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Orchestra 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 

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 

Christopher Wolf, Acting Principal–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