2008-09 Guest Artists Raymond Ayers Joshua Bell Jamie Bernstein Harolyn Blackwell Chris Botti Jim Brickman Measha Brueggergosman Bill Charlap Jie Chen Bill Cosby Lise de la Salle Christine Goerke Jay Greenberg Jill Grove Stephen Hough Sharon Isbin Leila Josefowicz Leonidas Kavakos Eartha Kitt Jennifer Koh Ewa Kupiec Aaron Lazar Yo-Yo Ma Christopher Maltman Branford Marsalis John McDermott Bobby McFerrin Thomas Meglioranza Susanne Mentzer Christiane Noll John Relyea Michael Slattery Roy Cornelius Smith Kirsten Sollek Yevgeny Sudbin Ronan Tynan Emily Van Evera William Wolfram Rachel York 2008-09 Guest Ensembles Ascension Youth Choir Blind Boys of Alabama Cantus James Sewell Ballet Ladysmith Black Mambazo Minnesota Boychoir Peter, Paul and Mary Preservation Hall Jazz Band Puppini Sisters Rajaton Silk Road Ensemble Trinity Irish Dance Company Twin Cities Bronze 2008-09 Guest Conductors Edo de Waart Jaakko Kuusisto Andrew Parrott Mark Russell Smith Yan Pascal Tortelier Gilbert Varga Sommerfest 2008 Guest Artists Jeffrey Biegel Terence Blanchard Susan Egan Robert Evan Michael Fabiano Vadim Gluzman Capathia Jenkins Stephen Kechulius Doug LaBrecque Aaron Larson Maureen O'Flynn Martin Short Andrew Wilkowske Sommerfest 2008 Guest Conductors Mark Russell Smith Sommerfest 2008 Guest Ensembles "1964" The Tribute El Ritmo de La Vida ensemble New York Voices Terence Blanchard Quintet Theatre de la Jeune Lune 2007-08 Guest Artists Barry Abelson Clay Aiken Maya Angelou Emanuel Ax Zuill Bailey Christina Baldwin Lisa Batiashvili Kathleen Battle Nathan Berg James Biery Alfred Brendel Dave Brubeck Janice Chandler-Eteme Bruce Cho Bill Chouinard Thomas Cooley Elvis Costello Bruce Crawford Colin Currie Neal Davies Pat Donohue Jennifer Dudley Michael Feinstein Penelope Freeh Elizabeth Futral Lady Jeanne Galway Sir James Galway Sean Jones Helena Juntunen Justin Leaf Delfeayo Marsalis Wynton Marsalis Kathy Mattea Fernando Meza Truls Mørk Daniel Norman Mark O'Connor Garrick Ohlsson Peter Ostroushko Eric Owens Susan Platts Dianne Reeves Lynn Roberts Tony Scodwell Anoushka Shankar Baiba Skride Andrew Staupe Nicole Sutterfield George Takei John Tessier Jean-Yves Thibaudet Lars Vogt George Winston 2007-08 Guest Ensembles Anúna Basilica Cathedral Choir and Cathedral Choristers Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Boston Brass Cherish the Ladies Ethnic Dance Theater Global Drum Project In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Kroumata Magic Circle Mime Company Minnesota Dance Theatre New Orleans Jazz Orchestra New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players Pat Metheny Trio Tiempo Libre Tonic Sol-fa 2007-08 Guest Conductors Alan Broadbent Esa Heikkilä Stephen Layton Sir Neville Marriner Helmuth Rilling Peter Schickele Jesse Vargas Ilan Volkov Mark Wigglesworth