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Music of the Moment: July 27, 2010
posted by: Amy Russell, Director of Artistic Programs and Partnerships

We presented our final concert of the Summerfest series on July 17th and now is the time to plan for the coming season, as we await the return of our ... More »

Summertime at the Symphony
posted by: Jessica Nalbone, Education Manager

I’m often asked by friends and colleagues what life is like during the summer at the North Carolina Symphony’s Artistic Operations and Education Departments. After all, schools on the traditional ... More »

Our Final 2010 Summerfest Concert
posted by: William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor

Our 2010 Summerfest season ends at Regency Park this Saturday with a classical blockbuster of a program that I will conduct. The concert begins with music from Handel’s Music for ... More »

Pianos on the Street Corner
posted by: Arthur Ryel-Lindsey, Communications Project Manager

"People need to get more music in their lives," says New Yorker Aaron George. We couldn't agree more. Read about a fascinating public art installation by British artist Luke Jerram, ... More »

Meet the Musicians

The North Carolina Symphony is not just music; it's people. From composers to musicians, from conductors to staff, the Symphony is made up of a talented group of dedicated individuals who take immense pleasure and pride in bringing you the finest programs of show-stopping music season after season.

Grant Llewellyn

Music Director

William Henry Curry

Resident Conductor

Sarah Hicks

Associate Conductor

· VIOLIN 1

  Brian Reagin
   Concertmaster
    The Annabelle Lundy Fetterman Chair

  Dovid Friedlander
   Associate Concertmaster
    The Assad Meymandi and Family Chair

  Rebekah Binford
   Assistant Concertmaster
    The Assad Meymandi and Family Chair

  Karen Strittmatter Galvin
   Assistant Concertmaster

  Patricia Banko
    The Jesse Wyatt Ethridge Chair

  Maria Evola

  Paul Goldsberry
    The Richard and Joy Cook Chair

  Udo Hildebrandt
    The Tom and Mary Mac Bradshaw Chair

  So Yun Kim
    The Governor James B. Hunt, Jr. Chair

  Marilyn Kouba
    The Phyllis (Pat) Conrad Wells Chair

  Jess Isaiah Levin
    The J. Felix Arnold Chair

  Eric McCracken
    The Anne Heartt Gregory Chair

  Eileen Wynne
    The Harvey At-Large Chair

· VIOLIN 2

  Paul Gorski
   Principal
    The Nancy Finch Wallace Chair

  Jacqueline Saed Wolborsky
   Associate Principal
    The Blanche Martin Shaw Chair

  David Kilbride
   Assistant Principal

  Janet Gayer Hall

  Marshall Johnson

  Suzanne Kelly

  Dennis Kordell

  Oskar Ozolinch

  Jeremy Winslow Preston

  Bonita Stoughton

· VIOLA

  Anton Jivaev
   Principal
    The Florence and Charles Jacob Cate and The Alma Yondorf and Sylvan Hirschberg Chair

  David Marschall
   Associate Principal
    The Betty Ellen Madry Chair

  Christopher Fischer
   Assistant Principal

  Paul Malcolm

  Christine Martin

  Jeffry Moyer

  Karen Patterson

  Sandra Schwarcz
    The Samuel H. and Anne Latham Johnson Viola Chair

  Phyllis Wiens Whitlow

· CELLO

  Bonnie Thron
   Principal Cellist
    The Herman and Marga Roberg Chair

  Elizabeth Beilman
   Associate Principal
    The Herbert Family Chair

  Michael Stoughton
   Assistant Principal
    The Herbert Family Chair

  Peng Li
   Assistant Principal
    Anonymously Endowed

  Lisa Howard Shaughnessy
    The Sara Wilson Hodgkins Chair

  Susan Gardner
    Anonymously Endowed

  John McClellan
    The William Charles Rankin Chair

  Gerald W. Nelson
    The Secretary of Cultural Resources Betty Ray McCain Chair

  Leonid Zilper
    The Nell Hirschberg Chair

· DOUBLE BASS

  Leonid Finkelshteyn
   Principal
    The Martha and Peyton Woodson Chair

  Robert K. Anderson
   Associate Principal
    The Dr. and Mrs. Preston H. Gada Chair

  Craig Brown

  Erik Dyke
    The Harllee H. and Pauline G. Jobe Chair

  Bruce Ridge
    The John C. and Margaret P. Parker Chair

· FLUTE

  Anne Whaley Laney
   Principal
    The Mr. and Mrs. George M. Stephens Chair

  Mary Boone
   Assistant Principal
    The Dr. and Mrs. Shaler Stidham, Jr. Chair

  Elizabeth Anderton Lunsford
    The Jack and Sing Boddie Chair

· OBOE

  Melanie Wilsden
   Principal
    The Hardison and Stoltze Chair

  Michael P. Schultz
   Associate Principal
    The Lizette T. Dunham Chair

  Sandra Wehner Posch
    The Clarence and Alice Aycock Poe Chair

· ENGLISH HORN

Michael P. Schultz
The Bruce and Margaret King Chair

· CLARINET

  Jimmy Gilmore
   Principal
    The Mr. and Mrs. J. Christopher Walker, II Chair

  Michael E. Cyzewski
   Assistant Principal
    The Kathryn Powell and Green Flavie Cooper Chair

· BASSOON

  John Pederson
   Principal
    The Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald S. Hudson Chair

  Victor Benedict
   Assistant Principal
    The Beethoven Chair

· FRENCH HORN

  Brian Blanchard
   Principal Horn
    The Mary T. McCurdy Chair

  Kimberly Van Pelt
   Associate Principal
    The James Marion Poyner Chair

  Christopher Caudill
    The Roger Colson and Bobbi Lyon Hackett Chair

  Rachel Niketopoulos
    The Paul R. Villard and Gabriel Wolf Chair

  To Be Filled
    Mary Susan Kirk Fulghum Chair

· TRUMPET

  Paul Randall
   Principal
    The George Smedes Poyner Chair

  Timothy Stewart
   Associate Principal
    The Henry and Martha Zaytoun and Family Chair

  Don Eagle

· TROMBONE

  John Ilika
   Principal
    The Thomas Warwick Steed, Jr. Family Chair

  Dwight Robinett
   Assistant Principal
    The Francis Amour Bryant Chair

· BASS TROMBONE

Terry Mizesko
Anonymously Endowed

· TUBA

  David G. Lewis
   Principal
    The Governor and Mrs. James G. Martin, Jr. Chair

· HARP

Anita Burroughs-Price
The Ron and Jamie Kupferman Chair

· TIMPANI

  John Feddersen
   Principal
    The Patricia R., Steven T. and George F. Hackney III Chair

· PERCUSSION

  Richard Motylinski
   Principal
    The Margery and Earl Johnson, Jr. Chair

  Kenneth Whitlow
   Assistant Principal
    The Abram and Frances Pascher Kanof Chair

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