Adelle-Akiko Kearns
Designation : Principal, Evert B. Person Memorial Chair
Instrument : Cello
Birth Place : San Francisco, CA
Grew Up : SF; I also lived in NYC while attending graduate school and spent 2 years each (as an adult) in New Orleans, LA and Tokyo, Japan.
Started Playing : I started on violin at the age of 2 but didn't enjoy it and quit. Started the cello at the age of 11.
Education : Degrees from SFCM and the Juilliard School.
Began with SRS : 2011
Non SRS : I'm assistant principal of Symphony Silicon Valley, Ballet San Jose, Monterey Symphony, Stockton Symphony and the Music of the Mountains Festival Orchestra. I'm also a member of the Marin Symphony and occasionally sub in other local ensembles.
Favorite Music : Bruckner, Mahler, Strauss (Richard)
In My iPod : All the Bruckner and Mahler symphonies... Whatever pieces I'm currently working on... Some various pop/rock and country albums... Honestly though, I spend more time listening to audiobooks than I do to music!
Hobbies : Watching and rooting for the SF Giants! Hiking and enjoying the outdoors. Going to concerts, seeing plays. Hanging out with friends after rehearsals and concerts.
Email : hapacellist@gmail.com
Teaching : I teach privately in the San Jose area.
Robin Bonnell
Designation : Assistant Principal
Instrument : Cello
Began with SRS : 1999
Non SRS : New Century Chamber Orchestra, Sacramento Philharmonic, Monterey Symphony, Reno Philharmonic and Marin Symphony
Wanda Warkentin
Instrument : Cello
Corinne Antipa
Instrument : Cello
Birth Place : San Francisco, CA.
Grew Up : Santa Rosa, CA.
Started Playing : 10 years old
Education : B.A., M.A. Mills College, Dance
Began with SRS : First played in 1970. Officially became an orchestra member in 1978.
Non SRS : Various chamber groups.
Favorite Music : Whatever suits my mood; medievil vocal, blues, Brahms and always Bach.
Hobbies : Horses are my life-long passion, hiking and traveling. Who needs hobbies when you have music?
Email : corya@sonic.net
Teaching : Private cello studio. 38 years Santa Rosa Junior College teaching dance history, ballet and modern dance. Feldenkrais Awareness through Movement teacher.
Kelley Maulbetsch
Instrument : Cello
Vanessa Ruotolo
Instrument : Cello
Rebecca Roudman
Instrument : Cello
Birth Place : California
Grew Up : San Rafael
Started Playing : I started on the piano at 6½ and started the cello at 7.
Education : B.M. from Cal State University, East Bay
Began with SRS : 2001
Non SRS : Oakland East-Bay Symphony, International touring band – Dirty Cello, Deltron 3030, Kev Choice Ensemble, Zion I, Amplive
Favorite Music : Blues, Bluegrass and Hip hop.
In My iPod : B.B. King
Hobbies : Leading my own band, Dirty Cello, and traveling.
Email : dirtycello@gmail.com
Teaching : I direct the Novato Youth String Ensemble, an after-school program for students grades 6 – 8 in Novato.
Website :rebeccaroudman.com, dirtycello.com
Elizabeth Vandervennet
Instrument : Cello
Birth Place : Livonia Michigan
Grew Up : Westland, Michigan
Started Playing : At 10 years old, in 4th grade in Public School System
Education : BMA- University of Michigan, MFA from Carnegie Mellon University
Began with SRS : 1999
Non SRS : Oakland East Bay Symphony, Modesto Symphony, Vallejo Symphony Orchestra…….. and various chamber music projects
Favorite Music : Beethoven, Rosin Coven, Silver Sun Pick Ups, Shostakovich, Mahler, Ethel Merman, John Adams, Kurt Weill, Bach, Strauss, Elgar, Danny Elfman, St. Vincent, Lady Gaga, Queen, Phoenix, Debussy, to name just a few.
In My iPod : All of the above and much, much more.
Hobbies : Hiking, camping, backpacking, gardening, mosaic, skiing, Brazilian dancing
Email : cellobeth01@yahoo.com
Teaching : Vandervennet Studios - private lessons and chamber music taught from my home studio in Oakland’s Maxwell Park neighborhood.
Website :www.cellobeth.com
Dieter Wulfhorst
Instrument : Cello
Birth Place : Germany
Grew Up : In Kassel, Germany , known as the place where the Grimm Brothers collected their fairy tales, and its long musical traditions (incl. Gustav Mahler and Louis Spohr who conducted the local opera orchestra).
Started Playing : When I was age eight; my best friend’s father was a professional cellist, and I loved the sound of the cello when I visited his home and I really wanted to play the cello.
Education : Hanover, Germany; and University of Maryland (David Soyer, Guarneri Quartet, Evelyn Elsing): MM and DMA
Began with SRS : 2008
Non SRS : I have my own chamber music concert series in the Central Valley (Musica Viva) and also play with the professional orchestras of Fresno, Bakersfield, Stockton, Monterey, and Tulare County.
Favorite Music : Mozart, Schubert, Bach, Haydn, and whatever is on the music stand right now; I also like a lot of non-classical music.
In My iPod : I haven’t entered the electronic age yet and don’t have an iPod.
Hobbies : Hiking, reading, cats
Email : dieterwulfhorst@fresno.edu
Teaching : I teach at Fresno Pacific University (cello, orchestra, scholarship quartet, music history, and other courses) and also have a private studio in Fresno.