Ballet West Orchestra

Jared Oaks
MUSIC DIRECTOR

Aubrey Woods
CONCERTMASTER

Seretta Hart
ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER

1ST VIOLIN Aubrey Woods
Concertmaster
Emily Day-Shumway
Associate Concertmaster
Nathan Mueller
Kathy Langr
Peggy Wheelwright
Marcel Bowman
Katherine Kunz
Meredith Campbell*

2ND VIOLIN
Krista Utrilla
Principal
David Price
Associate Principal
Rachel Karr
Ann Cox
Melissa Draper
Melissa Combe

VIOLA
Sunny Johnson
Principal
Kathleen Bradford
Associate Principal
Candace Wagner
Devan Freebairn
Mallory Todd

CELLO
Lauren Posey
Principal
Cassie Olson
Associate Principal
Robin Dunn
Lauren Miller
Ambrynn Bowman

BASS
Matthew Shumway
Principal
Lola Maxham
Elizabeth Lambson

FLUTE
Alison Olsen
Principal
Sally Humphreys
Rebecca Chapman*

OBOE
Luca de la Florin
Principal
Justin Torres
Karen Hastings*

CLARINET
Erin Voellinger
Principal
David Feller

BASSOON
Brian Hicks
Principal
Christopher Egbert

HORN
Laurence Lowe
Principal Steve Park
Anita Miller
Wendy Koller

TRUMPET
Kyra Sovronsky
Principal
Sarah Marchetti
Lisa Verzella
Seretta Hart

TROMBONE
Steven Hunter
Principal
Neil Hendriksen
Craig Moore*

TUBA
Michael McCawley
Principal

TIMPANI
Ken Hodges
Principal

PERCUSSION
Heath Wolf
Principal
Chelsea Jones
Nate Hurst

HARP
Janet Peterson
Principal

PIANO
Vedrana Subotic*
Principal

*Substitute Musician

Jared Oaks

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Jared Oaks, one of the leading young ballet conductors in the United States, is Music Director of Ballet West. Since joining the company in 2008, Jared has maintained a rigorous conducting schedule, in addition to playing for rehearsals and classes. He has conducted performances for Houston Ballet and The Sarasota Ballet, and he has worked with the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Sinfonietta, the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, among others.

Jared’s numerous compositions include an oratorio about Joan of Arc, with poems by Suzanne Lundquist, and chamber ballets for Ballet West, Charlotte Ballet, and Mid-Columbia Ballet. Jared is also a fellow of the American-Scandinavian Foundation and co-founder of the Composer Discovery Initiative.