Carlos Miguel Prieto
Music Director Designate
The Maxine and Benjamin Swalin Chair
Grant Llewellyn
Music Director Laureate
Michelle Di Russo
Associate Conductor
The Lucy Moore Ruffin Chair
Carlos Miguel Prieto
Music Director Designate
The Maxine and Benjamin Swalin Chair
Grant Llewellyn
Music Director Laureate
Michelle Di Russo
Associate Conductor
The Lucy Moore Ruffin Chair
Brian Reagin
Concertmaster
The Annabelle Lundy Fetterman Chair
To Be Filled
Associate Concertmaster
The Assad Meymandi and Family Chair
Anna Black
Assistant Concertmaster
The Anne Heartt Gregory Chair
Karen Strittmatter Galvin
Assistant Concertmaster
Emily Rist Glover
The Jessie Wyatt Ethridge Chair
Paul Goldsberry
The Richard and Joy Cook Chair
So Yun Kim
The Governor James B. Hunt, Jr. Chair
Marilyn Kouba
The Phyllis (“Pat”) Conrad Wells Chair
Maria Meyer
The Tom and Mary Mac Bradshaw Chair
Eileen Wynne
The Harvey At-Large Chair
Erin Zehngut
The J. Felix Arnold Chair
To Be Filled
The James C. Byrd and Family Chair
Jacqueline Saed Wolborsky
Principal
The Nancy Finch Wallace Chair
To Be Filled
Associate Principal
The Blanche Martin Shaw Chair
David Kilbride
Assistant Principal
To Be Filled
Samuel Gold
Principal
The Florence Spinks and Charles Jacob Cate and Alma Yondorf and Sylvan Hirschberg Chair
Kurt Tseng
Associate Principal
The Betty Ellen Madry Chair
Brian Sherwood
Assistant Principal
Amy Mason
The J. Sidney Kirk Chair
Sandra Schwarcz
The Samuel H. and Anne Latham Johnson Viola Chair
Bonnie Thron
Principal
The June and Tom Roberg Chair
Elizabeth Beilman
Associate Principal
The Sarah Carlyle Herbert Dorroh Chair
Peng Li
Assistant Principal
Anonymously Endowed
Yewon Ahn
Anonymously Endowed
Sunrise Kim**
The William Charles Rankin Chair
David Meyer**
The Nell Hirschberg Chair
Lisa Howard Shaughnessy
The Sara Wilson Hodgkins Chair
Nathaniel Yaffe
The Secretary of Cultural Resources Betty Ray McCain Chair
Leonid Finkelshteyn
Principal
The Martha and Peyton Woodson Chair
Bruce Ridge*
Associate Principal
The John C. and Margaret P. Parker Chair
Craig Brown
The Mark W. McClure Foundation Chair
Erik Dyke
The Harllee H. and Pauline G. Jobe Chair
John Spuller*
The Dr. and Mrs. Preston H. Gada Chair
Anne Whaley Laney
Principal
The Mr. and Mrs. George M. Stephens Chair
Mary E. Boone
Assistant Principal
The Dr. and Mrs. Shaler Stidham, Jr. Chair
Elizabeth Anderton Lunsford
The Jack and Sing Boddie Chair
Elizabeth Anderton Lunsford
The Jean Dunn Williams Chair
Melanie Wilsden
Principal
The Hardison and Stoltze Chair
Joseph Peters
Associate Principal
The Lizette T. Dunham Chair
Sandra Posch**
The Clarence and Alice Aycock Poe Chair
Joseph Peters
The Bruce and Margaret King Chair
Samuel Almaguer
Principal
The Mr. and Mrs. J. Christopher Walker, II Chair
Zhenyu Wang*
Assistant Principal
The Kathryn Powell and Green Flavie Cooper Chair
Aaron Apaza
Principal
The Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald S. Hudson Chair
Wenmin Zhang
Assistant Principal
The Beethoven Chair
Rebekah Daley
Principal
The Mary T. McCurdy Chair
Kimberly Van Pelt
Associate Principal
The Paul R. Villard and Gabriel Wolf Chair
Corbin Castro*
The Roger Colson and Bobbi Lyon Hackett Chair
Tanner West*
The James Marion Poyner Chair
To Be Filled
The Mary Susan Kirk Fulghum Chair
Paul Randall
Principal
The George Smedes Poyner Chair
David Dash*
Associate Principal
The Henry and Martha Zaytoun and Family Chair
John Ilika
Principal
The Thomas Warwick Steed, Jr. Family Chair
Jonathan Randazzo
Assistant Principal
The Frances Armour Bryant Chair
Matthew Neff
Anonymously Endowed
Seth Horner
Principal
The Governor and Mrs. James G. Martin, Jr. Chair
Colin Hartnett
Principal
The Patricia R., Steven T. and George F. Hackney III Chair
Richard Motylinski
Principal
The Margery and Earl Johnson, Jr. Chair
Rajesh Prasad
Assistant Principal
The Abram and Frances Pascher Kanof Chair
To Be Filled
The Albert and Susan Jenkins and Family Organ Chair
Stephanie Wilson
Principal Orchestra Librarian
The Mary Colvert and Banks C. Talley Chair
Taylor Troyer
Assistant Orchestra Librarian
*Acting position
**Leave of absence
The North Carolina Symphony Foundation gratefully acknowledges the generous gift of the Lupot violin from Arnold and Zena† Lerman.
†deceased
Named musician chairs are made possible through very meaningful gifts to the Symphony’s endowment. As such, these donor families are also members of the Lamar Stringfield Society.
All string players rotate stands on a periodic basis in each section with the exception of titled players: Principals, Associate Principals, and Assistant Principals.
The North Carolina Symphony is a member of the League of American Orchestras and the International Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians.
The North Carolina Master Chorale is the Resident Chorus of the North Carolina Symphony.