144th Season, 2023/2024

Stéphane Denève
Music Director

Director of the St. Louis Symphony Chorus*
AT&T Foundation Chair
Kevin McBeth
Director of the St. Louis Symphony IN UNISON® Chorus
Leonard Slatkin
Conductor Laureate

FIRST VIOLINS
David Halen
Concertmaster
Eloise and Oscar Johnson, Jr. Chair
Erin Schreiber
Associate Concertmaster
Louis D. Beaumont Chair
Celeste Golden Andrews
Second Associate Concertmaster
Hannah Ji
Assistant Concertmaster

Justice Joseph H. and
Maxine Goldenhersh Chair*   
Ann Fink
Jessica Cheng Hellwege
Margaret B. Grigg Chair
Emily Ho
Joo Kim
Melody Lee
Xiaoxiao Qiang 
Angie Smart
Mary and Oliver Langenberg Chair
Weilu Zhang
Jessie Chen**
Kyle Lombard**
Marin Osawa**

SECOND VIOLINS 
Alison Harney
Principal
Dr. Frederick Eno Woodruff Chair
Kristin Ahlstrom
Associate Principal
Virginia V. Weldon, M.D. Chair
Mabel Dorn Reeder Honorary Chair
Eva Kozma
Assistant Principal
Andrea Jarrett
Nicolae Bica
Janet Carpenter
Lisa Chong
Ling Ling Guan
Asako Kuboki
Seul Lee
Nathan Lowry
Shawn Weil
Siyu Zhang

VIOLAS
Beth Guterman Chu
Principal
Ben H. and Katherine G. Wells Chair
Alejandro Valdepeñas
Associate Principal
Jonathan Chu
Assistant Principal
Michael Casimir
Andrew François
Susan Gordon
Chris Tantillo
Shannon Farrell Williams
Xi Zhang
Javier Otalora**
Davis Perez**

CELLOS
Daniel Lee
Principal
Frank Y. and Katherine G. Gladney Chair
Melissa Brooks
Associate Principal
Ruth and Bernard Fischlowitz Chair
David Kim
Assistant Principal
Elizabeth Chung
James Czyzewski
Jennifer Humphreys
Alvin McCall
Bjorn Ranheim
Yin Xiong***

DOUBLE BASSES
Underwritten in part by a
generous gift from Dr. Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield
Erik Harris
Principal
Henry Loew Chair
Aleck Belcher
Associate Principal

Assistant Principal*
David DeRiso
Brendan Fitzgerald
Sarah Hogan Kaiser
Ronald Moberly

HARP
Allegra Lilly***
Principal
Elizabeth Eliot Mallinckrodt Chair

FLUTES
Matthew Roitstein
Principal
Herbert C. and Estelle Claus Chair
Andrea Kaplan
Associate Principal
Jennifer Nitchman
Ann Choomack

PICCOLO
Ann Choomack

OBOES
Jelena Dirks
Principal
Morton D. May Chair
Philip Ross
Associate Principal
Xiomara Mass
Cally Banham

ENGLISH HORN
Cally Banham

CLARINETS
Scott Andrews
Principal
Walter Susskind Chair
Diana Haskell
Associate Principal
Wilfred and Ann Lee Konneker Chair
Tzuying Huang
Ryan Toher**

E-FLAT CLARINET*

BASS CLARINET
Tzuying Huang

BASSOONS
Andrew Cuneo
Principal
Molly Sverdrup Chair
Andrew Gott
Associate Principal
Julia Paine

CONTRABASSOON*

HORNS
Roger Kaza
Principal
W.L. Hadley and Phoebe P. Griffin Chair
Thomas Jöstlein
Associate Principal
Blaine Dodson
Tod Bowermaster
Julie Thayer
Victoria Knudtson

TRUMPETS
Steven Franklin
Principal
Symphony Volunteer Association Chair

Associate Principal*
Michael Walk
David J. Hyslop Chair
Omri Barak**

TROMBONES
Jonathan Randazzo
Principal
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Orthwein, Jr. Chair
Amanda Stewart
Associate Principal
Jonathan Reycraft

BASS TROMBONE
Christopher Bassett**

TUBA
Principal*
Lesley A. Waldheim Chair

TIMPANI
Shannon Wood
Principal
Symphony Volunteer Association Chair
Kevin Ritenauer
Associate Principal
Paul A. and Ann S. Lux Chair

PERCUSSION
William James
Principal
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Foundation Chair
Alan Stewart
Associate Principal
Alyn and Marlyn Essman Chair
Kevin Ritenauer

KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS
Peter Henderson
Principal
Florence G. and Morton J. May Chair

MUSIC LIBRARY
Katie Klich
Librarian
Henry Skolnick
Associate Librarian
Amanda Tallant
Assistant Librarian

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