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Meet the Musicians

Violin I

  • Laura Colgate, concertmaster
  • Claudia Chudacoff
  • Hanbing Jia
  • Leslie Silverfine
  • Olga Yanovish
  • Laura Knutson
  • Ethan Hoppe
  • Matt Richardson
  • Doug Dube
  • Amelia Giles
  • Kristin Bakkegard
  • Debo Katz
  • Shelley Matthews
  • Bruno Nasta

Violin II

  • Linda Leanza
  • Sonya Hayes
  • Jennifer Shannon
  • Kay Budner
  • Cathy Stewart
  • Brenda Anna
  • Lisa Cridge
  • Ning Ma Shi
  • Elise Blake
  • Joanna Owen
  • Kei Sugiyama
  • Karin Kelleher
  • Rachael Stockton
  • Hilde Singer

Viola

  • Julius Wirth, principal
  • Jerome Gordon
  • Mark Pfannschmidt
  • Leonara Karasina
  • Jennifer Rende
  • Jim Kelly
  • Tiffany Richardson
  • Stephanie Knutsen
  • Cathy Amoury
  • Elizabeth O'Hara Stahr
  • Michael Polonchak
  • Derek Smith

Cello

  • Lori Barnet, principal
  • Todd Theil
  • Kerry Van Laanen
  • April Chisholm
  • Barbara Brown
  • Suzanne Orban
  • Andrew Rammon
  • Rosanna Butterfield
  • Lauren Weaver
  • Jihea Choi

Bass

  • Greg Watkins
  • Alex Hiller
  • Yoshiaki Horiguchi
  • Devin Howell
  • Laura Ruas
  • Marta Bradley
  • Shawn Alger
  • T. Alan Stewart

Flute

  • Nicolette Oppelt
  • Lauren Sileo
  • Kathryn Farenish
  • Chaz Salazar

Oboe

  • Mark Hill, principal
  • Katherine Caesar-Spall
  • Fatma Daglar

Clarinet

  • Cheryl Hill, principal
  • Carolyn Alvarez
  • Suzanne Gekker

Bassoon

  • Erich Heckscher, principal
  • Rebecca Watson
  • Nicolas Cohen, contrabasson

Horn

  • Michael Hall, principal
  • Mark Wakefield
  • Justin Drew
  • Amy Horn
  • Shona Goldberg-Leopold
  • Chandra Cervantes
  • Alex Kolving

Trumpet 

  • Chris Gekker, principal
  • Chris Royal
  • Jose Oviedo
  • Luke Spence

Trombone

  • David Sciannella
  • Douglas Rosenthal
  • Jeff Cortazzo

Tuba

  • Willie Clark

Timpani

  • Tom Maloy, principal

Percussion

  • Bill Richards
  • Robert Jenkins
  • Nehemiah Russell
  • Eric Plewinski

Harp

  • Astrid Walschot-Stapp
Meet the Musicians

Violin I

  • Laura Colgate, concertmaster
  • Claudia Chudacoff
  • Hanbing Jia
  • Leslie Silverfine
  • Olga Yanovish
  • Laura Knutson
  • Ethan Hoppe
  • Matt Richardson
  • Doug Dube
  • Amelia Giles
  • Kristin Bakkegard
  • Debo Katz
  • Shelley Matthews
  • Bruno Nasta

Violin II

  • Linda Leanza
  • Sonya Hayes
  • Jennifer Shannon
  • Kay Budner
  • Cathy Stewart
  • Brenda Anna
  • Lisa Cridge
  • Ning Ma Shi
  • Elise Blake
  • Joanna Owen
  • Kei Sugiyama
  • Karin Kelleher
  • Rachael Stockton
  • Hilde Singer

Viola

  • Julius Wirth, principal
  • Jerome Gordon
  • Mark Pfannschmidt
  • Leonara Karasina
  • Jennifer Rende
  • Jim Kelly
  • Tiffany Richardson
  • Stephanie Knutsen
  • Cathy Amoury
  • Elizabeth O'Hara Stahr
  • Michael Polonchak
  • Derek Smith

Cello

  • Lori Barnet, principal
  • Todd Theil
  • Kerry Van Laanen
  • April Chisholm
  • Barbara Brown
  • Suzanne Orban
  • Andrew Rammon
  • Rosanna Butterfield
  • Lauren Weaver
  • Jihea Choi

Bass

  • Greg Watkins
  • Alex Hiller
  • Yoshiaki Horiguchi
  • Devin Howell
  • Laura Ruas
  • Marta Bradley
  • Shawn Alger
  • T. Alan Stewart

Flute

  • Nicolette Oppelt
  • Lauren Sileo
  • Kathryn Farenish
  • Chaz Salazar

Oboe

  • Mark Hill, principal
  • Katherine Caesar-Spall
  • Fatma Daglar

Clarinet

  • Cheryl Hill, principal
  • Carolyn Alvarez
  • Suzanne Gekker

Bassoon

  • Erich Heckscher, principal
  • Rebecca Watson
  • Nicolas Cohen, contrabasson

Horn

  • Michael Hall, principal
  • Mark Wakefield
  • Justin Drew
  • Amy Horn
  • Shona Goldberg-Leopold
  • Chandra Cervantes
  • Alex Kolving

Trumpet 

  • Chris Gekker, principal
  • Chris Royal
  • Jose Oviedo
  • Luke Spence

Trombone

  • David Sciannella
  • Douglas Rosenthal
  • Jeff Cortazzo

Tuba

  • Willie Clark

Timpani

  • Tom Maloy, principal

Percussion

  • Bill Richards
  • Robert Jenkins
  • Nehemiah Russell
  • Eric Plewinski

Harp

  • Astrid Walschot-Stapp