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Musicians

VIOLIN

Jeff Thayer, Concertmaster
Wesley Precourt, Associate Concertmaster
Jisun Yang, Assistant Concertmaster
Alexander Palamidis, Principal Second Violin
Cherry Yeung, Associate Principal Second Violin
Nick Grant, Principal Associate Concertmaster Emeritus
Jing Yan Bowcott
Yumi Cho
Hernan Constantino
Alicia Engley
Thomas Dougherty*
Kathryn Hatmaker
Benjamin Hoffman*
Angela Homnick
Kenneth Liao
Ai Nihira
Igor Pandurski
Evan Pasternak
Julia Pautz
Nicole Sauder*
Sarah Schwartz*
Yeh Shen
Xiaoxuan Shi
Edmund Stein
Hanah Stuart
John Stubbs
Pei-Chun Tsai
Zou Yu

VIOLA

Chi-Yuan Chen, Principal
Nancy Lochner, Associate Principal
Jason Karlyn
Wanda Law
Qing Liang
Abraham Martín
Johanna Nowik
Michael Molnau*
Ethan Pernela

CELLO

Yao Zhao, Principal
Chia-Ling Chien, Associate Principal
Marcia Bookstein
Anna Cho*
Andrew Hayhurst
John Lee
Richard Levine
Mary Oda Szanto
Nathan Walhout
Xian Zhuo

DOUBLE BASS

Jeremy Kurtz-Harris, Principal
Susan Wulff, Associate Principal
Aaron Blick
P.J. Cinque
Kaelan Decman
Kevin Gobetz
Samuel Hager
Margaret Johnston+
Michael Wais

FLUTE

Rose Lombardo, Principal
Sarah Tuck
Lily Josefsberg

PICCOLO

Lily Josefsberg

OBOE

Sarah Skuster, Principal
Rodion Belousov
Andrea Overturf

ENGLISH HORN

Andrea Overturf

CLARINET

Sheryl Renk, Principal
Max Opferkuch
Frank Renk

BASS CLARINET

Frank Renk

BASSOON

Valentin Martchev, Principal
Ryan Simmons
Leyla Zamora

CONTRABASSOON

Leyla Zamora

FRENCH HORN

Benjamin Jaber, Principal
Darby Hinshaw, Assistant Principal & Utility
Elyse Lauzon
Tricia Skye
Douglas Hall

TRUMPET

Christopher Smith, Principal
John MacFerran Wilds
Ray Nowak

TROMBONE

Kyle R. Covington, Principal
Logan Chopyk
Kyle Mendiguchia

BASS TROMBONE

Kyle Mendiguchia

TUBA

Aaron McCalla, Principal

HARP

Julie Smith Phillips

TIMPANI

Ryan J. DiLisi, Principal
Andrew Watkins, Assistant Principal

PERCUSSION

Gregory Cohen, Principal
Erin Douglas Dowrey
Andrew Watkins

PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN

Courtney Secoy Cohen

LIBRARIAN

Rachel Fields

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