The Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra
Music Director and Conductor
Wilfred Schwartz Conductor’s Endowed Chair,
Karl and Wilma Carson
Violin
Byron Hitchcock, Concertmaster
Riedman/Women’s Guild Endowed Chair
Auditioning, Associate Concertmaster
Julian and Ida Siegel Endowed Chair
Ava Pacheco, Assistant Concertmaster
Dorothy Gruber Horowitz Endowed Chair
Wilson and Emily Wilmarth
and Family Endowed Chair
Auditioning, Asst. Principal 2nd
Patricia A. Harper Assistant Principal
Second Violin Endowed Chair
Ryann Aery
Therese Bakker
Lee Blackmore
Roman Carranza
Jennifer Crim
Jean Denney
Elizabeth Furuiye
Emily Holmstead
Lola Kern
Marci Pilon
Angel Rhodes
Danica Smith
Leslie Stewart
Bennett Stucky
Ben Thomason
Viola
Lilla B. Morgan Endowed Chair
Daniel Moore, Asst. Principal
Betty-Anne & Frank Jones
Asst. Principal Endowed Chair
Emma Reynolds
Sabrina Romney Lloyd
Cello
Becky Kutz Osterberg, Principal
Jeanise Brown Endowed Chair
Auditioning, Asst. Principal
Joannah L. Merriman Endowed Chair
Joseph Engel
Yi-Ching Lee
Peter Linder
Beth Wells
Bass
Bettie Wilcox Endowed Chair
Cristian Mazo, Assistant Principal
Bailey Bennett
Forest Greenough
Zack Niswender
Flute
Renate Justin, M.D. Endowed Chair
Kristin Sommer, 2nd/Assoc. Principal
Mary A. Kopco Second Flute Endowed Chair
Gayle Wunder Third Flute Endowed Chair
Piccolo
Fern Bennett Endowed Chair
Oboe
Timothy Gocklin, Principal
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
Bryan Valderrama-Vega, 2nd
Tom Gleason Endowed Chair
Horn
Ben Shafer, Principal
Pat and Edna Rizley Griffin Endowed Chair
Melanie Valente Endowed Chair
John McGuire, 3rd/Assoc. Principal
Sharyn H. & Larry J. Salmen Third Horn Endowed Chair
Andrew Meyers, 4th
Trumpet
Auditioning, Principal
Clark Livingston Endowed Chair
Derek McDonald, 2nd/Assoc. Principal
Jessica Stewart Wyllie
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 Schrader Endowed Chair
Percussion
Graham and Joanne Harrison Endowed Chair
Leo T. 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
Artistic Staff
Librarian
Orchestra Personnel Manager
Production Manager
Kyle Sneden
Apprentice Conductor
Section string and percussion players are listed alphabetically and are seated in a rotation pattern throughout the season.
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