Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra

Katie Ott - Harpist

Katie Ott began her musical harp studies at the age of seven with Harriet Moore of DePauw University and spent three summers in residence at Interlochen Music Camp while continuing her studies with Anne Benjamin.

Katie holds a Bachelor of Music in Harp Performance from the University of West Florida. She is Principal Harpist with The Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Pensacola Symphony, Northwest Florida Symphony and plays regularly with many other orchestral, chamber and choral groups throughout southeast region. As a soloist, she has performed major works including Debussy’s Sacred and Profane Dances, Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp and Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro.

Katie is a longtime member of The American Harp Society and lives in Freeport FL with her husband, four children, Aussiedoodle dog and rescue cat.

Stephanie Riegle - Flutist

Stephanie Riegle is the principal flutist with the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra, the Pensacola Opera, and the Choral Society of Pensacola; she has been a featured soloist with the Pensacola Symphony, performing Mozart’s Flute Concerto No. 1, Mozart’s Flute and Harp Concerto, Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, and Borne’s Carmen Fantasy.

In addition, she performs regularly with the Pensacola Children’s Chorus, The Pensacola Little Theatre, and has been featured on the Music At Christ Church concert series. Ms. Riegle has a private studio with many award-winning students. Ms. Riegle and her husband Dale, a member of the trumpet section, live in Pensacola, and enjoy spending time with four sons and three grandchildren.

Natalie Isaac - Mezzo-soprano

Natalie Isaac is a pianist, organist, singer, composer and educator from Indianapolis, Indiana. She holds a degree in Music Education from the University of Indianapolis where she did applied study of piano and voice. Isaac’s primary work has been in music education, sharing her love of the arts while also empowering the use of music as a tool for social and emotional learning. She is currently the Director of the Music Academy at Point Washington which launched in 2022 and currently serves over 40 students in applied lessons, choirs, and instrumental ensembles in the Walton County area.

As a performing musician, Isaac is most known for her skills as a collaborative pianist: accompanying choirs, vocalists, and instrumentalists of all skill ranges. She has toured internationally accompanying soloists, a variety of collegiate choirs, and chapel choruses as both a pianist and organist. Isaac has toured locally as an organ recitalist presenting works both classic and contemporary in her series. Additionally, she continues to develop as an operatic mezzo-soprano specializing primarily in liturgical choral works and oratorio repertoire.

Her commissions as a composer have been primarily in art song and choral literature, and she regularly performs as a duo with her husband, Darrin Scott Isaac, performing classical song cycles and original works.

Natalie currently lives in Panama City Beach, Florida with her husband and son.

Matthew FossaComposer/Oboist

Matthew Fossa has been a prolific composer for decades. Since attending college in the mid 1990s, he has been constantly composing and arranging music for himself and his many musical colleagues and friends. He has written works ranging from solo instrument pieces to compositions for full band and orchestra. Mr. Fossa has also scored various video and short film projects as well as a mobile phone game, “Darkdawn Encounters.” His publishing label, Twin Reeds Productions, enjoys international distribution and his performing and composing skills can be heard together on his hybrid instrumental/ electronica albums, “Forward Reflections,” “TechnOboe,” and his recent single, “Journey Up The Nile.”

An oboist by trade, Mr. Fossa has been the Principal Oboist of the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra since 2002. In 2007, he was appointed to the same position with the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra and, additionally, has been in the oboe section of the Mobile Symphony Orchestra since 2004. He has also performed as Guest Principal Oboist of the Richmond (VA) Symphony Orchestra, Principal Oboist of the Panama City Symphony Orchestra, Co-Principal Oboist of the Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra, and been a regular member of the oboe sections of the Albany (GA) Symphony and the Orchestra of Northern New York.

Mr. Fossa has also performed as a recitalist and had numerous solo appearances with the professional ensembles in the region.

Additionally, his playing can be heard on Pedro Camacho’s “My Home Is In The Stars” from the soundtrack to the computer game Star Citizen.

Mr. Fossa is on the faculties of the University of West Florida, Pensacola State College, and Northwest Florida State College. He also maintains a large private studio across three counties in the Florida Panhandle consisting of students of various ages and ability levels.

Mr. Fossa received his Bachelor’s Degree in Music Performance and the Performer’s Certificate from the Crane School of Music in May of 1998. He was awarded his Master’s Degree in Oboe Performance at the Florida State University in December of 2000.