The Orchestra

Violin I

Stefani Matsuo

Concertmaster, Violin

Anna Sinton Taft Chair

Charles Morey

Acting Associate Concertmaster, Violin

Tom & Dee Stegman Chair

Philip Marten

First Assistant Concertmaster, Violin

James M. Ewell Chair

Eric Bates

Second Assistant Concertmaster, Violin

Serge Shababian Chair

Kathryn Woolley

Violin

Nicholas Tsimaras-Peter G. Courlas Chair

Anna Reider

Violin

Dianne & J. David Rosenberg Chair

Mauricio Aguiar

Violin

Minyoung Baik

Violin

James Braid

Violin

Marc Bohlke Chair given by Katrin and Manfred Bohlke

Michelle Edgar Dugan

Violin

Rebecca Kruger Fryxell

Violin

Gerald Itzkoff

Violin

Jean Ten Have Chair

Lois Reid Johnson

Violin

Anne G. and Robert W. Dorsey Chair

Sylvia Mitchell

Violin

Jo Ann & Paul Ward Chair

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Luo-Jia Wu

Violin

Violin II

Gabriel Pegis

Principal Violin

Al Levinson Chair

Yang Liu

Associate Principal Violin

Harold B. & Betty Justice Chair

Scott Mozlin

Assistant Principal Violin

Henry Meyer Chair

Kun Dong

Violin

Cheryl Benedict

Violin

Evin Blomberg

Violin

Rachel Charbel

Violin

Ida Ringling North Chair

Elizabeth Furuta

Violin

Chika Kinderman

Violin

Hyesun Park

Violin

Paul Patterson

Violin

Charles Gausmann Chair

Stacey Woolley

Violin

Brenda & Ralph Taylor Chair

Viola

Christian Colberg

Principal Viola

Louise D. & Louis Nippert Chair

Paul Frankenfeld

Associate Principal Viola

Grace M. Allen Chair

Julian Wilkison

Assistant Principal Viola

Rebecca Barnes

Viola

Christopher Fischer

Viola

Stephen Fryxell

Viola

Melinda & Irwin Simon Chair

Caterina Longhi

Viola

Denisse Rodriguez-Rivera

Viola

Joanne Wojtowicz

Viola

Cello

Ilya Finkelshteyn

Principal Cello

Irene & John J. Emery Chair

Daniel Culnan

Associate Principal Cello

Ona Hixson Dater Chair

Norman Johns

Assistant Principal Cello

Karl & Roberta Schlachter Family Chair

Matthew Lad

Cello

Marvin Kolodzik Chair

Susan Marshall Petersen

Cello

Laura Kimble McLellan Chair

Hiro Matsuo

Cello

Theodore Nelson

Cello

Peter G. Courlas-Nicholas Tsimaras Chair

Alan Rafferty

Cello

Ruth F. Rosevear Chair

Bass

Owen Lee

Principal Bass

Mary Alice Heekin Burke Chair

James Lambert

Associate Principal Bass

Thomas Vanden Eynden Chair

Matthew Zory, Jr.

Assistant Principal Bass

Trish & Rick Bryan Chair

Boris Astafiev

Bass

Ronald Bozicevich

Bass

Donald & Margaret Robinson Chair

Rick Vizachero

Bass

Harp

Gillian Benet Sella

Principal Harp

Cynthia & Frank Stewart Chair

Flute

Randolph Bowman

Principal Flute

Charles Frederic Goss Chair

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Henrik Heide

Acting Associate Principal Flute

Haley Bangs

Flute

Jane & David Ellis Chair

Piccolo

Open Position

Piccolo

Oboe

Dwight Parry

Principal Oboe

Josephine I. & David J. Joseph, Jr. Chair

Lon Bussell

Associate Principal Oboe

Emily Beare

Oboe

English Horn

Christopher Philpotts

Principal English Horn

Alberta & Dr. Maurice Marsh Chair

Clarinet

Christopher Pell

Principal Clarinet

Emma Margaret & Irving D. Goldman Chair

Joseph Morris

Associate Principal and Eb Clarinet

Robert E. & Fay Boeh Chair

Ixi Chen

Clarinet

Vicky & Rick Reynolds Chair in Honor of William A. Friedlander

Bass Clarinet

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Ronald Aufmann

Bass Clarinet

Bassoon

Christopher Sales

Principal Bassoon

Emalee Schavel Chair

Martin Garcia

Associate Principal Bassoon

Hugh Michie

Bassoon

Contrabassoon

Jennifer Monroe

Contrabassoon

French Horn

Elizabeth Freimuth

Principal French Horn

Mary M. & Charles F. Yeiser Chair

Molly Norcross

Acting Associate Principal Horn

Sweeney Family Chair in memory of Donald C. Sweeney

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Open Position

French Horn

Ellen A. & Richard C. Berghamer Chair

Lisa Conway

French Horn

Susanne & Philip O. Geier, Jr. Chair

Duane Dugger

French Horn

Mary & Joseph S. Stern, Jr. Chair

Charles Bell

French Horn

Trumpet

Robert Sullivan

Principal Trumpet

Rawson Chair

Douglas Lindsay

Associate Principal Trumpet

Jackie & Roy Sweeney Family Chair

Steven Pride

Trumpet

Otto M. Budig Family Foundation Chair

Christopher Kiradjieff

Trumpet

Trombone

Cristian Ganicenco

Principal Trombone

Dorothy & John Hermanies Chair

Joseph Rodriguez

Second/Assistant Principal Trombone

Bass Trombone

Peter Norton

Bass Trombone

Tuba

Christopher Olka

Principal Tuba

Ashley & Barbara Ford Chair

Timpani

Patrick Schleker

Principal Timpani

Matthew & Peg Woodside Chair

Michael Culligan

Acting Associate Principal Timpani

Percussion

David Fishlock

Principal Percussion

Susan S. & William A. Friedlander Chair

Michael Culligan

Associate Principal Percussion

Marc Wolfley

Percussion

Keyboard

Michael Chertock

Keyboard

James P. Thornton Chair

Julie Spangler

Keyboard

James P. Thornton Chair

Guitar/Banjo

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Open Position

Guitar/Banjo

CSO/CCM Diversity Fellows

Meet the fellows below or click here to learn more about the program.

Maalik Glover

Violin

Mwakudua Kuo San WaNgure

Violin

Tyler McKisson

Viola

Javier Otalora

Viola

Max Oppeltz

Cello

Luis Parra

Cello

Samantha Powell

Cello

Luis Celis Avila

bass

Amy Nickler

Bass

Library

Christina Eaton

Acting Principal Librarian

Lois Klein Jolson Chair

Elizabeth Dunning

Acting Associate Principal Librarian

Ellen Ogihara

Assistant Librarian

Stage

Ralph LaRocco, Jr.

Stage Manager

Brian P. Schott

Stage Manager

Phillip T. Sheridan

Stage Manager

Explore Our History

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