Joel Levine, Music Director and Conductor

 

Our Musicians

First Violins

Gregory Lee, concertmaster     Gertrude Kennedy Chair
John Arnold, associate concertmaster
Densi Rushing, assistant concertmaster
Elizabeth Lyon
Hong Zhu
Beth Sievers
Marat Gabdullin
June McCoy
Deborah McDonald
Janet Gorton
Rebecca Ansel
Nan Lu
Douglas Droste
Lu Deng

Second Violins
Michael Reaves, principal          McCasland Foundation Chair
Catherine Reaves
Suzanna Turpin
Brenda Wagner
James Brakebill
James Thomson
Mary Joan Johnston
Sarah Brown
Laura Young
Angelica Pereira
Lois Fees
Barbara Messenbaugh

Violas
Royce McLarry, principal
Mark Neumann
Joseph Guevara
Joseph Young
Kelli Ingels
Steve Waddell
Sara Morrow
Brian Frew
Julie Dodge
Donna Cain


Cellos
Jonathan Ruck, principal                Orchestra League Chair
Tomasz Zieba, associate principal
Meredith Blecha
Valorie Tatge
Emily Stoops
Jim Shelley
Joseph Mueller
Jean Statham
Dorothy Hays
Jason Jupiterwala
 

Basses
George Speed, principal
Anthony Stoops, co-principal
Parvin Smith
John Williams
Mark Osborn
Larry Moore
John Schimek

 

Flute
Valerie Watts, principal
Parthena Owens
Nancy Stizza-Ortega

Piccolo
Nancy Stizza-Ortega


Oboe

Lisa Harvey-Reed, principal
Johanna Cox
Katherine McLemore

English Horn
Johanna Cox


Clarinets
 
Stacey DiPaolo, principal
Tara Heitz
James Meiller

Bass/E-flat Clarinet
James Meiller


Bassoon

Carl Rath, principal
James Brewer
Barre Griffith
Larry Reed

Contrabassoon
Barre Griffith


Horn

Eldon Matlick, principal                 G. Rainey Williams chair
Nancy Halliday
Kate Pritchett
Frank Goforth


Trumpet

Karl Sievers, principal
Jay Wilkinson
Micheal Anderson
Jacob Larson


Trombone

John Allen, principal
Irvin Wagner
Wayne Clark, Bass Trombone


Tuba

Ted Cox, principal


Timpani

Lance Drege, principal

Percussion
David Steffens, principal
Stuart Langsam
Roger Owens

Harp
Gaye LeBlanc, principal

Piano
Peggy Payne, principal