vladimir Spivakov presented under license from G. Schirmer Inc. and Associated Music Publishers, copyright owners.

Benefit Dinner and Concert

Sky Ute Event Center

TBK Bank And Sky Ute Casino Resort Present

Pops Night – Hollywood Rodeo!

Richard Kaufman, conductor

Whitney Claire Kaufman, vocalist

JOHN WILLIAMS

DIMITRI TIOMKIN

BRUCE BROUGHTON

SAMMY FAIN

Overture to The Cowboys

Theme from High Noon

Themes from Silverado *

Secret Love from Calamity Jane * arr. R Heindorf

IRVING BERLIN

You Can’t Get a Man with a Gun **

arr. D. Costa from Annie Get Your Gun

ALFRED NEWMAN

VICTOR YOUNG

BURT BACHARACH

ELMER BERNSTEIN

ROY ROGERS / DALE EVANS

ELMER BERNSTEIN

Overture to How the West Was Won *

Overture to Around the World in 80 Days

Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head ** from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Main Title from The Sons of Katie Elder

Happy Trails to You *

The Magnificent Seven *

Community Concert Hall, FLC Orchestra Concert

Kennebec Wealth Management and Hutton Broadcasting

Grand Finale –Tchaikovsky Spectaculaire

Daniel Raiskin, 2025 Jill Ward Principal Conductor-in-Residence

Vadim Gluzman, violin

VALENTIN SILVESTROV

Hymn (1937 – )

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY

Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 (1840 – 1893)

Allegro moderato

Canzonetta: Andante

Finale: Allegro vivacissimo

Vadim Gluzman, violin

••• INTERMISSION •••

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY

Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 (1840 – 1893)

Andante – Allegro con anima – Molto più tranquillo

Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza

Valse: Allegro moderato

Finale: Andante maestoso – Allegro vivace – Meno mosso

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New Era of Excellence

Vadim Gluzman

Festival Artistic Director, violin

Universally recognized among today’s top performing artists, Gluzman’s wide repertoire embraces new music, and his performances are heard around the world through livestreams, broadcasts, and a striking catalogue of awardwinning recordings on BIS, Platoon and EuroArts labels. The Israeli violinist appears with the world’s leading orchestras and conductors. He appears at festivals that include Ravinia, Tanglewood, BBC Proms, Grant Park, and the North Shore Chamber Music Festival, which he founded in 2011. He performs on the 1690 “ex-Auer” Stradivari, on loan through the Stradivari Society of Chicago. Gluzman has been involved with the Music in the Mountains Festival since 1997, when he participated in the Music in the Mountains Conservatory under its director (and Gluzman’s teacher), Arkady Fomin. For nearly 30 years Gluzman has been a Festival favorite as soloist, director, and chamber musician. “For me, this appointment as Artistic Director is truly a full-circle moment,” Gluzman said. “I am confident that we will engage with Durango’s wonderful community in new and meaningful ways by introducing innovative programs, fostering young talent, and showcasing the world-class artistry one can expect at Music in the Mountains. I am deeply honored and excited to join Music in the Mountains as its Artistic Director.”

Daniel Raiskin

2025 Jill Ward Conductor-in-Residence

Daniel Raiskin has become one of the most recognized conductors of his generation. The son of a prominent musicologist, Raiskin grew up in St. Petersburg. He attended the celebrated conservatory in his native city and continued his studies in Amsterdam and Freiburg. First focusing on viola, he was inspired to take up the baton as a result of an encounter with the distinguished teacher Lev Savich. Raiskin is the Designated Principal Conductor and Music Director of the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra in Ostrava, Principal Conductor of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra in Bratislava, Music Director of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, and Principal Guest Conductor of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra. His regular guest appearances include the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra, Naples Philharmonic Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra Taiwan, Orchestre National de Belgique, Orchestre National de Lyon, Residentie Orkest, Sinfonia Varsovia, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, and Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. His appearances in opera productions include Carmen, Shostakovich’s The Nose, and Mozart’s Don Giovanni. Raiskin is also committed to sharing his knowledge and passion with young musicians around the world. He devotes his time regularly to working with youth orchestras in Canada, Estonia, Germany, Iceland, Netherlands, and South Africa.

2025 Festival Musicians

Vadim Gluzman

Festival Artistic Director

Daniel Raiskin

2025 Jill Ward

Conductor-in-Residence

Janice Carissa

2025 Arkady Fomin

Young Artist-in-Residence

ORCHESTRA

Violin I

Emmanuelle Boisvert, Concertmaster

The Concertmaster chair is supported by the Tiffany Haugen Memorial Endowment: a gift of Bob Haugen in memory of Tiffany Haugen

Erin Schreiber

Matthew Hakkarainen

Leslie Shank, Concertmaster Emeritus

William Hunt

Petros Karapetyan

Jimin Lim

Victoria Moreira

Violin II

Oleg Sulyga, Principal

Jacqueline Audas

Valory Hight

Josephine Kim

Richard Silvers

Luke Santonastaso

Yimiao Iris Chen

Viola

Alejandro Valdepeñas, Principal

Dmitry Kustanovich

Phil Kramp

Colin Garner

Rachel Daniels

Rebecca Barnes

Cello

Christopher French, Principal

The Cello Principal’s Chair is supported by the Mary L. Whitson Fund

Jan Simiz

Katherine Audas

Maria Simiz

Keira Fullerton

Annemarie Reader

Double Bass

Aaro Paavo Heinonen, Principal

William Clay

Boris Astafiev

Flute

Leslie Fagan, Principal

Sarah Frisof

Ebonee Thomas

Piccolo

Ebonee Thomas

Oboe

Hugo Souza, Principal

Andrew Parker

Tim Daniels

English Horn

Andrew Parker

Clarinet

Ilya Shterenberg, Principal

Iván Valbuena

Helen Goode-Castro

Bass Clarinet

Helen Goode-Castro

Bassoon

Laura Leisring, Principal

Leon Chodos

Marissa Olegario

Contrabassoon

Leon Chodos

Horn

Nikolette LaBonte, Principal

Sheryl Hadeka

Matthew Wilson

Joel Ockerman

Reese Farnell

Trumpet

Kyle Sherman, Principal

Betsy Bright

Rebecca Ortiz

Trombone

Sasha Romero, Principal

Nikki Abissi

Bass Trombone

Jennifer Hinkle

Tuba

David Morgan

Timpani

Kevin Ritenauer

Percussion

Nicholas Sakakeeny, Principal

Trevor Barroero

Derek Sawyer

Harp

Katherine Ventura

Keyboard/Piano/Harpsichord

Sun Chang

Librarian

Sheryl Hadeka

Orchestra Manager

Sheryl Hadeka

Personnel Manager

Rachel Daniels

Technical Director

Ryder Shelley

Guest Conductors

Richard Kaufman

Guest Artists

Zelter String Quartet

Kodachrome Sax Quartet

Seraph Brass Quintet

Damn Tall Buildings

Diego Figueiredo

Rhythm Future Quartet

Classical Kids Live

Bernie Dresel

Harlan Hodges

Justin Smith

Elle Rio

Angela Yoffe

Chamber Music

Vadim Gluzman

Janice Carissa

Jacqueline Audas

Alejandro Valdepeñas

Christopher French

Aaro Paavo Heinonen

Soloists

Vadim Gluzman

Janice Carissa

Whitney Claire Kaufman

Jacob Haren

Demarre McGill

Nikolette LaBonte

Matthew Wilson

Reese Farnell

Sheryl Hadeka

2025 Festival Guest Artists & Soloists

BEETHOVEN LIVES UPSTAIRS — CLASSICAL KIDS LIVE

The world-famous production of Beethoven Lives Upstairs features a lively exchange of letters between young Christoph and his uncle. Their subject is the “madman” who has moved into the upstairs apartment of Christoph’s Vienna home. Through a touching correspondence dramatically underscored with the composer’s most beautiful excerpts, the young boy slowly comes to understand the genius of the man, the torment of his deafness, and the beauty of his music. There are more than twentyfive excerpts of the master’s music, including the Moonlight Sonata, Fur Elise, and the great Fifth and Ninth Symphonies. The music is magically woven into the drama as two actors share their anecdotes and observations based on true incidents from the composer’s life. The original audio recording of Beethoven Lives Upstairs claims dozens of top music, educational, and parenting awards. It has gone multi-platinum, been translated and distributed around the world, and made into an Emmy award-winning film. Based on this highly acclaimed recording, the Beethoven Lives Upstairs theatrical symphony concert is an imaginative way to introduce young audiences and their families to the life and music of Ludwig Van Beethoven in a live performance venue.

