2017 Musicians – Jackson Hole Chamber Music

GET TO KNOW 2017 Musicians

One of Julie Gosswiller’s greatest passions in life is making music with other musicians and for that she is in high demand. Ms. Gosswiller has collaborated with many of her colleagues at Montana State University and with renowned musicians, Adam Barnett Hart, of the Escher String Quartet, the Ahn Trio, Dallas Brass and more. Together with her colleagues, she will concertize in China this December. For more than 17 years Ms. Gosswiller and Elizabeth Croy have performed art song throughout Montana and the United States. The two have been featured twice now on the Emmy Award Winning Series, 11th and Grant with Eric Funk. Eric Funk wrote of Julie’s playing, “her technique is only dwarfed by her expressiveness and deep interpretation of the music. I have enjoyed hearing her performances numerous times over many years a can attest to her incomparable artistry.” They won numerous awards in the Cybersing Competition including the Nancy Babcock award for best pianist and were one of ten teams chosen nationally to participate in the Cleveland Art song Festival. They continue to promote art song in venues around Montana. Ms. Gosswiller’s other passion is teaching at Montana State University where she received the President’s Excellence in Teaching Awards. Her students have won the Montana State University Concerto competition. Private students have won the Montana Music Teachers Association competitions at the elementary, junior and senior levels. Her students have won honors at the regional level and gold medals in Musicfest Northwest. A sought-after clinician, Julie and her students will present findings from a collaborative research project at the Montana Music Teachers Association Fall Festival in November. Ms. Gosswiller earned a master degree in piano performance from the University of Colorado where she studied with Angela Cheng, Robert Spillman and Doris Lehnert. She paid her way through school on an accompanying assistantship and went on to be a student coach accompanist at the Aspen Music Festival. There she served as rehearsal pianist for voice faculty in addition to her work with peers. After graduating she served as pianist for Colorado Children’s Chorale on regional tours and for sold out shows in Boetcher Concert Hall in Denver before moving to Bozeman, MT with her family. Ms. Gosswiller enjoys cross- country skiing, telemarking, fly fishing and backpacking the mountains of Montana with her husband, two sons and dogs.

David Harding

Viola

Alexander Jacobsen

Double Bass

Alexandra Osborne

Violin

Alexandra Osborne

Violin

Australian violinist Alexandra Osborne enjoys a versatile career as an orchestral and chamber musician, solo artist, and teacher. She was appointed to the National Symphony Orchestra by Christoph Eschenbach as the youngest member of the violin section in 2009 and most recently was the Acting Assistant Concertmaster. Ms. Osborne made her U.S. solo debut with The South Bend Symphony, and has appeared as soloist with all of the major Australian orchestras, the National Symphony, the Auckland Philharmonia, and the Eclipse Chamber Orchestra.

A chamber music lover, she has performed at the Taos, Pan Pacific, Kneisel Hall, Sarasota and Colorado Music Festivals, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, the Fortas Chamber Music Series and was a featured artist in Symphony Magazine. Ms. Osborne is a laureate of the 2001 Michael Hill International Violin Competition and a gold medalist of the Symphony Australia Young Performers Award. She has appeared with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center for Alice Tully Hall's highly acclaimed opening night concert and performed the Mendelssohn Octet at Lincoln Center with members of the New York Philharmonic.

Recent highlights include tours with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, a concert on the “King Louis XIV” Amati at the Smithsonian American History Museum, Guest Concertmaster with the Auckland Philharmonia, the Dvorak Piano Quintet with Maestro Eschenbach, and appearances at the Lucerne, Bonn, Grafenegg and Rostropovich Festivals, and the BBC Proms.

A graduate of The Curtis Institute of Music and The Juilliard School, she currently plays with the Eclipse Chamber Orchestra, the 21st Century Consort with a strong interest in new music, frequently performs with The Last Stand Quartet, and is a teaching artist for the American Youth Philharmonic Orchestra and the NSO's Youth Fellowship program.

Angela Pickett

Viola

Rebecca Racusin

Executive Director / violin

Jennifer Ross

violin

Jennifer Ross

violin

Jennifer Ross enjoys a well-earned reputation as a respected violinist and educator. Her orchestral career began at the age of 19 as Associate Concertmaster of the Honolulu Symphony. She then became a member of the Cincinnati Symphony before being named Principal Second Violin of the Pittsburgh Symphony—a post she held for 20 years.

Reflecting her deep commitment to teaching, Jennifer presents innovative workshops at festivals, universities and conservatories nationwide. She serves as Artist in Residence for Orchestra Studies at the National Orchestral Institute and is active in the Sphinx Organization, supporting diversity and inclusion in classical music. Ms. Ross appears regularly on the chamber music stage in series and festivals across the country, collaborating with celebrated artists including Yefim Bronfman, Pinchas Zukerman, Jaime Laredo, and Lynn Harrell. She has been heard on NPR’s Performance today from the Grand Teton Music Festival, where she performs each summer. Jennifer holds the Principal Second Violin chair of ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, and is a proud founder and Co-Artistic Director of Jackson Hole Chamber Music. Ms. Ross is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music.