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Insight Chamber Players
Our Team
Insight Chamber Players' unique concerts are made possible by our amazing team of administration and brilliant roster of Musicians.
Administration & Board
Ericsson Hatfield & Leah Froyd, Co Founders
Felicia Su Treasurer
Advisory Committee
Susan Voigt Hatfield, Consultant
David Conte, Composer and Chair of Composition at San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Linda Johnson, Educator
Albert Yeh, Lawyer
Haerang Lee, Social Media Marketing
Host Committee
Davidson Bidwell-Waite, Clocktower Salon
Edwin Waite, Clocktower Salon
Jim Warshell, Fisk House
Gail Baugh, Fisk House
George Horsfall, Blue Painted Lady
Simon Wistow, 235 Broderick
Stephanie Vacher, 235 Broderick
Udi and Guy Ledergor, St. Francis Salon
Instrumentalists
Ericsson Hatfield
Cofounder, Violin, Composer
Ericsson Hatfield (b.1995) is a composer, violinist, and educator. His compositions integrate classical and modern techniques to create a fresh musical language. As a composer, he received first prize in the 2018 Tribeca New Music Festival for his violin quartet Constellations. In 2020, he won the Kristen Pankonin Award at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM), resulting in a commission to compose the song cycle God's World for solo voice and piano. God's World went on to receive first place in the 2022 National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Art Song Composition Competition. In 2022, Ericsson received first prize for his work Cantate Domino in SFCM’s 15th Biennial Choral Competition.
Ericsson studied Composition at the European American Musical Alliance (EAMA) in Paris with David Conte, who he continued to work with in the Master of Music program at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. His work as an educator includes the manual Techniques of Canonic Counterpoint, to be published in 2022 in addition to lecturing at several forums on compositional technique such as the SFCM Counterpoint Club (SFCMCpC).
As a violinist, Ericsson received his Bachelor’s Degree in music performance at New York University (NYU), where he studied under Cyrus Beroukhim, Stephanie Chase, Gregory Fulkerson and Radim Kresta. He also attended the Meadowmount School of Music for three summers where he studied violin with Sally Thomas, Ann Setzer and Steven Rochen. He remains an active teacher and performer.
Leah Froyd
Cofounder, Violin
Violinist, Leah Froyd hails from Denver, Colorado where she has earned recognition as a soloist, chamber musician and arts humanitarian. Ms. Froyd graduated from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of renowned violinist, Ian Swensen. Trading coasts, Leah entered into the Master of Music Degree program at the Longy School of Music of Bard College as a Roman and Melanie Totenberg Scholar where she was the teaching assistant to Paula Majerfeld. Leah honed her chamber music skills by performing internationally at the Rencontres Musicales de Noyers, the Nice International Music Academy, and Orvieto Musica in Italy. During her studies in Boston, Ms. Froyd served as assistant Principal 2nd of the Lyrica Citizen’s Artist Orchestra as well as the organization’s newly appointed managing director, specializing in collaborations with the Boston Healthcare for the Homeless and other local shelters. Now, in San Francisco, Ms. Froyd teaches her own private studio in the city and is the Founder and Director of Insight Chamber Players, an educational chamber music collective.
Winnie Nieh, Voice
Soprano Winnie Nieh graduated from Harvard and received Associate diplomas from Trinity College London in piano, violin and voice. Gifted with perfect pitch and a “well-focused”, “impeccably pure and heart-breaking” voice, she has appeared as a soloist at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and the Austrian Embassy, as well as in Germany, Canada, South Korea and Hong Kong. She made her European solo debut with legendary Maestro Helmuth Rilling in Bach’s Cantata BWV 147. She won First Place in St. Andrews Arts Council’s International Aria Competition, Third Place & Audience Favorite in Madison Early Music Festival’s Handel Aria Competition, was a National Finalist in New York Lyric Opera’s Competition, and a Runner-up in two consecutive San Francisco Classical Voice Best of the Bay polls. She has also served on the Board of Trustees of the Grammy-winning vocal ensemble, Chanticleer.
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Besides her acclaimed solo recitals, her recent performances include: the soprano solo in Beethoven's Symphony No.9 at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Vaughan Williams's A Sea Symphony in Boston and Handel's Messiah in New Jersey and Colorado.