JANICE CARISSA, piano*

Janice Carissa has garnered great acclaim at renowned concert halls, including the Sydney Opera House, Carnegie Hall, United Nations, the Kennedy Center, and others. Following her Philadelphia Orchestra debut at age sixteen, she has substituted for Andre Watts as soloist with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and gone on to perform with the Kansas City, Amarillo, Des Moines, Johns Hopkins, and Midwest Young Artist Symphonies. In 2023, she was a featured soloist with the Sacramento Philharmonic, the Curtis Symphony Orchestra, the Tacoma and Battle Creek Symphonies. As a chamber musician she has performed with the Brooklyn Chamber Music Society and Jupiter Chamber Concert Series and has collaborated with Vadim Gluzman, David Shifrin, Miriam Fried, and other distinguished musicians. A pupil of Gary Graffman, she left Indonesia in 2013 and entered the Curtis Institute of Music with full scholarship and graduated with her bachelor’s degree. She is presently pursuing her master’s degree at The Juilliard School.

*2025 “Arkady Fomin Young Artist in Residence” in collaboration with the North Shore Chamber Music Festival

DAMN TALL BUILDINGS

Damn Tall Buildings is a roots/Americana band from Brooklyn, NY. While their instrumentation is that of bluegrass, they are not bound to it. Bluegrass at heart but pulling from a wide range of influences including swing, ragtime, jazz, and even a hint of contemporary perspective in the songwriting, Damn Tall Buildings is comprised of Avery Ballotta, violin and vocals; Max Capistran, guitar, banjo, and vocals; and Sasha Dubys, upright bass and vocals. In 2013, then students at Boston’s Berklee College of Music, the band took their instruments to nearby street corners and jammed for hours on old bluegrass and blues songs, traditional fiddle tunes, and eventually their own original music. Since their street performer days, Damn Tall Buildings have made four albums and toured widely, appearing at festivals like Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, Philadelphia Folk Festival, Freshgrass Festival, Ossipee Valley Festival, Walnut Valley Festival, Blissfest and Merlefest.

2025 Festival Guest Artists & Soloists

DIEGO FIGUEIREDO, guitar

Figueiredo was born in Brazil and at the age of 4, he used to strike poses carrying his small guitar. He played many instruments, including mandolin, before choosing the electric guitar when he was 12, playing in theaters and local pubs, developing his talent for improvising and harmonizing. At 15, he began playing for theaters and nightclubs in many Brazilian states, playing solo or with renowned musicians. He has played in more than 60 countries around the world and is the winner of several important competitions such as the Montreux Jazz Competition. In addition to being a guitar player, he is a producer, arranger, orchestrator, and multi-instrumentalist. His current concert “From the Classical to the Jazz” is a fusion of jazz, bossa nova, and classical music. He regularly plays at jazz festivals all over the world, from Hong Kong to Rio, and in the US, Canada, and Europe. He has released 26 CDs and 3 DVDs.

RICHARD KAUFMAN, Guest Conductor

Kaufman has devoted much of his musical life to conducting and supervising music for film and television productions, as well as conducting film and classical music in concert and on recordings. Kaufman is in his twenty-first season with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra film series, CSO at the Movies, holds the permanent title of Pops Conductor Laureate with the Dallas Symphony, and was recently given the title of Principal Pops Conductor Laureate with Pacific Symphony. Kaufman regularly appears as a guest conductor with orchestras throughout the world, conducting a wide variety of musical genres, and often conducts entire movie scores live to film. Kaufman received the 1993 Grammy Award in the Best Pop Instrumental Performance category. He has conducted for a who’s-who of performers including John Denver, Andy Williams, Nanette Fabray, the Beach Boys, and Amy Grant. He joined the music department of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and for almost two decades, supervised music for all of MGM’s television and animation projects, receiving two Emmy nominations. Born in Los Angeles, Kaufman began violin studies at age 7. A graduate of California State University at Northridge, Kaufman received its 2012 Distinguished Alumni Award. He also composed the alma mater and fight songs for Cal State Northridge.

WHITNEY KAUFMAN, vocalist

Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Whitney made her symphony debut at age 7 singing in the children’s chorus in the West Coast premiere of music from John William’s Home Alone with Orange County’s Pacific Symphony. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts in theatre performance from Chapman University, she spent two years with the North American Tour of the Broadway hit Mamma Mia! She has performed as principal guest soloist with 30+ symphony orchestras spanning the globe, from the Malaysian Philharmonic in Kuala Lumpur to the National Symphony at the Kennedy Center, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Kaufman has spent several seasons touring with Disney in Concert bringing the music of the films of Walt Disney to audiences all over the world. Her theatrical appearances include Cabaret, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Marisol, and The Robber Bridegroom. TV credits include General Hospital and Modern Family. As both a singer and voice-over performer in film and television, she has been heard on productions including That Championship Season, The Secret of NiMH 2, and two MGM animated series: All Dogs Go to Heaven and Noddy. She can be heard on the Grammy-nominated recordings of songs written by Oscar-winning composer Dimitri Tiomkin.

2025 Festival Guest Artists & Soloists

KODACHROME

Kodachrome is a multi-award-winning saxophone quartet that was founded by four graduate students from Arizona State University. Since forming in 2022, Kodachrome has been awarded First Prize in the 10th Coltman Chamber Music Competition, 10th Plowman Chamber Music Competition, and the Gold Medal at the 50th Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. In August 2023, Kodachrome traveled to Chengdu, China to perform as a representative of the U.S. in the Chengdu International Sister City Music Festival. In September, Kodachrome performed and gave educational presentations throughout the Midwest during the Double Gold Tour, sponsored by the Fischoff Chamber Music Association, in states including Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois. Kodachrome enjoys performing music of all genres, and performs the works of, and collaborates with, composers who move the saxophone repertoire forward. The quartet is dedicated to building a strong community through music, with performances and tours throughout the U.S. scheduled for the 2025 season. Founding members are Calvin Wong on soprano saxophone, Jade Deatherage on alto saxophone, Siobhan Plouffe on tenor saxophone, and Bonson Lee on baritone saxophone.

DEMARRE McGILL, flute

McGill has gained international recognition as one of the premier flutists of his generation. Winner of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant and the Sphinx Medal of Excellence, he has appeared as a soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the San Francisco, Seattle, Pittsburgh, Dallas, Chicago, and Baltimore Symphonies. Currently serving as principal flute of the Seattle Symphony, McGill has previously held flute positions with the Dallas Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Florida Orchestra, and Santa Fe Opera Orchestra, as well as acting principal flute with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. As an educator he has coached and presented master classes in South Africa, South Korea, Japan, Quebec, and throughout the US. He spent seven years as Associate Professor of Flute at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He is a regular participant in prestigious chamber music festivals, such as Santa Fe, Marlboro, and Stellenbosch. In 2014 McGill founded the McGill/McHale Trio with his brother, clarinetist Anthony McGill, and pianist Michael McHale. His media credits include appearances on Live from Lincoln Center, NBC’s Today Show, and, along with his brother, Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. McGill began studying the flute at age 7. He received his Bachelor of Music from The Curtis Institute and a Master of Music from The Juilliard School.

RHYTHM FUTURE QUARTET

The acoustic jazz ensemble Rhythm Future Quartet has a straightforward agenda: to keep the spirit of Gypsy jazz alive and expanding in today’s musical universe. The virtuosic foursome, named for a Django Reinhardt tune, is influenced by the classic string jazz Hot Club de France, yet is wholly contemporary, with Brazilian and East European idioms, original compositions, and hints of classical music. Founded by violinist Jason Anick, the quartet performs arrangements of both Gypsy jazz standards and original compositions that draw upon diverse international rhythms and musical idioms. Anick, an award-winning composer and violin professor at Berklee College of Music, has shared the stage with John Jorgenson, Stevie Wonder, Tommy Emmanuel, and others. Henry Acker, guitarist, performs in the style of Django Reinhardt as well as traditional jazz. Acker has shared the stage with jazz greats Bucky Pizzarelli, Frank Vignola, Julian Lage, Bireli Lagrene and Vic Juris. Max O’Rourke, guitarist, was the winner of the 2015 Saga Award from DjangoFest Northwest and has toured/recorded with many of the top American Gypsy jazz musicians including John Jorgenson and Gonzalo Bergara. Greg Loughman is a top call bassist in Boston and has performed with Sheila Jordan, Curtis Fuller and George Garzone.

2025 Festival Guest Artists & Soloists

SERAPH BRASS QUINTET

This all-female quintet was founded by Mary Elizabeth Bowden in 2014. Bowden knew from an early age that music would be her career. After earning an associate degree at age 16, she began studying at the Curtis Institute of Music and the Yale School of Music, launching an orchestral career and landing a place in the Richmond Symphony. In 2011 Bowden started the Florida-based Chrysalis Chamber Players, an ensemble that she still participates in today. She has performed as a soloist or chamber player across the US, Finland, Switzerland, China, South Korea, and other countries. Besides showcasing the upper echelon of female brass players on the scene today, Seraph Brass is known for commissioning new works from composers from underrepresented groups, including women. The touring group does 60 – 70 concerts a year. Their programs are a mix of new pieces and classical favorites with some arrangements handcrafted specifically for the group. The quintet is comprised of Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet; Rachel Velvikis, horn; Raquel Samayoa, trumpet; Victoria Garcia, trombone; and Cristina Cutts Dougherty, tuba.

