Brian Jack – principal bassoonist

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As a highly regarded bassoonist, Brian Jack has performed with ensembles such as the Colorado Ballet, Colorado Music Festival, MahlerFest Symphony Orchestra, Wyoming Symphony, and the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra. He is an avid chamber musician, having formed the Boulder Bassoon Quartet and played with the award-winning Antero Wind Quintet. After earning his Bachelor’s Degree in [...]

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Rebekah Durham

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Rebekah Durham began studying violin at the age of four. She received her Artist Diploma as well as her Bachelors of Music degree Magna Cum Laude from the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music. She has studied primarily with Linda Wang, James Maurer, and William Preucil. Currently, she is a graduate student at the [...]

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Katie Vedder – Clarinetist

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Katie Vedder was raised in the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains. Vedder graduated Summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Music degree from Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado and her Master’s Degree in Clarinet at the University of Colorado, Boulder. While in school Vedder performed at the College Honors Recital every year and was invited [...]

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Colin Thurmond – Composer in Residence

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Equally sought after as performer and composer, The Boulder Symphony Orchestra has recently commissioned Colin Thurmond for a new orchestral work, resulting in the Concierto de Pampas, a duo concerto for guitar and percussion, to be premiered in April of 2011 with Mr. Thurmond himself as guitarist. In addition, his works have been performed by [...]

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Chip Michael – Composer in Residence

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Chip Michael (b. 1962) recently returned from the UK after studying composition with Kenneth Dempster and Stephen Davismoon.  He is currently studying with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra’s Principal Percussionist, William Hill. Edinburgh Symphony Orchestra premiered Chip’s Symphony No. 1 “Figuratively Speaking” in 2008.  The Edinburgh Quartet also premiered several string quartets and chamber pieces over [...]

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Gregory Walker – Violinist

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Violinist Biography 2010 Since a marathon performance of Bruch’s Kol Nidre, an original arrangement of Ora No Omboko, and his own Bad Rap for Violin and Chamber Orchestra with the Colorado Symphony in 1996, Gregory Walker has charted his own creative course while developing unique collaborations with the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, the Breckenridge Festival Orchestra, [...]

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Gregory T.S. Walker – Composer

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After graduating from Indiana University with a Bachelor of Science in Music and English, Gregory T.S. Walker performed solo synthesizer concerts throughout California under the auspices of the University of California Touring Artists program before obtaining a masters degree in computer music from the University of California at San Diego.  He performed his Concerto No. 1 for [...]

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