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.  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.

This roster reflects musicians from the 2010 Festival Season.  The roster for 2011 participants will be updated in January of 2011.

Associate Conductor
Nicholas Carter
Sydney Symphony, Associate Conductor
Violin
Ann Beebe
Omaha Symphony, Associate Concertmaster
Jessica Blackwell
Nashville Symphony
Emmanuelle Boisvert
Detroit Symphony, Concertmaster
Hasse Borup
University of Utah School of Music, Assistant Professor of Violin/Chamber Music Performance
Eva Cappelletti Chao
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra and National Symphony, substitute
Kathryn Caswell
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Joan Cataldo
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Lisa Chong
Saint Louis Symphony 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;                Tulsa Symphony Orchestra, Assistant Concertmaster 
Michael Davis
Louisville Orchestra, Concertmaster; Campbellsville University, faculty
Tracy Dunlop
Spokane String Quartet;                                             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; Lewis and Clark College; Reed College
Lois Finkel
Brown University, faculty
Angela Fuller
Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Principal Second
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; Virginia Opera
Tomoko Iguchi
Kansas City Symphony
Dorris Dai Janssen
Kansas City Symphony
Rebekah Johnson
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Carolyn Kessler
National Gallery Orchestra
Karen Kinzie
Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Heather Kurzbauer
Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic
Dimitri Lazarescu
Phoenix Symphony, Assistant Principal Second Violin
Raymond Leung
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Chunyi Lu
Phoenix Symphony
Kathryn Lucktenberg
University of Oregon, Professor
Ralph Matson
Utah Symphony, Concertmaster
Holly Mulcahy
Orchestra Iowa, Acting Concertmaster; Music of the Baroque
Patrick Neal
Naples Philharmonic Orchestra, Assistant Principal
Helen Nightengale
Concert Violinist; founder and producer of HEARTbeats Foundation
Dennis O'Boyle
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Dennis O’Boyle
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Katherine Palyga
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Julia Parcells
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Dan Rizner
DePauw University, Professor
Jennifer Ross
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Principal Second Violin
Barbara Scowcroft
Utah Symphony Orchestra
 Sha
Concert Violinist; Shanghai University, Music Director of Performing Arts
Simon Shiao
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra
Olga Shpitko
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Sou-Chun Su
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Associate Principal Second Violin
Ikuko Takahashi
Copenhagen Philharmonic
Anne-Marie Terranova
Naples Philharmonic Orchestra
Jennifer Thomspon
Toronto Symphony
Andrea Wagoner
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Edward Wu
Boston freelance musician
Viola
Judith Ablon
Nashville Symphony
Martin Andersen
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra; Artist in Residence, Stevens Institute of Technology
Brant Bayless
Utah Symphony, Principal
Joel Belgique
Oregon Symphony, Principal; Portland State University, faculty
Claudine Bigelow
Brigham Young University, Professor
Philippe C. Chao
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra; George Mason University, faculty
Joan DerHovsepian
Houston Symphony, Associate Principal; Shepherd School of Music
Susan Gulkis Assadi
Seattle Symphony, Principal
Reid Harris
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Principal
Valerie Heywood
Buffalo Philharmonic, Principal; State University of New York, Freedonia (formerly); Niagara International Chamber Music Festival
Lucina Horner
Alabama Symphony Orchestra
Chiara Kingsley Dieguez
National Symphony Orchestra, permanent substitute; IBIS Chamber Music Society; Fessenden Ensemble of Washington D.C.