THE ZELTER STRING QUARTET

The Zelter String Quartet formed in Los Angeles in 2018. Gold Prize Winners of the 2021 Chesapeake International Chamber Music Competition and First Place Winners of the Piano/Strings Division of the 2023 Plowman Chamber Music Competition, the quartet is comprised of violinists Kyle Gilner and Gallia Kastner, violist Carson Rick, and cellist Allan Hon. They have participated in The Juilliard String Quartet Seminar and the Center for Advanced Quartet Studies at the Aspen Music Festival and School. They were the featured artists in the 2023 Sunday Afternoon Concerts in the Dome at Mt. Wilson Observatory and were quartet in residence and mentors for the Civic Orchestra of Los Angeles for their inaugural concert in April 2024. Gilner holds degrees from the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music and the Cleveland Institute of Music. Kastner, concertmaster of the American Youth Symphony since 2016, recently graduated from the Colburn School of Music. Rick graduated from UC Santa Barbara, and has studied at the Glenn Gould School of Music in Toronto. Hon serves as the associate principal of the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra and holds a Bachelor of Music from Rice University, Master of Musical Arts from Yale, and Doctor of Musical Arts from USC Thornton School of Music.

2025 Festival Musicians

NIKKI ABISSI, trombone

Abissi is a professional trombonist and instructor. She is second trombonist of the historic American Symphony Orchestra and a founding member of the New Alchemy Trombone Quartet. An active performer, she frequently plays with many of the country’s fine orchestras, in chamber recitals, as well as on Broadway and with the Radio City Orchestra. She has held positions with the Alabama Symphony and Colorado Symphony, as well as a fellowship with the New World Symphony. She is a passionate teacher and loves helping others reach their potential. She has given clinics at many fine universities and music festivals including Georgia State University, University of Alabama, Interlochen Arts Camp, Southeast Trombone Symposium, University of Kentucky and Youngstown State University, among others. Abissi received her Bachelor of Music from The Juilliard School and her Master of Music from Stony Brook University.

BORIS ASTAFIEV, bass

Astafiev is currently Adjunct Professor of Bass at Xavier University in Cincinnati. He joined the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in 1998. Prior to that, he was a member of the Columbus Symphony, the Buffalo Philharmonic, and the Moscow Philharmonic, which he joined at age 19. He also enjoys performing chamber music. He is a graduate of the Moscow Conservatory and The Juilliard School.

JACQUELINE AUDAS, violin

Audas is a member of the Seattle Symphony. She has performed as a soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician across the United States and internationally. Audas was awarded first prize in the 2017 North International Violin Competition and was a quarter finalist in the 2019 Michael Hill International Violin Competition and the 2020 Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition. Her recent engagements include performances with the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, the Baltimore Symphony, the North Shore Chamber Music Festival, and the Aspen Music Festival. She is the founder and artistic director of the nonprofit Classical C.A.R.M.A. (Concerts Aiming to Raise Money and Awareness), which organizes benefit concerts to fundraise for other non-profit organizations. Prior to university she studied with the late Arkady Fomin. She holds a Graduate Performance Diploma from the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University, where she studied with Vadim Gluzman. She holds a Bachelor of Music and Master of Music in violin performance from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music.

KATHERINE AUDAS, cello

Audas enjoys performing in orchestras, chamber ensembles, and as a soloist. She joined the Seattle Symphony Orchestra cello section in 2023. She was awarded first prize at the Ann and Charles Eisemann International Young Artists Competition in Dallas in 2020 and she won the silver medal at the IX Concurso Internacional Violonchelo Carlos Prieto in Michoacán, Mexico in 2019. In recent years, Katherine has appeared as a soloist with numerous symphonies, including the Houston Symphony at the Ima Hogg Competition, the Northbrook Symphony, the Michoacán Symphony, the Shepherd School of Music Symphony Orchestra, and the Boise Philharmonic. She is the founding member the Houston Cello Quartet and an active performer in the non-profit Classical C.A.R.M.A. (Concerts Aiming to Raise Money & Awareness). She holds a Bachelor of Music, Master of Music and an artist diploma in cello performance from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music.

2025 Festival Musicians

REBECCA BARNES, viola

Barnes joined the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in 2016. Prior to that she held a temporary appointment with the CSO since 2012. She was an Adjunct Instructor of Viola at the University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music from 2011-2016. Prior to joining the CSO, she was a violist with the Louisville Orchestra. She received her Bachelor of Music and completed graduate studies at the CCM and was a fellowship recipient at the Aspen Music Festival.

TREVOR

BARROERO, percussion

Barroero is the Principal Percussionist of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra and Second Percussionist of the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra. A gold medalist of 13 concerto competitions, Barroero has performed as a marimba soloist in Canada, as guest timpanist with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, and as a soloist with The United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own.” He has also appeared for productions on Disney+, ABC, Hulu, and NBC, sharing the stage with artists like Christina Aguilera, Halle Bailey, and Andrea and Matteo Bocelli. He has written awardwinning scores for nearly 20 short and feature films. His compositions for percussion ensembles have been performed around the world, and his private students have won international awards and scholarships to prestigious institutions. As a founding member of the Lineage Percussion Trio, he was honored with the 2024 Ann Divine Educator Award and regularly presents masterclasses nationwide and internationally. He holds degrees from The University of Arizona and the University of Georgia, where he completed his Doctor of Musical Arts.

LINDA MACK BERVEN,

pre-concert lecturer

Mack Berven was a long-time Professor of Music at Fort Lewis College. She currently serves as Artistic Director and Conductor of the Durango Choral Society, which has twice been awarded the Chorus America Alice Parker/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming of Contemporary Music. Mack Berven also conducts the Durango Women’s Choir and is a former Music Director of the Santa Fe Desert Chorale. Her appearances as a conductor, pianist, and harpsichordist have included the San Juan Symphony, Fort Lewis College faculty recitals, Third Avenue Arts Recital Series, Showcase Concert Series, and the Durango Bach Festival. Mack Berven has conducted choirs and orchestras at Carnegie Hall in 2010 and 2018, as well as in Prague, Greece, Zagreb, Salzburg, Innsbruck, and Linz. She has prepared numerous choral works for the Music in the Mountains Festival through the years and has served as pre-concert lecturer and keyboard performer since 2012. She earned her doctoral degree from the University of Illinois.

EMMANUELLE BOISVERT, violin, concertmaster

Following her tenure as a member of the Cleveland Orchestra, Boisvert was welcomed in 1988 as the first and youngest woman ever to be named concertmaster of a major orchestra, serving 23 years as the Detroit Symphony Concertmaster. She is currently Associate Concertmaster of the Dallas Symphony, while performing as a soloist in diverse concerto repertoire. As a founding member of the St. Clair Trio, Boisvert’s artistry as a chamber musician places her in demand as artist-teacher in residence at such venues a Seattle String Project, Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Wayne State University, Center for Creative Studies, National Repertory Orchestra, National Orchestral Institute in Maryland, and the Emmy award-winning All-Star Orchestra, currently broadcasting its tenth season on PBS. Other guest concertmaster appearances have included Seattle Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, and the Grand Tetons Music Festival. She is an alumna of the Marlboro Music Festival. She holds degrees from the Quebec Conservatoire and The Curtis Institute of Philadelphia.

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BETSY BRIGHT, trumpet

Bright is currently second trumpet in the Tucson Symphony Orchestra and has been a member of the TSO since 2003.  She is also a member of Monsoon Brass, True Concord Voices & Orchestra, and the Tucson Symphony Brass Quintet.  She has performed as a substitute/extra trumpet with orchestras across the United States including the Pittsburgh Symphony, San Diego Symphony Orchestra, and Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, among others. As a composer, her compositions and arrangements have been performed by the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, Monsoon Brass, the Tucson Pops Orchestra, and by many brass quintets throughout the world.  She is the resident arranger/composer with Tucson Brass Workshop and is a composition instructor with the TSO’s nationally acclaimed Young Composer Project.  As an educator, she is the founder and director of Tucson Brass Workshop, a non-profit chamber workshop for all ages.  She earned a Bachelor of Music in Trumpet Performance from Shenandoah Conservatory, where she minored in composition. She is married to TSO Principal Tuba, David Morgan.

SUN CHANG, harpsichord

Chang’s career is very eclectic. She has worked with many ensembles and musicians including the Utah Symphony, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, Camerata Chicago, Friction Quartet, Trevor Pinnock, Ars Musica Chicago, Haymarket Opera, WFMT Bach Organ Project, Vadim Gluzman, and American Bach Soloists. She is the keyboardist of Ensemble Affect, an early music group based in San Francisco, and Ensemble Vitelotte, a piano-violin duo focused on historical women composers. She also freelances in Chicago. In addition to teaching at North Park University, Chang is working on a solo album of keyboard suites by Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre on a tempered piano, a project made possible with support from the Luminarts Foundation. She is an amateur viola de gambist and jazz pianist. She received her Master of Arts in Harpsichord at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

YIMIAO IRIS CHEN, violin Chen was born in Hangzhou, China and began violin lessons with her father at age three. At thirteen, she enrolled in the Music School affiliated with the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Chen has played many solo recitals at numerous venues including Carnegie Hall, Morse Recital Hall, and Shanghai Grand Theater. She has performed with several symphony orchestras, including Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Princeton Symphony Orchestra among others, and enjoys performing chamber music. In addition to performing, Chen is a dedicated teacher and has taught over 50 students in China and the United States. Iris earned her Bachelor of Music degree at The Juilliard School in New York City and her Master of Music degree at Mannes School of Music/The New School. Currently, she studies at the Peabody Institute as a candidate for the Doctoral program of Musical Arts with Vadim Gluzman.

