Co-artistic Director

Applauded in London by the Sunday Times for performances of "great panache," pianist Gregory Martin has been featured throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan, including performances at Carnegie Recital Hall; collaborations with members of the Chicago, Detroit, and Indianapolis Symphonies, the New York Philharmonic, and the Dresden Staatskapelle; and the premieres of unpublished compositions by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gerald Finzi. He is an active composer, co-artistic director of the Ronen Chamber Ensemble (Indianapolis), and Head of Academics and Piano at Music Across the Pond (UK). He has lectured at the University of Berlin, the Grieg Academy, and Oxford University, and is assistant professor at the University of Indianapolis.

Co-artistic Director

Violinist Jayna Park joined the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in 2001. In 2013, she was acting Assistant Concertmaster for the ISO and joined the Grant Park Music Festival Orchestra in 2015. Born in South Korea, she began her violin studies at the age of 6 and by age 7, Jayna won a concerto competition in Daegu, Korea which led to her orchestra solo debut with Daegu Philharmonic that same year. Since then she has won numerous competitions both in Korea and in the USA where she came to study violin at age 11 with the renowned violinist Berl Senofsky at the Peabody Conservatory.

Jayna has won first prizes in the Korean Times National Competition, American String Teachers Association National Competition, Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, and the Philadelphia Concerto Soloists Young Artist Competition taking the Grand Prize. She was a finalist at the International Music Competition of Japan and a semifinalist at the Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition in England. That same year in New York, Jayna won the Manhattan School of Music Concerto Competition leading to a solo engagement with the Manhattan Chamber Sinfonia conducted by Marin Alsop.

An active soloist and chamber musician, Jayna has performed as soloist with the Korean Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra, the Suwon Symphony, the Netherlands National Radio Orchestra, and the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra. She has also appeared in recital and chamber music concerts around the world with performances in France, South Korea,Canada, and the US – including a concert in New York’s Carnegie Hall. Jayna received a Bachelor of Music and an Artist Diploma at the Peabody Conservatory and the Manhattan School of Music where her teachers included Sylvia Rosenberg, Victor Danchenko, and Ik-Hwan Bae.

Co-artistic Director

Jennifer Christen, a Buffalo, NY native is the Principal Oboist of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. She has performed as Guest Principal Oboe with the Chicago, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Baltimore and Milwaukee Symphony Orchestras and as Guest English Horn with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Christen studied at the Juilliard School with John Mack, Nathan Hughes and Elaine Douvas. Before her time in Indianapolis, Ms. Christen spent a year in Miami Beach with the New World Symphony under Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas.

She has also spent several summers with the Verbier Festival Orchestra in Switzerland, where she met her husband. As a teacher, Ms. Christen is on adjunct faculty at the University of Indianapolis, and has had the pleasure of working with students at the Verbier Music Camp, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, and with students in various youth ensembles around Indianapolis. She enjoys traveling, good coffee, exploring local food, running, and creating memories with her husband and two little boys. She has an identical twin sister who plays the flute.

Co-artistic Director

Alistair Howlett currently serves as Assistant Principal and Second Flute with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Prior to this, he held the position of Utility Flute with the Opera Australia Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House.

Howlett holds a Bachelor of Music from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and a Master’s in Performance from the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Munich, where he studied under Professor András Adorján.

In addition to his orchestral work, Howlett is the co-artistic director of the Ronen Chamber Ensemble, which performs throughout the Indianapolis area.

An experienced educator, he has held teaching positions at the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, and currently teaches at Butler University.

Outside of music, Howlett supports Liverpool FC and the Buffalo Bills, enjoys playing tennis, and spending quality time with his family.

Guest Musician

Campbell MacDonald currently serves as Acting Assistant Principal Clarinet and Bass Clarinet of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. He has held the position of Principal Clarinet with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic since 2004 and is a member of the acclaimed International Contemporary Ensemble in New York. Prior to his current appointments, he was a member of the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, the Detroit Opera Orchestra, and spent six summers in Mexico City as Solo Clarinetist of La Orquésta Sinfónica de Minería. He performs regularly as a recitalist, concerto soloist, compositional collaborator, and recording artist.

Campbell’s performance credits of note include appearances at Berlin Festspiele, Wien Modern, Aspekte Festival (Salzburg), Festival Fringe (Edinburgh), the Huddersfield Festival, the Lincoln Center Festival, the Mostly Mozart Festival, the Ojai Music Festival, Da Camera Houston, and the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the Library of Congress, L.A. Opera’s REDCAT, EMPAC (Troy, NY), the Green Music Center (Sonoma, CA), Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of New York. Campbell’s educational residencies and performances include visits to the Brevard Music Center, Columbia University, Stanford University, Northwestern University, Boston Conservatory, the Hartt School, Williams College, Dartmouth College, and Harvard University. Additional international engagements include collaborations with Ensemble l’Itineraire in Paris and Marseille, France, and performances at the Time of Music Festival in Viitasaari, Finland. His recent summers have included appearances as Principal Clarinet of the Peninsula Music Festival Orchestra in Door County, Wisconsin and performances at LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura in Switzerland. He is featured on recordings produced by the Naxos, Koch, Nonesuch, Tzadik, Tundra, and New Focus labels.

Mr. MacDonald attended Oberlin College Conservatory of Music and continued his formal education at DePaul University in Chicago. In addition to his active performing schedule, Campbell advocates for improved musician wages and work conditions as President of Fort Wayne Musicians Association, American Federation of Musicians Local 58.

Guest Musician

Ivy Ringel is Principal Bassoon of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Prior to her time in Indianapolis, Ivy held the same role in the Atlanta Opera Orchestra and the Des Moines Metro Opera Orchestra. She has served as guest Principal Bassoon with the Atlanta Symphony, and has joined the orchestras of Houston, Buffalo, Rochester, Louisiana, Jacksonville, Chattanooga, and Syracuse.

Ivy is a committed teacher, having had previous academic appointments at Indiana University, Butler University and Morehouse College. She has spent summers with the Grand Teton Music Festival, Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival, Nantucket Rossini Club, National Repertory Orchestra, Round Top Music Festival and Chautauqua Music Festival. Originally from Hillsborough, North Carolina, Ivy grew up in a musical family, starting music on the violin before switching to bassoon. Her primary teachers include Benjamin Kamins, Michael Burns, Charlie Bailey and John Hunt.

Ms. Ringel holds degrees from Rice University and the Eastman School of Music. When she is not playing the bassoon or making reeds, Ivy enjoys cooking, traveling, live music, and hiking.

Guest Musician

Sharif Ibrahim started with the ISO in September of 2022. He is a graduate of Indiana University, holding both a Bachelors and Masters of Music Performance in Double Bass. He also studied with Robert Goodlett at Quattro String Academy while he was at Carmel High School.

Between completing degrees, he was a member of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra from 2017-2019. Before he began playing with the ISO, he appeared as a substitute with the Detroit Symphony, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, and the Bloomington Bach Cantata Society. Sharif plays on a double bass from 1897 made by Custode Marcucci.