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 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
Alice Blankenship – Eugene, OR
Joy Fabos – Portland, OR
Carol Laube – Reno, NV
Clara Fuhrman – Eugene, OR
Julia Frantz – Eugene, OR
Leah Beshore – Bend, OR
John Fawcett – Bend, OR

VIOLA

Holland Phillips, Principal – Rockingham, NC
Christopher Redfield – Toronto, ON
Miriam Ward – Anchorage, AK
Lauren Elledge – Eugene, OR
Leslie Knight – Sunriver, OR

CELLO

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

BASS

Frank Diliberto, Principal – Bend, OR
Jason Schooler – Portland, OR
Clinton O’Brien – Portland, OR

FLUTE/PICCOLO

Catherine Ramirez, Principal – Northfield, MN
Nora Lee Garcia – Orlando, FL
Rachel Rencher – Portland, OR

OBOE/ENGLISH HORN

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

CLARINET

Ben Lulich, Principal – Seattle, WA
Angelique Poteat – Seattle, WA
Jennifer Crockett – Astoria, OR

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
Dilon Bryan – Atlanta, GA
Jonathan Kuhns-Obana – Portland, OR
Margarite Waddell – Eugene, 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
Douglas Peebles – Vancouver, WA

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
Morgan Watts – Bend, OR

PIANO

Hsiao-Ling Lin – Superior, CO
Stephen Lewis – Portland, OR

HARP

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