orchestra musicians

Currently a member of: Dallas Symphony Orchestra (Don and Norma Stone chair)
Additional career highlights: Artistic Director of the Grammy-nominated Voices of Change Modern Music Ensemble; Soloist with the Dallas Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Seattle Symphony, and West Virginia Symphony, among others; chamber music performances at New York’s Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall, and Avery Fisher Hall, among others; numerous world premieres, including works written specifically for her by Augusta Read Thomas and David Amram
Teaches at: University of North Texas

Currently a member of: Seattle Symphony
Previously a member of: Odeon Quartet (founding member)
Additional career highlights: Author and contributing writer to The Strad magazine, owner of Filimonov Fine Violins, appraiser of fine instruments and bows

Currently a member of: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Previously a member of: New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony
Additional career highlights: Performances at Tanglewood, Schleswig-Holstein, Bowdoin, Boulder, Snow Pond, OK Mozart, and Wyndham Music Festivals; chamber music with the Lyric Chamber Music Society of NY, Met Chamber Ensemble, Bridgehampton Chamber Music, Tahoe String Quartet, and IRIS Quartet

Currently a member of: Moulin Rouge! on Broadway, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, X Quartet, Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Previously a member of: Amayo and Friends, Matilda and Hamilton on Broadway
Additional career highlights: Tours with Adele, Bruce Springsteen, and Trey Anastasio; recordings with Sharon Jones, Antibalas, and James Taylor; featured artist on violin, viola, and voice on David Byrne’s Contemporary Color

Currently a member of: Nashville Symphony (Acting Concertmaster)
Teaches at: Vanderbilt University 

Currently a member of: The Knights, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, New York City Ballet Orchestra, Silk Road Ensemble, and Kvasova Folk Singing Club
Additional career highlights: Performances at Caramoor, Ravinia, Dresden, Salzburg, Bonn, and Tanglewood Festivals; recipient of an Innovation Fund grant from The Knights for a project on music and incarceration

Currently a member of: Australian World Orchestra
Previously a member of: Seattle Symphony Orchestra (Assistant Concertmaster), Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony
Teaches at: San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Currently a member of: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of New York (Concertmaster)
Additional career highlights: Concerts with the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Brighton Philharmonic, Uzbekistan National Symphony Orchestra, Turkey’s BASSO Orchestra, and Metropolitan Chamber Ensemble; performances at Tanglewood, Norfolk Chamber Music, Santa Fe, BargeMusic, Music Mountain, and Verbier Festivals

Currently a member of: Grand Junction Symphony (Concertmaster)
Previously a member of: Buffalo Philharmonic (Associate Concertmaster)
Teaches at: Colorado Mesa University

Currently a member of: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Additional career highlights: concerts with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival Orchestra, and MET Chamber Ensemble, among others; chamber performances at Alice Tully Hall and Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall; solo appearances at Hoam Art Hall in Seoul and Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall

Jeehae Lee’s appearance at Classical Tahoe is made possible by KyungAe Bae and Ralph Miller.

Currently a member of: Reno Philharmonic, Reno Chamber Orchestra (Concertmaster)
Additional career highlights: Concerts at Nevada Chamber Music, La Musica, and Sunriver Festivals, as well as with the Telluride Chamber Players and at Barth Kammermusiktage in Germany and Mayshad Festival in Morocco

Ruth Lenz’ appearance at Classical Tahoe is made possible by Charolette and Richard McConnell. 

