Our Musicians
Paloma Griffin Hébert, Founder and Violinist
Founding director of the Melegari Chamber Players, violinist Paloma Griffin Hébert currently performs with the Portland new music ensemble, FearNoMusic …
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Kirsten Norvell, Business Manager and Violinist
Manager of the Melegari Chamber Players, Kirsten Hisatomi-Norvell is an active freelance violinist and private teacher. As the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s former Orchestra Manager, her duties included hiring musicians, coordinating schedules and production.
Sarah Roth, Contractor and Violinist
Sarah Roth is an active freelance violinist and teacher. A former member of the Oregon Symphony, she has toured North America and Europe as a soloist and chamber musician with …
Ashley Peck, Contractor and Cellist
Ashley Peck has been a cellist with Melegari Chamber Players since 2007. She is a member of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and the Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra …
Keiko Araki, Violinist
Keiko Araki is currently a member of the Oregon Symphony. She has also been a member of the Alabama and Delaware Symphony Orchestras …
Inés Voglar, Violinist
Inés Voglar joined of the Oregon Symphony Orchestra in August 2004 and is active as a teacher, coach, chamber music player, and soloist. Following a scholarship to come to the United States …
Joël Belgique, Violist
Joël Belgique has been principal of the Oregon Symphony’s viola section since 1997. Raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, by French parents, Joël studied viola with Mikhail Boguslavsky before …
Charles Noble, Violist
Charles Noble has been Assistant principal violist of the Oregon Symphony since 1995. He has appeared as soloist with the Oregon Symphony in works of Bach, Bruch, Castaldo, and Mozart. His other solo appearances have included …
Heather Blackburn, Cellist
A New York native, Heather Blackburn holds degrees from Peabody Conservatory and Washington State University. She has been a member of the Oregon Ballet Theatre Orchestra for …
Karen Wagner, Oboist
Oboist Karen Wagner has been a member of the Oregon Symphony since 1999. She received her bachelor’s degree at the State University of New York at Buffalo, and then pursued a master’s degree at the University of Southern California as …