Lyrica Alumni News
What are LyricaFest past and present participants doing now? *In chronological order of LyricaFest summers
LyricaFest extends congratulations to the following members of the festival who now hold positions such as……
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Susanna Cortesio-Ogata
violinist (’00) Handel & Haydn Society, Assistant Concertmaster
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Polina Sedukh
violinist (’00) San Francisco Symphony
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Mimi Reiter
violinist/violist (’00) Royal Philharmonic, BBC Radio Orchestra
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Victoria Mazin- Scharwtzman
pianist (’00) Boston Lyric Opera, principal coach and accompanist
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Emileigh Vandiver
cellist (’00) Dallas Symphony Orchestra
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Emily Eng
violist (’00) Orchestra of the Age of
Enlightenment
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Christina Wheeler
violinist (’00) United States Army Band Orchestra
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Lukas Hurwitz
violist (’00) Bonsai/ Camouflage Records- Music Producer
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Min-Jeong Kim
violinist (’00) Glenn Gould School of Music, Cecilia String Quartet, Banff Competition First Prize Winners (2010)
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Carrisa Redick
cellist (’00-’02) Assistant Professor, University of Northern Colorado
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Russell Wilson
violinist/violist (’00,’01,’03-’09) Vermont Symphony Orchestra ( principal), & Portland Symphony
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Andrew Eng
violinist/violist (’00-’03,’05-’09) Lead Violinist- MASS Tango, LyricaFest- Bermuda Music School, visiting faculty
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Courtenay Vandiver
cellist (’00,’06- ’09) A Far Cry founding member
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***Ashley Vandiver
violinist/violist (’00,’06-’09, ‘10) Toronto Symphony, Santa Fe Opera, A Far Cry & Santa Fe Opera
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Becky Hood
cellist (’00 -’09) Stockton Symphony Orchestra, University of Connecticut Community School of the Arts & All Newton Suzuki School
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Alyson Montez
violinist/violist (’00 &’03) Grammy award winner, (2008) Best Latin regional Album, “Canciones de Amore” Mariachi Divas
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Pierre-Alain Bouvrette
cellist (’01) Violins du Roi (Montreal)
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Frederic Bednarz
violinist (’01) Molinari String Quartet, Canada
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Dimitar Petkov
violist (’01) Portland Symphony Orchestra (ME)
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Maia Chance
violinist (’01) Romance Novelist Season of Winter and Grass
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Yun-Yang Lin
cellist (’01- ’04) Faculty- Hartt School of Music Community Music School & Neighborhood Music School
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Isaac Allen
violinist/violist (’01-’05) Hausmann String Quartet in residence at San Diego State University & Mostly Mozart
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Yuan Zhang
cellist (’01-’05) Hausmann String Quartet & Associate Principal Hang Zhou Philharmonic- Beijing, China
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Viki Tcherthchian
violinist/ violist (’01, ’02) Portland Symphony, ME
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Tamara Theodis
violinist (’02) Director, Oregon Suzuki Talent Education Center
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Nikola Latakov
violinist (’02) Orquesta Sinfonica de Navarra, Spain
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John Richards
violist (’02) Founding member, Alarm Will Sound & Jack String Quartet
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Adda Kridler
violinist (’02) Assistant Principal Second- Charleston Symphony Orchestra. Assistant Professor, Ball State University
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Leo Eguchi
cellist (’02,’03) Brookline Music School faculty, Founding member, Kalistos Chamber Orchestra
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Belinda Yu
violinist/ violist (’02, ’04) CNN news correspondent, Atlanta, GA
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Justin Caulley
violist (’03) Camerata Salzburg & Vorspieler in the Konzerthaus Orchester Berlin
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Alex Maynegre
pianist (’03) University of Texas, (Austin) Butler School of Music, faculty, collaborative pianist
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Beth Ringel
cellist (’03) Fort Collins Symphony
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Erika Rhodes
cellist (‘03) Actress- The 18 Year Old Virgin, & The Plague
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Sasha Callahan
violinist (’03) Rhode Island Philharmonic & the Brookline Music School
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Yi Ching Fedkenheuer
violinist (’03) Utah State University, faculty
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Bradley Ottesen
violist (’03) Fry Street String Quartet
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Melanie Olsen
violinist (’03) Tucson Symphony Orchestra
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Charlotte Whitman
cellist (’03) Founder, Hartford Public School Satellite Music Program
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Adrianna Rossmiller
cellist (’03) Faculty- MacPhail Center for Music
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Katalin Vismeg
violinist (’03) Hartford Symphony
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Carlos Boltes
