MUSICIANS

ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Robert Spano, Music Director
The Robert Reid Topping Chair §

Donald Runnicles, Principal Guest Conductor
The Neil and Sue Williams Chair §

Yoel Levi, Music Director Emeritus

Alexander Mickelthwate, Assistant Conductor

Jere Flint, Staff Conductor; Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra
The Zeist Foundation Chair §

Norman Mackenzie, Director of Choruses
The Frannie and Bill Graves Chair

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FIRST VIOLIN
Cecylia Arzewski - Concertmaster
   The Mr. and Mrs. Howard R. Peevy Chair §
Beth Newdome *
William Pu - Associate Concertmaster
   The Charles McKenzie Taylor Chair
Jeff Thayer - Assistant Concertmaster
   The Delta Air Lines Chair
Jun-Ching Lin - Assistant Concertmaster
   The Mary and Cherry Emerson Chair
Willard Shull
   Assistant Concertmaster Emeritus
Carolyn Toll Hancock *
   The AGL Resources Chair
Martha Reaves Head
John Meisner
Alice Anderson Oglesby
Lorenz Ottzen
Christopher Pulgram
Carol Ramirez
Juan Ramirez
Denise Berginson Smith
Kenn Wagner
Lisa Wiedman Yancich

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SECOND VIOLIN
David Arenz - Principal
   The Atlanta Symphony Associates Chair §
Sou-Chun Su - Associate Principal
   The Frances Cheney Boggs Chair §
Jay Christy - Assistant Principal
Eleanor Arenz
Sharon Berenson
David Braitberg
Noriko Konno Clift
Judith Cox
David Dillard
Raymond Leung
Ruth Ann Little
Thomas O'Donnell
Ronda Respess
   The UPS Community Service Chair
Sanford Salzinger
Karen Stovall
Frank Walton

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VIOLA
Reid Harris - Principal
   The Edus H. and Harriet H. Warren Chair §
Paul Murphy - Associate Principal
   The Mary and Lawrence Gellerstedt Chair §
Amy Leventhal - Assistant Principal
John Detrino
Enid Jones
Robert Jones
Marian Kent
Catherine Lynn
Lachlan McBane
Heidi Nitchie
Ardath Weck

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CELLO
Christopher Rex - Principal
   The Miriam and John Conant Chair §
Daniel Laufer - Associate Principal
   The Livingston Foundation Chair
Dona Vellek Klein - Assistant Principal
Joel Dallow
Jere Flint
Karen Freer
Kathleen Kee
Larry LeMaster
Brad Ritchie
Paul Warner

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BASS
Ralph Jones - Principal
   The Marcia and John Donnell Chair §
Gloria Jones - Assistant Principal
Jane Little - Assistant Principal Emeritus
Michael Kenady
Michael Kurth
Douglas Sommer
Thomas Thoresen
Randolph Ujcich

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FLUTE
Christina Smith - Principal
   The Jill Hertz Chair §
Robert Cronin - Assistant Principal
Paul Brittan
   The Georgia Power Foundation Chair
Carl David Hall

PICCOLO
Carl David Hall

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OBOE
Jonathan Dlouhy - Principal
The George M. and Corrie Hoyt Brown Chair §
Yvonne Powers Peterson - Assistant Principal
Deborah Workman
Patrick McFarland

ENGLISH HORN
Patrick McFarland

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CLARINET
Laura Ardan - Principal
   The Robert Shaw Chair §
Ted Gurch - Assistant Principal
William Rappaport
   The Lucent Technologies Chair
Douglas Smith

E-FLAT CLARINET
Ted Gurch

BASS CLARINET
Douglas Smith

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BASSOON
Carl Nitchie - Principal
   The Walter L. "Buz" Carr, III Chair
Elizabeth Burkhardt - Assistant Principal
Z. Mark Smith
   The PricewaterhouseCoopers Chair
Juan de Gomar

CONTRABASSOON
Juan de Gomar

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HORN
Brice Andrus - Principal
   The Sandra and John Glover Chair
Susan Welty - Assistant Principal
Thomas Witte
Richard Deane
Bruce Kenney

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TRUMPET
Christopher Martin - Principal
   The Madeline and Howell Adams Chair §
Mark Hughes - Assistant Principal
Joseph Walthall
   The SunTrust Bank Chair
Larry Black

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TROMBONE
Colin Williams - Principal
   The First Union Chair
Stephen Wilson
   The Patsy and Jere Drummond Chair
Donald Wells

BASS TROMBONE
Donald Wells

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TUBA
Michael Moore - Principal
   The Georgia-Pacific Chair

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TIMPANI
Mark Yancich - Principal
   The Walter H. Bunzl Chair §
William Wilder - Assistant Principal

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PERCUSSION
Thomas Sherwood - Principal
   The Julie and Arthur Montgomery Chair §
William Wilder - Assistant Principal
Eugene Rehm
   The David, Helen and Marian Woodward Fund Chair

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HARP
Elisabeth Remy - Principal

KEYBOARD
Peter Marshall †
   The Hugh and Jessie Hodgson Memorial Chair §
Beverly Gilbert †
Sharon Berenson

LIBRARY
Robert O'Brien - Principal
Steven Sherrill - Assistant
Frank Walton
John Wildermuth

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§ Chair named in perpetuity
* Leave of absence
† Regularly engaged musician 

Players in strings sections are listed alphabetically.