orchestra musicians

Currently a member of: Dallas Symphony Orchestra (Don and Norma Stone chair)
Additional performance highlights: Artistic Director of Voices of Change Modern Music Ensemble. Soloist with the Dallas Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Seattle Symphony, West Virginia Symphony, Abilene Symphony, Laredo Symphony, Bozeman Symphony (MT), Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra on its Eastern European and China tours. Chamber music performances in New York’s Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Museum of Modern Art, and numerous festivals in the US and Europe. Recordings with Grammy-nominated Voices of Change, Continuum (NY), and the Walden Piano Quartet. Premiered numerous new works, including two written specifically for her by Augusta Read Thomas and David Amram.
Teaches at: Artist Faculty at University of North Texas (current), has taught at Bowdoin International Music Festival (ME), Idyllwild Arts (CA), Bennington Music Festival (VT)

Currently a member of: Seattle Symphony and a contributing writer for STRAD magazine and author.
Previously a member of: Odeon Quartet
Additional performance highlights: Founding Member of Odeon Quartet
Other: owner of Filimonov Fine Violins, Appraiser of Fine Instruments and Bows.

Current: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Ensembles: New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony
Chamber Music/Festivals: Tanglewood, Schleswig-Holstein, Bowdoin, Boulder, Snow Pond, OK Mozart and Wyndham Music Festivals.Lyric Chamber Music Society of NY, Met Chamber Ensemble, Bridgehampton Chamber Music, Tahoe String Quartet, IRIS Quartet

Currently a member of: Moulin Rouge! Broadway (viola/violin), Metropolitan Opera (associate first violin), X Quartet (viola), Orchestra of St. Luke’s (violin, viola)
Previously a member of: Amayo and Friends, Matilda the Musical, Hamilton
Additional performance highlights: tours with Adele, Bruce Springsteen, Trey Anastasio; recordings with Sharon Jones, Antibalas, James Taylor; featured on violin, viola and voice for David Byrne’s Contemporary Color

Currently a member of: Nashville Symphony (Acting Concertmaster)
Teaches at: Vanderbilt University (Blair School of Music – Artist Teacher)

Currently a member of: Australian World Orchestra
Previously a member of: Seattle Symphony Orchestra (Assistant Concertmaster), Mostly Mozart, Melbourne Symphony
Teaches at: San Francisco Conservatory of Music (Professor of Violin, Head of the String Department)

Current: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Ensembles: Concertmaster: Chamber Orchestra of New York
Appears with: National Arts Center Orchestra (Ottawa, CA) Brighton Philharmonic, Uzbekistan National Symphony Orchestra, Turkey’s BASSO Orchestra
Chamber Music/Festivals: Metropolitan Chamber Ensemble, Tanglewood, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Santa Fe, BargeMusic, Music Mountain, Verbier Festival, Perlman Music Program

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

Current: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Ensembles/Festivals: appeared with New Jersey Symphony, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival Orchestra, MET Chamber Ensemble, Aspen Music Festival orchestral fellow
Appeared at: Alice Tully Hall, Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall for chamber performances. 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), Nevada Chamber Music Festival
Previously a member of: La Musica Festival, Sunriver Festival, Telluride Chamber Players
Additional performance highlights: Barth Kammermusiktage, Germany; Mayshad Festival, Morocco

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

Current: American Contemporary Music Ensemble
Ensembles: The Knights, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Ensemble LPR, Wordless Music Orchestra.
Chamber/Festivals: Open Chamber Music at Prussia Cove (UK), Caramoor International Music Festival, SXSW, Auckland Arts Festival.

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

Current: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Ensembles:  Founding member of International Sejong Soloists
Appearances: Made debut at Carnegie’s Weill Hall, numerous solo performances throughout the U.S. and Asia, extensive recording credits
Chamber/Festivals: Aspen, Ravinia, Santory Hall in Tokyo, Seoul Arts Center, founding member of International Sejong Soloists
AND!  Catherine was a founding member of the critically acclaimed International Sejong Soloists, and is married to fellow MET and CT violinist Xiao-Dong Wang 
http://www.metorchestramusicians.org/catherine-sim/

