Violin
Erica Kiesewetter, Concertmaster
Sebu Sirinian, principal second
Claire Jolivet
Elizabeth Lim-Dutton
Patricia Davis
Gabriel Schaff
Katsuko Esaki
Susan Lorentsen
Lisa Tipton
Laura Bald
Kathleen Thomson
Martha Brody
Ann GiIllette
Amy Wright
Robert Zubrycki
Nina Simon
David Steinberg
Lisa Steinberg
Suzanne Gilman

Harp
Amy Berger, principal

Flute
Liz Mann, principal
Kathleen Nester

Clarinet
Jon Manasse, principal
Dean LeBlanc

Horn
Lawrence DiBello, principal
Louise Crowley
Peter Reit
David Smith

Trombone
Richard Clark, principal
Kenneth Finn
John Rojak, bass trombone

Tuba
Brian Brown, principal

Timpani
Benjamin Herman, principal

Percussion

Daniel Haskins, principal
Kory Grossman

Viola
Lois Martin, principal
Adria Benjamin
Rebecca Osborne
KC Still
Shelley Holland-Moritz
Laura Mount
Leslie Tomkins
Louis Day

Cello
Joseph Kimura, principal
Eliot Bailen
Sarah Carter
Peter Sanders
Jacqueline Stern
Matthew Goeke
Pamela Greitzner

Bass
Judith Sugarman, principal
Peter Weitzner
Richard Ostrovsky
Louise Koby
Troy Rinker

Oboe
Melanie Feld, principal
William Meredith

Bassoon
Marc Goldberg, principal
Maureen Strenge



Trumpet
Donald Batchelder, principal

Donald Batchelder has been Principal Trumpet of the Stamford Symphony since 1987. He is also Principal Trumpet of the New York City Opera Orchestra, where he has played full-time since 2000. He is a member of the music faculty at Montclair State University’s John J. Cali School of Music, where he also holds the position of Brass Coordinator. Recognized as an outstanding soloist and orchestral trumpeter in the New York area for many years, he performs frequently with the Metropolitan Opera, the New Jersey Symphony, the American Symphony, and on Broadway. In addition to his positions with the New York City Opera and the Stamford Symphony, Mr. Batchelder holds the principal trumpet chair in the Westfield (NJ) Symphony. Mr. Batchelder earned both a Bachelors and a Masters Degree from the Juilliard School, where he studied with William Vacchiano and Mel Broiles. Other influential teachers include Vince Penzarella, Arnold Jacobs and Philip Smith. Among Mr. Batchelder’s recent solo appearances: a solo clinic at the 2008 New York Brass Conference; Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 with the Stamford Symphony; When Speaks the Signal-Trumpet Tone by David Gillingham, with both the Montclair State University Wind Ensemble and the Ridgewood Concert Band; the Shostakovich Concerto for Piano and Trumpet with both the Stamford Symphony and the New York Virtuosi; the world premiere of Trent Johnson’s Concertino for Trumpet and Organ; David Sampson’s Triptych with the Westfield Symphony; and Herbert L. Clarke’s Southern Cross with the Goldman Band. Mr. Batchelder and his wife, Lisa, met twenty-three years ago at a rehearsal for the Westfield Symphony’s first subscription concert. They live in West Orange, New Jersey and have two sons in college.

John Dent

Keyboards
Emily Wong, principal