Byron Herrington, Trombone
Byron Herrington, Principal Trombone with The Santa Fe Symphony, has been a symphony member since 2002. Born and raised in the dusty flatlands near Lubbock, Texas, he has been active as a performer, teacher and conductor in Albuquerque since 1981.
In addition to his role with The Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Byron is a founding member of the New Mexico Philharmonic, where he is second trombone. He played with the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra for 30 years until NMSO ceased operations in 2011. He is also the Director of Wind, Brass, and Percussion Studies at Albuquerque’s Thomas Jefferson Middle School, and was co-conductor of the Albuquerque Youth Symphony Program’s Junior Symphony.
Byron received his degree in music education from the University of New Mexico. He also attended the University of Oklahoma, studying trombone with Irvin Wagner, conducting with Guy Fraser Harrison, and studying music theory and analysis with Gail Boyd DeStwolinski and composition and orchestration with Michael Hennagin. He has studied trombone with Jay Friedman, Frank Crisafulli, Edward Kleinhammer, Arnold Jacobs of the Chicago Symphony, Ralph Sauer of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Joseph Alessi of the New York Philharmonic.
Anne Eisfeller, principal harp
Anne Eisfeller is the Principal Harpist of The Santa Fe Symphony, New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, and Opera Southwest. She has also performed with the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, The Santa Fe Opera, Chamber Orchestra of Albuquerque, and El Paso Symphony. During the summer she is a guest faculty member of the Assisi Festival in Italy and the harpist for the Oregon Coast Festival, Britt Festival, and Sunriver Music Festival in Oregon.
Anne received Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from Indiana University, both with High Distinction. While at IU she studied with Peter Eagle and was a teaching assistant in harp and music theory. Further studies were with Susann McDonald of the University of Southern California and Myor Rosen of the New York Philharmonic. She is a harp specialist for the Albuquerque Youth Symphony and has a private studio in Albuquerque.
Kim Fredenburgh, principal viola
Violist Kimberly Fredenburgh, originally from New York, is Professor of Viola and serves as Head of the String area at the University of New Mexico. She has been featured as a soloist and chamber musician across the United States, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Brazil, Ecuador, Argentina, Mexico, Canada, Portugal, Spain, Germany, Italy and Monaco. She is the Principal Violist of The Santa Fe Symphony and Santa Fe Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra, and is Assistant Principal of the New Mexico Philharmonic.
Fredenburgh has performed many seasons with the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Santa Fe Opera and Santa Fe Desert Chorale, and is a regular performer on the Chatter Chamber series. She has served on the faculty at Arizona State University while also performing as Associate Principal of the Phoenix Symphony for seven years. She was a Principal Violist in the New World Symphony under Michael Tilson Thomas.
She has delivered pedagogical papers and performed at several national string conferences and international competitions. Her interest in contemporary music has resulted in the creation of many new works for her instrument.
Dana Winograd, Principal Cello
Originally from Los Angeles, cellist Dana Winograd received her Bachelors and Masters degrees in performance from the Juilliard School in New York where she studied with Harvey Shapiro and Channing Robbins, as well as members of the Juilliard String Quartet for chamber music. After graduation, Dana led an active freelance career in New York City, including performances at Carnegie Hall with the American Composer’s Orchestra and the American Symphony, Broadway appearances (both in the pit and on stage) with Phantom of The Opera, Cats, Beauty and the Beast,and Once Upon a Mattress, as well as playing backup for Rod Stewart, Luther Vandross, Lyle Lovett, Manhattan Transfer, and Harry Connick Jr.
Since moving to Santa Fe in 1999, Dana has been a member of the New Mexico Symphony (now New Mexico Philharmonic), Santa Fe Pro Musica, and is principal cellist of the Santa Fe Symphony. She has appeared as soloist with the Santa Fe Symphony, the Chamber Orchestra of Albuquerque, the Plainfield Symphony in NJ and the Julius Grossman Orchestra in NY.
