FESTIVAL FELLOWS

2026 Festival Fellows

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ASSISTANT CONDUCTORS

SAM WU, Melbourne, Australia
Rice University Shepherd School of Music
Principal Assistant

ELIAS GILBERTSanta Cruz, CA
Peabody Conservatory
Second Assistant

VIOLINS

IAN BARNETT, Miami, FL
Princeton University

AMELIA CANNAVOBarnegat Light, NJ
New England Conservatory

TZU-TING CHEN, Taiwan
New England Conservatory

DEXTER DORIS, Hartsdale, NY
The Juilliard School

BRANDON GARZA, San Antonio, TX
The University of Texas at Austin

DYLAN HANSEN HAMME, Leonia, NJ
The Juilliard School

THERESA KATZ, Philadelphia, PA
New England Conservatory

SAMANTHA KRAMER, West Hartford, CT
Oberlin Conservatory

ANNA LINDER, Westerville, OH
University of Michigan

LILIANA MAHAVE, Toronto, Canada
Eastman School of Music

BEATRIX CECILIA MARTIN, Columbus, OH
Manhattan School of Music

RACHEL LEIGH MCCLELLAN, Good Hope, GA
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music

KATHARINE NELSON, Flossmoor, IL
University of Colorado Boulder

DANIEL XU, St. Louis, MO
Brown University

VIOLAS

KATHERINE CHERNYAK, Windsor, Ontario
Bard Conservatory

ALIZA CREEL, Middlebury, CT
The Juilliard School

DANIEL DE LA CRUZ, Laguna Niguel, CA
New England Conservatory

LUCY GELBER, Atlanta, GA
The Glenn Gould School

LOU JANTZEN, Greenville, NC
The Juilliard School

KATHERINE SOYOUNG PARK, Boston, MA
Eastman School of Music

HIDEAKI SHIOTSU, Mercer Island, WA
Eastman School of Music

CELLOS

TATUM HODGSON, Sierra Madre, CA
Rice University Shepherd School of Music

ELLIOTT KIM, Los Altos, CA
Princeton University

COLE LEONARD, Gravette, AR
University of Southern California Thornton School of Music

GABRIELLA MCCLELLAN, Athens, GA
University of Georgia

KARIM MAGGIO, Herndon VA
The Juilliard School

MAGGIE SLAP, West Hartford, CT
Eastman School of Music

SAMUEL SYKES, Dubuque, IA
Rice University Shepherd School of Music

DOUBLE BASSES

MOA GLIMBERG, Arlöv, Sweden
The Juilliard School

PAUL GONG, Irvine, CA
The Juilliard School

LOGAN JEONGHOO LEE, Chandler, AZ
Yale University

FLUTES

HANNA NOH, South Korea
University of Missouri

DENNIS PAPAZYAN, Los Angeles, CA
University of Southern California Thornton School of Music

OBOES

BRIDGET NANCE, Rochester, NY
Rice University Shepherd School of Music

WILL SIMPFENDORFER, Colorado Springs, CO
The Juilliard School

BASSOONS

KATHERINE DAHN, Tecumseh, MI
Michigan State University

FAITH WEIGAND, Racine, WI
Eastman School of Music

CLARINETS

ELIAS GILBERT, Santa Cruz, CA
Peabody Conservatory

COLIN MILLER, Nashville, TN
University of Wyoming

HORNS

NATHAN BONIN, Longmont, CO
University of Colorado Boulder

GRACE DOERR, Plainwell, MI
Temple University

BRADLEY GREATHOUSE, St. Peters, MO
University of Nebraska - Lincoln

HAYDEN JOYCE, Middlebury, IN
The Colburn School

TRUMPETS

SYDNEY HOEHL, Litchfield, IL
University of Colorado Boulder

HENRY LESSER, Suwanee, GA
University of Colorado Boulder

TROMBONES

ERIC GRANT HAYES, Sachse, TX
Baylor University

AMAAN SYED, Austin, TX
The Juilliard School

JORDAN TOLLESON, Wichita Falls, TX
Oklahoma State University

PIANOS

JORDAN MANASSE, New York City, NY
Northwestern University

GUOANNI QIN, Guangzhou, China
Cleveland Institute of Music

KEVIN TAKEDA, New York City, NY
Cleveland Institute of Music

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