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Orchestra Roster
Nicholas Hersh, conductor
Violin 1 

Ilana Blumberg, concertmaster 
Dagenais Smiley, associate concertmaster 
Tingting Gu, assistant concertmaster 
Joseph Galamba 
Xander Abbe
Kirstan Hilton
Mark Neyshloss
Alexandros Gavriilidis-Petrin
Matthew Oshida 
Sangeeta Swamy 
Kimberly Hain 

Violin 2 

Myriam Cottin-Rack, principal
Tammie Dyer, assistant principal
Sarah Elert
Paul Kim
Juan Carlos-Guitierrez
Donald Grishaw
Josephine Gray
Donna Harrison
Amy Lindsey
Ray Reinebach 

Viola 

Patricia Whaley, principal
Kathryn Juneau, assistant principal
Valerie Tisdel
Colin Belisle
Nao Kubota
Lisa Ponton
Lauren Elledge 

Cello 

Richard Andaya, principal
Erin Wang, assistant principal
Daniel Davies
Hannah Harrington
Farley Pearce
Megan Chartier
Eric Sheaffer
Boris Nixon 

Bass 

Raymond Vargas, principal
Sukyung Chun, assistant principal
Zachary Iscoff
Kody Thiessen
Chris Yick
Nicholas Vegas 

Flute 

Johanna Borenstein, principal
Debra Dix
Gail Edwards

Piccolo

Gail Edwards
Catherine Baker 

Oboe

Rong-Huey Liu, principal
Michael Johnson 

English Horn

Jesse Barrett

Clarinet 

Robert Patterson, principal
Besnik Abrashi
Michael Corner, e-flat clarinet
Victor Martinez Jara, bass clarinet

Bassoon 

Jeff Robinson, principal
Carolyn Lockhart
Katherine Ruiz, contra bassoon

Horn 

William Klingelhoffer, principal
Logan Bryck, assistant principal
Nicky Roosevelt
Mark Jansen
William Harrington

Trumpet

Joe Brown, principal (Copland)
Bryce Schmidt, principal
Robert Giambruno
Nathan Johnson

Trombone 

Don Benham, principal
Katie Curran
Wayne Solomon

Tuba 

Rod Matthews, principal

Timpani 

John Weeks, principal

Percussion 

Thomas Rance, principal
Joseph Runnels
Matthew Darling
Kris Lou

Harp

Dan Levitan, principal
Laura Porter

Piano

John Hillenbrandt

Celeste

Kathryn Eames


Roster as of  10/12/2023