February

Katy Juneau, viola

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Katy Juneau is Principal Viola of the Fremont Symphony, Lamplighter’s Theatre Orchestra and West Edge Opera Festival.  Katy is a member of Modesto Symphony & California Symphony. She also plays with Oakland Symphony, Santa Rosa Symphony, Marin Symphony, & Sacramento Philharmonic on a regular basis.

Katy’s most exciting passion project these days is being a member of the FSQ string quartet. In 2018 the Fremont Symphony & Quartet won a Zellerbach family foundation grant for their Lost Voices program. She also enjoys playing with Contra Costa Musical Theatre, and the Island Opera Company. Katy plays chamber music with various smaller ensembles throughout the Bay Area. Since 2013 she has volunteered as a coordinator and player for chamber music programs at Oakland Heights Pacifica Senior Living. Katy has fun playing a variety of musical genres and has been in backup groups accompanying all sorts from Wynton Marsalis, Peidmont Community Church, KISS, Bonnie Raitt, Synchronicity Strings, Kevin Spacey, Storm Large, and Josh Groban to playing in the World Classic Baseball Orchestra on the field at AT&T Park. Katy graduated from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.



Performances

Adam Wolf, horn

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As a freelance hornist in Los Angeles, Adam Wolf has had a variety of opportunities, including chamber music, orchestral playing, recording work, contemporary music, and solo appearances.

Adam has recorded and performed with many artists and composers, including Miley Cyrus, Will.I.Am, Pete Townsend, Billy Idol, John Debney, Arturo Sandoval, Mark Isham, Jeff Russo, Pinar Toprak, and many more.

As an orchestral player, Adam has had the privilege to perform with the San Diego Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Omaha Symphony, and Long Beach Symphony to name a few. He is also Principal Horn of the Redlands Symphony and Third Horn of the Modesto Symphony. In addition to performing, Adam is an accomplished composer whom’s music has been performed on five continents. He is commissioned regularly for concert music and is also the hornist, composer, and founder of Rock Horn Project- a multi-genre fusion band.

In 2017 Adam joined the faculty at the University of Redlands where he serves at the Artist Teacher of Horn and maintains a thriving studio. He is a Performing Artist for Conn-Selmer, and has a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Composition and Performance from California Institute of the Arts.



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Denis Harper, oboe

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Denis Harper has consistently been praised for his performances as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestra player. A recipient of a Hewlett Foundation Fellowship and the Marian Anderson Young Artist award, he made his New York recital debut in Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall to enthusiastic acclaim by The New York Times. “Mr. Harper has a clean, tapered, and exquisitely lovely tone… his phrasing is elegant and he can float a tune with the best of them.”

He has been Principal Oboe of the Modesto Symphony since 1991.



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