“I would say that last year West Branch International Music Festival was a result of a combination of great music artists and staff members, beautiful surroundings, an enthusiastic audience and good food. It was a very special experience.”
—Eddie Venegas, Violinist/Trombonist
Alana Vegter
Praised for her “consistently beautiful playing” by the New York Times, French Horn Player Alana Vegter is a recent graduate of The Juilliard School in New York where she currently resides and actively performs with groups including Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Axiom Ensemble, Jupiter Chamber Players, Metropolis Ensemble, Harrisburg Symphony, Syracuse Symphony, Sinfonietta of Riverdale, The Knights Chamber Orchestra, an
d CityMusic Cleveland. In addition, Alana is the newest member of the New York based woodwind quintet, Sospiro Winds.
Alana was a most recently a member of The Carnegie Hall Academy, a collaboration of The Juilliard School, Carnegie Hall, and the Weill Music Institute. In her first season with the Academy, she performed the Carnegie Hall Premiere of the Ligeti Horn Trio. While pursuing her undergraduate degree at DePaul University in Music Business, she was a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, training orchestra of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Alana has concertized in music halls across the United States, Europe, and Asia. She has performed in both orchestral and chamber music settings with the Spoleto Festival USA, Pacific Music Festival (Japan), The Verbier Festival Orchestra, The Juilliard Orchestra, and the Aspen Music Festival under the baton of conductors including Daniel Barenboim, Valery Gergiev, James Conlon, Pierre Boulez, Michael Tilson -Thomas, and Herbert Blomstedt. She is a student of Julie Landsman and Jon Boen.