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WHEN FORCES COMBINE

The ultimate masters of chamber music – our teaching artists – perform side-by-side with our incredible fellows in this series of inspiring performances.

Program

approx. 1 hour, 30 minutes / one intermission

Ludwig van Beethoven

Wind Quintet in E-flat Major

Allegro

Adagio maestoso

Minuetto

Ralph Vaughan Williams

On Wenlock Edge

On Wenlock Edge

From far, from eve and morning

Is my team ploughing?

Oh, when I was in love with you

Bredon Hill

Clun

Franz Schubert

Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (The Shepherd on the Rock), D. 965

Arnold Schoenberg

Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)

Artists

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Dennis Michel

bassoon

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Residency
Festival weeks 1-3

Dennis Michel is second bassoon of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and an ensemble artist with the Chicago Chamber Musicians. He also serves as Artist Teacher of Bassoon and serves as Director of Woodwind Chamber Music at The Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University.

Prior to establishing his career in Chicago, he served as principal bassoon of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra for 16 years, and was a founding member of the Arioso Wind Quintet, an ensemble that toured widely and recorded for Koch International Classics.

Mr. Michel has been a featured performer with the Da Camera Society of Houston and in the chamber music series at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York, among others. He has appeared at numerous festivals including Tanglewood, The Grand Teton Festival, The Bard College Festival, The San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival, and for 10 seasons performed with Summerfest LaJolla.  In 1996 Mr. Michel was the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship for advanced study with Milan Turkovic at the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna. During that time he also performed with the Vienna State Opera.

Mr. Michel is a graduate of Yale University, where he was a student of Arthur Weisberg. He previously served on the faculties of Northwestern University, the University of Southern California, the University of California at San Diego and San Diego State University.

He has been a member of the Music Academy faculty since 1988.

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Tamar Sanikidze

piano

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Alumni
2005, 2006, 2007
Residency
Festival weeks 1-8

“Technically nimble and supportive pianist” (New York Times), “Accompanist with wondrous tact and virtuosity” (San Francisco Chronicle), “Vigorous and versatile” (Washington Post) and “Extraordinarily sensitive collaborative synch throughout the evening” (VOICE Magazine) Tamara Sanikidze gave her first performance with the Georgian Symphony Orchestra at age eight and has since appeared as soloist and chamber musician throughout the Republic of Georgia, Russia, Europe, Asia and the Americas.

Since 2009, in capacity of an official pianist for Plácido Domingo’s annual World Opera Competition “Operalia” Dr. Sanikidze has performed in such renown opera houses as Hungarian State Opera house in Budapest, La Scala in Milano, Galina Vishnevskaya's Opera Centre in Moscow, Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, Royal Opera house in London, Dorothy Chandler Auditorium in Los Angeles, Teatro Degollado in Guadalajara, São Carlos in Lisbon, and National Theater in Prague.

As a winner of the Marilyn Horne Foundation Award for Excellence in Vocal Accompanying she has performed regularly in the Marilyn Horne Foundation’s “The Song Continues…” and “On the Wings of Song”. Active Song Recitalist she has partnered with such luminaries as Thomas Hampson, Nino Machaidze, Isabel Leonard, Quinn Kelsey, Marjorie Owens, Elizabeth Futral, Nicole Cabell, Leah Crocetto, Nadine Sierra and Amanda Majeski in New York City’s Carnegie Hall, Steinway Hall and other prestigious venues including the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. By the special invitation, she has traveled to Beijing, China to perform with Mo. Plácido Domingo and also has performed at the White House for President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush.
In May 2019 Sanikidze joined the much acclaimed Camerata Pacifica ensemble for a concert tour throughout South California.

