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August 3 — 14, 2009 |
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WASHINGTON ISLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL |
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Oboist and Director of the Washington Island Music Festival, Stephen Colburn comes to us from the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, where he has performed as Principal Oboe since 1966. He has also been Principal Oboe with the Santa Fe Opera and guest principal oboist with Chicago's Grant Park Music Festival. He has been a featured soloist with the Ojai Festival in California, performing the American premiere of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies' Oboe Concerto under the composer's direction. As a conductor, Mr. Colburn served as Music Director of the Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra from its founding in 1974 through the 2002 season, and was also Music Director and Conductor of the Racine Symphony Orchestra. He has served on the faculty of the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, Alverno College, UW-Whitewater, was a visiting professor at Lawrence University, and is currently an Adjunct Professor at UW-Milwaukee. Mr. Colburn holds degrees from Indiana University and UW-Milwaukee. He was the recipient of the 2002 Distinguished Citizen Award given by the Civic Music Association of Milwaukee and was presented the 2003 Outstanding Service to Music Award by the Association of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestras. |
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Meet the Ensemble |
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Festival Musicians |
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Stephen Colburn, Artistic Director/Oboe Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra |
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Dr. Anderson has been a soloist with Chicago's Music of the Baroque for more than ten years. He has had several solo roles, including the Chicago premiere of Handel's Alcina, and has performed the Bach Cantata 82, "Ich habe genug," for baritone solo. He is also a featured soloist on the Music of the Baroque's compact disc release of Day of Judgment by Georg Philip Telemann. Dr. Anderson has been the baritone soloist for the Grace Lutheran Church Bach Cantata Series in River Forest, Illinois, since 1978, and in 1989 he was soloist at a White House Christmas party. Dr. Anderson has appeared with many Chicago area ensembles and has performed several times in Evanston's Bach Week Festival. He is an Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois, and lives with his wife and four children in Oak Park. |
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Douglas Anderson, Baritone, Assisting Artist Chicago Music of the Baroque |
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Guest Artist |