San Diego Symphony
RAFAEL PAYARE
Music Director
EDO DE WAART
Principal Guest Conductor
JAHJA LING
Conductor Laureate
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 Choi Tung 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
Thomas Dougherty*
Benjamin Hoffman*
Nicole Sauder*
Sarah Schwartz*
VIOLA
Chi-Yuan Chen
Principal
KAREN AND WARREN KESSLER CHAIR
Nancy Lochner
Associate Principal
Wanda Law
Qing Liang
Abraham Martin
Johanna Nowik
Ethan Pernela
Carrie Dennis*
Jason Karlyn*
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
BASS
Jeremy Kurtz-Harris
Principal
SOPHIE AND ARTHUR BRODY FOUNDATION CHAIR
Susan Wulff
Associate Principal
Aaron Blick
P.J. Cinque
Kaelan Decman
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
Elyse Lauzon
Tricia Skye
Douglas Hall
TRUMPET
Christopher Smith
Principal
John MacFerran Wilds
Ray Nowak
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
The musicians of the San Diego Symphony are members of San Diego County, Local 325, American Federation of Musicians, AFL-CIO.