Sun Valley Summer Symphony
 

2011 Orchestra Musicians

Music Director

Alasdair Neale
Music Director, Marin Symphony

Violin I

Jeremy Constant
Assistant Concertmaster, San Francisco Symphony
Juliana Athayde
Concertmaster, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
Kristin Ahlstrom
Associate Principal Second, St. Louis Symphony
Dan Banner
Substitute, San Francisco Symphony
James Dahlgren
Concertmaster, Royal Philharmonic of Galicia, Spain
Ferenc Illenyi
Houston Symphony
Rudolph Kremer
Freelance, Chicago & Minneapolis
Asako Kuboki
St. Louis Symphony
Yukiko Kurakata
San Francisco Symphony
Milana Elise Reiche
Minnesota Orchestra
Misha Rosenker
Des Moines Symphony
Erin Schreiber
Associate Concertmaster, St. Louis Symphony
Peter Seminovs
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Geoffrey Trabichoff
Concertmaster, Boise Philharmonic
Sylvia VerMeulen
Houston Grand Opera and Ballet Orchestra
Perrin Yang
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
 

Violin II

Paul Brancato
Assistant Principal Second, San Francisco Symphony
Amy Glidden
Associate Concertmaster, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Jennifer Best
Assistant Concertmaster, Sarasota Orchestra
Cynthia Bowermaster
Freelance, St. Louis
Rebecca Corruccini
Minnesota Orchestra
Claude Halter
New World Symphony
Yuna Lee
Freelance, San Francisco
Stacy Markowitz
Richmond Symphony
Mayumi Masri
Assistant Concertmaster, Alabama Symphony Orchestra
Mark Paxson
Portland (ME) Symphony Orchestra
Ellen Pesavento
Freelance, San Francisco
Adrienne Sengpiehl
Principal, Midsummer Mozart, San Francisco
Tarn Travers
Professor, Luther College
Shawn Weil
St. Louis Symphony

Viola

Katie Kadarauch
Assistant Principal, San Francisco Symphony
Morris Jacob
St. Louis Symphony
Dustin Budish
Principal, Reno Philharmonic
Allyson Dawkins
Principal, San Antonio Symphony
Bryan Florence
Freelance, New York City
David Gaudry
San Francisco Symphony
Caroline Lee *
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
Elizabeth Prior
Substitute, San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
Paul Reynolds
Principal, Burlington Chamber Orchestra
Cassandra Lynne Richburg
New Century Chamber Orchestra
Ann Roggen
Orchestra of St. Luke's, New York City
Uri Wassertzug
Kennedy Center/Washington National Opera Orchestra
Matthew Young
Minnesota Orchestra
 

Cello

Amos Yang
Assistant Principal, San Francisco Symphony
Anne Fagerburg
St. Louis Symphony
Lena Bonhorst Andaya
Principal, Sacramento Philharmonic
Richard Andaya
Substitute, San Francisco Symphony
Meeka Quan DiLorenzo
Seattle Symphony
Alexander East
Assistant Principal, Kansas City Symphony
Eric Gaenslen
Rosetti String Quartet
Sébastien Gingras
San Francisco Symphony
Ed Laut
Professor, The University of Kansas
Bjorn Ranheim
St. Louis Symphony
Louis-Philippe Robillard
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Ellen Sanders
Opera San Jose
Jeremiah Shaw
Freelance, Washington, D.C.

Bass

Stephen Tramontozzi
Assistant Principal, San Francisco Symphony
Jeremy Kurtz
Principal, San Diego Symphony
Andy Butler
Principal, Opera San Jose
Bill Everett
Principal, Symphony Silicon Valley
Jon T. Keigwin
Berkeley Symphony
Patrick Klobas
Marin Symphony
Raymond Vargas
Freelance, San Francisco
Susan Wulff
Associate Principal, San Diego Symphony

Flute

Linda Lukas
San Francisco Symphony
Catherine Payne
San Francisco Symphony
Andrea Kaplan
Associate Principal, St. Louis Symphony
Rhonda Bradetich
Substitute, San Francisco Symphony

Oboe

Jonathan Fischer
San Francisco Symphony 
Jason Sudduth
Assistant Principal, Omaha Symphony
Erik Behr
Principal, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
Jessica Boelter
Freelance, San Francisco & Seattle
James Gorton *
Co-Principal, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Clarinet

David Neuman
San Francisco Symphony
Ben Freimuth
Freelance, Cincinnati
Susan Warner
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Pascal Archer
Principal, Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic

Bassoon

Andrew Cuneo
Principal, St. Louis Symphony
Fei Xie
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Ellen Connors
Principal, Knoxville Symphony
Patty Katucki
Principal, Boise Philharmonic

Saxophone

David Henderson
Substitute, San Francisco Symphony
Kevin Stewart
Freelance, San Francisco
Dale Wolford
Freelance, San Francisco

Horn

William VerMeulen
Principal, Houston Symphony
Brian Thomas
Houston Symphony
Tod Bowermaster
St. Louis Symphony
Lisa Conway
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Elizabeth Freimuth
Principal, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Robert Johnson
Principal, Richmond Symphony
Paul Straka
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
Karl Pituch
Principal, Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Trumpet

Andrew McCandless
Principal, Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tiscione
San Francisco Symphony
Matthew Muckey
Associate Principal, New York Philharmonic
Jeff Biancalana
San Francisco Symphony
Anthony DiLorenzo
Freelance, Seattle

Trombone

Gordon Wolfe
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Timothy Higgins
Principal, San Francisco Symphony
Darren McHenry
Dallas Symphony Orchestra

 

Tuba

Peter Wahrhaftig
Principal, San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

Timpani

Alex Orfaly
Freelance, Boston
Michael Israelievitch
Principal, The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra

Percussion

Marc Damoulakis
The Cleveland Orchestra
Joseph Tompkins
Freelance, New York City
Andrew Lewis
Music Director, Wood River Community Orchestra
Mark Veregge
Substitute, San Francisco Opera
Victor Avdienko
Freelance, San Francisco
Michael Israelievitch
Principal, The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
Kyle Zerna
New York Philharmonic

Harp

Douglas Rioth
Principal, San Francisco Symphony
Gretchen Van Hoesen
Principal, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Keyboard

Peter Henderson
Associate Professor of Music, Maryville University, St. Louis
R.L. Rowsey
Artistic Director, Sun Valley Summer Symphony School of Music

 

Guitar/Banjo

Tully Cathey
Assistant Professor, University of Utah School of Music

 

* performs only in the Edgar M. Bronfman In Focus Series

 
 

Concert Production Team

 
Teddy Abrams
Musical Assistant
Ross Goldman
Assistant Sound Designer
Peter Grunberg
Musical Assistant
Deanna Hull
Operations Manager/ Librarian
Ian McNally
Artist Liaison
Brian Mohr
Sound Designer
Quelani Penland
Production Assistant
Ellen Pesavento
Personnel Manager epesavento@earthlink.net
Jim Quinn
Production and Stage Manager
Karen Quinn
Artist Liaison
Dave Robertson
Lighting Designer
Ian Shaw
Assistant Stage Manager