Past Visiting Artists

• Bands
• Brass
• Chamber Groups
• Choirs
• Church Music
• Composition
• Conducting
• Music Education
• Musicology & Theory
• Opera
• Orchestras
• Organ
• Percussion
• Piano
• Strings
• Theory & Musicology
• Voice
• Jazz
• Woodwinds

Bands

• Percy Grainger

Brass

• Trombones de Costa Rico
• Washington Symphonic Brass
• Martin Hackleman – Principal Horn, The National Symphony Orchestra
• David Heyde, Associate Principal Horn, The Dallas Symphony
• Jonathan Lombardo, principal trombone, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
• Ryan Anthony, acting principal trumpet, Dallas Symphony Orchestra
• US Marine Band "The President's Own"
• Dallas Symphony principal brass
• Ronald Barron, principal trombone, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• David Kirk, tubist, Houston Symphony Orchestra
• Philip Farkas, former principal horn, Chicago Symphony; faculty, Indiana University
• David Heyde, Associate Principal Horn, The Dallas Symphony
• Empire Brass Quintet
• Tom Bacon, soloist, recitalist, member of the Summit Brass
• Englebert Schmid, former principal hornist, Munich Philharmonic; renowned horn-maker
• Barry Tuckwell, horn soloist
• Rolf Smedvig, former principal trumpet, Boston Symphony; founder, Empire Brass Quintet
• Vincent Chickowicz, former principal trumpet, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; faculty, Northwestern University
• Denis Wick, former principal trombonist, London Symphony Orchestra
• Philip Jones Brass Ensemble (London Brass)
• Asbury Brass Quintet (Chicago)
• Millar Brass Ensemble
• Scott Hartman, trombone, Empire Brass, teacher, Boston University and New England Conservatory
• Martin Erickson, principal tubist, United States Navy Band
• Gail Williams, associate principal horn, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; member, Summit Brass
• Hermann Baumann, International Horn Artist & Teacher

Chamber Groups

Choirs

• Chanticleer
• Room Full of Teeth
• Heinevanker (Estonia)
• St. Martin’s Voices (St. Martins in the Field – UK)
• The Kings Singers

Church Music

• Keith Getty
• David Crowder
• Gloria Gaither
• Robbie Seay
• Wendell Kimbrough
• Dan Schutte
• Bill Gaither
• Ken Medema
• Sandra McCracken
• Kevin Twit
• Andrew Peterson

Composition

• William Bolcom
• Libby Larson
• David Del Tredici
• Michael Daugherty
• Steve Reich
• Michael Colgrass
• John Mackey
• Steven Bryant
• Jonathan Newman
• Ola Gjeilo
• Steven Stucky
• Donald Grantham
• Dan Welcher
• Cindy McTee
• David Maslanka
• Adam Gorb
• Shih-Hui Chen
• Harvey Sollberger
• Daniel Pinkham
• Robert Ward
• Burton Beerman
• David Ward Steinman
• Jacob Druckman
• Buryl Red
• Phil Winsor
• Samuel Adler
•  Karel Husa

Conducting

• Anton Armstrong (choral)
• H. Robert Reynolds (band)
• Dwight Oltman (orchestra)
• Frederick Fennell
• Robert Shaw
• Alfred Reed
• John Rutter

Wayne Fisher Jazz Program

• Benny Golson Quartet
• Joel Frahm - Saxophonist
• Terell Stafford - Trumpeter
• Rufus Reid - Bassist
• New York Voices - Jazz Vocal Ensemble
• Ignacio Berroa - Drummer
• Joey Tartell - trumpeter
• Groove Apparatus - Quartet
• John Fedchock - Trombone
• David Sanchez - Saxophonist
• Kenny Barron Trio - Jazz Trio
• Pete Rodriguez - Trumpet
• Turtle Island String Quartet
• Ingrid Jensen - Trumpet
• Peter Erskine - Drummer
• Wycliff Gordon - Trombonist
• Maria Schneider - Composer/Arranger/Bandleader
• Jon Faddis - Trumpeter
• Nicholas Payton - Trumpeter
• Bob Mintzer - Saxophonist
• Fred Sturm - Composer/Arranger/Educator
• Jon Metzger - Vibraphonist

Music Education

• James Hepokoski
• David Huron
• Kofi Agawu
• David Neumeyer
• Richard Taruskin
• Alan Forte

