2022 Artists
KADE BISSELL, percussion
Raised in Alaska, Kade Bissell is an orchestral percussionist, hammered dulcimer performer and composer. He serves as principal percussionist of the Anchorage Bowl Chamber Orchestra and as a member of the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra; with which he has performed a variety of contemporary works, including Randy Fleischer’s Echoes and Billy Child’s Violin Concerto No. 2 featuring renowned violinist, Rachel Barton Pine. Other noteworthy performances include ABCO’s hammered dulcimer arrangement of Shostakovich’s Waltz No. 2, and ASO’s percussion feature of Rossini’s The Thieving Magpie, as directed by Elizabeth Schultz. Kade also performs in numerous folk ensembles and is the founder of The Chamberliners, a local folk-fusion group comprised of fellow symphony musicians. As a composer and arranger, his repertoire consists of classically influenced folk music, with works featuring The Chamberliners’ EP title track, 'The Girdwood Gigues’ (2021) and their compositional rendition of ‘Wayfaring Stranger’. Additionally, he is the residing coach for Anchorage Youth Orchestra, and was the percussion coordinator and overseer for Alaska’s All-State band in 2021, as directed by Peter Boonshaft. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Performance from Northern Arizona University and performed with the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra whilst pursuing his degree.
Raised in Alaska, Kade Bissell is an orchestral percussionist, hammered dulcimer performer and composer. He serves as principal percussionist of the Anchorage Bowl Chamber Orchestra and as a member of the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra; with which he has performed a variety of contemporary works, including Randy Fleischer’s Echoes and Billy Child’s Violin Concerto No. 2 featuring renowned violinist, Rachel Barton Pine. Other noteworthy performances include ABCO’s hammered dulcimer arrangement of Shostakovich’s Waltz No. 2, and ASO’s percussion feature of Rossini’s The Thieving Magpie, as directed by Elizabeth Schultz. Kade also performs in numerous folk ensembles and is the founder of The Chamberliners, a local folk-fusion group comprised of fellow symphony musicians. As a composer and arranger, his repertoire consists of classically influenced folk music, with works featuring The Chamberliners’ EP title track, 'The Girdwood Gigues’ (2021) and their compositional rendition of ‘Wayfaring Stranger’. Additionally, he is the residing coach for Anchorage Youth Orchestra, and was the percussion coordinator and overseer for Alaska’s All-State band in 2021, as directed by Peter Boonshaft. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Performance from Northern Arizona University and performed with the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra whilst pursuing his degree.
SANDRA COX, clarinet
Sandra Cox received both her bachelor’s degree with a Performance Certificate and her master’s degree in Music Education from the University of South Carolina where she also served as the Clarinet Graduate Assistant under Doug Graham. After two years teaching band in Fredericksburg, VA she won an audition and enlisted in the United States Air Force. While in the Air Force she was a member of the Heritage of America Band in Langley, VA, and then The USAF Band in Washington, DC, rising to the rank of Chief Master Sergeant before retiring after 20 years and moving to Alaska. Sandra can be heard on over 35 USAF recordings and was principal clarinet on a Grammy Award winning CD, PDG Bach Serenade for an Awful lot of Winds and Percussion. Shortly after moving to Alaska in 2010, she began playing with the Anchorage Symphony and most recently became the principal clarinet of the Anchorage Opera. Sandra enjoys hiking, fishing and traveling in Alaska with her husband, Dean. They have a daughter in the nursing program at UAA and home school their high school son.
Sandra Cox received both her bachelor’s degree with a Performance Certificate and her master’s degree in Music Education from the University of South Carolina where she also served as the Clarinet Graduate Assistant under Doug Graham. After two years teaching band in Fredericksburg, VA she won an audition and enlisted in the United States Air Force. While in the Air Force she was a member of the Heritage of America Band in Langley, VA, and then The USAF Band in Washington, DC, rising to the rank of Chief Master Sergeant before retiring after 20 years and moving to Alaska. Sandra can be heard on over 35 USAF recordings and was principal clarinet on a Grammy Award winning CD, PDG Bach Serenade for an Awful lot of Winds and Percussion. Shortly after moving to Alaska in 2010, she began playing with the Anchorage Symphony and most recently became the principal clarinet of the Anchorage Opera. Sandra enjoys hiking, fishing and traveling in Alaska with her husband, Dean. They have a daughter in the nursing program at UAA and home school their high school son.
