Musicians

Violin
· Brian Lewis, Concertmaster
· Brinna Brinkerhoff
· Aloysia Friedmann
· Jonathan Godfrey
· Andrés González
· Rachel Jordan
· Rasa Kalesnykaite
· Kana Kimura
· Maxine Kuo
· Tammy Linn
· Deborah Tien Price
· Oleg Sulyga
· Amy Thiaville

Viola
· Matt Dane
· Suzanne LeFevre
· Tawnya Popoff
· Lorento Golofeev

Cello
· Richard Belcher
· Julia Cleworth
· Erika Johnson
· Shino Hayashi

Bass
· Sandor Ostlund
· Erik Gronfor

Harp
· Mollie Marcuson

Flute/Piccolo
· Christina Jennings
· Jennifer Keeney

Oboe
· Alecia Lawyer

Clarinet
· Nathan Williams
· Maiko Sasaki

Bassoon
· Kristin Wolfe Jensen
· Daniel Chrisman

Horn
· Danielle Kuhlmann
· Gavin Reed

Trumpet
· Jens Lindemann
· Dan Shipman
· George Chase

Trombone
· Brian Logan

Percussion
· Matthew McClung

Piano
· Kimi Kawashima
· Rodney Waters

Maxine Kuo Instrument: Violin Originally from: Houston, TX Now reside in: Louisville, KY Age: 27 Birthday: September 24

How did you get started? I started at age 3, shortly after I was mesmerized by Itzhak Perlman and Telly playing a violin/tuba duet on Sesame Street.

What do you do when you’re not playing with ROCO? Assistant Concertmaster of the Louisville Orchestra.

What are you listening to on your iPod? My iPod died recently. :( And that's the face it gives me now. But if I had one, I would be listening to Stevie Wonder, John Legend, and Chris Rock's standup.

Personal info: One cat, named Boobie.

Question you're asked most often: Where are you from/what is your nationality? Answer:100% Taiwanese-American, and proud to be born and raised in Texas.

Interests outside music: NBA basketball (Gooo Rockets!), recycling, cooking, flying kites, traveling far and wide.

Links: www.facebook.com/maxinekuo

Education: BM, The Juilliard School; MM, The Juilliard School

Bio: Maxine Kuo, Grand Prize winner of the Kingsville International Competition, recently began her orchestral career as Assistant Concertmaster of the Louisville Orchestra, under the baton of Jorge Mester. Also a passionate chamber musician, she strongly believes in expanding the classical music audience, and does so by performing unique programs in unconventional venues with bass quintet Sybarite5, and with the progressive and widely successful River Oaks Chamber Orchestra. A six-time full scholarship recipient at the Aspen Music Festival and School, Ms. Kuo has held the concertmaster position of both their Sinfonia and Academy of Conducting Orchestras. Maxine received her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Juilliard School, where she studied with Cho-Liang Lin and Naoko Tanaka. She served as teaching assistant to Ms. Tanaka at Juilliard and in Aspen, and dreams of starting an arts & wellness school one day.