
SPRINGFEST ARTISTS
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Alissa Smith
Viola, Baroque Viola
SPRINGFEST
Alissa Smith, violist, holds music degrees from the Australian National University and Juilliard, where she was a Teaching Fellow. Her chamber music experience has included recitals at Carnegie Hall; ...
Amy Nicole Broadbent
Soprano
SPRINGFEST
“With consummate poise, limpid clarity, and faultless intonation” (Washington Classical Review), soprano Amy Nicole Broadbent has garnered recognition as a dynamic and versatile musical force ...
Andrew Willis
Fortepiano
SPRINGFEST, SUMMER FESTIVAL
For several decades Andrew Willis has explored the historical development of keyboard instruments and their performance practice while maintaining a commitment to the study, performance ...
Anna Steinhoff
Cello, Viola da gamba
SPRINGFEST, SUMMER FESTIVAL
Based in Chicago, Anna Steinhoff specializes in the baroque cello and viola da gamba. She is a member of Third Coast Baroque, the Haymarket Opera Company, Bella Voce Sinfonia and ...
Carsten Schmidt
Harpsichord, Piano, Conductor
SPRINGFEST, SUMMER FESTIVAL
SMF Artistic Director Carsten Schmidt enjoys a flourishing career as a pianist, harpsichordist, and conductor, and has performed widely throughout Europe, North America, and Asia. He has been ...
Christopher Talbot
Bass-Baritone
Springfest
Bass-Baritone Christopher Talbot is a sought-after soloist and ensemble singer specializing in renaissance, baroque, and 21st-century repertoire. Hailed for his “voice of warmth and strength” ...
Derek Chester
Tenor
SPRINGFEST, SUMMER FESTIVAL
Derek Chester has quickly established himself as a preeminent interpreter of early music and oratorio repertoire. Chester holds voice degrees from University of Georgia and the Yale ...
Edson Scheid
Violin
SPRINGFEST, SUMMER FESTIVAL
Edson Scheid has been praised for his “polished playing” (The Strad) and for being a “virtuoso violinist” (The Boston Globe). His performance of Strauss’s song Morgen at Carnegie Hall alongside ...
Elisabeth Axtell
Horn, Natural Horn
SPRINGFEST, SUMMER FESTIVAL
Elisabeth Axtell delights in sharing the period instrument ethos with audiences across the country. Her regular engagements include Handel & Haydn Society, Portland Baroque, Seattle ...
Geoffrey Burgess
Oboe, Baroque Oboe
SPRINGFEST
Since his student days in Sydney Australia, Geoffrey Burgess has had a passion for all things to do with the oboe. He has worked over the course of his career with leading ensembles in ...
James Wilson
Cello, Baroque Cello
SPRINGFEST, SUMMER FESTIVAL
Cellist James Wilson has performed throughout the world on Baroque and modern cello, appearing at famous venues such as Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Vienna’s ...
Jordan Frazier
Double Bass
SPRINGFEST
Jordan Frazier has performed worldwide with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra since 1993 and was appointed a member of the orchestra in 2006. He is currently Principal Bass of the Westchester ...
Keith Collins
Bassoon, Contrabassoon
SPRINGFEST, SUMMER FESTIVAL
C. Keith Collins is a multi-instrumentalist whose musical tastes range from medieval and baroque to the traditional music of his ancestral Appalachian homeland. Praised for his “mastery...
Kristin Olson
Oboe, Baroque Oboe
SPRINGFEST
Kristin Olson enjoys performing on both modern and historical oboes. Her favorite composer has always been Mozart, so she’s especially excited to perform this early classical repertoire with ...
Mary Boodell
Flute, Baroque Flute
SPRINGFEST, SUMMER FESTIVAL
Mary Boodell is the Principal Flutist of the Richmond Symphony in Virginia. Praised as one of the city’s “most versatile and venturesome musicians,” she has won acclaim for numerous chamber music ...
Min-Young Kim
Violin
SPRINGFEST
Philadelphia violinist Min-Young Kim is a founding member and first violinist of the Daedalus Quartet. She is also the concertmaster of the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia and a frequent guest ...
Natalie Rose Kress
Violin, Baroque Violin
SPRINGFEST, SUMMER FESTIVAL
Praised by the New York Times for her “splendid playing,” Natalie Rose Kress is a Baroque violinist based in Washington, D.C.. Recent highlights include winning the Mercury Chamber Orchestra ...
Nathanael Udell
Horn, Natural Horn
SPRINGFEST
Nathanael Udell is a graduate of Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, earning his Doctor of Music under the tutelage of the former principal horn of the Chicago Symphony, Dale ...
Nicholas DiEugenio
Violin, Baroque Violin
SPRINGFEST, SUMMER FESTIVAL
Praised as an “excellent” and “evocative” violinist (New York Times), Nicholas DiEugenio leads a versatile performing life as a chamber musician, leader, and soloist in music ranging from early ...
Virginia Bolena
Organ
SPRINGFEST, SUMMER FESTIVAL
Choral Director, collaborative pianist and organist Virginia Bolena enjoys the many dimensions of her full-time work as a church musician while also balancing work as a professional performer in ...