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Memberships/Organizations National Association of Teachers of Singing Early Music America Biography Soprano Holly Boaz enjoys a varied career in opera, oratorio, chamber music, and small ensembles. Career highlights include appearances with Seattle Symphony, Symphony Tacoma, Hartford Symphony, Seattle Opera, Pacific MusicWorks, Music of Remembrance, the Russian Chamber Music Foundation, Vancouver Early Music Festival, Connecticut Opera, The Aspen Music Festival, the Emerald Ensemble, Early Music Tacoma

Honors and Distinction in Performance, New England Conservatory of Music, 1999 B.M. with Honors, The College of Wooster, 1997 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Applied Trumpet Lessons Teaches Music Theory and Analysis II and III Coaches Chamber Ensembles Member of Lyric Brass Quintet Responsibilities Applied Trumpet lessons, teaches Music Theory and Analysis II and III, coaches Chamber Ensembles, director of the PLU Trumpet Ensemble, member of Lyric Brass Quintet Books Practical Daily Warm-Ups for

, Accompanying Biography Russian-born pianist Oksana Ezhokina is Coordinator of Keyboard Studies and Associate Professor of Music at Pacific Lutheran University. An artist of great breadth and versatility, she appears frequently as guest recitalist and chamber musician on concert series across the United States and abroad. She has soloed with the Seattle Symphony, St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic in Russia, Tacoma Symphony, and performed in venues such as the Phillips Collection in Washington DC, Benaroya

Lutheran University PLU Innovative Teaching Grant (2003) Richard Moe Award for Professional Development (2002) Biography Violinist Svend Rønning enjoys a varied career as an artistic director, chamber musician, concertmaster, educator, and soloist. He is Coordinator of String Studies at Pacific Lutheran University where he is Professor of Music and violinist in the Regency String Ensemble. His prior teaching appointments have included faculty positions at the Eastern Music Festival, the Shenandoah

Brook University. She plays Second Flute with Symphony Tacoma, Principal Flute with Vashon Opera, and appears regularly with groups including NW Sinfonietta, Olympia Symphony, Lyric Opera NW, and on programs such as the Icicle Creek Concert Series, the Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival, and the Second City Chamber Music Series. Dr. Rhyne has been a lecturer and clinician across the US and abroad. Her article “Discovering Muczynski’s Unknown Gem” was published in 2019 in The Flutist Quarterly. She

pandemic. She serves as Principal Cello of the Northwest Sinfonietta Chamber Orchestra and Bellevue Philharmonic. Mara has performed with the Seattle Symphony, Seattle Opera, Pacific Northwest Ballet, the Cornish Chamber Series, the Silsbee Piano Trio, the Seattle International Music Festival, the Governor’s Chamber Music Series, the Bacchus Trio, the Fear No Music Twentieth Century Ensemble, and the Paley Music Festival in France. She has appeared regularly with the Music of Remembrance series since

. Dr. Lader began teaching private lessons in 2008 while completing his studies at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. He served as orchestra department coordinator and faculty instructor at the John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts – Community Music School from 2009-2017, instructing both violin and viola. From 2010-2016 Dr. Lader served as an adjunct instructor teaching private lessons, coaching chamber music, and group classes at the University of Oregon’s Community Music Institute and Suzuki

member of the Carpe Diem String Quartet, a devoted and sought-after chamber musician and teacher, and a gifted composer and arranger. Ms. Fujiwara is Professor of violin and viola at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. She served for many years on the music faculty of Ohio Wesleyan University and is in great demand for master classes and clinics throughout the United States. Korine’s students have been accepted into the performance programs of such institutions as Indiana University

pop music. He is Principal Trombonist of Olympia Symphony, Federal Way Symphony and Seattle Rock Orchestra. He is also the trombonist for Kalimba: The Spirit of Earth, Wind, and Fire. Since 2000 Ryan has been an active freelance musician throughout the state of Washington performing with groups such as Tacoma Symphony, Tacoma Ballet, Yakima Symphony, Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra, Northwest Sinfonietta, Lyric Opera Northwest, and Bellevue Philharmonic. He has performed and taught

principal bassist of the Tacoma Opera Orchestra, the principal bassist of Vashon Opera, and regularly performs with orchestras across the region. She has performed with the Second City Chamber Music Series, the Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival, the Kairos Music Festival and Lyceum, the Rackham Chamber Music Series, and the All Rivers at Once contemporary music series. Dr. Jensen has been the featured soloist with the Everett Philharmonic Orchestra, the Lake Chelan Bach Festival Orchestra, the