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First Violin
Azusa Tashiro, Concertmaster
Lois and Stanley Birer

Elizabeth Huffman, 
Assistant Concertmaster
Ebedit Fonseca
Lilian Chou
Maria Arrua Gonzalez
Stephane Collopy
Pok Hei Hobart Shi
Brian Ostrega
Carlos Chacon

Second Violin
Linda Veleckis, 
Principal
Linda D. and 
Craig C. Grannon

Kamen Vatchev, 
Assistant Principal
Anna Carlson
Caroline Slack
Matthew Weinberg
Munire Mona Mierxiati
Kate Lano
Linda Lager
Samantha May
Carmen Abelson

Viola
Rebecca Swan*, 
Principal
Oana Tatu, 
Acting Principal
Gerhard Haigis
Scott Gordon Dowd
Matthew Barwegen
Nick Munagian

Cello
Jacob Hanegan, 
Principal
Brian and 
Carolee 
Samuels
Lisa Bressler, 
Assistant Principal
Emily Lewis Mantell
Ingrid Krizan
Kerena Fox

Bass
Nicholas DeLaurentis, Acting Principal
Billie and Henry Hauser
Phillip W. Serna
Alison Gaines

Flute
Cynthia Fudala, 
Principal
Dr. Jerri E. Greer
Dominic Dagostino, 
Piccolo

Oboe
Naomi Bensdorf Frisch, Principal
Steve and Joey 
Buck
Christine Janzow Phillips
Ricardo Castañeda, 
English Horn

Clarinet
Trevor O’Riordan, 
Principal
Leonard Achtenberg and Steven Livesey
Claire Werling, 
Eb Clarinet
William Olsen, 
Bass Clarinet

Bassoon
Erin Kozakis, 
Principal
Dr. Mel and 
Janet Muchnik

Matthew Hogan

Horn
Lee Shirer, 
Principal
Barbara Sturges
Brian Goodwin
John Schreckengost
Elizabeth Mazur-Johnson

Trumpet
Greg Fudala
Richard and Andrea Gibb

Trombone
Serdar Cizmeci, 
Principal
Thomas Stark
Andrew Rózsa, 
Bass Trombone

Tuba
Sean Whitaker, 
Principal
Dr. Michael Rogers

Timpani
Simón Gómez Gallego, Principal

Percussion
Jon Johnson, 
Principal
Kathleen Field Orr
Rich Janicki
Andrew Cierny

KEYBOARD
Marilyn Bourgeois, 
Principal
Donnell and 
Jeanne Schwarz

HARP
Eleanor Kirk*, 
Principal
Patti and John Flanagan


* indicates on leave
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