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Azusa Tashiro, Concertmaster
Stanley and Lois Birer

VIOLIN 1
Elizabeth Huffman, Assistant Concertmaster
Ebedit Fonseca
Lilian Chou
Maria Arrua Gonzalez
Stephane Collopy
Pok Hei Hobart Shi
Brian Ostrega
Carlos Chacon

VIOLIN 2
Linda Veleckis,
Principal
Grannon Second
Violin Chair

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

VIOLA
Ben Weber,
Acting Principal
Gerhard Haigis
Scott Gordon Dowd
Oana Tatu
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
Isabel Evernham
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
Jhoan Garcia,
Principal
Richard and Andrea Gibb
Greg Fudala
Sarah Carrillo

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
Donnell and Jeanne Schwarz

HARP
Eleanor Kirk,
Principal *
Patti and John Flanagan


* indicates on leave
Chair Sponsor indicated 
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