Soloists
Lyon Stewart, tenor
Charles Lyon Stewart, tenor, is an operatic and choral singer from Washington, DC. He began singing with the Washington National Cathedral Choir at age 9, and made his solo debut with the NSO performing the Annunciation in The Messiah under Emil de Cou at age 13. He went on to complete a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance at Indiana University in 2014 with professors Scharmal Schrock and Dr. Brian Horne, where he performed roles such as Njegus in The Merry Widow, The Witch in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, and Don Curzio in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. He served as section leader for the Opera Omaha chorus from 2018-2020, and performed the role of Prince Yamadori in Opera Omaha’s 2019 production of Madame Butterfly. Lyon is currently based in Seattle, where he works as a cardiothoracic intensive care nurse, and is studying at University of Washington to obtain his Doctor of Nursing Practice degree to become a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner.
Josiah Boothby, horn
Josiah Boothby is a versatile hornist devoted to new music, with a particular focus on improvisation and creative collaboration with composers and other artists. Josiah has performed at Warsaw Autumn Music Festival as a soloist with composer Ewa Trębacz, and is a member of Artemisia Winds, a chamber ensemble built around a core trio with composer/performers Angelique Poteat and Ryan Hare. As an orchestral musician, Josiah is a member of the Boise Philharmonic and the Yakima Symphony, and has performed frequently with the Seattle Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, and Seattle Modern Orchestra. In addition, Josiah is a member of the Jim Knapp Orchestra, a 13-piece jazz band, and in December Josiah can also be found playing in a nine-piece jazz band accompanying the glamorous Land of the Sweets: A Burlesque Nutcracker. When not playing his horn or teaching, Josiah can be found hiking and climbing around the Pacific Northwest, blues dancing, or staying in to engage in kitchen alchemy.
Orchestra
Violin 1
Luke Fitzpatrick, concertmaster
Emily Acri, assistant concertmaster
Christine Chu
Ellyn Liu
Flora Lee
Jerry Tong
Lusha Zhang
Stephen Provine
Violin 2
Quinn Price, principal
Calvin Montgomery
Dustin Peskuric
Emily Hsieh
Joanna Kuo
Lisa Qian
Sarah Zhang
Shannon Chen
Violas
Erin Wight, principal
Amy Werner-Allen
Grant Hanner
Lorenzo Prelli
Nathan Hatch
Tomoko Sakurayama
Tricia Wu
Cellos
Chris Young, principal
Jason Luo
Jonas Chen
Judith Tsui
Kumiko Chiba
La Verne Chen
Basses
Bren Plummer, principal
Anthony Balducci
Thom Mayes
