Daniel Kelly - trumpet Festival Artist Daniel Kelly, a native of Charleston, SC, is associate professor of trumpet at Texas A&M University-Commerce. He joined Lucas Borges - trombone Festival Artist Lucas Borges is an Assistant Professor of Trombone at Ohio University (OU) and is a Conn-Selmer Performing Artist. Michael Karcher-Young - Assistant Conductor and pianist Winner of the Audience Prize at the Leeds Conductors’ Competition for his “electric conducting”, MahlerFest Fellow and Assistant Conductor Michael Philip Sawyers - Visiting Composer Philip Sawyers’s works have been performed and broadcast in many countries worldwide including USA, Canada, Spain, Austria, Czech Republic, France David Korevaar - piano Hailed for his “wonderfully warm, pliant, spontaneous playing” by the Washington Post, award winning pianist David Korevaar is in demand April Fredrick - soprano Festival Artist April Fredrick is a soprano with a passion for nuance and text which gets to the heart of Stacey Rishoi - mezzo soprano Returning Festival Artist, Stacey Rishoi has received critical acclaim on concert stages across the U.S. for the beauty and power Brennen Guillory - tenor Brennen Guillory (Tenor) Tenor and Festival Artist Brennen Guillory has become known for his powerful, dramatic voice, and thoughtful interpretations Matthew Sharp - cello and bass-baritone (Hunding) Festival Artist Matthew Sharp studied cello with Boris Pergamenschikow in Cologne, voice with Ulla Blom in Stockholm and English at Suzanne Casey - violin Violinist and Festival Artist Suzanne Casey studied as a young musician at the Hereford Cathedral School, and while there was a Karen Bentley Pollick – violin Festival Artist Karen Bentley Pollick joined the Paul Dresher Electro-Acoustic Ensemble in 1999 and champions a wide range of solo Lauren Spaulding - viola Dr. Lauren Spaulding, under the alias of @MonochromeViola, has established herself as a rising genre-defying soloist and chamber musician through Mark Votapek - cello Festival Artist Mark Votapek, formerly a professor for 8 years at University of Arizona, rejoined the Hawaii Symphony as Principal Daniel Silver – clarinet Festival Artist Daniel Silver, professor of clarinet at CU, is a versatile performer and teacher whose career encompasses a full Lydia Van Dreel - horn Festival Artist Lydia Van Dreel, Professor of Horn at the University of Oregon, joined the faculty in 2006. Prior to Teresa Karcher - mezzo soprano MahlerFest Fellow, London based German-American-Spanish mezzo soprano Teresa Karcher, trained as a singer at the Guildhall School of Music and Henry Fogel - Speaker Symposium speaker, Henry Fogel, Dean Emeritus and Distinguished Professor of the Arts of the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Gavin Plumley - Speaker Described by The Times as a ‘leading cultural historian’, Symposium speaker Gavin Plumley is well known for his work on Central European
