Las Vegas Music Festival Artists & Faculty - Past & Present

Flute

Teresa Beaman, California State University - Fresno

Doriot Anthony Dwyer, Boston Symphony Orchestra

Renée Siebert, New York Philharmonic

Alexa Still, University of Colorado, Boulder

Ransom Wilson, OK Mozart Festival

Carol Wincenc, The Juilliard School

Oboe

Stephen Caplan, University of Nevada Las Vegas

John deLancie, Philadelphia Orchestra

Fred Korman, Oregon Symphony Orchestra

Allan Vogel, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

Clarinet

Jon Manasse, Eastman School of Music

Richard Nunemaker, Houston Symphony Orchestra

Raphael Sanders, University of Nevada Las Vegas

Gregory Smith, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Felix Viscuglia, Boston Symphony Orchestra

Bassoon

Kristin Wolf Jensen, University of Texas at Austin

Janis McKay, University of Nevada Las Vegas

John Miller, Minnesota Orchestra

Chris topher Weait, Ohio State University

Arthur Weisberg, Harid Conservatory

Horn

Lynn H. Beck - North Carolina School of the Arts

Bill Bernatis, University of Nevada Las Vegas

Stig Jensen, San Antonio Symphony

Charles Kavalovski, Boston Symphony Orchestra

Greg Miller, Empire Brass Quintet

Jeff Nelsen, Canadian Brass

Eric Ruske, Boston University

Trumpet

Walter Blanton, University of Nevada Las Vegas

Armando Ghitalla, Boston Symphony Orchestra

Terry Everson, Boston University

Jeffrey Kaye, University of Nevada Las vegas

Paul Merkelo, Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Marc Reese, Empire Brass Quintet

James Wilt, Houston Symphony Orchestra

Trombone

Miles Anderson, Los Angeles Philharmonic

James Huntzinger, University of Nevada Las Vegas

Aaron LaVere, Oregon Symphony Orchestra

Don Lucas, Boston University

Trombone

Kevin Wass, Texas Tech University

Percussion

Gary Cook, University of Arizona

Dean Gronemeier, University of Nevada Las Vegas

Timothy Jones, University of Nevada Las Vegas

Scott Stevens, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Violin

David Balakrishnan, Turtle Island String Quartet

Nurit Bar-Josef, National Symphony Orchestra

Aaron Berofsky, University of Michigan

Laura Bossert, Longy School of Music

Charles Castleman, Eastman School of Music

David Chan, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Catherine Cho, Violin - New York, NY

Ellen dePasquale, Florida Orchestra

Robert dePasquale, Philadelphia Orchestra

Angela Fuller, Minnesota Orchestra

Jennifer Gilbert, Lyon Orchestra

Michael Gilbert, New York Philharmonic

Yoko Gilbert, New York Philharmonic

Shakeh Ghoukasian, Nevada School for the Arts

James Greening, San Francisco, CA

Ara Gregorian, East Carolina University

Paloma Griffin, Oregon Symphony Orchestra

Martha Gronemeier, Nevada School for the Arts

Hilary Hahn, Baltimore, MD

Olivia Hajioff, Shenandoah Conservatory

Carol Jackson, Las Vegas Academy

Aaron Janse, Minesota Orchestra

Susan Kempter, University of New Mexico

Theresa Ling, Garth Newell Festival

Evan Price, Turtle Island String Quartet

Laura Martin-Propyk, Cleveland Chamber Orchestra

Marc Ramirez, Shenandoah Conservatory

Louise Scott, Northern Arizona University

Iris Stone, San Francisco, CA

Thomas Stone, Cypress Quartet

Mary Straub, Nevada School for the Arts

David Taylor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Annette-Barbara Vogel, University of Iowa