ROSE CRELLI, violin
Rose Crelli is an acoustic and electric violinist performing and teaching in San Francisco California. Ms Crelli is currently Assistant Principal second violin with the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra. She performed with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Michael Buble, and as section first violin and Assistant Concertmaster of the Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra and the Opera Fairbanks orchestra for six years. Other orchestras include Sacramento Symphony, Vallejo Symphony, California Symphony, Paducah Symphony, Owensboro Symphony, Evansville Symphony, Juneau Symphony and Orchestra Kentucky. She has been accepted into and attended festivals including the National Orchestral Institute, National Academy Orchestra in Canada, Brevard Music Festival, Marrowstone Music Festival in the Fellowship program, Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival and the David Kim Orchestra Institute – where she worked with Concertmasters David Kim (Philadelphia Orchestra) and Nathan Cole (L.A. Philharmonic) and members of the Chicago, Pittsburgh and National Symphony Orchestras. International performances have led her to Costa Rica, South Korea, Italy, Switzerland, Canada, Austria, France and Germany. As an educator, she is Suzuki Violin Certified Books 1-10 and teaches a violin studio of 18 private students in San Francisco, CA. Ms. Crelli currently performs on a violin by Oklahoma City luthier Arsenious Corbishley. Ms Crelli is a dual citizen of Canada and the United States. In her free time she enjoys camping, hiking, surfing, climbing, canoeing, skiing, cooking, and baking. Ms. Crelli is a multi-genre instrumentalist, performing fiddle and folk music, pops and R&B covers, jazz and improvisation. She holds degrees from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, (Professional Studies Diploma), University of Louisville, (Masters of Music in Violin Performance), University of Alaska Fairbanks (Bachelors of Music in Violin Performance and Music Education). Principal Teachers – Simon James, Jennifer Ross, Dr. Bryan Hall, Dr. Kathy Butler-Hopkins, and Dr. Gail Johansen.
Rose Crelli is an acoustic and electric violinist performing and teaching in San Francisco California. Ms Crelli is currently Assistant Principal second violin with the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra. She performed with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Michael Buble, and as section first violin and Assistant Concertmaster of the Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra and the Opera Fairbanks orchestra for six years. Other orchestras include Sacramento Symphony, Vallejo Symphony, California Symphony, Paducah Symphony, Owensboro Symphony, Evansville Symphony, Juneau Symphony and Orchestra Kentucky. She has been accepted into and attended festivals including the National Orchestral Institute, National Academy Orchestra in Canada, Brevard Music Festival, Marrowstone Music Festival in the Fellowship program, Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival and the David Kim Orchestra Institute – where she worked with Concertmasters David Kim (Philadelphia Orchestra) and Nathan Cole (L.A. Philharmonic) and members of the Chicago, Pittsburgh and National Symphony Orchestras. International performances have led her to Costa Rica, South Korea, Italy, Switzerland, Canada, Austria, France and Germany. As an educator, she is Suzuki Violin Certified Books 1-10 and teaches a violin studio of 18 private students in San Francisco, CA. Ms. Crelli currently performs on a violin by Oklahoma City luthier Arsenious Corbishley. Ms Crelli is a dual citizen of Canada and the United States. In her free time she enjoys camping, hiking, surfing, climbing, canoeing, skiing, cooking, and baking. Ms. Crelli is a multi-genre instrumentalist, performing fiddle and folk music, pops and R&B covers, jazz and improvisation. She holds degrees from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, (Professional Studies Diploma), University of Louisville, (Masters of Music in Violin Performance), University of Alaska Fairbanks (Bachelors of Music in Violin Performance and Music Education). Principal Teachers – Simon James, Jennifer Ross, Dr. Bryan Hall, Dr. Kathy Butler-Hopkins, and Dr. Gail Johansen.