Between 2007- 2012 Ms. Sanikidze was a Young Artist Coach at the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program at Washington National Opera and an Adler Fellow at San Francisco Opera, where she served as an Assistant Conductor and Coach for productions of Don Giovanni (Mo. Plácido Domingo), Rigoletto (Mo. Giovanni Reggioli), Hansel and Gretel (Mo. Steven Gathman), La Traviata (Mo. Plácido Domingo and Mo. Dan Ettinger), Carmen (Mo. Julius Rudel), Turandot(Mo. Keri-Lynn Wilson), Falstaff (Mo. Sebastian Lang-Lessing), La fanciulla del West (Mo. Nicola Luisotti), Aida (Mo. Nicola Luisotti), The Makropulos case (Mo. Jiří Bělohlávek), Die Walküre (Mo. Donald Runnicles), Carmen (Mo. Nicola Luisotti), and Xerxes (Mo. Patrick Summers).

Upon finishing the prestigious Adler Fellowship Program, Sanikidze joined the Music Staff at both San Francisco Opera and Los Angeles Opera where she works closely with Mo. Plácido Domingo, Mo. James Conlon and Mo. Nicola Luisotti. In the capacity of a Pianist, Prompter, Coach and an Assistant Conductor she has prepared and performed a wide range of operatic repertoire, including Simon Boccanegra starring Plácido Domingo, Tosca, Der fliegende Holländer, La Cenerentola, Falstaff, Evgeny Onegin, Die Zauberflöte, Billy Budd, Lucia di Lammermoor, Madama Butterfly, Un ballo in maschera, Le nozze di Figaro, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Aida, Turandot, Wagner’s Ring Cycle, Rusalka, and Manon Lescaut.

Ms. Sanikidze is a prize-winner of numerous national and international piano competitions. She has received top scholarships, including a personal scholarship from the former president of the Republic of Georgia Edward Schevardnadze. She has also received the Vocal Piano Fellowship Award from the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara and participated in summer programs at Wolf Trap Opera Company, Merola Opera Program at San Francisco Opera, SongFest, Cleveland Art Song Festival and Aspen Music Festival. She has made several recordings for the Excelsior label and her performances have been broadcast on NPR, as well as Georgian and Russian National Television and Radio.

Sought after for her coaching skills and extensive experience, Ms. Sanikidze has been invited to work with young singers at the Merola Opera Program, Wolf Trap Opera Center, and the Young Artist Programs both at Washington National Opera and Los Angeles Opera.

In 2015 Tamara joined faculty of Butler School of Music at University of Texas, Austin and Music Academy of the West.  In January 2019 Ms. Sanikidze became Director of Butler Opera Center.

Tamara Sanikidze holds a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from the University of Maryland, College Park.

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Richie Hawley

clarinet

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Distinction
The Keston Chair in Clarinet supported in memory of Michael Keston
Residency
Festival weeks 1-8

Richie Hawley ranks among the most distinguished clarinetists of his generation. As principal clarinet of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO), he impressed audiences around the world with his virtuosity and the velvety, sonorous tone that has become his trademark. The Cincinnati Enquirer has praised him for the “seamless flowing tone so many clarinetists long for and few can achieve.”

In 2011, Mr. Hawley left the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and moved to Houston, Texas to become the Professor of Clarinet at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music. Mr. Hawley appears on stages around the world regularly as a soloist, chamber musician and recitalist. During the summer he is in residence as the clarinet teaching and performing artists at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara. Highlights of this year’s season include the premiere of Georgina Derbez’s Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra with the UNAM orchestra of Mexico and the debut duo album with Conor Hanick featuring the music of Higdon, Copland, Tower and Jalbert. Mr. Hawley made his debut at the Marlboro Music Festival in 1999 and toured with the legendary “Musicians from Marlboro” for the 50th anniversary performance at Carnegie Hall.

Mr. Hawley has garnered awards as both performer and educator. He won the Coleman-Barstow prize at the Coleman Chamber Ensemble Competition in 1988 with Trio con Brio, and that same year was one of five musicians to receive the Gold Medal as a Presidential Scholar in the Arts from Ronald Reagan in a ceremony at the White House. He has received the Léni Fé Bland Foundation Career Grant twice, and was awarded the 2009 Glover Award for outstanding teaching at University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music.

