Tulsa Symphony Orchestra

David J. Hyslop
Interim Executive Director

Tim McFadden
Orchestra Manager
Timothy McFadden, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, earned his Bachelor of Music from Duquesne University before doing graduate work at Bowling Green State University. His past teachers include Roger Sherman, of the Pittsburgh Symphony, and Edwin Betts. Tim is currently principal trumpet with the Tulsa Symphony, and is also Orchestra Manager of this newly formed, self-governing professional orchestra. In addition, Tim is also principal trumpet with the Tulsa Opera Orchestra, and has served as principal trumpet for the Tulsa Philharmonic, and the Charleston Symphony. Tim was a featured soloist on all of the Tulsa Philharmonic's series.

For the past five years, Tim has served as principal trumpet for the Breckenridge Music Festival in Breckenridge, Colorado. Tim has been a featured soloist at BMF as well, performing the Haydn Trumpet Concert, and Bach's Second Brandenburg Concerto.

Tim has also performed with the Mexico City Philharmonic, the Symphonies of Ann Arbor, and Lansing, Michigan, and the American Wind Symphony Orchestra. In addition to performing, Tim is currently on faculty at the University of Tulsa and has also served on the faculty at Oklahoma State University, the University of Michigan-Flint, Bowling Green State University, Findlay (Ohio) University, and Langston University.

In addition to orchestral playing, Tim is one of the founding members of Bravo Brass Quintet. Bravo has been performing chamber concerts throughout the state of Oklahoma for thirteen years.

Sharon Davis
Office Manager




 

Sheri Scales-Neubauer
Born into a musical family, Sheri Scales-Neubauer grew up in Amarillo, Texas. Her father was a jazz musician who brought many big bands to the Texas Panhandle including Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, the Dorsey Brothers, Benny Goodman and others. Sheri received a Bachelor of Music in
Performance and a Masters of Music in Performance from West Texas A&M. She pursued post-graduate studies at the Manhattan School of Music in New York where she studied with Glen Dicterow, Concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic. While in New York, Sheri played in the New Music Ensemble of New York and was Principal Second Violin in the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra. She has appeared as soloist with such orchestras as the National Repertory Orchestra, Randel Chamber Orchestra, and Amarillo Symphony. She has played with the Fort Worth Symphony, Amarillo Symphony, Albuquerque Symphony and others. Sheri is a member of the Prima String Quartet and the Council Oak Trio in Tulsa. Sheri is Concertmaster of Light Opera of Oklahoma and Principal Second of the Tulsa Opera Orchestra. She is married to Nils Neubauer, an Engineer for Vyvx. Sheri's hobbies include antiques and reading.

Marc Facci

Martha Mattes
Having been raised in a musical family, Martha Mattes is a native of Barrington, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Her mother is a retired church organist/choirmaster and an elementary school music teacher. Martha received a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance from Northwestern University and also studied at the University of Tulsa. While a student at Northwestern, she served as Principal Second Violin of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the training orchestra of the Chicago Symphony. Martha joined the Tulsa Philharmonic shortly after graduating from Northwestern in 1980, and remained with the orchestra until its demise in 2002. She continues to perform with the Tulsa Opera Orchestra. Martha regularly performs with the North Arkansas Symphony Orchestra in Fayetteville, Arkansas, as well as other regional orchestras, as a substitute/extra. She has launched A Touch of Class, which provides string quartets and solo violin for weddings and other special occasions, using musicians from the Tulsa Symphony. An active member of Trinity Episcopal Church, Martha sings in the highly acclaimed Trinity Choir and has enhanced Trinity’s worship through her violin playing. She has a cat named Phoebe whom she adopted seven years ago from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Martha enjoys cooking, watching good movies, and taking care of her cat.

                                                       Kathy Rad
Education/Community Engagement
Kathy has dedicated her life to sharing the joy of music with others.   While Music Coordinator for Tulsa Public Schools, she established String Programs at more than 30 elementary schools and helped raise over half a million dollars to support music.  Kathy has taught music to students of all ages in the greater Tulsa area.  She began teaching Strings at Walt Whitman Elementary School, then taught at Oliver Middle School, was director of the award-winning Broken Arrow High School Orchestra, and taught the Central High School Stylin’ Strings Orchestra.  She taught Cello at Northeastern State University and currently is on the faculty at Tulsa Community College, where she teaches Cello and directs the Tulsa Cello Choir.  Kathy is director of  the Tulsa Honors Orchestra, the Tulsa Honors-Chamber Orchestra, the Stardust Strolling Strings, and teaches Elementary Strings in Jenks Public Schools. Kathy plays Cello in the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra,  the Brady Orchestra, and is Principal Cellist of the Light Opera Oklahoma Orchestra.  She was Associate Principal Cellist of the International Orchestra in Graz, Austria, has performed live on National Public Radio and has recorded on the Universal-Republic record label. Kathy Rad is listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Women, Who’s Who in Education and Who’s Who Among American Teachers.