2020 Festival Artists

Festival Artist Daniel Kelly, a native of Charleston, SC, is associate professor of trumpet at Texas A&M University-Commerce. He joined
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
Hailed for his “wonderfully warm, pliant, spontaneous playing” by the Washington Post, award winning pianist David Korevaar is in demand
Festival Artist April Fredrick is a soprano with a passion for nuance and text which gets to the heart of
Returning Festival Artist, Stacey Rishoi has received critical acclaim on concert stages across the U.S. for the beauty and power
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
Violinist and Festival Artist Suzanne Casey studied as a young musician at the Hereford Cathedral School, and while there was a
Festival Artist Karen Bentley Pollick joined the Paul Dresher Electro-Acoustic Ensemble in 1999 and champions a wide range of solo
Festival Artist Lauren Spaulding (viola), a Texas native, received her BM and MM in Viola performance, working under the tutelage
Festival Artist Mark Votapek, formerly a professor for 8 years at University of Arizona, rejoined the Hawaii Symphony as Principal
Festival Artist Daniel Silver, professor of clarinet at CU, is a versatile performer and teacher whose career encompasses a full
Festival Artist Lydia Van Dreel, Professor of Horn at the University of Oregon, joined the faculty in 2006. Prior to
MahlerFest Fellow, London based German-American-Spanish mezzo soprano Teresa Karcher, trained as a singer at the Guildhall School of Music and
Symposium speaker, Henry Fogel, Dean Emeritus and Distinguished Professor of the Arts of the Chicago College of Performing Arts at
Described by The Times as a ‘leading cultural historian’, Symposium speaker Gavin Plumley is well known for his work on Central European