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

Ai-Wei Chang

Lu Deng

Sam Formicola

Janet Gorton

Deborah McDonald

Benjamin Shute

Beth Sievers

James Thomson

Hong Zhu

Second Violin

Katrin Stamatis

Principal McCasland Foundation Chair

Catherine Reaves

Sarah Brown

Mary Joan Johnston

Corbin Mace

June McCoy

Angelica Pereira

Sophia Ro

Brenda Wagner

Cindy Zhang

Viola

Royce McLarry

Principal

Mark Neumann

Donna Cain

Brian Frew

J. Michael Garland

Joseph Guevara

Kelli Ingels

Lacie Savage

Steve Waddell

Shaohong Yuan

Cello

Jonathan Ruck

Principal Orchestra League Chair

Tomasz Zieba

Associate Principal

Meredith Blecha-Wells

Rob Bradshaw

Angelika Machnik-Jones

Jim Shelley

Jean Statham

Emily Stoops

Valorie Tatge

Ann Wilson

Bass

George Speed

Principal

Anthony Stoops

Co-Principal

Christine Craddock

Kara Koehn

Mark Osborn

Parvin Smith

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

Nancy Halliday

Mirella Gable

Frank Goforth

Trumpet

Karl Sievers

Principal

Jay Wilkinson

Michael Anderson

Trombone

Philip Martinson

Acting Principal

David Giaco

Acting Second

John Allen

Bass Trombone

Tuba

Ted Cox

Principal

Percussion

Dave Steffens

Principal

Patrick Womack

Roger Owens

Timpani

Lance Drege

Principal

Harp

Gaye LeBlanc Germain

Principal

Piano

Peggy Payne

Principal

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