The following coaches are confirmed for February 2026!
Stephen Redfield
Violinist Stephen Redfield was a Starling Scholar with Dorothy DeLay and received a Masters at the Eastman School with Donald Weilerstein. A prize-winner in the Colman and Monterey Chamber Music Competitions, he has performed extensively as a chamber musician, on both modern and Baroque violin. Dr. Redfield retired from a university teaching position to Santa Fe, where he’d been concertmaster of Santa Fe Pro Musica for nearly three decades. Since then, he has organized MarketMusic, a Baroque concert series in that city’s Railyard District.
In his is 45 years with the Oregon Bach Festival, Stephen has participated in numerous recordings, including the Grammy® Award-winning disc Credo. He is also concertmaster of the Conspirare Company of Voices – with whom he earned four Grammy® nominations – and the Victoria and Arizona Bach Festivals and La Follia Austin Baroque. He has led Houston’s Ars Lyrica and Nashville’s Music City Baroque on numerous occasions and is a member of the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra.
Judith Farmer
GRAMMY® nominee Judith Farmer is former principal bassoonist of the Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Camerata Academica Salzburg under Sandor Vegh. Critics have described her playing as “impeccable” (American Record Guide), “masterly” (Fanfare) and “brilliant” (Kronenzeitung, Austria). She has appeared as a soloist at the Salzburg Festival and has participated in chamber music festivals in Prussia Cove (UK), Martha’s Vineyard, MA, Chautauqua, NY and La Jolla, CA. After moving to Los Angeles Ms. Farmer performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, also as guest associate principal. She played on more than 250 motion picture scores and has recorded with artists such as Daft Punk, Josh Groban, Billy Childs, Barbra Streisand and Neil Young. Judith is currently a member of the Pasadena Symphony and recently retired from Los Angeles Opera Orchestra. She taught bassoon and chamber music at the University of Southern California from 1996-2023.
Since moving to Santa Fe with her husband, composer Gernot Wolfgang, in 2023 she has performed with the San Francisco Symphony, the New Mexico Philharmonic, the Santa Fe Symphony, Chatter and the Montage Music Society. Judith was recently named an Honorary Member of the International Double Reed Society.
Lisa Grodin
Grammy-nominated violinist and violist Lisa Grodin has earned acclaim from San Francisco Classical Voice as an “outstanding” soloist and from Early Music America for her “terpsichorean zeal” as a chamber musician. She has performed regularly with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Voices of Music, El Mundo, American Bach Soloists, and Santa Fe Pro Musica; concertized abroad with Les Arts Florrissants, Capella Savaria, La Cetra, and Capella Cartusianum; and performed in over 50 commercial recordings and educational YouTube videos. Since moving to Santa Fe in 2021, she has enjoyed playing as a guest with Severall Friends and MarketMusic.
Devoted to making classical music accessible to all, Lisa currently serves as Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra’s Director of Education and the Junior Bach Festival’s Music Director.
She conducted, coached, and taught classes at Crowden Music Center for over thirty years in Berkeley, California, and served on the faculty of the full-scholarship Young Musicians Program under the auspices of UC Berkeley.
She organized numerous chamber music workshops for adults and youth in the San Francisco Bay Area and led master classes for the R. Glier Kyiv Institute of Music in Kyiv, Ukraine, the Colburn School in Los Angeles, and Stanford University.
Kevin Darrow
A classically trained oboist, Kevin Darrow performed 12 years with the Air Force Premiere Concert Band in Washington, DC, and was a founding member of several groundbreaking chamber music ensembles in the Mid Atlantic and New England. He has performed as a soloist and chamber music clinician at many distinguished colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Kevin moved to Santa Fe five years ago with his partner Drew and daughter Dottie. He performs as a freelance musician in the Mountain West and beyond. He works as a music educator with Santa Fe Public Schools as well as with the Santa Fe Youth Symphony Association. Kevin enjoys teaching dedicated and ambitious students in his private studio.
Chase Morrison
Chase Morrison recently returned to the Santa Fe area after spending the last several years as a professor of cello, chamber music, composition, and theory at Moravian University, Rider University, and Lafayette College.
She was also the director of orchestras at Moravian Academy.
Chase has served as principal cellist with the Melbourne and Tasmanian Symphonies (Australia), the Spoleto Festival Orchestra (Italy), and with the Santa Festival Pro Musica (US).
She has toured with Joni Mitchell and with Barbara Streisand, and has performed and recorded as an original member of the jazz bassist Ron Carter’s Nonet.
