Maestro Robert Moody, Artistic Director/Conductor

First Violin Robin Mayforth, Concertmaster Charles Dimmick, Associate Concertmaster Yuriy Bekker Randall Weiss Mutsuko Ikenouchi Tatman Eline van den Ende So Yun Kim Adelaide Federici Second Violin Corine Brouwer, Principal Paloma Griffin, Associate Principal Andrew Emmett Anna Gendler Jan Septon Min Park Sara Zun Viola Janet Sims, Principal Chiara Kingsley Dieguez, Associate Principal Eleanor Angel Chad Kaltinger Laura Renz Cello Brant Taylor, Principal Brian Thornton, Associate Principal Janet Witharm Noriko Kishi David Heiss David Himmelheber

Double Bass Timothy Spears, Principal Bill Everett Paul Sharpe Flute Philip Dikeman, Principal Michael Gordon Rachel Braude Piccolo Rachel Braude Oboe Neil Tatman, Principal Roger Roe, Associate Principal Rebecca Kemper Scarnati English Horn Roger Roe Clarinet Jerry Kirkbride, Principal John Snavely   Bassoon William Dietz, Principal Glenn Einschlag French Horn Jeffrey Fair, Principal Cara Jones Joseph Berger Eric Reed

Trumpet   Anita Cirba, Co-Principal Benjamin Wright, Co-Principal Trombone Matthew Petterson, Principal Donna Parkes David Ridge Tuba Daryl Johnson, Principal Timpani John Tafoya Percussion Steve Fitch, Principal Matthew Darling Benjamin Irons Harp  Gaye LeBlanc Piano/Celesta Lawrence Loeber Organ James Jones Orchestra Librarian Timothy Spears

Meet the Principals

Violinist Corine Brouwer is Concertmaster of the Winston-Salem Symphony, the Asheville Lyric Opera, and the Carolina Chamber Symphony. She has appeared as soloist with the North Carolina Symphony, Winston-Salem Symphony, Canton (Ohio) Symphony, and Carolina Chamber Symphony, among others. This season included highly praised solo performances of Astor Piazolla’s Four Seasons with the Winston-Salem Symphony. Her chamber music appearances include the Eastern Music Festival, the International Bartók Festival, and the Saugatuck Chamber Music Festival. Formerly Director of the Community Music School of the North Carolina School of the Arts, Ms. Brouwer has taught at Wake Forest University and the National Suzuki Institute in Wisconsin, and curently maintains a private studio. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the NC School of the Arts, where she studied with the late Elaine Richey. This is Ms. Brouwer’s fourth year with the Festival Orchestra.

Robin Mayforth, violinist, is making her 10th appearance as Concertmaster of the Arizona Musicfest All-Star Orchestra. She also serves as Concertmaster of Symphony Silicon Valley and at the Music in the Mountains Festival (CA). A founding member of the highly-respected Lark Quartet in 1985, she toured with the ensemble throughout the United States, Europe, Russia, China and Australia until 1993. Ms. Mayforth is a native of Wilmington, Delaware. She received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from The Juilliard School, where she studied with the celebrated teachers Dorothy DeLay, Hyo Kang and Paul Kantor.

Janet Sims has been Principal Violist with the Arizona Musicfest All-Star Orchestra since the first Festival in 1992. She has also performed as soloist with the ensemble. Currently, she is Assistant Principal Violist of the Symphony Silicon Valley and Ballet San Jose orchestra, and a founding member of the San Jose String Quartet. In addition, Ms. Sims is Principal Violist with the Midsummer Mozart and the Music in the Mountains Festival (CA) orchestras. An active chamber musician, she has appeared at Music at Kohl Mansion, San Jose Chamber Music Society, and the Trinity Chamber Series. Ms. Sims is a graduate of Stanford University and Santa Clara University.

Cellist Brant Taylor's varied career includes solo appearances and collaborations with leading chamber musicians throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, as well as orchestral, pedagogical and popular music activities. After five years as cellist of the award-winning Everest String Quartet and one year with the Saint Louis Symphony, he was appointed by Daniel Barenboim to the Chicago Symphony in 1998. In 2002, Mr. Taylor began an association with the band Pink Martini, and has appeared with it on “Late Night with Conan O'Brien,” “The Late Show with David Letterman,” at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and in venues ranging from nightclubs to concert halls across North America. He can be heard on the band's 2007 release, Hey Eugene. A faculty member at the DePaul University School of Music, Mr. Taylor holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music and Indiana University. His primary teachers were Janos Starker and Paul Katz. This is his third appearance at Arizona Musicfest.