- Eugene Watanabe, Violin
- Shenae Akagi (Anderson), Violin
- Thomas Baron, Violin
- Dr. Blanka Bednarz, Violin
- Linda Duan, Violin
- Caroline Jorden, Violin
- Rebecca Goeckeritz, Violin
- Emily Holmstead, Violin
- Erika Hubbard, Violin
- Rachel Bower Karr, Violin
- Rebecca Moench, Violin
- Dr. LeeAnn Morgan, Violin
- David Price, Violin
- Rachel Taft, Violin
- Monica Yardley Thiriot, Violin
- Abby Dreher, Viola
- Dr. LeeAnn Morgan, Viola
- John T. Posadas, Viola
- Katherine Baird, Cello
- Anne Francis Bayless, Cello
- Kevin Shumway, Cello
- Andrew Keller, Double Bass
- David Yavornitzky, Double Bass
Luca de la Florin, Oboe
Ph.D (pending) Musical Arts; Oboe Performance, University of Utah
MM Oboe Performance, Western Michigan University
BM Oboe Performance, Albion College
Biography
Florin has performed with orchestras across the United States including the Utah, Detroit, Toledo, Battle Creek, Jackson, Dexter, and Kalamazoo Symphonies and holds principal positions with Salt Lake Sinfonia and the Timpanogos Symphony Orchestra. Florin has performed under the baton of many leading conductors including JoAnn Falletta, Courtney Lewis, Leonard Slatkin, Thierry Fischer, Rossen Millanov, Hans Graf, Donato Cabrera and many more. In addition to orchestral playing, Florin is an active chamber musician and soloist. He has appeared as soloist with the Utah Philharmonia, Sewanee Festival Orchestra, Albion Symphony Orchestra, and the Timpanogos Symphony Orchestra. Florin has recorded multiple times with the Naxos and Bridge labels.
As a skilled reed-maker, Florin teaches clinics on reed-making and cane preparation. His scientific approach to reed-making has been hailed as “life-changing” by oboists in his master classes.






