T-Town Chamber Music Festival

Rose Hashimoto has performed with ensembles including A Far Cry, Shattered Glass Ensemble, the Thalia Quartet, the Aeolus Quartet, and the Argus Quartet. Rose earned a B.M. from Juilliard and a M.M. and Professional Studies Diploma from Mannes College.

Korine Fujiwara is a violinist, violist, composer and a founding member of Carpe Diem String Quartet. Her critically acclaimed music has been performed on four continents. Named one of Strings Magazine’s “25 Contemporary Composers to Watch,” critics praise her work as “sophisticated, accessible.” She holds degrees from Juilliard and Northwestern and is Professor of Viola at Hartt School of Music.

David Requiro has emerged as one of today’s finest American cellists. David has made concerto appearances with the National Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Tokyo Philharmonic and has performed at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. He is currently Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Dr. Meta Weiss has established herself as one of the leading cellists of her generation. Her performances have taken her to venues such as Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Boston Symphony Hall, Royal Albert Hall, and Sydney Opera House. She is Chamber Music Coordinator at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Christina Dahl is a chamber musician, soloist and teacher who has been on the piano faculty at Stony Brook University for nearly 30 years, currently serving as the Music Department’s Chair. She can be heard on the Bridge, Albany and Tzadik labels and has twice been a cultural ambassador for the U.S. State Department.

Oksana Ejokina (Festival and Institute Artistic Director) appears frequently as guest recitalist and chamber musician on concert series across the United States. She is the pianist of the Volta Piano Trio, whose recordings on the Con Brio Label have been lauded in many international music journals. Oksana is Professor of Piano at PLU. 

Emely Phelps enjoys a versatile career as a performer and teacher and has served as faculty at University of Georgia, Anchorage Chamber Music Festival, and the Yellow Barn Young Artists Program. Recent performance highlights include appearances with A Far Cry and the Cassatt Quartet and the start of her first solo album showcasing American piano music of the past century.

James Brown is the Chair of Vocal Studies at PLU where he directs the opera and oversees a large voice program. As Director of Opera at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA, Brown follows a three-year cycle of repertoire with his students that includes the early baroque, standard repertoire, and modern repertoire. James holds degrees in voice from Loyola University/New Orleans, The Juilliard School and the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and served for three years as a Resident Artist at The Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia.

Soon Cho is an acclaimed by Opera News for her “potent” and “intense and incisive” stage presence and praised by the Cincinnati Post as “regal in bearing, with vocal endowments to match,” Soon Cho’s career spans Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. Dr. Cho serves as Professor of Music at PLU.