Winnie’s solo oratorio experience is wide-ranging: Bach’s Mass in B Minor, St John Passion, Magnificat in D and Cantata BWV 147 Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, works by Monteverdi and Schütz, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Creation (as Eve) and Lord Nelson Mass, M.A. Charpentier’s Messe de Minuit, Mozart’s Requiem, Coronation Mass and Der Messias, Mendelssohn’s Magnificat (Op.69/3), Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem, Fauré’s Requiem and Beethoven’s Mass in C. Her early music experience also includes Poppea in scenes from Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea, appearing as a soloist in Amherst Early Music Festival’s staged lute song production with Grant Herreid, performing in Boston Early Music Festival’s masterclass and a Baroque concert with New York City Guitar Orchestra and Art Song Preservation Society of New York. Equally at ease with new music, she has premiered multiple works and collaborated with many composers including in New York, Boston, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
An art song lover, she has participated in The Song Continues at Carnegie Hall and was a Professional Fellow at SongFest, where she performed with celebrated vocal accompanist Graham Johnson. She performed in a staged Schubert Lieder performance at the Austrian Embassy in D.C. and a joint German Lieder recital in New York with renowned collaborative pianist Thomas Muraco. She also joined Marble Collegiate Church’s professional choir for their concert at Carnegie Hall. In opera, her full and partial roles include: Belinda and Second Woman (Dido and Aeneas), Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Pamina and Papagena (Die Zauberflöte), Blondchen (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Despina (Così Fan Tutte), Madame Herz (The Impresario), Amor (Orfeo ed Euridice), Voce dal cielo (Don Carlo), Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Elvira (L’Italiana in Algeri), Olympia (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), La Fée (Cendrillon), Lucinde (Gounod’s Le Médecin Malgré Lui), Princess and Fire (L’Enfant et les Sortilèges), Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier), Violetta (La Traviata) and Simonetta (Simonetta by Larry Lipkis).
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Besides her acclaimed solo recitals, her recent performances include: the soprano solo in Beethoven's Symphony No.9 at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Vaughan Williams's A Sea Symphony in Boston and Handel's Messiah in New Jersey and Colorado.
Winnie’s solo oratorio experience is wide-ranging: Bach’s Mass in B Minor, St John Passion, Magnificat in D and Cantata BWV 147 Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, works by Monteverdi and Schütz, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Creation (as Eve) and Lord Nelson Mass, M.A. Charpentier’s Messe de Minuit, Mozart’s Requiem, Coronation Mass and Der Messias, Mendelssohn’s Magnificat (Op.69/3), Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem, Fauré’s Requiem and Beethoven’s Mass in C. Her early music experience also includes Poppea in scenes from Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea, appearing as a soloist in Amherst Early Music Festival’s staged lute song production with Grant Herreid, performing in Boston Early Music Festival’s masterclass and a Baroque concert with New York City Guitar Orchestra and Art Song Preservation Society of New York. Equally at ease with new music, she has premiered multiple works and collaborated with many composers including in New York, Boston, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
An art song lover, she has participated in The Song Continues at Carnegie Hall and was a Professional Fellow at SongFest, where she performed with celebrated vocal accompanist Graham Johnson. She performed in a staged Schubert Lieder performance at the Austrian Embassy in D.C. and a joint German Lieder recital in New York with renowned collaborative pianist Thomas Muraco. She also joined Marble Collegiate Church’s professional choir for their concert at Carnegie Hall. In opera, her full and partial roles include: Belinda and Second Woman (Dido and Aeneas), Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Pamina and Papagena (Die Zauberflöte), Blondchen (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Despina (Così Fan Tutte), Madame Herz (The Impresario), Amor (Orfeo ed Euridice), Voce dal cielo (Don Carlo), Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Elvira (L’Italiana in Algeri), Olympia (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), La Fée (Cendrillon), Lucinde (Gounod’s Le Médecin Malgré Lui), Princess and Fire (L’Enfant et les Sortilèges), Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier), Violetta (La Traviata) and Simonetta (Simonetta by Larry Lipkis).
Oliver Moore, Piano
Oliver Moore (b. 2001) is currently completing his undergraduate degree under the tutelage of internationally-acclaimed concert pianist Garrick Ohlsson at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He has been featured as soloist with orchestras including the North State Symphony and Hollywood Chamber Orchestra, and has won first prize in numerous piano competitions. On short notice, Oliver substituted for celebrated Gershwin specialist Richard Glazier at the 2022 Bear Valley Music Festival as soloist in Rhapsody in Blue. His successful performance under the baton of Alexander Mickelthwate led him to be dubbed the inaugural participant in the Michael Morgan Young Artist Program, in memory of the late BVMF Music Director.
Equally at home as both a soloist and collaborator, Oliver has worked extensively in chamber ensembles, and with singers and instrumentalists. Oliver seeks to explore the many corners of the keyboard literature, with his repertoire spanning from J.S. Bach to Johannes Brahms, W.A. Mozart to Fryderyk Chopin, Scott Joplin to Morton Feldman, and William Byrd to Meredith Monk. He is deeply interested in contemporary repertoire, jazz, and improvisation, and was pianist in the Downbeat Award winning KU Jazz Ensemble 1.