Currently a member of: American Contemporary Music Ensemble, the Knights, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Ensemble LPR, and Wordless Music Orchestra
Additional career highlights: Concerts at Open Chamber Music at Prussia Cove in the UK, Caramoor International Music Festival, SXSW, and Auckland Arts Festival

Currently a member of: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Previously a member of: St. Louis Symphony

Currently a member of: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Additional career highlights: Founding member of International Sejong Soloists; debut at Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall; numerous solo performances throughout the United States and Asia; extensive recording credits; concerts at Aspen and Ravinia Festivals, as well as at Santory Hall in Tokyo and Seoul Arts Center

Currently a member of: San Francisco Opera Orchestra (Concertmaster)
Previously a member of: Lark Quartet
Teaches at: San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Kay Stern’s appearance at Classical Tahoe is made possible by Janie and Donny Friend

Currently a member of: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Previously a member of: Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Colorado Symphony
Additional career highlights: Founding member of Verklärte Quartet, Fischoff Competition Grand Prize Winners; chamber music performances at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, Parlance Chamber Concerts, the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series, Bargemusic; concerto appearances with Symphoria of Syracuse, the Coastal Symphony of Georgia, and the musicians of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, among others

Sarah Vonsattel’s appearance at Classical Tahoe is made possible by Madylon and Dean Meiling.

Currently a member of: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Additional career highlights: Soloist with the China Philharmonic, London Mozart Players, Royal Philharmonic, Shanghai Symphony, and Sydney Opera Orchestra; concerts at the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, and Ravinia Festival, among others

Hometown: Havana, Cuba
Ensembles: SFCM Symphony Orchestra, SFCM Baroque Ensemble, Havana Lyceum Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba
Education: San Francisco Conservatory of Music, New World School of the Arts
Mentors: Kay Stern, Ian Swensen, Daniel Andai, Anne Chicheportiche, Carmen Amador

Currently a member of: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Principal)
Previously a member of: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Additional career highlights: Collaborations with the Guarneri, Mendelssohn, St. Petersburg, and Brentano String Quartets; concerts with the Munich Chamber Orchestra, Aspen Sinfonia, and Belgrade Philharmonic; performances at festivals including Marlboro, Grand Teton, Cascade Head, and Verbier
Teaches at: New York University

Currently a member of: Riverside Symphony (Principal), American Ballet Theater (Acting Principal), NYC Opera (Acting Principal), Windham Chamber Orchestra (Principal), Philharmonia Orchestra of NY (Acting Principal), Little Orchestra Society, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Cortlandt String Quartet
Previously a member of: Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra (Principal), Houston Symphony Orchestra (Assistant Principal), American Symphony Orchestra (Acting Principal), and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, among others
Additional career highlights: Concerts with New York City Ballet Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, among others; founding member of Atrikk Ensemble
Teaches at: Columbia University

Currently a member of: San Francisco Symphony
Previously a member of: Orchestra of St. Luke’s, New York City Ballet Orchestra, New York Pops
Additional career highlights: Performances at Caramoor Music Festival, Music@Menlo, Cactus Pear Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Bach Dancing and Dynamite, Lisker Music Foundation, Singapore Sun Music Festival, and Las Palmas Music Festival, among others

Currently a member of: Malibu Coast String Quartet
Additional career highlights: Principal Conductor of Icicle Creek Chamber Orchestra, the Kairos Festival Orchestra, the Dorian Festival Orchestra, and the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival Orchestra; Music Director and Conductor for the Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestras; Director of Chamber Music Studies at Idyllwild Arts Academy; Music Director of Malibu Concerts on the Bluffs Music Festival
Teaches at: Montgomery Arts House for Music and Architecture

Currently a member of: Atlantic Classical Orchestra, Music Sacra, South Florida Symphony Orchestra (Principal), Crescent String Quartet
Previously a member of: New York City Ballet Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, American Composers Orchestra, Encores! at City Center (Principal), Oklahoma Symphony (Principal)
Additional career highlights: Artistic Director of Friends of Classical Music @ Arts on the Lake; Founder and Artistic Director of the Annual NY String Quartet Marathon; recordings and concerts with Evan Lurie, Roberto Benigini, John Zorn, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, and Barbra Streisand, among others

Currently a member of: San Francisco Symphony (Assistant Principal Viola)
Additional career highlights: Concerts with the East Coast Chamber Orchestra and at Marlboro Music Festival; founding member of the award-winning Janaki String Trio; recordings for numerous film scores, including Avatar, Pirates of the Caribbean 3, and Get Smart

Katie Kadarauch’s appearance at Classical Tahoe is made possible by Jerome Guillen & Jeremy Gallaher.

