2025 CORTONA SESSIONS FACULTY
COMPOSITION
Tina Tallon
Anthony R. Green
PERFORMANCE
flute | Sarah Brady
clarinet | Gregory Oakes
saxophone | Geoffrey Deibel
violin | Ari Streisfeld
cello | Kivie Cahn-Lipman
voice | Rachel Calloway
percussion | Michael Compitello
piano | Brianna Matzke
piano | Winston Choi
CONDUCTING
Chris Younghoon Kim
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THE CORTONA COLLECTIVE
The Cortona Collective is the ensemble made up of current and former faculty from the Sessions. The Collective performs together in a variety of settings outside of the Sessions themselves.
The entire membership of the Cortona Collective is listed below. The year that each joined the Collective is listed after their name.
PERFORMERS
flute: Sarah Brady (2016) — Mary Fukushima (2010)
clarinet: Gregory Oakes (2011)
saxophone: h2 Quartet (2012): Geoffrey Deibel, Jeffrey Loeffert, Kimberly Goddard Loeffert, Jonathan Nichol
violin: Ari Streisfeld (2014) — Zeneba Bowers (2011)
cello: Mariel Roberts (2023) — Kivie Cahn-Lipman (2012) — Matt Walker (2011)
percussion: Michael Compitello (2017) — Ji Hye Jung (2015)
piano: Winston Choi (2022) — Brianna Matzke (2019) — Amir Khosrowpour (2011) — Michael Kirkendoll (2010)
voice: Alexandra Porter (2023) – Paul Chwe Minchul An (2022) — Jeffrey Gavett (2017) — Rachel Calloway (2014) — Laura Bohn (2013) – Sarah Tannehill Anderson (2012)
conductor: Tim Weiss (2020) — Jeffrey Meyer (2020) — Chris Younghoon Kim (2017) — Eric Garcia (2014) — Jacob Wallace (2013)
COMPOSERS
Anthony R. Green (2024) – Jonathan Bailey Holland (2023) — Laurie San Martin (2023) — Evan Williams (2022) — Tina Tallon (2020) — Kay Rhie (2018) — Suzanne Farrin (2017) — David Rakowski (2016) — Beth Wiemann (2016) — Stevan Tickmayer (2011) — Gabriela Lena Frank (2010) — Forrest Pierce (2010)