LEON CHODOS, contrabassoon Chodos is currently the Associate Principal bassoonist and contrabassoonist of the Utah Symphony. He has previously held positions with the Oregon Symphony, the Colorado Symphony and the San Jose Symphony (now called Symphony Silicon Valley). Chodos has performed with the Nova Chamber Music Series and performs regularly with the Logan Canyon Winds woodwind quintet which is comprised of faculty from the Utah State University music department. He also teaches bassoon as an adjunct professor of bassoon at Utah State University and Utah Valley University. Chodos has a Bachelor of Music in bassoon performance from California State University, Northridge and a Master of Music in bassoon performance from the University of Michigan.

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WILLIAM CLAY, bass

Originally from Colorado, Clay has held the position of principal double bass of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra since 1995. Before arriving in north Texas, he was principal bass of la Orquesta Sinfonica de Castilla y Leon (Spain) and was a charter member of the New World Symphony. As a soloist he has performed with the Fort Worth, New World, Colorado, and Metropolitan State University Symphonies. An active chamber musician, he is a member of the Board of Spectrum Chamber Music Society and has performed with a variety of ensembles including Mount Vernon Music, Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth, and Chamber Music International. He has performed as guest with the Oregon, Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas Symphonies. He has also performed at other music festivals including the Crested Butte Music Festival and the Colorado Music Festival. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Metropolitan State University and a Master of Music from Indiana University.

RACHEL DANIELS, viola, personnel manager

Daniels is a member of the Sarasota, Wichita Falls, and East Texas Symphony Orchestras. Daniels previously held positions in the Madison and Tulsa Symphony Orchestras. Additionally, she has performed with several other groups, including the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Chamber Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, Arctic Philharmonic, and New World Symphony. In 2018, Daniels was a member of the resident piano quintet aboard the Holland America cruise line. Daniels is passionate about the music of today. As a trained Suzuki teacher, Rachel balances her busy performing career with an active private studio. She holds a Bachelor of Music from the Oberlin Conservatory and a Master of Music from the Rice University Shepherd School of Music.

TIM DANIELS, oboe

Daniels has held the English horn and section oboe chair with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra since the fall of 2021. Prior to that, he held the same position with the Kansas City Symphony, with which he was a featured soloist on Aaron Copland’s Quiet City. He has been a guest performer with numerous orchestras including the San Francisco, New World, and Memphis Symphonies as well as the Metropolitan Opera and IRIS Orchestra. He has held fellowships at the Aspen Music Festival, National Orchestral Institute, National Repertory Orchestra, Pacific Music Festival of Japan, and Spoleto Festival USA. Daniels holds degrees from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, The Juilliard School, and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Daniels is also a proud graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy.

BERNIE DRESEL, percussion

Dresel has been one of the busiest studio and live musicians in the world, as both a drummer and percussionist, since moving to Los Angeles in 1983. He has traveled the world with the Grammy Awardwinning Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band since its inception in 1999. Between 1992 and 2006, he was also the drummer for the multi-Grammy Award-winning Brian Setzer Orchestra, selling close to 4 million records. Modern Drummer magazine’s readers’ poll named Bernie “Best Big Band Drummer” and Drum! Magazine honored him with a Drummie® for Best Big Band Drummer. Dresel’s jazz orchestra, The BBB, is one of the most innovative and original hard-swinging large jazz ensembles ever. The BBB provides testimony to the exhilaration of big band jazz - a combination of intense swing and fiery soloing, as well as tight ensemble playing, powered by Dresel’s drumming talents. He is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music.

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LESLIE FAGAN, flute

Fagan is currently Assistant Principal Flute of the Nashville Symphony. Before moving to Nashville, she was Assistant Principal Flute with the Omaha Symphony from 2007-16. For many years prior, she was an active freelancer and teacher in the Chicago area and was a regular substitute for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, participating in their 2009 Asia Tour. While in Chicago, she was also a substitute/extra player for the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Formerly a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, she performed with that organization at Carnegie Hall under the direction of Daniel Barenboim. She has been an interim studio instructor for flute majors at Roosevelt University in Chicago and is currently Acting Associate Professor of Flute at the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University. She holds a Doctor of Music in Flute Performance from Northwestern University.

REESE FARNELL, horn

Farnell is serving as Interim Assistant Principal/Utility Horn with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. For the six years prior, he performed with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, primarily in the role of Second Horn. Farnell is also a free-lance horn artist and instructor in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.  Farnell was formerly Principal Horn of the Sichuan Symphony Orchestra and has appeared as Guest Associate Principal Horn with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Guest Principal Horn with Symphony S.O.N.G in Seoul, Korea.  Since 2023 he has spent summers at the festival Orchestra Music in the Mountains. Farnell received his Bachelor of Music from the University of Texas, and Master of Music and Master of Musical Arts in Horn Performance from Yale University.

CHRISTOPHER FRENCH, cello

The seventh in a “full octave of musical siblings,” French is the associate principal cello of the Houston Symphony. Before joining the orchestra in 1986, he held titled positions in both the Shreveport and Honolulu Symphonies. He has appeared in concerto performances with the Houston Symphony and in the Chamber Players series, Da Camera of Houston, Greenbriar Consortium, and the Mainly Mozart Festival in San Diego. He teaches orchestral repertoire at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music and teaches cello to younger students, including coaching the Youth Orchestra of the Americas as they prepare for their international tours.

SARAH FRISOF, flute

Frisof has concertized throughout the world as a soloist, chamber, and orchestra musician. She is currently the Associate Professor of Flute at the University of Maryland and former Professor of Flute at the University of Kansas and University of Texas at Arlington. A proponent of contemporary music, Frisof frequently premieres major works. She has worked with major symphony orchestras across the country, including the Baltimore, Chicago, Boston, Dallas, and Kansas City Symphonies, and the New York Philharmonic. She also serves as the principal flute of the Dallas Winds. In the summers, Ms. Frisof plays with several festival orchestras. She has been a faculty member at the Interlochen Arts Camp, the Music in the Mountains Conservatory, and the Blanche Bryden Summer Institute. She has worked with young students in Zimbabwe and Brazil, and she frequently gives masterclasses at universities across the United States. She is a graduate of the Eastman School, The Juilliard School, and the University of Michigan.

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KEIRA FULLERTON, cello

Fullerton became the associate principal cello of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra in January 2025. Formerly, she had been the FWSO’s assistant principal cello since 2008 and was an adjunct professor of cello at the University of Texas at Arlington from 2015-2020. Before joining the FWSO, she held the position of assistant principal with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in Winnipeg, Manitoba for three seasons. She has also performed as an extra musician with the Houston, Pittsburgh, and Seattle Symphonies. She spent three summers as a participant in the Crested Butte Music Festival and has also performed with the Colorado Music Festival during the 2017-2019 summer seasons. A native of Ohio, Fullerton moved to Toronto, Ontario at age eleven, where she studied both piano and cello at the Royal Conservatory of Music. She then earned her Bachelor of Music at Rice University and received her Master of Music from the Cleveland Institute of Music.

COLIN GARNER, viola

A native of Littleton, CO, Garner has been a member of the Dallas Opera Orchestra viola section since 2008. He is also a regular extra violist with the Fort Worth Symphony. Previous positions include associate principal viola of the Colorado Springs Philharmonic, and principal of the West Texas Symphony and Abilene Philharmonic. While playing with the West Texas Symphony, he was also the violist in the Permian Basin String Quartet. Additionally, Garner participated in the Crested Butte Music Festival during the summers of 2015-16. He received undergraduate degrees in viola performance and music education from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a Master of Music from the University of Southern California.

HELEN GOODE-CASTRO, bass clarinet

Goode-Castro graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music, England with an Honors Degree and a Professional Performers Diploma in Clarinet. She furthered her studies at the Royal College of Music where she received the Artist Diploma. While in London, she performed with several European Orchestras including the BBC Philharmonic, Manchester Camerata, and Söd-Bayerische Philharmonie, Germany. She moved to Los Angeles to study at UCLA where she obtained an MFA in Clarinet Performance. She was a finalist in the Boosey and Hawkes Clarinet Competition. Since moving to LA, Goode-Castro freelances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Mozart Camerata, and Santa Barbara Symphony, among others. She recently recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London where she performed the Tone Poem for Clarinet and Orchestra by Charles Fernandez. Ms. Goode-Castro is currently on the faculty at California State University, Long Beach and California State University, Los Angeles. She also teaches at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts.

