Orchestra Roster

Eckart Preu, Music Director, The Cowles Music Director Chair

Morihiko Nakahara, Associate Conductor

Fabio Mechetti, Conductor Laureate

Donald Thulean, Conductor Emeritus

First Violins

Mateusz Wolski, Concertmaster, The Florence Wasmer Chair 

Matthew Olson, Associate Concertmaster, The Carol L. Herak Chair 

Esther Olson, Assistant Concertmaster

Margaret Bowers, The Ayer-Blegen Chair 

John Bennett      

Jeri Bentley      

Kate Carrick      

Garnik Goukasian      

Elizabeth Lund      

Kathleen Teal     

Second Violins

Jason Bell, Principal, The Washington Trust Chair

Amanda Howard, Assistant Principal (one year appointment)

Erin Held      

Shelley Potter      

Catherine Shipley      

Rachel Dorfman      

Ken Wright (one year appointment)      

Baolu Lehmann      

Violas

Nicholas Carper, Principal, The Coughlin Chair 

Jeannette Wee-Yang, Assistant Principal

Angela Mitchell      

Thomas Bandar      

Candace Finity      

Jeremy Prior      

Dale Emery     

Violoncellos

John Marshall, Principal, The Jerry R. and Frances L. Stafford Chair

Helen Byrne,  Assistant Principal

Roberta Bottelli      

Mark Aaron      

Sean Lamont      

Kevin Hekmatpanah      

Karen Conlin      

Janet Napoles     

Double Basses

Patrick McNally, Principal

Kim Plewniak, Assistant Principal

Stephen Swanson      

Eugene Jablonsky      

David Ernst      

Greg Youmans      

Flutes

Bruce Bodden, Principal, The Frances L. Risdon Chair

Gale Coffee      

Alaina Bercilla      

Kathryn P. Brallier      

Piccolo

Gale Coffee      

Oboes

Keith Thomas, Principal

Barbara Cantlon      

Gary Plowman      

English Horn

Barbara Cantlon      

Clarinets

Chip Phillips, Principal

Dan Cotter      

E-Flat Clarinet

Daniel Cotter     

Bassoons

Lynne Feller-Marshall, Principal

Luke Bakken      

Paul Plowman      

Contrabassoon

Luke Bakken      

Saxophone

Gregory Yasinitsky, Principal

Horns

Jennifer Scriggins Brummett , Principal, The Johnston-Fix Chair

Judith James, Assistant Principal

Roger Logan, Associate Principal / Third Horn

Charles Karschney      

Rebecca Klein      

Trumpets

Larry Jess, Principal, The Johnston-Fix Chair

Christopher Cook      

William Berry      

Andrew Plamondon      

Trombones

David Matern, Principal

Richard Strauch      

Bass Trombone

Cameron Dunlop      

Tuba

Leonard Byrne, Principal

Timpani

Adam Wallstein, Principal

Percussion

Paul Raymond, Principal

Rick Westrick      

Bryan Bogue      

Keyboard Instruments

Linda Siverts, Principal, The Josie Comstock Shadle Chair