2022 Festival Orchestra

Violin I

Chair Sponsor–Andrew Moquin

  • Associate Concertmaster: Atlanta Symphony
  • Concertmaster: Cabrillo Festival

Chair Sponsors–Deborah & Nick Kaiser

  • Concertmaster: Montreal Symphony Orchestra
  • Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
  • Faculty: Kennesaw State University & Morehouse College
  • Concertmaster: Chattanooga Bach Choir
  • Former Concertmaster: Huntsville Symphony
  • Nashville Opera
  • Substitute: Nashville Symphony
  • Faculty: Southern Adventist University
  • Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
  • Founder & Artistic Director: Atlanta Virtuosi
    Foundation, Inc.
  • Conductor: Atlanta Community Symphony Orchestra
  • Buckhead Youth
  • Director of Artistic Operations: Savannah Philharmonic
  • Concertmaster: Savannah Philharmonic
  • First Violin: Balkan Quartet
  • Assistant Concertmaster: The Florida Orchestra
  • Vancouver Symphony
  • Turning Point Ensemble
  • Trio Accord
  • Professor Emeritus: Butler University
  • Chamber music, studio, and commercial artist
  • The Psychedelic Ensemble
  • Progressive Lenses
  • Regular Substitute: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
  • Baltimore Freelancer
  • Concertmaster: Auburn Symphony Orchestra
  • Yale School of Music
  • APEX Ensemble NYC

Violin II

Chair Sponsors–Jack & Marybeth Campbell

  • Former Freelance Concertmaster: New York City Theaters
  • Chamber Music Artist
  • Concertmaster: Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra
  • Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (BC)
  • Vancouver Opera Orchestra (retired)
  • Chamber Music Coach: Bellingham Youth Chamber Players
  • New York Freelancer
  • Former Concertmaster: Bellingham Symphony Orchestra
  • Professor: Western Washington University
  • String Area Coordinator: Western Washington University
  • Co-Director: WWU Summer Chamber
  • Professor: Renmin University of China, Beijing
  • Concertmaster: Pan Asia Symphony, New York
  • Guest Concertmaster: Albany Symphony
  • Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra
  • Touring violinist: Broadway Productions
  • Assistant Principal Second: Vancouver Opera Orchestra
  • Concertmaster: Lions Gate Sinfonia
  • Second Violin: Microcosmos Quartet
  • Associate Professor of Violin: Hugh Hodgson School of Music, University of Georgia
  • Indianapolis Symphony
  • Seattle Symphony
  • Seattle Opera
  • Faulkner Chamber Players

Viola

Chair Sponsor–Diane Norman

  • Principal Viola: Cincinnati Symphony
  • Associate Principal Viola: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
  • Principal Viola: New Haven Symphony Orchestra
  • Faculty: George Mason University
  • Faculty: Peabody Preparatory
  • Regular Substitute: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
  • Faculty: Western Washington University
  • Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra
  • Lockerbie String Quartet
  • Director: The Viola School
  • Freelancer
  • Ulster Orchestra Society Ltd
  • The Florida Orchestra
  • Section: Austin Symphony
  • Principal: South Carolina Philharmonic
  • Substitute: Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
  • Artist: Wintergreen Music Festival

Violoncello

Chair Sponsors–Barry Hembree & Michelle Judson

  • Associate Professor: University of Florida
  • Cello: Helton-Thomas Duo
  • The Florida Orchestra
  • Faculty: Eckerd College
  • Ciompi Quartet, Duke University
  • Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (retired)
  • Principal Cello: Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra
  • Seattle Freelancer
  • Principal Cello: Naples (FL) Philharmonic
  • Lowcountry Chamber Music Festival
  • Glenn Douglas Winter Festival
  • Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra (retired)
  • Faculty: University of Indianapolis
  • Assistant Principal Cello: Pacific Northwest Ballet
  • Seattle Symphony
  • Seattle Symphony
  • Founder: Seattle Chamber Players
  • Founder, President: Seattlemusic, Inc.
  • L’arc Trio
  • Emerald City Music

