Overture Magazine - 2014-2015 May-June 2015 | Page 9

{ orchestra roster 2014–2015 Season Marin Alsop — Music Director, Harvey M. and Lyn P. Meyerhoff Chair Jack Everly: Principal Pops Conductor, Yuri Temirkanov: Music Director Emeritus First Violins Jonathan Carney ∫ Concertmaster, Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Chair Madeline Adkins † Associate Concertmaster, Wilhelmina Hahn Waidner Chair Rui Du Acting Assistant Concertmaster James Boehm Kenneth Goldstein Wonju Kim Gregory Kuperstein Mari Matsumoto Gregory Mulligan Rebecca Nichols E. Craig Richmond Ellen Pendleton Troyer Andrew Wasyluszko Second Violins Qing Li Principal, E. Kirkbride and Ann H. Miller Chair Ivan Stefanovic † Associate Principal Angela Lee ∫ Assistant Principal Leonid Berkovich Leonid Briskin Julie Parcells Christina Scroggins Wayne C. Taylor* James Umber Charles Underwood Minsun Choi** Violas Lisa Steltenpohl Principal, Peggy Meyerhoff Pearlstone Chair Noah Chaves Associate Principal Karin Brown Assistant Principal Rebekah Newman Richard Field Viola Principal Emeritus Peter Minkler Sharon Pineo Myer Delmar Stewart Jeffrey Stewart Mary Woehr D e an Ale x an d er (Al so p); Ch r istian Co lb erg (Lo cke ). ∫ Cellos Dariusz Skoraczewski Principal, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Chair †∫ Chang Woo Lee Associate Principal Bo Li ∫ Acting Assistant Principal Seth Low Susan Evans E-flat Clarinet Christopher Wolfe Bassoons Fei Xie Principal Julie Green Gregorian Assistant Principal Schuyler Jackson** Contrabassoon David P. Coombs Esther Mellon Kristin Ostling Paula Skolnick-Childress Pei Lu** Horns Philip Munds Principal, USF&G Foundation Chair Basses Robert Barney Principal, Willard and Lillian Hackerman Chair Hampton Childress Associate Principal Owen Cummings Mark Huang Jonathan Jensen David Sheets Eric Stahl Flutes Emily Skala Principal, Dr. Clyde Alvin Clapp Chair Marcia Kämper Gabrielle Finck Associate Principal Lisa Bergman Mary C. Bisson Bruce Moore* Jeanne Getz** Trumpets Laurie Sokoloff Oboes Trombones Katherine Needleman Principal, Robert H. and Ryda H. Levi Chair Melissa Hooper Assistant Principal Michael Lisicky Aaron LaVere Principal, Alex Brown & Sons Chair James Olin* Co-Principal John Vance English Horn Bass Trombone Jane Marvine Kenneth S. Battye and Legg Mason Chair Clarinets Steven Barta Principal, Anne Adalman Goodwin Chair Christopher Wolfe Assistant Principal William Jenken Christopher Williams Principal, Lucille Schwilck Chair John Locke Brian Prechtl { M usic D i r e c tor} Marin Alsop Harp Sarah Fuller** Marin Alsop is an inspiring and powerful voice in the international music scene, a music director of vision and distinction who passionately believes that “music has the power to change lives.” She is recognized across the world for her innovative approach to programming and for her deep commitment to education and to the development of audiences of all ages. Marin Alsop made history with her appointment as the 12th music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. With her inaugural concerts in September 2007, she became the first woman to head a major American orchestra. Her success as the BSO’s music director has garnered national and international attention for her innovative programming and artistry. Her success was recognized when, in 2013, her tenure was extended to the 2020 –21 season. Alsop took up the post of principal conductor of the São Paulo Symphony ܘ