Opera

• Jamie Barton - mezzo-soprano
• Edward Berkeley -The Juilliard School Opera Studies and Aspen Opera Theater
• Lawrence Brownlee - tenor
• Denyce Graves - mezzo-soprano
• Martin Katz - pianist/vocal coach
• Kathleen Kelly - pianist/vocal coach
• Jennifer Larmore - mezzo-soprano
• Jay Lesenger - former stage director and General Director of Chautauqua Opera
• William McGraw - Baylor alumnus, voice teacher
• Ryan Taylor - General Director of Minnesota Opera
• Allen Perriello - Head of Music at Minnesota Opera and Director of the Young Artists Program at The Glimmerglass Festival
• Marjorie Owens - Baylor alumnus, soprano
• Nicholas Pallesen - peak performance specialist

Orchestras

Organ

• Paul Jacobs
• Ken Cowan
• Stephen Tharp
• Dame Gillian Weir
• Johann Vexo
• Jean-Baptiste Robin 
• Simon Johnson
• Bradley Hunter Welch
• Tom Winpenny 
• Alan Morrison
• Jason Roberts 
• Daryl Robinson
• Scott Dettra 
• Jonathan Ryan
• Camil Van Hulse

Percussion

Piano

• Andre Watts 
• Charles Rosen 
• Menahem Pressler 
• Ilana Vered 
• Susan Starr 
• Maurice Hinson 
• Steven Mayer 
• Anthony de Mare 
• Malcolm Bilson 
• Philippe Bianconi 
• Lorin Hollander 
• Fabio Bidini 
• Olga Kern 
• Jan Jiracek 
• Stefan Arnold 
• Barry Douglas 
• Marc-André Hamelin
• Van Cliburn
• Adele Marcus
• Claude Frank
• Beaux Arts Trio

Strings

• Paul Coletti, violist, concert artist 
• Peter Slowik, violist, Oberlin Conservatory 
• Ellen Rose, Dallas Symphony Principal Viola 
• Kirsten Doctor, Cavani String Quartet 
• Jeffrey Irvine, violist, The Cleveland Institute of Music 
• Nokuthula Ngwenyama, 1993 Primrose Competition Winner 
• Michael Tree, violist, Guarneri Quartet 
• John Graham, concert artist; faculty, Eastman School of Music 
• Samuel Rhodes, violist, Juilliard String Quartet 
• James Dunham, violist, Cleveland Quartet 
• Joel Krosnick, concert artist and cellist, Juilliard String Quartet 
• John Sharp, Principal Cellist, Chicago Symphony 
• Bernard Greenhouse, soloist and former cellist, Beaux Arts Trio 
• David Soyer, cellist, Guarneri String Quartet 
• Peter Wiley, cellist, Beaux Arts Trio 
• Paul Katz, cellist, Cleveland Quartet 
• Josef Gingold, world-renowned artist and teacher 
• Arnold Steinhardt, first violinist, Guarneri String Quartet 
• Robert McDuffie, concert artist 
• Stephanie Chase, concert artist 
• William Preucil, Jr., first violin, Cleveland Quartet 
• Gary Karr, concert artist 
• Hal Robinson, Principal Bass, National Symphony 
• David Walter, former Principal Bass, NBC Symphony
• Beaux Arts Trio
• Guarneri Quartet

Voice

• Frederica von Stade 
• Martina Arroyo 
• Elly Ameling 
• Sarah Walker 
• Kathleen Kelly 
• William Sharp 
• William McGraw 
• Jennifer Larmore 
• Robert Larsen 
• Denyce Graves 
• Carol Vaness 
• Martin Katz 
• Ed Berkeley 
• Barbara Honn 
• Martin Katz 
• Ed Berkeley
• Lee Anne Myselweski
• Beverly Sills (lecture)

Woodwinds

 

Flute

• Bonita Boyd, Principal Flutist, Rochester Philharmonic, Professor, Eastman School of Music
• Robert Dick, 20th Century flutist/composer
• Marcel Moyse, former Professor, paris Conservatory
• John Bailey
• Jeanne Baxstresser
• Michel Debost
• Jill Felber
• Penelope Fischer
• Walfrid Kujala
• Judith Mendenhall
• Paula Robison
• Wolfgang Schulz
• Harvey Sollberger
• Albert Tipton
• Carol Wincenc
• William Bennett
• Leone Buyse
• Carol Kaulfus Codrescu
• Sheryl Cohen
• Robert Dick
• Patricia Harper
• Eric Hoover
• William Montgomery
• Marcel Moyse
• Tallon Perkes
• Gwen Powell
• Felix Skowronek
• Patricia Spencer

 