KATIE COX, flute
Originally from Fairbanks, Alaska, Katie Cox is a flutist, arts administrator, and educator. From August 2015 to June 2020 she was the Program Manager for Exploring the Metropolis running two residency programs, the EtM Con Edison Composer Residencies and the EtM Choreographer + Composer Residencies. She is currently the Executive Director and founder of Redtail Artist Residencies, a composer and dance residency program in Queens, NY and Executive Director and Co-Founder of Wild Shore New Music. As an active contemporary musician, Katie has performed with contemporary ensembles in New York such as Transit, Contemporaneous, Ensemble Signal, Experiments in Opera, Little Opera Theatre of NY, Opera on Tap, and Numinous. She is a member of the contemporary music collective Hotel Elefant, and of Corvus, the resident new music ensemble for Composing in the Wilderness and the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival. She has worked with composers John Luther Adams, Richard Carrick, Conrad Winslow, Anna Clyne, Carlisle Floyd, Joseph C. Phillips, Leaha Villareal, and Mary Kouyoumdjian among others. As an educator Katie has taught flute privately for over twenty years and is a trained teaching artist working for Little Orchestra Society since 2014 working in the New York City public school system and libraries. She currently teaches flute privately at St. Luke’s School in Manhattan.
Originally from Fairbanks, Alaska, Katie Cox is a flutist, arts administrator, and educator. From August 2015 to June 2020 she was the Program Manager for Exploring the Metropolis running two residency programs, the EtM Con Edison Composer Residencies and the EtM Choreographer + Composer Residencies. She is currently the Executive Director and founder of Redtail Artist Residencies, a composer and dance residency program in Queens, NY and Executive Director and Co-Founder of Wild Shore New Music. As an active contemporary musician, Katie has performed with contemporary ensembles in New York such as Transit, Contemporaneous, Ensemble Signal, Experiments in Opera, Little Opera Theatre of NY, Opera on Tap, and Numinous. She is a member of the contemporary music collective Hotel Elefant, and of Corvus, the resident new music ensemble for Composing in the Wilderness and the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival. She has worked with composers John Luther Adams, Richard Carrick, Conrad Winslow, Anna Clyne, Carlisle Floyd, Joseph C. Phillips, Leaha Villareal, and Mary Kouyoumdjian among others. As an educator Katie has taught flute privately for over twenty years and is a trained teaching artist working for Little Orchestra Society since 2014 working in the New York City public school system and libraries. She currently teaches flute privately at St. Luke’s School in Manhattan.
SCOTT HANSEN, piano
Scott Stephen Hansen is a born-and-raised Alaskan composer; arranger; performer; and recording engineer based in Fairbanks.
He is an active orchestral performer and multi-instrumentalist, performing under the batons of Robert Franz; Eduard Zilberkant; Gregory Grabowski; and Jennifer Drake among others, and playing for masterclasses with many pianists and composers including Gesa Lucker; Boris Slutsky; Alexander Kobrin; Olli Virtaperko; Amy Mills; and Steven Verhelst. Scott has recorded, engineered, and produced a wide variety of performances and musicians including contemporary and popular music ensembles; Voices of Change - Dallas; and The Minnesota Orchestra, with multiple audio and video recordings premiering at the National Flute Association and Texas Music Educators Association.
In addition to scoring award-winning short films directed by Alaskan filmmakers Silas Firth and Maya Salganek, Scott has had music placed in multimedia for the 2017 International Week of the Arctic and multiple premieres and commissions throughout Alaska. In 2019 he completed undergraduate degrees at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in piano performance and music composition, and in 2021 received his Master of Music in music composition from Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas. He received the NAMM President's Innovation Award in 2020 for research on composition and music technology. He currently is on staff at UAF as the Director of Performance Operations for the College of Liberal Arts Department of Music, continuing to perform and compose. He is published in part by Alry Publications and United Music and Media Publishers, with international performance credits and commissions.
