2026 – 27 SEASON: Orchestra Roster
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Jonathon Heyward, Music Director, Harvey M. and Lyn P. Meyerhoff Chair Marin Alsop, Music Director Laureate and OrchKids Founder |
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Jiannan Cheng, Assistant Conductor |
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Tatiana Pérez-Hernández, Conducting Fellow |
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FIRST VIOLINS
Jonathan Carney ∫ Concertmaster, Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Chair
Boram Kang ✦ Acting Assistant Concertmaster, Johns Moran Sponsorship
Kevin Smith
Acting Fourth Chair Matthew Cone ** Holly Jenkins † ∫ Amy and Paul Sponseller Chair Chelsea Kim Jimin Kim ** Gregory Kuperstein Ellen Pendleton Solomon H. and Elaine B. Snyder Chair Agnes Tse * Andrew Wasyluszko Jerry Xiong
SECOND VIOLINS
Qing Li Principal, E. Kirkbride and Ann H. Miller Chair
Ivan Stefanović Associate Principal, Sylvia de Cuevas Chair Chisa Kodaka Leonid Berkovich Jaeyoun Hwang You-jin Choi ** Soomi Park Sunjoo Park James Umber Adam Wu
✦ Sponsored musician * On leave ** One-year musician
Performing with an instrument(†) or a bow( ∫) on loan to the BSO from the private collection of the family of Marin Alsop.
The musicians who perform for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra do so under the terms of an agreement between the BSO and the Local 40-543, AFM.
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VIOLAS
Lisa Steltenpohl ∫ Principal, Peggy Meyerhoff Pearlstone
CYMBALS
Chair Jacob Shack *
SIDE DRUM
Associate Principal Karin Brown ✦
FRENCH HORNS( 4)
Assistant Principal, BASS DRUM
Fishman Sponsorship Colin Sorgi Andrew Eng
BASS CLARINET( 1)
Erica Gailing Helen Hess ✦
McClelland Sponsorship
PIANO
Peter Minkler
HARP
Maggie Seay ** Maria Semes * Jeffrey Stewart
CELLOS
Dariusz Skoraczewski † ∫ Principal, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Chair
Vincent Garcia-Hettinger Associate Principal, Marshall and Sarellen Levine Chair
Jaime An ∫ Assistant Principal
Bo Li ✦∫
Pence Sponsorship Holgen Gjoni Seth Low Kristin Ostling Lukasz Szyrner Jeremy Tai Charles Zandieh
BASSES
Ha Young Jung ✦ Principal, Rosenblum Laitman Sponsorship
David Sheets
Associate Principal Ryan Avila Nina DeCesare Mark Huang Casey Karr Eric Stahl
PICCOLO( 1)
FLUTES Martha Long
TIMPANI
Principal Christine Murphy
Assistant Principal
TRUMPETS( 2)
Marcia McHugh
TRIANGLE
PICCOLO Amal Gochenour
CLARINETS( 2)
BASSOONS( 2)
OBOES( 1)
OBOES
( 2)
FLUTES( 2)
Katherine Needleman
ENGLISH HORN( 1)
Principal, Robert H. and Ryda H. Levi Chair
SECOND VIOLAS
Melissa Hooper ✦
VIOLINS( 12)
( 14)
Assistant FIRST Principal, Linehan
VIOLINS CELLOS
( 16)( 10)
Sponsorship Michael Lisicky *
ENGLISH HORN
Jane Marvine Kenneth S. Battye and Legg Mason Chair
CLARINETS
YaoGuang Zhai ✦ Principal, Meyers Sponsorship
Jaewon Kim
Assistant Principal Vitor Trindade
E-FLAT CLARINET
FRENCH
Jaewon Kim HORNS
BASS CLARINET William Jenken
BASSOONS
Harrison Miller ✦ Principal, Amico Sponsorship
Schuyler Jackson Assistant Principal
SNARE DRUM
CYMBALS
TRIANGLE
FRENCH HORNS
TROMBONES( 3)
CONTRABASSOON
TIMPANI
BASSES( 8)
HORNS James Ferree Principal Gabrielle Finck
Associate Principal
Aidan Alcocer Assistant Principal / Utility Horn Lisa Bergman ✦
TUBA( 1)
Shubin Sponsorship
Henry Friedman Beth Graham
CELLOS
TRUMPETS
TRUMPETS
Andrew Balio Principal, Harvey M. and Lyn P. Meyerhoff Chair
René Shapiro
Assistant Principal Nathaniel Hepler Matthew Barker
TROMBONES
Aaron LaVere Principal, Alex Brown & Sons Chair
Chris Wolf Assistant Principal
Jeremy Buckler Richard W. Ley Chair
BASS TROMBONE Randall S. Campora
TROMBONES
TUBA Aubrey Foard Principal
TIMPANI James Wyman
Principal, Levi Family Chair
PERCUSSION
Edouard Beyens ✦ Principal, Levi Gerstung Sponsorship John Locke Brian Prechtl
TROMBONES
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HARP Madeline Olson **
PIANO
Lura Johnson Resident Keyboardist, Sidney M. and Miriam Friedberg Chair
BASS DRUM
ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL
Jinny Kim Vice President of Orchestra Personnel
Shea Perry Associate Director of Orchestra Personnel
SIDE DRUM
PIANO
LIBRARIANS
Douglas Adams Principal, Constance A and Ramon F Getzov Chair
Raymond Kreuger Associate Principal
STAGE PERSONNEL Todd Price
Head Stagehand Mario Serruto
Assistant Head Stagehand Charles Lamar
Audio Engineer Jacob Sturgis
House Electrician MJ Marqua
Camera Engineer Nick Mostris Assistant
Scan the QR code below for the listing and biographies of visiting guest concertmasters across the season.
CYMBALS
FRENCH HORNS( 4)
BASS CLARINET( 1)
HARP
PICCOLO( 1)
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TRIA
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THANK YOU TO OUR MUSICIAN SPONSORS FOR THE 2026-2027 SEASON: Paul and Donna Amico Sara Fishman Sandra Gerstung Ms. Sheila J. Meyers Elizabeth Johns and Brian Moran Cathy and Mac McClelland Bruce Rosenblum and Lori Laitman Earl and Darielle Linehan Bill and Kathleen Pence Susan Dishler Shubin |
BASS DRUM |
PIANO |
BASS CLARINET
HARP
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BASSOONS
CLARINETS
OBOES CONTRABASSOON
FLUTES
ENGLISH
SECOND HORN
VIOLINS CELLOS
PICCOLO
FIRST VIOLINS
VIOLAS BASSES
CONDUCTOR
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TUBA |
BASS DRUM |