Artist - Moab Music Festival

Praised by The Strad as an “utterly dazzling” artist, Danbi captivates audiences with her virtuosity, individual sound, and interpretive sensitivity. She is a Menuhin International Violin Competition Silver Medalist, a winner of the prestigious 2018 Salon de Virtuosi Career Grant, and a recent top prizewinner of the Naumburg International Violin Competition. Recent and upcoming engagements include appearances with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia and her Washington, DC, recital debut at the Phillips Collection. This season will also see her return to the Rockport, Moab, Saratoga Performing Arts (SPAC), Santa Fe, and North Shore Music Festivals, as well as her debuts at the Cleveland Chamber Music Society, Chamber Music San Francisco, and the Mostly Music, Newburyport, La Musica (Sarasota), and Chelsea Music Festivals. In addition, she embarks on a duo recital tour with guitarist Jiji. Her debut album, Much Ado: Romantic Violin Masterworks, will be released in fall 2023. Past concerto engagements include appearances with the Israel Symphony, Auckland Philharmonic, Vermont Symphony, and Dartmouth Symphony. Born in Seoul, South Korea, Um moved to the United States to study at the Curtis Institute of Music, where she earned a bachelor’s degree. She also holds an Artist Diploma from Indiana University. Her teachers have included Shmuel Ashkenasi, Joseph Silverstein, Jaime Laredo, and Hagai Shaham. She plays a 1683 “ex-Petschek” Nicolo Amati violin, on loan from a private collection.

Upcoming Performances:

Sept 10 – Music Hike II: Free Voices of Eastern Europe

Sept 10 – The Four Seasons According To Glass and Piazzolla

Sept 11 – Grotto III: German Masterpieces

Simone has been recognized as an emerging artist of impassioned energy, interpretive integrity, and vibrant communication. She has performed internationally as a soloist and chamber musician including debuts with the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic; and with a number of renowned conductors, including Stéphane Denève, Gustavo Dudamel, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Nicholas McGegan, Ludovic Morlot, and Donald Runnicles. Born in 1996, Simone made her professional solo debut at age 10 with the Seattle Symphony and her international debut with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London at age 13. In March 2015, Simone was named a recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant.

The 23/24 season included appearances at the Domaine-Forget and Moab Music Festivals, followed by orchestral performances in Shreveport, Burlington, Columbus, Hawaii, Greenville, Mobile and Rockford symphonies as well as a debut with Orquesta Clasica Santa Cecilia de la Fundacion Excelentia (Madrid). In recital, Simone was heard in Kentucky, California, and Aspen, CO.

Raised in Seattle, Washington, Simone studied with Margaret Pressley as a recipient of the Dorothy Richard Starling Scholarship and renowned pedagogue Robert Lipsett at the Colburn Conservatory of Music. She performs on a 1740 Carlo Bergonzi violin made in Cremona, Italy on generous loan from The Master’s University, Santa Clarita, California. simoneporterviolin.com

Upcoming Performances:

Aug 28 – A Movable, Musical Feast

Aug 29 – Grotto I: 19th Century Classics

Aug 31 – Music Hike I: Mozart in the Morning

Aug 31 – Red Cliffs I: Colorado Currents

Sep 1 – Red Cliffs II: BAILEN

Rob Patterson is Assistant Professor of Clarinet at Boston University’s School of Music, faculty at the Aria International Summer Academy, and Acting Principal Clarinet of the Modesto Symphony Orchestra.

Rob’s chamber music performances have taken him across North and South America, Europe and Asia. In Boston, he has performed with the Boston Symphony Chamber Musicians at the Boston Public Library, and has performed contemporary music as a member of the VERGE Ensemble in Washington, DC. Previously he was a member of the Philadelphia-based Ensemble 39, which was invited to serve in residence at the Teatro del Lago in Frutillar, Chile.

Rob has been the featured soloist in Copland’s Clarinet Concerto with the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra and the Charlottesville Symphony as well as the Mozart Clarinet Concerto with the Lyrique-En-Mer Orchestra, Binghamton Philharmonic, Middletown Symphony Orchestra, and the Howard County Concert Players. As a former Strathmore Music Center Artist in Residence, Rob presented a series of solo recitals, masterclasses, and a recital at the Kennedy Center.

Rob has served as Acting Principal Clarinet with the Baltimore and Louisville Orchestras as well as Principal Clarinet with the Charlottesville Symphony and Lyrique-en-Mer Festival Orchestra in France. Additionally, he has served as guest Principal Clarinet for the orchestras of Albany, Cincinnati, Richmond, Huntsville, Pasadena, Peoria, as well as the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops Orchestra.

