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 2025.

VIOLIN I

Yi Zhao, Concertmaster – Minneapolis, MN
Eric Lee – Alexandria, VA
Yvonne Hsueh – Eugene, OR
Stephanie Westney – San Antonio, TX
Shanshan Zeng – Portland, OR
Nelly Kovalev – Los Angeles, CA
Stephen Chong – Eugene, OR
Ryan Downs – Portland, OR

VIOLIN II

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

VIOLA

Holland Phillips, Principal – Rockingham, NC
Miriam English Ward – Anchorage, AK
Lauren Elledge – Knoxville, TN
Marissa Winship – Manhattan Beach, CA
Julia Bastuscheck – Bend, OR

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

Catherine Ramirez, Principal – Northfield, MN
Christine Gangelhoff – Minneapolis, MN
Rachel Rencher – Portland, OR

OBOE

Lindabeth Binkley, Principal – Mt Pleasant, MN
Cindy Behmer – Wilton, CA
Ryan Zwahlen – Bend, OR

CLARINET

Laura DeLuca, Acting Principal – Seattle, WA
Angelique Poteat – Seattle, WA
Hsing-Hui Hsu – Seattle, WA
Ali Bylund – Bend, OR

BASSOON

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

HORN

Michael Yopp – Colorado Springs, CO
Jen Harrison – Portland, OR
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
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

PIANO

Hsiao-Ling Lin – Superior, CO

HARP

Matthew Tutsky – Portland, OR