Musicians
Yuki Tanaka
Sarah Schettler
Sarah Schettler
Violinist Yuki Tanaka has been a member of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra since January 2000. She has served an Associate Concertmaster as well as an Assistant Concertmaster with the orchestra. Before joining the LPO, she performed with the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, the San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra, and the Asia America Symphony. She has freelanced throughout Los Angeles. Born in Japan, Yuki began her violin studies at the age of three. At age eight, she made her recital debut. She holds degrees from the Toho school of Music and the University of Southern California. Her principal teachers include Angela Eto, Toshiya Eto, and Eudice Shapiro. Ms. Tanaka gives solo recitals regularly, and has performed in Los Angeles, New Orleans, Tokyo, Nagano, and Kawasaki. As a chamber musician, she plays with numerous groups, including New Orleans based ensemble “Musaica” of which she is one of the founding members. In December 2005, while displaced by Katrina, Yuki organized “the Hurricane Benefit Concert” in Tokyo to raise money for the LPO. Yuki maintains her private studio in the Mid-City area, and also teaches violin at the University of New Orleans and the New Orleans Baptist Seminary. During the summer, she appears in concerts with the Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra in Japan.
Sarah Schettler
Sarah Schettler
Sarah Schettler
Sarah Schettler plays second flute in the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and teaches flute at Tulane University and the University of New Orleans. She holds degrees from Millikin University, the University of North Texas, and Florida State University. Before moving to New Orleans, she taught flute and music theory at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. She has performed with the Corpus Christi and Victoria Symphonies in south Texas and with the Orquestra Sinfonica deU.A.N.L. in Monterrey, Mexico. She was a semifinalist in the 2004 National Flute Association Young Artist Competition and first prize winner in the 2005 Flute Society of Kentucky Young Artist Competition. Her teachers include Trevor Wye, Stephanie Jutt, Charles DeLaney, and Terri Sundberg. Her husband, Bill, plays bass in the LPO. During the summers, Sarah teaches at the New England Music Camp in Sidney, Maine
Bruce Owen
Judith Armistead Fitzpatrick
Judith Armistead Fitzpatrick
Bruce Owen is the assistant principal viola with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and has been instructor of viola at the Loyola University College of Music since 1999. Bruce is also the instructor of viola at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond. He studied with Masau Kawasaki at the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati. Bruce also spent two years at the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna, Austria, studying with Hatto Beyerle. In addition, he had coaching on string quartet literature with the Lasalle and Tokyo Quartets at the University of Cincinnati; and was a student for four years at the Aspen Music Festival. Since 1992, he has spent his summers participating in the Colorado Music Festival in Boulder, performing with professional musicians from around the country. During the post-Katrina months, Bruce had the opportunity to play with the symphony orchestras of Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Toledo, and Baltimore. In New Orleans, Bruce served for five years as one of the founding board members of the Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestra (GNOYO) and continues to work with violists in the orchestra as a private teacher and at its annual summer festival. Bruce rejoined the board of GNOYO from 2007 to 2013. As a member of the American Viola Society, he also performs and does master classes at universities around the country. Bruce is a founding member of Musaica Chamber Ensemble and is proud to see it into its 19th Season.
Judith Armistead Fitzpatrick
Judith Armistead Fitzpatrick
Judith Armistead Fitzpatrick
Judith Armistead Fitzpatrick, violin, has been a member of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra since the 1998-99 season. Previously she performed with the New World Symphony in South Miami Beach. While with the New World Symphony, Judith worked with Michael Tilson Thomas (Artistic Director) and performed extensively both in the U.S. and abroad including Europe, Central America and the Caribbean. Judith also teaches, and she has taught for two summers at The Brevard Music Center and is a member of The Suzuki Association of America. Previously, Judith performed at the Echternach Music Festival in Luxembourg, and the Spoleto Music Festival in Spoleto, Italy. In 2001, she performed throughout South Africa and Zimbabwe with composer and conductor John Rutter. Active as a chamber musician, Judith has played in the Cellini String Quartet and the Coronado Piano Trio, as well as Klezmer and Bassa Nova ensembles.
Josiah Bullach
Josiah Bullach serves as Associate and Assistant Principal Horn of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. Since his appointment to the LPO in 2016, Josiah has played an active role as a performer, recording artist, and educator. He is on faculty at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, on the board of the New Orleans Chamber Players, and is passionate about music education in the greater New Orleans area.
Beyond Louisiana, Josiah has been a guest performer with the Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Pops Orchestra, Cleveland City Chamber Orchestra, Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra, Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, Firelands Symphony Orchestra, and WindSync. In 2022, he won Second Prize in the International Horn Competition of America.
A native of Ohio, Josiah began taking horn lessons from his uncle Ron Kurzen at the age of eight. He then went on to receive his Bachelor of Music degree from the Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music where he studied with Jesse McCormick. He was a prize winner of the Tuesday Musical Association Scholarship Competition, a featured soloist with the Cleveland Youth Wind Symphony for their 2012 European concert tour, and a soloist at both Baldwin Wallace University and the University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory or Music, where he continued graduate studies as a student of Randy Gardner.
When not playing horn, Josiah enjoys an active lifestyle of running, CrossFit, and neighborhood walks with his wife, Alli, and their dog.
Roy Park
Raised in Coppell, Texas, clarinetist Roy Park began his musical studies at the age of seven and has since earned degrees in clarinet performance from Indiana University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Rice University. As an orchestral musician, he has performed with The Nashville Symphony, Florida Orchestra, and Houston Grand Opera Orchestra, among others. Since 2023, he has served as the Assistant Principal & E-flat Clarinetist of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra.