Recent masterclass invitations have included the Curtis Institute, San Francisco Conservatory, Peabody Institute, University of North Texas, University of Toronto, Grieg Academy, Sibelius Academy, and Royal College of Music (Sweden). www.robwpatterson.com

Upcoming Performances:

Aug 25 – American Minimalism: A Retrospective

Aug 27 – Floating Concert

Robert is a Grammy-nominated violinist who enjoys a dynamic and multifaceted career. In addition to appearing as soloist with the world’s foremost orchestras on five continents, he has shared the stage with high-profile musicians such as Rolling Stones pianist Chuck Leavell, the late Gregg Allman, and actress and playwright Anna Deavere Smith. Philip Glass dedicated his Second Violin Concerto, The American Four Seasons, to Robert and he has performed it more than 100 times around the world. Mike Mills of the rock band R.E.M. composed his Concerto for Violin, Rock Band, and Orchestra for him. Robert has an extensive discography, including his recently released recording, Icons, with pianist Elizabeth Pridgen. Also this season, he will perform Brahms’ Violin Concerto with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra on an east coast U.S. tour, which includes a performance at Carnegie Hall. Robert is the founder of the Rome Chamber Music Festival in Italy, where he was awarded the Premio Simpatia by the mayor of Rome and the Premio delle Muse in Florence. He is the founder of the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University in his hometown of Macon, Georgia. He plays a 1735 Guarneri del Gesù violin, the “Ladenburg,” which is owned by a limited partnership formed by Robert. www.robertmcduffie.com.

Upcoming Performances:

Sept 10 – The Four Seasons According to Glass and Piazzolla

Sept 11 – Grotto III: German Masterpieces

ToniMarie has performed in Europe, South America, Asia, and throughout the US as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player. For the 2017-18 season, she was the Acting Second Oboe for the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, DC. ToniMarie has also been a featured artist at the Moab Music Festival (Utah), in Carnegie Hall’s collected stories festival curated by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang, for the Stefan Wolpe Society, and at New York’s leading contemporary music venue Spectrum. A member of IRIS Orchestra and Decoda, and an alumni of Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect, she appears frequently as a guest musician with orchestras around the country, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, National Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Nashville Symphony, American Ballet Theater, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony, and Atlanta Symphony. ToniMarie’s first commercial album, Légende: Concours for Oboe & Piano, was recently released on the Centaur Label. Currently the Associate Professor of Oboe at the University of Kentucky, she holds degrees from Harvard University (BA) and The Juilliard School (MM and DMA).

Upcoming Performances:

Aug 31 – Grotto I: Bach in the Grotto

Sept 1 – House Concert: There Will Always Be Paris

Sept 2 – Music Hike I: Winds in the Canyon

Sept 2 – 100 Years of Ragtime

Sept 4 – Rocky Mountain Power Community Concert

Sept 7 – Grotto II: Winds on the River

Alexis has been lauded in the press for her “gripping emotion” and “powerful artistry,” qualities which have led to a career striking for its wide range of collaborations and artistic expressions as a solo artist and chamber musician, with performances across the U.S. and in 15 countries in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and South America.

As the founding cellist of Trio Solisti, Alexis performed for 19 years at major American venues and series, recorded extensively, and gave the premieres of many new works, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Tempest Fantasy by Paul Moravec. In addition, Alexis was a founding member of the sextet Concertante, with whom she toured for 15 years throughout the U.S., and recorded much of the string sextet repertoire.

A frequent collaborator with dancers, Alexis collaborated as solo cellist with the Paul Taylor Dance Company on tour in India and at New York’s City Center, and in a duo with New York City Ballet principal dancer, Damian Woetzel. She has performed at many chamber music festivals including Marlboro, Aspen, Caramoor, Bridgehampton, and La Musica di Asolo, and as a guest artist with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. With Musicians From Marlboro, she has toured both in the U.S. and internationally.

Alexis studied cello with Nancy Streetman at the Manhattan School of Music Precollege Division, and Aldo Parisot at The Yale School of Music and The Juilliard School.

Upcoming Performances:

Sept 10 – Music Hike II: Free Voices of Eastern Europe

Sept 10 – The Four Seasons According To Glass and Piazzolla

Sept 11 – Grotto III: German Masterpieces

Hayoung is an award-winning violinist from Daejeon, South Korea. She is 21 years old and will start her Master of Music next Fall at the New England Conservatory as a recipient of the Deans Scholarship under the tutelage of Donald Weilerstein. She recently completed her undergraduate studies at the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings of Mercer University, as a student of Amy Schwartz Moretti, Robert McDuffie, and David Kim.

Most recently, Hayoung received the coveted 2023 Dorothy DeLay Fellowship from Aspen Music Festival. In 2022, she was awarded fourth prize at the Irving M. Klein International String Competition. She is a National winner of MTNA Young Artist Competition. And, in 2021, she took top prize for violin in the Hong Kong Generation Next Arts International String Competition.

Performing from an early age, Hayoung has appeared as soloist with Neo-Strings, Sangrok Orchestra, Seoul Symphony Orchestra, Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra, Macon-Mercer Symphony Orchestra. She has also performed with Amy Schwartz Moretti, Hsin-Yun Huang, Julie Albers, and Elizabeth Pridgen in Fabian Concert Series. She has participated in Erato Ensemble Winter Music Festival in Jeju, QingDao Music Festival in China, Takayama Music Festival in Japan, Innsbrook Institute Summer Festival, Vivace Music Festival, and Aspen Music Festival. Hayoung will make her solo concerto debut with Aspen Festival Orchestra in 2023 as the 2023 Dorothy Delay Fellow.

