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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
Omari Abdul-Alim
Anna Bernhard
Emily Bustos
Patricia Cole
Sean Elliott
Leila Fanien
Dylan Hamme
Laura Hourt
Katrina Johnson
William Knuth
Barbara Schaefer
Nathanael Turner
Sarah Umlauf
Therese West
Amana Zhang

VIOLA

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

CELLO

Anthony Kitai, Principal
Jaime An
Jacqueline Bustos
Danielle Karppala
Benjamin Mekinulov
Isaac Moorman
Diana Osorio
Timothy Shin

BASS

Casey Karr, 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

Peter Ecklund
Margaret O’Leary
Kahlan Yenney

HORN

Sophia Filippone
Molly Flanagan
Hannah Messenger
Victor Valenzuela

TRUMPET

David Green
Ben Hauser
Erik Larson

TROMBONE

James Chase Farrell
Liam Glendening

BASS TROMBONE

Daniel Pendley

TUBA

Eric Williams

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
Victor Valenzuela, Brass Coordinator
James Jacobson, Percussion Coordinator
Mark Debski, Audition Training Seminars

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