All-Star Orchestra – Season Five

Gerard Schwarz

Music Director

First Violins

Robert Chen - Concertmaster

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Concertmaster

Jeffrey Multer

The Florida Orchestra, Concertmaster

Scott Flavin

Symphony of the Americas, Concertmaster

Leonid Sigal

Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Concertmaster

Wen Qian

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Acting Assistant Concertmaster

Timothy Lees

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Concertmaster

Eric Wyrick

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Concertmaster

Julianne Lee

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Assistant Principal Second Violin

Rebecca Corrucini

Minnesota Orchestra

Laura Park Chen

Brian Reagin

North Carolina Symphony, Concertmaster

Laura Frautschi

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Evija Ozolins

Palm Beach Symphony, Concertmaster

Cyrus Beroukhim

American Ballet Theater Orchestra, Concertmaster

Second Violins

Alison Harney - Principal

Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Principal Second Violin

Qing Li

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Principal Second Violin

Matousa Michal

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Duoming Ba

New York Philharmonic

Marié Schwalbach

New York Philharmonic

Valentin Mansurov

Palm Beach Symphony, Principal Second Violin

Ivan Stefanovic

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Associate Principal Second Violin

Na Sun

New York Philharmonic

Simon Michal

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Amy Hiraga

San Francisco Symphony

Yevgenia Strenger

New York City Ballet Orchestra

Alisa Wyrick

New York City Ballet Orchestra

Violas

Rebecca Young - Principal

New York Philharmonic, Associate Principal

Milan Milisavljević

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Principal

Chauncey Patterson

Palm Beach Symphony, Principal

Cong Wu

New York Philharmonic, Assistant Principal

Vivek Kamath

New York Philharmonic

Robert Rinehart

New York Philharmonic

James VanValkenburg

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Assistant Principal

Benjamin Geller

Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Principal

Shmuel Katz

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Associate Principal

Daniel Reinker

Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Principal

Cellos

Jerry Grossman - Principal

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Co-Principal

Peter Wyrick

San Francisco Symphony, Associate Principal

Julian Schwarz

All-Star Orchestra

Ilya Finkelshteyn

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Principal

Nathan Vickery

New York Philharmonic

Eric Bartlett

New York Philharmonic

Steven Honigberg

National Symphony Orchestra

Neal Cary

Richmond Symphony, Principal

Basses

Edwin Barker – Principal

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Principal

Timothy Cobb

New York Philharmonic, Principal

Owen Lee

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Principal

Michael Chiarello

Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Associate Principal

Meredith Johnson

Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Principal

Blake Hinson

New York Philharmonic, Assistant Principal

Leonid Finkelshteyn

North Carolina Symphony, Principal

Harp

Nancy Allen - Principal

New York Philharmonic, Principal

Emily Levin

Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Principal

Flutes

Denis Bouriakov - Principal

Los Angeles Philharmonic, Principal

Jake Fridkis

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Principal

Stephanie Mortimore

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Principal Piccolo

Piccolo

Stephanie Mortimore

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Principal Piccolo

Oboes

Nathan Hughes - Principal

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Principal

Randall Ellis

Eastern Music Festival Orchestra, Principal

Pedro Díaz

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

English Horn

Pedro Díaz

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Clarinets

Jon Manasse - Principal

Principal: Orchestra of Saint Luke’s, Mostly Mozart Festival,

American Ballet Theater

Anton Rist

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Principal

Bass Clarinet

Dean Leblanc

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Bassoons

Whitney Crockett – Principal

Los Angeles Philharmonic, Principal

Daniel Shelly

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

William Short

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Principal

Contra Bassoon

Mark Romatz

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Horns

Erik Ralske - Principal

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Principal

Brad Gemeinhardt

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Principal

Michelle Baker

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Javier Gándara

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Kevin Reid

Jacksonville Symphony, Principal

Trumpets

Chris Martin - Principal

New York Philharmonic, Principal

Raymond Riccomini

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Neil Balm

New York City Ballet Orchestra

Matthew Mucky

New York Philharmonic, Associate Principal

Tom Smith

New York Philharmonic

Trumpets – Buccinae (Respighi: Pines of Rome)

Matthew Mucky

New York Philharmonic, Associate Principal

Tom Smith

New York Philharmonic

Chris Gekker

Eastern Music Festival, Principal

Thomas Hoyt

New York City Opera Orchestra

Trombone

Joseph Alessi – Principal

New York Philharmonic, Principal

Stephen Lange

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Bass Trombone

George Curran

New York Philharmonic

Trombones – Buccinae (Respighi: Pines of Rome)

Carlos Jiménez Fernández

New York City Ballet Orchestra, Principal

Nicholas Schwartz

New York City Ballet Orchestra

Tuba

Chris Olka

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

Timpani

Edward Stephan

San Francisco Symphony, Principal

Percussion

Daniel Druckman - Principal

New York Philharmonic, Associate Principal

Jonathan Haas

American Symphony Orchestra, Principal

Matthew Strauss

Houston Symphony Orchestra, Associate Principal

David Fein

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Principal

James Baker

New York City Ballet Orchestra, Principal

Keyboard Instruments

Kimberly Russ - piano

Kentucky Symphony Orchestra

Elizabeth DiFelice – celeste

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra

Librarian

Marc Facci

Tulsa Symphony Orchestra

Paul Schwendener

Executive Director