Past OKM Festival Artists (2000 – 2014)

2000
Emanuel Ax, piano // Martin Bookspan, lecturer // Christiaan Bor, violin // James Burritt, tenor // The Canadian Brass // Mariann Cook, soprano // Steven Condy, baritone // Jean-Michel Damase, composer // George Darden, piano // Misha Dichter, piano // Neil Fleitell, lighting designer, Alvaro Garcia, conductor // Bradley Garvin, bass // Martin Goldsmith, lecturer // Jonathan Hays, baritone // Ani Kavafian, violin // Leon Major, stage director // Martha Mann, costume designer // Anne-Marie McDermott, piano // Pedja Muzijevic, piano // Paul Neubauer, viola // Marion Pratnicki, mezzo soprano // Erhard Rom, set designer // Fred Sherry, cello // Beverly Sills, lecturer // Shon Sims, baritone // Solisti New York Orchestra // Charles Robert Stephens, baritone // Robert Swensen, tenor // Peter Wiley, cello // Ransom Wilson, Artistic Director, conductor, flute, Arianna Zukerman, soprano

2001
P.D.Q. Bach // Martin Bookspan, lecturer // David Dusing, tenor // Michele Eaton, soprano // Simon Estes, bass-baritone // Jim Walker and Free Flight // Martin Goldsmith, lecturer // P.S. Gordon, artist // Nai-Yuan Hu, violin // Ani Kavafian, violin // Anne-Marie McDermott, piano // Paul Neubauer, viola // Itzhak Perlman, violin // Marina Piccinini, flute // Peter Schickele, composer, musician, satirist // David Shifrin, clarinet // Solisti New York Orchestra // Robin Sutherland, piano // Ronald Thomas, cello // Andre Watts, piano // Ransom Wilson, Artistic Director, conductor, flute

2002
Karen Anderson, mezzo soprano // Reed Armstrong, narrator // Joshua Bell, violin // Martin Bookspan, lecturer // Borromeo String Quartet // Matthew Chellis, tenor // Coro Easo, Basque Men’s Chorus // Jonathan Hays, bass // Ani Kavafian, violin // Ida Kavafian, violin // Gregory Keller, stage director // Matthew Lau, bass // Peter Lindskoog, bass // Los Angeles Guitar Quartet // Branford Marsalis, saxophone // Paul Neubauer, viola // Garrick Ohlsson, piano // Phyllis Pancella, mezzo soprano // Andre-Michel Schub, piano // Solisti New York Orchestra // Ronald Thomas, cello // Helen Todd, soprano // Richard townsend, lecturer // Christopher Vaneman, lecturer, writer // Ransom Wilson, Artistic Director, conductor, Maria Zifchak, mezzo soprano

2003
Ahn Trio // Ik-Hwan Bae, violin // Bartlesville Symphony Orchestra // Sarah Chang, violin // David Connell, choir master // Barry Douglas, piano // Eric Fennel, tenor // Vincent Giroud, lecturer // Alexey Goroholinsky, clarinet // Lauren Green, conductor // Shinik Hahm, conductor // Wu Han, piano // Scott Lee, viola // Peter Lindskoog, bass // Ronald Luchsinger, stage director // Kerry McDermott, violin // Paul Beubauer, viola // The Chris Norman Ensemble // Anna Polonsky, piano // Aleksandr Popov, bassoon // Robert Sapolsky, baritone // Fred Sherry, cello // Shon Sims, baritone // Solisti New York Orchestra // Helen Todd, soprano // Eric Trudel, musical preparation // Claudia Waite, soprano // Ransom Wilson, Artistic Director, conductor, flute

2004
Bartlesville Symphony Orchestra // Bering Strait // Steven Condy, baritone // John R. Erickson // Branch Fields, bass-baritone // Sir James Galway, flute // Lauren Green, conductor // June Han, harp // Wu Han, piano // Troy Herring, soprano // Mikhail Kalinosvky, bass // Ani Kavafian, violin // Joel Levine, conductor // Andrea McFarren, soprano // Paul Neubauer, Music Director, viola // A. Scott Parry, director // Kyle Pfortmiller, baritone // Laura Pfortmiller, soprano // Anna Polnsky, piano // Vale Rideout, tenor // James Schaffner, tenor // Jane Shaulis, mezzo-soprano // Charles Schneider, baritone // Fred Sherry, cello // Solisti New York Orchestra // Rev. Dr. T. Lee Stephens // Andre-Michel Shub, piano // Ransom Wilson, Artistic Director, conductor, flute // Karen Winkler, soprano // Stephanie Woodling // James Wordsworth, baritone // Carmit Zori, violin

