A California Central Valley native, Tana Barnett Scott graduated from the Conservatory of Music at the University of the Pacific with a Bachelor of Music degree in both saxophone performance and music education. After teaching for several years in the Bay Area, Tana went on to earn a Master of Music Education from Boston University and work in Los Angeles. 

Tana has spent her career growing music programs. At the middle and high school levels, her bands consistently earn Unanimous Superior ratings at CMEA and SCSBOA festivals. Her bands have been featured on the Ellen Show and in Dreamworks films. She has been awarded a California Legislature Certificate of Recognition for creating music programs that reflect community culture and values. Tana has served as a festival and competition host for SCSBOA, CMEA, and served on CAJ and CMEA Bay Section board of directors.

Tana has performed with Dave Brubeck, the Brubeck quintet, California Wind Orchestra, Stockton Symphony, LA Winds, SF Wind Symphony, SJ Wind Symphony, Pacific Saxophone Quartet, SF Saxophone Quartet, the Sierra Saxophone Quartet, and pit orchestras around the Bay Area.  She continues to enjoy limited performances when she is not teaching.

Multi-genre violinist Jeremy Cohen is experienced in a broad range of musical styles, including classical, tango, bluegrass, jazz, Latin, Western Swing, Americana and others. His unique and inclusive musical view sees no walls between genres. Cohen is recognized nationally as an expert in multi-genre string playing in the modern age.
Cohen studied violin with many teachers, including Anne Crowden in the San Francisco Bay area and Itzhak Perlman in New York. While living in Los Angeles in the 1980’s Cohen performed on stage, in movie soundtracks, and on Hollywood television series. After relocating with his family to the San Francisco Bay area, Cohen performed for two years as the lead violinist and only non-Argentinian musician with the stage production Forever Tango. He founded his Violinjazz band (violin, guitar, bass, and piano) in 1986 and Quartet San Francisco (string quartet) in 2000. He has worked, taught, toured, and concertized with both groups for the last three decades.
Cohen served as Program Coordinator for the Henry Mancini Institute in Los Angeles for nearly ten years, teaching both classical and jazz violin to emerging professionals from the U.S. and beyond. He also served as Artistic Director of the Stringmasters.com educational platform. He is a board and faculty member of the Clazz International Music Festival (Arcidosso, Tuscany region, Italy). Cohen maintains an active coaching studio in Oakland, California, and conducts in-person and online workshops on technique and improvisation for string players. Cohen publishes his compositions and arrangements under the Violinjazz Publishing imprint, offering singles and books of solo etudes, duets, string quartets, and works for string orchestra.
Cohen’s recording projects with Quartet San Francisco have garnered eight Grammy nominations. His newest project, “Raymond Scott Reimagined,” is nominated for the 2023 Grammy Award for Best Original Composition for Cutey and the Dragon (composers Raymond
Scott and Gordon Goodwin).

​Ariel began studying violin at the age of 9, and since then has earned a Masters in Music for Violin Performance from San Francisco State University. At SF State, she also began composing instrumental music as a part of her studies. Since then, she has composed multiple string quartets, a suite of pieces about Oakland, pieces for the Composer Arranger Performer Orchestra (CAPO), which she also plays with, vocal songs, and more. She has mentored with Ryan Shore through the Recording Academy’s composer/songwriter wing, just completed her first orchestral piece, and is premiering a choral piece with Oakland local group Free Key Choir December 12-14, 2025. As a violinist, she plays and composes music for CAPO (Composer Arranger Performer Orchestra) and her composer collective through Glenview Classical, and has also played with multiple artists and groups, including Miss Lauryn Hill and the Fugees, Stockton Symphony, Chuck Prophet, Meernaa, Oakland Symphony, Kev Choice, Jazz Mafia, Free Key Choir, Bicicletas Por La Paz, Awesome Orchestra, Matt Montgomery, Sapphire Lung, Django Moves to Portland, and more. She has recorded for Aneesa Strings, Artemisia, Kombos Music, Molly James, Catch Prichard, Rachel Lark, and more.

Diane Maltester is a renowned musician and educator based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Maltester has delighted audiences with her expressive and lyrical interpretations in orchestras such as the cutting-edge Oakland Symphony, and the Festival Opera, Bay Philharmonic, and Vallejo Symphony. She is active as a Bay Area soloist and chamber music performer and a regular member of Clarinet Fusion.

She is highly regarded as an educator, sharing her extensive knowledge and expertise with aspiring musicians. Maltester has held faculty positions at various colleges in the region. She is currently the clarinet professor at California State University East Bay and Diablo Valley College, and along with her active private studio, she frequently presents clinics in Bay Area school. Her passion is to inspires the next generation of clarinetists.

Her latest album, WILD SWANS, showcases the works of Bay Area composer Nancy Bachmann. Released in August 2023, this exciting album was released on Navona Records and can be found on all the major streaming services.

Ed Wharton is an active freelance violist and educator who is a member of the Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera, Reno Philharmonic, and maintains private studios in Oakland and San Jose, in addition to serving as a coach for the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, Young People's Symphony Orchestra, and Berkeley High School. Mr. Wharton is an alumnus of the San Francisco Academy orchestra program and The Boston Conservatory.

