Leo Sussman
Flute
GCPA 0113 | (765) 658 - 4383
Leo Sussman grew up playing chamber music in living rooms and gigging with a salsa band in his hometown of San Francisco. He recently completed a fellowship with Ensemble Connect, a chamber music and teaching artistry program based at Carnegie Hall and the Juilliard School, and has performed with groups including Alarm Will Sound, SEM Ensemble, and Metropolis Ensemble.
Leonid Sirotkin
Oboe
GCPA 1110 | (765) 658 - 6757
As an orchestral performer, Leonid Sirotkin is a member of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic and Des Moines Metro Opera. A native of St. Petersburg, Russia, he served for almost a decade as principal English horn with the Kirov Opera and Symphony Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater under Maestro Valery Gergiev.
Candice Kiser
Clarinet
GCPA 0162 | (765) 658 - 4392
Candice Kiser joined the DePauw faculty in 2019 and has been a member of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra as Second Clarinet since 2003. She holds the same chair in the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra (Virginia) and has performed with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the Akron Symphony Orchestra, the Erie Philharmonic, the Louisiana Philharmonic, the Baton Rouge Symphony, and the Evansville Philharmonic.
Scotty Stepp
Saxophone
GCPA 0161 | (765) 658 - 6798
During 2001-2003 Scotty Stepp was granted a Fulbright Fellowship and a Harriet Hale Wooley scholarship to study in Paris, France, under the direction of acclaimed saxophonist Jean-Yves Fourmeau. Stepp has performed throughout the United States, Europe and China.
Sara Erb
Bassoon
GCPA 0164 | (765) 658 - 6736
Dr. Sara Erb is a bassoonist and pedagogue based in the Bloomington, Indiana, area. She has been a part of numerous professional recordings, including for the Kaleidoscope Orchestra (Manchester), the Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra, the Jacobs School of Music, and the Naxos recording of Alfred Cellier’s opera Dorothy with maestro Richard Bonynge.
Will Rabun
Trumpet
GCPA 0114 | (765) 658 - 6735
Mr. Rabun is the former principal trumpet of the Artic Chamber Orchestra, Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra, and Opera Fairbanks. Opera Fairbanks is under the direction of Gregory Buchalter- Maestro di Banda for the Metropolitan Opera.
Mica Redden
Horn
GCPA 0119 | (765) 658 - 4384
Horn player and composer, Mica Redden (they/them), earned their Bachelor of Music degree at Virginia Commonwealth University. They went on to receive their Master of Music degree from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music where they also pursued their Doctor of Music degree. Mica maintains a busy studio and freelancing career in Indianapolis.
Joseph Aumann
Trombone
GCPA 0164 | (765) 658 - 6736
Trombonist Joseph Aumann is proud to join the music faculty at Depauw University, with the 2023-2024 school year, teaching trombone and euphonium. He currently is serving as the Assistant Principal/Second Trombonist with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, a position he began in September 2022.
Orcenith Smith
Tuba
GCPA 1117 | (765) 658 - 4388
The New York Times headline read, “One Who Dares to Reveal a Tuba’s Discreet Charms,” when describing Orcenith Smith’s recital at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in October of 1997. National Public Radio’s Performance Today featured Smith on a live, nationally broadcast solo recital performance from Washington, D.C. in January of 1998.
Ming-Hui Kuo
Percussion
GCPA 1111 | (765) 658 - 6638
Ming-Hui Kuo studied percussion with Dr. Pei-Ching Wu and Mr. Tzong-Ching Ju and was an intern member of Ju Percussion Group from 1993 to 2002. During her time with JPG, she performed in over 500 concerts and hundreds of music-related activities. Her international appearances with JPG include performances in Taiwan, China, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong-Kong, Macao, Spain, Hungary, Australia, Canada, and the United States.