RAFAEL PAYARE Music Director
VIOLIN
Jeff Thayer Concertmaster
DEBORAH PATE AND JOHN FORREST CHAIR
Wesley Precourt Associate Concertmaster
Jisun Yang Assistant Concertmaster
Alexander Palamidis Principal Second Violin
Nick Grant Principal Associate Concertmaster Emeritus
Cherry Yeung Associate Principal Second Violin
Ai Nihira Awata
Jing Yan Bowcott
Yumi Cho
Hernan Constantino
Alicia Engley
Kathryn Hatmaker
Kenneth Liao
Igor Pandurski
Evan Pasternak
Julia Pautz
Yeh Shen
Xiaoxuan Shi
Edmund Stein
Hanah Stuart
John Stubbs
Pei-Chun Tsai
Zou Yu
Tommy Dougherty*
Benjamin Hoffman*
Margeaux Maloney*
Nicole Sauder*
Sarah Schwartz*
VIOLA
Chi-Yuan Chen Principal
KAREN AND WARREN KESSLER CHAIR
Nancy Lochner Associate Principal
Jason Karlyn
Wanda Law
Qing Liang
Abraham Martín
Johanna Nowick
Ethan Pernela
Carrie Dennis*
Michael Molnau*
CELLO
Yao Zhao Principal
Chia-Ling Chien Associate Principal
Marcia Bookstein
Andrew Hayhurst
John Lee
Richard Levine
Mary Oda Szanto
Nathan Walhout
Xian Zhuo
Ben Somonolow*
Bass
Jeremy Kurtz-Harris Principal
SOPHIE AND ARTHUR BRODY FOUNDATION CHAIR
Susan Wulff Associate Principal
Aaron Blick
P. J. Cinque
Kevin Gobetz
Samuel Hager
Michael Wais
Margaret Johnston+
FLUTE
Rose Lombardo Principal
Sarah Tuck
Lily Josefsberg
piccolo
Lily Josefsberg
OBOE
Sarah Skuster Principal
Rodion Belousov
Andrea Overturf
ENGLISH HORN
Andrea Overturf
DR. WILLIAM AND EVELYN LAMDEN ENGLISH HORN CHAIR
CLARINET
Sheryl Renk Principal
Max Opferkuch
Frank Renk
BASS CLARINET
Frank Renk
BASSOON
Valentin Martchev Principal
Ryan Simmons
Leyla Zamora
CONTRABASSOON
Leyla Zamora
HORN
Benjamin Jaber Principal
Darby Hinshaw Assistant Principal & Utility
John Degnan
Tricia Skye
Douglas Hall
TRUMPET
Christopher Smith Principal
John MacFerran Wilds
Ray Nowak
Jonah Levy*
TROMBONE
Kyle R. Covington Principal
Logan Chopyk
Kyle Mendiguchia
BASS TROMBONE
Kyle Mendiguchia
Tuba
Aaron McCalla Principal
HARP
Julie Smith Phillips Principal
TIMPANI
Ryan J. DiLisi Principal
Andrew Watkins Assistant Principal
PERCUSSION
Gregory Cohen Principal
Erin Douglas Dowrey
Andrew Watkins
PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN
Courtney Secoy Cohen
LIBRARIAN
Rachel Fields
* Long Term Substitute Musician
+ Staff Opera Musician
All musicians are members of San Diego County, Local 325, American
Federation of Musicians, AFL-CIO.