Originally from Los Angeles, Mr. Hawley began his clarinet studies with Yehuda Gilad at the Colburn School of Performing Arts at age 9. He made his orchestral solo debut at age 13 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and at age 14 performed as a soloist with the New York Philharmonic. While a student of Donald Montanaro at the Curtis Institute of Music, Mr. Hawley appeared as a soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

As a D’Addario performing artist, Mr. Hawley performs exclusively on a reeds and mouthpieces that he helped to develop. He is also an artist for Buffet Crampon and performs on the Tosca model of clarinet.

He has been a member of the Music Academy faculty since 2005.

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John Churchwell

piano

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Residency
Festival weeks 1-8

One of the leading collaborative pianists of his generation, John Churchwell enjoys a career on the concert stage as well as in the nation’s leading opera houses.

In August 2011, John was named Head of Music for San Francisco Opera. Previously, he was an assistant conductor for both the Metropolitan Opera and the San Francisco Opera for 14 years. He has assisted on more than 140 productions and has collaborated with some of the world’s leading conductors including James Levine, Nello Santi, Nicola Luisotti, James Conlon, Donald Runnicles, Sir Charles Mackerras, Marco Armiliato, Fabio Luisi, and Eun Sun Kim. John Churchwell has been a Music Academy teaching artist since 2000.

A champion of American music, John was involved in the world premieres of John Harbison’s The Great Gatsby and Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking. In recent seasons, he has prepared the world premieres of Mark Adamo’s The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, Christopher Theofanidis’ Heart of a Soldier, as well as the Philip Glass opera Appomattox, the Stewart Wallace/Amy Tan collaboration The Bonesetter’s Daughter, Tobias Picker's Dolores Claiborne, as well as the world premiere of Girls of the Golden West by John Adams, all for San Francisco Opera. From 2005-2008 John was the official accompanist for the Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions.

This summer saw John appear in recitals with Renée Fleming, Sasha Cooke, and Susanna Phillips. He has partnered with some of today’s most sought-after vocalists including Joyce DiDonato, Susan Graham, Diana Damrau, Larry Brownlee, Lisette Oropesa, Isabel Leonard, Frederica von Stade, Dawn Upshaw, and Carol Vaness. Recent appearances include San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall and the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts in Davis, California with tenor Michael Fabiano and the Hollywood Bowl for Prairie Home Companion with soprano Ellie Dehn. In addition to song recitals, John is an active chamber musician and has appeared regularly with members of the Metropolitan and San Francisco’s Opera Orchestras.

A native of Knoxville, Tennessee, John studied at the New England Conservatory of Music and Tufts University where he earned a Bachelor of Music in Piano and a Bachelor of Arts in French, respectively. He continued his studies at the University of Minnesota where he earned a Master of Music and a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Accompanying. John studied song literature at the Banff Centre for the Arts and remains the only pianist to be invited for three summers as a Tanglewood Fellow. He is a graduate of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program and the San Francisco Opera’s Merola Program.

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Martin Beaver

violin

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Residency
Festival weeks 1-2, 4-8

Canadian-born violinist Martin Beaver was First Violin of the world-renowned Tokyo String Quartet from June 2002 until its final concert in July 2013.  As such, he appeared to critical and public acclaim on the major stages of the world including New York’s Carnegie Hall, London’s Wigmore Hall, the Berliner Philharmonie, Tokyo’s Suntory Hall and the Sydney Opera House.

As a member of the Tokyo String Quartet, Mr. Beaver was privileged to perform on the 1727 Stradivarius violin from the “Paganini Quartet” set of instruments, on generous loan to the quartet from the Nippon Music Foundation.  Recordings of the Tokyo String Quartet during his tenure notably include the complete Beethoven string quartets on the Harmonia Mundi label.

