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Artist-Faculty

Music Director

Robert Spano

President and CEO

Alan Fletcher

Vice President and Dean of Students

Jennifer White

Seraphic Fire Professional Choral Institute
Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS
Solo Piano
Collaborative Piano
Aspen Conducting Academy
Susan and Ford Schumann Center for Composition Studies
Aspen Contemporary Ensemble
Center for Advanced Quartet Studies
Classical Guitar
American Brass Quintet Seminar @Aspen
Violin
Viola
Cello
Double Bass
Flute
Oboe
Clarinet
Bassoon
Horn
Trumpet
Tenor Trombone
Bass Trombone
Tuba
Percussion
Harp
Artist-Faculty Emeritus

Seraphic Fire Professional Choral Institute

James K. Bass
UCLA, Seraphic Fire
Patrick Dupré Quigley, director and conductor
Seraphic Fire
Alexis Aimé
Seraphic Fire

Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS

Renée Fleming, co-artistic director
Patrick Summers, co-artistic director
Edward Berkeley, stage director, in memoriam
The Juilliard School; Circle in the Square Theater School
Omer Ben Seadia, stage director
Rachelle Fleming, Musical Theater instructor, Cabaret creative
Kenneth Merrill, acting head coach
The Juilliard School; Manhattan School of Music
Joel Ayau, senior coach
National Symphony Orchestra
Myra Huang, senior coach
Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, The Metropolitan Opera
Sahar Nouri, senior coach
Lamont Opera Theatre, Denver University
Stephen King, voice instructor
Shepherd School of Music, Rice University; Houston Grand Opera Studio
William Billingham, senior coach, Returning in 2022
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Vinson Cole, voice instructor, Returning in 2022
University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance; Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Charles Prestinari, senior coach, Returning in 2022
Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University
Carol Vaness, voice instructor, Returning in 2022
Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University
Lawrence Brownlee, guest instructor
Julia Bullock, guest instructor
Golda Schultz, guest instructor

Solo Piano

Fabio Bidini
The Colburn School
Hung-Kuan Chen
The Juilliard School; Yale School of Music
Yoheved Kaplinsky
The Juilliard School
Julian Martin
The Juilliard School
Anton Nel
University of Texas at Austin
Rita Sloan
University of Maryland
Arie Vardi
Buchmann-Mehta School of Music
Virginia Weckstrom, Returning in 2022
Shepherd School of Music, Rice University; The Glenn Gould School at The Royal Conservatory
Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, Returning in 2022
New England Conservatory; The Juilliard School
Wu Han, Returning in 2022
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; Music@Menlo

Collaborative Piano

Rita Sloan, director
University of Maryland
Jean Barr
Eastman School of Music

Aspen Conducting Academy

Robert Spano, director
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Asadour Santourian, program administrator
Scott Terrell, guest conductor/instructor
Louisiana State University
Thomas Wilkins, guest conductor/instructor
Omaha Symphony; Hollywood Bowl Orchestra; Boston Symphony; Indiana University

Susan and Ford Schumann Center for Composition Studies

Stephen Hartke, composer-in-residence
Oberlin Conservatory
Christopher Theofanidis, composer-in-residence
Yale School of Music

Aspen Contemporary Ensemble

Timothy Weiss, conductor
Oberlin Conservatory
Donald Crockett, conductor
Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California

Center for Advanced Quartet Studies

Pacifica Quartet
Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University
American String Quartet
Manhattan School of Music
Escher String Quartet
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
James Dunham
Shepherd School of Music, Rice University; Axelrod String Quartet
Sylvia Rosenberg, Returning in 2022
The Juilliard School; Manhattan School of Music
Donald Weilerstein, Returning in 2022
New England Conservatory; The Juilliard School

Classical Guitar

Sharon Isbin, director
The Juilliard School

American Brass Quintet Seminar @Aspen

American Brass Quintet
The Juilliard School

Violin

Renata Arado
Opera Naples; International Chamber Orchestra of Puerto Rico
Adam Barnett-Hart
Escher String Quartet; Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Laurie Carney
American String Quartet; Manhattan School of Music
Laura Park Chen
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Robert Chen
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
* Ellen dePasquale
Simin Ganatra
Pacifica Quartet; Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University
David Halen
St. Louis Symphony; University of Michigan
Austin Hartman
Pacifica Quartet; Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University
Cornelia Heard, Returning in 2022
Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University
Paul Kantor
Shepherd School of Music, Rice University; The Glenn Gould School at The Royal Conservatory
Masao Kawasaki, Returning in 2022
The Juilliard School; College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati
Alexander Kerr
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University
Espen Lilleslåtten
Louisiana State University; Amarillo Symphony Orchestra
Robert Lipsett
The Colburn School
Robert McDuffie
Mercer University
Sylvia Rosenberg, Returning in 2022
The Juilliard School; Manhattan School of Music
Naoko Tanaka, Returning in 2022
The Juilliard School; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Danbi Um
Escher String Quartet, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Almita Vamos, Returning in 2022
Music Institute of Chicago; Chicago College of Performing Arts
Bing Wang
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California
Donald Weilerstein, Returning in 2022
New England Conservatory; The Juilliard School
Peter Winograd
American String Quartet; Manhattan School of Music

