ECCO Musicians

As a harpsichord recitalist, Nanette Lunde has performed in the United States and Europe.  She holds the Bachelor of Music Degree from Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the Master of Music Degree from Northwestern University School of Music and two Diplomas from the Akademie Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria.  Nanette G. Lunde is the coordinator of Les Favorites, the resident period instrument ensemble at the Univeristy of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.  Ms. Lunde has perofrmed on harpsichords in European museums, appeared as soloist with orchestras in the United States, and in live broadcast performance over Minnesota and Wisconsin Public Radio.  Ms. Lunde is founder and first President of the Midwestern Historical Keyboard Society.  She is Professor Emerita of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire where she taught harpsichord, piano, Baroque performance practices, basso continuo, and the course Women in Music.  Ms. Lunde is Music Librarian and basso continuo player with the Eau Claire Chamber Orchestra.

Verle Ormsby, Jr., a St. Louis, Missouri native, is Senior Lecturer in Horn Studies with the Department of Music, and is a member of the faculty ensemble, the Wisconsin Woodwind Quintet.  Dr. Ormsby is also a member of the Eau Claire Chamber Orchestra, the Northwinds British Brass Band and performs with the Apple River Brass and Wind Quintets.  Dr. Ormsby has a Doctor of Arts degree in Horn Performance and Master's in Music degree in Horn Performance from Ball State University (IN), and a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from Southern Illinois University (Edwardsville).

Dr. Ormsby has been on the music faculties of Pittsburg State University (KS), Southwest Baptist University (MO), Southwest MIssouri State University, and Indiana-Purdue University at Ft. Wayne (IN).  He has also performed with the Springfield Symphony (MO), the Springfield Regional Opera Orchestra, the St. Smith Symphony (AR), the North Arkansas Symphony (Fayetteville), the Ft. Wayne Philharmonic (IN), the Indiana Chamber Orchestra, the Northern Indiana Opera Orchestra, the Florida Symphony (Orlando), the Walt Disney World Band and Orchestra, the Florida Gulf Coast Symphony (Tampa), and the Savannah Symphony (GA). 

Dr. Ormsby is a long-time member of the International Horn Society, and has served as a horn clinican for Conn Horns, and on the board fo the American Horn Competition.

Kristine Fletcher performs frequently as a collaborative artist and soloist.  She has appeared as solist for the Edinburg, Scotland Society of Musicians, on the Schubert Club's Courtroom Concert Series, the Elvehjem/Chazen Museum of Art, on international conferences of theInternational Double Reed Society, the International Clarinet Association, the International Wood Flute conference, the Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, on the national conference of MENC, the Iowa Composer's Forum, Iowa Bandmasters Association, and on Wisconsin radio and television.  She performs regularly as a member of the Wisconsin Wind Quintet, the Sonora Reed Trio, Clearly Three Trio, and as prinicpal bassoonist of the Eau Claire Chamber Orchestra.  She has been a Visiting Fellow at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, and has toured England and Scotland as a member of the Wisconsin-In-Scotland Chamber Players.  She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Bassoon, as Master of Arts degree in Bassoon, and a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education from the University of Iowa.  She also holds a Master of Library and Information Science degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.  Dr. Fletcher has written a number of music articles for professional journals and is the author of The Paris Conservatoire and The Contest Solos for Bassoon (Indiana University Press).  She can be heard on these CD recordings:  Clearly Three:  Trios from the Twentieth Century (Tonheim), Chamber Music Favorites with Alto Saxophone (Harry Hindson), Zodiac (Hemera), Eau Claire Chamber Orchestra LIve (Skyline Studios), and ECCO Tells the Tale (Tondheim).  Since 1982 Dr. Fletcher has been on the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire where she teaches bassoon, woodwind methods, and related subjects.

Jerry A. Young, principal tubist of the Eau Claire Chamber Orchestra, has appeared with ECCO previously as narrator for Stravinsky's L'histoire du Soldat and Paul Ramsier's The Road to Hamelin.  Young has been a member of the music faculty at the University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire since 1983 where he teaches tuba, euphonium and courses in music education and in the university honors program.  He also leads the university's euphonium and tuba ensemble, BASSically BRASS, which has appeared at regional and international conferences in the U. S. and abroad.  Young has served on the faculty of the Interlochen Arts Camp where he founded the Interlochen Tubafest and performed regularly as a soloist and chamber muscian.  He is past editor-in-chief of the Internation Tuba/Euphonium Association Journal, continues as an editorial advisor and is a former member of the Executive Tuba/Euphomium Committee and Board of Directors of ITEA.  He is a member of the Board of Dirctors for the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival, a position he has held for more than twenty years. 

In addition to being a founding member of ECCO, Dr. Young has performed throughout Wisconsin with the UW-Eau Claire Faculty Dixieland Band and the University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire Faculty Brass Quintet.  Dr. Young has appeared across the U.S., Europe, and Japan as a soloist, chamber musician, clinician, lecturer, and adjudicator.  In 1999 he was named a Distinguighed Alumnus of the Department Of Music at the University of Arkansas and is a Fellow of the University's Fulbright Alumni Academy.

Christa Garvey, principal oboist of the Eau Claire Chamber Orchestra, is an active recitalist and a member of the Wisconsin Woodwind Quintet and the Sonora Reed Trio.  Recent performances and presentations include a solo recital at the 2008 International Double Reed Society Conference, a performance on the LIve from the Chazen recital series, performances at the 2008 MENC National Conference, the Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, the Iowa Bandmasters Association, the Wood Flute Conference in Seattle, WA, and a presentation at the College Music Society Northwest Chapter.  In recognition of her commitment to the scholarship of teaching and learning, she is the 2008-2009 Wisconsin Teaching Fellow for the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Campus.  She has performed with many groups, including the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, the Colorado Ballet Orchestra, the Cheyenne, WY Symphony, the Colorado MahlerFest Orchstra, the Boulder Bach Festival, and the Aspen Music Festival. 

Dr. Garvey holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Oboe Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Colorado at Boulder.  Her undergraduate degree was received from Indiana University, Bloomington.  Dr. Garvey's teachers include James Brody, Marc Lifschey, Elaine Douvas, and John DeLancie.  She joined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 2003 and teaches oboe, aural skills, and chamber music.  Previously, she served on the faculty of the Metropolitan State College of Denver and was a Visiting Lecturer of Oboe and Musicology at the Lionel Hampton School of Music at the University of Idaho.

Concertmaster, Ryan Poquette attended the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire as a music major.  He is currently a certified computer technician as well as the handbell director for two Eau Claire churches.  A member of the Chippewa Valley String Quartet, he has also played with Wisconsin ensembles including the Madison Area Community Orchestra and the Beloit/Janesville Symphony Orchestra.