Clarinetist Kellan Toohey is an avid performer whose varied career includes recitals and solo appearances, chamber music, teaching, and orchestral playing. He holds a DMA from...
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Gina Johnson
Gina’s love for music was apparent before she could even read. When she was knee high to a grasshopper, she would listen to her older...
Max Soto-Sibaja
Soto began his musical education with the Orquesta Sinfonica Juvenil of Costa Rica. He studied with Principal Oboist Jorge Rodriguez and cultivated a passion for...
Sandra Tiemens
Sandra Tiemens hails from Rochester, Minnesota. She currently serves as a flutist and piccoloist of the Fort Collins Symphony. She is completing a 20-year military...
Kristin Sommer
Kristin Sommer has been a member of the Fort Collins Symphony since 2005, performing on both piccolo and flute. She first became intrigued by the...
Norman Menzales
Filipino-American flutist, Norman Menzales, joined the Fort Collins Symphony as Principal Flute in 2013 and was appointed to the same position with Montana’s Great Falls Symphony...
Forest Greenough
Known as a very diverse performer, bassist Forest Greenough has performed concerts and given clinics on four continents, and is a regular member of the...
Beth Wells
Beth Wells has been a member of the Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra cello section since 1991. She is also a member of the Greeley Philharmonic...
J. Peter Linder
Mr. Linder began playing cello at the age of four under the instruction of Frances Reedy, utilizing a modified version of the Suzuki method. As...
Joseph Howe
Joseph Howe earned his Bachelors degree from the University of Oregon and his Masters degree from CU Boulder, where he was a TA in the...
Becky Kutz Osterberg
Becky Kutz Osterberg is a versatile freelance musician throughout Northeast Colorado and Southern Wyoming. She enjoys playing in a wide variety of ensembles and venues...
Ezgi Pikayzen
A versatile musician, equally in demand as a soloist, chamber music partner and orchestral musician, violist Ezgi Pikayzen began her studies in her native city...
Sabrina Romney Lloyd
According to a letter in the Aspen Times, Sabrina Romney Lloyd has been known to lay down some “fiery licks that have no doubt been appropriated...
Lauren Spaulding
Lauren Spaulding, a Texas native, received her BM and MM in Viola performance, working under the tutelage of Professor Peter Slowik at the Oberlin Conservatory...
Rachel Sliker
Rachel’s life as a musician began with violin lessons at the age of five in Colorado Springs, CO. She went on to earn her Bachelor’s...
Evan De Long
Originally from Los Angeles, California, Evan De Long has been playing the violin since the age of eight, and holds a Bachelor’s degree in violin...
Jennifer Crim
Originally from Eugene, Oregon, Jennifer Crim began playing violin at the age of 10. Jennifer studied violin with Richard Fuchs at the University of Northern...
Arlo Adams
Arlo Adams is a Suzuki trained violinist, teaching and performing throughout the Arizona and Colorado. Originally from Flagstaff, Arizona, he grew up in the shadow...
Sarah Whitnah
Sarah Whitnah holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Violin Performance from St. Olaf College, and a Master’s Degree from the University of Denver where she studied...
Callie Brennan
Callie Brennan hails from the sunny state of Maine, which is where she first held a violin at the tender age of four. As an...
Nina Fronjian
Originally from southeast Wisconsin, Nina Fronjian enjoys a versatile career as a violinist and music instructor in Boulder, Colorado and surrounding areas. With over ten...
Nancy Symes
During Nancy Symes’ professional career, she served as the Vice President of Human Resources for two Federally Chartered Credit Unions in the Washington, DC area,...
Susan Greer
Susan Greer grew up in Fort Collins and attributes her strong values and appreciation of education and the arts to her parents, Wilson and Emily Wilmarth, and PSD music...
Tom Sutherland Celeste Endowed Chair
In February 2013, Jean Sutherland endowed this chair to honor her husband who said that music and books sustained him during his six years of...
Marie L. Schall Organ Endowed Chair
Loren and Fran Schall have gifted this organ chair in loving memory of Loren’s mom who was a piano prodigy as a young girl, a...
Kathryn Edwards Principal Piano Endowed Chair
In August 2010, Kay Edwards endowed the piano chair to honor her pianist friends Clare Wilber and Mark Sloniker, as well as her family—husband Larry,...
Kepler Principal Harp Endowed Chair
In fall 2012, the Kepler Harp Chair was endowed by friends of Kay Kepler Edwards to honor her dedication to the Guild endowment.
Josephine Kathryn Guerriero Principal Triangle Endowed Chair
Through the Emerging Leaders Program, sponsored by the Bohemian Foundation, parents Jennifer Johnson and Michael Guerriero used their matching donation to honor their daughter Josephine,...
Harrison Principal Percussion Endowed Chair
In 2013, Guild members Graham and Joanne Harrison endowed this chair, stating “It’s fun to watch the percussion instruments being played during concerts.”
Wayne & Phyllis Schrader Principal Timpani Endowed Chair
The Schraders are lifelong residents of Fort Collins who support many local non-profits, including the Fort Collins Symphony, Lincoln Center, University Center for the Arts,...