Dr. Lindsey Welp

Manager

Dr. Lindsey Welp is a saxophonist and music educator based out of Atlanta, Georgia. Lindsey is passionate about community-centered artistry, interdisciplinary collaboration, and new music performance. 

As a saxophonist, Dr. Welp has received several musical accolades, including the gold medal in the 2022 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition; first prize in the LaGrange Symphony Young Artist Competition; two-time NASA collegiate solo competition semifinalist; and first prize in the Coltman Chamber Music Competition, amongs others. 

As an educator, Lindsey has served as the Adjunct Instructor of saxophone at Terra State Community College as well as the Graduate Teaching Assistant for the saxophone studios at the University of Georgia (where she was awarded an Outstanding Teaching Award in 2024) and Bowling Green State University. Dr. Welp has taught privately in Indiana, Ohio, and Georgia. Her students have gone on to be accepted into top music programs across the country and win positions in All-District and All-State Honor Bands. 

Lindsey holds degrees from DePauw University (BM, Saxophone Performance and French), Bowling Green State University (MM, Saxophone Performance), and the University of Georgia (DMA, Saxophone Performance). Her primary teachers include Dr. Connie Frigo, Dr. Brandon Quarles, Dr. John Sampen, Scotty Stepp, and Jean Yves-Fourmeau. 

To learn more, please visit lindseywelp.com

DR. DAVID FAIRCHILD

Brass Coordinator

Dr. David Fairchild has been the Director of Bands at Lakeside High School since 2003 and has served as a guest conductor and brass clinician since 1999. He served as a bandsman in the Air National Guard for twenty-five years in the 530th Air Force Band in Georgia and the 572nd Air Force Band in East Tennessee, performing in concert bands, brass quintets, and rock bands, and served as the NCOIC for the jazz band in both units for ten years. In addition, he has been the Co-Director and Co-Founder of the Atlanta Trumpet Ensemble and the Atlanta Trumpet Festival for over twenty years. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Instrumental Music Education from Georgia State University and a master’s and doctorate in Music Education from the University of Georgia.

MARK YANCICh

Percussion Faculty

Mark Yancich served as the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Principal Timpanist from 1981-2024. He is active as publisher, clinician, and teacher at Emory University.  He has served on the faculty of the Aspen Music Festival and is featured on numerous performance and educational videos.

Yancich has appeared as guest timpanist with the Chicago, Pittsburgh, Detroit, and Minnesota Symphonies, as well as soloist with various other orchestras most recently performing and recording James Oliverio’s “DYNASTY Double Timpani Concerto” with brother Paul in Atlanta.  His teachers include Cloyd Duff, Richard Wiener, Saul Goodman, Ruth Cahn, Bill Cahn and Vinnie Ruggiero.  Previous to joining the ASO, Mark was Principal Percussion and Timpanist of orchestras in Caracas and Maracaibo, Venezuela and also taught percussion in El Sistema.