Orchestra Roster

Eckart Preu, Music Director, The Cowles Music Director Chair

Morihiko Nakahara, Resident Conductor

Fabio Mechetti, Conductor Laureate

Donald Thulean, Conductor Emeritus

First Violins

Mateusz Wolski, Concertmaster, The Florence Wasmer Chair 

Jason Bell, Associate Concertmaster, The Carol L. Herak Chair 

Jeanne Bourgeois, Assistant Concertmaster

Margaret Bowers, The Ayer-Blegen Chair 

John Bennett    

Jeri Bentley

Jason Moody  

Garnik Goukasian      

Elizabeth Lund      

Kathleen Teal     

Second Violins

Amanda Howard-Phillips, Principal, The Washington Trust Chair

David Armstrong, Assistant Principal

Erin Held      

Shelley Rotz-Potter

Catherine Shipley 

Rachel Dorfman

Kate Carrick    

Baolu Lehmann      

Violas

Nicholas Carper, Principal, The Coughlin Chair 

Jeannette Wee-Yang, Assistant Principal

Angela Mitchell      

Thomas Bandar    

Jeremy Prior      

Dale Emery     

Anita Perkins 

Violoncellos

John Marshall, Principal, The Jerry R. and Frances L. Stafford Chair

Helen Byrne,  Assistant Principal

Roberta Bottelli      

Sean Lamont (one year appointment)

Kevin Hekmatpanah      

Louise Butler    

Double Basses

Patrick McNally, Principal

Kim Plewniak, Assistant Principal

Stephen Swanson            

Eugene Jablonsky

David Ernst (one year leave of absence)

Greg Youmans      

Flutes

Bruce Bodden, Principal, The Frances L. Risdon Chair      

Alaina Bercilla      

Justin Bahrami

Kathryn P. Brallier      

Piccolo

Alaina Bercilla     

Oboes

Keith Thomas, Principal

Barb Cantlon (one year leave of absence)

Sheila McNally (one year appointment)   

Gary Plowman      

English Horn

Barb Cantlon (one year leave of absence)

Sheila McNally (one year appointment)  

Clarinets

Chip Phillips, Principal

Daniel Cotter      

E-Flat Clarinet

Daniel Cotter     

Bassoons

Lynne Feller-Marshall, Principal

Luke Bakken      

Paul Plowman      

Contrabassoon

Luke Bakken      

Saxophone

Gregory Yasinitsky, Principal

Horns

Jennifer Scriggins Brummett, Principal, The Johnston-Fix Chair

Judith James, Assistant Principal

Charles Karschney  

Roger Logan    

Kristin Joham    

Trumpets

Larry Jess, Principal, The Johnston-Fix Chair

Christopher Cook      

William Berry      

Andrew Plamondon      

Trombones

Kirk Ferguson, Principal

Richard Strauch      

Cameron Dunlop

Bass Trombone

Cameron Dunlop      

Tuba

Leonard Byrne, Principal

Timpani

Adam Wallstein, Principal

Percussion

Paul Raymond, Principal

Rick Westrick      

Bryan Bogue      

Harp

Earecka Tregenza, Principal

 

Keyboard Instruments

Mina Somekawa, Principal, The Josie Comstock Shadle Chair