NBSO Musician Roster
Violin I
Jesse Holstein, Concertmaster
Milan A. Heath Jr. Memorial Chair
Ethan Wood, Assistant Concertmaster
Dr. Clinton Levin Memorial Chair
Ealain McMullin*
Travis Rapoza
Jennifer Memoli
Nivedita Sarnath
Kyra Davies
Linda Scenna
Melody Albanese Kelly
Violin II
EmmaLee Holmes-Hicks, Principal
Geoff and Judy Swett Chair
David Rubin
Ryan Shannon
Michael Hustedde
Raluca Dumitrache
Fariba Hunold
Keri Benson
Ray Melanson
Viola
Anna Griffis, Principal
George Grimshaw Memorial Chair
Chris Nunn
Elisa Birdseye
Lauren Nelson
Rebecca Hallowell
Maureen Heflinger
Heather Church
Cello
Leo Eguchi, Principal
Patricia Plum Wylde Chair
Shay Rudolph
Peter Zay
Bonnie Harlow
Nara Shahbazyan
Stefan Gabriel
Fabrizio Mazzetta
Bass
John Shiu, Acting Principal
Irene Gudewicz Memorial Chair
Aidan Phipps
Bronek Suchanek
Rod McCaulley
Flute
Timothy Macri, Principal
Josef N. Cobert Memorial Chair, endowed in perpetuity
Vanessa Holroyd
Heather Parsons and Andrew Kotsatos Chair, endowed in perpetuity
Caitlyn Schmidt†
Oboe
Laura Shamu, Principal
Nancy and Jack Braitmayer Chair, endowed in perpetuity
Laura Pardee Schaefer
Clarinet
Nicholas Brown, Principal
Charles Parsons Memorial Chair
Margo McGowan
Bassoon
Michael Mechanic, Principal
Daniel Beilman†
Horn
John Michael Adair, Principal
Dorothy Malone and Rhoda Gayle Memorial Chair
Timothy Bedard
Trumpet
Andrew Sorg, Principal
Andrew Moreschi
Geoff Shamu
Trombone
Seth Budahl, Principal
Albert J. Lamoureux Memorial Chair
Robert Hoveland
James Monaghan
Tuba
Joseph Wilson, Principal
Timpani
Eric Huber, Principal
Percussion
Tom Schmidt,† Acting Principal
Mike Ambrosewski†
Harp
Catie Canale Pflaumer, Principal
Keyboard
Pei-yeh Tsai, Principal
*On leave
†Interim member
The orchestra roster is subject to change. Individual concert rosters will be posted on the concert pages prior to each concert.
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