Scott Stephen Hansen is a born-and-raised Alaskan composer; arranger; performer; and recording engineer based in Fairbanks.
He is an active orchestral performer and multi-instrumentalist, performing under the batons of Robert Franz; Eduard Zilberkant; Gregory Grabowski; and Jennifer Drake among others, and playing for masterclasses with many pianists and composers including Gesa Lucker; Boris Slutsky; Alexander Kobrin; Olli Virtaperko; Amy Mills; and Steven Verhelst. Scott has recorded, engineered, and produced a wide variety of performances and musicians including contemporary and popular music ensembles; Voices of Change - Dallas; and The Minnesota Orchestra, with multiple audio and video recordings premiering at the National Flute Association and Texas Music Educators Association.
In addition to scoring award-winning short films directed by Alaskan filmmakers Silas Firth and Maya Salganek, Scott has had music placed in multimedia for the 2017 International Week of the Arctic and multiple premieres and commissions throughout Alaska. In 2019 he completed undergraduate degrees at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in piano performance and music composition, and in 2021 received his Master of Music in music composition from Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas. He received the NAMM President's Innovation Award in 2020 for research on composition and music technology. He currently is on staff at UAF as the Director of Performance Operations for the College of Liberal Arts Department of Music, continuing to perform and compose. He is published in part by Alry Publications and United Music and Media Publishers, with international performance credits and commissions.
MANNFRIED FUNK, cello
Born in San Francisco, Mr. Funk began musical studies at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music when he was five. His private teachers included Margaret Rowell, Barton Frank, Paul Olefsky, Zara Nelsova and Ramy Shevelov. During his formative years he won awards such as the Pacific Musical Society Award, the California Cello Club Award and the Don Bushell Award. After gaining his BA, BAed and MA, he entered the professional world as the Assistant Principal cellist of the Sinfonica National de Colombia in Bogota. In Bogota he also played for commercial recordings and was the Principal Cellist of the Orquesta Pro Musica de Bogota and other ensembles. Within weeks of returning to the US, he was given a fellowship with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute, where he played under Leonard Berstein, Herbert Blumstadt, Danial Lewis, Eiji Oue, and other prominent conductors, and was also hired by the Seattle Symphony, the Seattle Opera and the Pacific Northwest Ballet. Later, he was engaged to be on the US tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s, Music of the Night and played across the country with Linda Ronstadt and Betty Buckley. After the tour closed, he was recruited as principal cello and personnel manager for The Federal Way Symphony and later also the Bellevue Symphony. He also has played a number of concerti with Seattle area regional orchestras including those by Schumann, Dvorak, Saint Saens, Lalo, Tchaikovsky, Boccherini, Bloch "Schelomo", Morowitz "Memorial to Martin Luther King", and the premiere of Mary Rhodes' cello concerto. In Seattle he recorded for the movie industry and consistently performed chamber music. His first piano trio was engaged by the state department to play for Boris Yeltsin’s visit to Seattle and later it toured Japan. He had a string trio for years and eventually formed his second piano trio, Trio Seattle, which among many concerts found itself playing in Petersburg, Alaska. As a teacher, Mr. Funk built a 35 student cello studio and was the adjunct cello teacher for North Seattle Community College. In 2014 he and his wife took a vacation to Homer, Alaska. The B&B where they were staying, now called Juneberry Lodge, was for sale and within two days they decided to buy it, move to Homer and semi-retire. The B&B has operated successfully since 2015. Meanwhile he maintains his Personnel Manager position and flies to Seattle for performances. In Homer he has worked collaboratively with the Kenai Peninsula Orchestra, the Homer Council on the Arts (board treasurer), the Opus program, the Bunnell Street Art Center and the Pratt Museum. In the Bunnell Street Art Center he participated in a collaborative project with composer Larry Moss, poet Wendy Erd, dancer Mariah Maloney, and violinist Daniel Perry. Other than being honored to have been invited to play with the Wild Shore Festival, Mr. Funk has been invited to join the board of directors of the Pratt Museum to form and develop a chamber music concert series. To that end he has formed a string quartet with Marcio Candido, Danial Perry and Nancy Darigo with plans for the first concert to be December 10, 2022 with others to follow.
