LSYO WORKSHOP FEATURED ARTISTS
Double Reed Featured Artists
Christopher Jewell is the Assistant Principal Bassoonist of the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra. An active performer in the Washington, DC area, Mr. Jewell also regularly performs with the Eclipse Chamber Orchestra, Post Classical Ensemble, Wolf Trap Opera Company, and the Chesapeake Chamber Orchestra. He has previously served as Principal Bassoonist of the
Missouri Chamber Orchestra and has performed with the National Symphony Orchestra, Richmond Symphony, New World Symphony, and Aspen Festival and Chamber Orchestras. Mr. Jewell has appeared as a soloist with the American Youth Symphonic Orchestra as well as with ensembles at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago and at the
Missouri Music Educators Association Convention.
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As a clinician and adjudicator, he has served as a judge for the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Woodwinds Competition and has presented masterclasses for the DC Youth Orchestra and at schools throughout the Washington, DC metropolitan area. He has additionally
taught masterclasses at James Madison University and the University of Missouri, and was
honored to coach students at the Simon Bolivar Youth Symphony in Caracas, Venezuela, under Gustavo Dudamel. Mr. Jewell coaches woodwinds for the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras and at Bishop Ireton High School and has led sectionals at American University and Georgetown University. He also maintains a vibrant private studio in Northern Virginia.
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An avid chamber musician, he has performed at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Georgetown University’s Friday Music Series, and the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage, and has been featured on WETA’s Front Row Washington. He has also performed with ensembles at the International Double Reed Society and Texas Music Educators Association Conventions. Mr. Jewell earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia where he studied with Barbara Wood and Edward Dolbashian. He continued his studies at the Manhattan School of Music with Patricia Rogers, Principal Bassoonist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
Luis Miguel Gutierrez
Luis Miguel Gutierrez Miquilena is originally from Venezuela and currently serves as the principal oboe for the Main Street Chamber Orchestra. He specializes in oboe and English horn, and works as a freelance musician and private oboe teacher in the DC and Loudoun County area. He is a dedicated music clinician for Loudoun County Public Schools, and regularly performs with the Loudoun Symphony Orchestra and the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra.
Luis owns ReadyReeds, selling ready to play oboe reeds, and also offers private reed-making lessons. In Venezuela, Luis held principal oboe positions in a number of professional orchestras. He earned his Master’s degree in Music Performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and his Bachelor’s degree in Music Performance from Shenandoah Conservatory.
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In his personal life, Luis enjoys traveling and getting to know different cultures, especially by exploring their food.
Megan Cassada
Megan Cassada has been teaching private bassoon lessons since 1995. Her students have been chosen for such ensembles as the Loudoun Youth Symphony, Virginia All-State Orchestra, Virginia Governor’s School for the Arts, and the American Philharmonic. Some of her students have pursued advanced degrees in bassoon at schools such as Cleveland Institute of Music, Cincinnati Conservatory, Howard University, Arizona State University, and many more. Many of her former students continue to play bassoon as amateurs because they enjoy the instrument. In the past, Megan has presented at the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association conference and
at schools across Pennsylvania as a Fox Products representative.
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During the summer, Megan teaches at the Bocal Majority Double Reed Camp at Shenandoah University and Frederick County Middle School Music Camp. She has also been a guest artist at Loudoun County Double Reed Day and Loudoun Symphony Youth Orchestra Camp, and is one of the founding members of Bassoonapalooza in Pittsburgh, PA. Megan is the Bassoon Specialist at Brambleton Middle School. As a musician, Megan is an active performer and has been a member
of the Roanoke Symphony since 1996. She is a substitute with the Maryland Symphony and principal bassoonist with the Charles Washington Symphony. She has also performed with the West Virginia Symphony, Altoona Symphony, Youngstown Symphony, Richmond Symphony and National Symphony, among others. Megan performs regularly at her church.
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Megan earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Bassoon Performance at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, studying with bassoonist Dr. David Borst, and a Master of Music degree in Bassoon and Contrabassoon Performance with contrabassoonist
Carlton Jones of the Pittsburgh Symphony. She also has studied with Arlen Fast, retired contrabassoonist of the New York Philharmonic.
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Currently, Megan is the music teacher for Sycolin Creek Elementary School in Leesburg. She resides in Winchester, with her husband, bassoonist and reed-maker, Scott Cassada, and their two children.
Brass Featured Artists
Bryan Fay, principal horn, joined the Loudoun Symphony Orchestra in 2022. A native of Northern Virginia, he received an undergraduate degree from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and completed his graduate studies in horn performance at Duquesne University. Fay has performed with various orchestras including the Westmoreland Symphony, Erie Philharmonic, and the Youngstown Symphony. Summer festival orchestras have included Idyllwild Festival Orchestra and the National Orchestral Institute.
Fay’s primary teacher’s include Bill Caballero, Calvin Smith, and Bill Zsembery.
Leslie Linn, LSO Principal Trumpet
Leslie Linn, trumpet, is currently based near Washington, D.C., freelancing there and in Arizona in a variety of musical genres, He is Principal Trumpet with the Arizona Opera and performs every summer as a member of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra. He is Principal Trumpet of the Loudoun Symphony, a member of the Capital Wind Symphony, and has played with the Alexandria Symphony, the Washington Concert Opera, the Virginia Grand Military Band and the Brass Band of Northern Virginia.
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Leslie has taught at every level from pre-Kindergarten through university graduate courses, including Wichita State University and the Keystone Brass Institute. He created the band program at All Saints’ Episcopal Day School in Phoenix.
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Leslie has been a member or performed with Palo Verde Brass, Summit Brass, the Phoenix Symphony, la Orquesta Sinfónica de Bilbao, the Wichita Symphony, the Graz Festival Orchestra,
the Basque National Orchestra, the New Mexico Symphony, the San Diego Symphony, the Rogue Valley Symphony, the Adrian Symphony, the Reading Symphony, and the Aspen Festival Orchestra.
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Leslie works as an educator through teaching private lessons, coaching brass ensembles, giving masterclasses, and guest conducting school ensembles.
Daniel Twentey, LSO Principal Trombone
Now in his third season as the Principal Trombonist of the Loudoun Symphony Orchestra, Dr. Daniel Twentey enjoys a career that balances his passions for music performance and education.
Since 2018, Daniel has owned and operated Brass Academy LLC, where he offers low brass lessons to students of all levels - from beginner to collegiate and professional. In addition, Daniel has performed and taught as a guest artist, masterclass clinician, and Artist in Residency in colleges and universities across multiple US states and abroad. Dr. Twentey also served as Adjunct Lecturer of Trombone at Penn State University in 2024.
As a performer, Daniel has experience performing in numerous professional orchestras, jazz big bands and combos, opera/ballet orchestras, 2nd lines, salsa bands, and chamber groups (quintet, quartet, etc.). These include the Colorado Symphony, Cheyenne Symphony, Fort Collins Symphony, Steamboat Springs Orchestra, Altoona Symphony, Williamsport Symphony, Longmont
Symphony, ​and Boulder Ballet Orchestra, among others. In addition to freelancing work, Daniel currently performs as a member of the Market Street Brass Quintet and Loudoun Symphony Orchestra, in addition to performing regularly with the Manassas Ballet Theater Orchestra, and JazzWorx Big Band.Daniel earned his Doctorate of Musical Arts in Brass Performance and Pedagogy from University of Colorado Boulder in 2020 and also holds music performance degrees from Virginia Tech (B.A.) and Penn State (M.M.).