Meet the Musicians

A Great Symphony Starts with Amazing Artists

We are the dreamers of dreams—80 Artists, 1 sound.

Our Musicians

  • First Violins

    Robin Mayforth, Concertmaster
    Yulee Seo, Associate Concertmaster
    Randall Weiss
    Motoko Toba
    Rebecca McCormick
    Eline Van den Ende
    Xander Abbe
    Sara Chazin
    Chag-Hee Lee
    Isabella Amador
    Kiri Murakami-Loehmann
    Carolyn Carl
    Shawyon Malek-Salehi
    Sergi Goldman-Hull

  • Second Violins

    Rick Shinozaki, Principal
    Elizabeth Corner, Assistant Principal
    Eugenia Wie
    Baker Peeples
    Deborah Spangler
    Claudia Fountain
    Emanuela Nikiforova
    Allison Gigi Dang
    Chinh Le
    Lyly Li

  • Violas

    Patricia Whaley, Principal
    Janet Doughty
    Jill Cohen
    Katherine Johnk
    Craig Bate
    Victoria Morton
    Danny Sheu
    Valerie Tisdel
    Eleanor Angel

  • Cellos

    Evan Kahn, Principal
    Adelle-Akiko Kearns, Assistant Principal
    Janet Witharm
    Julie Feldman
    Mark Walker
    Louella Hasbun
    Nick Dargahi
    Carol Rice

  • Basses

    Bill Everett, Principal
    Robert Ashley, Assistant Principal
    David Schoenbrun
    Timothy Spears
    Linda Clayton
    Bruce Moyer

  • Flutes

    MyungJu Yeo, Principal

  • Oboes

    Brooks Fisher, Principal
    Patricia Emerson Mitchell

  • Clarinets

    Michael Corner, Principal
    Robert Weil

  • Bassoons

    Deborah Kramer, Principal
    Carolyn Lockhart

  • Horns

    Meredith Brown, Principal
    Bethany Zare
    Caitlyn Smith Franklin, Associate Principal
    Melia Badalian
    Scott Hartman

  • Trumpets

    Robert Giambruno, Principal
    John King, Associate Principal

  • Trombones

    Steven Suminski, Principal
    Esther Armendariz
    C.L. Behrens

  • Tuba

    Tony Clements, Principal

  • Timpani

    Alex Orfaly, Principal

  • Percussion

    Galen Lemmon, Principal
    Peter Thielen
    Kent Reed
    Mark Veregge

  • Harp

    Dan Levitan, Principal
    Karen Kirk-Thielen

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