In past summers, Roy has been heard around the world at festivals such as the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, the Taipei Music Academy and Festival, the Music Academy of the West, where he was a prize winner in their inaugural Duo Competition, the Orchestra of the Americas, and the Brevard Music Center. In 2014, he was a prize winner in the Vandoren Emerging Artists Competition. In chamber music settings, he has been heard with Houston-based groups WindSync and the Monarch Chamber Players, and also performs in New Orleans with the Musaica Chamber Ensemble. Aside from playing, his other interests include film & photography, building computers, and following sports.
Cathy Anderson
Cathy Anderson
Cathy Anderson
Catherine Anderson is in high demand as a free-lancer in the New Orleans area, providing harp music for the region’s professional arts organizations and a plethora of clients, from business corporations to universities to brides. She has appeared as solo harpist for the Ritz-Carlton tearoom since its inception in 2000, and enjoys performing with touring shows, such as Stevie Wonder, Johnnie Mathis, Frank Sinatra Jr., Perry Como, and Natalie Cole. Mrs. Anderson received a BM and MM in harp performance from Indiana University School of Music, with additional studies at Oberlin Conservatory and the Salzedo Harp Colony. Ms. Anderson is on the music faculty of Tulane University and the University of New Orleans, and has also taught at Louisiana State University, the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, the New Orleans Suzuki Forum, and the Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestra. Catherine serves on the boards of the American Harp Society, the Greater New Orleans Suzuki Forum, the Musaica Chamber Ensemble, and the Louisiana Music Teachers Association. She has toured internationally with the Boston Camerata, performing Medieval drama on historical harps, and is Area Coordinator for the Music for Healing and Transition Program, training musicians of all instruments to work in clinical settings to bring beauty and healing to those suffering from illness. An advocate of new music for harp, she is married to composer David Anderson, and they have premiered a number of his works for bass and harp.
Dave Anderson
Cathy Anderson
Cathy Anderson
Dave Anderson, a professional double bassist, joined the Louisiana Philharmonic in New Orleans as principal bass in 1996. He has performed and recorded regularly with orchestras including the Louisville Orchestra and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Since 1994, he served as principal bassist in the Britt Festival Orchestra in Oregon. He has performed extensively with ensembles including the Aspen Festival, Chautauqua Festival, Colorado Philharmonic, Colorado Music Festival, the LaSalle Quartet, and as a soloist with Richard Stoltzman, Gene Bertoncini, Nigel Kennedy, and Bobby McFerrin. A composer as well as a performer, David Anderson has published bass duets and quartets, including a bass quartet that was performed to acclaim at the Chamber Music Festival at Indiana University in 1993. Several years ago he completed a concerto for bass trombone, commissioned by his father, Edwin Anderson, former bass trombonist with the Cleveland Orchestra. His Concerto for Double Bass, Strings & Harp, commissioned by Philadelphia Orchestra principal bassist Hal Robinson, was premiered at the ISB Convention in June of 1997 and performed on the 1997-98 subscription series of the Philadelphia Orchestra season, Wolfgang Sawallisch conducting. David has been with the Loyola University College of Music faculty since 2003.
Jane Gabka
Jane Gabka is Professor of oboe at Loyola University and a member of the Louisiana Philharmonic. She received her Bachelor's degree from the Eastman School of Music, her Master's degree from Baylor University and has supplemented her education by attending numerous music festivals such as Aspen Music Festival, Sarasota Chamber Music Festival, Colorado College Music Festival, Santa Fe Opera and the John Mack Oboe Camp. She teaches private oboe and reed making lessons in her home and only beats her students occasionally.
Diana Thacher
“A native of Kazakhstan, Diana Thacher is a versatile soloist, educator, and collaborator, currently serving as an Assistant Professor of Piano at the University of Louisiana Monroe. Diana has won numerous international competitions and performed as a soloist with diverse range of orchestras including the Kazakh National Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Central Asia, the Shenzhen Chamber Orchestra, and the Moscow Rendezvous Music Festival Orchestra.
In addition to her solo work, she collaborates as the principal keyboardist with the Baton Rouge Symphony. Through her performances across various venues and ensembles—such as the New Orleans-based chamber ensemble "Musaica"—she actively promotes new and chamber music.
Her festival appearances span North America and include the New Music on the Bayou Festival, McCall Music Festival, Banff Summer Festival, and the Utah Summer Music Festival. Diana has also co-directed the Piano Technique Intensive Workshop at the Collaborative Piano Institute Summer Festival, where she shares her expertise and passion for music education with aspiring musicians.
Currently, she is engaged in innovative projects such as "Reimagined Classics," which blends classical music with contemporary influences. Through her diverse work across multiple platforms, Diana aims to connect with audiences and foster a deeper appreciation for the transformative power of music.
Diana holds a Doctorate in Piano Performance from Louisiana State University and a Master’s degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.”
David Rosen
A native of Los Angeles, cellist David Rosen received his Bachelor of Music from the Cleveland Institute of Music, his Master of Music from the Eastman School of Music, and his Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Miami. His major teachers include Stephen Geber and Steven Doane. Rosen was a winner of the Coleman Chamber Music Competion in Pasadena, California and was a guest lecturer in chamber music studies at Tulane and Southeastern Louisiana University. He has participated in the music festivals of Aspen, Banff, Blossom, Boulder, Chautauqua, Steamboat Springs, as well as Heidelberg, Germany, and L’Aquila, Italy. Rosen has performed with the Cincinnati Symphony, San Diego Symphony, and the Los Angeles Opera. He was a member of the New Orleans Symphony from 1989-90 and has been a member of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra since 1991.