Musicians

Your world-class Symphony includes musicians from all over the globe who call Kansas City home.

Making KC Home

Eighty (80) full-time musicians comprise our orchestra.

Making KC Home

Eighty (80) full-time musicians comprise our orchestra.

Every chair is auditioned, attracting sometimes hundreds of candidates from all over. Our auditions are completely blind – meaning candidates play behind a screen. In fact, the audition committee does not know or see the candidates until a winner has been named!

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Music Director

Matthias Pintscher

David T. Beals III Associate Conductor

Daniel Wiley

David T. Beals III AssISTANT Conductor

Luke Poeppel

Symphony Orchestra Roster Symphony Chorus Roster

First Violin

Jun Iwasaki
Concertmaster, Miller Nichols Chair

Stirling Trent
Associate Concertmaster

Sunho Kim
Assistant Concertmaster

Anne-Marie Brown

Michael Brown

Betty Chen

Anthony DeMarco

Susan Goldenberg

Tomoko Iguchi

Dorris Dai Janssen

Chiafei Lin

Yun-Chung Lin

Vladimir Rykov

Alex Shum

Second Violin

Tamamo Someya Gibbs
Principal Second Violin

Carter Coleman
Associate Principal Second Violin

Kristin Velicer
Assistant Principal Second Violin

Minhye Helena Choi

Mary Garcia Grant

Kazato Inouye

Rena Ishii

Paul Kim

Stephanie Larsen

Jinyou Lee

Sodam Lim

Ayrton Pisco

Viola

MingYu Hsu
Principal Viola

Duncan Steele
Associate Principal Viola

Jessica Nance
Assistant Principal Viola

Kent Brauninger

Sean Brumble

Marvin Gruenbaum

Jenifer Houck

Duke Lee

Jesse Yukimura

Cello

Mark Gibbs
Principal Cello, Robert A. Kipp Chair

Susie Yang
Associate Principal Cello, Richard Hill Chair

Alexander East
Assistant Principal Cello

Maria Crosby

John Eadie

Lawrence Figg

Sally Kim
Cello

Meredith McCook

Allen Probus

Double Bass

Landon Honolka
Principal Bass

Evan Halloin
Associate Principal Bass

Nils Aardahl

Joseph Nuñez

Richard Ryan

Michael Zogaib

Flute

Michael Gordon
Principal Flute, Marylou and John Dodds Turner Chair

Shannon Finney
Associate Principal Flute

Alejandro Lombo
Flute/Piccolo

Oboe

Kristina fulton

Kristina Fulton
Principal Oboe, Shirley Bush Helzberg Chair

Alison Chung
Associate Principal Oboe

Matthew Lengas
Oboe and English Horn

Clarinet

Santos.Raymond

Raymond Santos
Principal Clarinet, Bill and Peggy Lyons Chair

Javier Morales-Martinez
Associate Principal/2nd and E-Flat Clarinet

John Klinghammer
Third and Utility Clarinet and Bass Clarinet

Bassoon

Ann Bilderback
Principal Bassoon, Barton P. and Mary D. Cohen Chair

Thomas DeWitt
Associate Principal Bassoon and Contrabassoon

Maxwell Pipinich

Horn

Roy Femenella
Principal Horn

Sullivan.David

David Sullivan
Associate/Assistant Principal Horn

Elizabeth Gray
Second Horn

David Gamble
Third Horn

Multer.Stephen

Stephen Multer
Fourth and Utility Low Horn

Trumpet

Kaplan.Julian

Julian Kaplan
Principal Trumpet, James B. and Annabel Nutter Chair

Shea Kelsay
Acting Associate Principal Trumpet

Joon Park
Third/Utility Trumpet

Trombone

Evelyn Carlson
Principal Trombone

Porter Wyatt Henderson
Associate Principal Trombone

Joe Maiocco
Bass Trombone

Tuba

Joe LeFevre
Principal Tuba, Frank Byrne Chair

Timpani

Timothy Jepson
Principal Timpani, Michael and Susan Newburger Chair

Percussion

David Yoon
Acting Principal Percussion

Justin Ochoa
Acting Associate Principal Percussion, Adrian and Nancy Kay Hertog Family Chair (One Year Position)

Harp

Chai Lee
Principal Harp

Librarians

Elena Lence Talley
Principal Librarian

Fabrice Curtis