An active chamber musician Dana plays regularly with Chatter, the Santa Fe Symphony quartet, Taos Chamber Music Group and Serenata of Santa Fe. She is the orchestra director at St. Michael’s High School, and has worked in the Santa Fe Symphony’s mentoring program, helping young string students in the SFPS. Dana and her husband Gil live happily with two great dogs, Riley and Lily.
Nicolle Maniaci, principal violin II
Nicolle Maniaci is Principal Violin II and orchestra personnel manager of The Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra & Chorus. She is also the director of the string program at Bosque School in Albuquerque. Nicolle was a member of the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra First Violin Section for 11 years and is now a first violinist with the New Mexico Philharmonic.
Nicolle is a founding member of the Eleganza String Quartet and Chamisa Chamber Players. She also enjoys performing with the Taos Chamber Music Festival, Chatter, Orchestra of the Duke and Opera Southwest. She was a sectional coach for the Albuquerque Youth Symphony for 18 years.
Nicolle was born in Long Island, New York and moved to New Mexico with her parents in 1974. She grew up in the Albuquerque Youth Symphony Program while studying violin with Kathie Jarrett and received her music degree from the University of New Mexico, studying with Leonard Felberg. She spent her summers studying the violin at various festivals around the country. Nicolle makes her home in Albuquerque with her loving husband John Witiuk and two children, Joseph and Juliana.
Alex Richardson, tenor
Evan Bravos, baritone
Mary-Hollis Hundley, soprano
Mary-Hollis Hundley, soprano, recently won first place in the Brava! James M. Collier Vocal Competition and received an Encouragement Award from the Wagner Society of New York. Her 2019-20 season included covering the title role in Jenůfa at the Santa Fe Opera, where she…
Carmen Flórez-Mansi, Choral Director
Carmen Flórez-Mansi, a native of New Mexico, currently serves as the Pastoral Director of Music at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi. Since 1989, she has performed as a vocal artist, choral conductor, vocal instructor, and liturgy specialist throughout the Southwest, including appearances…
David Felberg, Concertmaster
Praised by The Santa Fe New Mexican for his “fluid phrases, rich focused tone, rhythmic precision, and spot-on intonation,” Violinist David Felberg, an Albuquerque native, is Concertmaster of The Santa Fe Symphony and also performs with Santa Fe Pro Musica. He is Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Chatter, a groundbreaking series, exploring both new and old music, that produces more than 60 performances a year. Chatter was recently mentioned in The New York Times in an article about curated silence, one of the main features of their performances. David plays in, and conducts, many of the shows—often premiering 20th- and 21st-century pieces of music that have never before been heard in New Mexico.
David has been featured soloist with The Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra, New Mexico Philharmonic, New Mexico Symphony, Albuquerque Philharmonic, Los Alamos Symphony, Palo Alto Philharmonic and Balcones Orchestra. He has performed recitals and chamber music all over New Mexico and the Southwest, and most recently has performed at the Oregon Bach Festival. David also specializes in contemporary solo violin music, having performed solo works of Berio, Boulez, Sciarrino, John Zorn and Luigi Nono.
David regularly conducts the New Mexico Philharmonic and The Santa Fe Symphony, and has collaborated with such soloists as Anne-Marie McDermott, Rachel Barton Pine, Conor Hanick and Benjamin Hochman. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of Arizona and a Master of Music degree in Conducting from the University of New Mexico, and has taken advanced string quartet studies at the University of Colorado with the Takacs Quartet. David also attended the prestigious American Academy of Conducting at the Aspen Music Festival.
David plays an 1829 J. B. Vuillaume violin and uses a c. 1830 Claude Joseph Fonclause violin bow.
William Reece Waag, Guest Conductor
William Reece Waag is in his sixth season as Conductor of the Santa Fe Youth Symphony. A passionate music educator, he also works as a guest clinician and mentor in music classrooms across Northern New Mexico. William’s recent guest conducting engagements include the Albuquerque Philharmonic, Seattle Rock Orchestra, The Santa Fe Symphony, El Paso Symphony Youth Orchestra, Albuquerque Youth Symphony, Reading Orchestra, and Honor Orchestras in New Mexico. William has held a variety of conducting and teaching positions ranging from elementary and secondary schools to colleges, public and private institutions in four states.
