Donald L. Oehler
President
Donald L. Oehler is a Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Mr. Oehler has performed in every possible chamber music setting including over 4 decades as a member of the Carolina Wind Quintet. He was principal clarinetist with the North Carolina Opera and, prior to joining
the University faculty, Mr. Oehler performed as principal clarinetist with the Philharmonique Teheran and the Teheran Opera. He has been artistic director of the Cours International de Musique in Morges,
Switzerland, the Corso Internationale da Musica, in Tuscania, Italy, director of winds at the International MusicFest in Aberystwyth, Wales and a member of the Saskatchewan School of the Arts, Canada. Mr. Oehler’s performances, solo recitals and master classes have taken him throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Hong Kong. Mr. Oehler is resident director of the Burch Musical Perspectives Honors Program in London and Firenze, Italy. He is the author of an online catalog, The Clarinet Quintet and serves as music director of the Chapel Hill Philharmonia. He has recorded for the CBC, BRT II and III and the Centaur Label. A graduate of the Juilliard School, he studied with Bernard Portnoy, Joseph Allard, Robert Listokin, Orville Matthias and Jack Brymer. Under the mentorship of Mr. David Arons, Mr. Oehler founded the Chapel Hill Chamber Music Workshop and continues as the artistic director.
Sarah Davis
Vice President
Violinist and violist Sarah Davis first became involved with the workshop as a performing assistant while she was an undergrad at UNC pursuing degrees in Music and Chemistry. During her time as an undergraduate and in a limited capacity post-graduation, Sarah performed with the UNC Symphony Orchestra, the UNC Baroque Ensemble, the UNC Chamber Players, and the UNC Opera. Now pursuing a graduate degree at UNC Law, Sarah continues to collaborate with friends and colleagues to prepare for and perform in small chamber music concerts in her free time.
Evan Feldman
Secretary
Dr. Evan Feldman is Director of Wind Studies and Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he conducts the Wind Ensemble and teaches courses in conducting and music education. He also directs the Triangle Wind Ensemble and serves as Principal Guest Conductor of the Greensboro Symphony, where he conducts education, holiday, and pops concerts. He is an active guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator in and outside of the United States, with engagements in Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Romania, Belgium, and Tanzania, as well as all-state, all-district, and all-county honor bands in the United States. Under his direction the UNC Wind Ensemble has twice performed at the College Band Directors National Association southern division conference. Dr. Feldman’s college textbook, Instrumental Music Education (Routledge Publishing), is in its third edition and has been widely adopted by university music education programs. He authored the first MOOC (massive open online course) dedicated to conducting and rehearsal technique. Over 30,000 students have enrolled through Coursera.org. His arrangements and editions of music by Léo Delibes, Ralph Vaughan Williams, George Enescu, Antonin Dvořák, Ariel Ramirez, and Sergei Prokofiev are published by Tierolff Muziekcentrale. Dr. Feldman earned the Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where he studied with Donald Hunsberger and Mendi Rodan and served as an assistant conductor for the Eastman Wind Ensemble and Eastman Wind Orchestra. He received his Masters in Conducting from Ithaca College and his Bachelor of Arts in Music from Duke University.
Leah Peroutka
Treasurer
Violinist Leah Peroutka is known for her versatility as a performer of repertoire ranging from the 17th Century through music of today on both modern and baroque violin. She has performed with numerous ensembles across the country and in Europe, including the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra, New Music Raleigh, North Carolina Baroque
Orchestra, Bertamo Trio, and Ensemble Collina. Ms. Peroutka can be heard on two recordings for the Acis label: “Confluences” and “Cor Collaborandi”. Locally, she performs regularly with the North Carolina Symphony, North Carolina Opera, Carolina Ballet, Magnolia Baroque, Mallarme Chamber Players, Raleigh Camerata and with local colleagues at UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University. Ms. Peroutka was a member of the music faculty at UNC-Chapel Hill for 12 years. She has served as the President of American Federation of Musicians Local 500 since 2021 and is in high demand as a private teacher in the Triangle area.
Ms. Peroutka has served as the Coordinator for the Chapel Hill Chamber Music Workshop since 2009.
Martin Brinkley
Martin Brinkley is Dean and William Rand Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina School of Law. He has served as dean since 2015 and is now the senior dean in service at UNC-Chapel Hill. Dean Brinkley is a devoted and passionate oboist and pianist. His oboe teachers have included Keisuke Wakao, Assistant Principal Oboe of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Principal Oboe of the Boston Pops, and Joseph Robinson, Principal Oboe of the New York Philharmonic (1977-2005). His piano teachers have been Tom Mann of Raleigh, and Mimi Solomon of the UNC-CH faculty, and he has been coached by Sally Pinkas and Myriam Savalos-Teie at the Apple Hill Chamber Music Camp in Nelson, New Hampshire. Dean Brinkley performs regularly as an oboist in solo and chamber music settings the Research Triangle area..
Sara Rusché
Sara Rusché began playing viola at the age of 10 in the Flagstaff Public School system. She studied privately into college, at which point she took a break to become a professional sailor. While living in Traverse City, MI and attending the Great Lakes Maritime Academy, she played with the Traverse Symphony Orchestra. Since moving to Oakland, she has played with the Oakland Civic Orchestra under the direction of Martha Stoddard. She discovered the joys of chamber music while attending the Chapel Hill Chamber Music Workshop with her sister Laura in 2012 and has been attending the workshop ever since. She is a founding member of Opus Oakland, a chamber music collective that aims to make chamber music more accessible to Oakland residents and musicians. She actively seeks out opportunities to play chamber music whenever possible.
Rosalind Volpe Goodwin
Rosalind Volpe Goodwin is a retired Environmental Toxicologist specializing in Heavy Metals, lead, zinc, cadmium, and silver/nanosilver, but still consults and remains the Director of the Silver Nanotechnology Working Group. A graduate of Barnard College,
she received her Doctorate in Environmental Health from Columbia University in New York. A native of Manhattan, Rosalind studied the cello with Ardyth Alton of Julliard and Manhattan School of music and currently studies with Nancy Green in Chapel Hill. Rosalind is a member of the cello section of the Chapel Hill Philharmonia (CHP) and is currently Immediate Past President of the CHP and is on the Executive Committee. She
enjoys her chamber music groups, and is currently involved in a cello quartet, and string quartet during the year and in the past has played with the Summer Philharmonia Chamber players. She has participated in the Chapel Hill Chamber Music Workshops since 2010 and is now on the Workshop Board of Directors.
Nicholas Morrison
Nicholas Morrison serves as Cazier Professor of Music and Dean of the Caine College of the Arts at Utah State University. He has been a faculty member in the Department of Music since 1991 with assignments including the clarinet studio, chamber music, and the USU Summer Alumni Band. Prior to being appointed as dean, he held academic leadership posts in the Department of Music, Caine College of the Arts, and the University Honors Program. Morrison frequently performs as an extra musician with the Utah Symphony and is on the faculty of the Chapel Hill Chamber Music Workshop. He is also active in public service as a board member for the Chamber Music Society of Logan and President Elect of the Rotary Club of Logan, Utah.
Tim Dyess
