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2023 AIMS Festival Orchestra Roster

 

Conductors

Marzio Conti
Martin Lukas Meister
Marius Stieghorst

VIOLIN

Heather Wittels, Concertmaster
Sondra Brudnak, Assistant Concertmaster
Barrie Cooper, Principal 2nd Violin
Mateus Belloni
Anna Bernhard
Emily Bustos
Patricia Cole
Carol Dylan
Sean Elliott
Leila Fanien
Laura Hourt
William Knuth
Barbara Schaefer
Nathanael Turner
Sarah Umlauf
Therese West

VIOLA

Julius Wirth-Fuentes, Principal
Jackson Alderman
Michael Brennan
Yuri Hughes
Eddy Malave
Santiago Osorio
Lydia Park
Matthew Umlauf

CELLO

Benjamin Mekinulov, Principal
Jacqueline Bustos
Danielle Karppala
Rahel Lulseged
Danny O’Connell
Diana Osorio
Cora Sell
Timothy Shin

BASS

Lee Philip, Principal
Shion Kim
Gabriel Preusse
Russell Thompson

FLUTE

David DiGiacobbe
Hunter Green
Kimberly O’Hare Bonacorsa

OBOE

Cosimo Conti
Mark Debski
Theresa Zale Bridges

CLARINET

Randy Glasner
Roy Park
David Thomas

BASSOON

Juliette Angoulvant
Leann Currie
Andrew Salaru

HORN

Cade Araza
Sophia Filippone
Hannah Messenger
Victor Valenzuela

TRUMPET

Ben Hauser
Erik Larson
Mario Mojica

TROMBONE

Gabriel Gilliland
Mal Layne

BASS TROMBONE

Daniel Pendley

TUBA

Joshua Lesperance

TIMPANI & PERCUSSION

James Jacobson, Principal
Lee Hinkle
Eric Plewinski

PIANO & CELESTE

Chao-Hwa Lin, Principal

HARP

Christine Heger
Elke Paternusch
Mona Smale

ORCHESTRA STAFF

David DiGiacobbe, Manager & Woodwind Coordinator
Kimberly O’Hare Bonacorsa, Assistant Manager
Olivia Ren, Principal Librarian
Barbara Schaefer, Assistant Librarian
Daniel Pendley, Stage Manager
David Thomas, Chamber Music Coordinator
Eddy Malave, Strings Coordinator
Victor Valenzuela, Brass Coordinator
James Jacobson, Percussion Coordinator
Mark Debski, Audition Training Seminars

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