He has led wind ensembles, jazz bands, symphony orchestras, music education courses, music theory, special education and pre-school music. Above all these, William’s passion is for conducting youth symphonies. Previously with Kittitas Valley Youth Orchestra (Washington) and Anchorage Youth Philharmonic (Alaska), William is so pleased to be guiding the Santa Fe Youth Symphony to creative collaborations and expanding every aspect of the youth symphony experience.
William received an MM in Orchestral Conducting from Central Washington University, and a BM in Music Education from Boise State University. Originally from Boise, William loves exploring the mountains in all seasons with ski poles in one hand and espresso in the other. In his free time, he can be found traveling the New Mexico highways in his 1972 Volkswagen bus.
Jesse Tatum, Principal Flute
Jesse Tatum currently serves as Principal Flute of The Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra & Chorus. They are also Principal Flute of the Opera Southwest Orchestra and a Principal Player at Chatter, where they performed over a decade of adventurous chamber music with the innovative Albuquerque-based chamber ensemble. Additionally, Jesse has performed many seasons with The Santa Fe Opera, Performance Santa Fe, and the New Mexico Philharmonic.
Jesse is described as “reliably excellent” (The Santa Fe New Mexican), “The principal flutist Jesse is just a rock star” (Ryan McAdams, conductor), “She is the music of the universe and cannot be contained” (Meow Wolf), and “the girl you wanna hear” (Daniel Sharp, Powell Flutes). Pasatiempo recently called Jesse an “overachiever.”
Jesse was a regularly featured performer at the world-renowned Meow Wolf in Santa Fe. They were also a featured performer at TEDxABQ and a solo performer at Gatas y Vatas, a feminist experimental music festival. Jesse performed a show of contemporary works for solo flute as FluTeBot in conjunction with the Albuquerque Museum’s exhibition, “Patrick Nagatani: Excavations: Buried Cars and Other Stories.” Jesse was a prizewinner at the Myrna Brown Artist Competition, has performed at the Currents International New Media Festival, and appeared as a soloist with the Albuquerque Philharmonic Orchestra. Jesse’s solo debut with The Santa Fe Symphony was in 2016.
Jesse has collaborated with many composers and participated in numerous world, U.S., and New Mexico premieres of solo, chamber, orchestra, and opera works. In 2019, Jesse co-created The Santa Fe Symphony’s SFS Strata Series and curated chamber concerts in collaboration with various organizations in Santa Fe.
They were also a co-curator for The Santa Fe Symphony’s “Music of the Universe” Virtual Concert Series performance, a much-lauded collaboration with Meow Wolf Santa Fe which premiered on SantaFeSymphonyTV.org on March 21, 2021. They have also been a featured performer of Powell Flutes, profiled in Albuquerque’s The Magazine, appeared in Rolling Stone magazine, and served multiple times as a judge for the Newly Published Music Competition of the National Flute Association.
As a student, Jesse was a member of the Catania International Music Festival and the National Repertory Orchestra. They studied at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the University of New Mexico. In addition to their success as a professional classical musician, Jesse Tatum is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet
Classical Trumpeter Mary Elizabeth Bowden has built a rapidly ascendent career as a soloist, praised for her “splendid, brilliant” playing (Gramophone Magazine) and the clarity, purity and power of her sound. A Gold Medal Global Music Award Winner, Opus Klassik Nominee, and Yamaha Performing…
Guillermo Figueroa, Principal Conductor
One of the most versatile and respected musical artists of his generation—renowned as conductor, violinist, violist and concertmaster—Guillermo Figueroa is the Principal Conductor of The Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra & Chorus. He also serves as the Music Director of the Music in the Mountains Festival…
Drew Petersen, piano
Acclaimed young American pianist Drew Petersen, who has been performing since age 5, is a sought-after soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician in the United States, Europe and Asia. He’s been praised for his commanding and poetic performances of repertoire ranging from Bach to Zaimont, and…