Natalie Merchant, vocalist and arranger

Erik Della Penna, guitar

Bart Kuebler, piano

Kieran Hanlon, bass

Brian Kushmaul, drums

Today's program will last approximately 1 hour with no intermission. 

Program to be announced from stage

This program is made possible by the generous support of The  Mr. and Mrs. Sam A. Miller and Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Babcox Memorial Fund.

First Violin

Sharon Roffman, Concertmaster—1

Mischakoff Taylor Concertmaster Chair

Vahn Armstrong, Associate—33

Leslie Frey Anderegg—4

Adrienne Finet—10

Amanda Gates—25

Ming Gao—32

David Hult—47

Olga Dubossarskaya Kaler—33

Molly McDonald—1

Lenelle Morse—34

Kurt Münstedt—1

Erica Robinson—38

Anton Shelepov—10

Second Violin

Diane Bruce, Principal—46

Simon Lapointe, Assistant—16

Zhe Deng—1

Liana Koteva Kirvan—7

Zhen Liu—1

Karen Lord-Powell—16

Jonathan Richards—10

Lara Sipols—24

Marian Tanau—33

Viola

Christopher Fischer, Principal—11

Richard Garney Pedersen Principal Chair for Viola

Karl Pedersen, Assistant—10

Cynthia Frank—30

Javier Otalora—4

Jennifer Stahl—30

Eva Stern—25

Carrie Fischer—5

Erik Rynearson—0

Cello

Jolyon Pegis, Principal—33

Lars Kirvan, Assistant—10

Igor Gefter—9

Daryl Goldberg—40

Daniel Kaler—2

Maximillian Oppeltz—2

Samuel Pierce-Ruhland—2

Bass

Owen Lee, Principal—14

Caitlyn Kamminga, Assistant—30

Kieran Hanlon—7

Kaleb Collins*

Wendell Rosa*

Corey Watzek*

Flute

Richard Sherman, Principal—37

Rita and Dunbar VanDerveer Principal Flute Chair

Luke Fitzpatrick—3

Kathryn Levy (piccolo)—50

Oboe

Jaren Atherholt, Principal—2

Noah Kay—2

Adam Dinitz (English Horn)—3

Clarinet

Stanislav Chernyshev, Principal—0

Olivia Hamilton—2

Daniel Spitzer (bass)—11

Bassoon

Jeffrey Robinson, Principal—22

Ben Atherholt—9

Horn

Roger Kaza, Principal—24

William Bernatis, Assistant—28

Donna Dolson—42

Daniel Kerdelewicz—2

Mark Robbins—42

Trumpet

Micah Wilkinson, Principal—3

Peter Lindblom, Assistant—34

Leslie Linn—28

Trombone

Vladislav Petrachev, Principal—0

James Seymour—0

Eric Lindblom (bass)—19

Tuba

Cristina Cutts Dougherty, Principal—1

Percussion

Brian Kushmaul, Principal—32

Thomas Blanchard, Assistant—29

Pedro Fernandez—8

Timpani

Matthew Strauss, Principal—1

Harp

Madeline Olson, Principal—0

Av and Janet Posner Principal Chair for Harp, In Memory of Beth Robinson, Principal Harpist for 52 Years

Fellows

Violin

Laura Herrera

Gabrielle Monachino

Viola

Pedro Mendez

Bass

Caleb Edwards

Members on Leave

Timothy Peters

Substitute and Extra Musicians

The Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra 

would like to acknowledge and thank its 

many substitute and extra musicians for 

their service.

Librarians

Lara Sipols, Principal

Adrienne Finet, Associate 

Administration

Shruthi Kattumenu, Managing Director

Amanda Gates, Personnel Manager 

Cole Maddux, Stage Manager

Notes

Numbers after names indicate years as 

members of the CSO prior to 2026.

*Indicates guest musician for 2026