Anna Kruger
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, Associate Principal; Viola Professor, Sacramento State University;New Century Chamber Orchestra, Principal
Suzanne LeFevre
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
Kristen Linfante
Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra, Co-Principal
Milan Milisavljevic
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Assistant Principal
Paul Murphy
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Associate Principal; McDuffie Center for Strings (Mercer University), Distinguished Artist
George Ohlson
freelance musician; Washington Conservatory
Charles Pikler
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Principal
Rita Porfiris
Hartt School of Music, Professor of Viola; The Phenix Ensemble
Peter Rosato
Phoenix Symphony, Principal (retired)
Joel Rosenberg
American West Symphony & Chorus, conductor
Kevin Roy
Freelance musician, New York City
Abhijit Sengupta
Fontana Chamber Arts, Artistic Director/CEO
Rachel Swerdlow
Seattle Symphony
Roberta Zalkind
Utah Symphony, Associate Principal
Cello
Silver Ainomae
Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Principal Cello
Stephen Balderston
DePaul University, Professor of Cello; Chicago Symphony, former Assistant Principal
Gregory Clinton
Omaha Symphony, Associate Principal
Krisanthy Desby
Napa Valley Symphony, Assistant Principal; Laurel Ensemble, founder/cellist
Kari Jane Docter
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Sofia Every
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra; IRIS Orchestra
Karen Freer
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Assistant Principal
Igor Gefter
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Steven Laven
Boston freelance musician; Rhode Island College
Ilse-Mari Lee
Montana State University, Professor, Director of Honors Program
Amy Leung
Dixie State College, Assistant Professor
David Mollenauer
San Antonio Symphony, Assistant Principal; Trinity University, cello professor; SOLI Chamber Ensemble, founding member
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
Miriam Perkoff
San Francisco Symphony/Opera/Ballet; extra cellist
Steven Pologe
University of Oregon, Professor
Adam Satinsky
Naples Philharmonic, Principal
David Schepps
New Mexico Symphony
Julia Sengupta
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra; Freelance musician, Michigan
Barrett Sills
Houston Grand Opera & Houston Ballet Orchestras, Principal
Janet Steinberg
Vancouver Symphony, Associate Principal
Bass
Robert Barney
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Principal
Patrick Bilanchone
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra
Fred Bretschger
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Assistant Principal
Christopher Brown
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Principal; University of Minnesota, adjunct faculty
Deborah Dunham
Boston Baroque, Principal; Mercury Baroque, Principal; Ars Lyrica Houston, Principal
Wilbur 'Skip' Edwards
Freelance musician
Paul Ellison
Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Professor and String Department Chair
Erik Gronfor
Houston Grand Opera, Assistant Principal
Don Hermanns
Oregon Symphony
Gordon Hill
Auckland Philharmonia (New Zealand), Principal
Corbin Johnston
Utah Symphony, Associate Principal
Sidney King
University of Louisville, Instructor; Louisville Orchestra, Assistant Principal (retired)
Joe Lescher
San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Principal
William Ritchie
Omaha Symphony, Assistant Principal
Roger Ruggeri
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Principal Emeritus
Robert Stiles
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Principal Librarian & substitute bass
David Williamson
Minnesota Orchestra, Acting Associate Principal; Oregon Bach Festival, Principal
Flute
Carole Bean
National Symphony Orchestra
Julia Bogorad-Kogan
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Principal
Leone Buyse
Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Professor
Camille Churchfield
University of Ottawa; National Arts Centre Orchestra (Ottawa)
Angela Jones Reus
University of Georgia,Professor, 
Alice Kogan Weinreb
National Symphony Orchestra, Capital Woodwind Quintet
Stephanie Mortimore
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Piccoloist
Melissa Suhr
Houston Ballet Orchestra, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra, University of Houston
Oboe
Robert Atherholt
Houston Symphony, Principal
Barbara Bishop
Kansas City Symphony, Associate Principal
Peter Cooper
Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Principal
Linda Gilbert
Houston freelance musician; Houston Baptist University, adjunct faculty
Elizabeth Koch
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Principal
Jaren Philleo
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Principal
Martin Schuring
Arizona State University, Professor
Clarinet
Laura Ardan
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Principal