Clarinet

• Larry Combs, Principal Clarinetist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
• Anthony Gigliotti, Principal Clarinetist, Philadelphia Orchestra
• Robert Marcellus, former Principal Clarinetist, Cleveland Orchestra
• Marcel Moyse, former Professor, Paris Conservatory
• Anthony Gigliotti, Principal Clarinetist, Philadelphia Orchestra
• J. Lawrie Bloom
• Georginna Dobree
• Gerry Errante
• Yona Ettlinger
• Stanley Hasty
• Loren Kitt
• Eric Mandat
• Charles Neidich
• Todd Palmer
• James Pyne
• Aurelian Octov Popa
• Leon Russianoff
• Elsa Verdehr
• Diane Cawein
• Russell Dagon
• Oscar Lee Gibson
• Kenneth Grant
• David Hattner
• Frank Kowalsky
• Jon Manasse
• Larry Mentzer
• Sean Osborne
• Gregory Raden
• Tom Ridenour
• Ed Riley
• Hakan Rosengren
• Elsa Verdehr
• Michael Webster

 

Oboe

• Ray Still, formerly principal oboist of the Chicago Symphony
• Richard Killmer, Eastman School of Music
• John Ferrillo, principal oboe of the Boston Symphony
• the late John Mack, formerly principal oboist of Cleveland
• Thomas Stacy, English hornist of the New York Philharmonic
• Erin Hannigan, principal oboist of the Dallas Symphony
• Nancy Ambrose King, University of Michigan
• Dan Ross, Arkansas State University
• Stephen Lickman, formerly of the Dallas Symphony
• Theresa Delaplain, University of Arkansas
• Liviu Varcol, Frankfort Radio Orchestra
• the late Wayne Rapier, formerly with Boston and Philadelphia
• Laila Storch, formerly Soni Ventorum Woodwind Quintet
• Shelley Heron
• Spring Hill
• Deana Moore Johnson
• Richard Killmer
• William McMullen
• Robert Moore
• Brenda Schuman­-Post
• Ray Still
• Laila Storch

 

Bassoon

• Hugh Cooper, Professor, University of Michigan
• Peter Grenier, Contrabassoonist, Dallas Symphony
• Sol Schoenbach, former Principal Bassoonist, Philadelphia Orchestra
• Christopher Millard, Principal Bassoonist, Vancouver Symphony
• Milan Turkovic, Bassoonist, Vienna Symphony, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Hochschule fur Musik in Vienna, and the Ensemble Vienna-Berlin
• William Winstead, Principal Bassoonist, Cincinnati Symphony; Professor, University of Cincinnati
• Betty Johnson, Professor, Oklahoma City University
• Will Roberts, Principal Bassoonist, Dallas Symphony
• John Hunt, Professor, Eastman School of Music
• Gary Echols
• William Ludwig
• Andrea Merenzon
• Christopher Millard

 

Saxophone

• Fred Hemke, Professor, Northwestern University
• Eugene Rosseau, Professor, Indiana University and the University of Minnesota
• Donald Sinta, Professor, University of Michigan
• John Sampen, Professor, Bowling Green State University of Ohio
• Griffin Campbell, Professor, Louisiana State University
• Joe Murphy, Professor, Mansfield University
• Charles Young, Composer and Professor, University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point
• The Resounding Winds Saxophone Quartet
• The Texas Saxophone Quartet
• James Houlik
• Lynn Klock
• Ryo Noda
• Roy Allen
• Peter Christlieb
• Joseph Lulloff
• Stacy Maugens
• Steve Maul
• Kenneth Tse
• Chris Vidala

 

Jazz Saxophonists

• Peter Christlieb
• Chris Vidala
• Bob Mintzer

 

Ensembles

• Aeolian Chamber Players of New York
• Belgian Saxophone Quartet
• Borealis Wind Quintet
• Contemporary Chamber
• Ensemble of New York
• Da Capo Chamber Players
• Danzi Woodwind Quintet, Amsterdam
• Detroit Chamber Winds
• Dorian Woodwind Quintet
• Empire Saxophone Quartet
• Ensemble Vienna-Berlin
• Imani Winds
• Israeli Trio
• Jubal Trio
• King William Quintet
• Moran Woodwind Quintet
• Musica Nova Rumania
• Nova Trio Resounding Winds
• Saxophone Quartet
• Smithsonian Chamber Orchestra
• Soni Ventorum Quintet
• TASHI
• Texas Saxophone Quartet
• Trio con Brio
• Trio Vienna
• University of Missouri Woodwind Quintet
• Verdehr Trio
• Willistead Trio
• Windemere Trio