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Violin

Yumi Hwang-Williams, Concertmaster
The Mary Rossick Kern & Jerome H. Kern Concertmaster Chair
Claude Sim, Associate Concertmaster
Yi Zhao, Assistant Concertmaster
Paul Primus, Principal Second
Allegra Wermuth, Assistant Principal Second
Alessandra Jennings Flanagan, Fixed 3rd Chair/Second
Larisa Fesmire
Thomas Hanulik
Wyn Hart
John Hilton
Anne-Marie Hoffman
Myroslava Ivanchenko-Bartels
Dorian Kincaid
Karen Kinzie
Mark Lamprey
Susan Paik
Miroslaw Pastusiak
Erik Peterson
Robert Stoyanov
Delcho Tenev
Amy Tyson
Bradley Watson
Tena White
Wenting Yuan

Viola

Basil Vendryes, Principal
Mary Cowell, Acting Assistant Principal
Charlyn Campbell
Marsha Holmes
Leah Kovach
Helen McDermott
Summer Rhodes *
Kelly Shanafelt
Phillip Stevens
Catherine Beeson +

Cello

Austin Fisher, Assistant Principal
Judith McIntyre, Fixed 3rd Chair
Susan Rockey Bowles
Danielle Guideri
Thomas Heinrich
Margaret Hoeppner
Matthew Switzer
Susan Yun

Bass

Steve Metcalf, Principal
Nicholas Recuber, Assistant Principal
John Arnesen
Susan Cahill
James Carroll
Jeremy Kincaid
Owen Levine

Flute

Catherine Peterson, Acting Principal
Michael Williams *
Julie Duncan Thornton, 3rd / Assistant Principal
Brook Ferguson +

Piccolo

Julie Duncan Thornton

Oboe

Peter Cooper, Principal
The Irene & David Abosch Principal Oboe Chair
Nicholas Tisherman, 2nd / Assistant Principal
Jason Lichtenwalter

English Horn

Jason Lichtenwalter

Clarinet

Jason Shafer, Principal
Abby Raymond, 2nd/Assistant Principal
Andrew Stevens

E-Flat Clarinet

Abby Raymond

Bass Clarinet

Andrew Stevens

Bassoon

Chad Cognata, Principal
Tristan Rennie, 2nd/Assistant Principal
Roger Soren

Contrabassoon

Roger Soren

Horn

Michael Thornton, Principal
Carolyn Kunicki
Kolio Plachkov, 3rd/Associate Principal
David Brussel

Trumpet

Justin Bartels, Principal
Philip Hembree, 2nd/ Assistant Principal
Patrick Tillery, Associate Principal

Trombone

John Sipher, Principal
Paul Naslund, 2nd/Associate Principal
Gregory Harper

Bass Trombone

Gregory Harper

Tuba

Stephen Dombrowski, Principal

Harp

Courtney Hershey Bress, Principal

Timpani

William Hill, Principal
Steve Hearn, Assistant Principal

Percussion

John Kinzie, Principal
Chair Endowed by a Friend of The Colorado Symphony
Steve Hearn
Michael Van Wirt

Orchestra Librarian

Joanne Goble, Principal
Jonathan Groszew, Assistant