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SAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

128th Season, 2007-2008


Cynthia J. Brinkley
Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Jim Garrone

Interim President and Executive Director

David Robertson
Music Director


Scott Parkman
Assistant Conductor and Music Director of the Saint Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra

Amy Kaiser
Director of Saint Louis Symphony Chorus
,
AT&T Foundation Chair

Robert Ray
IN UNISON® Chorus Director
 


First Violins -- View Photos & Short Bios
David Halen

Concertmaster
Eloise and Oscar Johnson, Jr. Chair
Heidi Harris
Associate Concertmaster
Louis D. Beaumont Chair
Silvian Iticovici
Second Associate Concertmaster

Peter Otto***
Assistant Concertmaster
Dana Edson Myers
Justice Joseph H. and Maxine Goldenhersh Chair
Acting Assistant Concertmaster
Manuel Ramos
Darwyn Apple
Charlene Clark
Emily Ho
Jenny Lind Jones
Joo Kim
John Macfarlane**
Amy Oshiro***
Angie Smart
Mary and Oliver Langenberg Chair

Takaoki Sugitani
Haruka Watanabe

Jane and Whitney Harris Chair
Shawn Weil
Margaret B. Grigg 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
Rebecca Boyer Hall
Nicolae Bica
Lisa Chong
Jonathan Chu***
Elizabeth Dziekonski
Lorraine Glass-Harris
Ling Ling Guan
Jooyeon Kong
Asako Kuboki
Wendy Plank Rosen


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
Shannon Farrell Williams
Gerald Fleminger
Bryan Florence
Susan Gordon
Leonid Gotman
Lynn Hague
Morris Jacob


Violoncellos -- View Photos & Short Bios
Daniel Lee

Principal
Frank Y. and Katherine G. Gladney Chair
Melissa Brooks-Rubright
Associate Principal
Ruth and Bernard Fischlowitz Chair
Catherine Lehr
Assistant Principal
Anne Fagerburg
Richard Brewer
James Czyzewski
David Kim
Alvin McCall
Bjorn Ranheim
Robert Silverman


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

Jennifer Nitchman
Jan Gippo 

Piccolo
Jan Gippo 


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
Lawrence Strieby
Assistant Principal
James Wehrman
Tod Bowermaster
Gregory Roosa 
Jessica Valeri**


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
Principal *
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Foundation Chair
John Kasica
Acting Principal
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

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