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Meet Our Orchestra

Berkeley Symphony 2022/23 Core Orchestra

Violin I

Nigel Armstrong 
Acting Concertmaster
Matthew Szemela
Emanuela Nikiforova
Stephanie Bibbo
Candace Sanderson
Lisa Zadek
John Bernstein 
Frederick Chang
Annie Li
Bert Thunstrom
Ernest Yen

Violin II

Daniel Flanagan
Principal
mijung Kim
Assistant Principal
Karsten Windt
David Cheng
Larisa Kopylovsky
Ann Eastman
Kevin Harper
Quelani Penland
Charles Zhou

Viola

Tiantian Lan
Principal
Darcy Rindt
Amy Apel
Rick Diamond
Peter Liepman

Cello

Carol Rice
Principal
Stephanie Wu
Assistant Principal
Isaac Pastor-Chermak
Nancy Bien
Wanda Warkentin
Chloé Mendola
Jason Anderson
Peter Bedrossian
Kenneth Johnson
Margaret Moores
Sylvia Woodmansee

 

Bass

Michel Taddei
Principal
Robert Ashley
Assistant Principal
Alden F. Cohen
Jon Keigwin
Aleksey Klyushnik

Flute

Emma Moon
Principal
Stacey Pelinka
 

Oboe

Ben Brogadir
Principal
 Bennie Cottone
English Horn
Stardust Doherty

 

Clarinet

Roman Fukshansky
Principal

Bassoon

Carla Wilson
Principal
Shawn Jones
Contrabassoon
Ravinder Sehgal

Horn

Alex Camphouse
Principal
MEREDETH BROWN
Richard Hall
Thomas Reicher

Trumpet

Kale Cumings

Trombone

Thomas Hornig
Principal
Kurt Patzner
Bass Trombone
Craig Bryant

Harp

Wendy Tamis
Principal

 

Timpani

Kevin Neuhoff
Principal
 

Percussion

Ward Spangler
Principal