
Meet the Iris Musicians
Five times a year, Iris musicians travel from around the world to gather in Germantown, TN and share their talent and love of music with the audiences of the Mid-South. Our musicians touch the lives of people of all ages through Iris Orchestra concerts, chamber concerts, community engagement programs for adults and students, and ongoing relationships with their host families. At the end of each performance week, Iris musicians return to their home cities, carrying stories of the warmth and generosity of the Memphis/Germantown community, becoming ambassadors who champion the reputation of the Mid-South across the country and across the globe.
STRINGS
ADDA KRIDLER

ADRIANA LINARES

AJIBOLA RIVERS

ALEX SHIOZAKI
ALISA COFFEY

ALLISON OSTRANDER

ANDREA LEE

ANGELA PICKETT

ANNIE RABBAT

ARA SARKISSIAN

ARLEN HLUSKO

ASHLEY VINES

AYANE KOZASA

BENJAMIN HART

CAITLIN SULLIVAN

CARLOS RUBIO

CAROLYN HUEBL

CHRISTIE KEIKO ABE

CRAIG BATE

DAVID BJELLA
DARA HANKINS

DOMENIC SALERNI

ELISE BLAKE

ELIZABETH HAINEN

EMILIE-ANNE GENDRON

ERIC STEPHENSON

FATIMA AAZIZA

FELIX WANG

HAJNAL PIVNICK

JANE CORDS-O'HARA

JASON HEATH
and ideas associated with the double bass.

JESÚS MORALES

JONATHAN CHU

KAREN OUZOUNIAN
KAREN POMMERICH
KEIKO TOKUNAGA

KIMBERLY PATTERSON
Hailed by the Chicago Sun Times as a “superb cellist,” Dr. Kimberly Patterson was the founding cellist for the Tesla Quartet, winners of the 2012 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition

LAURA COLGATE

LAURA METCALF

LEAH HOLLINGSWORTH

LENNY SCHRANZE

LESLIE SHANK

LINDA KLINE

LOUIS LEVITT
As a member of Sybarite5, Louis Levitt was the first double bassist to win the Concert Artist Guild Competition. Since then, he has performed with Sybarite5 in hundreds of concerts across

MARCIN ARENDT
MARCOS SANTOS

MARI LEE
Lee is a violinist dedicated to engaging her audience by instilling curiosity for music. A concert
violinist, chamber musician, and a teaching artist, she aims to bridge the gap between the
audience, the performer, and the composer.

MARIA SAMPEN
Dr. Sampen teaches a talented studio of violinists at the University of Puget Sound. She also coaches chamber music, directs the New Music Ensemble and chairs the string

MARIAMA ALCANTARA

MARIAN SHAFER
Marian Shaffer is Principal Harpist with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and is a charter member of the Iris Orchestra. She taught at Vanderbilt University and the University of Memphis for 20 years

MARY JAVIAN

MIA LEE

MICHAEL HAAS

MIHO SAEGUSA
Violinist Miho Saegusa enjoys a multifaceted career as a versatile chamber musician, orchestral leader, and soloist. She is a founding member of

MILANA REICHE

MILENA PAJARO-VAN DE STADT

PAUL WIANCKO

REBECCA ANDERSON
Violinist, Rebecca Anderson is a versatile soloist and chamber musician based in New York City. Her recent appearances include solo performances with the Philidelphia Orchestra

ROSA ORTEGA IANNELLI

ROSS MONROE WINTERS

SAM BERGMAN

SAMI MERDINIAN

SARAH WHITNEY

SHANNON THOMAS

SHARON ROFFMAN

SHIRA MAJONI
age expressed her passion and interest for languages, music being one of them. In
2013 she was awarded Top Prize for viola and Special Prize for Best Performance of
an Israeli Composition at the Aviv Competition in Israel. Her most recent
performances include recitals

STEPHANIE GRIFFIN

STEPHEN MIAHKY

TIFFANY TIEU

TIM PEARSON

TIMOTHY CHRISTIE

TIMOTHY PITTS

WILLIAM HAKIM

YUN ZHANG

ZOË MARTIN
WINDS

ADRIAN MOREJON

AGNES MARCHIONE

AMY TAYLOR

ARPI ANDERSON

BILL KALINKOS

BRYAN YOUNG

DANNY GOLDMAN

ELISE BLATCHFORD

GINA CUFFARI

HARRISON HOLLINGSWORTH

JULIE WILLIAMS

KATHLEEN NESTER

KEMP JERNIGAN

LAURA DWYER

LEAH CRAFT BEDARD

MARK TIMMERMAN
Mark Timmerman, a native of Davenport, Iowa, is an accomplished orchestral and chamber musician. He is member of the New Jersey Symphony

NUNO ANTUNES

PETER KOLKAY

REID MESSICH

RENA KRAUT

SAMUEL BLAIR

SASHA GE ENEGREN

SHANNON ORME
2007. Prior to joining the DSO, she was co-principal of the Hyogo

TIM DANIELS

TODD SKITCH

TONIMARIE MARCHIONI

VIVIANA CUMPLIDO WILSON
BRASS

ANDREW SORG

ANNA SPINA

BRANDON CRASWELL

CHRIS BEAUDRY

CHRIS BUBOLZ

DARIN KELLY

DAVID MURRAY

JACQUELYN ADAMS

JAIME MORALES-MATOS

JEREMIAH FREDERICK

JOE SELLMANSBERGER

JOHN FREEMAN

JOHN ROJAK

KRISTI CRAGO

LEANDER STAR

LYDIA VAN DREEL

MARY ELIZABETH BOWMAN

MICHAEL HOSFORD

MIKE LORMAND

NATHAN PAWELEK

NATHANIEL DICKEY

PHILLIP OSTRANDER

TIM ALBRIGHT
PERCUSSION

ALEX WADNER

PETER WILSON

ROBERT SCHULZ
Drummer/percussionist/
KEYBOARD
