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Musicians of the Charlotte Symphony
FIRST VIOLINS
Calin Ovidiu Lupanu, Concertmaster
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 Watson, Acting Section
Dustin Wilkes-Kim
SECOND VIOLINS
Oliver Kot, Principal
Kathleen Jarrell, Assistant Principal
Carlos Tarazona
Sakira Harley
Monica Boboc
Tatiana Karpova
Martha Geissler
Alice Silva, Acting Section
VIOLAS
Benjamin Geller, Principal
Alaina Rea, Assistant 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 Wilson, Acting Section
DOUBLE BASSES
Kurt Riecken, Principal
Judson Baines, Assistant Principal
Jeffrey Ferdon
Jason McNeel
HARP
Andrea Mumm Trammell, Principal
FLUTES
Victor Wang, Principal
Amy Orsinger Whitehead
Erinn Frechette, Piccolo
OBOES
Hollis Ulaky, Principal
Erica Cice
Terry Maskin, English Horn
CLARINETS
Taylor Marino, Principal
Samuel Sparrow, E-Flat Clarinet
Allan Rosenfeld, Bass Clarinet
BASSOONS
Joshua Hood, Acting Principal
Margaret O'Leary, Acting Section
Naho Zhu, Acting Section
HORNS
Byron Johns, Principal
Andrew Fierova
Robert Rydel
Richard Goldfaden
Philip Brindise, Acting Section
TRUMPETS
Alex Wilborn, Principal
Jonathan Kaplan
Gabriel Slesinger, 3rd/Associate Principal
TROMBONES
John Bartlett, Principal
BASS TROMBONE
Scott Hartman, Principal
TUBA
Derek Fenstermacher, Acting Principal
TIMPANI
Jacob Lipham, Principal
PERCUSSION
Brice Burton, Principal
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