Chase Waterbury is the second trombonist of the Monterey Symphony. He was previously a fellow with the New World Symphony from 2021-2024. Mr. Waterbury has worked with conductors such as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Michael Tilson Thomas, Stéphane Denève, Marin Alsop, and others; and has appeared with numerous orchestras including the San Francisco Symphony, Seattle Symphony, and Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In 2021, Mr. Waterbury was named a finalist in the International Trombone Association’s Lewis Van Haney Philharmonic Prize.

In addition to his extensive performance experience, Mr. Waterbury is a passionate advocate for music education. Mr. Waterbury participated in the San Francisco Symphony’s Adventures in Music program in the 2020/2021 season, helping to create programs for all grade-school students enrolled in the San Francisco Unified Public School District as a member of the Building Brass Trio. As a New World Symphony Fellow, Mr. Waterbury presented masterclasses at the University of Southern Florida, Florida State University, Nashville Symphony’s Accelerando Program, and Iberacademy’s Resonance Festival. He additionally served as a college-track mentor through the New World Symphony, providing lessons and guidance for high-school students hoping to pursue music degrees.

Mr. Waterbury graduated from Northwestern University in 2019 where he studied with Michael Mulcahy, Christopher Davis, Randall Hawes, Timothy Higgins, and Douglas Wright. Mr. Waterbury continued his studies with Timothy Higgins at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where he completed his master’s degree in 2021. While attending school in San Francisco, he also studied extensively with Paul Welcomer.

Alicia Telford is a native of the foggy Northern California Coast, is an alumna of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and San Francisco State University, where she studied Horn with David Krehbiel, former Principal Horn of the San Francisco Symphony, and Bill Klingelhoffer, former Co-Principal of the San Francisco Opera. She is a well-known freelance artist and teacher in the Bay Area, a tenured member of the Oakland East Bay Symphony, SF Chamber Orchestra, SF Contemporary Players, a regular extra with the SF Opera, Symphony, and Ballet orchestras, and a faculty member of UC Berkeley and St Mary’s College. Alicia performs and tours with her woodwind ensemble, Bellavente, concertizing throughout the United States. When she puts her Horn in the case, Ms. Telford enjoys working in her garden, reading, scuba diving, and exploring the Greater Bay Area with her husband and their dog.

Kevin J. Stewart is from the greater metropolitan area of Detroit, and now calls the San Francisco Bay Area home. Since graduating from the University of Michigan with a degree in Woodwind Performance, Kevin has maintained an active performance career, touring throughout North America, Europe, & Asia. Kevin has performed with the San Francisco Symphony, New American Chamber Orchestra, Detroit Civic Symphony, San Francisco Opera and Ballet. As a chamber musician, he has performed with the San Francisco Saxophone Quartet, Nuclear Whales Saxophone Ensemble, Premiere Saxophone Quartet, and the Capitol Quartet. In addition to performing, Kevin is in high demand as a teacher, currently Director of Saxophone Studies at California State University, Stanislaus, and University of California, Davis.

Martha Uhey is a native Californian who has been moving further and further north from her Los Angeles area roots.  After graduating from UCLA, she taught in various high schools and junior highs before moving to San Luis Obispo County and joining its thriving music scene.  There she turned to developing her flute studio and was the piccoloist and flutist in the San Luis Obispo Symphony for forty years along with being a member of the orchestras for Opera SLO, the SLO Master Chorale, Festival Mosaic, and various touring artists when they came to town. Once in the Bay area, Martha expanded her horizons by learning the tin whistle for Scottish dancing and the traverso for various Baroque chamber groups. 

Upon retirement, she followed her family to the Bay Area. As other retired music teachers had done for her, Martha sought out a music program where she could volunteer, meeting Bob Athayde at Stanley Middle School. That was ten years ago, and through the generous support of LPIE and now the Campo Music Boosters, she hasn’t retired at all but has been able to redirect her musical life. At the direction of Mrs. Barnett, Martha is looking forward to working with the Campo flute sections and developing our flute choir. This work has been further supported by the use of the Generations in Jazz Foundation’s low flute collection.

In the last 15 years, Martha’s playing and arranging have shifted to the low flutes of the flute family and flute choirs, touring overseas and playing throughout California. When not focused on music, Martha enjoys time with her grandchildren, pursuing various art endeavors, attempting to keep her garden in check, and taking advantage of all our beautiful area has to offer.

Owen Miyoshi has been a well-known performer and educator in the Bay Area for over 25 years. He is a member of the Monterey Symphony and the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, as well as a regular sub with Symphony San Jose and orchestras throughout the Bay Area. A graduate of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, he is also an avid competitive cyclist.

Ken a member of the music faculty at Diablo Valley College and is honored to join the staff at Campolindo H.S. Notable Performances: The WHO, Brooke Shields, Ariana DeBose, Beth Leavel, Christopher Seiber, Mel Torme, Phillis Diller, Phil Woods, Lucy Arnez, and Andrea Martin. Percussion Credits: National Tours – Pippin, Disney’s Newsies, White Christmas. Regional: Million Dollar Quartet, Rock of Ages, Matilda, Mamma Mia, Billie Elliot, Sweeney Todd, West Side Story, and many more. Theater credits: Harold Hill in The Music Man, Jesus in Jesus Christ
Superstar and Zack in A Chorus Line. Ken has performed throughout the world, including the Theatre de la Ville in Paris, the Royal Albert Hall in London, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Symphony Hall in Toronto. When he's not beating on things, Ken heads to the mountains to fulfill his passion for snow skiing, where he is an active member of the National Ski Patrol and works at Sugar Bowl ski resort.