Strings
JOHN HUBBARD
CELLO Instructor/String Orchestra Director
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.
CASEY BOZELL
VIOLIN Instructor/Chamber Music Lead
Casey is the concertmaster of the Newport Symphony and is also a member of the Portland Opera Orchestra and Oregon Ballet Theater. Recent solo engagements include appearances with the Newport Symphony, Beaverton Symphony, Linfield Chamber Orchestra, and the Central Oregon Chamber Orchestra as well as guest artist recitals at the University of Northern Colorado, Eastern Oregon University, and Linfield College. An adept chamber musician, Casey is a founding member of the Hammers and Bows piano trio and Element String Quartet. Since May of 2020, Casey has been the host of the podcast “Keep Classical Weird,” which has expanded its listenership to over 40 countries. Casey’s greatest mentors 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.
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!)
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.
Jason Schooler
BASS INSTRUCTOR
Mr. Schooler has been an active orchestral and chamber musician since 1992. Currently he performs as a string bassist with the Oregon Symphony, the Oregon Bach Festival, 3rd Angle New Music Ensemble, 45th Parallel, Classical Up Close, Lewis and Clark Chamber Players, the Sunriver Music Festival, and others. Past experience includes performing with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, the West Virginia Symphony, the Dayton Philharmonic, the Ft. Wayne Philharmonic, and others.
Jason is also an active teacher, having his own private teaching studio and holding music faculty positions at Lewis and Clark College and the University of Portland. He is also a music instructor with Portland Youth Philharmonic, Metropolitan Youth Symphony, Chamber Music Camp of Portland, and several Portland area schools.
Mr. Schooler received a degree in Music Performance and Music Education at the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, and for six years attended the Aspen Music Festival and School.