Orchestra

Nicola Luisotti, Music Director, Caroline H. Hume Endowed Chair
Jordi Bernàcer, Resident Conductor
Carrie Weick, Orchestra Librarian
Tracy Davis, Orchestra Manager

FIRST VIOLIN

Kay Stern, Concertmaster 
Laura Albers, Associate Concertmaster *
Heidi Wilcox, Assistant Concertmaster 
Jennifer Cho
Dawn Harms 
Mariya Borozina
Lev Rankov 
Barbara Riccardi 

Dian Zhang

Leonid Igudesman

Jennifer Hsieh
Annie Asuka Yano

SECOND VIOLIN

Jeremy Preston, Principal
Martha Simonds, Associate Principal*
Beni Shinohara, Assistant Principal
Eva Karasik 
Leslie Ludena 

Maya Cohon
Linda Deutsch†
Craig Reiss
Heeguen Song**

VIOLA 
Carla Maria Rodrigues, Principal 
Sergey Rakitchenkov, Associate Principal*
Paul Nahhas, Assistant Principal 
Patricia Heller 
Jonna Hervig
Natalia Vershilova
Joy Fellows

CELLO 
David Kadarauch, Principal 
Thalia Moore, Associate Principal*

Peter Myers, Assistant Principal

Nora Pirquet 
Emil Miland 
Victoria Ehrlich 
Ruth Lane

BASS 
Joseph Lescher, Principal 
Jonathan Lancelle, Associate Principal*
Steven D'Amico, Assistant Principal 
Shinji Eshima
Mark Drury

FLUTE 
Julie McKenzie, Principal 
Patricia Farrell 
Stephanie McNab

PICCOLO 
Stephanie McNab

OBOE 
Mingjia Liu, Principal
Deborah Henry, Assistant Principal †
Deborah Shidler**
Janet Popesco Archibald *

ENGLISH HORN 
Janet Popesco Archibald

CLARINET 
Jose Gonzalez Granero, Principal 
Joanne Burke Eisler, Assistant Principal*
Anthony Striplen 

BASS CLARINET 
Anthony Striplen 

BASSOON 
Rufus Olivier, Principal 
Daniel MacNeill*
Michael Severance

CONTRABASSOON 
Michael Severance

FRENCH HORN 
Kevin Rivard, Co-Principal 
Mark Almond, Co-Principal
Keith Green 
Brian McCarty 
Lawrence Ragent†

William Klingelhoffer**

TRUMPET 
Adam Luftman, Principal
William Holmes †
John Pearson*

Scott Macomber**

TROMBONE 
Samuel Schlosser, Principal †

Jeffrey Budin, Acting Principal

Donald Kennelly
David Ridge

BASS TROMBONE 
David Ridge

TUBA/CIMBASSO 
Zachariah Spellman

TIMPANI 
John Burgardt

PERCUSSION 
Richard Kvistad, Principal/Associate Timpani 
Patricia Niemi* 

HARP 
Olga Ortenberg Rakitchenkov

LIBRARIAN 
Carrie Weick
Timothy Spears, Assistant

ORCHESTRA MANAGER 
Tracy Davis
Timothy Spears, Assistant

* Principal for one or more operas of the season
** Regular substitute
† Leave of absence