Currently a member of: Black Oak Ensemble
Previously a member of: Lyric Opera of Chicago
Additional career highlights: Concerts with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Teaches at: New Music School

Recent graduate of: University of North Texas
Currently a member of: Abilene Philharmonic
Additional career highlights: Concerts with the Grant Park Orchestra, Richardson Symphony, Waco Symphony, and Las Colinas Symphony; Winner and Artist in Residence at the American Festival for the Arts; artist residency at and soloist with the National Repertory Orchestra
Teaches at: New Spain Summer Music Camp, Ad Astra Music Festival, and the Virtuosi String Camp

Currently a member of: South Florida Symphony Orchestra (Principal), Brevard Symphony Orchestra (Principal), Punta Gorda Symphony (Principal), Villages Philharmonic (Principal) Previously a member of: American Symphony, American Ballet Theater, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Omni Ensemble, SONYC, New York Virtuosi
Additional career highlights: Soloist with the Villages Philharmonic, 15 year residency with Orion Music at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Classical Tahoe Cello Section is sponsored by Marna Broida.

Currently a member of: Los Angeles Philharmonic
Previously a member of: New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Additional career highlights: Frequent participant in LA Phil’s Chamber Music Society and Green Umbrella new music series; concerts with the Baltimore Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony and Opera, American Ballet Theater, and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

The Classical Tahoe Cello Section is sponsored by Marna Broida.

Currently a member of: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Previously a member of: Kansas City Symphony, Toledo Symphony
Additional career highlights: Vice President of Artistic Planning and Operations at Dayton Performing Arts Alliance, Executive Director of concert:nova

The Classical Tahoe Cello Section is sponsored by Marna Broida.

Currently a member of: American Composers’ Orchestra, Westchester Philharmonic
Previously a member of: Brooklyn Philharmonic
Additional career highlights: Performances with the New York City Ballet Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, New York City Opera (Principal), Long Island Philharmonic, and American Symphony Orchestra

The Classical Tahoe Cello Section is sponsored by Marna Broida.

Career highlights: Concerts with the New York Philharmonic; soloist with the Brussels Philharmonic, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Dallas Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Residentie Orchestra, North Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, and Shanghai Symphony; performances at Marlboro, Aspen, Tanglewood, Mostly Mozart, Luminato, Spoleto, and Ravinia Festivals, as well as with Bang-on-a-Can All-Stars and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and at the Library of Congress

The Classical Tahoe Cello Section is sponsored by Marna Broida.

Recent graduate of: Rice University, the University of Michigan
Currently a member of: Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Chicago Sinfonietta
Career highlights: Concerts with the Grant Park Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Philharmonic, Philly Pops, Music of the Baroque, Lyric Opera of CHicago (Guest Principal), Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, New World Symphony, and National Repertory Orchestra, among others
Teaches at: Merit School of Music, Chicago Symphony Youth Orchestra program

The Classical Tahoe Cello Section is sponsored by Marna Broida.

Previously a member of: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Assistant Principal), National Arts Centre Orchestra (Canada), Sequitur, Ensemble Sospesso, Speculum Musicae
Additional career highlights: Concerts at festivals including Marlboro, Banff, Kneisel Hall, Rockport, Mostly Mozart, Grand Tetons, and Ottawa Chamberfest
Teaches at: Manhattan School of Music, Bard College Conservatory of Music, Cali School of Music at Montclair State University, Bowdoin International Music Festival

Currently a member of: Sphinx Virtuosi, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra, New Haven Symphony Orchestra, Rootstock Republic, Allentown Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of NY (Principal), Re-Collective Orchestra
Previously a member of: Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas (Principal), Brockton Symphony Orchestra (Principal), Reading Symphony Orchestra

Currently a member of: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Previously a member of: Minnesota Orchestra, New Haven Symphony, Binghamton Symphony Orchestra
Teaches at: Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College

