iMary Lynch, oboe;
David Cooper, horn

Principal Players in Major Orchestras

Baltimore Symphony
Caroline Grimes, flute
Katherine Needleman, oboe
Joseph Turner, oboe

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Alberto Menéndez Escribano

Berlin Philharmonic
Georg Faust, cello
Saschko Gawriloff, concertmaster
Rainer Moog, viola
Naoko Shimizu, viola

Boston Symphony
Steven Ansell, viola
Marylou Speaker Churchill, violin
Jules Eskin, cello
John Ferrillo, oboe
Alfred Genovese, oboe
Ann Hobson Pilot, harp
Roland Small, bassoon
Harold Wright, clarinet

Brandenburg Ensemble
Carolyn Davis, double bass

Brooklyn Philharmonic
Wilmer Wise, trumpet

Buffalo Philharmonic
Nikki Chooi, concertmaster
Yuan Tung, cello

Chicago Symphony
Keith Buncke, bassoon
Robert Chen, concertmaster
Larry Combs, clarinet
David Cooper, horn
Michael Henoch, oboe
Alex Klein, oboe
David McGill, bassoon
John Sharp, cello
Raymond Still, oboe

Cincinnati Symphony
Ilya Finkelshteyn, cello
Robin Graham, horn
Richie Hawley, clarinet
Owen Lee, double bass
Richard Waller, clarinet
William Winstead, bassoon

Cleveland Orchestra
Myron Bloom, horn
Franklin Cohen, clarinet
Desmond Hoebig, cello
Richard King, horn
John Mack, oboe
Frank Rosenwein, oboe
Joshua Smith, flute
Richard Solis, horn
Robert Vernon, viola
Robert Walters, English horn
Afendi Yusuf, clarinet

Dallas Symphony
Kalman Cherry, percussion
Gregory Raden, clarinet
Ellen Rose, viola

Denver Philharmonic
Jesse Ceci, concertmaster

Detroit Symphony
Robyn Bollinger, concertmaster
Eric Nowlin, viola
Wei Yu, cello

Ensemble Intercontemporain
Marc Marder, double bass

Hong Kong Philharmonic
Jay Humeston, cello

Houston Symphony
Robert Atherholt, oboe
Brinton Smith, cello
Yoonshin Song, concertmaster
Shirley Trepel, cello

Indianapolis Symphony
Ju-Fang Liu, bass
Hidetari Suzuki, concertmaster

Israel Philharmonic
Eli Eban, clarinet
Miriam Hartman, viola
Richard Lesser, clarinet
Mordechai Rechtman, bassoon
Meir Rimon, horn

La Scala Orchestra
Christine Chapman, horn

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Margaret Batjer, violin
Kenneth Munday, bassoon
Benjamin Simon, viola
Allan Vogel, oboe

Los Angeles Philharmonic
Carrie Dennis, viola
Ariana Ghez, oboe
Ronald Leonard, cello
Teng Li, viola
Robert deMaine, cello
Heiichiro Ohyama, viola/conductor
Ralph Sauer, trombone
Peter Stumpf, cello
Evan Wilson, viola
Michele Zukovsky, clarinet

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
E. Scott Brubaker, horn
Timothy Cobb, double bass
Elaine Douvas, oboe
Jerry Grossman, cello
Nathan Hughes, oboe
Mitchell Kuhn, oboe
Julie Landsman, horn
James Levine, conductor
Stephen Maxym, bassoon
Michael Parloff, flute
Joseph Rabbai, clarinet
Patricia Rogers, bassoon

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Susan Babini, cello
Catherine Chen, bassoon
Todd Levy, clarinet

Minnesota Orchestra
Nathan Hughes, oboe
Rebecca Albers, viola
Kendall Betts, horn
Gabriel Campos Zamora, clarinet
Erin Keefe, concertmaster
Barbara Leibundguth, flute
Thomas Turner, viola

Montreal Symphony
Theodore Baskin, oboe

National Symphony
Daniel Foster, viola
Toshiko Kohno, flute
Robert Oppelt, double bass

National Arts Centre Orchestra (Ottawa)
Gerald Corey, bassoon

New Jersey Symphony
Bart Feller, flute
Thomas Michalak, violin/conductor
Jonathan Spitz, cello

New Orleans Philharmonic
Robert Bonnevie, horn

New York City Opera Orchestra
Bart Feller, flute
Joyce Kelly, bassoon
Gail Kruvand, double bass
Frank Morelli, bassoon
Daniel Panner, viola
Stewart Rose, horn

New York Philharmonic
Timothy Cobb, double bass
Glenn Dicterow, concertmaster
Frank Huang, concertmaster
Morris Lang, percussion
Anthony McGill, clarinet
Cynthia Phelps, viola
Joseph Robinson, oboe

Orchestra National De Lyon
Jennifer Gilbert, concertmaster

Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Krista Bennion Feeney, concertmaster
Mayuki Fukuhara, violin
Stewart Rose, horn

Orpheus
Sarah Clarke, viola
Matthew Dine, oboe
David Jolley, horn
Christopher Komer, horn
Julia Lichten, cello
Melissa Meell, cello
Frank Morelli, bassoon
Charles Neidich, clarinet
Todd Phillips, concertmaster
Gerard Reuter, oboe
Stewart Rose, horn
David Singer, clarinet
Naoko Tanaka, violin
Randall Wolfgang, oboe

Oslo Philharmonic
Ørnulf Gulbransen, flute

Philadelphia Orchestra
Michael Bookspan, percussion
Choong-Jin Chang, viola
Margarita Csonka Montanaro, harp
William de Pasquale, concertmaster
Roberto Díaz, viola
Bernard Garfield, bassoon
Elizabeth Hainen, harp
Yumi Kendall, cello
Priscilla Lee, cello
Elizabeth Starr Masoudnia, English horn
Daniel Matsukawa, bassoon
Donald Montanaro, clarinet
Jennifer Montone, horn
Hai-Ye Ni, cello
Louis Rosenblatt, English horn
Sol Schoenbach, bassoon
David Wetherill, horn
Richard Woodhams, oboe

Phoenix Symphony
Gabriel Kovach, horn

Pittsburgh Symphony
Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida, oboe
Bernard Goldberg, flute
Nancy Goeres, bassoon
Patricia Jennings, keyboard
David McCarroll, concertmaster
Michael Rusinek, clarinet
Harry Shulman, oboe
Anne Martindale Williams, cello

Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Julia Bogorad-Kogan, flute
Zachary Cohen, double bass
Steven Copes, concertmaster
Francisco Fullana, principal violin
Kathryn Greenbank, oboe
Sang Yoon Kim, clarinet
Maiya Papach, viola

San Diego Symphony
Che-Yen Chen, viola
Benjamin Jaber, horn
Valentin Martchev, bassoon

San Francisco Symphony
Carey Bell, clarinet
William Bennett, oboe
Steve Dibner, bassoon
Michael Grebanier, cello
Jonathan Vinocour, viola
Geraldine Walther, viola

Seattle Symphony
Efe Baltacıgil, cello
Noah Geller, concertmaster
Demarre McGill, flute
Mary Lynch VanderKolk, oboe

St. Louis Symphony
Jacob Berg, flute
Beth Guterman Chu, viola
Max Rabinovitsj, concertmaster

Toronto Symphony
Jeffrey Beecher, bass
Nicholas Kilburn, bassoon
Joaquin Valdepeñas, clarinet

Vancouver, National Arts Center
Christopher Millard, bassoon

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