Currently a member of: San Francisco Opera, Orchestra, Concertmaster
Previously a member of: Lark Quartet (founding member, and first violin), The Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Concordia at Lincoln Center, Cabrillo Music Festival, Cleveland Chamber Symphony and the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra.
Teaches at: San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Violin Faculty (current); previously faculty at  Juilliard, Cleveland Institute of Music

Current: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Ensembles: Detroit Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Talea Ensemble (NY) Verklarte Quartet, iO String Quartet, League of Composers Orchestra
Chamber Music/Festivals: Bronxville Chamber Music Series, New Marlborough House Concerts

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

Current: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Solo Performances with: China Philharmonic, London Mozart Players, Royal Philharmonic, Shanghai Symphony, Sydney Opera Orchestra
Appearances at: Aspen, Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Ravinia

Current: Principal Violist: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Previous Ensembles: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, collaborated with Guarneri, Mendelssohn, St. Petersburg and Brentano String Quartets
Chamber Festivals: Munich Chamber Orchestra, Aspen Sinfonia, Belgrade Philharmonic, Marlboro Music Festival, Grand Teton Music Festival, Cascade Head, Verbier Festival Orchestra

Currently a member of: Riverside Symphony (Principal), American Ballet Theater (Acting Principal), NYC Opera (Acting Principal), NYC Ballet (Substitute), Windham Chamber Orchestra (Principal), Philharmonia Orchestra of NY (Acting Principal), Little Orchestra Society (Section) Orchestra of St. Luke’s (section), Cortlandt String Quartet
Previously a member of: Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra (Principal), Houston Symphony Orchestra (Assistant Principal), American Symphony Orchestra (Acting Principal), NY Philharmonic (Substitute), Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Substitute), Orpheus, Parnassus, Cassatt String Quartet, Roerich Quartet, Smithsonian Chamber Players
Additional performance highlights: Founding member of Atrikk Ensemble, Member of Sherman Chamber Ensemble, Member of NY Chamber Ensemble, Violist of the Tahoe Quartet
Teaches at: Columbia University (Music Associate), Play Week (chamber music coach)

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 performance highlights: Performed in Caramoor Music Festival, Music@Menlo, Cactus Pear Music Festival in San Antonio (TX), Aspen Music Festival, Bach Dancing and Dynamite, Madison (WI), Lisker Music Foundation, Singapore Sun Music Festival, Las Palmas Music Festival

Current: Music Director and Conductor, Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestras; Director of Chamber Music Studies, Idyllwild Arts Academy; Music Director of Malibu Concerts on the Bluffs Music Festival.
Previous Ensembles: Principal Conductor, Icicle Creek Chamber Orchestra, the Kairos Festival Orchestra, the Dorian Festival Orchestras, the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival Orchestras
Positions and Awards: Currently holds the Alfred Newman Conducting Chair, and Camilla Wicks Violin Chair at the Montgomery Arts House for Music and Architecture (MAHMA) in Malibu, California.

Current: Assistant Principal Viola, San Francisco Symphony (since 2007)
Ensembles/Festivals: East Coast Chamber Orchestra, Marlboro Music Festival and past tours, a founding member of the award-winning Janaki String Trio and frequent Bay Area chamber music performer.
Specialty:  No music is off-limits. I love teaching, chamber music, mixed media collaborations, modern, baroque, multicultural music, and can be heard on many 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 Performance Highlights: Performs with Orpheus chamber orchestra and orchestra of St. Luke.
Teaches at: New Music School, previously at University of Chicago

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, 15 year residency with Orion Music at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Additional performance highlights: Hailed by Gramophone for “fine solo work, committed and colourful” (Naxos cd, 2021). South Florida Classical Review: “Calhoun’s dark voiced cello evoked palatial nobility” (SFSO 2022) Recent solo performances include Haydn C Major concerto with the Villages Philharmonic (2022), and the Beethoven Triple Concerto coming fall of 2023
Taught at: SUNY New Paltz, Horace Mann School, Lehman College, summer faculty Manchester Music Festival

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 Performance Highlights: Frequent participant in LA Phil’s Chamber Music Society and Green Umbrella new music series. Has also appeared with Baltimore Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony and Opera, American Ballet Theater Orchestra and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

The Classical Tahoe Cello Section is sponsored by Marna Broida.

