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Coach Coordinator, Violin Coach - Marcus Talley
Marcus Talley has an array of teaching experience, having held teaching positions
at Interlochen Arts Camp, Seminar Music Camp, and the Suzuki Institute of Seattle. Since
completing his DMA in 2006, Marcus has become an active part of music education in
the area. He is currently adjunct faculty at Seattle University and a violin coach and
coach coordinator for the Everett Youth Symphony Orchestras. He maintains private
studios in Kenmore and Issaquah and works with string programs in the Northshore
school district. In recent history Marcus has been the director of the Eastside of the
chamber music program for the Seattle Conservatory of Music, a chamber music coach
for the Westside program, and a member of the Bellevue Philharmonic.
Mr. Talley holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts (DMA) in violin performance from
Michigan State University, a Masters (MM) in violin performance from Western
Michigan University and a Bachelors (BM) in violin performance from Western
Washington University. His principal teachers include Charles Avsharian, Renata Knific,
David Updegraff, Walter Schwede, and Celia Weiss-Nicks.
Horn Coach - Bobby Collins
Bobby Collins currently works as a horn coach, freelance musician, and substitute teacher in the greater Seattle area. Bobby is currently the principal horn in Thalia Symphony and a section horn player in Seattle Wind Symphony. He has also performed with Yakima Symphony, Olympia Symphony, University of Washington Symphony, and Samammish Symphony. He studied at Central Washington University for his undergraduate degree in Music and Music Education Certification. While there Bobby studied horn with Dr. Jeffrey Snedeker and conducting with Dr. Nikolas Caoile. He performed with both the CWU Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble. While at school Bobby also worked as a Wind Instructor and Assistant Conductor with the Kittitas Valley Youth Orchestra.
Bass Coach - Bryan Kolk
Bryan Kolk is a bassist and orchestra teacher from Michigan. He received both his Bachelors in Music Education and Masters in Bass Performance from the University of Michigan. During his time there he debuted as guest soloist with the Troy High Orchestra alongside Daniel Bernard Roumain and premiered Joshua Bornfield’s quintet simplificulticity on his Masters recital, a work that went on to win Peabody’s Delillo Composition Award. He currently performs as principal of the Thalia Symphony Orchestra and associate-principal of the Washington-Idaho Symphony; coaches extensively with the Seattle and Everett Youth Symphony Orchestras; and teaches orchestra in the Edmonds and Lake Washington School Districts. He is also Coordinator of the Marrowstone Summer Music Festival in Bellingham, WA.
Low Brass Coach - Chuck Wiese
Chuck Wiese (trombone) is a freelance musician, private brass instructor and clinician.
He has degrees from the University of Nevada, Reno (BME) and Indiana University (MM).
Chuck is currently a member of the Everett Philharmonic, Brass Reflections (brass quintet),
Roadside Attraction (big band), and the Smith Staelens Big Band. Other local ensembles
he has performed with include the Bellevue Philharmonic Orchestra, Federal Way
Symphony, Village Theatre, Seattle Gilbert & Sullivan Society, and Jim Cutler Jazz
Orchestra. Chuck has performed with the Four Tops, the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, and
has toured nationally with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.
Viola Coach - Jonathan Graber
Jonathan Graber has appeared as violin or viola soloist, chamber musician, orchestral
Concertmaster, and conductor throughout the United States as well as in Austria,
France, and Honduras. In 2008-09, he worked as a Fulbright Scholar as a Visiting
Professor at the National Autonomous University of Honduras. While in Honduras, he
served as Visiting Concertmaster and appeared as soloist with that countryʼs national
symphony.
Locally, Jonathan has served as Concertmaster of the Northwest, Olympia, Rainierand
Thalia Symphonies, substitute player with the Seattle Symphony, and Music Director
and Conductor of the Vashon-Maury Chamber Orchestra. He has appeared as soloist
with the Northwest Symphony Orchestra, Turtle Bluff Chamber Orchestra, and the
Capitol Area Junior Youth Symphony and has served on the conducting staff of the
Bellevue-Eastside Youth Symphony and the coaching staff of the Cascade, Seattle, and
Tacoma Youth Symphonies.
