A seasonal music camp for adults - IM leads the way as a non-competitive, non-auditioned, educational orchestra for adult string players.

Sarah Jylkka is a Washington-based professional violinist with over 15 years of experience in classrooms and orchestras. She has directed orchestras at El Sistema Colorado, coached for various student festivals in the Denver metro area, and served as an orchestra director for Mapleton Public Schools in Thornton, CO from 2017-2021. She remains active as an instrumental coach, performer, private teacher, and orchestra clinician.  Sarah holds both a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from DePauw University in Greencastle, IN as well as an active Washington State Teacher's License endorsed in K-12 instrumental music. Sarah was the 2016 recipient of the DePauw University Music Citizen award granted to a student with outstanding service to the community through music as well as the 2o16 recipient of the Leah Curnutt Prize granted to an outstanding senior Music Education major. Sarah has been featured in Life on Capitol Hill and VoyageDenver. Notably, Sarah has performed with members of Elephant Revival, LVDY, The Blind Cafe Orchestra, Su Teatro, Nordic Daughter, Suhl Ensemble, the Arapahoe Philharmonic, Stratus Chamber Orchestra, recorded SFX for Mt. Mograph, and has designed sound for both The Pandemic Collective and Bewilderment Theater Company. Sarah has studied under Ericka Dicker, Dan Rizner, Tarn Travers, and Julia Taylor. Sarah currently works in Washington public schools. You can see Sarah perform on violin around the US with the Viking rock band, Nordic Daughter.

Violinist and violist Maria Droz started playing the violin in 4th grade orchestra class and strings have been a part of her life ever since. In high school, under the guidance of her private teacher, she taught several private violin and viola students and confirmed her passion for teaching. She went on to earn double B.A.’s in Violin Performance and Broad Area Music Education from Central Washington University, graduating summa cum laude. While there, she performed in various ensembles, including serving as concertmaster for the CWU Symphony’s Halloween concert where she performed the famous Dance Macabre violin solo. Other performance and teaching highlights include: Wenatchee Valley Symphony, Lake Chelan Bach Festival, and coaching for Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra’s (SYSO) summer orchestra camp. Her primary teachers and mentors include Judy Beatie, Carrie Rehkopf, Denise Dillenbeck, and Terry Shade.

Jon Heintz proudly serves as the orchestra director at Rainier Middle School and Auburn Mountainview High School in Auburn, Washington. Jon also teaches a robust private double bass studio. His students have consistently performed at State Solo and Ensemble and WMEA All-State and NAfME All-Northwest. Former students of his studio are currently performing at the University of North Texas, St. Olaf College, and the University of Washington. Jon stays busy playing bass in orchestras, jazz ensembles, and bands across the Puget Sound. When he is not doing something musical, Jon enjoys watching football and hanging out with his two cats, Bebop and Mingus.