Artists Blog

Jesse Orth - Tuba

Jesse Orth - Tuba

Dr. Jesse Orth (he/him) is the assistant professor of tuba and euphonium at the Texas A&M University-Kingsville. He has recently performed and presented at the...

Jesse Orth - Tuba

Dr. Jesse Orth (he/him) is the assistant professor of tuba and euphonium at the Texas A&M University-Kingsville. He has recently performed and presented at the International Tuba Euphonium conference, International Women’s Brass conference, Texas Music...

Jesse Jones - Composer and Multi-instrumentalist

Jesse Jones - Composer and Multi-instrumentalist

Jesse Jones is a composer and multi-instrumentalist who moonlights as a luthier. His music lurks on the lines between folk,...

Jesse Jones - Composer and Multi-instrumentalist

Jesse Jones is a composer and multi-instrumentalist who moonlights as a luthier. His music lurks on the lines between folk, bluegrass, roots music, the classical tradition, and the European avant-guard....

Jer Umholtz - Trombone

Jer Umholtz - Trombone

Jer Umholtz is currently a Temporary Assistant Professor of Trombone at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), a position he has...

Jer Umholtz - Trombone

Jer Umholtz is currently a Temporary Assistant Professor of Trombone at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), a position he has held since 2022. He completed doctoral and master’s level studies...

Jennifer Hayghe – Piano

Jennifer Hayghe – Piano

Pianist and Festival Artist Jennifer Hayghe is an Associate Professor of Piano in the Roser Piano and Keyboard Area at the University...

Jennifer Hayghe – Piano

Pianist and Festival Artist Jennifer Hayghe is an Associate Professor of Piano in the Roser Piano and Keyboard Area at the University of Colorado Boulder.  She has performed in solo recitals and...

Jack Barry - Percussion

Jack Barry - Percussion

Jack Barry is a versatile solo, chamber, and orchestral percussionist in the New England area. As a timpanist and percussionist,...

Jack Barry - Percussion

Jack Barry is a versatile solo, chamber, and orchestral percussionist in the New England area. As a timpanist and percussionist, he has performed with the Billings Symphony, Rhode Island Philharmonic...

Hannah Porter Occeña - Flute

Hannah Porter Occeña - Flute

Hailed by the New York Times as possessing “rich tone and deft technique,” Hannah Porter Occeña is a versatile flutist and pedagogue...

Hannah Porter Occeña - Flute

Hailed by the New York Times as possessing “rich tone and deft technique,” Hannah Porter Occeña is a versatile flutist and pedagogue equally comfortable performing music written 400 years or 40 minutes...

Hannah Benson - Mezzo Soprano

Hannah Benson - Mezzo Soprano

Hannah Benson is a classically trained mezzo-soprano from Grand Island, Nebraska. She received her BM in Voice Performance from Wheaton...

Hannah Benson - Mezzo Soprano

Hannah Benson is a classically trained mezzo-soprano from Grand Island, Nebraska. She received her BM in Voice Performance from Wheaton College and her MM in Voice Performance from the Jacobs...

Gustav Andreassen - Bass

Gustav Andreassen - Bass

Highlights: Philippe in Don Carlos (Hamburgische Staatsoper, Deutsche Oper am Rhein). Prince Gremin in Eugene Onegin (San Francisco Opera, The...

Gustav Andreassen - Bass

Highlights: Philippe in Don Carlos (Hamburgische Staatsoper, Deutsche Oper am Rhein). Prince Gremin in Eugene Onegin (San Francisco Opera, The National Symphony). Osmin in Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Opéra...

Deborah Pritchard - Composer

Deborah Pritchard - Composer

Deborah Pritchard is an award-winning British composer whose music has been performed worldwide by ensembles including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC National...

Deborah Pritchard - Composer

Deborah Pritchard is an award-winning British composer whose music has been performed worldwide by ensembles including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, London Symphony Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Philharmonia, BBC...