2005
Brett Aldridge, baritone // Bartlesville Symphony Orchestra // Byron Berline Band // Classical Kids // Lauren Green, conductor // Wu Han, piano // Michelle Jennings, soprano // Amy Justman, soprano // Tracy Kaufman, mezzo-soprano // Anne-Marie McDermott, piano // Daniel Neer, baritone // Paul Neubauer, Music Director, viola // Tara Helen O’Connor, flute // Elmar Oliveira, violin // Christopher Parkening, guitar // Josh Powell, baritone // Andrew Ranson, tenor // Matthew Singer, baritone // Fred Sherry, cello // Solisti New York Orchestra // Ransom Wilson, Artistic Director, conductor, flute // Mark Watkins, baritone

2006
Amici New York Resident Orchestra // Andre Watts, piano // Andreas Delfs, guest conductor // Ani Kavfian, violin // Art of Motion Dance Studio // Bartlesville Ballet Centre // Bartlesville High School Steel Drum Band // Byron Berline Band // ConocoPhillips Gymnastics Club // David Taylor Dance Theatre // Diane Lesser, oboe // Ed McDade // Eric Gibson, stage director // Erica Kiesewetter, violin // Erin Keefe, violin // Fred Sherry, cello // Guillermo Figueroa, guest conductor // Inspirations Dance Studio // James Bagwell, conductor // Joyce Yang, piano // Light Opera Oklahoma // Nai-Yuan Hu, violin // Paul Neubauer, Music Director, viola // Raman Ramkrishnan, cello // Ransom Wilson, guest conductor // Scott Lee, viola // Tulsa Symphony Orchestra // Wu Han, piano

2007
Amici New York Resident Orchestra // Bartlesville High School Steel Drum Band // Jambalya Jazz Band // Byron Berline, fiddle // Joan Myers Brown, founder and Executive Dr. of Philadelphia Dance Company // Jiyoung Chung, piano // Philadelphia Dance Company // Mitch Corbin, guitar // JoAnn Falletta, guest conductor // Leon Fleisher, piano // Wu Han, piano // John Hickman, banjo // Katherine Jacobson-Fleisher, piano // Ida Kavafian, violin // Erin Keefe, violin // Erica Kiesewetter, violin // Joel Levine, guest conductor // Anne-Marie McDermott, piano // Kerry McDermott, violin // Maureen McDermott, cello // Edgar Meyer, bass, composer-in-residence // Paul Neubauer, Music Director, biola // Barry Patton, percussion // Richard Sharp, bass // Fred Sherry, cello // Steve Short, drums // Distant Thunder // Jimmy Webb, composer // Mason Williams, guitar // Robert Zubrycki, violin

2008
Amici New York Resident Orchestra // New York Theatre Ballet // 145th Army Marching Band // “The Real Band” // Michael Barnett, bassist // Barry Douglas, guest conductor, piano // Lilly Francis, violin, viola // Giancarlo Guerrero, guest conductor // Matt Haimovitz, cello // Ani Kavafian, violin // Ida Kavafian, violin // Peter Kolkay, bassoon // Michael Krajewski, guest conductor // Branford Marsalis, saxophone // Anne-Marie McDermot, piano // Peter Nero, piano // Paul Neubauer, viola // Mark O’Connor, violin // Anna Starzec, piano // Ben Vereen, actor, dancer, singer // Frederica Von Stade, mezzo soprano // Peter Wiley, cello // Amy Yang, piano

2009
Amici New York Resident Orchestra // Houston Ballet II // Tall Cotton String Band // Adria Benjamin, conductor // Susan Boyd, alto // Gary Burton, piano // Elin Carlson, soprano // Fred Child, host // Chick Corea, piano // The Invincible Czars // Robin Fisher, Music Director, conductor // ConocoPhillips Gymnastics Team // Wu Han, piano // Nai-Yuan Hu, violin // Jonathan Joyce, baritone, bass // Jeffrey Kahane, conductor, piano // Diane Lesser, oboe // Janathan Mack, tenor // Anne-Marie McDermott, piano // Paul Neubauer, viola // Richard Perlmutter, “Beethoven’s Wig” creator, lyricist, lead singer // City of Tulsa Pipes and Drums // Ewa Plonka, piano // Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin // Fred Sherry, cello // Kristin Chenoweth, soprano // Michael Stern, conductor // Robin Sutherland, piano // Time for Three // Peter Wiley, cello

