The Musicians

The Sunriver Music Festival Orchestra includes professional musicians from around the country handpicked by Artistic Director George Hanson. Each season welcomes tenured and new musicians and is uniquely crafted to each individual concert program. Below is the in-progress roster from last season.

George Hanson, Artistic Director, Conductor - Tucson, Arizona 

VIOLIN I

Corine Brouwer, Acting Concertmaster- Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Leah Latorraca - Phoenix, Arizona
Yvonne Hsueh - Eugene, Oregon
Stephanie Teply Westney - San Antonio, Texas
Stephen Chong - Eugene, Oregon
Yuan-yuan Wang - St. Petersburg, Florida
Clara Fuhrman - Sunriver, Oregon
Mutsuko Tatman - Tucson, Arizona
Claire Tatman - Reno, Nevada
Sarah Ruzicka - Bend, Oregon

VIOLIN II

Dan Skidmore, Acting Principal - Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Joan Christenson - San Antonio, Texas
Carol Laube - Reno, Nevada
Joy Fabos - Portland, Oregon
Jayne Maddison - Toronto, Ontario
Naiara Sanchez - Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Leah Naftalin - Bend, Oregon
Sophie Therrell - Eugene, Oregon

VIOLA

Holland Phillips, Principal - Eugene, Oregon
Christopher Redfield, Principal - Toronto, Ontario
Lauren Elledge - Portland, Oregon
Catherine Gray - Toronto, Ontario
Miriam Ward - Portland, Oregon
Carrie Howell - Bend, Oregon
Leslie Knight - Sunriver, Oregon

CELLO

Kari Caldwell, Principal - Tulsa, Oklahoma
Nadine Hall - Los Angeles, California
Heather Blackburn - Portland, Oregon
Jennifer Yopp - Colorado Springs, Colorado
Travis Allen - Bend, Oregon

BASS

Frank Diliberto, Principal - Bend, Oregon
Jason Schooler - Portland, Oregon
David Parmeter - Portland, Oregon
Christopher Burns - Tacoma, Washington

FLUTE/PICCOLO

Alexander Lipay, Principal - Tucson, Arizona
Christine Gangelhoff - Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ranchel Rencher - Portland, Oregon

OBOE/ENGLISH HORN

Neil Tatman, Acting Principal - Tucson, Arizona
Mary Lynch, Acting Principal - Seattle, Washinton
Wendy Cushner - Gig Harbor, Washington
Noelle Burns - Tacoma, Washington

CLARINET

Angelique Poteat, Acting Principal - Seattle, Washington
Stanislav Golovin - Beachwood, Ohio

BASSOON

Anthony Georgeson, Acting Principal - Mableton, Georgia
David Savage - La Mesa, California

HORN

David Kruse, Principal - Eugene, Oregon
Michael Gast - Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jen Harrison - Portland, Oregon
Michael Yopp - Colorado Springs, Colorado
Joseph Berger - Portland, Oregon
Graham Kingsbury - Portland, Oregon

TRUMPET

Jeffrey Work, Principal - Portland, Oregon
Sarah Viens - Portland, Oregon
Greg Smith - Albany, Oregon

TROMBONE

Tony Collins, Principal - Santa Rosa, California
Henry Henniger - Eugene, Oregon
Wayne Solomon - Fresno, California
Steve Suminski - Pasadena, California

TUBA

JáTtik Clark, Principal - Portland, Oregon
Emily Rumpca - Corvallis, Oregon

PERCUSSION

Tim Cogswell, Principal - Eugene, Oregon
Gordon Rencher - Portland, Oregon
Ian Kerr - Portland, Oregon
Will Reno - Portland, Oregon
David Priore - Portland, Oregon

PIANO

Heidi Louise Williams - Tallahassee, Florida

HARP

Candace LiVolsi - Redding, California
Martha Griffith - Eugene, Oregon