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THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
2007 - 2008 Season

CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH, Music Director
Walter and Leonore Annenberg Chair

WOLFGANG SAWALLISCH, Conductor Laureate
ROSSEN MILANOV, Associate Conductor

First Violins
David Kim, Concertmaster
     Dr. Benjamin Rush Chair
Juliette Kang, First Associate Concertmaster
     Joseph and Marie Field Chair
José Maria Blumenschein, Associate Concertmaster
Nancy Bean,* Assistant Concertmaster
Richard Amoroso, Acting Assistant Concertmaster
     Robert and Lynne Pollack Chair
Herbert Light
     Larry A. Grika Chair
Barbara Govatos
     Wilson H. and Barbara B. Taylor Chair
Herold Klein
Jonathan Beiler
Hirono Oka
Yayoi Numazawa
Jason De Pue
Lisa-Beth Lambert
Jennifer Haas
Miyo Curnow
Elina Kalendareva

Daniel Han
Marc Rovetti
Noah Geller

SECOND VIOLINS
Kimberly Fisher, Principal
    Peter A. Benoliel Chair
Paul Roby, Associate Principal
    Sandra and David Marshall Chair
Dara Morales, Assistant Principal
Philip Kates

    Mitchell and Hilarie Morgan Family Foundation Chair
Virginia Halfmann
Louis Lanza
Booker Rowe
Davyd Booth
Paul Arnold
     Lorraine and David Popowich Chair
Yumi Ninomiya Scott
Dmitri Levin
Boris Balter
Jerome Wigler
William Polk
Amy Oshiro

VIOLAS
Choong-Jin Chang, Principal
    Ruth and A. Morris Williams Chair
Kirsten Johnson, Associate Principal
Kerri Ryan, Assistant Principal
Judy Geist
Renard Edwards
Anna Marie Ahn Petersen
Stephen Wyrczynski
David Nicastro
Burchard Tang
Che-Hung Chen
Rachel Ku
Marvin Moon

CELLOS
Hai-Ye Ni, Principal
     Albert and Mildred Switky Chair
Efe Baltacıgil
, Associate Principa
l
Yumi Kendall, Assistant Principal
     Wendy and Derek Pew Foundation Chair
Richard Harlow
Gloria de Pasquale
     Orton P. and Noël S. Jackson Chair
Kathryn Picht Read
     Winifred and Samuel Mayes Chair
Robert Cafaro
     Volunteer Committees Chair
Ohad Bar-David
     Catherine R. and Anthony A. Clifton Chair
John Koen
     Mollie and Frank Slattery Chair
Derek Barnes
Alex Veltman

BASSES
Harold Robinson, Principal
    Anonymous Chair
Michael Shahan, Associate Principal
Neil Courtney, Assistant Principal
John Hood
Emilio Gravagno
Henry G. Scott
David Fay
Duane Rosengard
Robert Kesselman

Some members of the string sections voluntarily rotate seating on a periodic basis.

FLUTES
Jeffrey Khaner, Principal
    Paul and Barbara Henkels Chair

David Cramer, Associate Principal
    Rachelle and Ronald Kaiserman Chair
Loren N. Lind
Kazuo Tokito, Piccolo

OBOES
Richard Woodhams, Principal
    Samuel S. Fels Chair
Peter Smith, Associate Principal
Jonathan Blumenfeld
     Edwin Tuttle Chair
Elizabeth Starr Masoudnia, English Horn
     Joanne T. Greenspun Chair

CLARINETS
Ricardo Morales, Principal
    Leslie Miller and Richard Worley Chair
Samuel Caviezel, Associate Principal
    Sarah and Frank Coulson Chair
Raoul Querze
    Peter M. Joseph and Susan Rittenhouse Joseph
Paul R. Demers, Bass Clarinet

BASSOONS
Daniel Matsukawa, Principal
    Richard M. Klein Chair
Mark Gigliotti, Co-Principal
Angela Anderson
Holly Blake, Contrabassoon

HORNS
Jennifer Montone, Principal
    Gray Charitable Trust Chair
Jeffrey Lang, Associate Principal
Jeffry Kirschen
Daniel Williams
Shelley Showers

TRUMPETS
David Bilger, Principal
     
Marguerite and Gerry Lenfest Chair
Jeffrey Curnow, Associate Principal
    Gary and Ruthanne Schlarbaum Chair
Robert W. Earley
Roger Blackburn

TROMBONES
Nitzan Haroz, Principal
     Neubauer Family Foundation Chair
Matthew Vaughn, Associate Principal
Eric Carlson
Blair Bollinger, Bass Trombone

TUBA
Carol Jantsch, Principal

TIMPANI
Don S. Liuzzi, Principal
     Dwight V. Dowley Chair
Angela Zator Nelson, Associate Principal
     Patrick and Evelyn Gage Chair

PERCUSSION
Christopher Deviney, Principal
     Mrs. Francis W. De Serio Chair
Anthony Orlando, Associate Principal
     Ann R. and Harold A. Sorgenti Chair
Angela Zator Nelson

PIANO AND CELESTA
Kiyoko Takeuti

HARPS
Elizabeth Hainen, Principal
     Patricia and John Imbesi Chair
Margarita Csonka Montanaro, Co-Principal

LIBRARIANS
Robert M. Grossman, Principal
Steven K. Glanzmann

STAGE PERSONNEL
Edward Barnes, Manager
James J. Sweeney, Jr.
James P. Barnes

*On leave