Scott Temple
French hornist Scott Temple began his career in Philadelphia in 1972, where he was principal hornist of the Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia, the Penn Contemporary Players and the Delaware Symphony. He also played both principal and section positions with the Opera Company of Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Ballet. Also, he was a member of the Satori Woodwind Quintet in residence at the University of Delaware and an instructor on the faculty there. From 1975-1980 he was a participant at the Grand Teton Music Festival.
From 1979 until 2009 he was active in New York City, during which time he was a member of the New York City Opera Orchestra and an extra musician with the Metropolitan Opera; a member of the Brooklyn Philharmonic, the Orchestra of St. Lukes, the Riverside Symphony, and a frequent performer with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; also a member of the Joffrey Ballet Orchestra, the Paul Taylor Dance Company Orchestra, and a substitute with the New York City Ballet Orchestra.
In most of these organizations he served in both section and principal chairs. He was a member for many years of the Sylvan Winds and a frequent performer with the Chamber Ensemble of St. Lukes. For several years he taught hornists and coached chamber music ensembles in the music performance program at Columbia University.
A New Mexico resident since 2008, he has played here with the Santa Fe Symphony, Santa Fe Pro Musica, the Santa Fe Opera, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, the Taos Chamber Music Group and Music from Angel Fire. He was also a frequent performer with Serenata of Santa Fe.
His teachers include Harrison Roper at West Chester State College (Pa.), John Simonelli, a member of the Philadelphia Orchestra horn section, and Joseph DeAngelis at the Philadelphia Musical Academy. He was twice a fellowship recipient at the Berkshire Music Center (Tanglewood), where he was awarded the C. D. Jackson Prize in horn in 1974.
Doug Duston
Doug Dunston is Professor Emeritus at New Mexico Tech in Socorro, New Mexico, where he served as Music Program Director for 20 years, conducting orchestral and choral concerts, operettas, and musical theatre, and teaching courses in music, creativity, and interdisciplinary problem solving. He delights in collaborative artistic exploration has been a frequent coach at the Santa Fe Kammermusik Workshops since 2010.
He is known for his work with the Albuquerque Philharmonic Orchestra, the Claremont Concert Orchestra, and the Animas Music Festival in Durango, Colorado, where he led productions of large-scale chamber works integrating instrumentalists with singers, dancers, and actors. He has also conducted orchestral performances in Schloss Esterhazy in Eisenstadt, Austria and with the Sinfonietta Hungarica in Budapest, Hungary.
Dr. Dunston received his DMA in conducting from Claremont Graduate University and also holds degrees in physics from Harvey Mudd College and University of California, Berkeley. He currently lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Marjana Rutkowski – Cellist in Residence
Marjana Rutkowski’s (Brazil/USA) career has spanned the United States, Europe, Israel, and South America. After joining one of the country’s top orchestras under Eleazar de Carvalho’s baton and winning soloist and chamber music competitions, she received a full scholarship to obtain her Master of Music degree at the University of Hartford.
Marjana has appeared in festivals and concerts at Oxford University (UK), LyricaFest of Boston, Santa Fe Kammermusik and ArtsAhimsa (USA), Ischia Festival (IT), and the Hindemith Foundation in Switzerland.
She trained with Terry King, Janos Starker, Dennis Parker, the Emerson String Quartet, and the Manhattan String Quartet.
Awarded a fellowship from Yale University to study Political Philosophy, she was also a founding member of the Yale Contemporary Players, a group emphasizing post-1945 repertoire.
Appearances as a soloist and principal cello include Seiji Ozawa Hall in MA, Saint Thomas Orchestra in NY, Bar Harbor Music Festival & Acadian Chamber Players in ME, and a guest at NBC’s Today Show and Broadway gigs. Besides CDs recorded in Manhattan and Buenos Aires, Marjana is the soloist in a film about the pandemic to be premiered soon.
She performed for former First Lady Ruth Cardoso and former President Dilma Rousseff, and was honored to play before the US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Ginsburg.
Marjana is the Brazilian ambassador at ACMP’s International Advisory Council, whose mission is to foster chamber music in several countries, including Brazil. In April 2021, she became the first South American elected Board of Directors Officer in ACMP’s history.
An avid recitalist and promoter of South American and contemporary repertoire, Marjana has performed commissioned oeuvres and compositions dedicated to her in world premieres.
She is the Content Curator and Mentor of Paadhai’s Music Maths & More, a pioneer educational project for tribal children in Southern India.
In 2022 Marjana was awarded the Emeritus Citizen of Porto Alegre Medal in recognition of her continuing work for developing Brazil’s society and her cultural advocacy. The award reflects an intangible process of recognizing the importance of the arts to all types of society.
Future engagements include recitals, conferences, and festivals in Brazil and abroad.