Amy Jo Rhine PRINCIPAL ARTIST

Amy Jo Rhine has performed throughout the United States, Europe, Japan and Panama as a chamber musician. She enjoys a diverse freelance career that includes playing with The IRIS Orchestra in Germantown, TN and substitute horn with the Saint Louis Symphony. From 1996-2001 Amy Jo was the Professor of Horn at Wichita State University, a member of the Lieurance Wind Quintet and the Wichita Brass Quintet. She has also held the Principal Horn positions with the Wichita Symphony and the Louisiana Philharmonic. Amy Jo received her training with Verne Reynolds at the Eastman School of Music (BM and Performer’s Certificate) and James Decker at the University of Southern California (MM). She joined QUADRE in 2008. Her summers are spent in Boulder, CO performing Associate Principal Horn with the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, where she met her husband and fellow hornist, Greg Roosa.    

Nathan Pawelek PRINCIPAL ARTIST

A composer and horn player, Nathan has worked with first-rate nationally-recognized artists. Receiving a master's degree in music from Yale studying with Paul Ingraham, he attended the Tanglewood Music Festival, the European Mozart Academy in Poland, and played under the baton of Michael Tilson-Thomas with the New World Symphony. He just finished a ten year tenure as principal horn with the South Dakota Symphony and the Dakota Wind Quintet. He has written numerous works for orchestra including a symphony, a clarinet concerto, and a children’s program for narrator and orchestra as well as chamber music for woodwind quintet, and since joining QUADRE in 2003, horn quartet. With two wonderful boys, Aidan and Zachary, Nathan and his wife, Karen never have a dull moment.   

Lydia Van Dreel PRINCIPAL ARTIST

Lydia Van Dreel joined the University of Oregon music faculty as assistant professor of horn in fall of 2006. Since moving to Eugene, she has performed regularly as a member of the Eugene Symphony and the Oregon Mozart Players. From 1996–2006 she was co-principal horn of the Florida West Coast Symphony in Sarasota, Florida. She has participated in U.S. and international summer festivals and also has worked as a freelance musician in the greater New York City area. In 2003, Van Dreel was the second place winner in the professional division of the American Horn Competition. She has recorded for the BUZZ record label with the eclectic new music group, DaDaDah. She joined QUADRE in 2007. Van Dreel received her Master of Music degree from the Juilliard School and received her bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.    

Daniel Wood PRINCIPAL ARTIST

As an active performer, teacher and composer, Daniel has spent his career off the beaten path. He graduated from UCLA in music and followed that by working for a music contractor in Los Angeles. Having studied with Richard Todd and Fred Fox, he founded the horn quartet QUADRE in 1998, fusing his proactive business experience with his creative music style. Since its creation, he has had the opportunity to work with world-class artists throughout the United States and record two albums: The Voice of Four Horns & Citrus. Besides his work with QUADRE, he performs solo shows as an improv musician and acts as a teaching artist for schools in the SF Bay Area. He is also a member of the faculty at the Community School of Music and Arts in Mountain View where he teaches horn and music composition.