June 4, 2018
![Rachel Rencher](https://vancouversymphony.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Rachel-Rencher-spt.jpg)
Rachel Rencher is a freelance flutist in the Portland area. She is the principal flutist for The VSO, for which she has played since 1993. […]
June 4, 2018
![Garrett Jellesma](https://vancouversymphony.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Garrett-Jellesma-spt.jpg)
Now in his 13th season with The VSO, Garrett grew up in Milwaukie, Oregon where he was a violinist in the youth symphony. His bass […]
June 4, 2018
![Tracie Andrusko](https://vancouversymphony.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Traci-Andrusko-spt.jpg)
Tracie began her music training at the age of 5, on both violin and piano, developing a love of music as she watched both her parents […]
April 3, 2018
![Brian Gardiner, percussion](https://vancouversymphony.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/brian-gardiner.jpg)
Dr. Brian Gardiner is a versatile percussionist, having performed throughout the U.S. and Canada with professional orchestras, rock bands, dance and choral groups, as well as […]
April 3, 2018
![Dr. Angelika Furtwangler, viola](https://vancouversymphony.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Angelika-Furtwangler.jpg)
Angelika holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin and has lived and worked in the Portland/Vancouver area for the last 10 […]
April 3, 2018
![Margaret McShea, bassoon](https://vancouversymphony.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Margaret-McShea.jpg)
Margaret hails from Texas, where she received a bassoon performance degree from the University of Texas in Austin. She and her trombonist husband, Greg Scholl, […]
December 29, 2017
![Margaret McShea, bassoon](https://vancouversymphony.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Bruce-Dunn-web.jpg)
Now in his 19th year as The VSO’s principal trumpet, Bruce B. Dunn is an accomplished freelance trumpeter who holds performance degrees from both Washington State […]
December 29, 2017
![Dieter Ratzlaff, cello](https://vancouversymphony.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Dieter-Ratzlaf-web.jpg)
Portland cellist Dieter Ratzlaf grew up in a musical family. He began cello studies at the age of seven and performed with the Portland Youth Philharmonic […]
December 29, 2017
![Dr Igor Shakhman, clarinet](https://vancouversymphony.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Igor-Shakhman-web.jpg)
Igor has been heard in recitals, chamber music concerts and concert appearances throughout Europe and the US. As an orchestral clarinetist, he has performed with the […]
July 20, 2017
![Douglas Peebles, Principal bass trombone](https://vancouversymphony.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/doug-peebles.jpg)
Born and raised in Portland, Douglas came from a musical family, playing piano from the first grade through his senior year at David Douglas High School […]