Upcoming Performances:

Sept 10 – Music Hike II: Free Voices of Eastern Europe

Sept 10 – The Four Seasons According to Glass and Piazzolla

Hailed by the New York Times as “deeply expressive” for his groundbreaking recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations on solo marimba, Pius is widely known as one of the most important percussionists of his generation. He has presented solo recitals at Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, National Concert Hall in Taipei, Kyoto Arts Center (Japan), as well as music festivals around the globe such as the Usedom Music Festival (Germany), Hong Kong Arts Festival, Taiwan International Percussion Convention, Chiapas International Marimba Festival (Mexico), Drum Fest (Poland), Percussion Plus Festival (Denmark), Italy PAS International Percussion Festival, Osaka Percussion Festival and Shenyang International Percussion Festival (China).

As one of the most sought-after composers for percussion today, Pius’ latest works include Allegro Brutale, commissioned by Dame Evelyn Glennie; Heaven and Earth, a 40-minute ballet for percussion ensemble and dancers; two percussion concerti, Princess Chang Ping and Heaven and Earth, for the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra; Theater, Resonance, and Zen, a percussion duo concerto for the Taiwan Chinese Orchestra; and Synced/UnSynced, a work designed for remote ensemble of free instrumentation.

Pius endorses Yamaha, Zildjian, Remo, and Innovative Percussion, which produces his signature mallet series. He is currently an Associate Professor and Chair of the Percussion Area at the University of Oregon.

Upcoming Performances:

Aug 24 – New Music at Red Earth

Aug 25 – American Minimalism: A Retrospective

Aug 27 – Floating Concert

Aug 31 – Grotto I: Bach in the Grotto

Sept 3 – Water World: Rivers, Bridges, Droughts, and Floods

Sept 4 – Rocky Mountain Power Community Concert

Ashley is an American cellist described as an “eloquent new music interpreter”(New York Times) and “a glorious cellist”(The Washington Post) who combines “bittersweet lyricism along with ferocious chops”(New York Magazine). Her “impish ferocity”, “rich tone” and “imaginative phrasing” (New York Times) have made her one of the most sought after performers of her time. The desire to create a dynamic energy exchange with her audience and build upon the ensuing chemistry is a pillar of Bathgate’s philosophy as a performer. Dynamism drives her to venture into previously uncharted areas of ground-breaking sounds and techniques, breaking the mold of a cello’s traditionally perceived voice. Bathgate was a member of the acclaimed sextet Bang on a Can All-Stars from 2009-2019. She is currently a member of the chamber music group Eighth Blackbird, TwoSense, a duo project with pianist Lisa Moore and the Anzu Quartet. As a soloist she has collaborated with, commissioned and recorded works by some of today’s leading voices in contemporary music, including Kate Moore, Michael Gordon, David Lang and the Sleeping Giant composer collective. In 2022 Bathgate was appointed as the Artistic and Executive Director of Avaloch Farm Music Institute, a creative arts residency program located in Boscawen, NH. (ashleybathgate.com)

Upcoming performances:

Aug 24 – New Music at Red Earth

Aug 25 – American Minimalism: A Retrospective

Aug 27 – Floating Concert

Hailed by The New Yorker as a “superb young soloist,” Nick has become one of the most sought-after and innovative cellists of his generation, captivating audiences throughout the United States and abroad. In The New York Times his playing was praised as “impassioned … the audience seduced by Mr. Canellakis’s rich, alluring tone.”

Nick’s recent highlights include concerto appearances with the Virginia, Albany, Delaware, Stamford, Lansing, and Bangor Symphonies, the Erie Philharmonic, The Orchestra Now, and the New Haven Symphony as Artist-in-Residence; Europe and Asia tours with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, including appearances in London’s Wigmore Hall, the Louvre in Paris, the Seoul Arts Center, and the Shanghai and Taipei National Concert Halls; and recitals throughout the United States with his long-time duo collaborator, pianist-composer Michael Stephen Brown. He made his Carnegie Hall concerto debut with the American Symphony Orchestra in 2015.

Nick is an artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and a regular guest artist at many of the world’s leading music festivals, including Santa Fe, Ravinia, Music@Menlo, Bard, Bridgehampton, La Jolla, Hong Kong, Moab, Music in the Vineyards, and Saratoga Springs. He was recently named Artistic Director of Chamber Music Sedona, in Arizona.

A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and New England Conservatory, his teachers have included Orlando Cole, Peter Wiley, Paul Katz, and Madeleine Golz at Manhattan School of Music Precollege. He was a member of the Bowers Program and has also been in residence at Carnegie Hall as a member of Ensemble Connect. nicholascanellakis.com

Upcoming Performances:

Sept 10 – The Four Seasons According to Glass and Piazzolla

Sept 11 – Grotto III: German Masterpieces

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