Musicians of the Symphony

Christopher Dragon Music Director
Chelsea Tipton Principal Guest Conductor

Violin I

Marjorie Bagley, Concertmaster

Greensboro Symphony Guild Chair

*Fabrice Dharamraj
+Rebecca Willie
Associate Concertmaster

Chair in Honor of Caroline Lee

Wendy Rawls, Assistant Concertmaster

Beverly Cooper Moore and Irene Mitchell Moore Chair

Colleen Chenail

Rachel Smothers Hull and Worth Brantley Hull Chair

Karen Collins

Mary Ellen and Elizabeth Anne Kavanagh Chair
by Ellen C. and B. John Kavanagh

Will Estes

George W. Dickieson Chair, GSO Conductor 1951-1963
by Anna Dickieson

Eunho Kim

Lynn Carroll Haley Chair
by Michael Haley

Ruth Metheney

Marie C. and Ed Faulkner Chair
by Marie C. and Ed Faulkner

Gregorio Midero

Sally London Hobbs Memorial Chair
by Johnnye and J. T. Hunter

Janet Orenstein

Dorothy G. Frank Chair by Stanley M. Frank

Naiara Sanchez

James Autha Freeze Memorial Chair
by J. Thurman and Peg Freeze

Jean von Berg Sykes

David Vincent Sherman Chair
by Ann, Beth and Becky Sherman

Monika Wilmot

Lucy and Clark Dixon Memorial Chair
by Jack C. Dixon

Chang Zhang

Janie C. and E. Kemp Reece Chair

Violin II

Stephanie Ezerman, Principal

Emi Hildebrandt, Associate Principal

Alison Lawson, Assistant Principal

Rodrigo Cardona

Alice Mae and William M. Lineberry Memorial Chair
by Helen and Albert S. Lineberry, Sr.

David Mullikin

Lynn R. Prickett Memorial Chair
by The Lynn R. and Karl E. Prickett Fund

Luci White

Sidney J. Stern, Jr. Memorial Chair
by Katherine G. Stern

Siana Wong

Ellen and Gary Taft Chair

TBD

The Jimmie Irene Johnson Memorial Chair
by Dr. Harry W. Johnson and Family

TBD

O’Tuel Family Chair

Viola

Scott Rawls, Principal

Kathleen Price Bryan Memorial Chair
by Kathleen Bryan Edwards and Family

+Rachel Keplin, Associate Principal

Claire Kelleher Chair

Maureen Michels, Assistant Principal

Garson L. Rice, Jr. Chair
by Catherine G. Rice and Children

Catherine Box

Betty F. and Robert P. Williams Chair

Matthew Box

The Michael and Anna Lodico Chair
by Flo and Bill Snider

Anne DiPiazza

John Taddiken Memorial Chair
by Pedie and Tony Bengel

Caroline Jones

Peggy and David Hamilton Chair
in honor of the Sitkovetsky Family

David Phillips

Camille Prescott-Archer

Cello

Alexander Ezerman, Principal

Wyn T. Palmer Chair

Jennifer Alexandra Johnston, Assistant Principal

Kay Bryan Edwards Chair
by Joseph M. Bryan, Jr.

Emily Grissing

The Brough-Webber Chair
by Elizabeth Brough Webber and William Webber

Yoonki Lee

Joan T. and William L. Hemphill Chair

Gina Pezzoli

Joy C. Morrison Chair
by William H. Morrison

Lee Richey

Greensboro Opera Company Chair
by Peggy and Phil Johnson

Karl Ronnevik

The Kroupa Family Chair
by Bob and Ann Kroupa

Cori Trenczer

Preston Wylie Keith and Martha Elizabeth Allred Keith Chair
by Dr. Preston Keith and Marty Keith

TBD

Dr. William R. and Beverley C. Rogers Chair

Double Bass

John P. Spuller, Principal

Cody Rex, Assistant Principal

Carolyn J. Maness Chair
by John R. Maness

Mara Barker

C. Scott Lee Chair
by Caroline M. and N. Clayton Lee

Ryan Bell

Richard W. and Carlotta M. Treleaven Chair
by Carl W. and Lina Z. Treleaven

Virginia Masius

Dr. Trelles Glenn Case Memorial Chair
by Dr. George P. Grill

Jan Mixter

Flute

Debra Reuter-Pivetta, Principal

Linda Cykert, Flute II/Piccolo

Linda B. and Maurice Jennings Chair

Carla Copeland-Burns, Piccolo/Flute III

Richard Kelly Bowles, Jr. Memorial Chair
by Louise H. and R. Kelly Bowles Family Foundation

