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

Sam Formicola

Hong Zhu

Beth Sievers

James Thomson

Benjamin Shute

Deborah McDonald

Janet Gorton

Lu Deng

Second Violin

Katrin Stamatis

Principal McCasland Foundation Chair

Catherine Reaves

Sophia Ro

Brenda Wagner

Sarah Brown

Corbin Mace

Angelica Pereira

Cindy Zhang

Ai-Wei Chang

Viola

Royce McLarry

Principal

Mark Neumann

Joseph Guevara

Kelli Ingels

Steve Waddell

Donna Cain

Brian Frew

Shaohong Yuan

Lacie Savage

Cello

Jonathan Ruck

Principal Orchestra League Chair

Tomasz Zieba

Associate Principal

Meredith Blecha-Wells

Valorie Tatge

Emily Stoops

Jim Shelley

Angelika Machnik-Jones

Jean Statham

Rob Bradshaw

Ann Wilson

Bass

Anthony Stoops

Co-Principal

Parvin Smith

Mark Osborn

Christine Craddock

Kara Koehn

Flute

Valerie Watts

Principal

Parthena Owens

Nancy Stizza-Ortega

Piccolo

Oboe

Lisa Harvey-Reed

Principal

Dan Schwartz

English Horn

Katherine McLemore

Clarinet

Bradford Behn

Principal

Tara Heitz

James Meiller

Bass/E-flat Clarinet

Bassoon

Rod Ackmann

Principal

James Brewer

Barre Griffith

Contrabassoon

Larry Reed

Horn

Kate Pritchett

Principal G. Rainey Williams Chair

James Rester

Mirella Gable

Matthew Reynolds

Trumpet

Karl Sievers

Principal

Jay Wilkinson

Michael Anderson

Trombone

Philip Martinson

Acting Principal

John Allen

Bass Trombone

Tuba

Ted Cox

Principal

Timpani

Jamie Wind Whitmarsh

Principal

Percussion

Patrick Womack

Acting Principal

Roger Owens

Harp

Gaye LeBlanc Germain

Principal

Piano

Peggy Payne

Principal

Larry Moore, Bass
Jesus Villarreal, Bass
Laura Young, Second Violin