NBSO 2026-2027 Musician Roster
Yaniv Dinur, Music Director
Music Director Sponsors: Allan and Priscilla Ditchfield, Susan and Dexter Mead
Violin
Emma Powell, Concertmaster
Tom and Barbara Farquhar Chair
Position vacant pending audition, Assistant Concertmaster
Bryce Martin
Kyra Davies
Jennifer Memoli
Theo Ramsey
Three positions vacant pending audition
Violin II
EmmaLee Holmes-Hicks, Principal
Geoff and Judy Swett Chair
David Rubin, Assistant Principal
Marlene and Chris Smith Family Fund Chair
Nozomi Murayama
Fariba Hunold
Sophia Bernitz
Raluca Dumitrache
Adam Jeffreys
Yeonji Shim*
Jiuri Yu
Position vacant pending audition
Viola
Anna Griffis, Principal
George Grimshaw Memorial Chair
Chris Nunn, Assistant Principal
Elisa Birdseye
Rebecca Hallowell
Maureen Heflinger
Sam Kelder
Sofia Nikas
Sachin Shukla
Cello
Leo Eguchi, Principal
Patricia Plum Wylde Chair
Soobin Kong, Assistant Principal
Pamela M. Hoffer Chair, endowed in perpetuity
Peter Zay
Samuel Boundy
Stefan Gabriel
Bonnie Harlow
Fabrizio Mazzetta
Position vacant pending audition
Bass
Pete Walsh, Principal
Irene Gudewicz Memorial Chair
Bebo Shiu, Assistant Principal
Nathan Varga
Kiefer Fuller
Position vacant pending audition
Flute
Timothy Macri, Principal
Josef N. Cobert Memorial Chair, endowed in perpetuity
Vanessa Holroyd
Heather Parsons and Andrew Kotsatos Chair, endowed in perpetuity
Oboe
Laura Shamu, Principal
Nancy and Jack Braitmayer Chair, endowed in perpetuity
Laura Pardee Schaefer
Kathy Wattles Chair
Clarinet
Nicholas Brown, Principal
Charles Parsons Memorial Chair
Margo McGowan
Bassoon
Michael Mechanic, Principal remove asterisk
Janet and Bill Coquillette Chair
Rachel Juszczak
Horn
Michael Bellofatto, Principal
Dorothy Malone and Rhoda Gayle Memorial Chair
Position vacant pending audition
Cile and Bill Hicks Chair, endowed in perpetuity
Nick Auer*
Brianna Kirkland
Trumpet
Andrew Sorg, Principal
Kyle Spraker
Geoff Shamu
Trombone
Seth Budahl, Principal
Albert J. Lamoureux Memorial Chair
Robert Hoveland
James Monaghan
Tuba
Tyler Woodbury, Principal
Timpani
Eric Huber, Principal
Ann and Hans Ziegler Chair, endowed in perpetuity
Percussion
Evan Glickman, Principal
Dylan Barber
Harp
Maria Spraker
Keyboard
Pei-yeh Tsai, Principal
Sandra Bilodeau Chair
*On leave
The orchestra roster is subject to change. Individual concert rosters will be posted on the concert pages prior to each concert.
Interested in sponsoring an orchestra chair and having your name recognized in our NBSO Roster? Please reach out to rveugen@nbsymphony.org or 508.999.6276 x225 to learn more.
SING TO ME
October 12 &13, 2024, 3 PM
Special Additional Performance: Friday, October 11, 7 PM, New Bedford Whaling Museum
On October 11, join us in the Harbor View Gallery and stay for an after-concert reception to mingle with guests and musicians while enjoying hors D'oeuvres and spirits.
A dazzling vocal journey
Featuring Philip Lima, baritone
Many thanks to Patty Plum Wylde, whose generous Gift of Music has made this concert possible. She dedicates her gift to all teachers of music for their devotion to the art of making music eternal.
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Selections from Songs of Travel (arr. John Greer)
The Vagabond
Youth and Love
Whither Must I Wander?
Bright is the Ring of Words
I have Trod the Upward and the Downward Slope
Samuel Barber: Dover Beach, Op. 3
Charles Ives: Songs
The Children's Hour
Tom Sails Away
The Circus Band
Three Spirituals
Wade in the Water (arr. Anthony Green)
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (arr. H. T. Burleigh/Green)
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho (arr. Cynthia Jackson/Green)
Joly Braga Santos: Piano Quartet in D Major, Op. 26
Joaquín Turina: The Toreador's Prayer, Op. 34
Jesse Holstein, violin
EmmaLee Holmes-Hicks, violin
Anna Griffis, viola
Leo Eguchi, cello
Janice Weber, piano
Lustrous baritone Philip Lima joins NBSO core musicians in an eclectic potpourri ranging from Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Songs of Travel and Samuel Barber’s Dover Beach to the earthy songs of Charles Ives and three spirituals. A piano quartet by Portuguese master Joly Braga Santos and The Toreador’s Prayer by Joaquín Turina offer interludes of instrumental poetry and brilliance.
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Feel the pull of fate, the thrill of the unexpected, and the sheer force of sound wash through you. What begins as suspense will give way to a feeling of being fully alive.
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
Sydney Lee, cello
Silvestre Revueltas: Sensemayá
Antonín Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Marking his 10th season with the NBSO, Yaniv returns to his audition piece that got him the job—Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4. Opening with the “fate” motif, the eternal ballet composer’s most original symphony consists of numerous surprises, like an entire movement of just string plucking, cymbals and bass drum only in the last movement (making so much noise) and an unhinged piccolo solo, to name just a few. Sydney Lee returns to the NBSO to perform Dvořák’s Cello Concerto, the Mount Everest of the cello repertoire. We open our season with Revueltas’ stirring Sensemayá, or as Yaniv likes to call it: “the Latin version of The Rite of Spring in seven minutes.”
Come Early for the Full Experience!
Make the most of your evening by arriving early to check out the pre-concert activities and settle into the rhythm of the night.
- 6:00 to 7:25 PM: Drop in to The Speakeasy Experience! Free pre-registration required. The Speakeasy in the lower level of the Zeiterion has quickly become the place to be! Get your ticket to Fatal Beauty, then register to attend this special pre-concert experience. (You must have a ticket to Fatal Beauty to attend this experience.)
Come on down for a beverage at the cash bar and entertainment by the Buttonwood Brass jazz quartet. It’s a cool, relaxed setting with tables and chairs where you can mingle with friends before the NBSO concert. - 6:30 to 6:55 PM in the auditorium: Join Yaniv Dinur and guest artist Sydney Lee for the always-popular pre-concert chat—a lively and insightful preview that deepens your connection and enhances your listening experience.
- 7:00 to 7:15 PM in the Dr. Gail Davidson Movement Studio: Sangha Yoga will lead a gentle 15-minute chair yoga session as a calming reset to help you slow down, ground yourself, and open your senses before the music begins.
- 6:30 to 7:30 PM: Enjoy a cocktail in the main lobby bar and mingle with friends! The bar will be open for intermission as well.