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Nationwide Picnic with the Pops 2026
June 13 - August 1
Your Soundtrack for Summer!

Welcome to the Columbus Symphony's 2026 Nationwide Picnic with the Pops series! We are so glad you are here to experience these magical evenings with us at the Columbus Commons. Please make sure to share your photos and tag us at @columbussymphony on all social media platforms, and use our hashtag #PicnicWithThePops.

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Musician Roster


VIOLIN I
Joanna Frankel
   Concertmaster
Gyusun Han
  Associate Concertmaster
Jessica Hung
  Assistant Concertmaster
Gail Sharp
Mwakudua waNgure
David Tanner
William Manley

VIOLIN II
Sydney Hartwick
   Assistant Principal
Robert Firdman
Maalik Glover
Tatiana Hanna
David Edge
Zoran Stoyanovich

VIOLA
Karl Pedersen
   Principal
Alice Risov
   Assistant Principal
Kenichiro Matsuda
Spencer Ingersoll
Jessica Pasternak

CELLO
Luis Biava
Principal
Wendy Morton
   Assistant Principal
Victor Firlie
Ha Eun Song
Luis Parra
Pei-An Chao

BASS

Rudy Albach
   Principal
John Pellegrino
   Assistant Principal
Jena Huebner

Russell Gill


FLUTE
Joseph Niles Watson
    Principal
Lydia Roth

OBOE
Hugo Souza
   Principal
Robert Royse

CLARINET
David Thomas
   Principal
Mark Kleine

BASSOON
Betsy Sturdevant
   Principal
Jacob Darrow

HORN
Megan Amos
   Principal
Adam Koch

TRUMPET
Justin Kohan
   Principal 
Jeff Korak

TROMBONE 
Vladislav Petrachev
Principal
David Seder

TUBA 
Justin White

TIMPANI 
Benjamin Ramirez
  Principal

PERCUSSION 

HARP
Abi Bachelor

LIBRARIANS
Jean-Etienne Lederer
Principal
Jackie Meger