SHERYL HADEKA, horn, librarian, orchestra manager

Hadeka began her role as the assistant librarian of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in the fall of 2022. Hadeka has formerly held library roles at the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, the Santa Fe Opera, and the Eastman School of Music. As a horn player, Hadeka is 2nd horn in the Pittsburgh Opera and also performs with the Music in the Mountains Festival. She has formerly held playing positions in the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Omaha Symphony, New Mexico Philharmonic, Tucson Symphony Orchestra, Santa Fe Symphony, and Louisiana Philharmonic. She grew up in Vermont and received a bachelor’s degree at the Eastman School of Music and a Master of Music in Horn Performance and Music Theory at Southern Methodist University.

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MATTHEW HAKKARAINEN, violin

Hakkarainen, a native of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, is the first American violinist to win first prize at the Premio Rodolfo Lipizer International Violin Competition, where he also received three special prizes. He is a 2024-25 Rebanks Family Fellow at the Royal Conservatory of Music’s Glenn Gould School, and will join the Toronto Symphony Orchestra as Associate Concertmaster starting in the 2025-26 season. He has performed as a soloist with orchestras including the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Orchestra Sinfonica Bulgaria Classic di Plovdiv, Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Acadiana Symphony Orchestra, and many others. Hakkarainen has served as Concertmaster of the Juilliard Orchestra and the Curtis Symphony Orchestra. He performs on a 1790 Giuseppe Guadagnini violin and an Étienne Pajeot bow. Hakkarainen received his Bachelor of Music from the Curtis Institute of Music and his Master of Music from The Juilliard School.

JACOB HAREN, vocalist

Haren is an actor, singer, writer, creator, host, and Broadway performer. Musical theatre is Haren’s first love and his career in the theatre has ranged from golden-age classics to contemporary new works. In 2015, he joined the national tour of the Tony Award-winning musical The Book of Mormon for two years before joining the Broadway company in 2017. Some of his favorite credits include Rock of Ages with the Las Vegas Company, Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! with The Old Globe, Up Here at La Jolla Playhouse, Frank Abagnale Jr. in Catch Me If You Can at Musical Theatre West, and A Grand Night for Singing at Musical Theatre West. Haren has performed as a Dapper Dan at Disneyland, and he can be seen as Wayne on the hit Disney Channel show Bunk’d. Haren received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre from UC Irvine.

AARO PAAVO HEINONEN, bass

Now living and playing in the Washington, DC area, Heinonen has spent most of his professional career as a principal player. His first position was as principal bass with the Kansas City Symphony. After two years there he won the principal position with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. During eight summers with the Aspen Music Festival, he played principal bass and was twice featured as a soloist.  He has played as an extra and chamber player in major orchestras such as the Dallas Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, and the National Symphony at the Kennedy Center. Aaro has played principal bass with the Colorado Music Festival and performed with the Grand Tetons Festival. He has performed chamber music with members of the LA Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and New York Philharmonic, among others, and been featured as a soloist and conductor with numerous orchestras. Heinonen has a collection of five fine instruments spanning four centuries with bows made for him by several well-known bow makers.

VALORY HIGHT, violin

Virginia native Hight, although classically trained, has collaborated with artists of many different genres including the Dallas String Quartet, Grammy-winning gospel artist Kirk Franklin, and contemporary Christian singer Lauren Daigle. She has performed at Carnegie Hall and David Geffen Hall in New York, the Kennedy Center, the Grand Ole Opry and the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, and Rudolfinum in Prague. She has performed with prominent musicians including Paul Neubauer, Peter Wiley, Peter Serkin, Dawn Upshaw, and the Escher Quartet, among others. She currently tours with pianist and composer Eric Genuis, whose non-profit, “Concerts for Hope”, performs in prisons, schools, nursing homes, and homeless shelters across the country. Hight is on faculty at Zhen Music and Arts Institute and Rockwall School of Music in Dallas. She received her bachelor’s degree from Bard College and Conservatory and completed her master’s degree at Southern Methodist University. Currently, she is in the Performer’s Diploma program as a recipient of the Meadow’s Artistic Scholarship at SMU.

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JENNIFER HINKLE, bass trombone

Hinkle’s adaptability to different musical styles has led to a performing career with a myriad of ensembles, from Broadway shows including Wicked, Aladdin, and Beautiful, to the Afro-Bop Alliance Big Band, and to the Oregon, Seattle, Spokane, and New Haven Symphonies. She has also performed with drummer/composer Dan Pugach’s Grammynominated ensemble Nonet. She has given solo recitals and led clinics and studio classes at colleges, elementary and high schools, and industry symposia across the country. Her work spans not only musical genres but other artistic media (art, literature, public speaking, etc.). As a founding member of Calliope Brass, she has had a hand in its administrative operations and performances, but it’s her original storylines, artwork, and collaboration with puppetmakers from Sesame Street that have been integral to the development and production of Calliope’s sought-after educational programs.

HARLAN HODGES, piano

Hodges works in Los Angeles full time in films, documentaries, concerts, and he also records. As a session pianist and conductor, he has worked on all the historic Los Angeles scoring stages and performance venues, including 20th Century FOX, MGM/Sony, Warner Brothers, Capitol Records, and the Hollywood Bowl, among others. He has performed as principal pianist for Riverside Symphony, Redland Symphony, Hollywood Chamber Orchestra, and San Bernardino Symphony. As a west Texas-born composer, he writes, performs and records music that blends the atmospheres of the American Southwest with the harmonic language of jazz and the melodies of the Hollywood Golden Age. Educated in the classical tradition and self-taught as a jazz musician, he has an eclectic and versatile approach to scoring modern cinema. He was the 2019 recipient of the David Rose Award, a finalist for the American Prize in composition for his work Three American Etudes for solo piano and is an alumnus of the 2019 ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop, SESAC Scores Composer Workshop, and the Grammy Next Program. He holds a Bachelor of Music in Composition and Piano Performance from Texas Tech University.

WILLIAM HUNT, violin

Hunt performed in the first violin section of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra for 43 years. Currently, he serves as concertmaster of the Penfield Symphony Orchestra, a position held since 1988. Previous posts include the Filarmonica de las Americas, Canary Islands Opera Festival Orchestra, Lake Placid Sinfonietta, Fredonia Chamber Players, Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, and concertmaster of the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra. In addition to several appearances as soloist with the Penfield Symphony Orchestra, Hunt has also appeared as guest artist with the Cincinnati Community Orchestra, Fredonia Bach and Beyond Festival, Society for Chamber Music (Rochester), and Madrigalia. He holds music degrees from the University of Cincinnati, the University of Michigan, and an MBA from the University of Rochester’s William E. Simon School of Business Administration.

PETROS KARAPETYAN, violin

Originally from Yerevan, Armenia, Karapetyan joined the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in 2019. He is a former member of the Aguascalientes Symphony Orchestra, and has also played with the Houston Symphony, the IRIS Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica de Sinaloa de las Artes, and Symphoria in Syracuse, NY. Petros has had fellowships at Tanglewood Music Center, Pacific Music Festival, Lake George Music Festival, and Colorado College Summer Music Festival. As an educator, he teaches at the Chamber Music Institute for Young Musicians in Stamford, CT and has previously given master classes at the Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes and the Orquesta Sinfónica Esperanza Azteca in Mexico. He holds a Bachelor of Music with Performance Certificate from the Eastman School of Music, a Bachelor of Arts in Business from the University of Rochester, and a Master of Music from Rice University.

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JOSEPHINE KIM, violin

Kim, a Korean American violinist, performs with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, and Symphony in C Orchestra. Other orchestral engagements include performing and touring with the 2023 Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra. After being a part of the Chamber Music Institute at the Colburn Conservatory of Music, Kim’s piano quartet performed on the Sunday’s Live Program broadcasted on the KUSC Radio. Josephine has competed as a semi-finalist in the Coltman Chamber Music Competition and is also a member of illume Duo, a violin and marimba group based in Baltimore, MD. Kim was a winning soloist at LANSUM International Music Festival Competition. She continues to refine her skills and broaden her musical horizons. She is currently pursuing her Graduate Performance Diploma in violin performance from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, where she studies with Vadim Gluzman.

PHIL KRAMP, viola

Based in Washington, DC, Kramp is currently on the faculty at the University of Maryland, and plays regularly with the National Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, and the Chiarina Chamber players. He has performed on tours worldwide with many orchestras and can be heard on recordings with the Philadelphia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Kansas City Symphony, Metropolis Ensemble, and The Roots. He can also be heard on many motion picture soundtracks and television shows. Before moving to DC, Kramp performed with the Kansas City Symphony and was on faculty at the University of Kansas. He has also enjoyed collaborating with the Mark Morris Dance Group and has performed alongside many of the world’s greatest artists. He has won prizes in the Irving Klein String Competition, Chicago Viola Society Competition, and NEC Concerto Competition, and has participated in the Stulberg Competition and the HAMS Viola Competition. Phil received his formal training at the Curtis Institute and the New England Conservatory.