2010
Amici New York Resident Orchestra // Bartlesville Symphony Orchestra // Fred Child, host // Joann Falletta, guest conductor // Bela Fleck, banjo // Lauren Green, conductor // ConocoPhillips Gymnastics Team // Zakir Hussain, percussion // Amy Jiaqi Yang, piano // Ani Kavafian, violin // Ida Kavafian, violin // Anne-Marie McDermott, piano // Kerry McDermott, violin // Edgar Meyer, composer // Kathleen Nester, flute // Paul Neubauer, Music Director, viola // Bartlesville High School Chamber Orchestra // Susanna Phillips, soprano // The Red Dirt Rangers // Andrew Sewell, guest conductor // Fred Sherry, cello // David Shifrin, clarinet // Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin // Celtic Spring // Bartlesville High School Steel Drum Band // Robin Sutherland, piano // Steven Tenebaum, viola // Time for Three // Kyle Turner, tuba // The Boye // Peter Wiley, cello

2011
Alloy Orchestra // Amici New York Resident Orchestra // Cherokee Children’s Choir // Richard Clark, trombone // 145th Army Guard Concert Band // Hut Club of Cowtown // Jennifer Frautschi, violin // ConocoPhillips Gymnastics Team // Ida Kavafian, violin // Erica Kiedewetter, violin // Constantine Kitsopoulos, guest conductor // Anne-Marie McDermott, piano // Kerry McDermott, violin // Gustav Meier, guest conductor // Paul Neubauer, Music Director, viola // Paige Park, violin // Shotgun Party // Tulsa Pipe and Drums // Turtle Island Quartet // Erica Ruske, horn // David Shifrin, clarinet // Sublime Strings // Peter Wiley, cello // Amy Yang, piano // Robert Zubrycki, violin

2012
Alloy Orchestra // Amici New York Resident Orchestra // Geri Allen, piano // Teresa Buchholz, mezzo soprano // Terri Lyne Carrington, drums // Stillwater Chamber Singers // The Carolina Chocolate Drops // Bartlesville Choral Society // Sasha Cooke, mezzo soprano // Kyle Dillingham, violin // Rhiannon Giddens, soprano // ConocoPhillips Gymnastics Team // Ani Kavafian, violin // Constantine Kitsopoulos, guest conductor // Kelyl Markgraf, baritone // Bill McGlaughlin, host // Edgar Meyer, bass // Daniel Mobbs, bass // Paul Neubauer, Music Director, viola // Anna Polonsky, piano // Antiphon Quartet // Leo Rondeau // Racheal Rosales, soprano // Daniel Ross, tenor // Esperanza Spalding, vocalist // Jame Stone, banjo // Orion Weiss, piano // Peter Wiley, cello // Josh Wright // Robert Zubrycki, violin

2013
Amici New York Resident Orchestra // Amici Woodwind Sextet // Barry Bales // Bryan Sutton // Becky Wallace // Constantine Kitsopoulos, Artistic Director, conductor // Enhake // Hot Club of Cowtown // John Kimura Parker // Luke Bulla // Miro Quartet // Noam Pikelny // Norm Lewis // Paul Benjamin Band // Pilgrim // Ronnie McCoury // Wink Burcham

2014
Amici New York Resident Orchestra // Courtney Bray, vocalist // Bartlesville Choral Society // 145th Army Guard Concert Band // Siena Forest, soprano // Elizabeth Hays, vocalist // Sarah Jarosz, vocalist // Constantine Kitsopoulos, Artistic Director, conductor // Antonia Kitsopoulos, vocalist // Lyndon Meyer, piano // Miro Quartet // Jon Kimura Parker, piano // Eric Schaefer, vocalist // Patrick Schwartz, vocalist // Trey Smagur, vocalist // Lauren Stafford, vocalist // Lucas Tarrant, vocalist // Charles Temkey, vocalist // Sarah Elizabeth Williams soprano