Meet the Orchestra

Alexander Mickelthwate

Music Director and Conductor

Joel Levine

Founder and Music Director Emeritus

Our Musicians

First Violin

Gregory Lee

Concertmaster Gertrude Kennedy Chair

Marat Gabdullin

Associate Concertmaster

Densi Rushing

Assistant Concertmaster

Hong Zhu

Beth Sievers

Chandler Fadero

Min Jung Kim

Deborah McDonald

Ashley Cooper

Lu Deng

Edwin Cheng

Second Violin

Katrin Stamatis

Principal McCasland Foundation Chair

Catherine Reaves

Assistant Principal

Sophia Ro

Sarah Brown

Corbin Mace

Angelica Pereira

Audrey Lee

Cindy Zhang

Paulo Eskitch

Viola

Royce McLarry

Principal

Mark Neumann

Assistant Principal

Joseph Guevara

Kelli Ingels

Steve Waddell

Donna Cain

Brian Frew

Cello

Jonathan Ruck

Principal Orchestra League Chair

Meredith Blecha-Wells

Assistant Principal

Valorie Tatge

Emily Stoops

Jim Shelley

Angelika Machnik-Jones

Jean Statham

Samantha Kerns

Bass

Anthony Stoops

Principal

Larry Moore

Assistant Principal

Christine Craddock

Mark Osborn

Taylor Dawkins

DoYoun Kim

Parvin Smith

Flute

Valerie Watts

Principal

Parthena Owens

Second Flute

Nancy Stizza-Ortega

Piccolo/Third Flute

Oboe

Lisa Harvey-Reed

Principal

Rachel Maczko

Second Oboe/English Horn

Katherine McLemore

Third Oboe

Clarinet

Bradford Behn

Principal

Tara Heitz

Second Clarinet

James Meiller

Third/Bass/E-flat Clarinet

Bassoon

Rod Ackmann

Principal

James Brewer

Second Bassoon

Barre Griffith

Third/Contrabassoon

Horn

Kate Pritchett

Principal G. Rainey Williams Chair

James Rester

Second Horn

Mirella Gable

Third Horn

Matthew Reynolds

Fourth Horn

Trumpet

Karl Sievers

Principal

Jay Wilkinson

Second Trumpet

Michael Anderson

Third Trumpet

Trombone

Philip Martinson

Principal

John Allen

Bass Trombone

Tuba

Ted Cox

Principal

Timpani

Jamie Wind Whitmarsh

Principal

Percussion

Patrick Womack

Principal

Stephanie Krichena

Second Percussion

Roger Owens

Third Percussion

Harp

Gaye LeBlanc

Principal

Piano

Peggy Payne

Principal