The Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced three additions to its musician roster, effective September 30, 2011: RACHEL CHILDERS, second horn; CLINT FOREMAN, second flute; and ALA JOJATU, section violin. Childers, the first female named to the BSO brass section since the orchestra’s founding in 1881, was formerly assistant principal/utility horn in the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. She has performed in California with the Fresno Philharmonic and the San Diego, Long Beach, and Marin symphonies, and with Michigan’s Greater Lansing and Birmingham-Bloomfield symphonies. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Michigan and an artist diploma from the Colburn School in Los Angeles. Foreman was formerly with the New World Symphony, and has performed with the Houston and Austin symphonies, Houston Grand Opera, Houston Ballet, and Florida Grand Opera. He was a Tanglewood Music Center fellow in 2005 and 2006 while pursuing doctoral studies at Rice University in Houston. Foreman holds a master’s degree from Manhattan School of Music and bachelor’s degrees in both music and music education from the University of North Texas. Jojatu joins the orchestra’s roster after serving as a regular extra in both the BSO and the Boston Pops. She has performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the New World Symphony, Boston Lyric Opera, New England String Ensemble, Portland (Me.) Symphony Orchestra, and as concertmaster of the Orchestra of Indian Hill in Littleton, Mass. A native of Moldova, Jojatu began her bachelor’s degree at Bucharest National University of Music and completed it at Boston Conservatory. She was a Tanglewood Music Center fellow in 2000 and 2001, and earned her master’s degree at Boston University as a student of BSO Concertmaster Malcolm Lowe.
Rachel Childers photo courtesy Boston Symphony Orchestra
Posted September 30, 2011
