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

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

John D. Rojak joined the American Brass Quintet in 1991 and has been in residence with them at Juilliard and the Aspen Music Festival, performing, teaching privately and coaching chamber music. Additionally, he is a member of the New York Pops, Orchestra of St. Luke's, IRIS Chamber Orchestra, Stamford Symphony, Little Orchestra Society, and Riverside Symphony. He has performed and recorded with the New York Philharmonic, Orpheus, and Solisti New York, and performed with the Boston Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, New York City Ballet, New York City Opera, and many international ballet companies. Rojak has also been active in the commercial field playing the complete 16 year Broadway run of Les Misérables, the shows Sugar Babies and The Producers, recordings of soundtracks for film, television, and jingles, and performing with Metallica in Madison Square Garden. He also had the distinct honor of performing music for Pope John Paul II both in Central Park and at St. Patrick's Cathedral. As a soloist, he has released “The Romantic Bass Trombone” on MMC Records and is featured on “Bass Hits, the Bass Trombone Concerti of Eric Ewazen” from Albany Records, and on “The Essential Rochut” on Belle Records. Rojak has given master classes throughout the US, and in Europe, Asia, and Mexico. John is on the faculties of Bard College, where he is chair of the brass department, Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers, Colorado College Summer Music Festival, and New York University.
 
 

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



Horn
Lawrence DiBello, principal
Louise Crowley
Peter Reit
David Smith


Trumpet
Donald Batchelder, principal
John Dent



Tuba
Brian Brown, principal

Keyboards
Emily Wong, principal