Orchestra Roster

Meet the Orchestra
Each summer, more than 200 of the finest orchestra musicians from across the nation journey to Jackson Hole to make music together as the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra.  Many of the musicians of the Festival Orchestra hold principal positions in their home orchestras and come from such esteemed ensembles as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.  Some have been calling Jackson Hole and the Grand Teton Music Festival their summer home for as many as 25 years or more, and return year after year for the collegial atmosphere, and the joy of making music together in these spectacular surroundings.
Concertmaster
Ralph Matson
Utah Symphony, Concertmaster
Violin
Eugene Bazhanov
The Florida Orchestra, Assistant Principal Second Violin
Ann Beebe
Omaha Symphony, Associate Concertmaster
Lorien Benet Hart
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Hasse Borup
University of Utah School of Music, Assistant Professor of Violin/Chamber Music Performance
Eva Cappelletti Chao
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, National Symphony, substitue
Kathryn Caswell
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Joan Cataldo
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Joan Christenson
San Antonio Symphony
Jay Christy
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Assistant Principal Second Violin
Julie Coleman
Oregon Symphony
Mary Corbett
The Florida Orchestra
Judith Cox
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Browning Cramer
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Robert Davidovici
Osaka Philharmonic, Principal Concertmaster (retired)
Gina Davis
Tulsa Opera Orchestra, Assistant Concertmaster
Michael Davis
Louisville Orchestra, Concertmaster
Tracy Dunlop
Gonzaga University, faculty
Elizabeth Dziekonski
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Alicia Edelberg
New York City Opera Orchestra, Associate Concertmaster
Joseph Edelberg
San Francisco Opera Orchestra
Bruno Eicher
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Assistant Concertmaster
Gregory Ewer
Oregon Symphony
Lois Finkel
Brown University, faculty
Wen-Yuan Gu Flatt
Utah Symphony, Associate Principal Second Violin
Angela Fuller
Houston Symphony, former concertmaster
Anna Genest
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra
Amy Glidden
Buffalo Philharmonic, Associate Concertmaster
Jennifer Gordon Levin
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, regular substitute; Los Angeles Opera, regular substitute; L.A. studio musician
Russell Hershow
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Linda Hurwitz
Virginia Symphony
Tomoko Iguchi
Kansas City Symphony
Dorris Dai Janssen
Kansas City Symphony
Rebekah Johnson
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Carolyn Kessler
Baltimore Opera
Karen Kinzie
Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Heather Kurzbauer
Radio Chamber Orchestra (Netherlands)
Dimitri Lazarescu
Phoenix Symphony, Assistant Principal Second Violin
Raymond Leung
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Chunyi Lu
Phoenix Symphony
Kathryn Lucktenberg
University of Oregon, Professor
Holly Mulcahy
Richmond Symphony
Patrick Neal
Naples Philharmonic Orchestra, Assistant Principal
Helen Nightengale
Concert Violinist
Dennis O'Boyle
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Katherine Palyga
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Susanne Park
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Carolyn Plummer
University of Notre Dame, Associate Professor
Dan Rizner
DePauw University, Professor
Jennifer Ross
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Principal Second Violin
Barbara Scowcroft
Utah Symphony
 Sha
Concert Violinist
Simon Shiao
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra
Olga Shpitko
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Ikuko Takahashi
Copenhagen Philharmonic
Anne-Marie Terranova
Naples Philharmonic Orchestra
Jennifer Thomspon
Toronto Symphony
Andrea Wagoner
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Viola
Judith Ablon
Nashville Symphony
Martin Andersen
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Brant Bayless
Utah Symphony, Principal
Joel Belgique
Oregon Symphony, Principal
Claudine Bigelow
Brigham Young University, Professor
Joan DerHovsepian
Houston Symphony
Susan Gulkis Assadi
Seattle Symphony, Principal
Reid Harris
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Principal
Valerie Heywood
Buffalo Philharmonic, Principal
Lucina Horner
Alabama Symphony Orchestra
Chiara Kingsley Dieguez
Phoenix Symphony, Associate Principal (on leave); National Symphony Orchestra, permanent substitute
Anna Kruger
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, Associate Principal
Suzanne LeFevre
Houston freelance musician
Kristen Linfante
Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra, Co-Principal
Milan Milisavljevic
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Assistant Principal
Lisa Mitchell McNiven
Brigham Young University Idaho, faculty
George Ohlson
Baltimore Opera Orchestra
Rita Porfiris
Houston Symphony
Margaret Prechtl
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, substitute
Peter Rosato
Phoenix Symphony, Principal
Kevin Roy
Freelance musician, New York City
Abhijit Sengupta
DaCamera of Houston, Artistic Administrator
Roberta Zalkind
Utah Symphony, Associate Principal
Cello
Gregory Clinton
Omaha Symphony, Associate Principal
Krisanthy Desby
Napa Valley Symphony, Assistant Principal
Kari Jane Docter
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Sofia Every
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, Assistant Principal
Karen Freer
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Igor Gefter
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Steven Laven
Boston freelance musician
Ilse-Mari Lee
Montana State University, Professor
Amy Leung
Dixie State College, assistant professor
David Mollenauer
San Antonio Symphony, Assistant Principal
Thalia Moore
San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Associate Principal
Jacqueline Mullen
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Deborah Nitka Hicks
Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Assistant Principal
Marcia Peck
Minnesota Orchestra
Steven Pologe
University of Oregon, Professor
Christopher Rex
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Principal
Adam Satinsky
Naples Philharmonic, Principal
David Schepps
New Mexico Symphony
Barrett Sills
Houston Grand Opera & Houston Ballet Orchestras, Principal
