Brass

Joseph Ready

Since moving back to Oregon in 2018, Joe has been an active performer and educator in the greater Portland area.  He currently teaches low brass at Pacific University and maintains a private teaching studio.  Joe is the Principal Tubist with the Portland Opera and has performed with the Oregon Bach Festival, Eugene Symphony, Vancouver Symphony (WA), Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Oregon Coast Music Festival, Oregon Ballet Theater and Oregon Symphony.

Lydia Van Dreel

Lydia Van Dreel joined the University of Oregon as an assistant professor of horn in 2006. Van Dreel performs regularly as a member of QUADRE: The Voice of Four Horns, Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, The Iris Orchestra (Germantown, TN) the Eugene Symphony Orchestra, and the UO's Faculty Brass Quintet and Oregon Wind Quintet. Before joining the Oregon faculty, Van Dreel held a ten-year tenure as co-principal horn of the Sarasota Orchestra (FL) and was a member of the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra in Boulder, CO.

David Bryan

David Bryan is a trombonist and teacher very active in Portland's musical community for the past three decades.

He is devoted to classical trombone as a member of the orchestras for the Portland Opera and Oregon Ballet Theatre, and he has performed and recorded with the Oregon Symphony. He has also performed with major symphony orchestras in Honolulu and Seattle, and in the summer performs as principal trombonist with the Oregon Coast Music Festival.

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