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Our mission is to bring together Knoxville’s exceptional musicians with dedicated audience members to create inspirational chamber music experiences.
Meet the February 15th Artists
Devan Jaquez
Devan Jaquez is currently the Principal Flutist with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. While in Los Angeles, Devan Jaquez worked as a freelance musician playing in local orchestras premiering works by Esa-Pekka Salonen and William Kraft among others. Devan has appeared in recital with revered oboe soloist and orchestral musician Ramón Ortega Quero, while he was principal oboist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, for the Colburn Chamber Music Society 2018-2019 season. He won the UCLA All-Star Concerto competition and appeared as a soloist with the UCLA Philharmonia Orchestra in their 2015-2016 season. Devan was the 2nd Prize winner of the Sphinx Orchestral Partners Auditions (SOPA) Excerpt Competition in 2021 and had the opportunity to play in Classical Tahoe’s 10th Anniversary orchestral festival and was a part of their inaugural academy fellowship.
In addition to being an avid performer, Devan enjoys teaching music and has served on faculty for the Jumpstart Young Musicians’ Program at the Colburn School and Soriel Music Academy in Los Angeles, CA. He was the flute teacher for the Roberson School of Music in Columbia, MD, and has his own private flute studio in Knoxville, Tennessee where he currently resides.
Rachel Loseke
Rachel Loseke began her musical studies on piano at age 5, taught by her mother. She soon picked up the violin and eventually came under the tutelage of Dr. Raymond Sidoti in her hometown, Sioux Falls, SD. During high school, Rachel’s violin talent flourished, leading her to win 3rd prize in the Lucy Weed String Competition, to become Concertmaster of the Dakota Academy of Performing Arts Youth Orchestra, and to give numerous solo recitals and concerts with orchestra.
After high school, Rachel was accepted into the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she studied with world-renowned violin teacher Linda Cerone. After receiving her B.M. in violin performance from CIM, Rachel moved to San Diego where she won a substitute violin position with the San Diego Symphony and a full-time position with Orchestra Nova. Besides playing regularly with the two groups, she maintained a large studio, passing on her love of music to students of all ages. In 2011, she won 1st Place String Instrumentalist in the Grossmont Community Concert Association Competition.
In September of 2012, Rachel won her position with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. In 2018-19, Rachel took a sabbatical in New York City, where she studied with Lisa Kim and got the opportunity to play as a substitute with the New York Philharmonic. While in NY, she also won and held positions with the Cape Symphony and the Princeton Symphony Orchestra. She has since resumed residence in Knoxville and is reestablishing her teaching studio.
Adam Ayers
Adam Ayers is a Wisconsin native. He began his study of the cello at a very young age and went on to attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he earned a Bachelor of Music degree studying with Uri Vardi. He also completed a Master’s Degree at Indiana University studying with Peter Stumpf. He has attended numerous music festivals, including the Aspen Music Festival and the Philadelphia International Music Festival, and was also a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago from 2016-2019 as a section and principal cellist. Adam has performed with the Madison and Milwaukee Symphony Orchestras and teaches a studio of young cellists virtually.
While in these orchestras, Adam played under the baton of Riccardo Muti, Christoph Eschenbach, Edo de Waart, Ken-David Masur, Marin Alsop, Jesús López Cobos, Michael Stern, Fabien Gabel, Cristian Măcelaru, Edward Gardner, and Joshua Weilerstein, among others.