ORCHESTRA FACULTY & GUEST ARTISTS
COJAC participants work with faculty daily to perfect their technique & musical performance. Guest Artists lead individual masterclasses throughout the Academy, giving participants detailed instruction and insight into and from the professional world.
KAY STERN - VIOLIN | Concertmaster, San Francisco Opera Orchestra
MARIA ROMERO - VIOLIN | Professor of Violin, Vanderbilt University
MICHELE BOVYER - VIOLIN | 1st Violin, Los Angeles Philharmonic
KATE OUTTERBRIDGE - VIOLIN | Teaching Artist, YOSAL & YOLA
YONI GERTNER - VIOLA | Viola, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
EN-TING HSU - VIOLA | Principal Viola, Topeka Symphony Orchestra, Teaching Artist, YOSAL
PATRICIA HELLER - VIOLA | San Francisco Opera Orchestra
PHILIP BORTER - CELLO | Professor of Cello, Baylor University
GIOVANNA MORAGA CLAYTON - CELLO | Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
WARREN HAGERTY - CELLO | Principal Cello, Pacific Symphony
JOSEPH MCFADDEN - BASS | Principal Bass, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
JAMES SULLIVAN - BASS | Professor, Michigan State University
JACQUELINE CORDOVA-ARRINGTON - FLUTE | Professor of Flute, University of Oregon
THOMAS ROBERTELLO - FLUTE | Professor of Flute, Indiana University
JULIE MCKENZIE - FLUTE | Principal, San Francisco Opera Orchestra
STEPHANIE MCNAB - PICCOLO | Piccolo, San Francisco Opera Orchestra
GABE YOUNG - OBOE | 2nd Oboe, San Francisco Opera, Teaching Artist, YOSAL
JANET POPESCO ARCHIBALD - OBOE/ENGLISH HORN | Solo English Horn, San Francisco Opera Orchestra
KENNETH GRANT - CLARINET | Professor of Clarinet, Eastman School of Music
VICTOR CHAVEZ - CLARINET | Professor of Clarinet, University of Tennessee Knoxville
KATHLEEN MCLEAN - BASSOON | Professor of Bassoon, Indiana University
SARA FRUEHE - BASSOON | 2nd Bassoon, Terre Haute Symphony
KELLY LANGENBERG - HORN | Professor of Horn, Northern Illinois University
AMY SANCHEZ - HORN | Professor of Horn, UCLA
JOON PARK - TRUMPET | Volker Brass, YOSAL Teaching Artist
ALEC BLAZEK - TRUMPET | 2nd Trumpet, Nashville Symphony Orchestra
ABBIE CONANT - TROMBONE | Professor of Trombone, University of Music Trossingen, Germany
SAMUEL SCHLOSSER - TROMBONE | Principal, San Francisco Opera Orchestra
ESTHER ARMENDARIZ - TROMBONE | Principal Trombone, Santa Cruz Symphony
ALANA WIESING - PERCUSSION | Principal Timpani, Tucson Symphony Orchestra
ERICH RIEPPEL - TIMPANI | Principal Timpani, Minnesota Orchestra
PATTI NIEMI - PERCUSSION | Percussion, San Francisco Opera Orchestra
DANKO DRUŠKO - CONDUCTING | Artistic Director, COJAC
DAVID NEELY - CONDUCTING | Director of Orchestral Activities, University of Maryland
CLIFF COLNOT - CONDUCTING | Director of Orchestral Activities, DePaul University