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 the roster of the Festival Orchestra for August 2026.

VIOLIN I

Yi Zhao, Concertmaster – Minneapolis, MN
Eric Lee – Alexandria, VA
Yvonne Hsueh – Eugene, OR
Naiara Sánchez Kissick – Winston-Salem, NC
Nelly Kovalev – Los Angeles, CA
Stephen Chong – Eugene, OR

VIOLIN II

Stephen Redfield, Principal – Santa Fe, NM
Juan Jaramillo – Pittsburgh, PA
Joy Fabos – Portland, OR
Clara Fuhrman – Eugene, OR
Julia Frantz – Eugene, OR

VIOLA

Holland Phillips, Principal – Rockingham, NC
Christopher Redfield – Toronto, ON
Marissa Winship – Manhattan Beach, CA
Kimberlee Uwate – Orlando, FL

CELLO

Kari Caldwell, Principal – Tulsa, OK
Nadine Hall – Los Angeles, CA
Heather Blackburn – Portland, OR
Jennifer Yopp – Colorado Springs, CO

BASS

Jason Schooler, Acting Principal – Portland, OR
Clinton O’Brien – Portland, OR

FLUTE

Nora Lee Garcia – Orlando, FL
Christine Gangelhoff – Minneapolis, MN
Rachel Rencher – Portland, OR

OBOE

Lindabeth Binkley, Principal – Mt Pleasant, MN
Noelle Burns – Tacoma, WA
Ryan Zwahlen – Bend, OR

CLARINET

Benjamin Lulich – Kenmore, WA
Angelique Poteat – Seattle, WA
Saisai Lulich – Kenmore, WA

BASSOON

Anthony Georgeson, Principal – Atlanta, GA
David Savage – La Mesa, CA
Steve Vacchi – Eugene, OR

HORN

Michael Yopp – Colorado Springs, CO
Jennifer Harrison – Portland, OR
Nikolette LaBonte – Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Young Kim – Maple Grove, MN
Joel Ockerman – Logan UT

TRUMPET

Jeffrey Work, Principal – Portland, OR
Sarah Viens – Tacoma, WA
Joe Klaus – Portland, OR
Dylan Girard – La Crescenta, CA

TROMBONE

Henry Henniger, Principal – Eugene, OR
Steve Suminski – Duarte, CA
Wayne Solomon – Fresno, CA

TUBA

James Kuzmic – Eugene, OR

PERCUSSION

Tim Cogswell, Principal – Eugene, OR
Douglas Walter, Principal – Louisville, CO
Gordon Rencher – Portland, OR
Ian Kerr – Eugene, OR

KEYBOARD

Hsiao-Ling Lin – Superior, CO

HARP

Matthew Tutsky – Portland, OR