Viola

Daniel Avshalomov
American String Quartet; Manhattan School of Music
Choong-Jin Chang
Philadelphia Orchestra; Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University
Victoria Chiang
Peabody Institute at The Johns Hopkins University
Christian Colberg
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
James Dunham
Shepherd School of Music, Rice University; Axelrod String Quartet
Mark Holloway
Pacifica Quartet
Jeffrey Irvine
Cleveland Institute of Music
Masao Kawasaki
The Juilliard School; College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati
Pierre Lapointe
Escher String Quartet; Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Zhenwei Shi
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Ben Ullery
The Colburn School
Stephen Wyrczynski
Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University

Cello

Richard L. Aaron
University of Michigan; The Juilliard School
Darrett Adkins, Returning in 2022
Oberlin Conservatory; The Juilliard School
David Finckel, Returning in 2022
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; Music@Menlo
Desmond Hoebig
Shepherd School of Music, Rice University
Eric Kim
Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University
Wolfram Koessel
American String Quartet; Manhattan School of Music
Michael Mermagen
University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance
Brinton Smith
Houston Symphony; Shepherd School of Music, Rice University
Brook Speltz
Escher String Quartet; Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Brandon Vamos
Pacifica Quartet; Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University

Double Bass

Christopher Hanulik
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Herb Alpert School of Music, University of California, Los Angeles
Albert Laszlo
The Juilliard School
Edgar Meyer, Returning in 2022
Curtis Institute of Music
Timothy Pitts
Shepherd School of Music, Rice University

Flute

Nadine Asin
Florida Grand Opera; Bard College Conservatory of Music
Demarre McGill
Seattle Symphony
Brook Ferguson
Colorado Symphony Orchestra

Oboe

Elaine Douvas
MET Orchestra; The Juilliard School
Alex Klein
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Titus Underwood
Nashville Symphony Orchestra

Clarinet

Michael Rusinek
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Curtis Institute of Music
Joaquin Valdepeñas
Toronto Symphony Orchestra; The Glenn Gould School at The Royal Conservatory of Music

Bassoon

Per Hannevold, Returning in 2022
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Grieg Academy, University of Bergen
Lori Wike
Steven Dibner
San Francisco Symphony
Daniel Matsukawa
Philadelphia Orchestra
Keith Buncke

Horn

Andrew Bain
Los Angeles Philharmonic; The Colburn School
Erik Ralske
MET Orchestra; The Juilliard School
Eric Reed
American Brass Quintet; The Juilliard School
Kevin Rivard
San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Alexander Kienle

Trumpet

Kevin Cobb
American Brass Quintet; The Juilliard School
Louis Hanzlik
American Brass Quintet; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
David Krauss
MET Orchestra; The Juilliard School
Raymond Mase, Returning in 2022
New York City Ballet Orchestra; The Juilliard School
Stuart Stephenson
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Tenor Trombone

Per Brevig
The Juilliard School
Timothy Higgins
San Francisco Symphony; Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University
James Miller
Los Angeles Philharmonic; University of California, Los Angeles
Michael Powell
American Brass Quintet; Orchestra of St. Luke's
Peter Sullivan

Bass Trombone

John Engelkes
San Francisco Symphony; San Francisco Conservatory of Music
John D. Rojak
American Brass Quintet; The Juilliard School

Tuba

Warren Deck
Denver Brass; Lamont School of Music, University of Denver

Percussion

Timothy Adams Jr.
Hugh Hodgson School of Music, University of Georgia
Jonathan Haas
New York University; American Symphony Orchestra
Douglas Howard
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University
Jacob Nissly
San Francisco Symphony; San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Joseph Pereira
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California
Edward Stephan
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Cynthia Yeh
Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Harp

Nancy Allen
The Juilliard School; New York Philharmonic
Anneleen Lenaerts
Vienna Philharmonic; University of Maastricht

Artist-Faculty Emeritus

Martha Aarons, flute
Adele Addison, voice
Robert Biddlecome, trombone
Bonita Boyd, flute
Bruce Bransby, double bass
Elizabeth Buccheri, Aspen Opera Center - Head of Music, vocal coach
Heidi Castleman, viola
Earl Carlyss, Center for Advanced Quartet Studies; violin
Gabriel Chodos, piano
Carole Cowan, violin
Michael Czaijkowski, composition
John Graham, viola
William Grubb, cello
Thomas Haines, film scoring and audio recording
Alan Harris, cello
Elizabeth Hynes, voice instructor
Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California
Jennifer John, violin
Joseph Kalichstein, piano
Catharine Carroll Lees, viola
Eugene Levinson, bass
Jorge Mester, music director
Theodore Oien, clarinet
Antoinette Perry, piano
Sylvia Plyler, AOC
Louis Ranger, trumpet
Christopher Rouse, composition
Ann Schein, piano
W. Stephen Smith, voice
Dennis Smylie, bass clarinet
Paul Sperry, voice
Thomas Stubbs, percussion
Sabina Thatcher, viola
Viviane Thomas, voice
George Tsontakis, composition
Martin Verdrager, theory
David Wakefield, French horn
Dick Waller, clarinet
Richard Woodhams, oboe
Won Bin Yim, violin
John Zirbel, French horn