violist/ charango (’03) member of the *Alturas Duo and ensemble hailed as playing with "...marvelous virtuosity..." by The Washington Post. The only group of its kind, the duo formed with the idea of playing South American and classical music by bringing together the unusual combination of the viola, charango and guitar creating fiery programs that move at ease between J.S. Bach, South American folk rhythms and new music commissioned by the duo. In 2009 they received the CMA / ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming. The same year, Alturas were named Goodwill Ambassadors" for the Chilean-American Foundation
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Scott Hill
guitar (’03) Alturas Duo See above for description
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Jessica Helie
violinist (‘03,’04) Faculty- Concord Music Academy, NH
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Bram Goldstein
violinist (’03,’04) Hausmann String Quartet, in residence, San Diego State University
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Angela Choong
violinist/violist (’03,’05) Hausmann String Quartet
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Nick Upton
cellist (‘03-’05) Conductor, Albuquerque Youth Orchestra, Las Vegas Philharmonic,
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Yoko Kida
pianist (’04) New England Conservatory collaborative pianist
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Meredith Riley
violinist (’04) Richmond Symphony, Assistant Principal 2nd violinist (’04) Soloist- Syracuse Symphony (winner of the’06 Concerto Competition, Sphinx Competition/ semi- finalist
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Laura Shaw
cellist (’04) Faculty- Preucil School of Music,
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Sookyung Jeong
violist (’04) Tuscalossa Symphony Orchestra
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Sarah Vander Ploeg
violist (’04) Princeton University Marshall Scholarship Recipient
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Keith Sanders
violinist/violist (’04, ’05, ’07,’08) Trio Essence, VOX 4 & founding member/ Artsehcor (hip-hop orchestra)
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Lauren Burns
violist (’04, ’05) University of Florida Associate Professor
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Greg Abrell
violinist (’05-’19) WILD String Quartet
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Patrick Shaughnessy
violinist/ violist (’05-23) Heimat String Quartet
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Jeremy Harman
cellist (05-’09) Berklee School of Music, Associate Professor, Sirius String Quartet
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Laura Manko
violist (’05) Skidmore College, Faculty Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
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Allan Espinosa
violinist (’05) Founder & Director -Quincy Music Academy
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Sarah Bennett Foldager
violinist (’05,’06) BARRAGE & Aarhus Symphony Orchestra Denmark
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Rob Bradshaw
cellist (’05,’06) Chair of Strings- All Newton Music School (‘09)
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Esther Rogers
cellist (’06) Rochester Contemporary School of Music
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Colin Benn
violist (’06) Sao Paolo State Symphony Orchestra & Brazilian Symphony Orchestra, Haven String Quartet
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Erin Caplan
violist (’06,-’08,’10, 12- ’14) South Shore Conservatory & New School of Music & Dean, Castleman Quartet Program
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Mathew Beckmann
cellist (’06) Haven String Quartet in Residence Music Haven
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Arlyn Valencia
violinist/ violist ’06 Fellow- Community Works/ with the Providence String Quartet
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John Zion
violinist (’06) Director, Melvin Kaplan Management
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Anna Griffis
violinist /violist (’06) Foundling Baroque Orchestra
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Michelle Abraham
violinist (’06,’07, ’14) Tucson Symphony- Associate Concertmaster
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Robyn Zavitzky
violist (’06, ’07) Wild String Quartet
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Louisa Blood
violinist (’07) Chicago Civic Orchestra, Grand Rapid Symphony
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Arun Nadgir
pianist (’07,’08) Tennessee State University, Associate Professor
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Sarah Jacques
violinist (’07,’08) Faculty- Powers Music School, Concord Conservatory “Bach with Verse”- Artistic Director
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Bryan Hayslett
cellist (’07-‘10 ) New World School of Music, Assistant Professor, Alexander Bouno International String Competition 1st Prize Winner 2010 & 2011
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Lindsey Baggett
violinist (07-’09, ‘11) Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra & Houston Symphony (interim)
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Mischa Veselov
cellist (‘07-’12) Grammy Nominated Neave Piano, Trio in Residence, Longy School of Music of Bard College
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Anna Williams
violinist (’07-’12) Grammy Nominated Neave Piano Trio
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Shelby Trevor
violinist (’08) Suzuki School of Music- Theory & Musicianship Faculty, Wheaton College, Assistant Faculty
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Sarah Larson
violinist (’08) VOX 4 String Quartet –Carnegie Hall Zankel Recital Hall debut, October, 2009
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Orie Furata
