Festival Musicians

The Sunriver Music Festival Orchestra includes professional musicians from around the country. Each August welcomes tenured and new musicians and is uniquely crafted to each individual concert program.

BRETT MITCHELL, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR
Denver, CO

Below is a portion of the in progress roster of the Festival Orchestra for August 2024.

VIOLIN I

Yi Zhao, Concertmaster – Denver, CO
Eric Lee – Alexandriva, VA
Yvonne Hsueh – Eugene, OR
Stephen Chong – Eugene, OR
Nelly Kovalev – Los Angeles, CA
Naiara Sanchez Kissick – Winston-Salem, NC

VIOLIN II

Stephen Redfield, Principal – Santa Fe, NM
Joy Fabos – Portland, OR
Carol Laube – Reno, NV
Yuan-yuan Wang – St. Petersburg, FL
Clara Fuhrman – Eugene, OR

VIOLA

Holland Phillips, Principal – Rockingham, NC
Christopher Redfield – Toronto, ON
Miriam Ward – Anchorage, AK

CELLO

Kari Caldwell, Principal – Tulsa, OK
Nadine Hall – Los Angeles, CA
Heather Blackburn – Portland, OR

BASS

Frank Diliberto, Principal – Bend, OR
Jason Schooler – Portland, OR

FLUTE/PICCOLO

Catherine Ramirez, Principal – Northfield, MN
Nora Lee Garcia – Orlando, FL

OBOE/ENGLISH HORN

Lindabeth Binkley, Principal – Mt Pleasant, MN
Noelle Burns – Tacoma, WA

CLARINET

Ben Lulich, Principal – Seattle, WA
Angelique Poteat – Seattle, WA

BASSOON

Anthony Georgeson, Principal – Atlanta, GA
David Savage – La Mesa, CA
Brendon Sill – Miami Beach, FL

HORN

Jen Harrison – Portland, OR
Michael Yopp – Colorado Springs, CO
Joe Berger – Portland, OR
Andreas Lang – Bend, OR

TRUMPET

Jeffrey Work, Principal – Portland, OR
Sarah Viens – Tacoma, WA
Joe Klaus – Portland, OR

TROMBONE

Henry Henniger, Principal – Eugene, OR
Graham Middleton – Salem, OR
Bailey Schmidt – Albany, OR

TUBA

JáTtik Clark, Principal – Portland, OR
James Kuzmic – Eugene, OR

PERCUSSION

Tim Cogswell, Principal – Eugene, OR
Doug Walter, Principal – Louisville, CO
Gordon Rencher – Portland, OR
Ian Kerr – Eugene, OR
Will Reno – Portland, OR

PIANO

Hsiao-Ling Lin – Superior, CO
Judith Cohen – Seattle, WA

HARP

Matthew Tutsky – Portland, OR
John Carrington – Seattle, WA