Oboe – Elaine Heltman

Oboe – Elaine Heltman

Elaine Heltman oboe The Santa Fe Symphony’s Principal Oboist, Elaine Heltman, hails from Saddle Brook, New Jersey, and graduated from Ithaca College School of Music. While leading a high school marching band in New Jersey, she also studied with Joseph Robinson, former...
Oboe – Kevin Darrow

Oboe – Kevin Darrow

Kevin Darrow Oboe Texas native Kevin Darrow performed for 12 years with the Air Force Premier ConcertBand in Washington, DC, and was a founding member of several groundbreakingchamber music ensembles in the Mid-Atlantic and New England. He has performed asa soloist...
Oliver Prezant – Host

Oliver Prezant – Host

Oliver Prezant – Host Conductor and arts educator Oliver Prezant has presented interactive lectures and education programs on opera, orchestral, and chamber music for the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, the Santa Fe Opera, the National Hispanic Cultural Center,...
Trumpet – Gregory W. Heltman

Trumpet – Gregory W. Heltman

Gregory W. Heltman Trumpet   Gregory W. Heltman, Founder of The Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra & Chorus was born in Los Alamos to career music educators Rollie and Harriet Heltman. Greg grew up in Santa Fe and began playing the trumpet at age nine. As a 7th grader he...
Bassoonist – Leroy Medina

Bassoonist – Leroy Medina

Leroy Medina Bassoonist Leroy Medina is a Mexican native bassoonist who studied Music at New Mexico State University and The University of Texas at El Paso. He is a dedicated music educator and performer in Santa Fe. Over the years Leroy has traveled across the...