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The Musicians

Music Director
Sebrina María Alfonso

John D. Evans Foundation Chair

Dr. Giselle Elgarresta Rios, Chorus Director

Dr. Alan Mason, Pianist and Assistant to the Chorus Director

Soloist
William Wolfolk Memorial Chair (Fort Lauderdale)
Ruth Wolkowsky Greenfield (Key West)

Rachel Blaustein, soprano

Lisa Marie Rogali, mezzo-soprano

Norman Shankle, tenor

Rafael Porto, bass-baritone


South Florida Symphony Orchestra

Violin 1

Ekaterina Gorkhover Zhuk, concertmaster
Jui-Hsiung Chen Memorial Chair

Yilian Concepcion 
Rosanne Potter & William McCarthy Chair 

Manuel de la Cruz
Gerald Laskey Chair

Emin Huseynov
Lori Zabar Memorial Chair

Kenneth Jones
Janet McAliley Chair 

David Kurtic 
Richard P. Jones Memorial Chair

Katilin Richardson

Christina Zai 

Sasha Zhuk

 

Violin 2

Karen Banos, principal
Beth Holland Memorial Chair  

Sol Ochoa Castro

Katarzyna Cieslik 

Jorge Clavero

Vyara Hristova 

Sandra Rubio

Anthony Seepersad

 

Viola

Emily Lane, principal
Jackie Grimm & Robert Spiegel Chair 

Fabiana Alvarez

Joshua Cordova 
Florence Shiff Memorial Chair 

Samuel Dionisio
Bria Alicia Parker Memorial Chair

Priscille Michel 

Lauren Swartz

 

Cello

Chen Chen, principal
Ver Ploeg & Marino Chair

German Marcano, continuo   

Roy Garcia 

Kevin Jones

Konstantin Litvinenko 

 

Bass

Jackie Pickett, principal
DeAnne Connolly Graham Memorial Chair 

Hideki Sunaga  

Don Wilner

 

Flute

Marissa Flemming, principal 
Hannah & Carl Beren Memorial Chair

Eva Moreno

 

Oboe

Kendra Hawley, principal
Frankie Davis Galloway Memorial chair

James Drayton

 

Clarinet

Ciprian Stancioi, principal
Camille Fox Memorial Chair

Stojo Miserlioski


Bassoon

Christina Bonatakis, principal
Phil Miani Memorial Chair

Gabrielle Hsu

 

Trumpet

Gabriel Gutierrez, principal
In Memory of Theodore Schultz and Jim Rieck 

Robby McCabe

 

French Horn

Javier Aragon, Jr, principal
Gerald Laskey Chair

Javier Aragon, Sr

 

Trombone

Barry McCommon, principal 
Doug Mayberry Memorial Chair

 

Bass Trombone

Jose Leon, principal
Ian A. Fraser Memorial Chair

 

Timpani

Juanmanuel Lopez, principal
Jack Nedlin Memorial Chair

 

Percussion

Guillermo Ospina, principal

Mike Christie

 

Harp

Melody Stein, principal


Harpsichord
Tao Lin
Alix Ritchie & Marty Davis Chair


Organ
Catherine Lan