Born in San Francisco, Mr. Funk began musical studies at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music when he was five. His private teachers included Margaret Rowell, Barton Frank, Paul Olefsky, Zara Nelsova and Ramy Shevelov. During his formative years he won awards such as the Pacific Musical Society Award, the California Cello Club Award and the Don Bushell Award. After gaining his BA, BAed and MA, he entered the professional world as the Assistant Principal cellist of the Sinfonica National de Colombia in Bogota. In Bogota he also played for commercial recordings and was the Principal Cellist of the Orquesta Pro Musica de Bogota and other ensembles. Within weeks of returning to the US, he was given a fellowship with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute, where he played under Leonard Berstein, Herbert Blumstadt, Danial Lewis, Eiji Oue, and other prominent conductors, and was also hired by the Seattle Symphony, the Seattle Opera and the Pacific Northwest Ballet. Later, he was engaged to be on the US tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s, Music of the Night and played across the country with Linda Ronstadt and Betty Buckley. After the tour closed, he was recruited as principal cello and personnel manager for The Federal Way Symphony and later also the Bellevue Symphony. He also has played a number of concerti with Seattle area regional orchestras including those by Schumann, Dvorak, Saint Saens, Lalo, Tchaikovsky, Boccherini, Bloch "Schelomo", Morowitz "Memorial to Martin Luther King", and the premiere of Mary Rhodes' cello concerto. In Seattle he recorded for the movie industry and consistently performed chamber music. His first piano trio was engaged by the state department to play for Boris Yeltsin’s visit to Seattle and later it toured Japan. He had a string trio for years and eventually formed his second piano trio, Trio Seattle, which among many concerts found itself playing in Petersburg, Alaska. As a teacher, Mr. Funk built a 35 student cello studio and was the adjunct cello teacher for North Seattle Community College. In 2014 he and his wife took a vacation to Homer, Alaska. The B&B where they were staying, now called Juneberry Lodge, was for sale and within two days they decided to buy it, move to Homer and semi-retire. The B&B has operated successfully since 2015. Meanwhile he maintains his Personnel Manager position and flies to Seattle for performances. In Homer he has worked collaboratively with the Kenai Peninsula Orchestra, the Homer Council on the Arts (board treasurer), the Opus program, the Bunnell Street Art Center and the Pratt Museum. In the Bunnell Street Art Center he participated in a collaborative project with composer Larry Moss, poet Wendy Erd, dancer Mariah Maloney, and violinist Daniel Perry. Other than being honored to have been invited to play with the Wild Shore Festival, Mr. Funk has been invited to join the board of directors of the Pratt Museum to form and develop a chamber music concert series. To that end he has formed a string quartet with Marcio Candido, Danial Perry and Nancy Darigo with plans for the first concert to be December 10, 2022 with others to follow.
James Moore is a composer, guitarist, and bandleader whose multifaceted career has earned him the titles of “local electric guitar hero” by Time Out New York and "model new music citizen" by The New York Times. James is a founding member of the raucous electric guitar quartet Dither, the whimsical acoustic quartet The Hands Free, the sloppy-math/avant-grunge rock band Forever House, and frequently performs in duo with Wildshore Music’s Andie Tanning. Currently pursuing his PhD in music composition at Princeton University, James writes music for an eclectic community of players from classical, folk, jazz, experimental, and indie rock scenes.
