{"id":5708,"date":"2011-01-06T13:20:39","date_gmt":"2011-01-06T21:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=5708"},"modified":"2013-02-07T20:35:16","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T04:35:16","slug":"oregon-symphony-welcomes-four-new-musicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/06\/oregon-symphony-welcomes-four-new-musicians\/","title":{"rendered":"oregon symphony welcomes four new musicians"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a series of auditions held this past Fall, the Oregon Symphony will welcome four new musicians to its ranks after the winter break concludes Friday.\u00a0 With violist Silu Fei, timpanist Jonathan Greeney and English hornist Kyle Mustain already here (and sounding fantastic), this brings our number of new musicians this season to six<\/span> seven.\u00a0 Can’t wait to meet the new victims, er members!\u00a0 Let the hazing rituals begin (most likely drinks and an interrogation by the The Classical Beaver<\/a>)!<\/p>\n

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Edward 'Ted' Botsford, double bass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Edward Botsford, double bass<\/strong> \u2013 Botsford, who earned undergraduate and graduate degrees at Rice University, comes to us from the Austin Symphony in Texas. A native of Washington, DC, Botsford has also performed with the Houston Grand Opera orchestra and the National Symphony.<\/p>\n

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Emily Cole, violin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Emily Cole, violin<\/strong> \u2013 A Seattle native, Cole recently earned a master\u2019s degree at the University of North Texas, following undergraduate study at the University of Texas. While in Texas, she performed with the Dallas Symphony, the Abilene Philharmonic and other orchestras.<\/p>\n

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Ryan Lee, violin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ryan Lee, violin<\/strong> \u2013 Lee, who hails from Vacaville in Northern California, holds a bachelor\u2019s degree and artist diploma from the Colburn School Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles, where he was concertmaster for the Colburn Conservatory Orchestra. He\u2019s also performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the New World Symphony.<\/p>\n

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Matthew McKay, percussion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Matthew McKay, percussion<\/strong> \u2013 McKay was born in Ypsilanti, MI, raised in Fairfax, VA, and comes to Portland from Boston, where he studied at the New England Conservatory of Music and Boston University. He has performed with the Boston Pops, the Boston Philharmonic and the San Diego, Jacksonville and New World symphonies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After a series of auditions held this past Fall, the Oregon Symphony will welcome four new musicians to its ranks after the winter break concludes Friday.\u00a0 With violist Silu Fei, timpanist Jonathan Greeney and English hornist Kyle Mustain already here (and sounding fantastic), this brings our number of new musicians this season to six seven.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[238,2492,2127,2,21],"tags":[3676,2493,3668],"class_list":["post-5708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auditions","category-double-bass","category-percussion","category-the-orchestra-world","category-violin","tag-auditions","tag-new-members","tag-oregon-symphony"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-1u4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5380,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2010\/10\/01\/new-musicians-join-symphony\/","url_meta":{"origin":5708,"position":0},"title":"new musicians join symphony","author":"Charles Noble","date":"October 1, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"We had a spate of auditions at the end of last season, and the results netted us three new musicians who are all now settled in Portland and playing with the orchestra.\u00a0 They are Principal timpanist Jonathan Greeney, oboist and English hornist Kyle Mustain, and violist Silu Fei.\u00a0 Here's a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "auditions"","block_context":{"text":"auditions","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/auditions\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/jonathangreeney.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":24958,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2025\/09\/29\/the-latest-generation\/","url_meta":{"origin":5708,"position":1},"title":"the latest generation","author":"Charles Noble","date":"September 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"This past Saturday at the Oregon Symphony's Music Box space downtown I attended an introduction of our new 'class' of musicians that have recently joined the orchestra to a select group of donors and supporters. 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