The Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra
Music Director
Wilfred Schwartz Conductor’s Endowed Chair,
Karl and Wilma Carson
Violin
Auditioning, Concertmaster
Riedman/Women’s Guild Endowed Chair
Nina Fronjian, Asst. Concertmaster
Julian and Ida Siegel Endowed Chair
Dorothy Gruber Horowitz Endowed Chair
Christine Menter, Principal 2nd*
Wilson and Emily Wilmarth
and Family Endowed Chair
Sarah Whitnah, Asst. Principal 2nd
Arlo Adams
Stephanie Bork
Jennifer Crim
Evan DeLong
Jean Denney
Mary Evans
Mary Gindulis*
Rachel Sliker
Bennett Stucky
Viola
Lilla B. Morgan Endowed Chair
Auditioning, Asst. Principal
Betty-Anne & Frank Jones
Asst. Principal Endowed Chair
Sabrina Romney Lloyd
Erin Napier
Ezgi Pikayzen
Kyla Witt
Cello
Becky Kutz Osterberg, Principal
Jeanise Brown Endowed Chair
Heidi Mausbach, Asst. Principal*
Joannah L. Merriman Endowed Chair
Joseph Howe
J. Peter Linder
Beth Wells
Bass
Auditioning, Principal
Bettie Wilcox Endowed Chair
Bailey Bennett
Erik Deines
Forest Greenough
Zack Niswender
Flute
Renate Justin, M.D. Endowed Chair
Kristin Sommer, 2nd/Assoc. Principal
Mary A. Kopco Second Flute Endowed Chair
Piccolo
Fern Bennett Endowed Chair
Oboe
David and Alison Dennis Endowed Chair
Gina Johnson, 2nd/Assoc. Principal
Walter Scott McCoil Endowed Chair
English Horn
Bob and Joyce Everitt Endowed Chair
Clarinet
Bill & Ruth Brown Endowed Chair
Cindy Haraway Endowed Chair
Bassoon
Tom Bittinger Endowed Chair
Tom Gleason Endowed Chair
Horn
Auditioning, Principal
Pat and Edna Rizley Griffin Endowed Chair
Melanie Valente Endowed Chair
John McGuire, 3rd/Assoc. Principal
Sharyn H. & Larry J. Salem Third Horn Endowed Chair
Auditioning, 4th
Trumpet
Clark Livingston Endowed Chair
Derek McDonald, 2nd/Assoc. Principal
Jessica Stewart Wylie
2nd/Associate Principal Trumpet Chair
Trombone
Lynnette C. Jung Endowed Chair
Nat Wickham, 2nd/Assoc Principal
Paisley Pettine Second Trombone Endowed Chair
Bass Trombone
William E. Runyan Endowed Chair
Tuba
Dane Johnson Endowed Chair
Timpani
Wayne and Phyllis Scrader Endowed Chair
Percussion
Graham and Joanne Harrison Endowed Chair
Leo Canale, 2nd/Assoc. Principal
Josephine Kathryn Guerriero
Principal Triangle Endowed Chair
Harp
Kepler Endowed Chair
Keyboard
Auditioning, Principal
Kathryn Edwards Endowed Chair
Organ
Marie L. Schall Endowed Chair
Celeste
Tom Sutherland Endowed Chair
Assistant Conductor
Librarian
Orchestra Personnel Manager
Production Manager
* on leave
** acting
Section string and percussion players are listed alphabetically and are seated in a rotation pattern throughout the season.
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