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2024 Musicians Roster

First Violin 
*Eliot Heaton, 6/25-7/20 
*Sharon Roffman, 7/22-8/17 
Guest Concertmasters 
Mischakoff Taylor Concertmaster Chair 

Vahn Armstrong, Associate–31 
Adrienne Finet–8 
Amanda Gates–23 
Ming Gao–30 
David Hult–45 
Olga D. Kaler–30 
Lenelle Morse–32 
Erica Robinson–36 
Anton Shelepov–8 
Kyoko Kashiwagi* 
Aurelian Oprea* 

Second Violin 
Diane Bruce, Principal–44 
Simon Lapointe, Assistant–14 
Liana K. Kirvan–6 
Karen Lord-Powell–14 
Jonathan Richards–8 
Lara Sipols–22 
Marian Tanau–31 
Leslie Anderegg* 
Lindi Wang* 

Viola 
Christopher Fischer, Principal–9 
Karl Pedersen, Assistant–8 
Cynthia Frank–28 
Javier Otalora–2 
Jennifer Stahl–28 
Eva Stern–23 
Carrie Fischer–3  

Cello 
Jolyon Pegis, Principal–31 
Lars Kirvan, Assistant–8 
Peter Anderegg–7 
Igor Gefter–7 
Daryl Goldberg–38 
Daniel Kaler–0 
Maximillian Oppeltz–0 
Samuel Pierce-Ruhland–0 

Bass 
Owen Lee, Principal–12 
Kieran Hanlon, Assistant–5 
Caitlyn Kamminga–28 
David Rosi–30 
Caleb Edwards* 
Jack Henning*

Flute 
Richard Sherman, Principal–35 
Rita and Dunbar VanDerveer Symphony Principal Chair for Flute 
Luke Fitzpatrick–1 
Kathryn Levy (piccolo)–48  

Oboe 
Jaren Atherholt, Principal–0 
Noah Kay–0 
Adam Dinitz (English Horn)–1 

Clarinet 
Eli Eban, Principal–31 
Olivia Hamilton–0 
Daniel Spitzer (bass)–9  

Bassoon 
Jeffrey Robinson, Principal–20 
Laura Koepke 6/25-7/22 
Elise Wagner, 7/23-8/17 

Benjamin Atherholt–8 

Horn 
Roger Kaza, Principal–22 
William Bernatis, Assistant–26 
Donna Dolson–40 
Daniel Kerdelewicz–0 
Mark Robbins–40 

Trumpet 
Micah Wilkinson, Principal–1 
Peter Lindblom, Assistant–32 
Leslie Linn–26 

Trombone 
John Marcellus, Principal–44 
Christopher Wolf–9 
Eric Lindblom (bass)–18 

Tuba 
*Brett Stemple, Principal 6/25-7/22 
*Dennis Nulty, Principal 7/25-8/17 
 

Percussion 
Brian Kushmaul, Principal–30 
Thomas Blanchard, Assistant–27 
Pedro Fernandez–6  

Timpani 
*Simón Gomez Gallego, Principal, 6/25-7/09 
*Matthew Strauss, Principal, 7/11-7/27 
*Jeremy Levine, Principal, 7/30-8/17 

Harp 
Beth Robinson, Principal–51

Fellows 

Violins 
Jordan Curry 
Diego Diaz 
Maalik Glover 
Gabrielle Monachino  

Violas 
Camila Berg 
Pedro Mendez  

Cello 
Keeon Guzman 

Bass 
Wendell Rosa 

Members on Leave 
P.J. Cinque 


Substitute and Extra Musicians
The Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra would like to acknowledge and thank its many substitute and extra musicians for their service. 

 

Manager
Amanda Gates, Personnel Manager 

Librarians 
Lara Sipols, Principal 
Adrienne Finet, Associate Principal  
Margaret Cooper, assistant 
Leslie Frey Anderegg, assistant 
Javier Otalora, assistant 
Fontine Pedersen, assistant  

Administration 
Kimberly Schuette, Managing Director 
Matt Hart, Operations Manager 


Notes 
Numbers after names indicate years as members of the CSO prior to 2024. 

*Indicates guest musician for 2024