Oboe

Mary Ashley Barret, Principal

Fraser Family Chair
by Susan and Bill Fraser

Anna Lampidis, Oboe II/English Horn

Mr. Lenoir Chambers Memorial Chair
by Mr. Lenoir Chambers Wright

Matthew Covington, Oboe III

Barbara B. and Robert E. Lavietes Chair

Clarinet

Kenneth Graves, Principal

Matt Libera, Clarinet II/Bass Clarinet

Elaine Wolf Cone Memorial Chair
by Barbara S. and Herman Cone, Jr.

Joshua Bottoms, Clarinet III

Royce O. Reynolds Chair
by Jane W. Reynolds

TBD

The Ned and Joan Bryan Eb Clarinet Chair
by Dr. and Mrs. Edwin Bryan

Bassoon

*Carol L. Bernstorf, Principal
+ Michael Burns

Mark Hekman, Bassoon II

Walter W. King, Jr. Memorial Chair
by Elizabeth Yates King

*Amber Ferenz Spuller, Contra/Bassoon III

Joyce C. Kiser Memorial Chair
by Mose Kiser, Jr. and Family

Horn

Robert Campbell, Principal

Robert A. Kraay Chair
by Pearl E. Kraay

Lynn Beck, Horn II

Carole Swope Monroe Chair
by Edwin Brent Monroe

Timothy Papenbrock, Horn III

Ethel Clay Price Memorial Chair
by Kathleen Price Bryan Family Fund

David Doyle, Horn IV

Richard and Danahy Family Chair
by Mary C. Richard Danahy and Patrick Danahy

Joseph Mount, Assistant

Dilworth and Oehler Chair in honor of
Joan Dilworth and her twin sister, Janet Oehler

Trumpet

Garrett Klein, Principal

Peter B. Bush Memorial Chair
by Mary Ann Bush and Children

Ken Wilmot, Trumpet II

Barbara S. and Herman Cone, Jr. Chair
by Donna M. and Herman Cone III

Karl J. Kassner, Trumpet III

The Austin Family Chair
by Patricia Austin Sevier

Trombone

Brian French, Principal

Dave Wulfeck, Trombone II

Frederick Kent Wilkins Memorial Chair
by Kaye Andrews Wilkins and Children

Erik J. Salzwedel, Bass Trombone

Alice Wilson Pearce Chair
by Woody Pearce

Tuba

Matt Ransom, Principal

Timpani

Peter Zlotnick, Principal

Cates Family Chair
by Betsy and Kenneth Cates

Percussion

Wiley Arnold Sykes III, Principal

John R. Beck, Assistant Principal

Jeanne Maxwell Hassell Chair
by Charles M. Hassell

Alex Skov

John E. and Martha S. Chandler Chair

Drums, Wiley Arnold Sykes III

R. Bradford Lloyd Chair
by Mary Ruth and Robert B. Lloyd, Jr.

Xylophone, Isaac Pyatt

Hughlene Bostian Frank and William Allen Frank Chair

Gilson Fearnow

Thomas E. and Elaine R. Wright Chair

Danny Frye

Lillian Daley Brown Memorial Chair
by The Massey Trust through Nancy C. and Alex S. Brown, Jr.

Harp

Helen Rifas, Principal

Eleanor Downes Mewborn Chair
In Memory of Carolyn Riddle Downes

Piano/Celesta

Nancy Johnston, Principal

Irene Mitchell Moore and Beverly Cooper Moore Chair

Federico Pivetta

Contemporary Piano Chair
by Willie and Lisa Bullock

Music Librarian

John Spuller

Orchestra Personnel Manager

Wendy Rawls

Stage Manager

Vito Ciccone

* On Leave – One Year
+ One-Year Contract

String Personnel listed in alphabetical order