Mr. Beaver’s concerto and recital appearances span four continents with orchestras such as the San Francisco Symphony, the Toronto Symphony, l’Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège and the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra and under the batons of Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Raymond Leppard, Gilbert Varga and Yannick Nézet-Séguin among others.  Chamber music performances include collaborations with such eminent artists as Leon Fleisher, Pinchas Zukerman, Lynn Harrell, Sabine Meyer and Yefim Bronfman.

Mr. Beaver is a regular guest at prominent festivals in North America and abroad. Among these are: the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Chamber Music Northwest, La Jolla SummerFest, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, the Edinburgh Festival (U.K.) and Pacific Music Festival (Japan).  Additionally, he was a founding member of several notable chamber ensembles including Triskelion and the Montrose Trio.

Mr. Beaver’s discography includes concerti, sonatas and chamber music on the Harmonia Mundi USA, Biddulph, Naim Audio, René Gailly, Musica Viva, SM 5000, Toccata Classics and Naxos labels.  His recorded repertoire ranges from Bach, Beethoven and Brahms to the music of 21st century composers Alexina Louie, Gerard Schurmann and Joan Tower.

Following his early studies with Claude Letourneau and Carlisle Wilson, Mr. Beaver was a pupil of Victor Danchenko, Josef Gingold and Henryk Szeryng.  He is a laureate of the Queen Elisabeth, Montreal and Indianapolis competitions. Subsequently, he has served on the juries of major international competitions including the Queen Elisabeth and Montreal violin competitions, the Osaka International Chamber Music Competition and the Banff International String Quartet Competition.

Over the course of his career, Mr. Beaver has been the grateful recipient of generous support from the Canada Council for the Arts.  This includes Arts Grants for his studies at Indiana University, Career Development Grants and the 1993 Virginia-Parker Prize.  In 1998, through the generosity of an anonymous donor, the Canada Council awarded Mr. Beaver the loan of the 1729 “ex-Heath” Guarnerius del Gesù violin for a four-year period.

A devoted educator, Mr. Beaver has conducted masterclasses throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia and Australia.  He has held teaching positions at the Royal Conservatory of Music, the University of British Columbia and the Peabody Conservatory.  More recently, he served on the faculty of New York University and as Artist in Residence at the Yale School of Music, where he was awarded its highest honor - the Sanford Medal.

Mr. Beaver joined the faculty of the Colburn School in Los Angeles in August 2013 where he is currently Professor of Violin and Chamber Music.

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Karen Dreyfus

viola

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Residency
Festival weeks 1-4

Karen Dreyfus enjoys a wide-ranging career as a noted soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician and as a pedagogue. She has performed extensively in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and South America, and has toured with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Musicians from Marlboro, and the New York Philharmonic. Her numerous honors include prizes at the Naumburg, Lionel Tertis, Washington International, and the Hudson Valley competitions. Along with her work in the classical music field, Dreyfus has performed on many film scores, pop, jazz, and rock recordings.

The recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Solo Recitalist Award, Ms. Dreyfus has recorded many CDs as a soloist and chamber musician. Her premiere recording with Bridge Records, Romanze, met with considerable critical acclaim. She has recorded William Walton’s Viola Concerto, Mozart’s “Sinfonia Concertante”, as well as solo works by American composers. Such composers as Ezra Laderman, Jon Deak, George Tsontakis, Paul Chihara, William Thomas McKinley, Elizabeth Brown, and others have written works expressly for her. Dreyfus has toured with jazz pianist/composer Chick Corea and recorded a Grammy- nominated work entitled “Lyric Suite for Sextet.”

In 2014 Ms. Dreyfus was invited to teach on the faculty of the USC Thornton School of Music where she continues to teach viola, chamber music, and orchestral studies. Dreyfus has taught on the faculties of The Juilliard School, Mannes School along with the Manhattan School of Music where she was honored with an Emerita Award in 2022 after more than 30 years on faculty. Many of Karen Dreyfus’ students have gone on to win positions in orchestras, teach on university faculties, as well as play in chamber ensembles.

Karen Dreyfus is a founding member of the Lyric Piano Quartet and the Amerigo Trio.

