Saint Louis Symphony Musicians

129th Season, 2008-2009

Ned O. Lemkemeier
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Fred Bronstein
President and Executive Director
David Robertson
Music Director

Ward Stare
Resident Conductor
Music Director of the Saint Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra
Amy Kaiser
Director of Saint Louis Symphony Chorus
AT&T Foundation Chair
Robert Ray
Director of the IN UNISON® Chorus

First Violins -- View &Short Bios
David Halen
Concertmaster
Eloise and Oscar Johnson, Jr. Chair
Heidi Harris
Associate Concertmaster
Louis D. Beaumont Chair
Silvian Iticovici
Second Associate Concertmaster
Erin Schreiber
Assistant Concertmaster
Dana Edson Myers
Justice Joseph H. and
Maxine Goldenhersh Chair
Manuel Ramos
Darwyn Apple
Charlene Clark
Emily Ho
Jenny Lind Jones
Joo Kim
Jooyeon Kong
Margaret B. Grigg Chair
Amy Oshiro ***
Angie Smart
Mary and Oliver Langenberg Chair
Takaoki Sugitani
Haruka Watanabe
Jane and Whitney Harris Chair
Hiroko Yoshida

Second Violins -- View Photos & Short Bios
Alison Harney
Principal
Dr. Frederick Eno Woodruff Chair
Kristin Ahlstrom
Associate Principal
Virginia V. Weldon, M.D. Chair
Eva Kozma
Assistant Principal
Deborah Bloom
Lisa Chong

Rebecca Boyer Hall
Nicolae Bica
Elizabeth Dziekonski
Lorraine Glass-Harris
Ling Ling Guan
Asako Kuboki
Wendy Plank Rosen
Shawn Weil
Cecilia Weinkauff**

Violas -- View Photos & Short Bios
Jonathan Vinocour
Principal
Ben H. and Katherine G. Wells Chair
Kathleen Mattis
Associate Principal
Christian Woehr
Assistant Principal
Mike Chen
Gerald Fleminger
Susan Gordon
Leonid Gotman
Lynn Hague
Morris Jacob
Shannon Farrell Williams
Chris Tantillo**

Violoncellos -- View Photos & Short Bios
Daniel Lee
Principal
Frank Y. and Katherine G. Gladney Chair
Melissa Brooks
Associate Principal
Ruth and Bernard Fischlowitz Chair
Catherine Lehr
Assistant Principal
Anne Fagerburg
Richard Brewer
James Czyzewski
Sébastien Gingras
David Kim
Alvin McCall
Bjorn Ranheim

Double Basses -- View Photos & Short Bios
Erik Harris
Principal
Henry Loew Chair
Carolyn White
Associate Principal
Christopher Carson
Assistant Principal
David DeRiso
Warren Goldberg
Sarah Hogan
Donald Martin
Ronald Moberly

Harp -- View Photo & Short Bio
Frances Tietov
Principal
Elizabeth Eliot Mallinckrodt Chair

Flutes -- View Photos & Short Bios
Mark Sparks
Principal
Herbert C. and Estelle Claus Chair
Andrea Kaplan
Assistant Principal
Justin Berrie**
Jennifer Nitchman***

Piccolo
*

Oboes -- View Photos & Short Bios
Peter Bowman
Principal
Morton D. May Chair
Barbara Orland
Assistant Principal
Philip Ross
Carolyn Banham
English Horn
Carolyn Banham

Clarinets -- View Photos & Short Bios
Scott Andrews
Principal
Walter Susskind Chair
Diana Haskell
Assistant Principal
Wilfred and Ann Lee Konneker Chair
Tina Ward
James Meyer
E-flat Clarinet
Diana Haskell
Bass Clarinet
James Meyer

Bassoons -- View Photos & Short Bios
George Berry
Principal
Molly Sverdrup Chair
Andrew Gott
Assistant Principal
Felicia Foland
Bradford Buckley
Contrabassoon
Bradford Buckley

Horns -- View Photos & Short Bios
Principal*
W.L. Hadley and Phoebe P. Griffin Chair
Tod Bowermaster
Acting Assistant Principal
James Wehrman
Gregory Roosa
Lawrence Strieby
Brian Blanchard**

Trumpets -- View Photos & Short Bios
Susan Slaughter
Principal
Symphony Women’s Association Chair
Thomas Drake
Assistant Principal
Joshua MacCluer
Michael Walk
David J. Hyslop Chair

Trombones -- View Photos & Short Bios
Timothy Myers
Principal
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Orthwein, Jr. Chair
Stephen Lange
Assistant Principal
Jonathan Reycraft
Gerard Pagano
Bass Trombone
Gerard Pagano

Tuba -- View Photos & Short Bios
Michael Sanders
Principal
Lesley A. Waldheim Chair

Timpani -- View Photos & Short Bios
Richard Holmes
Principal
Symphony Women’s Association Chair
Thomas Stubbs
Assistant Principal
Paul A. and Ann S. Lux Chair

Percussion -- View Photos & Short Bios
William James
Principal
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Foundation Chair
John Kasica
Distinguished Percussion Chair
Thomas Stubbs

Keyboard Instruments -- View Photos & Short Bios
Principal*
Florence G. and Morton J. May Chair

Music Library
John Tafoya
Librarian
Elsbeth Brugger
Associate Librarian
Roberta Gardner
Library Assistant

Stage Staff
Michael Lynch
Stage Manager
Joseph Clapper
Assistant Stage Manager
Joshua Riggs
Stage Technician

*Chair vacant
**Replacement
***Leave of Absence