Larry Combs
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Principal Clarinet (retired)
Special Guest Players
At the HPAC Orchestra, we invite world renowned musicians to our concerts as “special guest players” to raise the level of core members through special lessons called, “master class”. Here is a partial list of the special guest players.
Philippe Aiche
Orchestre de Paris, Concertmaster
Adolph Herseth
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Principal Trumpet (retired)
Hans Stroecker
Vienna Philharmonic, Trombone
James Sommerville
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Horn
Keisuke Wakao
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Assistant Principal Oboe
Yasuhito Sugiyama
The Cleveland Orchestra, Principal Tuba
James Buswell
New England Conservatory, Violin
David Herbert
San Francisco Symphony, Timpani
Toru Yasunaga
Berlin Philharmonic, 1st Concertmaster (retired)
Milan Turkovic
Concert Artist/Conductor
Yun-Jie Liu
San Francisco Symphony, Associate Principal Viola
Jan Fredrik Christiansen
Oslo Philharmonic, Principal Trumpet (retired)
David Pyatt
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Principal Horn
Shigenori Kudo
Saito-Kinen Orchestra, Mito Chamber Orchestra, Principal Flute
Peter-Lukas Graf
Concert Artist
Simon Wills
Professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Rex Martin
Professor at the Northwestern University, Tuba