Larry Combs
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Principal
Ben Freimuth
Freelance musician; Cincinnati, OH
Stephanie Key
San Antonio Symphony, Assistant Principal/E-flat Clarinet
Thomas LeGrand
Houston Symphony, Associate Principal
Lee Livengood
Utah Symphony Orchestra
Shannon Orme
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Interlochen,Northwester/USC alumni
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  
Sue Heineman
National Symphony Orchestra; University of Maryland
Sharon Kuster
San Antonio Symphony, Principal
Christopher Millard
National Arts Centre Orchestra Ottawa, Principal
Kristen Sonneborn
Naples Philharmonic, Principal
Charles Ullery
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Principal
Robert Williams
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Principal
Saxophone
Daron Bradford
Utah Symphony Orchestra; Brigham Young University
James Forger
Michigan State University, Dean, College of Music
Horn
William Caballero
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Principal; Carnegie Mellon University, Associate Teacher of Horn
Michael Gast
Minnesota Orchestra, Principal; University of Minnesota, Lecturer of Horn
Nancy Goodearl
Houston Symphony
Haley Hoops
Dallas Symphony, Second Horn
Graham Kingsbury
Oregon Symphony, Assistant Principal
Robert Lauver
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Michael Lewellen
Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Principal
Jeffrey Nelsen
Indiana University, Professor; former Canadian Brass; former Montreal/Vancouver Symphonies
Jonathan Ring
San Francisco Symphony
Alicia Waite
Oregon Symphony
Gabrielle Webster
Chicago freelance musician
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
Taga Larson
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; DePaul University, trumpet instructor
Peter Margulies
Utah Symphony; University of Utah, faculty; Cabrillo Music Festival
Jennifer Marotta
Emory University, Professor
Colin Oldberg
Hong Kong Philharmonic, Principal Trumpet
Jim Vassallo
Houston Ballet & Opera Orchestras, Principal
Tuba
JaTtik Clark
Oregon Symphony, Principal; Portland State University; Oregon Symphony 
Craig Knox
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Principal;Center City Brass Quintet; Carnegie Mellon University, faculty
Trombone
Jay Evans
Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Principal
Michael Mulcahy
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Steve Norrell
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Manhattan School of Music, faculty
Roger Oyster
Kansas City Symphony, principal
Jared Rodin
Indiana Symphony Orchestra, Bass Trombone; Butler University; Music of the Baroque
Colin Williams
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Principal
Larry Zalkind
Utah Symphony, Principal
Timpani
Michael Crusoe
Seattle Symphony, Principal; University of Washington, Timpani Instructor
Kenneth Every
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, Principal; IRIS Orchestra, Principal
Peter Kogan
Minnesota Orchestra, Principal; University of Minnesota, School of Music, affiliate faculty
Percussion
Richard Brown
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra, Principal
John Burgardt
San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Principal Timpani
Riely Francis
Honolulu Symphony, Associate Principal
Craig Hauschildt
Houston Grand Opera, substitute; Texas A & M, Assistant Lecturer
Ji Hye Jung
University of Kansas, Assistant Professor of Percussion
John Kinzie
Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Principal
Brian Prechtl
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Rose
Harrisburg Symphony, Principal
Tom Sherwood
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Principal
Wiley Arnold Sykes
Philidor Percussion Group
Michael Zell
Annapolis Symphony Orchestra; The Carnegie Hall Academy
Harp
Courtney Hershey Bress
Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Principal
Anne Preucil Lewellen
Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Principal
Rachel Van Voorhees
Louisiana Philharmonic, Principal; New Orleans Opera, Principal; Loyola University, faculty
Louise Vickerman
Utah Symphony/Utah Opera, Principal; Weber State University, Westminster College, Adjunct Professor of Harp
Piano
Brian Connelly
Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Artist Teacher of Piano
Adelle Eslinger
San Francisco Opera, Music Staff
Jason Hardink
Utah Symphony Orchestra
Scott Holshouser
Houston Symphony; University of Houston, faculty
Deborah Moriarity
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 Annotator
Mary Ann Feldman
Minnesota Orchestra, Program Annotator & Music Adviser
Roger Ruggeri
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Principal Emeritus
Program Host
Roger Oyster
Kansas City Symphony, Principal
Orchestra Personnel Manager
Richard Brown
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra, Principal
Recording Engineer
Roni Jules
San Francisco Symphony