He holds a Master of Music degree from the New England Conservatory of Music and a
Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Washington.
Flute Coach - Marilyn Swanson
Marilyn Swanson is a professional
flutist from the South Everett area. She delights in watching her private
students excel in her home studio and also enjoys playing in the community
with Celestrio (a flute/harp/cello trio), the Pacific Rim Flutes (a flute
quartet), and other small ensembles. Marilyn is principal flutist in the
orchestra at Alderwood Community Church where she is a member and finds joy
in honoring God with the music He has given her.
Percussion Coach - Matt Drumm
Matt Drumm began playing drums and percussion at age nine. He graduated from the University of Washington in 2000 with a degree in Percussion Performance, studying primarily with Michael Crusoe of the Seattle Symphony. Matt has served as Principal Timpanist of Tacoma Symphony since 1999, Philharmonia Northwest since 1998, Bellevue Philharmonic (2001-2011) and Cascade Festival of Music (2006-07).
Matt is in demand as a freelance timpanist and percussionist, frequently performing with Seattle Symphony, Seattle Opera, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Northwest Sinfonietta and more. He also plays with the Route 66 big band, chamber ensembles, musical theater, soundtracks for movies and video games, as well as the worship team at his church. He has taught percussion lessons for over 20 years and coaches percussion for schools, youth symphonies and summer festivals. In 2004, Matt performed the Thärichen Timpani Concerto with Philharmonia Northwest and earlier this year premiered Gregory Youtz’s Duo Percussion Concerto with Tacoma Symphony.
Clarinet Coach - Deborah Colyn
EYSO's clarinet coach Deborah Colyn grew up in Lynnwood, WA and graduated from Lynnwood HS. She has a BM in clarinet performance from the University of Washington and a MM in clarinet performance from Michigan State University. While in Michigan she taught at the Flint School of Performing Arts. She performs professionally throughout Puget Sound as a studio musician and member of various orchestras, chamber groups, and pit orchestras, and in solo recitals and concerti with local orchestras. Her performance experience covers all styles of music and all members of the clarinet family. She coaches for the Cascade Youth Symphony, Everett Youth Symphony, and the Northshore, Everett, and Mukilteo school districts, and also maintains a private clarinet studio out of her home. Deborah is devoted to her students which range from beginner to college level and consistently earn top honors at the local and state level.
Bassoon Coach - Steven Morgan
His freshman year in high school, Steven Morgan failed to sell enough candy
bars to go on tour with the orchestra. Consequently, his conductor kicked
him out of the clarinet section and only allowed to play in the year's final
concert if he agreed to play bassoon. Steven acquiesced and hasn't put the
instrument down since. Steven went on to earn a Bachelor of Music in
Performance from the University of Redlands and completed a study-abroad
semester at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. Steven then earned a Masters
of Music in Performance from the University of California, Los Angeles
(UCLA), where he was a Gluck Fellow. While at UCLA, he was also a member of
the American Youth Symphony and Young Musician Foundation's Debut Orchestra.
Additionally, he taught private lessons and double-reed pedagogy at
California State University, Long Beach. Presently, Steven is the principal
bassoonist of the Everett, Federal Way, and Yakima Symphony Orchestras. He
also freelances extensively with numerous ensembles in Washington, most
notably the Seattle Symphony, Seattle Opera, and Pacific Northwest Ballet.
Oboe Coach - Dayna Fisher
Dayna Fisher graduated from the Eastman School of Music with a Bachelor of Muisic and the Performers Certificate in Oboe. She has played in symphonies around the U.S., Canada and Europe. Besides private teaching she has been adjunct oboe instructor at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, University of Alberta (Canada), the Victoria Conservatory of Music (Victoria, B.C., Canada) and Seattle Pacific University.
