Kansas City Symphony - The Sound of Kansas City

The Concert Experience


 


Orchestra Roster
Michael Stern, Music Director
Steven Jarvi, Bruno Walter Associate Conductor

FIRST VIOLINS

Kanako Ito, Concertmistress
Miller Nichols Chair
Gregory Sandomirsky, Associate Concertmaster
Sunho Kim, Assistant Concertmaster
*Anne-Marie Brown
*Anthony DeMarco
*Andrew Fuller
Susan Goldenberg
*Jessica Wakefield Hao
Paul Hatton-Soto
*Tomoko Iguchi
*Dorris Dai Janssen
Ginni Rader
*Vladimir Rykov
Alex Shum

SECOND VIOLINS
Tamamo Someya Gibbs, Principal
Kathy Haid Berry, Associate Principal
Kristin Velicer, Assistant Principal
*Nancy Beckmann
*Mary Garcia Grant
*Kevin Hao
*Sara Hurst
*Tina Cho Johnson
*Karen Klein
*Francesca Manheim
*§David Repking
*Linda Thomssen

VIOLAS
Christine Grossman, Principal
Matthew Rombaum, Associate Principal
Jessica Nance, Assistant Principal
*Kent Brauninger
*Sean Brumble
*Laura Fuller
*Marvin Gruenbaum
*Duke Lee
*Jenifer Richison

CELLOS

Mark Gibbs, Principal
Robert A. Kipp Chair
Alexander East, Assistant Principal
*Ho Anthony Ahn
*§John Eadie
*Lawrence Figg
*Rung Lee
*Matthew Johnson
*Allen Probus

DOUBLE BASSES

Jeffrey Kail, Principal
Nancy Newman, Associate Principal
*Kenneth Mitchell
Louis Newman, Principal Emeritus
*Ed Paulsen

FLUTES
Michael Gordon, Principal
Shannon Finney, Associate Principal
Diane Schick

PICCOLO

Diane Schick

OBOES

+ Lora Schaefer-Berndt, Principal
Shirley Bush Helzberg Chair

Barbara Bishop, Associate Principal
Kenneth Lawrence

ENGLISH HORN

Kenneth Lawrence

CLARINETS

Raymond Santos, Principal
§Boris Allakhverdyan, Associate Principal
Forrest Philpott

E-FLAT CLARINET

§Boris Allakhverdyan

BASS CLARINET

Forrest Philpott

BASSOONS

Ann Bilderback, Principal
§Anthony Anurca, Associate Principal
Marita Abner

CONTRABASSOON

§Anthony Anurca

HORNS

Alberto G. Suarez, Principal
§David Sullivan, Associate Principal
Kelly Cornell
Stephen Multer

TRUMPETS

Gary Schutza, Principal
Philip Clark, Associate Principal
Brian Rood

TROMBONES

Roger Oyster, Principal
Porter Wyatt Henderson, Associate Principal
Graeme Mutchler

BASS TROMBONE
Graeme Mutchler

TUBA

Steven Seward, Principal

TIMPANI

Timothy Jepson, Principal

PERCUSSION

Christopher McLaurin, Principal
§Joseph Petrasek, Associate Principal

HARP
Deborah Wells Clark, Principal

MUSIC LIBRARY

Elena Lence Talley, Principal
§Jennifer Feldman
+ Courtney Secoy

PERSONNEL

Robb Aistrup, Personnel Manager
Justin White, Assistant Personnel Manager
Deborah Wells Clark, Assistant Personnel Manager
Jim Vinzant, Stage Manager
Ben Julius, Assistant Stage Manager

* Rotating Musician
§ New Member
+ On Leave of Absence