Who We Are
Meet the Musicians
Symphony Leadership
Steven Smith, Music Director & Lewis T. Booker Music Director Chair
Keitaro Harada, Jack and Mary Ann Frable Associate Conductor Chair
Erin R. Freeman, Director of the Richmond Symphony Chorus & James Erb Choral Chair
Musicians
VIOLIN
Daisuke Yamamoto, Concertmaster
Adrian Pintea, Assistant Concertmaster
Ellen Cockerham, Principal Second Violin
Catherine Hubert Foster, Assistant Principal Second Violin
Alana Carithers
Catherine Cary
Jill Foster
Treesa Gold
Justin Gopal
Alison Hall
Margie Heath
Jeannette Jang
Timothy Judd
Susanna Klein
Stacy Markowitz
Anna Rogers
Susan Spafford
Jocelyn Adelman Vorenberg
Ross Monroe Winter ◆
Susy Yim
VIOLA
Molly Sharp, Principal, The Mary Anne Rennolds Chair
Zsuzsanna Emödi
Elizabeth Gopal
Wayne Graham
Stephen Schmidt
Jocelyn Smith
Joseph Wargo
CELLO
Neal Cary, Principal
Jason McComb, Assistant Principal, RSOL Chair
William Comita ◆
Barbara Gaden
Adrienne Gifford-Yang
Peter Greydanus
Ryan Lannan
Alyssa Moquin
DOUBLE BASS
Paul A. Bedell, Principal
Rumano Solano, Assistant Principal
Kelly Ali
Fred Dole
Peter Spaar
FLUTE
Mary Boodell, Principal
Jennifer Debiec Lawson, Assistant Principal
PICCOLO
OBOE
Gustav Highstein, Principal
Shawn Welk, Assistant Principal
ENGLISH HORN
Shawn Welk, Principal
CLARINET
Ralph Skiano, Principal ◆
Jared Davis, Principal
Eric Anderson, Assistant Principal
E-FLAT CLARINET
Jared Davis, Principal ◆
Eric Anderson, Principal
BASS CLARINET
Samuel Rothstein
BASSOON
Thomas Schneider, Principal, The Jonathan Friedman Chair
Martin Gordon, Assistant Principal
CONTRABASSOON
Matthew Harvell
HORN
James Ferree, Principal
Erin Lano
Roger Novak
Joy Branagan
TRUMPET
Rolla Durham, Principal
Brian Strawley, Assistant Principal
Mary Bowden
TROMBONE
Zachary Guiles, Principal
Scott Winger
BASS TROMBONE
Scott Cochran
TUBA
Richard Serpa, Principal
TIMPANI
Jim Jacobson, Principal
PERCUSSION
Clifton Hardison, Principal
Robert Jenkins
David Foster
HARP
Lynette Wardle, Principal
PIANO & CELESTE
Russell Wilson, Principal, Quincy & Anne Owen Cole Chair
◆ on leave of absence