Orpheus Winds

Orpheus Winds is the faculty woodwind quintet connected with Brigham Young University (BYU).

Its members are currently the following:

• April Clayton, who holds a D.M.A. from Juilliard School, was formerly Principal Flute of the with the New York Lyric Orchestra. She is also a graduate of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati and of Oberlin Conservatory. She currently is a professor of flute at BYU.
• Geralyn Giovannetti, a Canadian native and graduate of the University of Western Ontario. She has a D.M.A. from the University of Michigan. She was previously a member of the Canadian ensemble Essex Winds. She is a professor of Oboe at BYU and Associate Director for Undergraduate Studies at the BYU School of Music.
• Laurence Lowe is the Principal Horn of The Orchestra at Temple Square and also a former member of the Utah Symphony.
• Jaren Hinckley, who holds a Doctor of Music degree from Florida State University where he studied with Frank Kowalsky. Hinckley has a masters degree in clarinet performance from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University and a B.M. from the University of Utah.
• Christian Smith, a doctoral candidate at the University of Michigan and principal bassoonist with The Orchestra at Temple Square. He was previously on the faculty of Ricks College (now BYU-Idaho) where he founded the Ricks College Chamber Winds.

Sources

• Encore Arts Management entry on Orpheus Winds
• Essex Winds membership list
• School Sisters of Notre Dame of St. Louis webpage
• UVU Review