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MEET THE ORCHESTRA
LEAH BESHORE, with Pink Martini and Portland Cello Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria after
violin, just finished Project. Heather is currently cello winning the Pro-Mozart Society of
her first year directing teacher and director of chamber Atlanta competition. Sunriver Music
the five orchestras ensembles at George Fox University Festival since 2024.
of Bend Senior High and founding member of the Arnica
School and Pilot Butte Quartet. Sunriver Music Festival since NOELLE BURNS, oboe,
Middle School. She 1996. holds the positions
has a Master of Arts in of principal oboe of
Teaching from George Fox University. ALICE BLANKENSHIP, the Tacoma Opera
She loves symphonic music the most violin, is Artistic Director Orchestra, second
though, and received her MM in of Microphilharmonic oboe of Symphony
Violin Performance from the Catholic Baroque, Concert- Tacoma, and second
University in Washington, DC. Sunriver master of the Oregon oboe/English horn of Northwest
Music Festival since 2019. Mozart Players, a Sinfonietta. Noelle has performed with
member of the Eugene the Houston Symphony, Jacksonville
LINDABETH BINKLEY, Symphony and orchestral soloist. As a Symphony, AIMS Festival Orchestra,
oboe, has held positions Baroque violinist, she has performed and Spoleto Festival USA. Originally
with the Tucson with Portland Baroque Orchestra, from Tacoma, Noelle is pleased to have
Symphony Orchestra, Oregon Bach Festival, Santa Fe Pro returned to her roots to be a part of
Colorado Symphony, Musica, and Pacific Baroque Orchestra. the cultural community. Sunriver Music
Arizona Opera, and Alice holds a Doctorate degree in Violin Festival since 2019.
Central City Opera. Performance and Music History from
She is currently principal oboist of the University of Oregon, a Performer's KARI CALDWELL, cello,
the Flint Symphony Orchestra and Diploma in Early Music and Historical is principal cello of the
Professor of Oboe at Central Michigan Performance Practice from the Royal Tulsa Symphony and
University. She performs regularly Conservatory, The Hague, and a the Tulsa Opera. As a
with the Powers Woodwind Quintet, Master's Degree in violin performance member of Trio Tulsa,
at International Double Reed Society from the San Francisco Conservatory she was featured on
Conferences, and as a visiting guest of Music. She received a Bachelor‘s in NPR’s “Performance
artist at college campuses across Music and International Studies from Today.” Her former students can be
the United States. Passionate about the Clark Honors College, University seen in major orchestras throughout
the teaching of oboe reed making, of Oregon. Alice is the founder and the US. She performed on fellowships
she maintains an Instagram devoted leader of Scandinavian folk dance band at the Aspen Music Festival and the
entirely to the process, @thinthetip. Høstedans. Sunriver Music Festival Tanglewood Festival, where she played
Sunriver Music Festival since 2021. since 2024. for Mstislav Rostropovich and received
the Piatagorsky Prize. Her orchestral
HEATHER BLACKBURN, DILON BRYAN, horn, is experience has included concerts with
cello, is an in-demand an esteemed British- Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Edo
performer and teacher born hornist and de Waart, Rostropovich, and Claus
based in Portland, OR. pedagogue based Tennstedt. Originally from Northport,
She holds degrees in Atlanta, GA. He New York, Kari attended the Eastman
from Peabody Institute has performed with School of Music. Sunriver Music
and Washington prestigious ensembles Festival since 1984.
State University. She was appointed including the Colorado, Atlanta, Detroit,
to the Oregon Symphony and has and North Carolina Symphonies, JOHN CARRINGTON,
performed as guest principal cello with amongst others. Dilon is currently harp, is principal harp
the Oregon Ballet Theatre Orchestra, the Adjunct Professor of Horn at for Pacific Northwest
Portland Opera Orchestra, Oregon the University of North Georgia and Ballet and the Auburn
Mozart Players and Tulsa Symphony, University of West Georgia. He holds Symphony. He is an
and most recently Symphony an MM in Performance from the active freelancer,
Tacoma and Orchestra Next. She University of Georgia and a BM in teacher and recording
has been a featured soloist with Performance from Columbus State artist in the Seattle area. He has
the Portland Symphonic Choir and University. Dilon also completed performed with conductors such as
extensively performed and recorded summer studies in 2019 in both
horn & Alexander Technique at the Continued on next page
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