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Musicians of the Charlotte Symphony

FIRST VIOLINS
Calin Ovidiu LupanuConcertmaster
Joseph Meyer, Associate Concertmaster
Kari Giles, Assistant Concertmaster
Ernest Pereira
Susan Blumberg
Jane Hart Brendle
Emily Chatham
Lenora Legatt, Acting Section
Ellyn Stuart

Jenny Topilow
Angela WatsonActing Section
Dustin Wilkes-Kim

SECOND VIOLINS
Oliver Kot, Principal
Kathleen Jarrell, Assistant Principal

Carlos Tarazona
Sakira Harley
Monica Boboc
Tatiana Karpova
Martha Geissler
Alice SilvaActing Section

VIOLAS
Benjamin GellerPrincipal
Alaina ReaAssistant Principal
Ellen Ferdon
Cynthia Frank
Nancy Marsh Levine
Viara Stefanova
Ning Zhao

CELLOS
Alan Black, Principal
Jonathan Lewis, Assistant Principal
Marlene Ballena
Drew Dansby, Acting Section
​Jeremy Lamb
Sarah Markle
Denielle WilsonActing Section
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DOUBLE BASSES
Kurt Riecken, Principal
Judson Baines, Assistant Principal
Jeffrey Ferdon
Jason McNeel

HARP
Andrea Mumm TrammellPrincipal

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FLUTES
Victor WangPrincipal
Amy Orsinger Whitehead
Erinn FrechettePiccolo
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OBOES

Hollis Ulaky, Principal
Erica Cice
Terry Maskin, English Horn

 

CLARINETS

Taylor Marino, Principal 

Samuel Sparrow, E-Flat Clarinet
Allan Rosenfeld, Bass Clarinet

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BASSOONS 
Joshua Hood, Acting Principal
Margaret O'LearyActing Section
Naho Zhu, Acting Section
 

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HORNS

Byron Johns, Principal

Andrew Fierova
Robert Rydel
Richard Goldfaden

Philip Brindise, Acting Section

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TRUMPETS

Alex Wilborn, Principal
Jonathan Kaplan

Gabriel Slesinger, 3rd/Associate Principal

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TROMBONES

John Bartlett, Principal

Thomas Burge

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BASS TROMBONE

Scott Hartman, Principal

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TUBA

Derek Fenstermacher, Acting Principal

 

TIMPANI

Jacob Lipham, Principal

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PERCUSSION

Brice Burton, Principal

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