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David Peck, Principal
David Peck is Principal Clarinet of the Houston Symphony Orchestra. His discography includes several well-received recordings with the Houston Symphony Chamber Players and a recently released album of modern works for clarinet and piano. He recently premiered Richard Lavenda’s Clarinet Concerto with the Houston Symphony Orchestra. A soughtafter teacher among young professional clarinetists, he taught for many years at the University of Houston and Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, and maintains an active private teaching studio in Houston.
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Alexander Potiomkin
Alexander Potiomkin has appeared as a soloist with the Israel Camerata Orchestra, the Brooklyn Philharmonic and OrchestraX (Houston), and has given solo recitals in Ukraine, Israel and the United States. He has appeared as Guest Principal Clarinetist with Cleveland Orchestra, Kansas City Symphony and Alabama Symphony and has been a regular substitute clarinetist with the Israel Philharmonic and Houston Symphony. He has also performed with the Van Leer Chamber Players, the Israel Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble and the Greenbriar Consort. He has participated in the Bellingham, Tanglewood, Blossom and Shira music festivals and has been Principal Clarinetist of OrchestraX, Victoria Symphony and River Oaks Chamber Orchestra.
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Gregory Barber, Principal
Gregory Barber is Acting Second Bassoon with the San Francisco Symphony, performing as Associate Principal in San Francisco, Carnegie Hall in New York, and at music festivals in Lucerne, Vienna and Prague. Formerly Principal with the Oakland Symphony and Cabrillo Music Festival, he has played Principal with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra, San Diego Mainly Mozart Festival, the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, and Contrabassoon with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. He has recorded numerous film scores with the Skywalker Symphony, is a faculty member of Mills College and Professor of Bassoon and coordinator of woodwind chamber music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
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Tariq Masri
Tariq is Principal Bassoon of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra. He is the former Principal Bassoon of the Hofer Symphonikerin Germany and has performed with the San Francisco and the Chicago Symphony orchestras. He has participated in numerous summer festivals, including the Spoleto Festival and the Sun Valley Summer Symphony. Tariq holds a Bachelor of Music from the Cleveland Institute of Music.
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Andrew Pelletier, Guest Principal
Andrew Pelletier serves as Principal Horn of the Michigan Opera Theatre (Detroit Opera House) and the Ann Arbor Symphony and is a frequent performer with the Toledo Symphony. He has appeared as a concerto soloist, recitalist and chamber musician in 20 U.S. states; Quebec, Canada; Mexico City; and Shropshire, England. He is the two-time winner of the American Horn Competition (America’s only internationally recognized competition for the horn), and was awarded the 2005 Grammy Award for the Best Classical Recording of Small Ensemble as a member of Southwest Chamber Music for its landmark recordings of the music of Carlos Chavez. He is an Assistant Professor of Horn at Bowling Green State University in Ohio and holds a D.M.A. from the University of Southern California.
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Danielle Ondarza
Danielle Ondarza is a freelance player in the Los Angeles area. As an orchestral player, she has played in the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Riverside, California and Fresno Philharmonics, the Santa Barbara, Symphony Silicon Valley (formerly the San Jose Symphony), Santa Monica, San Bernadino, Redlands and Monterey Symphonies, and with Mladi, Los Angelesʼ conductorless chamber orchestra. Other credits include albums for Mary J. Blige, Barry Manilow, All-American Rejects, Yellowcard, Pat Monahan, and Terence Howard and live appearances with Andrea Bocelli, Natalie Cole, Frank Sinatra Jr., Lenny Kravitz, Alicia Keyes, Queen Latifah, and Kanye West. She has been seen on the MTV Video Music Awards, the American Music Awards, and the Jimmy Kimmel Show. Dedicated to performing contemporary and crossover works, Danielle also performs with Ensemble Green, the DaKah Hip Hop Orchestra, Elivs Schoenberg's Orchestra Surreal, Build an Ark, the Los Angeles Brass Ensemble, and Orion Winds.
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Paul Stevens
Paul Stevens is Principal Horn of the Kansas City Ballet Orchestra, the Mozart Classical Orchestra of Los Angeles and Professor of Horn at the University of Kansas. He is also a frequent performer with the Kansas City Symphony and Lyric Opera. Paul has performed with the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles and San Diego operas, Joffrey Ballet, and Houston, Oregon and San Francisco symphonies.
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Jane Swanson
Jane Swanson s a graduate of UCLA with a degree in music performance, and a winner of the Coleman Chamber Music Competition. She also studied at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara. A resident of San Luis Obispo since 1967, Jane performs with the San Luis Obispo Symphony, Cuesta Master Chorale and Pacific Repertory Opera.
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