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Daniel Kaler

cello

Praised by critics and listeners alike for his “warm and luminous tone” (Chicago Music Report), Daniel Kaler is recognized by many as a rising star of his generation.

Following his initial studies under Gilda Barston of the Music Institute of Chicago, Kaler continued his studies under Professor Hans Jørgen Jensen of the Northwestern University Bienen School of Music and Professor Stephen Balderston of the DePaul University School of Music. Kaler received his B.M. in cello performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music in 2019, having studied with Mark Kosower. He will begin studies at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music under the guidance of Brinton Smith in the fall of 2019.  

Kaler has many prestigious awards to his credit, including being a prizewinner of the Sigma Alpha Iota Concerto Competition at the Chautauqua Festival (Chautauqua, NY); the Cleveland Institute of Music Concerto Competition, where he was also awarded the 2018 Payne Fund Prize; and the North International Music Competition (London, UK). His solo engagements with orchestras for the 2019/20 season include performances of the Brahms Double and J.C. Bach concertos.  

In recent years, Kaler appeared as a soloist with the Ars Viva Orchestra, Kankakee Valley Symphony Orchestra, Midwest Young Artists Symphony Orchestra, West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra, Chautauqua Music School Festival Orchestra, Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra, and the Asheville Symphony Orchestra. 

Kaler has attended and given performances at solo, chamber, and orchestral music programs such as the Chautauqua Music Festival (Chautauqua, NY), Sarasota Music Festival (Sarasota, FL), Heifetz International Music Institute (Staunton, VA), Bowdoin International Music Festival (Brunswick, ME), North Shore Chamber Music Festival (Northbrook, IL), Music in the Loft, Young Steinway Concert Series, Chicago Cultural Center, Harris Theatre, and Millennium Park. He has appeared on WFMT’s “Introductions,” WCLV, as well as WCPN’s “Applause Performances.”

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FIRST VIOLIN
Carmelo de los Santos
Karen McKinnon Concertmaster Chair
Sarah Tasker •••
Assistant Concertmaster
Ana María Quintero Muñoz
Joan Wang +
Heidi Deifel ++
Juliana Huestis
Barbara Rivers
Nicolle Maniaci
Barbara Scalf Morris

SECOND VIOLIN
Rachel Jacklin •
Carol Swift •••
Julanie Lee
Jessica Retana ++
Liana Austin
Lidija Peno-Kelly
Sheila McLay
Brad Richards

VIOLA
Laura Chang
Kimberly Fredenburgh •••
Allegra Askew
Christine Rancier
Laura Steiner
Michael Anderson
Lisa DiCarlo
Joan Hinterbichler
Laura Campbell

CELLO
Amy Huzjak
Jonathan Flaksman •••

Carla Lehmeier-Tatum
Ian Mayne-Brody
Dana Winograd
David Schepps
Lisa Collins
Elizabeth Purvis

BASS
Mark Tatum •••
Katherine Olszowka
Terry Pruitt
Marco Retana
Frank Murry

FLUTE
Valerie Potter
Esther Fredrickson
Jiyoun Hur ••+
Noah Livingston ••++

PICCOLO
Esther Fredrickson

OBOE
Kevin Vigneau
Amanda Talley

ENGLISH HORN
Melissa Peña ••+
Rebecca Ray ••++

CLARINET
Marianne Shifrin
Lori Lovato •••
Jeffrey Brooks

E-FLAT CLARINET
Lori Lovato

BASS CLARINET
Jeffrey Brooks

BASSOON
Stefanie Przybylska •
Denise Turner

HORN
Peter Erb •+
Allison Tutton
Andrew Meyers
Maria Long ••••

TRUMPET
John Marchiando
Brynn Marchiando
Sam Oatts ••

TROMBONE
Aaron Zalkind
Byron Herrington

BASS TROMBONE
David Tall +
Robinson Schulze ++

TUBA
Richard White

TIMPANI
Micah Harrow •+

PERCUSSION
Jeff Cornelius
Kenneth Dean
Emily Corneliu

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Associate Principal ••
Assistant Principal •••
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