Musician Roster
132nd Season, 2011-2012
Ned O. Lemkemeier
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Fred Bronstein
President & Chief Executive Officer
David Robertson
Music Director
Ward Stare
Resident Conductor and
Director of the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra
Amy Kaiser
Director of St. Louis Symphony Chorus
AT&T Foundation Chair
Kevin McBeth
Director of the St. Louis Symphony
IN UNISON® Chorus
First Violins -- View Photos & Bios
David Halen
Concertmaster
Eloise and Oscar Johnson, Jr. Chair
Heidi Harris***
Associate Concertmaster
Louis D. Beaumont Chair
Mabel Dorn Reeder Honorary Chair
Ellen dePasquale**
Acting Associate Concertmaster
Celeste Golden Boyer
Second Associate Concertmaster
Erin Schreiber
Assistant Concertmaster
Underwritten in part by a
generous gift from Gordon and
Susie Philpott
Dana Edson Myers
Justice Joseph H. and
Maxine Goldenhersh Chair
Manuel Ramos***
Jessica Cheng
Margaret B. Grigg Chair
Charlene Clark
Emily Ho
Silvian Iticovici
Second Associate
Concertmaster Emeritus
Jenny Lind Jones
Joo Kim
Xiaoxiao Qiang
Angie Smart
Mary and Oliver Langenberg Chair
Haruka Watanabe
Jane and Whitney Harris Chair
Hiroko Yoshida
Helen Kim**
Second Violins --
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Alison Harney
Principal
Dr. Frederick Eno Woodruff Chair
Kristin Ahlstrom
Associate Principal
Virginia V. Weldon, M.D. Chair
Eva Kozma
Assistant Principal
Rebecca Boyer Hall
Nicolae Bica
Deborah Bloom
Lisa Chong
Elizabeth Dziekonski
Lorraine Glass-Harris
Ling Ling Guan
Jooyeon Kong
Asako Kuboki
Wendy Plank Rosen
Shawn Weil
Violas -- View
Photos & Bios
Principal*
Ben H. and Katherine G. Wells Chair
Kathleen Mattis
Acting Principal
Weijing Wang
Acting Associate Principal
Christian Woehr
Assistant Principal
Mike Chen
Gerald Fleminger
Susan Gordon
Leonid Gotman
Morris Jacob
Shannon Farrell Williams
Eva Stern**
Chris Tantillo**
Violoncellos --
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Daniel Lee
Principal
Frank Y. and Katherine G. Gladney Chair
Melissa Brooks
Associate Principal
Ruth and Bernard Fischlowitz Chair
Catherine Lehr
Assistant Principal
Anne Fagerburg
James Czyzewski
David Kim
Alvin McCall
Bjorn Ranheim
Elizabeth Chung**
Davin Rubicz**
Double Basses --
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Underwritten in part by a
generous gift from Gordon and
Susie Philpott
Erik Harris
Principal
Henry Loew Chair
Carolyn White
Associate Principal
Christopher Carson
Assistant Principal
David DeRiso
Warren Goldberg
Sarah Hogan
Donald Martin
Ronald Moberly
Harp -- View Photos & Bios
Frances Tietov
Principal
Elizabeth Eliot Mallinckrodt Chair
Flutes -- View
Photos & Bios
Mark Sparks
Principal
Herbert C. and Estelle Claus Chair
Andrea Kaplan
Associate Principal
Jennifer Nitchman
Piccolo*
Oboes -- View
Photos & Bios
Peter Bowman
Principal
Morton D. May Chair
Barbara Orland
Associate Principal
Philip Ross
Cally Banham
English Horn
Cally Banham
Clarinets -- View
Photos & Bios
Scott Andrews
Principal
Walter Susskind Chair
Diana Haskell
Associate Principal
Wilfred and Ann Lee Konneker Chair
Tina Ward
James Meyer
E-flat Clarinet
Diana Haskell
Bass Clarinet
James Meyer
Bassoons -- View
Photos & Bios
Andrew Cuneo
Principal
Molly Sverdrup Chair
Andrew Gott
Associate Principal
Felicia Foland
Bradford Buckley
Contrabassoon
Bradford Buckley
Horns -- View
Photos & Bios
Roger Kaza
Principal
W.L. Hadley and Phoebe P. Griffin Chair
Thomas Jöstlein
Associate Principal
James Wehrman
Tod Bowermaster
Gregory Roosa
Lawrence Strieby
Julia Erdmann**
Trumpets -- View
Photos & Bios
Principal*
Symphony Women’s Association Chair
Thomas Drake
Acting Principal
Joshua MacCluer
Acting Associate Principal
Michael Walk
Acting Associate Principal
David J. Hyslop Chair
Caroline Schafer**
Trombones -- View
Photos & Bios
Timothy Myers
Principal
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Orthwein, Jr. Chair
Associate Principal*
Vanessa Fralick**
Acting Associate Principal
Jonathan Reycraft
Gerard Pagano
Bass Trombone
Gerard Pagano
Tuba -- View
Photos & Bios
Michael Sanders
Principal
Lesley A. Waldheim Chair
Timpani -- View
Photos & Bios
Principal*
Symphony Women’s Association Chair
Thomas Stubbs
Associate Principal
Paul A. and Ann S. Lux Chair
Percussion --
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William James
Principal
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Foundation Chair
John Kasica
Distinguished Percussion Chair
Thomas Stubbs
Keyboard Instruments --
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Principal*
Florence G. and Morton J. May Chair
Music Library
Elsbeth Brugger
Librarian
Henry Skolnick
Assistant Librarian
Roberta Gardner
Library Assistant
Stage Staff
Bruce Mourning
Stage Manager
Joseph Clapper
Assistant Stage Manager
Joshua Riggs
Stage Technician
Jeffrey Stone
*Chair vacant
**Replacement
***Leave of Absence/Sabbatical