DMITRY KUSTANOVICH,

viola

Hailing from Worcester, MA, Kustanovich joined the viola section of the Fort Worth Symphony in 2005. He has also performed with the Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Detroit, Pittsburgh, and Seattle Symphonies, touring much of the US and Europe. He has participated in the Greenwood Music Camp and Alexander Schneider’s New Your String Seminar. He graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music as a violist. He received his Bachelor of Music from the Manhattan School of Music as a violinist.

NIKOLETTE LaBONTE, horn

LaBonte is the newly appointed Principal Horn of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and is an accomplished orchestral player. LaBonte was previously with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra and Fort Worth Symphony. She has performed with orchestras across North America including guest principal engagements with the New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Tucson Symphony, and an extended engagement with the Baltimore Symphony as Visiting Guest Principal Horn. Active as a soloist and educator, LaBonte was the Instructor of Natural Horn at the Eastman School of Music, served on the faculties of the Eastman Horn Institute, Kendall Betts Horn Camp, and Carnegie Hall’s NYO-USA, and was a participant in the prestigious ARD International Competition in 2021, the only American horn player invited. Originally from South Florida, she received both her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music from the Eastman School of Music.

LAURA LEISRING, bassoon

Leisring is principal bassoon of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Previously, she served for 14 seasons as principal bassoon in the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra in Spain, where she performed the European Premiere of Ellen Taaffe-Zwillich’s Concerto for Bassoon. She has also performed with the Milwaukee and Barcelona Symphonies. She studied at The Juilliard School, Mannes College of Music, and the University of North Texas.

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JIMIN LIM, violin

Lim, a native of Busan, South Korea, was born into a musical family and began her violin studies at age 6. Prior to joining the Dallas Symphony in 2023, she performed with the Nashville Symphony, where she played with the second violin section, and was then acting associate principal. She has also performed with the Pittsburgh Symphony and Atlanta Symphony Orchestras. Winner of the Korean National University of Arts Concerto Competition, she performed Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto with the KNUA Symphony. Also an avid chamber musician, Ms. Lim has participated in numerous performances and master classes with leading musicians of our time, including Joshua Bell, James Dunham, and Sylvia Rosenberg, among others, and has performed in summer festivals including the Britt Music and Arts Festival and the Aspen Music Festival. Lim received Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Violin Performance from Korean National University of the Arts and holds Performance Diplomas in both solo and orchestral studies from Indiana University.

VICTORIA MOREIRA, violin

Moreira is a founding member of the Kaia String Quartet and has performed extensively throughout the USA, Canada, Mexico, Asia, and South America. She has been involved as a solo, chamber, and orchestral musician in Chicago as concertmistress of Oistrakh Symphony Orchestra and Assistant Concertmaster of Northbrook Symphony. She is also a member of ProMusica Chamber Orchestra in Columbus, Ohio. She has performed in the Chicago Latino Music Festival since 2007 has been involved with the Chicago Tango Festival since 2006 and the Northwest Suburban Orchestra. First Prizewinner of Viva El Tango Agustin Carlevaro Competition and Music Director of the American Tango Institute, Moreira’s diverse musical background keeps her involved internationally in the Tango scene. Moreira studied at Escuela Universitaria de Musica, Montevideo Uruguay, received her Bachelor of Music at Roosevelt University under Vadim Gluzman and her Master of Music and Artist Certificate at DePaul University.

DAVE MORGAN, tuba

Morgan has been Principal Tuba of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra since 2010. Additionally, he is a member of the TSO Brass Quintet, Tucson Pops Orchestra, True Concord Voices & Orchestra, and Monsoon Brass.  He has performed as guest principal tuba with the San Diego Symphony, The Phoenix Symphony, and the Britt Festival Orchestra, and he has participated in the Aspen, Hot Springs, and Bay View Music Festivals. He has been featured as a Guest Soloist with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, Tucson Pops Orchestra, Sierra Vista Symphony, and Arizona Symphonic Winds.  Morgan hails from Vienna, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, DC. He studied tuba with Michael Bunn (Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra) at the Shenandoah Conservatory; he earned a Bachelor of Music in Tuba Performance in 2003 and minored in bass trombone. He later began graduate work at Carnegie Mellon University.

JOEL OCKERMAN, horn

Ockerman is an active freelance horn player and teacher in Austin. He recently served as acting principal horn of the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra and has also frequently performed with numerous ensembles throughout the state of Texas, including the Austin Symphony, Round Rock Symphony, and the United States Air Force Band of the West. Additionally, he has frequently collaborated with the Austinbased New Music ensemble Destiny512 and has performed on natural horn with the Austin Baroque Orchestra. He received his bachelor’s and doctorate from the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas, Austin.

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MARISSA OLEGARIO, bassoon Olegario was appointed Principal Bassoon of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra in 2023. Additionally, she is Assistant Professor of Bassoon at the University of Arizona, where she was nominated for the 2021 and 2024 Five Star Faculty Award. Olegario enjoys a varied musical career involving performances in the US and internationally as soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician. She has performed with the Phoenix Symphony, South Florida Symphony, San Diego Symphony, and the GRAMMY-nominated True Concord Voices and Orchestra. Other summer appearances include clasclas Chamber Festival (Spain), Crested Butte Music Festival, Castleton Music Festival, and Norfolk Chamber Festival. She has collaborated with artists from Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmoniker and the Breaking Winds Bassoon Quartet. Olegario holds a Bachelor of Music from Northwestern University, Master of Music from Yale University, and Doctor of Musical Arts from SUNY Stony Brook.

REBECCA ORTIZ, trumpet

Ortiz has been an avid chamber musician, freelance artist, and private studio teacher over the last 8 years. She frequently plays with many local churches and ensembles to maintain her diversity in freelance performance. She has substituted with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and performed the opening concert for the Women In Classical Music Symposium at the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas. She has been actively involved in many national and international competitions. She was the first-place winner in the 2022 National Trumpet Competition Small Ensemble Division, and the 2021 Music Teachers National Association Young Artist Brass Solo Division Colorado, among others, and was semi-finalist for the 2022 Roger Voisin Memorial International Trumpet Competition and the National Trumpet Competition graduate solodivision. She received her Bachelor of Music from The University of Texas at Austin and her Master of Music from Southern Methodist University. She is currently pursuing her doctorate in Trumpet Performance and Pedagogy at the University of Colorado.

ANDREW PARKER, oboe/ English horn

Parker is currently Assistant Professor of Oboe at the Butler School of Music and was previously Assistant Professor of Oboe at the University of Iowa.  He has provided master classes throughout the country at such institutions as the University of Michigan, Temple University, Rice University, the University of Florida, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Luther College, Mannes Preparatory Division, and the University of Virginia to name a few. Parker maintains a rich career as an orchestral musician, soloist, and chamber player and addition to his experience as a teacher. Parker is currently the principal oboe of the Quad City Symphony Orchestra. In addition to his collegiate teaching and performing experience, Andrew has also taught and coached chamber music at various international music festivals, including the Round Top Music Festival, Oboe Fest in San Juan, FEMUSC Festival in Brazil, the Hartwick Festival in New York, and the Kinhaven Music School in Vermont.

ANNEMARIE READER, cello

Reader grew up in Wichita, Kansas. She has performed with small and large ensembles including the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, Mercury Baroque Orchestra, and the Houston Symphony while maintaining a private cello studio of her own in Houston. In recent summers she has enjoyed playing in the Bellingham Music Festival in Washington State and also participating in chamber music festivals in Texas, Colorado, and Utah. She completed her studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music and Rice University Shepherd School of Music, where her primary teachers were Melissa Kraut and Desmond Hoebig.

ELLE

RIO, bass

Born and raised in Western New York, Rio was fascinated by the double bass since the age of seven. And from that moment, the trajectory of her life was changed. During her career, she was fortunate to travel internationally and statewide with symphonies, big bands, trios, and quartets.  She has performed locally in numerous venues with Jeff Solon’s Swing’n Big Band and with vocalist Alison Dance, among others. She trained in high school at the Eastman School of Music and went on to receive her BM in Jazz Performance on Double Bass from California State University Northridge.

2025 Festival Musicians

KEVIN RITENAUER, timpani

Ritenauer joined the St. Louis Symphony as Associate Principal Timpanist/Section Percussionist in the Fall of 2022. He has enjoyed a multifaceted musical career. Prior to joining the SLSO, Ritenauer spent four seasons in Miami Beach as a Percussion Fellow at the New World Symphony. He has performed orchestrally around the country with groups such as The Cleveland Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Kansas City Symphony, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony respectively. Aside from orchestral playing, he also enjoys chamber music. He has spent summers as a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center, Music Academy of the West and the Roundtop Festival Institute. In 2022 he appeared as Principal Timpanist with the Artosphere Festival Orchestra in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He received his bachelor’s from the Manhattan School of Music and his Master of Music from the Cleveland Institute of Music.

