2020 Festival Artists - Colorado MahlerFest

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.

Winner of the Audience Prize at the Leeds Conductors’ Competition for his “electric conducting”, MahlerFest Fellow and Assistant Conductor Michael

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

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