About Us

Musicians

Artistic Staff

Daniel Hege, Music Director, Faye & Henry Panasci Chair
Ron Spigelman, Principal Pops Conductor, Crouse-Hinds Foundation Chair
Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Conductor Emeritus
James Tapia, Youth Orchestra Conductor
Muriel Bodley, Youth String Orchestra Conductor

First Violin

Andrew Zaplatynsky, Concertmaster
Jeremy Mastrangelo, Associate Concertmaster
Vladimir Pritzker
Cristina Buciu
Michael Bosetti
Fred Klemperer
Susan Jacobs
D.J. Igelsrud
Heather Fais
Rimma Bergeron-Langlois
Lucille Teufel
Amelia Christian
Sara Mastrangelo
Mao Omura

Second Violin
Rose MacArthur, Principal
Petia Radneva-Manolova, Assistant Principal
Anita Gustafson
Julianna Methven 
Janet Masur-Perry
Sonya Stith Williams
Andrew Bergevin
Melissa Chung
Dylana Leung
Jin Joo Yoon
Alexandra Dotcheva

Viola
Eric Gustafson, Principal, Mrs. B.G. Sulzle Chair
Cen Wang, Assistant Principal
Kit Dodd
Carol Sasson
Marywynn Kuwashima
Li Li
Judith Manley Dreher
Wendy Richman
Chris Albright

Cello
David LeDoux, Principal, Mrs. L.L. Witherill Chair
Lindsay Groves, Assistant Principal
Gregory Wood, Assistant Principal
Heidi Hoffman
Walden Bass
George Macero
Jacqueline Wogick
George Teufel

Contrabass
Edward Castilano, Principal
Peter Dean, Assistant Principal
Darryl Pugh
Christopher Hamlen
Michael Fittipaldi

Flute
Deborah Coble, Principal
Cynthia Stachowski Decker, Assistant Principal
Linda Greene

Piccolo
Linda Greene

Oboe
Anna Petersen Stearns, Principal
Patricia Sharpe, Assistant First Chair
Monica Fosnaugh

English Horn
Monica Fosnaugh

Clarinet
Allan Kolsky, Principal
Victoria Bullock Krukowski
John Friedrichs, Assistant First Chair

E-flat Clarinet
Victoria Bullock Krukowski

Bass Clarinet
John Friedrichs

Bassoon
Gregory Quick, Principal
David Ross
Martha Sholl

Contrabassoon
David Ross

Horn
Michael Winter, Principal, Nancy & David Ridings Chair
Paul Brown
Julie Bridge, Associate Principal
Stephen Laifer
Jon Garland
Jeffery Stockham

Trumpet
John Raschella, Acting Principal, Robert C. Soderberg Chair
Ryan Barwise
Jared Bushee

Trombone
John Sipher, Principal, Arthur "Sandy" West and Bill Harris Chair
Matthew Wright

Bass Trombone
Jeffrey Gray

Tuba
Edwin Diefes, Principal

Timpani
Patrick Shrieves, Principal
David Constantine, Assistant Principal

Percussion
Michael W. Bull, Principal
Ernest Muzquiz
David Constantine
Laurance Luttinger

Harp
Ursula Kwasnicka, Principal, Flora Mather Hosmer Chair

Piano/Keyboards
Daniel Kim

Librarian
Kit Dodd
Peter Dean, Assistant

Personnel Manager
Cynthia Decker
Peter Dean, Assistant

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