Strings
CASEY BOZELL
VIOLIN Instructor
Casey Bozell, violinist, is a diverse and energetic performer based in Portland, Oregon. She is an active solo, chamber, and orchestral player, and is the concertmaster of the Newport Symphony in Newport, Oregon. She also holds positions with the Portland Opera Orchestra and Oregon Ballet Theater. She has been invited to perform solo guest artist recitals at the University of Northern Colorado, Eastern Oregon University, and Linfield College, and has performed as a soloist with the Newport Symphony, Beaverton Symphony, Linfield Chamber Orchestra, and the Central Oregon Chamber Orchestra. She has served on the faculty of the Young Musicians and Artists summer camp since 2010, and is a founding member of the Portland-based piano trio Hammers and Bows. Her compositional recital series have led to world premiere compositions by local talents Thomas Barber, Amelia Bierly, Douglas Detrick, and Nora Ryan.
She is the director of the Casey Bozell Music Studio and has directed the Concordia University String Ensemble sinc 2010. Casey’s former teachers include Gerardo Ribeiro, Richard Fuchs, and Harold Wippler. She received her Bachelors of Music Performance from the University of Northern Colorado, and her Masters of Music Performance from Northwestern University. She plays on an 1874 Frederic Diehl violin.
LINDSAY BOHL
VIOLA INSTRUCTOR
Lindsay Bohl had no idea what the viola was when it was chosen for her (by her mother), but as soon as she learned to play it, she fell in love with it and promptly quit her piano lessons. After completing her master’s degree from Northwestern University, Lindsay won a position with the New World Symphony, under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas. It was there that she discovered her passion for playing in an orchestra and a strange enjoyment of practicing orchestral excerpts for several hours every day. Other highlights of Lindsay’s career include performing with the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra, American Ballet Theater, Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, and performing with artists Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell, Gil Shaham and others. Lindsay currently serves as the Associate Principal Viola of the Boise Philharmonic and member of the Boise Philharmonic String Quartet. In addition to playing with the orchestra, she maintains a private studio of viola and violin students. She is on the faculty of Young Musicians and Artists and served on the faculty of George Fox University before moving to Boise, Idaho.
JOHN HUBBARD
CELLO Instructor
John Hubbard is a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts and the University of Southern California, where he studied with Marian Davies, Eleanore Schoenfeld, Gabor Rejto, and Ronald Leonard. In Los Angeles he was a member of the Pasadena Symphony for ten years, during which time he also worked with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Los Angeles Music Center Opera Orchestra, the Long Beach Symphony, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. In Portland since 1989, John has acted as principal cello for the Portland Opera and Oregon Ballet Theatre Orchestras, as well as the Columbia and Newport Symphonies, and the Cascade Music Festival. Between 1990 and 2000 he toured, recorded, and performed over 200 concerts with the Oregon Symphony under conductors, such as James DePriest, Sergiu Comissiona, and Julius Rudel. During that time he also conducted the Young String Ensemble of the Portland Youth Philharmonic. Currently, he maintains a private cello studio, as well as teaching and coaching chamber music at Reed College. John is thrilled to perform with his YMA colleagues, Casey Bozell and Chris Engbretson in the Piano Trio, Hammers and Bows.
CHRIS KIM
BASS INSTRUCTOR
A Colorado native, Mr. Kim received his BM from the University of North Texas in Denton, TX under the tutelage of Jeff Bradetich. Mr. Kim also earned his MM from Indiana University under the study of Bruce Bransby. Mr. Kim began playing the Piano at age 6, and the Violin at 10. It was in middle school that Mr. Kim began playing the Double Bass around the age of 12 and has been playing ever since. Mr. Kim has participated in summer festivals including Aspen Music Festival and School in 2013 & 2014, and also NRO in 2015 in Breckenridge, CO. Mr. Kim was also a finalist and has subbed with the New World Symphony in Miami, FL. Currently, Mr. Kim resides in Portland, OR where he is an acting member of the Oregon Symphony and is an active teacher in the Portland area.
HEATHER MASTEL-LIPSON
VIOLIN INSTRUCTOR
Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Heather began playing the violin at age seven. Since then she has performed in music festivals in the United States, Europe and South America where she spent last summer touring Chile with the Orchestra of the Americas (YOA). As an orchestral player, Heather is a regular member of Portland Opera, associate concertmaster of the Vancouver Symphony and recently won a position with Oregon Ballet Theatre. She has performed as concertmaster of several ensembles including the San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra, Eastman Philharmonia, Minnesota All-State Orchestra and the Brainerd Chamber Orchestra. As a chamber musician Heather performs with the Northwest Piano Trio and in a violin and guitar duo giving concerts with both ensembles around Portland and the Bay Area. When she is not performing, Heather enjoys teaching her private students and coaching chamber music. Heather holds a bachelor of music degree from the Eastman School of Music and a master of music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Her primary teachers include Axel Strauss, Juliana Athayde and Frank Huang. Aside from playing the violin, Heather is an avid swimmer and loves swimming the butterfly across the lakes of Minnesota or the San Francisco Bay (in a wetsuit, of course!)