CRISTIAN MĂCELARU, Music Director 
    Louise Dieterle Nippert & Louis Nippert Chair
JOHN MORRIS RUSSELL, Cincinnati Pops Conductor
    Louise Dieterle Nippert & Louis Nippert Chair
Matthias Pintscher, CSO Creative Partner
Damon Gupton, Pops Principal Guest Conductor
Louis Langrée, Music Director Laureate
Alex Amsel, Assistant Conductor
    Ashley and Barbara Ford Chair
Duo Shen, Assistant Conductor
    Ashley and Barbara Ford Chair

FIRST VIOLINS

Stefani Matsuo
Concertmaster
      Anna Sinton Taft Chair
Felicity James
Associate Concertmaster
      Tom & Dee Stegman Chair
Philip Marten
First Assistant Concertmaster
      James M. Ewell Chair++
Eric Bates
Second Assistant Concertmaster
      Serge Shababian Chair
Kathryn Woolley
      Nicholas Tsimaras–Peter G. Courlas Chair++
Anna Reider
      Dianne & J. David Rosenberg Chair
Mauricio Aguiar§
      Anne G. & Robert W. Dorsey Chair
Minyoung Baik‡
      Jo Ann & Paul Ward Chair
James Braid
      Marc Bohlke Chair given by Katrin & Manfred Bohlke
Rebecca Kruger Fryxell
      Clifford J. Goosmann & Andrea M. Wilson Chair
Elizabeth Furuta
Gerald Itzkoff
      Jean Ten Have Chair
Joseph Ohkubo
Luo-Jia Wu
Jonathan Yi

SECOND VIOLINS

Gabriel Pegis
Principal
      Al Levinson Chair
Yang Liu*
      Harold B. & Betty Justice Chair
Scott Mozlin**
      Henry Meyer Chair
Kun Dong
      Charles Gausmann Chair++
Cheryl Benedict
Evin Blomberg§
      Sheila and Christopher Cole Chair
Rose Brown
Rachel Charbel
      Ida Ringling North Chair
Chika Kinderman
Charles Morey
Hyesun Park
Michael Rau
Stacey Woolley
      Brenda & Ralph Taylor Chair++

VIOLAS

Christian Colberg
Principal
      Louise D. & Louis Nippert Chair
Gabriel Napoli
Acting Associate Principal
      Grace M. Allen Chair
Julian Wilkison**
Rebecca Barnes§
Christopher Fischer
Stephen Fryxell
      Melinda & Irwin Simon Chair
Caterina Longhi
Denisse Rodriguez-Rivera
Dan Wang
Joanne Wojtowicz

CELLOS

Ilya Finkelshteyn
Principal
      Irene & John J. Emery Chair
Lachezar Kostov*
      Ona Hixson Dater Chair
[OPEN]
      Karl & Roberta Schlachter Family Chair
Drew Dansby§
Daniel Kaler
      Peter G. Courlas–Nicholas Tsimaras Chair++
Nicholas Mariscal
      Marvin Kolodzik & Linda S. Gallaher Chair for Cello
Hiro Matsuo
      Laura Kimble McLellan Chair++
Alan Rafferty
      Ruth F. Rosevear Chair
Tianlu (Jerry) Xu

BASSES

Owen Lee
Principal
      Mary Alice Heekin Burke Chair++
Luis Celis*
      Thomas Vanden Eynden Chair
Stephen Jones**
      Trish & Rick Bryan Chair
Boris Astafiev§
Michael Martin
Gerald Torres
Rick Vizachero

HARP

Gillian Benet Sella
Principal
      Cynthia & Frank Stewart Chair

FLUTES

Randolph Bowman
Principal 
      Charles Frederic Goss Chair
Henrik Heide*
Haley Bangs
      Jane & David Ellis Chair

PICCOLO

Rebecca Pancner
      Patricia Gross Linnemann Chair

OBOES

Dwight Parry
Principal
      Josephine I. & David J. Joseph, Jr. Chair
[OPEN]*
      Stephen P. McKean Chair
Emily Beare

ENGLISH HORN

Christopher Philpotts
Principal 
      Alberta & Dr. Maurice Marsh Chair++

CLARINETS

Christopher Pell
Principal
      Emma Margaret & Irving D. Goldman Chair
Joseph Morris*
Associate Principal and E-flat Clarinet
      Robert E. & Fay Boeh Chair++
Ixi Chen
      Vicky & Rick Reynolds Chair in honor of William A. Friedlander

BASS CLARINET

Ronald Aufmann

BASSOONS

Christopher Sales
Principal 
      Emalee Schavel Chair++
Martin Garcia*
Hugh Michie

CONTRABASSOON

Jennifer Monroe

HORNS

Elizabeth Freimuth‡
Principal 
David Alexander†
Acting Principal
      Mary M. & Charles F. Yeiser Chair
David Smith†
Acting Associate Principal
      Ellen A. & Richard C. Berghamer Chair
[OPEN]**­-
      Sweeney Family Chair in memory of Donald C. Sweeney
Lisa Conway
      Susanne & Philip O. Geier, Jr. Chair
Duane Dugger
      Mary & Joseph S. Stern, Jr. Chair
Charles Bell
      Donald & Margaret Robinson Chair

TRUMPETS

Anthony Limoncelli
Principal
      Rawson Chair
[OPEN]
      Jackie & Roy Sweeney Family Chair
Alexander Pride†
      Otto M. Budig Family Foundation Chair++
Christopher Kiradjieff
      David C. Reed, MD Chair

TROMBONES

Cristian Ganicenco
Principal
      Dorothy & John Hermanies Chair
Joseph Rodriguez**
Second/Assistant Principal Trombone
      Sallie Robinson Wadsworth & Randolph L. Wadsworth Jr. Chair

BASS TROMBONE

Noah Roper

TUBA

Christopher Olka
Principal 
      Ashley & Barbara Ford Chair

TIMPANI

Patrick Schleker
Principal
      Matthew & Peg Woodside Chair
Joseph Bricker*
      Morleen & Jack Rouse Chair

PERCUSSION

David Fishlock
Principal
     Susan S. & William A. Friedlander Chair
Michael Culligan*
Joseph Bricker
      Morleen & Jack Rouse Chair
Marc Wolfley+

KEYBOARDS

Michael Chertock
      James P. Thornton Chair
Julie Spangler+
      James P. Thornton Chair

LIBRARIANS

Christina Eaton
Principal Librarian
      Lois Klein Jolson Chair
Elizabeth Dunning
Associate Principal Librarian
Cara Benner
Assistant Librarian 

STAGE MANAGERS

Brian P. Schott
Phillip T. Sheridan
Daniel Schultz
Mike Ingram
Andrew Sheridan

§  Begins the alphabetical listing of players who participate in a system of rotated seating within the string section.
*   Associate Principal
** Assistant Principal
†   One-year appointment
‡   Leave of absence
+  Cincinnati Pops rhythm 
    section
++ CSO endowment only