Curtis Mentor Network Roster

Sarah Ioannides
(Conducting ’98)
Music director of Symphony Tacoma

Pallavi Mahidhara
(Piano ’10)
Prize-winning soloist and chamber musician

Anna Polonsky
(Piano ’95)
International soloist and faculty at Vassar College

Amy Yang
(Piano ’06)
Faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music and chamber music coach at the University of Pennsylvania

Natalie Zhu
(Piano ’97)
Avery Fisher Career Grant and Astral National Auditions winner

Natalie Helm
(Cello ’11)
Principal cello of the Sarasota Orchestra

Dennis Kim
(Violin ’96)
Concertmaster of the Pacific Symphony
 

Jennifer Koh
(Violin ’02)
Artistic director and founder of arco collaborative
 

Teng Li
(Viola ’05)
Principal viola of the Los Angeles Philharmonic

Wilhelmina Smith
(Cello ’90)
International solo and chamber musician

Melissa White
(Violin ’07)
Founding member of the Harlem Quartet
 

Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu
(Violin ’08)
Artist in residence and artistic partner of the Da Camera Society

Jonathan Beyer
(Opera ’07)
Opera, concert, and recital artist

Rhoslyn Jones
(Opera ’06)
Faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Alex Eastley
(Bassoon ’04)
Former acting second bassoon of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Gabriel Kovach
(Horn ’99)
Principal horn of the Phoenix Symphony

Katherine Needleman
(Oboe ’99)
Principal oboe of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Rob Patterson
(Clarinet ’07)
Assistant professor of clarinet at Boston University

Sonora Slocum
(Flute ’11)
Principal flute of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

Mimi Stillman
(Flute ’99)
Yamaha Performing Artist and artistic director of Dolce Suono Ensemble