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
Dima Dimitrova*
Judith Ledbetter
Elizabeth Pistolesi
Ellyn Stuart
Jenny Topilow
SECOND VIOLINS
Oliver Kot, Principal
Kathleen Jarrell, Assistant Principal
Carlos Tarazona
Monica Boboc
Tatiana Karpova
Martha Geissler
Sakira Harley
VIOLAS
Benjamin Geller, Principal
Kirsten Swanson, Acting Assistant Principal+
Ellen Ferdon
Cynthia Frank
Nancy Marsh Levine
Viara Stefanova
Ning Zhao
CELLOS
Alan Black, Principal
Jonathan Lewis, Assistant Principal
Marlene Ballena
Jeremy Lamb
Sarah Markle
Janis Nilsen
DOUBLE BASSES
Kurt Riecken, Principal
Jason McNeel, Acting Assistant Principal
Jeffrey Ferdon
Logan Brown+
HARP
Andrea Mumm, Principal
* on leave for 2019-2020 season
+ guest musician for 2019-2020 season
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
Olivia Oh, Principal
Joshua Hood
Lori Tiberio, Contrabassoon
HORNS
Byron Johns, Principal
Andrew Fierova
Robert Rydel
Richard Goldfaden
TRUMPETS
Alex Wilborn, Principal
Jonathan Kaplan
Gabriel Slesinger+
TROMBONES
John Bartlett, Principal
BASS TROMBONE
Scott Hartman, Principal
TUBA
Aubrey Foard, Principal*
TIMPANI
Ariel Zaviezo, Acting Principal+
PERCUSSION
Brice Burton, Principal