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

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

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
 

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

Bass
Judith Sugarman, principal

Judith Sugarman studied as a scholarship student of Homer Mensch at the Juilliard School in both the pre-college and college divisions. She holds the position of principal bass for the Little Orchestra Society, The EOS Orchestra, Amici New York, Concordia, The Stamford Symphony and the Philharmonic Orchestra of New Jersey. Additionally, she frequently performs as acting principal bass with The Brooklyn Philharmonic, The Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, and the American Composers Orchestra. Active in the world of commercial music, Ms Sugarman’s playing can be heard on such films as Kramer vs. Kramer, Sphere, You’ve Got Mail, Cape Fear, The Birdcage, Marvin’s Room, and Mulan among many others. She has recorded hundreds of TV and radio commercials and can be heard on CDs and music videos with such artists as varied as The Three Tenors, Stevie Wonder, Celine Dion, Elton John, Carly Simon, Joni Mitchell, Aretha Franklin, and P Diddy. Past season’s highlights included performances on The David Letterman Show, Saturday Night Live and a performance for President and Mrs. Clinton at the White House. Judith served on the faculty of the Juilliard School from 1999 through 2006, and is presently on the faculty of Mannes Prep. Ms Sugarman was the bassist for the Steven Sondheim musical Passion as well as in the Broadway production of Leonard Bernstein’s Candide. Last spring she was the bassist for the London production of Coram Boy. Judith Sugarman’s chamber music activities have included performances with the Guarneri String Quartet, members of the New York Philharmonic, the Sylvan Winds and Simon Estes and Solisti New York. Ms Sugarman is also a certified acupuncture detoxification specialist treating formally homeless, HIV positive men and women recovering from substance use.

Peter Weitzner
Richard Ostrovsky
Louise Koby
Troy Rinker

Oboe
Melanie Feld, principal
William Meredith

Bassoon
Marc Goldberg, principal
Maureen Strenge



Trumpet
Donald Batchelder, principal
John Dent



Tuba
Brian Brown, principal

Keyboards
Emily Wong, principal