Orchestra Roster

Conductors

Alasdair Neale
Music Director & Principal Conductor

Chelsea Tipton, II
Principal Pops Conductor

Perry So
Music Director Designate

Strings

Violin

  • David Southorn, Concertmaster
  • Tristan Siegel, Assistant Concertmaster
  • Stephan Tieszen, Principal Second Violin
  • Millie Piekos, Assistant Principal Second Violin, The Howard & Judith Henry Chair
  • Simon Bilyk
  • Emma Carleton
  • Fengwan Chen
  • Soohyun Choi
  • Elisabeth Ewe
  • Bin Gui
  • Lap Hei “Jeremy” Hao
  • Akiko Hosoi
  • Stephanie Hug
  • Lisa Jihyeon Kim
  • Oliver Leitner
  • Anna Leunis
  • Nathan Lowman
  • Yuan Ma
  • Judith McDermott-Eggert
  • Steven Song
  • Gregory Tompkins
  • Tiffany Wee
  • Saerom Yoo
  • Chieh-An Yu
  • Marika Basagoitia, harmony fellow
  • Jorhendi Esquivel, harmony fellow

Section violin chair donors: The Sheila Getman-Sherwin and John Sherwin III Chair, The Frank D. Winder Chair, The Jeanet S. Curtis Chair, The Beekman C. Cannon Chair

Viola

  • Marvin Warshaw, Principal
  • Ellen Higham, Assistant Principal, The Christopher & Evelyn Getman Chair
  • Gretchen Frazier
  • Bethany Hargreaves
  • Yaroslav Kargin
  • Jill Pellett Levine
  • Katie Liu
  • Carol Warshaw
  • Jennifer Quián López, harmony fellow

Section viola chair donor: The Julia Bryant Getman & Charles Cunningham Chair

Cello

  • Rebecca Patterson, Principal, The Martha & Herman Copen Chair
  • Tom Hudson, Assistant Principal
  • Christine Coyle
  • Julia Henderson
  • Cheng Liang
  • Mariusz Skula
  • Patricia Smith
  • Axel Vallejos, harmony fellow, The Helen E. Hagan Chair

Section cello chair donor: The Howard & Judith Henry Chair

The Helen E. Hagan Chair is supported through generous investments to the Helen E. Hagan Fund for Underrepresented Musicians. Click here to learn more about the fund and to make a gift.

Bass

  • Andrew Trombley, Principal, The Sidney Rhein Chair
  • vacant, Assistant Principal
  • Jim Andrews
  • Christopher Johnson
  • Jeffrey Tomkins
  • Kohei Yamaguchi

Woodwinds

Flute

  • Mira Magrill, Principal
  • Marjorie Shansky, Assistant Principal, The Hilary G. Pearson & Erik Pearson Chair

Oboe

  • Olav van Hezewijk, Principal, The Auxiliary of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra Chair
  • Marta Boratgis, Assistant Principal

Clarinet

  • David Shifrin, Principal
  • Bixby Kennedy, Assistant Principal

Bassoon

  • Remy Taghavi, Principal
  • Asha Kline, Assistant Principal, The Lewis P. Curtis Chair

Brass

Horn

  • Eva Conti, Principal, The William Doolittle Getman Chair
  • Brian Nichols
  • Sara Cyrus, Assistant Principal
  • Kyle Hoyt

Trumpet

  • Dovas Lietuvninkas, Principal
  • Ken Tedeschi, Assistant Principal

Trombone

  • Scott Cranston, Principal
  • Connor Rowe, Assistant Principal

Bass Trombone

  • Felix Padilla, Assistant Principal

Tuba

  • Adam Crowe, Principal

Percussion

Timpani

  • Michael Singer, Principal, The Glenn Doolittle Sherwin & John William Sherwin Chair

Percussion

  • Aya Kaminaguchi, Principal

Harp

  • vacant, Principal

Piano

  • William Braun, Principal

Personnel Manger & Librarian

  • Marvin Warshaw, The Jane & William Curran Symphony Library in honor of Michael Palmer

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