SASHA ROMERO, trombone

Romero is the principal trombone of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and an internationally renowned soloist and teacher. Her sound has been simply described as “big, like three trombones in one.” She hopes to shatter the idea that the trombone cannot be just as effective a musical conduit as other popular instruments with every performance she has the opportunity to play in. She is a passionate educator, and currently serves on the trombone faculties at the Manhattan School of Music, Rutgers University, Mannes School of Music, and Bard College Conservatory of Music. A highly sought-after teacher, soloist, and clinician, she has presented solo recitals and master classes at numerous colleges, universities, music conservatories, and industry conventions across the United States and abroad. Romero is an S.E. Shires Performing Artist, and she has a signature mouthpiece line with Long Island Brass Co.

NICK SAKAKEENY, percussion

Sakakeeny joined the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra in 2018 as Assistant Principal Timpanist and Percussionist. He enjoys performing in a variety of settings and has worked with ensembles including the International Contemporary Ensemble, Mark Morris Dance Group, and Opus Nova. He has also been featured in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra MusicNOW series. Orchestras he performs with include the Dallas and Atlanta Symphonies, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic. He teaches privately and is a guest clinician at Texas Christian University. Born in Oberlin, OH, Nick attended the Manhattan School of Music for his undergraduate studies and Northwestern University for his master’s degree.

LUKE SANTONASTASO, violin

Originally from Los Angeles, Santonastaso works as a musician, educator, and mentor throughout the United States. He currently performs as a section member of the Santa Cruz Symphony, Sarasota Opera Orchestra, and the chamber orchestra One Found Sound. He has performed with the New West Symphony, San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, Reno Philharmonic, Symphony Silicon Valley, and the Fresno Philharmonic, among others. As part of numerous chamber music and masterclass events, Luke has performed alongside world class artists such as Midori Goto, and The Borromeo String Quartet. He has received fellowships with the National Repertory Orchestra, National Orchestral Institute, and Incontri in Terra di Siena music festivals. Luke is passionate about educating young musicians in his private studio and has worked with the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, the Crowden School, and the Santa Monica Youth Orchestra as a coach and private instructor. He holds degrees from the Herb Alpert School of Music at UCLA.

2025 Festival Musicians

DEREK SAWYER, percussion

Sawyer is a local Durango percussionist who is both a professional musician and a licensed structural engineer. He has been the principal timpanist with the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra in Cheyenne, Wyoming for the past 7 years. In addition, he has performed with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, National Repertory Orchestra, Music in the Mountains, Colorado College Summer Music Festival Orchestra, Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra, Pro Musica Colorado, and several other orchestras on the Colorado Front Range. In 2013, He won the Undergraduate Concerto Competition at the University of Colorado School of Music performing the Creston Concertino for Marimba and Orchestra. He graduated in 2015 from the University of Colorado, Boulder with degrees in Engineering and Percussion Performance.

ERIN SCHREIBER, violin

Schreiber joined the St. Louis Symphony as Assistant Concertmaster in September 2008, at the age of 20. She has appeared in recital throughout the U.S., as well as in London, Sweden, Italy, and Germany, and toured with jazz legend Chris Botti in Shanghai, Mexico City, and Eastern Europe. She made her St. Louis Symphony solo debut in 2011 and has appeared as a soloist with the Richardson, Gateway, Alton, and Missouri Symphony Orchestras. In the summers, she has performed at Festival Mozaic in California, Olympic Music Festival in Washington, and for the past six years, the Sun Valley Summer Symphony in Idaho. Schreiber attended the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.

LESLIE SHANK, violin, concertmaster emerita

Shank was a member of The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra for 30 years, 24 years as assistant concertmaster, and is a founding member of the Minneapolis-based chamber music group, The Isles Ensemble. Shank gave her New York recital debut at Carnegie’s Weill Hall as a winner of the Artists International Competition and was twice re-engaged to perform on its Special Presentation Series. She was appointed Visiting Assistant Violin Professor at University of Wisconsin, Madison, for the year 2014-15. Shank served as concertmaster of the Music in the Mountains Festival in Colorado for 11 years and has performed at numerous other festivals including the Aspen, Grand Teton, Mainly Mozart, Marlboro, and the Britt Festival, where she served as concertmaster of the festival orchestra. As a member of the prestigious Musicians from Marlboro, she toured the East Coast. In addition to her musical activities on violin, she frequently plays viola in chamber music and is an avid photographer.

KYLE SHERMAN, trumpet

Sherman joined the Fort Worth Symphony as principal trumpet in 2016. He has appeared with the Dallas Symphony and as a soloist with the Garland, Arlington, and Las Colinas symphony orchestras. He has also performed on the Broadway national tours of the Book of Mormon, Porgy & Bess, and Matilda, among others. Sherman is a Yamaha performing artist. An active educator, he regularly appears as a clinician and recitalist at universities throughout Texas and the United States. He is an alumnus of the Yale School of Music, Oberlin Conservatory, Tanglewood Music Center, the National Repertory Orchestra, and the Round Top Festival.

2025 Festival Musicians

ILYA SHTERENBERG, clarinet

Principal Clarinet of the San Antonio Philharmonic, and Principal Clarinet of the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, Shterenberg balances a career as an orchestral musician, chamber music performer, soloist, and educator. He has been featured as a soloist with both orchestras, performing standard works as well as rarely heard clarinet concertos and the American premiere of Richard Strauss’s Serenade for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra. He is a member of the Olmos Ensemble in San Antonio. He has appeared in numerous summer music festivals and has been a faculty member of the College of Charleston, the University of Texas San Antonio, and UT Austin. A native of Ukraine, Ilya began his music education there. After his immigration to the United States in 1989, he received an Artist Certificate from the Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University, after which he did further study at DePaul University in Chicago.

RICHARD SILVERS, violin

Silvers currently serves on the faculty at Fort Lewis College as a Visiting Instructor of Music Theory and Upper Strings. As an undergraduate at UCLA, he was the concertmaster for the UCLA Philharmonia, the school’s flagship orchestra. He earned his Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance from the Herb Alpert School of Music there. He has performed with many university and regional orchestras during the course of graduate studies at the University of Indiana and the University of Wisconsin. He was the winner of the 2018-2019 UW Madison Concerto Competition and a finalist in the Montgomery Symphony Concertmaster Competition. Silvers has served as concertmaster at summer music festivals, including the Chautauqua Institution in New York and is a regular performer in masterclasses around the country. He has performed at Carnegie Hall and at venues in Italy and Switzerland. He earned his Master of Music from the University of Indiana and his Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

JAN SIMIZ, cello

Simiz is assistant principal cello of the Phoenix Symphony and principal cello of the Phoenix Symphony Sinfonietta, and was previously with the Sacramento Symphony Orchestra. A native of Romania, he studied at Ciprian Porumbescu Conservatory in Bucharest and received his master’s degree from the University of Southern California. Simiz is a faculty member at Arizona State University.

MARIA SIMIZ, cello

Simiz is currently the principal cellist with Musica Nova Orchestra. She is an active freelance cellist, and a section cellist at Music in the Mountains Festival. She has also performed with the Phoenix Symphony, the Arizona Opera, the Amabile String Quartet, and with her husband, Phoenix Symphony associate principal cellist, Jan Simiz. Simiz founded the Strings Department at Arizona School for the Arts when it opened in 1995. She studied chamber music at the St. Lawrence String Quartet Chamber Music Seminar at Stanford University. She received her Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance from the University of Southern California and her Master of Music in Cello Performance from California State University at Long Beach.

JUSTIN SMITH, guitar

Smith has over 20 years of experience as a recording artist and live performer. Notable film and television projects include major motion pictures and shows: Call of the Wild, iMordecai, Luca (Pixar), Mozart in the Jungle, NASCAR, and The Voice, among others. Live work includes performances backing a long list of artists including Randy Newman, Jewel and Nikka Costa, among others, assisting Kermit the Frog on banjo, and accompanying Kristen Chenoweth on solo acoustic guitar at the Hollywood Bowl. Equally at home in a symphony orchestra, he has appeared with the San Francisco Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestras, National Symphony, New World, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Other orchestral credits include playing on both the recording and live world premiere of Shostakovich’s recently discovered opera, Orango. He has worked under the baton of John Williams, John Adams, David Newman, and Gustavo Dudamel, among others.

2025 Festival Musicians

HUGO SOUZA, oboe

Souza is the principal oboe of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra. Active as a soloist, chamber musician, educator, and orchestral player, Souza performs extensively throughout Brazil, North America, and Europe. He has performed as a guest artist at Music@Menlo and with the ensemble Pentaèdre (Montreal). He has also toured with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and performed with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the American Ballet Theatre, the American Symphony Orchestra, and the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra. Souza is on faculty at Capital University’s Conservatory of Music while also giving master classes throughout the country. While on oboe and chamber music faculty at his alma mater, he cofounded the Brazilian Double Reed Society, which has since held major international conferences featuring master classes with world renowned double reed artists. Born into a musical family in Natal, Brazil, he began playing oboe at age fourteen. He earned his bachelor’s degree at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). He continued his studies in the US, earning his Master of Music from SUNY Purchase. He is a doctoral candidate at the Eastman School of Music.

