Meet the Orchestra
At the TFO, our orchestra members come from all over the world. Most of our members are graduate students in music performance at prestigious institutions and are destined to have bright futures and big careers. You won’t want to miss them as they take the stage this summer!
MUSIC DIRECTOR
Joe Peters, Raleigh, NC
VIOLIN
Gina Buzzelli, Perrysburg, OH Tim Daucher, Mount Vernon, MO Nick Curry, Kansas City, MO Gustavo Fernandez Agreda, Parkville, MO Sophia Han, Cape Girardeau, MO Erik Hassell, Kansas City, MO Mary Hubbard, Grand Rapids, MI Samantha Keller, Sikeston, MO Zachary Montasser, Houston, TX Travis Myers, Edmond, OK Roshelle Pekarek, Kansas City, MO Kelly Rhode, Detroit, MI Megan Wilson, Washington, DC
VIOLA
Nate Bliton, Grand Rapids, MI Sarah Cornish, Norman, OK Dilek Engin Stolarchuk, East Lansing, MI Danielle Whipple, Norman, OK
CELLO
Jarrett Bastow, Tulsa, OK Jiayi Qin, La Mirada, CA Elise Thierbach, Marthasville, MO Daniel Yung, Kansas City, MO
DOUBLE BASS
Blaine Rister, San Francisco, CA Evan Spieker, Kansas City, KS
FLUTE/PICCOLO
PERCUSSION
Dylan Abbott, Acworth, GA John Ross, Nevada, MO Steven Smith, Springfield, MO
Jim Bartelt, Falls Church, VA Cori Fincher, Willard, MO
OBOE/ENGLISH HORN
Abigail Brower, Iowa City, IA
Victoria Lee, Huntington Beach, CA Rachel Maczko, Oklahoma City, OK Jenna Sehmann, Jackson, MO
CLARINET/BASS CLARINET
Alexandra Doyle, Cincinnati, OH Lisa Kachouee, Oklahoma City, OK Larkin Sanders, Kansas City, MO
BASSOON
Andi Bragiel, Cincinnati, OH Matthew Rasmussen, Fairfield, CA Robyn Watson, Dallas, TX
HORN
Grace Clarke, Groton, CT Austin Douty, Dixon, MO Lauren Harding, Kingsport, TN Andrew Sehmann, Athens, GA Patrick Williams, Whittier, CA
TRUMPET
Tatiana Giesler, Norwalk, CA Katherine Shindledecker, Normal, IL
TROMBONE
Loudon Cunningham, Dallas, TX Adrian Reyes, Long Beach, CA Stefan Stolarchuk, East Lansing, MI
TUBA
Ryan Ehigiator, Plano, TX
HARP
PIANO
Clara Christian, Hollister, MO