Ivo Shin de Souza
flute
Ivo Dae-Seong Shin de Souza grew up playing pop and classical music with his family in Brazil.
He began his musical training on the cello at age eight before discovering the flute, which soon became his primary instrument.
He serves as principal flutist of the Flint Symphony Orchestra and the Oakland Symphony Orchestra, and as flutist of the Trillium Wind Quintet.
Asako Furuoya
oboe
Asako Furuoya, a native of Japan, is an oboist and educator based in Michigan. She currently serves as Principal Oboe with the West Michigan Symphony, Second Oboe with the Battle Creek Symphony, Second Oboe/English horn with the Jackson and Midland Symphonies, and Third Oboe with the Flint Symphony. She is also a permanent extra oboe/English horn with the Saginaw Bay Symphony.
She was an associate member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and held a substitute position with the New World Symphony. She has also appeared as a guest musician with orchestras throughout the United States and Japan.
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Ethan Hicks
clarinet
A clarinetist for nearly twenty years, Ethan Hicks has continued to push the boundaries both as a performer and educator. They operate throughout the state of Michigan as a visiting instructor, soloist, and chamber musician, and strive to bring numerous musical genres to bothlive and virtual audiences.
An avid chamber musician, Dr. Hicks is a founding member of the AoE Reed Trio and has functioned as band leader for three Eastern European Folk music groups over the last decade, recording several albums and touring over Michigan and Oklahoma. They have also executed a variety of recitals with reed quintet, clarinet and saxophone duo, and woodwind quintet.
Annie Chapman Brewer
horn
Annie Chapman Brewer is an award-winning musician, Grammy ®-nominee, educator, and entrepreneur based in Midland, MI. Her horn sound has been described as “delicious” and her “mastery of the horn [is] evident”. She performs throughout the Midwest region as an orchestral musician and has been featured in the Midland Symphony Orchestra, Noel Experience in Saginaw, Beaver Island Music Festival, Marquette Symphony Orchestra, Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Iowa, and Des Moines Metro Opera, as well as award-winning acts like Celtic Woman, Johnny Mathis, and Kevin Cole.
She also holds the Instructor of Horn position at Saginaw Valley State University, where she teaches horn studio lessons and masterclasses. During the summer, she is the Horn Faculty for Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp.
André Januário
bassoon
André Januário is a Brazilian artist-researcher with work connecting bassoon performance, repertoire creation, and research-informed musical practice. His current artistic focus is Brazilian music, chamber works, and arrangements for voice and bassoon. His ongoing artistic projects focus primarily on chamber music.
André conceived and founded the Trillium Wind Quintet, a Michigan-based ensemble dedicated to developing new performance initiatives across the Great Lakes region. In the US, he collaborated with the West Virginia Symphony, Marietta Symphony Orchestra (OH), Kettle Moraine Symphony (WI), and Lake County Symphony Orchestra (IL), and taught at West Virginia University and Middle Tennessee State University. His performances include recitals across various Brazilian cities, as well as in Montréal (Canada), Paris and Sèvres (France), and Buenos Aires (Argentina).