Kathryn Votapek, Chester Quartet

Cecily Ward, Cypress Quartet

Scott Yoo, Metamorphosen Ensemble

Viola

Norman Burgess, Royal Conservatory - Toronto

Choong-Jin Chang, Philadelphia Orchestra

Andrew Duckles, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra

Lori Everson, Lexington Bach Ensemble

Ann Gregg, Cypress Quartet

Ara Gregorian, East Carolina University

Olivia Hajioff, Shenandoah Conservatory

David Harding , University of Vancouver

Aaron Janse, Minesota Orchestra

Henry Lee, Metamorphosen Ensemble

Daniel Panner, New York City Opera

Andrew Picken, Los Angeles Opera Orchestra

Barbara Pressler, University of South Dakota

Danny Seidenberg, Turtle Island String Quartet

Mary Trimble, Las Vegas, NV

Basil Vendryes, Colorado Symphony Orchestra

Paul Wakabayashi, Cypress Quartet

Evan Wilson, Los Angeles Philharmonic

Cello

Sigrid Anderson, San Domenico School

Joel Becktell, Austin Symphony Orchestra

Andres Diaz, Boston University

Alexis Pia Gerlach, Metamorphosen

Judith Glyde, University of Colorado, Boulder

Terry King, Hartt School of Music

Jennifer Kloetzel, Cypress Quartet

Andrew Luchansky, University of California Sacramento

Kelley Mikkelsen, East Carolina University

Marcy Rosen, Mannes College of Music

Andrew Shulman, Los Angeles, CA

Andrew Smith, University of Nevada Las Vegas

Brinton Smith, Houston Symphony Orchestra

Richard Straub, Las Vegas, NV

Mark Summer, Turtle Island String Quartet

Mark Votapek, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

Bass

Robert Anderson, Minnesota Orchestra

Piano

Joseph Banowetz, University of North Texas

Gabriel Chodos, New England Conservatory

Alan Chow, Northwestern University

Enrico Elisi , University of Nevada Las Vegas

James Giles, Northwestern University

Yakov Kasman, Medalist - Van Cliburn Competition

Anna Kijanowska, New York, NY

Fernando Laires, Eastman School of Music

Elissa Stutz Lechnir, Las Vegas, NV

Michael Lewin, Boston Conservatory

Timothy Lovelace, University of Minnesota

Jerome Lowenthal, The Juilliard School

Péter Nagy, Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest

Ursula Oppens, Northwestern University

Daniel Pollack - University of Southern California

Sallie Pummill-Pollack - Las Vegas, NV

Menahem Pressler, Beaux Arts Trio

Jerome Rose, Manhattan School of Music

Andrew Russo, Paris, France

Vladimir Shakin, St. Petersburg Conservatory

Robert Shannon, Oberlin Conservatory

Fazil Shay, Berlin Conservatory

Robert Sherman, The Juilliard School

Lori Sims, Western Michigan University

Carol Stivers, University of Nevada Las Vegas

Mykola Suk, University of Nevada Las Vegas

Nelita True, Eastman School of Music

William Westney, Texas Tech University

Earl Wild, American Piano Virtuoso

Vocalists

Alfonse Anderson, University of Nevada Las Vegas

Juline Barole-Gilmore, Univ. of Nevada Las Vegas

Eric Fleischer, Las Vegas, NV

Paul Kreider, University of Nevada Las Vegas

Deborah Siebert, University of Nevada Las Vegas

Conductors

Matthew Brooks, Saratoga Opera

Evan Chris t, Founder & Conductor Laureate

James DePreist, Juilliard School, Oregon Symphony

Norman Gamboa, Acapulco Symphony Orchestra

Alan Gilbert, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic

Michael Gilbert, Metamorphosen Ensemble

Alan Hovhaness, Somerville, MA

Lawrence Loh, Colorado Symphony Orchestra

George Edward Stelluto, University of Nevada Las Vegas

Scott Yoo, Metamorphosen Ensemble

Composers & Premiers

Virko Baley, University of Nevada Las Vegas

Agnus Dei 2004 (Large Orchestral Version)

Fanfare from "Hunger" 1999

"A Journey After Loves" 1999

Walter Blanton, University of Nevada Las Vegas

"Nextett" 2001

"Incantation and Dance" 2001

Elena Roussanova Lucas, Lubbock Chris tian University

Festival Celebration Music 2000

Suite for Solo Horn 2000

Concertino for Trumpet 2001

"Pictures at an American Exhibition" 2001

Huang Ruo

"Announcement"

James M. Stephenson

"Bold, Blue, and Bright" 2005

Nolan Stolz

"Haystacks" 2004

Tyler Williams

"Opus" 2001