GUEST ARTIST | ORCHESTRA & CHILDREN’S CAST waukee, Wisconsin, as its Executive Director for seven seasons. During that time, Milwaukee Ballet not only significantly improved its organizational and financial health, but grew to be recognized as a national leader in the development of new work and for their strong commitment to training and community outreach. Buehler previously led the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, also in Wisconsin, for six years, where he was credited with successfully guiding one of the region’s fastest growing arts organizations through its initial strategic, artistic, and organizational development phases. He has served on the board for The United Performing Arts Fund in Milwaukee, been an active leader within the Creative Alliance of Greater Milwaukee, the Creative Coalition for Greater Milwaukee, served as a local advocacy captain for Arts Wisconsin and a planning committee member for the Milwaukee 7 Project, a regional collaboration initiative. Early in his career, Buehler held various producing roles with a number of theatre groups in both Florida and Wisconsin, including the Skylight Opera Theatre in Milwaukee from 1998 to 2002. He graduated from the Professional Theatre Training Program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1992. Buehler currently lives in West Linn with his wife Treena, an independent artist, and their two daughters.
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ORCHESTRA VIOLIN I
VIOLA
OBOE
TUBA
Nelly Kovalev, Concertmaster Eva Richey, Assistant Concertmaster* Paloma Hébert, Assistant Concertmaster* Andrea Oh Della Davies Robin Baldino Casey Bozell Elizabeth Peyton Jenny Estrin Irene Gadeholt Hae-Jin Kim
Angelika Furtwangler, Principal Shauna Keyes, Assistant Principal* Marissa Winship, Assistant Principal* Brenda Liu Kim Burton
Kelly Gronli, Principal Alan Juza
Seth Horner, Principal Mike Grose, Principal*
CLARINET
PERCUSSION
Sunshine Simmons, Principal Melanie Yamada
Gordon Rencher, Principal
VIOLIN II
Janet Dubay, Principal Janet George, Assistant Principal Sarah Roth, Assistant Principal* Ann Medellin Camilla Scott Linda Vasey Lisbeth Dreier Luise Grube Heather Mastel-Lipson
CELLO
Hamilton Cheifetz, Principal Katherine Schultz, Assistant Principal Corey Averill Dieter Ratzlaf Justin Kagan BASS
David Parmeter, Principal Dave Anderson, Assistant Principal Michelle Lindberg, Assistant Principal*
BASSOON
Steve Vacchi, Principal Elizabeth Paterson FRENCH HORN
Steve Hayworth, Principal Matt Monroe Rebecca Olason Mike Hettwer Jen Harrison Daniel Partridge
TIMPANI
Jeff Peyton, Principal HARP
Jenny Lindner, Principal KEYBOARD
Carol Rich, Principal ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER
Janet George MUSIC LIBRARIANS
TRUMPET
Kirsten Norvell Rachel Rencher
Dave Bamonte, Principal Charley Butler, Principal* Robert Rutherford
*denotes acting title Italics denotes substitute
TROMBONE
FLUTE
Georgeanne Ries, Principal Sarah Tiedemann
Henry Henniger, Principal Robert Taylor, Principal* Dave Bryan Carson Keeble
CHILDREN’S CAST
ACT I PARTY SCENE FRITZ
NEPHEW/PRINCE
Finnian Carmeci Johannes Gikas Eliot Wallace
Jensen Rasmussen Millie Rice Sylvia Romero Anika Sanders Annika Vallabhanath Anjali Weerasinghe
Johannes Gikas Trevor Moss
BATTLE SCENE
MARIE
Johannes Gikas Veronica Metzler
ACT II
SENTRY
Mika Blandy Isabel Borossay Madeleine Brooks Aisha Callahan Evelyn Chan Sophia Coleman Clare Crawley Rhoen Flanagan Elliana Kluherz Elsie Koehler Neah Lim Anna Loving Scarlett Metzler Vera-An Nguyen Kylin Nine Kaitlyn O’Neill Evelyn Peters Sophia Pi Coco Mae Pike Vivian Proctor Vivian Romero Lucy Walkush Violet Williams Poppy Yue
Ruby Mae Lefebvre Sarah Harmon Zonya Tanada MAIDS
Asia Tran Danielle Carmeci Karenna Hall Audrey Gingras PARTY GIRLS
Elsie Koehler* Elliana Kluherz Ruby Mae Lefebvre Neah Lim Yukino Logan Maggie Maierle Sophia Pi Kemi Olajuyin Anjali Weerasinghe PARTY BOYS
Madoka Blandy Emily Cole Josephine Courtney Johannes Gikas Eli Mitchell-Hopmeier Zeke Mitchell-Hopmeier Trevor Moss Jensen Rasmussen Annika Vallabhanath Eliot Wallace GRANDCHILDREN
Madoka Blandy Zaida Johnson Kathryn Locke Harris* Veronica Metzler Sylvia Romero
TRUMPETER
Jamie Burgess Noah Hug Collin Trummel BUNNY
Søren Gillette Twylo Landey SOLDIERS/SABRES
Madoka Blandy Isabel Borossay Blakely Bresee Aisha Callahan Emilie Cocke Emily Cole Ayse Conger Josephine Courtney Rhoen Flanagan Ashley Gomez Angelika Gratchner Amanda Gross Carlotta Higgins Eliška Jelinek Zaida Johnson Samantha Kanning Elsie Koehler Kyra Kuelgen Yukino Logan Gwendolyn McGarry* Gracie Moffitt Maggie Maierle Scarlett Metzler Vera-An Nguyen Kemi Olajuyin Sophia Pi
ANGELS
POLICHINELLES
Jamie Burgess* Finnian Carmeci Emily Cole Johannes Gikas Sarah Harmon Noah Hug Zaida Johnson Elliana Kluherz Ruby Mae Lefebvre Neah Lim
Kathryn Locke Harris Maggie Maierle* Veronica Metzler Milana Milos-Manthey* Kemi Olajuyin Sophia Pi* Millie Rice* Sylvia Romero Zonya Tanada Collin Trummel Eliot Wallace CANDY CANES
Maddie D’Haem Jane Gordon Sabrina Herzberg Lily Hooper Megan Hug Elizabeth Ives Kathryn Locke Harris Maura Mackin Malia McClanahan Brennan McConnell-Griner Veronica Metzler Milana Milos-Manthey Lily O’Brien Lainie Pennington Sylvia Romero Anna Stone Sarah Stone Asia Tran Heaven Yourshaw Ava Zaron CHINESE TEA
Maddie D’Haem Jane Gordon Sabrina Herzberg Elizabeth Ives Maura Mackin Malia McClanahan Lily O’Brien Lainie Pennington Sarah Stone Heaven Yourshaw *denotes understudy
THE NUTCRACKER OREGON BALLET THEATRE P11