Denali Williams

I’m a performing & teaching percussionist in my fourth decade of music-making. My work involves a wide range of musical settings including orchestras, rhythm-sections, and various other ensembles. I maintain my own fully-equipped recording and teaching studios. As an orchestral percussionist I’m currently a member of Symphony Tacoma, Lake Washington Symphony, and Federal Way Symphony.

Continue Reading

Alexandr Kislitsyn

Alexandr Kislitsyn was born into a musical family with a long tradition in the arts. From a young age, his parents – both highly-trained and accomplished musicians – sought to encourage him to carry on in the family tradition. He made his debut with the symphony orchestra being six years old. His formal training includes

Continue Reading

Jasmine C. Gomez

I am a violinist with experience in various musical mediums including orchestra, chamber, musical theater, opera, pop cover bands, and solo playing. I also love to teach and am a certified public school music teacher in Texas. Learning and exploring music is a never ending journey and I am alway looking out for new opportunities,

Continue Reading

Austin Lewellen

What makes “classical” music? The cleanest delineation I can find is in the act of composition: the explicit writing-out of all the parts to be played. At its core, this act is a careful consideration of each element of one’s creation, a winnowing-down of the unnecessary and inefficient in the pursuit of plain language. This

Continue Reading

Rachel Halvorson

Rachel Halvorson joined the Sarasota Orchestra as principal violist in 2019. She also plays in the orchestra’s resident ensemble, the Sarasota String Quartet.  Rachel holds degrees from Oberlin Conservatory (BM), studying with Peter Slowik, and Rice University (MM), where she acted as Teaching Assistant to Ivo Van der Werff and coached chamber music for the

Continue Reading

Danny Jordan

Hello! My name is Danny Jordan and I’m a current Master’s of Viola Performance student at the Cleveland Institute of Music, studying with Mark Jackobs. I’m originally from the Houston area and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Viola Performance, Summa Cum Laude, from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX under the tutelage of Barbara Sudweeks.

Continue Reading

Matthew Dosland

Cellist Matthew Dosland grew up in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Since earning degrees in Music Performance and Nordic Studies from Luther College, Dosland has continued his education at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University pursuing a Master’s in Cello Performance. Dosland performed as a member of the Minnesota Youth Symphonies from 2008-2015, the Luther College Symphony Orchestra from 2015-2019, and has been a member of Roosevelt University’s Chicago College

Continue Reading