Faculty - Ensemble Coaches

NANCIE LINN SHAW - Ensemble Director (See Dept. Chairs).
Viola/Violin. Music Director, Conductor Newport HS. , freelance performer, teacher.

Photo of Brianna Atwell.BRIANNA ATWELL - Viola (MM, DMA Candidate, UW),
performer viola & violin, teacher violin & viola, 2009 new Concert Series Director, computerizes manual scores. (See Music Studies Faculty).

 

 

 

JIM PAUL - Piano, Organ, Harpsichord, Early through Contemporary Chamber Music, & Choral Music. (See Music Studies Faculty).

STEPHEN CRESWELL - Violin/Viola. Chamber Music Performer. Studio teacher, freelance performer.

HIRO IMAMURA DAVID - Piano - collaborator, accompanist, studio teacher, Accompanist for Kent Coleman's studio. See Music Studies Faculty

BRAD HAWKINS - Cello (UW & Northwest School Faculty), performer, studio teacher, recording artist, and substitute music studies faculty.

Harumi Makiyama FlesherHARUMI MAKIYAMA FLESHER - Piano
Collaborator & freelance performer. Piano Performance, New England Conservatory in Boston (M.M. and G.D.); B.M. & M.M Elizabeth University of Music in Hiroshima, Japan. An avid performer of contemporary music; studied with Futaba Inoue, Kyoko Sato, Veronica Jochum; completing her doctoral degree in piano performance with Craig Sheppard, U.W. Her participation at international festivals includes the Northwest German Academy of Music Summer Festival in Detmold, Adriatic Chamber Music Festival in Bonefro, Italy. Appeared at major international venues, such as Benaroya Hall, Boston’s Jordan Hall and the Tokyo Bunkakaikan. Performed with international ensembles such as the Krakow Chamber Music Orchestra and the Razumovsky Quartett Wien. In 2003, she won first prize in the Padronini Young Artist Trust Competition in Kitakyushu, Japan. Recently, she worked as a collaborative artist with the Northwest Girlchoir. Leads an active professional life as a concert pianist and collaborative artist.

Photo of Sachi HirakoujiSACHI HIRAKOUJI, DMA - Piano
UW Accompanist/Collaborator.
AMN Performance Class Accompanist 2009.
DMA in piano performance, University of Washington; M.M. in piano performance, University of Hawaii; B.M. in piano performance, Kunitachi College of Music in Tokyo, Japan.  Currently faculty at the Chopin Academy of Music.  Ms. Hirakouji has an extensive career as a solo pianist, chamber musician, and accompanist. In the future, she plans to expand her work into an outreach performance program.

Also:
Annie Center, viola, piano (new 2009)
Debra Zadinskly, violin
Don Larson, cello
Eric Flesher, DMA, piano (see Music Studies Faculty)
Jennifer Glenn, viola
Heather Bentley, violin, viola
Jason Sah, DMA, viola
Jesse Canterbury, clarinet
Larissa Brown, MM, viola
Mae Lin, violin
Meade Crane, DMA, piano
Nathan Whittaker, cello
Pamela Liu, violin
Scott Teske, bass