She has been a Music Academy teaching artist since 2014.

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Sumin Cho

violin

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Fellow
2024
Age
24
Birthplace
Seoul, South Korea
School
Korea National University of Arts
Compeers
Rad Schreiber
Scholarship
Elenore and Thomas Hugunin Endowed Scholarship

Sumin is earning her master’s degree from the Korea National University of Arts in the studio of Hyunmi Kim. She has performed as first violinist with the Orchester der Deutsche Oper Berlin and with the Korea National University of Arts Symphony Orchestra as part of the Warsawa Beethoven Easter Festival Opening Concert. In 2018, she won the Espoir Prize at the Osaka International Music Competition. Sumin is a member of the Luce Piano Quartet.

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Joshua Kim

violin

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Fellow
2024
Age
23
Birthplace
College Station, Texas
School
The Juilliard School
Compeers
Clay Tedeschi
Scholarship
William Hymanson Endowed Concertmaster Scholarship

Joshua is currently earning his degree from The Juilliard School, studying with Li Lin. In 2020, he was the recipient of a YoungArts Foundation honorable mention. He has performed at Julliard’s graduation recital and Colorado College’s Summer Music Festival.

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Jisu Youn

violin

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Fellow
2024
Age
24
Birthplace
Seoul, South Korea
School
Indiana University
Compeers
Clay Tedeschi
Scholarship
William Hymanson Endowed Concertmaster Scholarship

Jisu recently earned her master’s degree from Indiana University, where she studied with Alexander Kerr. She has performed in the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra as principal second violin, Owensboro Symphony Orchestra, and New World Symphony Orchestra. In South Korea, she placed first in the 2019 Korea Brahms Competition and second in the 2020 Korea Chamber Orchestra Competition.

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Kenneth Fujii

viola

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Fellow
2023, 2024
Age
22
Birthplace
Las Vegas, Nevada
School
Peabody Conservatory of Music
Compeers
Mally Chakola and Dean Jackson
Scholarship
Donald Harger Endowed Scholarship

Kenneth is earning his master’s degree from the Peabody Institute of John Hopkins University in the studio of Victoria Chang. A 2023 Music Academy alum, he was the principal violist of the Canton Symphony for their 2022 season. He also performed as substitute violist with the World Symphony and Madison Symphony. In 2022, he was a finalist in the Cleveland Institute of Music Concerto Competition. While in residence at Arcadia University, he was a member of HEXTET. Kenneth is a SphinxConnect fellow.

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Cecile McNeill

viola

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Fellow
2024
Age
23
Birthplace
Whangārei, Northland, New Zealand
School
University of Southern California
Compeers
Ellen and Tom Orlando; Dorian and Peter Hirth
Scholarship
Dorian and Peter Hirth Scholarship

Cecile is currently earning her master’s degree at University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music, studying with Yura Lee. She was a finalist in the 2024 USC Thornton Bach Solo Competition, and a semi-finalist in New Zealand’s National String Competition. She has performed at the Whakatipu Music Festival and as an orchestral fellow with the Auckland Philharmonia. She is currently a member of the USC Thornton Chamber Virtuosi.

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Naomi Aires

cello

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Fellow
2024
Age
22
Birthplace
Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
School
Northwestern University
Compeers
Betsy Wise
Scholarship
Ann and Dick Zylstra Scholarship, in memory of Henk Schraagen

Naomi is earning her bachelor’s degree at Northwestern University as a student of Hans Jørgen Jensen and Wei Yu. She has performed with Danish Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra, Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Sinfonia and the female-powered Midtown Strings. At Northwestern University, she has a second major in cognitive science and received an undergraduate research grant in 2023.

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Reena Oh

cello

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Fellow
2024
Age
25
Birthplace
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
School
Hochschule für Musik Freiburg
Compeers
Marnie and Steve Pinsker
Scholarship
Susie and Ted Cronin Endowed Scholarship

Reena is earning her master’s degree from Hochschule für Musik Freiburg in the studio of Elena Cheah. She has performed as principal cellist with the Australian Youth Orchestra and as casual cellist with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Opera Australia Orchestra.

