BIOS
Victoria Racz, B.M., M.M., was the principal oboist, featured soloist, and General Manager of the Oregon Chamber Players for the complete existence of the ensemble (1995-2014). She played principal oboe and was a soloist twice with the Newport Symphony (from 1995 – 2011), and has played oboe and English horn with Columbia Symphony, American Metropole Orchestra, Oregon Symphony, 45th Parallel, and principal oboe with other groups in the region, including the Oregon Chorale, ISing Choir, Portland Phoenix Choirs, and Vancouver Master Chorale. She is principal oboist with the Portland Festival Symphony, Portland Summerfest Opera, and is also the oboist with the Con Grazia Wind Quintet, the OCP Quartet, Sirens Trio, Double Reed Divas, and Trio Adrato. She has performed with a diverse range of artists including performers such as Jane Siberry, Roberta Flack, Martha Reeves, Kurt Elling, and Jessye Norman. In August of 2020 she won the one-year principal oboe position with Portland’s Columbia Symphony for their 2020-’21 Season while their regular principal takes a sabbatical.
She is the Co-founder, General Manager and primary wind coach for the Junior Symphony of Vancouver, and is in demand throughout the Northwest as a teacher and adjudicator. She has written program notes and/or presented concert talks with organizations such as the Oregon Chamber Players, Junior Symphony of Vancouver, Portland’s Columbia Symphony, and Newport Symphony. From 1993 to 2000 she was the oboe professor at Marylhurst University in Oregon, and she was hired as oboe professor at Clark College, Washington, in 2022.
Several compositions have been written or arranged specifically for her by such composers/musicians as Dr. Matt Doran, Norman Leyden, Ray Pizzi, Jean Chatillon, and Timoteus Racz.
Kathy Stockwell-Riemann, B.M., Artist Diploma., studied with renowned oboists and teachers Dan Stolper (Michigan State University), and Sara Lambert Bloom & Robert Bloom (Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Artist Diploma Program) among others. She ran her own successful reed company out of Seattle, and has been the Reed Clinician and Assistant of the Northwest Oboe Seminar since 2001. She and Victoria met at Gail Warnaar's Double Reed Camp at Hope College in Michigan, where both Kathy and Victoria attended for many years.
Seattle based oboist Brent Hages, received his formal training at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and Temple University, studying with James B. Caldwell, Alfred Genovese and Louis Rosenblatt. Brent performs with most of the professional orchestras in the Pacific Northwest, including appearances with Mimi Hines, Idina Menzel, Il Divo, Celtic Woman, Andrea Bocelli, Johnny Mathis, and Evanescence. Past national tours of Wicked, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, and Porgy and Bess. He regularly records with the Northwest Sinfonia Orchestra for movie and television scores- the most recent release of The Lumber Baron; video games (Diablo III, Destiny, Planetary Annihilation, World of Warcraft series) and with the Seattle Film Institute. Formerly affiliated with Central Washington University, Cornish College of the Arts, and Seattle Pacific University as Adjunct Instructor of Oboe. Aside from performing, he spends his time with his Whippet dogs, collecting vintage recordings, and has collected and restored the instruments of his former teachers that were used throughout their careers.
Cinda Goold Redman has performed in concerts throughout the United States, Japan, New Zealand, France, Austria, Russia, and Israel.
Mrs. Redman graduated with Honors in Piano Performance from the University of Southern California. Her teachers included Lillian Steuber in Los Angeles, Alexander Libermann in San Francisco, and Nellie Tholen in Portland, Oregon. In addition, Cinda studied Advanced Accompanying under Madame Gwendolyn Koldofsky, Baroque under Madame Alice Ehlers, and Chamber Music under Gabor Rejto and Eudice Shapiro. She was chosen to perform privately at the State Visit of Princess Irene of Greece. Her further studies have included U.S.C. Master Classes with Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky, Daniel Pollack and John Crown as well as with Beveridge Webster of the Julliard School. Mrs. Redman taught piano at the University of Southern California while working on her Masters degree.
Mrs. Redman has performed as a studio instrumentalist and vocalist in Hollywood. She has worked in various supervisory capacities for Allen Ludden’s game show Password and with Dick Clark for three years on the American Music Awards. Mrs. Redman was Piano Coach and Technical Advisor for Actress-Pianist Edie Lehmann on ABC’s General Hospital. Cinda authored a book featuring the stars of the Lawrence Welk TV Show. The book, Recipes for Remembrance, was published by Harper & Row, and is currently in its third edition.
Mrs. Redman was a member of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra for eight years. She just appeared for her fifth time as a featured artist, and her second VSO performance with her piano duo partner Lena Vozheiko Wheaton. The East Meets West Piano-Duo continues to perform throughout the West Coast. Their 1st CD, “East Meets West Piano-Duo”, features works of Mozart, Chopin and Poulenc.Their 2nd CD is a live performance of the Poulenc 2-Piano Concerto and Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saens, with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Their 3rd CD is a live performance of their VSO performance of the Mozart Double Concerto #10 in E flat.Cinda and Lena have performed three times with Musique a Beaumont in Cour Sur Loire, France and at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria and Eisenstadt, Austria having performed in Haydn Hall in Esterhazy Palace, and recently returned from Russia having performed a recital in Moscow.
Cinda has served on the Artistic Committee for the Vancouver Symphony, is a member of Friends of the Vancouver Free Clinic and is listed in Who’s Who of American Women. She is a Past-President of the Clark County Music Teacher’s Assoc. and serves as District IV Vice-President of the Southwest Washington Region of WA State Music Teachers Association. Mrs. Redman is a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music, is a collaborative artist and teaches a full schedule of private piano students.
Cinda Goold Redman resides in Vancouver, Washington. She has two grown daughters, Jennifer, who resides in Vancouver while daughter, Melissa, lives in Southern California with her husband Bryan Vanderzee, son Jake, daughter Ava and son Brett.
She last played for the Northwest Oboe Seminar for John Mack’s annual Mack in March series, and we’re glad to have her back this year!
Ann Crandall began her bassoon career at age 12 in 7th grade band. Band, and then orchestra, was so much fun, she stayed with the bassoon in spite of reed and repair woes. After high school there was a B.A. and a B.Mus. at University of Washington, a seven year stint in Tucson Symphony, Arizona Opera, and the faculty of University of Arizona, then off to graduate school at SUNY Stony Brook. As a student of Arthur Weisberg, Ms. Crandall earned master's and doctorate degrees and won the Sunwood Performance Award. Since moving to Vancouver, WA, Ms. Crandall has served on the faculties of Willamette University and Portland State University, and has been a busy freelancer performing with all the major metro area ensembles while maintaining a private studio of bassoon students. She was Principal Bassoon with Portland Opera for many years, and continues to perform throughout the region, including playing Principal Bassoon with the Portland Festival Symphony.
Pablo Izquierdo received a masters degree in performance from University of Victoria, B.C. He played for 20 years with the Portland Opera, and currently performs with the Portland Chamber Orchestra, Portland Festival Symphony, and the Walla Walla Symphony. He has studied oboe repair with Tom Hiniker, is an adjunct faculty member at Reed College, and has a private oboe studio in Beaverton. He has served as a repair tech with the Northwest Oboe Seminar for several years, and often performs with our large ensemble for our evening concert.
