The Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced several additions to its musician roster effective with the 2012-13 season: JONATHAN CHU and WESLEY COLLINS, viola; KYLE BRIGHTWELL and MATTHEW McKAY, percussion; and MICHAEL WINTER, horn. Chu goes to Boston from the viola section of the Philadelphia Orchestra. He has performed as guest principal with the Saint Paul and Orpheus chamber orchestras; as a violinist in the St. Louis Symphony and Santa Fe Opera Orchestra; as concertmaster in the Juilliard Orchestra; and in numerous chamber ensembles. Chu holds undergraduate degrees in music and economics from Vanderbilt University, and earned his master’s degree at The Juilliard School as a student of violinist Robert Mann. Collins has been a member of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s viola section since May 2008, having completed his bachelor’s degree the previous year at the Cleveland Institute of Music under the tutelage of Cleveland Orchestra Principal Violist Robert Vernon. Brightwell, who assumes the Boston Symphony Orchestra Peter Lurie Chair, has performed as percussionist with numerous orchestras including the BSO, Boston Philharmonic, New World Symphony, U.S. Navy Band, U.S. Army Orchestra, and Brazil’s Orquestra Sinfonica da Bahia. He is a graduate of The Juilliard School, where he studied with Daniel Druckman, and receives his master’s degree this spring from Boston University. McKay, who has been named to the BSO’s Barbara Lee Chair in Percussion, recently spent two seasons as percussionist with the Oregon Symphony. He holds a bachelor’s degree from New England Conservatory and a master’s degree from Boston University. Winter joins the BSO this fall as third horn and will occupy the Elizabeth B. Storer Chair. He has served as principal horn in the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra and acting principal horn with the Buffalo Philharmonic. A graduate of New England Conservatory, he has performed regularly with the BSO, Boston Pops, Boston Ballet Orchestra, and Rhode Island Philharmonic.
Posted June 15, 2012