Currently a member of: Columbus Symphony (Assistant Principal), ProMusica Chamber Orchestra (Principal)
Previously a member of: New Orleans Symphony Orchestra
Additional career highlights: Artistic Director of Music on the Hill
Teaches at: Ohio State University, Capital University

Currently a member of: Northwest Sinfonia Orchestra
Additional career highlights: Regular performances with Seattle Symphony, Seattle Opera, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony, and Victoria State Opera Orchestra

Recent graduate of: Cleveland Institute of Music
Career highlights: Concerts with the New World Symphony and at the Cleveland Museum of Art

Currently a member of: Street Symphony Los Angeles (Solo Oboe)
Previously a member of: Wintergreen Music Festival (Principal)
Teaches at: University of Nevada, Reno

Previously a member of: The Florida Orchestra (Principal), New World Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
Additional career highlights: Performances with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and National Arts Centre Orchestra
Teaches at: Montclair State University

Currently a member of: Cincinnati Symphony
Additional career highlights: Concerts with concert:nova and Philharmonie der Nationen; performances at Munich ARD, Aspen, Tanglewood, Evian, Schleswig-Holstein, Rheingau, Jerusalem International, Thessoloniki, and Saint Petersburg White Nights Festivals; a Buffet Crampon and D’Addario artist
Teaches at: University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music

Ixi Chen’s appearance at Classical Tahoe is made possible by Mountain Workspace.

Currently a member of: Reno Philharmonic, Reno Chamber Orchestra, Reno Jazz Orchestra
Previously a member of: Madison Symphony Orchestra, Dubuque Symphony Orchestra
Additional career highlights: Performances with Kurt Elling, Johnny Mathis, Dianne Schuur, Ernie Watts, The Temptations, The Four Tops; national Broadway tours of Chicago, Beautiful The Carole King Musical, Motown, Ain’t Too Proud
Teaches at: University of Nevada, Reno

Karl Busch’s appearance at Classical Tahoe is made possible by Charlotte and Dick McConnell.

Currently a member of: The Knights (Co-Principal), Delaware Symphony (Principal), Greater Bridgeport Symphony
Additional career highlights: Concerts with New York City Ballet Orchestra, Grant Park Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Princeton Symphony, Stamford Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, Pennsylvania Ballet, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and New York Philharmonic; performances at Ravinia, Tanglewood, Ojai, Aix-en-Provence, Skaneateles, Caramoor, Pacific, and Crested Butte Festivals

Currently a member of: Philadelphia Orchestra
Previously a member of: Saint Louis Symphony (Principal), Dallas Symphony (Associate Principal), New Jersey Symphony
Additional career highlights: Concerts with the Berlin Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and New York Philharmonic; soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Saint Louis Symphony, Dallas Symphony, National Symphony, Polish National Radio Symphony, and Warsaw National Philharmonic, among others
Teaches at: Curtis Institute of Music, the Juilliard School 

Jennifer Montone’s appearance at Classical Tahoe is made possible by The Spirit Burns Fund.

Currently a member of: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Previously a member of: New York Philharmonic (Acting Associate Principal), Houston Symphony (Associate Principal), Vancouver Symphony (Principal), Florida Symphony (Principal)
Additional career highlights: Performances at Aspen, La Jolla, Bridgehampton, Vancouver, and Seattle Festivals; recordings for films such as Platoon and Moonrise Kingdom
Teaches at: The Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, Mannes College of Music

Erik Ralske’s appearance at Classical Tahoe is made possible by The Spirit Burns Fund.

Currently a member of: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (Associate Principal)
Previously a member of: New York Philharmonic
Additional career highlights: Concerts as Guest Principal with the Dallas Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Career highlights: Concerts with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Metropolitan Orchestra, Aretha Franklin, Cheap Trick, and Harry Connick Jr.; performances at Marlboro, Spoleto USA, Ravinia, and Tanglewood Festivals

Currently a member of: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (Principal), Orchestra of St. Luke’s (Principal), Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Previously a member of: New York City Opera (Principal Horn), New York City Ballet (Acting Principal), New York Philharmonic (Acting Associate Principal)
Additional career highlights: Concerts at Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Music from Marlboro, Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival

Stewart Rose’s appearance at Classical Tahoe is made possible by The Spirit Burns Fund.

