Biographies

David Granger serves as principal bassoonist with the Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra, the Modesto Symphony Orchestra, the Napa Valley Symphony, the Fremont Philharmonic, and is a member of the Oakland East Bay Symphony. He received his Bachelor of Music in 1973 and his Master of Music in 1975 from the Manhattan School of Music in New York City. Mr. Granger was principal bassoonist of the Sacramento Symphony from 1981 until 1996. In 1983 he began teaching at the University of California, Davis, and, in 1985, became coordinator of the music department's student chamber music program. He began teaching at the University of California, Berkeley in 2002. Mr. Granger also attended Indiana University's Early Music Institute and received a Performer Diploma in baroque bassoon in 2004. There he studied early bassoons with Michael McCraw and worked with some of the leading artists in period instrument performance. His period instrument experiences include performances with the American Bach Soloists and the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra in Toronto, Canada. Mr. Granger plays on a copy of an early 17th century dulcian built by Leslie Ross, New York, 2000.

Edwin Huizinga is a recent graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio where he studied baroque and modern violin with Marilyn McDonald. Edwin began playing the violin at the Suzuki string school in Guelph, Ontario, at age 5. In 1998, Mr. Huizinga began studies with Mark Fewer at the Glenn Gould School of Music’s Young Artist Performance Academy in Toronto. In January 2005, he traveled to Panama, where he toured with his quartet and taught at the National Music Festival in Panama City. Mr. Huizinga has appeared as soloist with the Kitchener Waterloo Chamber Orchestra on March 25, 2006, performing Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5, and with the Oberlin Baroque orchestra. He also performed in both the chamber and contemporary orchestras at the Oberlin Conservatory. From December 2005, through January 2006, he participated in the Oberlin Orchestra tour of China. This past summer he studied in Berlin with the concertmaster of the Berliner Philharmoniker, and was invited to play in the 2006 Carmel Bach Festival Orchestra. He will be returning to Carmel for this upcoming summer’s festival. On a recital given as a fundraiser during the summer of 2005, the Puslinch Pioneer wrote “[Mr. Huizinga’s] ambition is to bring classical music to the attention of younger people in such a way that makes it more appealing to them. It was a wonderful, magical evening of music.” Mr. Huizinga is currently continuing his studies in performance and chamber music at the San Francisco Conservatory.

ON LEAVE 2008-2009

Andrew Fouts, just joined Chatham Baroque and will make his debut with that ensemble at the organization's annual Twelfth Night Gala on January 5, 2008, and will become a permanent, full-time member of the ensemble beginning July 1, 2008. He currently resides, teaches and freelances in the San Francisco Bay area. Mr. Fouts performs regularly with American Bach Soloists, Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, and is a member of the Napa Valley Symphony. He has appeared with Philharmonia Baroque, El Mundo and the National Cathedral Baroque Orchestra. Performances at festivals and series have included Chamber Music Sedona, the Arizona Early Music Society, Redwood Arts Council, Columbia University's Miller Theatre, the San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival and Aston Magna. This past summer Mr. Fouts served as principal violin for the Bloomington Early Music Festival's performance of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo and recorded with the festival orchestra for Indiana University Press. Mr. Fouts' formal violin instruction began at the Eastman School of Music where he studied with Charles Castleman and Mitchell Stern. At Eastman he performed in the early music collegium with Paul O'Dette and was active with the contemporary music ensemble Alarm Will Sound, with whom he recorded Steve Reich's The Desert Music for Cantaloupe Records. Mr. Fouts recently received a Performers Diploma from the Early Music Institute at Indiana University Bloomington where he was a student of Stanley Ritchie and the winner of the 2007 concerto competition. This season he looks forward to his first engagements with American Opera Theater and Ensemble Galilei. He performs on a violin by Claude Pierray, Paris, c. 1710.