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Evan Yonce

oboe

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Fellow
2023, 2024
Age
21
Birthplace
Missoula, Montana
School
The Juilliard School
Compeers
Holiday and Richard Vaill
Scholarship
Menk Family Trust Endowed Scholarship

Evan is currently earning his degree at The Juilliard School, studying with Nathan Hughes. He has performed as a principal with the Juilliard Orchestra, and as a substitute with the Richmond Symphony and Minnesota Orchestra.

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Layan Atieh

horn

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Fellow
2024
Age
23
Birthplace
Portland, Oregon
School
Cleveland Institute of Music
Compeers
Evie Vesper and Steve Powell; Margi Mainquist, Maxine Makover; Judy and Paul Astbury; Christina and Hubert Leveque, Lynette Ledbetter
Scholarship
Suzanne Bock Endowed Scholarship

Layan recently completed her master’s degree at Cleveland Institute of Music, studying with Nathaniel Silberschlag and Richard King. She won second prize in the 2021 Northwest Horn Symposium Solo Competition. She has performed with the Cleveland Orchestra and has been a horn teacher for their Youth Orchestra. She has also performed as a guest artist with Seraph Brass.

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Susannah Greenslit

horn

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Fellow
2024
Age
25
Birthplace
Bethesda, Maryland
School
University of Colorado, Boulder
Compeers
Evie Vesper and Steve Powell; Margi Mainquist, Maxine Makover; Judy and Paul Astbury; Christina and Hubert Leveque, Lynette Ledbetter
Scholarship
Coeta and Donald Barker Foundation Scholarship

Susannah is earning her doctorate at University of Colorado, Boulder and studies with Michael Thornton. She has recently performed with the Colorado Symphony and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Susannah has held fellowships with the National Symphony Orchestra, where she won the 2017 Stephens Brewster Award, the American Youth Symphony, the Colorado College Summer Music Festival, the Bowdoin Music Festival, and the New York String Orchestra Seminar.

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Paige McKenna Quillen

horn

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Fellow
2024
Age
22
Birthplace
Norfolk, Virginia
School
The Juilliard School
Compeers
Evie Vesper and Steve Powell; Margi Mainquist, Maxine Makover; Judy and Paul Astbury; Christina and Hubert Leveque, Lynette Ledbetter
Scholarship
Elizabeth Marriot Endowed Scholarship

Paige recently completed her bachelor’s degree at the Juilliard School, studying with Erik Ralske. She was a 2023 Juilliard Concerto Competition Winner and has performed with the Juilliard Orchestra and the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra.

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Ruoxi Peng

soprano

ABOUT
Fellow
2024
Age
24
Birthplace
Beijing, China
School
New England Conservatory
Compeers
Robert Howell and Erik Wilk
Scholarship
Michelle Joanou Scholarship

Ruoxi recently earned her Graduate Diploma from the New England Conservatory in the studio of MaryAnn McCormick. In 2024, she won District Winner and Encouragement awards at the Laffont Competition. Recent roles include Diana in Cavalli's La Calisto, and Pamina in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte.

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Cole McIlquham

tenor

ABOUT
Fellow
2023, 2024
Age
25
Birthplace
Osseo, Wisconsin
School
Southern Methodist University
Compeers
Linda Seltzer Yawitz
Scholarship
Paul Guido and Stephen Blain Scholarship

Cole is a returning 2023 Music Academy Alum who is earning a Performance Diploma from the Southern Methodist University in the studio of Clifton Forbis. Notable roles include Parpignol in the Music Academy’s 2023 production of La bohème, Rinuccio in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, and Sam Polk in Carlisle Floyd's Susannah. He was also a winner in the Meadows Concerto Competition and Naftzger Concerto Competition. Cole currently resides in Dallas, Texas.

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