Currently a member of: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Previously a member of: Columbus Symphony (Associate Principal), Orquesta Symphonica del Principado de Asturias, Spain (Principal)
Additional career highlights: Concerts with the New York Philharmonic and Orchestra of Saint Luke’s; recordings for movie and television soundtracks; performances with Monarch Brass

Currently a member of: San Francisco Opera (Principal) San Francisco Ballet (Principal), National Brass Ensemble, Bay Brass, San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
Previously a member of: Baltimore Symphony, New World Symphony
Additional career highlights: Concerts with the Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Boston Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, and Vienna Philharmonic; numerous recordings for film and video game soundtracks
Teaches at: San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Stanford University, UC Berkeley

Recent graduate of: University of Miami, the Juilliard School, University of South Florida
Currently a member of: Omaha Symphony Orchestra (Associate Principal)
Previously a member of: The Florida Orchestra, Miami City Ballet Orchestra
Additional career highlights: Concerts with the the Detroit, Boston, Nashville, Kansas City, Charleston, and Jacksonville symphonies, as well as with the Sarasota Orchestra and Naples Philharmonic; performances at Cabrillo, Music Academy of the West, and Tanglewood Festivals; winner of Most Outstanding Trumpet at the Sphinx SOPA Competition; first prize in the National Trumpet Competition and Yamaha Young Artist Competition

Currently a member of: Reno Philharmonic (Principal)
Previously a member of: Memphis Symphony, New World Symphony
Additional career highlights: Concerts with the Pittsburgh Symphony
Teaches at: University of Nevada, Reno

James Albrecht’s appearance at Classical Tahoe is made possible by Susan and Gary Clemons.

Currently a member of: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Teaches at: Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University

Denson Paul Pollard’s appearance at Classical Tahoe is made possible by Julia Amaral and Mark Strate

Currently a member of: New York City Ballet Orchestra (Principal)
Additional career highlights: Performances with the Pittsburgh Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Ballet, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, St. Luke’s Chamber Orchestra, and Sarasota Opera, as well as at Festival Maribor in Slovenia and Festival Lyrique-en-Mer in France

Nicholas Schwarz’s appearance at Classical Tahoe is made possible by Julia Amaral and Mark Strate 

Currently a member of: Reno Philharmonic
Previously a member of: Honolulu Symphony, River City Brass Band
Additional career highlights: First prize in the Illinois Young Performers Competition; soloist with the Chicago Symphony; concerts with the Pittsburgh Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, New World Symphony, Omaha Symphony, and Seattle Ballet, among others
Teaches at: University of Nevada, Reno

Carol Colwell’s appearance at Classical Tahoe is made possible by Charlotte and Dick McConnell.

Currently a member of: American Modern Ensemble (Principal), Talujon (Principal)
Previously a member of: Albany Symphony
Additional career highlights: Founding member of Ensemble IPSE and Argento Chamber Players, Manager of the Percussion Department at Manhattan School of Music
Teaches at: Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College; Brooklyn College; Mostly Modern Festival

Recent graduate of: Duquesne University, University of North Texas
Previously a member of: Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps Front Ensemble
Additional career highlights: Concerts with the Dallas, Fort Worth, Victoria, Johnstown, and Wheeling Symphonies; performances at Aspen Music Festival
Teaches at: Moe and Gene Johnson High School

Currently a member of: American Chamber Players
Previously a member of: New World Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony
Additional career highlights: Co-chair and pianist for Bulgarian Concert Evenings in New York; concerts at Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall; soloist with the Bulgarian Radio Orchestra, New World Symphony, and Orchestra del’Angelicum; performances at Marlboro, Pianofest, Bowdoin, Music Academy of the West, Kneisel Hall, Banff Center for the Arts, and Walla Walla Chamber Music Festivals