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The Orchestra

Photo: Laurence E. Tucker

2008–2009 Season

Gerard Schwarz
The Harriet Overton Stimson Music Director

Carolyn Kuan
The Douglas F. King Associate Conductor

Joseph Crnko
Associate Conductor for Choral Activities

Samuel Jones
Composer in Residence

FIRST VIOLIN
Maria Larionoff
  The David & Amy Fulton Concertmaster
John Weller*
  The Clowes Family Assistant Concertmaster
Simon James
  Second Assistant Concertmaster
Jennifer Bai
Mariel Bailey
Cecilia Poellein Buss +
Jun Liang Du
Ayako Gamo
Timothy Garland
Peter Kaman
Leonid Keylin
Mikhail Shmidt
Clark Story
Jeannie Wells Yablonsky
Arthur Zadinsky

SECOND VIOLIN
Elisa Barston
Principal
Michael Miropolsky
The John & Carmen Delo Assistant Principal Second Violin
Kathleen Stern
Gennady Filimonov
Stephen Bryant
Linda Cole
Xiao-po Fei
Sande Gillette
Artur Girsky
Mae Lin
Virginia Hunt Luce
Eric Scott
Andrew Yeung

VIOLA
Susan Gulkis Assadi
The PONCHO Principal Viola
Arie Schachter
Assistant Principal
Timothy Hale
Vincent Comer
Penelope Crane
Wesley Dyring
Mara Gearman
Sayaka Kokubo
Rachel Swerdlow

CELLO
Susan Williams
Associate Principal
Theresa Benshoof
Assistant Principal
Bruce Bailey
Meeka Quan DiLorenzo
Roberta Hansen Downey
Walter Gray
Vivian Gu
Charles Jacot ++
David Sabee

BASS
Jordan Anderson
The Mr. & Mrs. Harold H. Heath Principal String Bass
Joseph Kaufman
Assistant Principal Bass
Jonathan Burnstein
Jennifer Godfrey
Travis Gore
Jonathan Green
Nancy Page Griffin
Ronald Simon

FLUTE
Scott Goff
Principal
Judy Kriewall
Zartouhi Dombourian-Eby

PICCOLO
Zartouhi Dombourian-Eby
The Robert & Clodagh Ash Piccolo

OBOE
Ben Hausmann
Acting Principal
Stefan Farkas

ENGLISH HORN
Stefan Farkas

CLARINET
Christopher Sereque
The Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Smith Principal Clarinet
Laura DeLuca
Larey McDaniel

E-FLAT CLARINET
Laura DeLuca

BASS CLARINET
Larey McDaniel

BASSOON
Seth Krimsky
Principal
Paul Rafanelli
Mike Gamburg

CONTRABASSOON
Mike Gamburg

HORN
John Cerminaro
  The Charles Simonyi Principal Horn
Mark Robbins
  Associate Principal
Jeffrey Fair
  Assistant Principal
Adam Iascone
Susan Carroll
Scott Wilson

TRUMPET
David Gordon
The Boeing Company Principal Trumpet
Richard Pressley
Associate Principal
Geoffrey Bergler

TROMBONE
Ko-ichiro Yamamoto
Principal
David Lawrence Ritt

BASS TROMBONE
Stephen Fissel

TUBA
Christopher Olka
Principal

TIMPANI
Michael Crusoe
Principal

PERCUSSION
Michael Clark
Ron Johnson

HARP
Valerie Muzzolini
Principal

KEYBOARD
Kimberly Russ ++
Piano
Joseph Adam ++
Organ

PERSONNEL MANAGER
Keith Higgins

ASSISTANT PERSONNEL MANAGER
Scott Wilson

LIBRARIANS
Patricia Takahashi-Blayney
Principal
Robert Olivia

ASSISTANT LIBRARIANS
Ron Johnson
Mike Gamburg
Rachel Swerdlow

PRODUCTION MANAGER
Joseph E. Cook

CONCERTMASTER EMERITUS
Ilkka Talvi

HONORARY MEMBER
Cyril M. Harris

* Acting
** In memoriam
+ on leave
++ resident musician

The revolving members of the string sections are listed alphabetically.

Members of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra are represented by the International Guild of Symphony, Opera and Ballet Musicians.

Stage crew work is performed by employees represented by I.A.T.S.E., Local 15.