Northwest Sinfonia
The Northwest Sinfonia has established itself as one of the recording industry’s pre-eminent ensembles, with well over 200 recordings completed since 1995, and both Grammy and Academy Award-winning projects to its credit. Members of the Northwest Sinfonia, an all-star orchestra, have been drawn historically from the Seattle Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, …
David Sabee (conductor)
David Sabee is the Grammy award-winning music director and principal conductor of the Northwest Sinfonia. Following his early musical education as a pianist, Sabee began cello studies at age 17 with Johan Lingeman, former solo cellist of the Concertogebouw, and continued with Paul Olefsky and Harvey Shapiro. His primary conducting …
Harrison Linsey (oboe, english horn)
Harrison Linsey joined the San Diego Symphony in 2015 as second oboiost and began his tenure in the same position with the National Symphony Orchestra in the fall of 2018. In recent seasons, he has since performed on oboe and English horn with the Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and …
Mary Lynch VanderKolk (oboe)
Hailed as ‘the star of the evening’ by The Philadelphia Inquirer and praised for her ‘wistful and evocative’ playing by The Seattle Times, Mary Lynch VanderKolk has been principal oboe of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra since 2014. She began her career as second oboe with The Cleveland Orchestra and has …
Christopher Tyler Nickel (composer)
Equally adept at writing music for the concert hall, film, television, and the theatre, Christopher Tyler Nickel’s award-winning music has been heard in over 160 countries. He is the author of numerous concert works which have been performed by orchestras, chamber ensembles, and soloists throughout Canada, the United States, and …