violinist (’08) VOX 4 String Quartet Director, Experiential Chamber Music Union- collaborations with Mark O’Connor & Dana Leong & Henri Smith New Orleans Friends and Flavours
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Seth Woods
cellist ’08 VOX 4 String Quartet
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Jessica Oddie
violinist ’09,’11,’12 New Zealand Symphony- Assistant Concertmaster
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Kaleigh Acord
violinist/ violist’09-‘13 & WF ’14. ‘15), Con Affetto Trio in Residence From the Top LyricaFest Young Artist Faculty
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Sara Matayohsi
violinist (’09) United States Army Band & Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Assistant Principal 2nd
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Adrianna Khoo
cellist (‘10) Hong Kong City Chamber Orchestra & KinderU Suzuki Academy, faculty
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Mathew Laughlin
cellist (’10) Edward Said National Conservatory, Jerusalem, Faculty
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Shi Mei Lee
violinist (’10) Singapore Symphony & Singapore School of the Arts, faculty
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CheHo Lam
violinist (’11) Forbes- “Under 30 Entrepreneur”
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Anya Shemetyeva
violinist/ violist (’11, ’13) Buffalo Philharmonic
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Mina Kim
cellist (’11-’16) Con Affetto Trio- Ensemble in Residence From the Top
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Emily Lane
violist (’11-’15 & ’22 Chautauqua Festival Orchestra, Lincoln Center Chamber Music 2, in residence, Holland America Cruise Line, Phantom of the Opera
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Rebecca Phillips
violinist (’11-’19) Con Affetto Trio- Ensemble in Residence From the Top
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Brent Selby
cellist (‘11) Beantown Swing Orchestra and Video Game Orchestra VCO (Principal)
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Elizabeth Vysin
(’12-14 &’16,’17-20) Hartt School of Music Community Division Faculty
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Julia Clancy
violist (’12) I Palpati
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Lydia Bassett
violinist/violist (’12-’15) Director- Klassical Kids
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Kate Goldstein
violinist (’12-’16) Performing Arts Center of MetroWest Violin & Viola & Yamaha School of Boston
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Genevieve Tabby
cellist (’12) Atlas String Quartet
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Sula Lee
violinist/ violist (’13,’14 ) Zora String Quartet Grand Prize Winners Fischoff Chamber Music Competition
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Ignacy Grzelazka
cellist, (’14) Hartford Symphony, El-Sistema, Longy School of Music
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Nicole Oswald
violinist (’14.’15) Virginia Symphony
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Alan Snow
violinist (’14, ’22-Young Artist Faculty) Associate Concertmaster, Minnesota Symphony
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Willa Finck
violinist (’16) Rochester Philharmonic
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Miclen LaiPang
violinist (’16-’20 &’23) Vienna Radio Orchestra Guest Concertmaster, LGT Orchestra, Germany
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Leah Froyd
violinist, (’17-’20) Albany School of Music Faculty & Citizen’s Artist Orchestra, Administrative Director, Co Founder of Insight Chamber Players
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Alyssa Tong
violinist (’18, ’19) Founder OSSI- Online Solo String Intensive
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Tyler James
cellist (’19,20,21& 23) Boston String Academy Faculty
Ensembles
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Cecilia String Quartet
Banff Competition First Prize Winners (2010)
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Alturas Duo award winning duo,
(2009 CMA / ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming): named "Goodwill Ambassadors" for the American Chilean foundation
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Hausmann String Quartet
in residence at San Diego State University & Mostly Mozart Music Festival
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A Far Cry
in residence at New England Conservatory & the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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Vox 4 String Quartet
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Neave Piano Trio
Longy School of Music, Trio in Residence
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Con Affetto String Quartet
Robert Sherman’s McGraw Hill Young Artist Showcase NPR debut ’13, LyricaFest’s WinterFest’s Quartet in residence
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The WILD String Quartet
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Stamps String Quartet
Resident Ensemble University of Miami
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Sirius String Quartet
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Citizen’s Artist Orchestra
in Residence, Boston Healthcare for the Homeless
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Atlas String Quartet
in Residence Lincoln Center Chamber Music 2, Holland American Cruise
LyricaFest Marriages
Beth Ringel & Alex Maynegre May‘03
Katilyn Vizmeg & Carlos Boltes ‘04
Viki Tchertchian &Nikola Latakov ‘05
Angela Choong & Isaac Allen June ‘06
Sasha Callahan & Leo Eguchi June ‘07
Ashley Vandiver &Alastair Eng Dec. ’10 ( marriage attributed to Andrew Eng ( ’00-’07)
Micha Veselov & Anna Williams ‘22
LyricaFest babies
Oscar & Felix from Beth Ringel & Alex Maynegre
Freya from Sascha Callahan & Leo Eguchi
Ari from Isaac Allen & Angela Choong