| Elizabeth
Wall
received her B. A. degree in performance after studying at St. Olaf College and the University of Minnesota, where she studied with Sidney Zeitlin. In addition to her degree, she was elected to Pi Kappa Lambda and Omicron Nu societies. Elizabeth has been a member of the Rochester Orchestra since 1988, has played with the Minnesota Opera and Minneapolis Pops orchestras, and is an active freelance musician. She served as Ex. Director for Rochester Orchestra & Chorale and the Southeastern Minnesota Youth Orchestras, and is now Director of Development for the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies. |
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| Dana
Maeda
graduated from St. Olaf College with a Bachelor of Music degree in oboe performance and holds an MA degree from St. Mary’s University. She studied oboe with Julie Madura and Rhadames Angelucci. Dana currently performs with the Rochester Orchestra and WindWorks Woodwind Quintet as well as freelancing in the Twin Cities area. She has performed with the Bloomington Symphony, Kenwood Chamber Orchestra, and the Minnesota Symphonic Winds. Dana is an elementary music specialist in the St. Paul private schools. |
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| Karen Hansen
earned her B.A. from St. Olaf College and her M.A. from University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is principal clarinetist of the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra and Mississippi Valley Orchestra and has been under contract with the Rochester Orchestra since 1991. As a freelance musician who usually performs operas and works for choir and orchestra, she once departed from classical guise to perform with the Moody Blues. Karen is a former member of Harmonia Mundi, a professional double wind quintet. Her solo appearances with orchestra include Debussy’s Premiere Rhapsodie pour Clarinette, Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto, Finzi’s Clarinet Concerto, and Mendelssohn’s Concert Piece No. 1 for clarinet and bassoon. |
 Photo by Jim Castle |
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Vicki
Wheeler is a graduate of Luther College and an active freelance musician. She is a member of the Victory Park Brass, Ruby Trio, and the Lake Wobegon Brass Band. Vicki performs frequently with her horn trio, Trio Brava, and has performed with several other professional groups including the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra, Rochester Orchestra, Minnesota Opera, Minnesota Sinfonia, and Harmonia Mundi. She also plays the Swiss alphorn and performs as a soloist and as a member of several alphorn ensembles. Vicki teaches private horn lessons in her home in Minneapolis. |
| Ford
Campbell graduated from St. Olaf
College with a degree in Bassoon Performance. He went on to
study bassoon at the University of Southern California. Ford
has been the principal bassoonist in the Bloomington Symphony
Orchestra since 1986 and has also performed with Kenwood Chamber
Orchestra, Bill Fegan Productions Touring Company, and the Amabile
Chamber Players in Kingston, Jamaica. Ford is a third grade teacher
in the Minneapolis Public Schools.
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