Contrabass

Chair Sponsors–Bob & Betty Tull

  • Section Bass: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
  • Oakland Symphony
  • Alchemy Sound Project
  • Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
  • Composer
  • Vancouver Symphony
  • Turning Point Ensemble
  • Regular Substitute: San Francisco Opera

Flute

Chair Sponsor–Dave Peterson

  • Principal Flute: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
  • Artist Affiliate: Emory University
  • Second Flute: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
  • Charter Member: IRIS Orchestra

Oboe

Chair Sponsors–David Wu & Una Yang

  • Second Oboe: National Symphony Orchestra and San Diego Symphony
  • Professor: Kent State University
  • Kent/Blossom Music Festival
  • Erie Philharmonic
  • Co-Principal: Bellingham Symphony Orchestra

Clarinet

Chair Sponsors–John Moffat & Karen Lerner

  • Bass Clarinet: Peter M. Joseph and Susan Rittenhouse Joseph Chair, Philadelphia Orchestra

Chair Sponsor–Loraine Boland

  • Principal Clarinet: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
  • Instructor: Western Washington University
  • Fifth Inversion Wind Quintet

Bass Clarinet

  • Director: Young Composers Workshop
  • 2022-23 Artist-in-Residence: Seattle Symphony Orchestra
  • Principal Clarinet: Yakima Symphony Orchestra

Bassoon

Chair Sponsors–Marty & Gail Haines

  • Principal Bassoon (Retired): Detroit Symphony Orchestra
  • Second Bassoon: Dallas Symphony Orchestra
  • Faculty & Artist: Wintergreen Music Festival
  • Principal Bassoon: Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra
  • Second Bassoon: Seattle Symphony Orchestra (former)
  • Principal Bassoon: Israel Chamber Orchestra (former)
  • Instructor: Western Washington University
  • Fifth Inversion Wind Quintet

Contrabassoon

  • Principal Bassoon: Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra
  • Second Bassoon: Seattle Symphony Orchestra (former)
  • Principal Bassoon: Israel Chamber Orchestra (former)

Horn

Chair Sponsor–Carol Snowball

  • Principal Horn: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (retired)
  • Jacksonville Symphony
  • Formerly Houston and San Antonio Symphonies
  • Associate Principal Horn: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
  • Second Horn: Houston Grand Opera
  • Principal Horn: Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra
  • Adjunct Faculty: University Puget Sound and Seattle Pacific University
  • Seattle Symphony/Seattle Opera extra

Trumpet

Chair Sponsors–Jim & Judy Woods

  • Assistant Principal Trumpet: Naples Philharmonic
  • Israel Philharmonic
  • Houston Symphony
  • Principal Trumpet: Santa Fe Pro Musica
  • Principal Trumpet: Dallas Winds
  • Substitute: Seattle Symphony, Pacific Northwest Ballet
  • The United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own”

Trombone

Chair Sponsors–George & Nancy Gale

  • Assistant Principal Trombone: The Florida Orchestra
  • Second Trombone: Sarasota Orchestra
  • Principal: Bergen County Symphony Orchestra
  • Seattle Freelancer
  • Washington Trombone Collective
  • Freelancer

Tuba

  • Principal Tuba: Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra and Auburn Symphony
  • Affiliate Faculty: University of Puget Sound
  • Director of Educational Outreach and Partnerships/Faculty: Music Center of the Northwest

Timpani

Chair Sponsors–Peter Coggan & Maureen Ryan

  • Principal Timpanist, Artist-in-Residence: Kalamazoo Symphony

Percussion

  • Professor of Music and Department Chair: Western Washington University
  • Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra
  • Affiliate Faculty: Western Washington University
  • Principal Timpanist: Symphony Tacoma
  • Principal Timpanist: Northwest Sinfonietta

 

Harp

  • Artistic Director: Archipelago Collective Chamber Music Festival

Harmonium & Celeste

  • Director of Choral Activities: Amarillo College
  • Artistic Director: Amarillo Master Chorale