OLEG

SULYGA, violin

Sulyga is a violinist with the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra, Houston Ballet Orchestra, Mercury Chamber Ensemble, and other music organizations in Houston, Texas. He has performed with the renown ensemble Virtuosi of Moscow. He has performed as a chamber musician with the principals of the Wiener Philharmoniker and as a member of the Kopelman Quartet. As an orchestral musician, he has performed with the Chicago Symphony, the National Symphony, and the Houston Symphony. He began his studies in his native Moscow and has studied in several countries. He holds a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance from the Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University in Dallas, and a Master of Music in Violin Performance from the Moors School of Music, University of Houston.

EBONEE THOMAS, flute, piccolo

Thomas is currently the second flute and piccolo of The Dallas Opera. She has previously served as principal flute of the Knoxville Symphony and the Florida Grand Opera. In addition, she has performed as guest principal with the Santa Fe Opera, and the Seattle, San Antonio, and Fort Worth Symphonies. She performed the North American premiere at Carnegie Hall of Christian Lindig’s flute concerto, The World of Montuagretta, under Michael Tilson-Thomas. She is also an avid chamber musician, performing regularly with the Austin Chamber Music Society and Voices of Change, a new music ensemble in Dallas. As a pedagogue, Thomas is the Assistant Professor of Flute at the University of Missouri Kansas City Conservatory and a Board member of the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra. Thomas received her Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance from SMU and a Master of Music from the New England Conservatory of Music.

IVAN VALBUENA, clarinet

Valbuena is the associate principal clarinet and E-flat clarinet of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Before joining the Atlanta Symphony, he served as assistant principal clarinet and E-flat clarinet with the San Antonio Philharmonic Orchestra and has also served as Principal Clarinet with the New Mexico Philharmonic Orchestra. He has had an international career as orchestra performer, soloist, and educator. He is the winner of the 2017 Matthew Ruggiero International Clarinet Competition and winner of the Harold Wright Clarinet Award. He has been featured as a soloist with the Cusco (Perú) Symphony Orchestra and with Symphony Pro Musica Orchestra of Boston and he has performed in several venues in Europe, North and South America including the Penderecki European Center for Music in Poland, the Fine Arts Palace in Mexico, and Teatro Municipal de las Condes in Santiago de Chile. He holds a master’s degree from Longy School of Music and a doctorate in performance from University of Texas at Austin.

2025 Festival Musicians

ALEJANDRO VALDEPEÑAS, viola

Originally from Toronto, Valdepeñas enjoys a multi-faceted career as a violinist and violist. He joined the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra as the Associate Principal Viola at the start of the 2022/2023 season. Valdepeñas made his solo debut on violin at age 9 with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Sarah Chang. Recent engagements include performances and recordings with the Amici Chamber Ensemble and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra Chamber Soloists. He has spent multiple summers as a violinist with the Santa Fe Opera and has also performed with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. In the summers, Valdepeñas has performed at the Aspen Music Festival and School and Norfolk Chamber Music Festival at Yale. His future summer engagements include performances at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Valdepeñas received his Bachelor of Music from the New England Conservatory and his Master of Music from Rice University.

KATHERINE VENTURA, harp

Ventura is currently Acting Principal Harp of the Kansas City Symphony. She has also performed as guest principal harp with the Chicago, Pittsburgh, Houston, St. Louis, National, and Baltimore Symphony Orchestras, Rochester Philharmonic, the Philharmonia Orchestra (London, UK), and the United States Air Force Band. Festival appearances include Principal Harp of the Britt Festival Orchestra 2022 (Oregon), Principal Harp of the Verbier Festival and Verbier Chamber Orchestras (Switzerland), the Spoleto Music Festival, Pacific Music Festival (Japan), Aspen Music Festival, National Repertory Orchestra in Breckenridge, and with the Sun Valley Music Festival in Idaho. Ventura is pursuing a Doctorate in Musical Arts at Temple University and holds degrees from the Chicago College of Performing Arts and Carnegie Mellon University.

MATTHEW WILSON, horn

Wilson joined the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra as a member starting in the 2017-18 season, after playing as a guest musician for many years. He was principal horn of the Minnesota Opera Orchestra from 2012–2017 and was acting associate principal horn with the Minnesota Orchestra for the 2021-22 season and on their 2016 European tour. He has also been guest principal or associate principal horn with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Florida Orchestra, and the South Dakota Symphony and has had engagements with the Colorado Symphony and The Phantom of the Opera Broadway touring company. He has been Principal Horn of the Crested Butte Musical Festival for several years and will be performing at the Music in the Mountains Festival this summer. Wilson received his undergraduate degree from the University of Northwestern in Saint Paul and his Master of Music from University of Minnesota.

ANGELA YOFFE, piano

Yoffe was born in Riga, Latvia into a family of highly respected musicians. After studying in Latvia and Israel, she continued in the United States and was an assistant to Dorothy DeLay at The Juilliard School. Pianist, producer, and educator, Yoffe is the founder and executive director of the North Shore Chamber Music Festival and the Arkady Fomin Scholarship Fund, which provides support, guidance, and inspiration to gifted young artists from around the world. Yoffe is also founder of the Collaborative Piano Class at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. She has performed as a chamber musician and recitalist in New York, Washington, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas, London, Berlin, Paris, Tel Aviv, Geneva, Rome, and Tokyo among others. She has appeared as soloist with the Seattle, Omaha, and Hamburg Symphonies, SWR Stuttgart Radio Orchestra, and with New York’s Jupiter Symphony under the batons of leading conductors. She has performed at many festivals all over Europe, the Pablo Casals Festival in Puerto Rico, and the Ravinia Festival.

WITH OUR DEEPEST APPRECIATION

The Board of Directors and Staff of Music in the Mountains would like to thank the Festival Musicians for their time, talent, and dedication.

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Santa Fe Symphony

Special thank you to Theo Doerfler for all the music preparation help.

CONCERT VENUES

Boyle Park, Mancos

Buckley Park, Durango

Claire Viles Park, Durango

Community Concert Hall

Eagle Park, Bayfield

Fort Lewis College

LePlatt’s Pond

Cottonwood Park, Durango

Glacier Club

River Bend Ranch

Shoshone Park, Ignacio

Sky Ute Casino Events Center, Ignacio

Three Springs

Vista Lake Park, Pagosa Springs

ONLINE AUCTION

Thank you to the artists and businesses that support Music in the Mountains with their generous gifts.

2nd Avenue Sports

4 Corners Water Sports

Allen Theaters

Allison Ragsdale Photography

Whitney Arensberg

Artensano’s

Balanced Recovery

Bank of Colorado

Bar D Chuckwagon

Carver Brewing Co.

Cascade Xpress Carwash

City of Durango Parks & Recreation

Colorado Restrung

Elizabeth & Stephen Crandall

Creede Repertory Theater

Dalton Ranch & Golf Club

Dietz Market

Durango & Silverton

Narrow Gauge Railroad

Durango Bluegrass

Meltdown

Durango Choral Society

Durango Dermatology

Durango Flight Tours

Durango Independent Film Festival

Durango Playfest

Durango Rug Company

Durango Sustainable Goods

Elevated Edge Salon/ Kerri Willis

Elevated Golf Academy

Eye. D.

Famburger

Fired Up

Susan Flack

Fox Fire Farms

Frida’s Mexican Restaurant & Cantina

Peter Giuliani

Glacier Club

Grassburger

Suzie Grimm

H2 Physiques Personal Training

High Country Optical

Highland Nails

Hillcrest Golf Club

Liz Hogan & Keith Lucas

Horsefly History

Greg & Julia Hustis

Il Vicino

Jackalope Acres

James Ranch

JW Marriott Dallas Arts District

Sheryl & Tom Kaufman

K-Lea Yoga

Las Palomas Hotel

Doug Lenberg/Animas

Valley Balloon Rally

Debra & Jeff May/ Rockin’ M Ranch

Mill Street Bistro

Oak Brush Salon

The Oxford

Parker Dane

Salon & Boutique

Pause Yoga & Pilates

Peak Eye Care

Peak F&B

Peak Physical Therapy

Peter Giuliani

Pilates Durango

Pour Moi Skin Care

Primi Pasta & Wine bar

Prospector at Glacier Club

Rainbow Springs

Flower Farm

Aaron Redner

{re}Love Consign & Design

Salt 360 Float

San Juan Symphony

Santa Fe Symphony

Sky Ute Casino Resort

Southwest Appliance

STBarr Fine Woodworking

Stem Mayhem Floral

Sun Sapphires

Sunnyside Farms Market

Gordon & Dene Thomas

Tico Time River Resort

Toast

Toh-Atin Gallery

Tracie Trotter & Charles Goodman

Urban Market

Vallecito Marina

Viking River Cruises

If we have omitted your name or listed your name incorrectly, please accept our sincere apologies and contact the Festival Office at 970.385.6820 so we can update our records.

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