These virtual conversations hosted by Music Director, Raúl Gómez-Rojas, include insight into guest lives with “Two Truths and a Lie,” “Sound Advice,” plus trivia, world premiere collaborations and live performances. Click the links below to watch an individual Hangout session.
Jennifer Arnold, Director of Artistic Planning & Orchestral Operations, Richmond Symphony
Ron Blessinger, Interim Executive Director of 45th Parallel, Oregon Symphony Violin
Robyn Bollinger, violinist, member of of Boston-based chamber orchestra A Far Cry
Casey Bozell, violinist, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Portland Opera, Newport Symphony
The Breaking Winds, an artist-run creative project by bassoonists
Christopher Brown, Jazz musician, Educator, Public Speaker
Kenji Bunch, renowned composer & Artistic Director of Fear no Music
Sergio Carreno, Oregon Symphony, Assistant Principal Timpani/Percussion
Regina Carter, Grammy award winning jazz violinist & Alvester Garnett, renowned jazz drummer
Catalyst Quartet, Grammy award winning quartet
Hamilton Cheifetz, cello professor, Portland State University
Xuan Cheng, Principal Dancer Oregon Ballet Theatre, Founder, Oregon International Ballet Academy
Emily Cole, Oregon Symphony Violin & James Shields, Oregon Symphony Principal Clarinet
Jacqueline Cordova-Arrington, Assistant Professor, Flute, University of Oregon
Tomas Cotik, violin professor at Portland State University
Colin Currie, Scottish solo percussionist
Marilyn de Oliveira, Oregon Symphony Assistant Principal Cello & Trevor Fitzpatrick, Oregon Symphony Cello
Adam Eccleston, Award-winning flutist
Seare Farhat, YOCI composer
Fauré Quartett, award-winning German piano quartet
Gabriela Lena Frank, acclaimed composer and pianist
Ricardo Gallardo, founder, Tambuco Percussion Ensemble
Subashini Ganesan, Founder of New Expressive Works, Creative Laureate of Portland
Maria Garcia, Portland-based piano teacher and accompanist
Darrell Grant, composer, jazz musician and Director of Jazz Studies at PSU
Darrell Hanks, Portland-based Bowmaker/Archetier
Norman Huynh, Oregon Symphony Associate Conductor
Monica Huggett, Artistic Director, Portland Baroque Orchestra
Nancy Ives, Oregon Symphony Principal Cello
Jun Iwasaki, Concertmaster, Nashville Symphony & Portland Summer Ensemble Artistic Director
Jasmine Johnson and Michael Parham, Portland Opera Resident Artists
Braizahn Jones, Oregon Symphony, Assistant Principal Bass
Carlos Kalmar, Music Director, Oregon Symphony
Soovin Kim, co-Artistic Director, Chamber Music Northwest
Anthea Kreston, Violinist and Director, Inside Music Academy
Evan Kuhlmann, LA Phil, bassoon
Joe Kye, Portland-based violinist-looper, composer, and storyteller
Catherine Larsen-Maguire, bassoonist, conductor, and educator
Kevin Lefohn, violinist, teacher and MYS Hillsboro Chamber Strings Conductor
Adam Luftman, principal trumpet, San Francisco Opera orchestra; SF Conservatory faculty
Michelle Merrill, former Associate Conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Valdine Mishkin, Canadian Cellist and member of Third Angle New Music
Renee Mitchell, Pulitzer Prize Nominee, former Oregonian columnist
Juan Felipe Molano, Seattle Youth Symphony Music Director
Johannes Moser, world-renowned cellist
Suzanne Nance, President & CEO of All Classical
Charles Noble, Oregon Symphony Assistant Principal Viola
Rocky Rodriguez, Portland Thorns soccer player
David Schiff, Portland-based composer
Steffen Schmidt, film composer, MYS alumnus
Dominic Seldis, soloist and principal bass, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Caroline Shaw, Pulitzer Prize winning composer
Jenna Sherry, founder and Artistic Director of the Birdfoot Festival
Rachel Sokolow, Artist Manager and Booking Agent
Sarah Tiedemann, Artistic Director of Third Angle Music
Seth Truby, BRAVO Youth Orchestras Executive Director
Chris Whittemore, MYS Artistic Operations Manager
Nicolas Žekulin, Chief Executive & Artistic Director – The National Youth Orchestras of Scotland