Oliver has previously studied with John McCarthy, Scott McBride Smith, and Robert Bowman, and has played in masterclasses for artists such as Stanislav Ioudenitch, Yoheved Kaplinsky, James Giles, and Shai Wosner. He has participated in the PianoTexas International Festival and the International Institute for Young Musicians summer programs, and has been on faculty at the Butte MTAC Summer Music Academy.
Aside from playing the piano, Oliver enjoys reading, cooking, and nature. He has a love for historical recordings, with his pianistic idols including artists such as Josef Hoffman, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Alfred Cortot, Bela Bartok, Percy Grainger, Vladimir Horowitz, and Mieczyslaw Horzowski. Oliver is a native of Chico, CA, and is currently based in the California Bay Area.
Equally at home as both a soloist and collaborator, Oliver has worked extensively in chamber ensembles, and with singers and instrumentalists. Oliver seeks to explore the many corners of the keyboard literature, with his repertoire spanning from J.S. Bach to Johannes Brahms, W.A. Mozart to Fryderyk Chopin, Scott Joplin to Morton Feldman, and William Byrd to Meredith Monk. He is deeply interested in contemporary repertoire, jazz, and improvisation, and was pianist in the Downbeat Award winning KU Jazz Ensemble 1.
Oliver has previously studied with John McCarthy, Scott McBride Smith, and Robert Bowman, and has played in masterclasses for artists such as Stanislav Ioudenitch, Yoheved Kaplinsky, James Giles, and Shai Wosner. He has participated in the PianoTexas International Festival and the International Institute for Young Musicians summer programs, and has been on faculty at the Butte MTAC Summer Music Academy.
Aside from playing the piano, Oliver enjoys reading, cooking, and nature. He has a love for historical recordings, with his pianistic idols including artists such as Josef Hoffman, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Alfred Cortot, Bela Bartok, Percy Grainger, Vladimir Horowitz, and Mieczyslaw Horzowski. Oliver is a native of Chico, CA, and is currently based in the California Bay Area.
Jason Kim, Piano
Pianist Jason Kim is currently working as staff pianist at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He is also an alumni from the conservatory, where he has completed both his Master’s and Artist Certificate under the tutelage of Professor Yoshikazu Nagai and Professor Jon Nakamastu. Jason began playing the piano at the age of six and his first teachers included Dr. George Fee and Mrs. Eunice Ahn. He then studied with Bernadene Blaha of the Thornton School of Music at USC when he was a high school student at Westview High School in San Diego, CA. He completed his Bachelor’s Degree of Music at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University and studied with Professor Jon Kimura Parker. Jason has received numerous prizes and awards, including San Diego Musical Merit Scholarship, International Institute for Young Musicians (IIYM) competition, YMF Scholarship, MTNA CA State Competition, LA Music Center Spotlight, LA Liszt International Piano Competition, RB Chorale Scholarship, and National YoungArts Foundation. In the Summer of 2021, he also performed with the San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra as winner of the annual SFCM Piano Concerto Competition. During past summers, he has also studied at several music festivals, which include Brevard Music Festival, Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival, and the Aspen Music Festival.
Kyle Stachnik, Cello
Cellist Kyle Stachnik is currently pursuing a masters in Chamber Music at The San Francisco Conservatory of Music studying under Professor Jennifer Culp. Previously to SFCM, Kyle completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music with Professor Ross Harbaugh. As a chamber musician he has been able to perform with artists such as Andrés Cárdenes, Amy Schwartz Moretti, Marcy Rosen, Itamar Zorman, Dimitri Murrath, William Fedkenheuer, Dennis Kim, Chauncey Patterson, and Jodi Levitz. Around the Bay Area, Kyle can be seen performing regularly with the New Century Chamber Orchestra, Vallejo Festival Orchestra, and Marin Symphony.
Isabel Tannenbaum, Viola
Violinist and violist Isabel Tannenbaum is currently pursuing a masters degree at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, under the tutelage of Simon James and Dimitri Murrath. A recent winner of the school’s annual concerto competition, she also serves as concertmaster of the Conservatory Orchestra. Graduating from Vanderbilt University's Blair School of Music, she was a recipient of the Chris Teal Award for excellence in collaborative performance. As an avid lover of chamber music, Isabel has worked with members of the Kronos, Juilliard, Cavani, Blair, and Danel Quartets. A fellow of the Aspen Music Festival, she performed for several summers with the Aspen Festival Orchestra and Aspen Chamber Symphony.
Cuna Kim, Violin
Violinist Cuna Kim is currently pursuing a bachelor's degree at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, studying under Wonhee Bae of the Esmé Quartet. As a chamber musician, she is very passionate about the accessibility of classical music and breaking barriers, primarily reaching underprivileged communities. Cuna has had the privilege to work with artists such as Robert McDonald, Stefan Jackiw, David Radzynski, and William van der Sloot, as well as the Miró, Telegraph, and Jupiter Quartets.