Violin Coach - Blayne Barnes
Blayne Barnes, violinist, began his musical studies at the age of 10 in public school in
his native Tempe, Arizona. He received his Bachelor of Music degree, summa cum
laude, from Arizona State University and his Master of Music degree from the University
of Oregon, where he was named “Outstanding Graduate Performer in Music.” Mr.
Barnes had the privilege of studying Rolland pedagogy with Marla Mutschler, Dounis
Pedagogy with William Magers, and Suzuki Pedagogy with Shelley Rich. Other notable
teachers include Fritz Gearhart and Jorja Fleezanis.
An active performer, Mr. Barnes plays regularly with the Seattle Symphony and is a
member of the Britt Festival Orchestra. In years past, he was a regular performer with
the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Oregon Symphony, and the
Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra. Additionally, Mr. Barnes has recorded with the Seattle
Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, as well as for numerous motion picture, video game,
and television soundtracks.
As a teacher, Mr. Barnes draws upon his broad knowledge of violin pedagogy. His
students have won school competitions, including the Honors and Concerto
Competitions at St. Josephʼs School of Music (St. Paul, MN), have soloed with youth
orchestras, and have auditioned successfully into youth orchestras in Seattle,
Minneapolis, Eugene, and Portland, Oregon. Mr. Barnes held faculty positions at
Oregon State University and Willamette University as well as at community music
schools, including St. Josephʼs School of Music, Community Music Center (Portland,
OR), and the Community Music Institute (Eugene, OR).
Cello Coach - Briana Knull
Briana Knull has been playing and teaching cello in the Puget Sound area for over 20 years, having grown up playing principal cellist in the Seattle and Cascade Youth Symphonies and placing 2nd in the 1993 Washington State Solo competition as a sophomore in high school. She graduated from the Northwest School as principal cellist of the Northwest School Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Dr. Paul -Elliot Cobbs. After attending conservatory in Oberlin, Ohio, she returned to the Seattle area and has had a private cello studio ever since. She has played in many of the local orchestras, including the Everett Philharmonic, Philharmonia Northwest, Cascade Symphony, Saratoga Chamber Orchestra, Pacifica Chamber Orchestra, and Yakima Symphony. She has served on the coaching staff of the Cascade and Everett Youth Symphonies and assisted with string programs in the Northshore and Shoreline School Districts.
Briana holds a Bachelor of Music Degree in cello performance from Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Some of her cello teacher's have included Peter Rejto, Rajan Krishnaswami, John Michel, Craig Weaver and Ray Davis. She has also played in Master Classes for Eleonore Schoenfeld, Anner Bylsma, Nathaniel Rosen and Mark Summer of the Turtle Island String Quartet.
Briana's teaching draws partially upon extensive work with Joanne Erwin in violin and cello pedagogy, culminating in a 3 month visit to Panama and the Universidad Santa Maria la Antigua in Panama City teaching all string instruments to young Panamanians who otherwise would not have the opportunity to study privately with a teacher.
Trumpet Coach - George Moffat
Strings Coach - Lindsay Parkhurst
Lindsay has been playing violin for over a decade now and has enjoyed every moment. While she may not have gone into music professionally, it has always been a lifelong passion and hobby. Lindsay spent most of her time in high school engaged in pit orchestras, chamber groups, and youth orchestras, as well as spending a lot of time coaching with the middle and grade school levels. As part of Lindsay’s culminating senior project, she organized a chamber group concert with groups she spent the year coaching. She was the concert master of the Cascade Junior Youth Symphony in the 2004-2005 season, and received the Conductors Award her senior year at Shorecrest High School.
Lindsay spent her life after high school attending Everett Community College and received her Associates in Cosmetology. She currently works at Essence Salon in the North Seattle area. She continues to work with the Prelude orchestra, hoping to show the children that same love of music that she gained so early on. She hopes to go back to school in the future for a more professional education in music.
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