VIOLINS:
- Laura Dahl – concertmaster
- Dianne Brady
- Carlin Stiles Mayhew
- Amber Kopp
- Julia Osborne
- Tamara Bottge
- Vu Nguyen
- Shigeyuki Yachi
- Maren Williams
- Sophie Hazen
- Elizabeth Weitzel
- Brandon Le
- Jayda Francis
- Cristina Seaborn
VIOLAS:
- Kate Hansen
- Jack Johnston
- Melissa Kalpin Prescott
- Sophia Kufalk
- Cora Knese
- Cristina Seaborn
- Jim Johnson – retired
CELLI:
- Noah Braun
- Preston McGraw
- Haley Hennen
- Sujin Braun
- Jonah Darnall
- Jennie Kalpin
- Kaela Kopp
- Bryant Julstrom
BASS:
- Patrick Dinndorf
- David Lorenz
- Meghan Weiss
WINDS:
- Betsy Eickhoff, flute
- Kris Boyle, flute
- Debra Berglund, flute
- Tara Prout, flute
- Rachel Koehler, oboe
- Brenna Gardner, oboe
- Rachel Tessier, oboe
- Shigeyuki Yachi, oboe
- Mikayla Graeme, oboe
- Tom Gaetz, clarinet
- Katie Johnson, clarinet
- Adrian DeVos, bassoon
- Charlotte Appel, bassoon
- Kyle Klepel, bassoon
BRASS:
- Terri Deming, horn
- David Gouker, horn
- Tim Johnson, horn
- Rachel Amberson, horn
- Vicki Davis, horn
- Sean Jacobson, trumpet
- John Plantenberg, trumpet
- Tom Pattock, trumpet
- Brian Campbell, trombone
- Levi Schwieters, trombone
- Terry Humbert, trombone
- Larry Mariette, trombone
- Grace Bergstrom, tuba
Timpani/Percussion:
- Sylvia Kaare
- Todd Prout
- Olivia Sletteland
If you are interested in joining the Amadeus Chamber Symphony, please contact Laura Dahl.
Email: lauralydiadahl@gmail.com
Introducing: Andrew Towsey-Grishaw, D.M.A. – Artistic Director
Andrew Cervantes Towsey-Grishaw, D.M.A, is Assistant Professor of Music at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University, where he joined the music department faculty in 2023. He is the director of the CSB+SJU Orchestra, teaches applied violin and viola, and music history. Prior to joining the faculty at CSB+SJU, he was the Interim Director of String Studies at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, CA. Additional teaching posts include being a Teaching Artist for Violin/Viola with the Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles (YOLA), an education program run by the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Andrew leads a varied performance schedule that includes orchestral, chamber, and solo performance. Outside of CSB+SJU, he is active as a guest conductor including the Amadeus Chamber Symphony, the Saint Cloud Symphony, and the Central Lakes Conference High School Honor Orchestra. He enjoys presenting a wide array of repertoire, with particular emphasis on underrepresented composers and styles. Andrew continues to be active as a performing violist as both an orchestral player and recitalist. He is a member of the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony and performs regularly with the South Dakota Symphony. He holds degrees in music from the University of Southern California, University of Miami, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and the University of Denver.
Founding Artistic Director – Dr. Axel Theimer
Dr. Axel Theimer (born March 10, 1946) is a conductor, composer, singer, author and Professor Emeritus of Music at the College of Saint Benedict / Saint John’s University (CSB/SJU) in Minnesota. After a teaching career of 52 years at St. John’s and St. Ben’s he retired in the spring of 2021. He is founder and past director of the professional a cappella choir Kantorei (Minneapolis / Saint Paul), co-founder and past director of the National Catholic Youth Choir and founder/artistic director of the Amadeus Chamber Symphony. At CSB/SJU, he conducted the SJU Men’s Chorus, founded the CSB/SJU Chamber Choir as well as the All College Choir and taught voice, vocal pedagogy, diction and choral conducting/techniques. He served on the faculty and as executive director of the VoiceCare Network until the summer of 2021. He is an acknowledged expert on healthy vocal production for solo and choral singing, and the effect of conducting gesture on vocalists and instrumentalists. His choirs are known and praised for their particularly warm, natural, expressive and efficient sound.
Guest Conductors:
Dr. Andrew Towsey-Grishaw, since Feb. 2025
Michael Zellgert, Feb. 2024
Aaron Carpenter, Feb. 2023
Steven Eckblad, Oct. 2022, ’23, ’24