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Meet the Musicians

  • Joseph Giunta
    Joseph Giunta Music Director & Conductor
  • Jonathan Sturm
    Jonathan Sturm Concertmaster, First Violin
  • Julie Fox Henson
    Julie Fox Henson Associate Concertmaster, First Violin
  • Yi-Miao Huang
    Yi-Miao Huang First Violin
  • John Helmich
    John Helmich First Violin
  • Tracy Engman Finkelshteyn
    Tracy Engman Finkelshteyn First Violin
  • Aaron Hanson
    Aaron Hanson First Violin
  • Linda Pfund Swanson
    Linda Pfund Swanson First Violin
  • Danna Pins
    Danna Pins First Violin
  • Seaeun Lee
    Seaeun Lee First Violin
  • Leah Kolner
    Leah Kolner First Violin
  • Kevin Amidon
    Kevin Amidon First Violin
  • Christine Johnson
    Christine Johnson First Violin
  • Sara Goplin
    Sara Goplin First Violin
  • Hanna Wolle
    Hanna Wolle First Violin
  • Misha Rosenker
    Misha Rosenker Principal, Second Violin
  • Madeline Capistran
    Madeline Capistran Second Violin
  • Mary Dahlby
    Mary Dahlby Second Violin
  • Lucy Duke
    Lucy Duke Second Violin
  • Robert Espe
    Robert Espe Second Violin
  • Thomas Juneau, Jr.
    Thomas Juneau, Jr. Second Violin
  • Matt Meyer
    Matt Meyer Second Violin
  • Benjamin Munson
    Benjamin Munson Second Violin
  • Gretchen Theesfield
    Gretchen Theesfield Second Violin
  • Bethany Washington
    Bethany Washington Second Violin
  • Yee Ling Elaine Ng
    Yee Ling Elaine Ng Principal, Viola
  • Charles Miranda
    Charles Miranda Viola
  • Betty Miller
    Betty Miller Viola
  • Elizabeth Geistkemper
    Elizabeth Geistkemper Viola
  • Linda Benoit
    Linda Benoit Viola
  • Nathalie Cruden
    Nathalie Cruden Viola
  • Abby Hendricks
    Abby Hendricks Viola
  • Jonanne Tucker
    Jonanne Tucker Viola
  • Julia McCormick
    Julia McCormick Viola
  • Julie Sturm
    Julie Sturm Principal, Cello
  • Jesse Nummelin
    Jesse Nummelin Cello
  • Mary Pshonik
    Mary Pshonik Cello
  • Michele Senger
    Michele Senger Cello
  • George Work
    George Work Cello
  • Rachael Means
    Rachael Means Cello
  • Andrew Holm
    Andrew Holm Cello
  • Paul Virgilio
    Paul Virgilio Cello
  • Dominic Azkoul
    Dominic Azkoul Principal, Double Bass
  • Kory Johnson
    Kory Johnson Double Bass
  • Donita McCoy
    Donita McCoy Double Bass
  • Ashley Eidbo
    Ashley Eidbo Double Bass
  • Patricia Silva Weitzel
    Patricia Silva Weitzel Double Bass
  • Michael Van Ryn
    Michael Van Ryn Double Bass
  • Brett Wagner
    Brett Wagner Double Bass
  • Jason Wells
    Jason Wells Double Bass
  • Erin Brooker-Miller
    Erin Brooker-Miller Principal, Harp
  • James Blanchard
    James Blanchard Principal, Flute
  • Sonja Giles
    Sonja Giles Flute, Piccolo
  • Jennifer Wohlenhaus
    Jennifer Wohlenhaus Principal, Oboe
  • Susan Odem
    Susan Odem Oboe
  • Benjamin Holthaus
    Benjamin Holthaus English Horn
  • Gregory Oakes
    Gregory Oakes Principal, Clarinet
  • Clarence Padilla
    Clarence Padilla Clarinet
  • Kariann Voigts
    Kariann Voigts E-flat Clarinet
  • Joyce Wheeler
    Joyce Wheeler Bass Clarinet
  • Kevin Judge
    Kevin Judge Principal, Bassoon
  • Timothy Gale
    Timothy Gale Bassoon
  • Matthew Ransom
    Matthew Ransom Contrabassoon
  • Bret Seebeck
    Bret Seebeck Principal, Horn
  • Michael Wilson
    Michael Wilson Assistant Principal, Horn
  • Peter Kortenkamp
    Peter Kortenkamp Horn
  • Charles Harris
    Charles Harris Horn
  • Joshua Johnson
    Joshua Johnson Horn
  • Andrew Bishop
    Andrew Bishop Principal, Trumpet
  • Carl Eitzen
    Carl Eitzen Trumpet
  • Craig Swartz
    Craig Swartz Trumpet
  • Andrew Classen
    Andrew Classen Trumpet
  • Casey Maday
    Casey Maday Principal, Trombone
  • William Mann
    William Mann Trombone
  • Matthew Halbert
    Matthew Halbert Bass Trombone
  • Ravil ‘Bo’ Atlas
    Ravil ‘Bo’ Atlas Principal, Tuba
  • Michael Geary
    Michael Geary Principal, Timpani
  • Aaron Williams
    Aaron Williams Principal, Percussion
  • Robert Meunier
    Robert Meunier Percussion
  • Thomas Mackey
    Thomas Mackey Percussion

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