Currently a member of: Dayton Performing Arts Alliance (VP of Artistic Planning and Operations), Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (cello)
Previously a member of: Kansas City Symphony, Toledo Symphony
Additional performance highlights: concert:nova (Executive Director)

The Classical Tahoe Cello Section is sponsored by Marna Broida.

Ensembles: American Composers’ Orchestra, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Westchester Philharmonic
Appearances with: New York City Ballet, Metropolitan Opera, and New York Philharmonic; as principal with New York City Opera, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Long Island Philharmonic, Westchester Philharmonic, American Composers’ Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra

The Classical Tahoe Cello Section is sponsored by Marna Broida.

Current: Appears with the New York Philharmonic
Ensembles, appeared as soloist with: Brussels Philharmonic, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Dallas Symphony (2012), Seattle Symphony, Residentie Orchestra (Hague), North Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony
Chamber/Festivals: Marlboro, Aspen, Tanglewood, Chamber Music Society (Lincoln Center), Mostly Mozart, Luminato Festival (Toronto), Spoleto, Ravinia, Bang-on-a-Can All-Stars, Library of Congress

The Classical Tahoe Cello Section is sponsored by Marna Broida.

Currently teaches at: Faculty at Manhattan School of Music, Bard College Conservatory of Music, Cali School of Music at Montclair State University, Bowdoin International Music Festival
Previously a member of: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Assistant Principal), National Arts Centre Orchestra (Canada) (section), Sequitur, Ensemble Sospesso, Speculum Musicae
Additional performance highlights: Festivals: Marlboro Music, Banff, Kneisel Hall, Rockport Music, Mostly Mozart, Close Encounters With Music, Classical Tahoe, Bowdoin, Grand Tetons, Ottawa Chamberfest

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, New England Conservatory Summer Music Institute (Artist Faculty)

Current: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Other Ensembles:  Minnesota Orchestra, Binghamton Philharmonic, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Sarasota Opera Orchestra, and a performance with the Tokyo String Quartet
Festivals: Verbier, Salzburg Easter Festival

Currently a member of: Columbus Symphony (Assistant Principal Bass), ProMusica Chamber Orchestra (Principal Bass)
Previously a member of: New Orleans Symphony Orchestra (Section Bass)
Additional Performance Highlights: Artistic Director, Music on the Hill
Teaches at: The Ohio State University (Associated Faculty, Double Bass), Capital University (Adjunct Bass Instructor)

Currently a member of: Northwest Sinfonia Orchestra, freelance musician
Previously a member of: Regular performances with Seattle Symphony, Seattle Opera, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Mostly Mozart, Melbourne Symphony, Victoria State Opera Orchestra.
Teaches at: Former affiliate faculty member Western Washington University

Currently a member of: Street Symphony Los Angeles (Solo Oboe)
Previously a member of: University of Wisconsin-Madison (Artist Faculty), University of Virginia (Lecturer of Oboe), Wintergreen Music Festival (Principal Oboe)
Teaches at: University of Nevada, Reno (Assistant Professor of Oboe and Saxophone)

Currently a member of: New York City freelancer
Previously a member of: The Florida Orchestra (Principal oboe), New World Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
Additional performance highlights: Frequent substitute musician with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic. Past performances with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra (Canada)
Teaches at: Montclair State University (Adjunct Faculty)

Current: Second Clarinet of the Cincinnati Symphony
Ensembles: concert:nova, Philharmonie der Nationen (Hamburg), Munich ARD Festival
Festivals/Chamber: Aspen, Tanglewood, Evian, Schleswig-Holstein, Rheingau, Jerusalem International, Thessoloniki, and Saint Petersburg White Nights
Other: University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, a Buffet Crampon and D’Addario artist

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 Performance 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 to Beg
Teaches at: University of Nevada, Reno (Adjunct)

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

Current: co-principal: The Knights Chamber Orchestra, principal: Delaware Symphony and Greater Bridgeport Symphony
Appearances with: New York City Ballet, Grant Park Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Princeton Symphony, Stamford Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, Pennsylvania Ballet, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, New York Philharmonic
Festivals: Ravinia, Tanglewood, Ojai, Aix-en-Provence, Skaneateles, Caramoor, Pacific, Crested Butte

Current: Principal Horn, Philadelphia Orchestra
Ensembles: Principal, Saint Louis Symphony; Guest Principal, Berlin Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; MET Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
Festival/Chamber: Chamber Music Society, Lincoln Center, La Jolla Summerfest, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival
Awards: Avery Fisher Career Grant, Young Horn Player of the Year (London, UK)

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

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, University of Illinois
Additional performance highlights: Guest Principal, Dallas, Philadelphia, and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.