As a chamber and orchestral performer, James’s credits include appearances with Dawn Upshaw & Gilbert Kalish, Alarm Will Sound, Bang on a Can, Roomful of Teeth, So Percussion, The Crossing Choir, The LA Phil New Music Group, and Santa Fe Opera. As a sideman he has backed up vocalists Toshi Reagon and Rhiannon Giddens, and performed with members of Yo La Tengo, Sonic Youth, Wilco, and The National. Other collaborators include playwright Richard Maxwell, choreographer Susan Marshall, instrument builder Ellen Fullman, guitarist Marc Ribot, soprano Alicia Hall Moran, and an extensive list of composers including John Adams, Robert Ashley, Eve Beglarian, David Lang, Pauline Oliveros, Steve Reich, and John Zorn.
As a chamber and orchestral performer, James’s credits include appearances with Dawn Upshaw & Gilbert Kalish, Alarm Will Sound, Bang on a Can, Roomful of Teeth, So Percussion, The Crossing Choir, The LA Phil New Music Group, and Santa Fe Opera. As a sideman he has backed up vocalists Toshi Reagon and Rhiannon Giddens, and performed with members of Yo La Tengo, Sonic Youth, Wilco, and The National. Other collaborators include playwright Richard Maxwell, choreographer Susan Marshall, instrument builder Ellen Fullman, guitarist Marc Ribot, soprano Alicia Hall Moran, and an extensive list of composers including John Adams, Robert Ashley, Eve Beglarian, David Lang, Pauline Oliveros, Steve Reich, and John Zorn.
ANDIE TANNING, viola
Andie Tanning is a violinist and performer. She is the cofounder and musical director of Wild Shore New Music, now in its eighth year as Alaska’s premier new music festival. She released her debut album, “Dandelion,” in December 2018. Steve Dollar of the National Sawdust Log writes, “The stylistically diverse Dandelion is not only a scrapbook of Tanning’s experiences and influences, but also an open and always surprising collaboration with composers and video artists whose spirits are illuminated through the violinist’s intrepid musicianship and exploratory nature.” She has toured internationally as a company member of the New York City Players, has served as a multi-instrumentalist in theater groups Object Collection and New Paradise Laboratories, was the fiddle player in the musical, The Snow Child, by John Strand, Georgia Stitt and Bob Banghart, and was a violin sub in the Broadway revival of Oklahoma!. Ongoing musical collaborations include a duo with guitarist James Moore and the minimalist rock band Thee Reps. Her album with James Moore, “Gertrudes,” was released on New World Records in 2016. She has performed at LA Opera, The Kitchen, The Pompidou, and Carnegie Hall. Tanning is faculty at Larchmont Music Academy and St. Lukes School. Her work has been reviewed by the New York Times, New Sounds Live, and The Wall Street Journal.
Andie Tanning is a violinist and performer. She is the cofounder and musical director of Wild Shore New Music, now in its eighth year as Alaska’s premier new music festival. She released her debut album, “Dandelion,” in December 2018. Steve Dollar of the National Sawdust Log writes, “The stylistically diverse Dandelion is not only a scrapbook of Tanning’s experiences and influences, but also an open and always surprising collaboration with composers and video artists whose spirits are illuminated through the violinist’s intrepid musicianship and exploratory nature.” She has toured internationally as a company member of the New York City Players, has served as a multi-instrumentalist in theater groups Object Collection and New Paradise Laboratories, was the fiddle player in the musical, The Snow Child, by John Strand, Georgia Stitt and Bob Banghart, and was a violin sub in the Broadway revival of Oklahoma!. Ongoing musical collaborations include a duo with guitarist James Moore and the minimalist rock band Thee Reps. Her album with James Moore, “Gertrudes,” was released on New World Records in 2016. She has performed at LA Opera, The Kitchen, The Pompidou, and Carnegie Hall. Tanning is faculty at Larchmont Music Academy and St. Lukes School. Her work has been reviewed by the New York Times, New Sounds Live, and The Wall Street Journal.
SUNROSE WINSLOW, voice