Bass
Robert Barney
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Patrick Bilanchone
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra
Fred Bretschger
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Assistant Principal
Christopher Brown
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Principal
Deborah Dunham
Boston Baroque, Principal
Wilbur 'Skip' Edwards
Canton Symphony, Principal
Paul Ellison
Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Professor
Erik Gronfor
Houston Grand Opera
Gordon Hill
Auckland Philharmonia (New Zealand), Principal
Corbin Johnston
Utah Symphony, Associate Principal
Sidney King
University of Louisville, Instructor
Joe Lescher
San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Principal
John Pellegrino
Columbus Symphony, Assistant Principal
Andrew Raciti
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Assistant Principal
William Ritchie
Omaha Symphony, Assistant Principal
Roger Ruggeri
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Principal Emeritus
David Williamson
Minnesota Orchestra
Flute
Carol Bean
National Symphony Orchestra
Julia Bogorad-Kogan
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Principal
Camille Churchfield
National Arts Center Orchestra, guest Principal
Angela Jones Reus
University of Georgia,Professor, 
Alice Kogan Weinreb
National Symphony Orchestra
Barbara Leibundguth
Gustavus Adolphus College, faculty
Melissa Suhr
Houston Ballet Orchestra, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra, Houston Chamber Orchestra
Wendy Williams
Minnesota Orchestra
Oboe
Robert Atherholt
Houston Symphony, Principal
Barbara Bishop
Kansas City Symphony, Associate Principal
Peter Cooper
Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Principal
Linda Gilbert
Houston freelance musician
Elizabeth Koch
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Principal
Jaren Philleo
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, principal oboe
Martin Schuring
Arizona State University, Professor
Clarinet
Laura Ardan
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Principal
Larry Combs
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Principal
Ben Freimuth
San Francisco Symphony, Bass Clarinet
Stephanie Key
San Antonio Symphony, Assistant Principal
Thomas LeGrand
Houston Symphony, Associate Principal
Marlene Pauley
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Conductor, Family and Education Concerts
David Pharris
Minnesota Orchestra
Gregory Raden
Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Principal
Michael Rusinek
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Principal
Bassoon
Steven Braunstein
San Francisco Symphony
Juan de Gomar
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Contrabassoon
Sharon Kuster
San Antonio Symphony, Principal
Christopher Millard
National Arts Centre Orchestra Ottawa, Principal
Rufus Olivier
San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Principal
Brian Petkovich
San Antonio Symphony, Second Bassoon/Assistant Principal
Kristen Sonneborn
Naples Philharmonic, Principal
Robert Williams
Pittsburgh Symphony, Principal
Horn
Brice Andrus
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
William Caballero
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Principal
Nancy Goodearl
Houston Symphony
Robert Lauver
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Michael Lewellen
Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Principal
Achim Reus
Radio Symphony Orchestra, former Principal
Jonathan Ring
San Francisco Symphony
Bruce Roberts
San Francisco Symphony, Assistant Principal
Jessica Valeri
Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Gabrielle Webster
Chicago freelance musician
Suan Welty
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Gail Williams
Chicago Chamber Musicians
Trumpet
Barbara Butler
Northwestern University, Professor
Charles Daval
Pittsburgh Opera/Ballet, Principal
Charles Geyer
Northwestern University, Professor
Thomas Hooten
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Principal
Adam Luftman
San Francisco Opera, Principal
Chris Martin
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Principal
Matthew Sonneborn
Naples Philharmonic, Principal
Tuba
JaTtik Clark
Oregon Symphony, Principal
Stephen Dombrowski
Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Principal
Craig Knox
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Principal
Trombone
Jay Evans
Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Principal
Randall Hawes
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Bryce Mecham
BYU-Idaho, Professor of Trombone and Director of Brass Studies
Craig Mulcahy
National Symphony Orchestra, Acting Principal
Michael Mulcahy
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Steve Norrell
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Manhattan School of Music, faculty
Roger Oyster
Kansas City Symphony, Principal
Jared Rodin
Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Principal Trombone
Colin Williams
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Principal
Larry Zalkind
Utah Symphony, Principal
Timpani
Kenneth Every
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, Principal
Peter Kogan
Minnesota Orchestra, Principal
Percussion
Richard Brown
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra, Principal
Riely Francis
Honolulu Symphony, Associate Principal
Craig Hauschildt
Houston Grand Opera, substitute
John Kinzie
Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Principal
Brian Prechtl
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Tom Sherwood
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Principal
Wiley Arnold Sykes
Philidor Percussion Group
Harp
Courtney Hershey Bress
Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Principal
Anne Preucil Lewellen
Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Principal
Paula Page
Houston Symphony, Principal
Rachel Van Voorhees
Louisiana Philharmonic, Principal
Piano
Brian Connelly
Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Artist Teacher of Piano
Adelle Eslinger
San Francisco Opera, Music Staff
Scott Holshouser
Houston Symphony
Deborah Moriarty
Michigan State University, Professor & Chair of Piano Studies
Librarian
Gary Corrin
Toronto Symphony, Principal Librarian
Crozet Duplantier
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Robert Stiles
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Principal Librarian & substitute bass
Program Host
Mary Ann Feldman
Minnesota Orchestra, Program Annotator & Music Adviser
Recording Engineer