Festival Artist Lucas Borges is an Assistant Professor of Trombone at Ohio University (OU) and is a Conn-Selmer Performing Artist. He holds a Doctoral degree from the University of North Texas (UNT), Master’s degree from Indiana University and a Bachelor’s degree from Universidade de Brasilia (Brazil). Before his appointment at OU, Dr. Borges served as a teaching […]
Festival Artist Daniel Kelly, a native of Charleston, SC, is associate professor of trumpet at Texas A&M University-Commerce. He joined the A&M-Commerce faculty in the fall of 2010 after serving on the faculty of Indiana State University and the University of Southern Mississippi. Dr. Kelly is a member of the Dallas Winds (formerly the Dallas […]
MahlerFest Fellow, London based German-American-Spanish mezzo soprano Teresa Karcher, trained as a singer at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. Much praised for her ‘beguiling, golden tone,’ Teresa has a special affinity with Spanish repertoire both old and new which she has often performed in Spain, most notably at the Auditorio Manuel de […]
Described by The Times as a ‘leading cultural historian’, Symposium speaker Gavin Plumley is well known for his work on Central European music and culture during the 19th and 20th centuries. Recent projects include being series advisor for the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Weimar Berlin: Bittersweet Metropolis, for which he wrote and presented a series of online documentaries, wrote features and programmes […]
Symposium speaker, Henry Fogel, Dean Emeritus and Distinguished Professor of the Arts of the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, served as Dean from 2009-2018. He continues as a member of the faculty. In addition, he continues to serve as a consultant for musical organizations. Recent clients include the Santa Fe Symphony, South […]
Festival Artist Mark Votapek, formerly a professor for 8 years at University of Arizona, rejoined the Hawaii Symphony as Principal Cello in 2015. He has been a member of the Maui-based Ebb and Flow Arts contemporary ensemble and Oahu’s Pacific Concert Artists International. In the San Francisco Bay Area, he can be heard performing with […]
Festival Artist Matthew Sharp studied cello with Boris Pergamenschikow in Cologne, voice with Ulla Blom in Stockholm and English at Trinity College, Cambridge. He has performed at major venues and festivals worldwide as solo cellist, baritone and actor. Matthew has appeared as solo performer with the RPO, LPO, RLPO, CBSO, Orchestra of Opera North, SCO, […]
Festival Artist April Fredrick is a soprano with a passion for nuance and text which gets to the heart of both music and character. Equally at home on the opera stage, concert hall and recording studio, April has recently premiered the title role of John Joubert’s opera Jane Eyre in a live concert recording for […]
Philip Sawyers’s works have been performed and broadcast in many countries worldwide including USA, Canada, Spain, Austria, Czech Republic, France and UK. Music-web International described the Nimbus Alliance CD of Sawyers’s orchestral work as “music of instant appeal and enduring quality”. Robert Matthew-Walker writing in Classical Source described the premiere of the second symphony by […]
Hailed for his “wonderfully warm, pliant, spontaneous playing” by the Washington Post, award winning pianist David Korevaar is in demand as a soloist, chamber musician and collaborator. Korevaar has performed and given master classes throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and Central and South America. Recent highlights include recitals and master classes in Taipei, and […]
Dr. Lauren Spaulding, under the alias of @MonochromeViola, has established herself as a rising genre-defying soloist and chamber musician through her “anonymous practice blog” on Instagram. As a lover of learning, Spaulding has sought a variety of mentorship and has worked intensively under the tutelage of Professor Peter Slowik at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, […]
Winner of the Audience Prize at the Leeds Conductors’ Competition for his “electric conducting”, MahlerFest Fellow and Assistant Conductor Michael Karcher-Young combines an innate musicianship with a visceral presence on the podium, and is a passionate advocate for classical music in today’s world. Michael is Artistic Director and co-founder of the Beethoven Orchestra for Humanity, […]
Festival Artist Karen Bentley Pollick joined the Paul Dresher Electro-Acoustic Ensemble in 1999 and champions a wide range of solo repertoire and styles on violin, viola, piano and Norwegian hardangerfele. A native of Palo Alto, California, she studied with Camilla Wicks in San Francisco, and with Yuval Yaron, Josef Gingold and Rostislav Dubinsky at Indiana […]
Violinist and Festival Artist Suzanne Casey studied as a young musician at the Hereford Cathedral School, and while there was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, and was also involved in the Three Choirs Festival. After leaving school she attended London’s Royal Academy of Music, where she received the Waley Violin Prize, […]
Festival Artist Daniel Silver, professor of clarinet at CU, is a versatile performer and teacher whose career encompasses a full range of musical activities from recitals and solo appearances, to chamber music, teaching and orchestral playing. His performing has garnered critical acclaim across the country. Praised for his “sense of freedom and extraordinary control,” (Washington […]