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Stefanie Przybylska

Principal Bassoon

Principal bassoonist with the New Mexico Philharmonic, the New Mexico Symphony, and the Santa Fe Symphony orchestras, Stefanie Przybylska has appeared as a featured soloist in works by Mozart and John Williams. Ms. Przybylska has performed with the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Music in the Mountains (in Durango, Colorado) and with Chatter Sunday in Albuquerque. She co-founded and directed the Bosque Bassoon Band, a group composed of both amateur and professional bassoonists, dedicated to performing chamber music written for bassoon ensemble both at concert venues and at informal settings such as schools, hospitals, and grower’s markets. The group has commissioned original works and performed at two International Double Reed Society conferences.

Before moving to Albuquerque, Stefanie freelanced in Chicago where she played with the Chicago Symphony for more than a decade in the U.S. and abroad. She also served as principal bassoonist for the Chicago Sinfonietta, the Lake Forest Symphony, and the Illinois Philharmonic, performing as an extra musician for other ensembles including the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra.

As an undergraduate student at The Juilliard School, she was selected by national audition to participate at the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont, under whose auspices she performed, toured, and recorded. She later went on to earn her Master’s degree from Northwestern University and her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. While not working, Stefanie enjoys spending time with her husband, composer Daniel Paul Davis, and their two dogs, Mishka, Dog of Mystery, and Wolfgang the Wonder Mutt. 

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Jonathan Flaksman •••

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

BASS
Jean-Luc Matton •+
Zachary Bush
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Mark Tatum ••
Katherine Olszowka
Terry Pruitt
Frank Murry

FLUTE
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Jiyoun Hur ••

OBOE
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Amanda Talley

ENGLISH HORN
Melissa Peña ••+
Lauren Keating ••++

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Lori Lovato •••
Timothy Skinner

E-FLAT CLARINET
Lori Lovato

BASS CLARINET
Timothy Skinner +
Cory Tamez ++

BASSOON
Stefanie Przybylska •
Denise Turner

HORN
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Allison Tutton
Katelyn Lewis •••
Maria Long ••••

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John Marchiando
Brynn Marchiando
Sam Oatts •••

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Byron Herrington

BASS TROMBONE
David Tall

TUBA
Richard White

TIMPANI
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PERCUSSION
Jeff Cornelius
Kenneth Dean
Emily Cornelius

HARP
Matthew Tutsky

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