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 musicians who were part of the Festival Orchestra in August 2023.

VIOLIN I

Yi Zhao, Concertmaster – Denver, CO
Stephanie Westney – San Antonio, TX
Yvonne Hsueh – Eugene, OR
Stephen Chong – Eugene, OR

VIOLIN II

Stephen Redfield, Acting Principal – Santa Fe, NM
Joan Christenson – San Antonio, TX
Joy Fabos – Portland, OR
Jayne Maddison – Toronto, ON
Nelly Kovalev – Portland, OR
Yuan-yuan Wang – St. Petersburg, FL

VIOLA

Holland Phillips, Principal – Eugene, OR
Christopher Redfield – Toronto, ON
Miriam Ward – Portland, OR

CELLO

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

BASS

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

FLUTE/PICCOLO

Catherine Ramirez, Acting Principal – Northfield, MN
Christine Gangelhoff – Nassau, The Bahamas

OBOE/ENGLISH HORN

Lindabeth Binkley, Acting Principal – Mount Pleasant, MN
Wendy Cushner – Gig Harbor, WA

CLARINET

Angelique Poteat, Acting Principal – Seattle, WA

BASSOON

Anthony Georgeson, Principal – Atlanta, GA
David Savage – La Mesa, CA

HORN

Michael Gast – Minneapolis, MN
Jen Harrison – Portland, OR
Michael Yopp – Colorado Springs, CO

TRUMPET

Jeffrey Work, Principal – Portland, OR
Sarah Viens – Eugene, OR
Joe Klaus – Portland, OR

TROMBONE

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

TUBA

JáTtik Clark, Principal – Portland, OR

PERCUSSION

Tim Cogswell, Principal – Eugene, OR
Doug Walter, Principal – Louisville, CO
Gordon Rencher – Portland, OR

PIANO

Heidi Louise Williams – Tallahassee, FL

HARP

Jody Guinn – Newbury, OH