Tekla Cunningham
Baroque violinist Tekla Cunningham specializes in bringing the music of the baroque, classical and romantic eras to life with vivid and expressive historically informed performances. Praised as “a consummate musician whose flowing solos and musical gestures are a joy to watch”, her performances have been described as “ravishingly beautiful” and “stellar”. In 2024/5 she is …
Byron Rakitzis
Byron Rakitzis is a storage software expert with more than 30 years in the industry. He focuses on the scalability and performance of distributed systems, now at Snowflake, but previously at Google, Amazon, and NetApp. Byron was the first employee hired at NetApp, and was responsible for one third of the code in its first …
Carole Terry
Carole Terry’s career as a renowned performer and teacher of the organ and harpsichord have taken her to many cities and universities throughout the United States, Europe, and the Far East. Known for her performances and recordings of German Romantic music, she is also an expert on the physiology of organ technique. She has appeared …
Kris Kwapis
Kris Kwapis has lived in Seattle since 2008 and regularly collaborates as soloist and principal trumpet with period-instrument ensembles across North America, including Portland Baroque Orchestra, Oregon Bach Festival and Berwick Academy, and Staunton Music Festival. A student of Armando Ghitalla on modern trumpet, with a BM and MM in trumpet performance from the University of Michigan, …