Orchestra

Yannick Nézet-Séguin
—Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director
Kingsley J. Wood
—Orchestra Manager
Kayla Dempsey
—Assistant Orchestra Manager
Wendy J. Skoczen
—Chief Librarian
Nishana Dobbeck
Jennifer Johnson
Àngels Martinez
—Librarians

 

First Violins

David Chan
—Concertmaster
The Veronica Atkins Chair

Benjamin Bowman
—Concertmaster

Angela Wee
—Principal Associate Concertmaster
The George Weiss Chair, in honor of Dr. Robert Weiss

Nancy Wu
—Associate Concertmaster

Bruno Eicher 
—Assistant Concertmaster

Wen Qian
Amy Kauffman
Yoon K. Costello
Miran Kim
Caterina Szepes
Yurika Mok
Catherine Sim
Daniel Khalikov
Yang Xu
Sarah Vonsattel
Qianwen Angela Shen
Julia Choi

Associate Musicians

Lesley Heller
Abraham Appleman
Christoph Franzgrote
Joanna Maurer
Xiao-Dong Wang
Hansaem Lim
Sophia Kessinger
Kristi Helberg
Rachel Golub

 

Second Violins

Jeremías Sergiani-Velázquez
—Principal

Sylvia Danburg Volpe
—Associate Principal

Yiliang Jiang
—Assistant Principal

Katherine T. Fong
Elena Barere
Laura McGinnis
Ann Lehmann
Toni Glickman
Jeehae Lee
Shenghua Hu

Associate Musicians

Narciso Figueroa
Annamae Goldstein
Basia Danilow
Krystof Witek
Matthew Lehmann
Louise Owen
Derek Ratzenboeck

 

Violas

Milan Milisavljević
—Principal

Shmuel D. Katz
—Associate Principal

Tal First
—Assistant Principal

Zoë Martin-Doike
Mary Hammann
Garrett Fischbach
Marilyn Stroh

Associate Musicians

Dov Scheindlin
David Cerutti
Ji-Hyun Son
Chihiro Allen
En-Chi Cheng
Jocelin Pan
William Frampton

 

Cellos

Jerry Grossman
-—Principal
The Edward E. and Betsy Z. Cohen Chair

Rafael Figueroa
—Principal
The Judith-Ann Corrente and Willem Kooyker Chair

Dorothea Figueroa
—Associate Principal

Joel W. Noyes
—Assistant Principal

Kari Jane Docter
Julia Bruskin
Marian Heller
Mariko Wyrick

Associate Musicians

Stephen Ballou
Susannah Chapman
Mark Shuman
Yana Levin
Alberto Parrini
Julia Sengupta

 

Basses

Rex Surany
—Principal

Leigh Mesh
—Associate Principal

Andrew Gantzer
—Assistant Principal


Daniel Krekeler
Edward Francis-Smith

Associate Musicians

Marji Danilow
Brad Aikman
David Rosi
David Romano

 

Flutes

Chelsea Knox
—Principal
The Lila Acheson Wallace Chair

Seth Morris
—Principal

Maron Khoury
Stephanie C. Mortimore

Associate Musician

Koren McCaffrey

Piccolos

Stephanie C. Mortimore
—Principal
The Beth W. and Gary A. Glynn Chair, in honor of Michael Parloff

Maron Khoury

Associate Musician

Koren McCaffrey

Oboes

John Upton
—Principal

Mitchell Kuhn +
—Principal

Susan Spector§
The Richard and Elizabeth Gilbert Chair, in memory of Ralph Gilbert
Pedro R. Díaz

English Horn

Pedro R. Díaz

Clarinets

Anton Rist 
—Principal
The Karen A. and Kevin W. Kennedy Chair

Silvio Guitian
—Principal

Jessica Phillips
The Ruth and Harvey R. Miller Charitable Fund Chair

Dean LeBlanc +

Associate Musician

Shari A. Hoffman

E-Flat Clarinet

Jessica Phillips

Bass Clarinet

Dean LeBlanc +
The Jacqui and Grant Smith Chair

Bassoons

William Short
—Principal

Evan Epifanio
—Principal

Daniel Shelly
Mark L. Romatz

Associate Musician

William Hestand

Contrabassoon

Mark L. Romatz

Horns

Erik Ralske
—Principal

Brad Gemeinhardt
—Principal

Hugo A. Valverde
Roy Femenella
Javier Gándara
Molly Norcross
Barbara Jöstlein Currie
Anne M. Scharer
The Rosalind Miranda Chair

Trumpets

David Krauss
—Principal
The Beth W. and Gary A. Glynn Chair

Billy R. Hunter, Jr.
—Principal

James Ross
Raymond Riccomini

Associate Musicians

Gareth Flowers
Kevin Quill

 

Bass Trumpet

Denson Paul Pollard

Trombones

Demian Austin
—Principal

Sasha Romero
—Principal

Weston Sprott
Denson Paul Pollard

Associate Musicians

Thomas H. Hutchinson
Nicholas Schwartz

Bass Trombone

Denson Paul Pollard

Tuba

Morris Kainuma +

Timpani

Jason Haaheim
—Principal
The Rosalind Miranda Chair, in memory of Shirley and Hilliard (Bill) Cohen

Parker Lee
—Principal

Steven White 

Percussion

Gregory Zuber
—Principal

Robert L. Knopper
Steven White

Associate Musicians

Rafael Guzman
Benjamin Harms
Jeffrey Irving

Harps

Hannah Cope
—Principal
The Johnson/Schutzer Family Chair

Mariko Anraku 
—Associate Principal

Associate Musician

Grace Paradise

Guitar/Lute

Associate Musician

Fred Hand

 

§ Leave of absence
+ Acting

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