Griffin Seuter
Griffin Seuter is a cellist based in San Francisco. She is passionate about music education and was the Ambassador of the Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra where her responsibilities included sitting on the board of the orchestra, contributing to the planning and execution of the affiliated youth orchestra program (MyPSO), and organizing outreach concerts. Griffin has been involved with a variety of orchestras including the Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra, Portsmouth Pro Musica, UNH Symphony Orchestra, Tufts University Orchestra, Nashville Chamber Orchestra, Nashville Sinfonietta, and Gateway Chamber Orchestra. She has participated in festivals such as the SONAD Project, Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, Madeline Island Chamber Music, National Music Festival, and The Chautauqua Institution. She is an avid chamber musician and was a 2021 Recipient of The Christian Teal Award for collaborative playing.
Griffin is a recent graduate of the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University where she completed a Bachelor of Music degree studying under Dr. Felix Wang. A lover of all kinds of music, Griffin earned a Minor in Baroque Music Performance as well as a Concentration in Musicology. She served as a research assistant to Dr. Isidora Miranda in her study of Southeast Asian music and theater during the Colonial Period and as an assistant to Dr. Douglas Shadle in his Florence Price Research. She is pursuing her M.M. at San Francisco Conservatory of Music with Professor Jennifer Culp.
Griffin is a recent graduate of the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University where she completed a Bachelor of Music degree studying under Dr. Felix Wang. A lover of all kinds of music, Griffin earned a Minor in Baroque Music Performance as well as a Concentration in Musicology. She served as a research assistant to Dr. Isidora Miranda in her study of Southeast Asian music and theater during the Colonial Period and as an assistant to Dr. Douglas Shadle in his Florence Price Research. She is pursuing her M.M. at San Francisco Conservatory of Music with Professor Jennifer Culp.
Meghan Crosby-Jolliffe
Meghan Crosby-Jolliffe is a mezzo-soprano, educator, and administrator who is passionate about fostering a vibrant and inclusive environment for all performing artists. They recently graduated from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music with a Master of Music in Voice and hold a BM in Voice from the New England Conservatory. As a performer, Meghan crosses over genres, equally at home in Opera, Musical Theater, Early Music, and Chamber music settings. Favorite Bay Area performances include; Jewish Boys with Musical Cafe, Die Schöne Müllerin in recital at SFCM, and Sondheim on Sondheim with the SFCM Musical Theatre Ensemble. When not performing, Meghan Music Directs the Mainstage program at Musical Theatre Works and serves as the Membership & Community Engagement Officer for the Bay Area's theatre service organization, Theatre Bay Area.
Composers & Speakers
Jose Vargas
José Daniel Vargas is a 3rd-year bachelor’s student in Composition at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Growing up in Tucson, Arizona, José had an eclectic musical upbringing that began with the electric guitar and classic rock music in his early teenage years. Joining his middle school orchestra playing the double-bass, José learned how to read sheet music and was immediately interested in learning how to write his own. Almost entirely self-taught through internet forums and YouTube tutorials, the only music lessons José received before arriving at SFCM were private lessons on the double-bass with Dr. Philip Alejo at the University of Arizona. Throughout high school, José became heavily involved in music performance, participating in band, jazz band, orchestra, as well as a community youth orchestra program called Tucson Junior Strings. José would perform everything from James Brown to Beethoven at festivals, paid gigs and school concerts. Throughout this time José was also constantly writing his own music and learning from the music he played. Eventually José participated in the
Tucson Symphony Orchestra’s Young Composers Project where student composers worked with professional musicians and had their music played by the orchestra. The Tucson Symphony premiered José’s first orchestral work Amour dépérissant in May of 2019. December of 2021 saw the world-premiere of a piece José arranged and orchestrated with the Cape Cod Pops Orchestraon their holiday concert.
José is currently studying under Dr. David Conte, as well as teaching private music lessons at Guitar Center.
Tucson Symphony Orchestra’s Young Composers Project where student composers worked with professional musicians and had their music played by the orchestra. The Tucson Symphony premiered José’s first orchestral work Amour dépérissant in May of 2019. December of 2021 saw the world-premiere of a piece José arranged and orchestrated with the Cape Cod Pops Orchestraon their holiday concert.
José is currently studying under Dr. David Conte, as well as teaching private music lessons at Guitar Center.
Cooper Grosscup
Born in ’94 and hailing from Chico California, Cooper Grosscup composes music for his friends and colleagues in the Bay Area and beyond. He studies at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music under David Conte, where he has focused on composing modern works in a classical style. He is also a sought after piano teacher privately and at the Hamlin School as well as an app developer for the music pedagogy app, MusicianShip. As one of Insight’s resident composers, he strives to write music that opens people’s hearts and minds. As a dedicated educator he aims to connect audiences with their curiosity and bring them closer to the music.
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