About Festival Mozaic

2009 Festival Mozaic Orchestra Musicians

Full Orchestra Roster
Trumpet
Roy Poper

Roy Poper, Principal
Roy Poper is Principal Trumpet of the Los Angeles Master Choral Sinfonia and former Principal Trumpet of both the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and the Los Angeles Music Center Opera. As a chamber musician, Roy was a member of the Modern Brass Quintet, with whom he toured for more than 15 years. In addition to his many performing activities, Roy is on the faculty of the Oberlin College of Music. He has been the Festival Mozaic Orchestra’s Principal Trumpet since 1982.

Jack Brndiar

Jack Brndiar
Jack Brndiar is Principal Trumpet of the Cleveland Chamber Symphony and a member of the Paragon Brass Quintet and the Opera Cleveland Orchestra. He has performed, recorded and toured with the Cleveland Orchestra as an extra and substitute musician since 1974. Jack is on the faculty at the Cleveland Institute of Music and at the Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory, where he is an instructor of trumpet and director of the Brass Choir. He has also performed with the Metropolitan Opera, the Canton Symphony, Akron Symphony, Blossom Festival Orchestra and Band, and the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra.

Trombone
Alvin Veeh Alvin Veeh, Guest Principal
Alvin Veeh s a member of the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra, Long Beach Symphony, Los Angeles Master Chorale Orchestra and Pasadena Pops. He also performs regularly with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and the Pacific, Pasadena and Santa Barbara symphonies. Al holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of Southern California and has served on the faculty at Cal State Fullerton and Cal Arts.
Terry Cravens
Terry Stephen Cravens
Terry Stephen Cravens has performed with the Vienna Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Pacific Symphony, Austin (Texas) Symphony, the San Antonio Symphony and the Los Angeles Brass Society. He participated in 22 First Edition Recordings with the Louisville Orchestra and in a recording of Die Walküre with the Vienna Philharmonic, conducted by Georg Solti. Terry is a member of the Pasadena Symphony, the Los Angeles Master Chorale Sinfonia and the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra. He also serves as Professor of Trombone and Chair of the Department of Winds and Percussion at the University of Southern California.
Terry Cravens
Steven Suminski
Steven Suminski currently performs as Principal Trombone with The Riverside County Philharmonic, Symphony Silicon Valley, Ballet San Jose and the Santa Monica Symphony. Steven has appeared with many other groups including the San Francisco Opera, Santa Barbara Symphony, Fresno Philharmonic, Berkeley Symphony, and the San Bernardino, and Redlands Symphonies. Steven is a founding member of the award-winning chamber group, Brass Pacifica, in residence as performing artists for The Music Center in Los Angeles and the Orange County Performing Arts Center’s Arts Teach program.
 


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