Overture Magazine - 2015-2016 Season January-February 2016

{ orchestra roster 2015–2016 Season Marin Alsop — Music Director, Harvey M. and Lyn P. Meyerhoff Chair Jack Everly: Principal Pops Conductor, Markus Stenz: Principal Guest Conductor First Violins Jonathan Carney ∫ Concertmaster, Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Chair Madeline Adkins † Associate Concertmaster, Wilhelmina Hahn Waidner Chair Wyatt Underhill Assistant Concertmaster Rui Du* Kenneth Goldstein Boram Kang Wonju Kim Gregory Kuperstein Mari Matsumoto Gregory Mulligan Rebecca Nichols* E. Craig Richmond Kevin Smith Ellen Pendleton Troyer Andrew Wasyluszko Second Violins Qing Li Principal, E. Kirkbride and Ann H. Miller Chair Ivan Stefanović † Associate Principal Angela Lee ∫ Assistant Principal Leonid Berkovich Leonid Briskin Julie Parcells Christina Scroggins Wayne C. Taylor James Umber Charles Underwood Violas Lisa Steltenpohl ∫ Principal, Peggy Meyerhoff Pearlstone Chair Noah Chaves Associate Principal Karin Brown Assistant Principal Richard Field Viola Principal Emeritus Peter Minkler Sharon Pineo Myer Delmar Stewart Jeffrey Stewart Mary Woehr Cellos D e an Ale x an d er (Al so p) Dariusz Skoraczewski † ∫ Principal, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Chair Chang Woo Lee Associate Principal Bo Li ∫ Acting Assistant Principal Seth Low Susan Evans Esther Mellon Kristin Ostling Basses Lin Ma Assistant Principal William Jenken Lin Ma Christopher Williams Principal, Lucille Schwilck Chair John Locke Brian Prechtl Bassoons Harp E-flat Clarinet Fei Xie Principal Julie Green Gregorian Assistant Principal Schuyler Jackson** Contrabassoon David P. Coombs Robert Barney Principal, Willard and Lillian Hackerman Chair Hampton Childress Associate Principal Owen Cummings Mark Huang Jonathan Jensen David Sheets Eric Stahl Horns Flutes Gabrielle Finck Associate Principal Lisa Bergman Mary C. Bisson Jeanne Getz** Emily Skala Principal, Dr. Clyde Alvin Clapp Chair Chelsea Knox** Acting Assistant Principal Marcia Kämper Piccolo Laurie Sokoloff Oboes Katherine Needleman Principal, Robert H. and Ryda H. Levi Chair Melissa Hooper Assistant Principal Michael Lisicky Philip Munds Principal, USF&G Foundation Chair Clarinets Rob Patterson** Acting Principal, Anne Adalman Goodwin Chair Yuri Temirkanov: Music Director Emeritus Ken Lam: Artistic Director of BSYO & Associate Conductor for Education KeyBoard Lura Johnson** Sidney M. and Miriam Friedberg Chair { M usic D i r e c tor} ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL 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. As Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra since 2007, Maestra Alsop’s bold initiatives contribute to the wider community and reach new audiences. Shortly after her arrival in Baltimore, she and the orchestra launched “OrchKids,” a revolutionary program that provides music education, instruments, mentorship and inspiration to some of the city’s neediest young people. Under her leadership, the orchestra also offers adult amateur musicians the opportunity to play side-by-side with professional musicians through the BSO Academy and Rusty Musicians programs. Marin Alsop is the only conductor to receive the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship, [

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