2008 Artist-Faculty

Our renowned artist-faculty have an amazing amount of contact time with students. Faculty members coach orchestral sectionals and chamber music rehearsals daily, present masterclasses each afternoon, give private lessons and offer additional help when needed. When not instructing, faculty members rehearse and present their acclaimed chamber music concert series.

* This is a partial list and is subject to change.

Music Director & Conductor
Stephen Rogers Radcliffe | Music Director, Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras

Conductors
Alastair Willis | International Guest Conductor, former Associate Conductor Seattle and Cincinnati Symphonies
Dale Clevenger | Principal Horn Chicago Symphony, International Guest Conductor and Clinician

Violin
James Buswell | Professor at the New England Conservatory of Music, International Soloist, Recording Artist and Educator
Nancy DiNovo | University of British Columbia, former player with St. Louis, Toronto, and Boston Symphony Orchestras
Grant Donnellan | Associate Professor at Western Washington University
Ron Patterson | Professor at University of Washington

Viola
Karen Dirks | Chicago Symphony
Eric Kean | Western Washington Univeristy
Roxxanna Patterson | Principal Violist at the New Hampshire Music Festival

Cello
Stephen Balderston | DePaul Univeristy, former Assistant Principal Chicago Symphony
Walter Gray | Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Bass
Diana Gannett | Professor at the University of Michigan, International Soloist and Clinician

Flute
Jill Felber | Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Principal Santa Barbara Grand Opera

Oboe
Crystal Hall | Chicago Civic Orchestra
Dan Williams | Principal: Northwest Sinfonietta

Clarinet
Todd Palmer | International Soloist, Clinician

Bassoon
Francine Peterson | Western Washington University

French Horn
Dale Clevenger | Principal Horn Chicago Symphony, International Guest Conductor and Clinician
Alice Render | International Soloist, regular extra for the Chicago Symphony

Trumpet
Marc Reese | Empire Brass, Lynn University

Low Brass
Aaron LaVere | Principal Oregon Symphony

Percussion
Matthew Kocmieroski | Principal Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra

Piano
Jeffrey Gilliam | Associate Professor at Western Washington University

Harp
Jill Whitman | Western Washington Univerity, Seattle Symphony