Previous performances: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra,  Orchestra of St. Luke’s, The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Company, and Aretha Franklin, Cheap Trick, and Harry Connick Jr.
Chamber/Festivals: Marlboro Music Festival, Chamber Music from Spoleto Festival USA, the Ravinia Festival, and Tanglewood

Currently a member of: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (Principal), Orchestra of St. Luke’s (Principal), Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (acting member)
Previously a member of: New York City Opera (Principal Horn), New York City Ballet (acting Principal), New York Philharmonic (acting Associate Principal)
Additional performance highlights: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (frequent guest artist), Music from Marlboro, Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival,
Teaches at: Manhattan School of Music (former Precollege Faculty), State University of New York at Purchase (former Horn Faculty), Montclair State College (former Horn Faculty)

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

Currently a member of: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Acting 2nd horn)
Previously a member of: Columbus Symphony (Associate Principal), Orquesta Symphonica del Principado de Asturias, Spain (Principal Horn)
Additional performance highlights: Performed and toured with New York Philharmonic, Orchestra of Saint Luke’s, Records for movie and television soundtracks in NYC, and performed with Monarch Brass.
Teaches at: Interlochen Arts Camp Horn Faculty from 2015-2020

Currently a member of: San Francisco Opera (Principal) San Francisco Ballet (Principal)
Previously a member of: Baltimore Symphony, New World Symphony
Additional performance highlights: Guest Artist w/ The Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Boston Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, and Vienna Philharmonic. Member of National Brass Ensemble, Bay Brass, and San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. Recordings with some of groups above and many movie and video game soundtracks recorded at Skywalker Ranch.
Teaches at: San Francisco Conservatory of Music (Chair of Brass Dept), Stanford University, UC Berkeley

Currently a member of: The Reno Philharmonic (principal trombone)
Previously a member of: Memphis Symhony (2nd Trombone) and New World Symphony
Additional Performance Highlights: International tours with the Pittsburgh Symphony in 2022 and 2019
Teaches at: University of Nevada, Reno

Currently a member of: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University
Previously a member of: Bass Trombone, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, appeared with New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Houston Symphony and LA Philharmonic.
Teaches at: Indiana University

Current: Principal, New York City Ballet Orchestra
Performed with: Sarasota Opera, ensembles such as Pittsburgh Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Ballet, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, St. Lukes Chamber Orchestra
Chamber/Festivals: Festival Maribor (Slovenia), and the Festival Lyrique-en-Mer in France

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

Current: Principal, Argento Chamber Players, Talujon and American Modern Ensemble, Director of Percussion for the Mostly Modern Festival, Percussion Department Operations Manager at Manhattan School of Music.
Previous Ensembles: Riverside Symphony, Talea Ensemble, SEM Ensemble, The Orchestra of the League of Composers, Sequitor and IPSE Ensemble.
Festivals/Chamber: American Modern Ensemble Contemporary Chamber Music Festival

Currently a member of: American Chamber Players (pianist), Bulgarian Concert Evenings in New York (BCENY) (co-chair, pianist)
Previously a member of: New World Symphony (piano fellow), Pittsburgh Symphony (pianist)
Additional performance highlights: Regular appearances in various chamber ensembles at Carnegie Weill Recital Hall for BCENY Gala concerts and during regular season concerts at the Bulgarian Consulate in NYC, chamber music performances with various members from the MET opera orchestra, US tours with several Young Concert Artists, soloist with Bulgarian Radio Orchestra, New World Symphony and Orchestra del’Angelicum, participated in the following summer festivals – Classical Tahoe, Marlboro, Pianofest, Bowdoin, Music Academy of the West, Kneisel Hall, Banff Center for the Arts, Walla Walla Chamber music.
Teaches at: Private Piano Teacher in the New York City area and Scarsdale, NY