DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JADER BIGNAMINI , Music Director
Music Directorship endowed by the Kresge Foundation
ENRICO LOPEZ-YAÑEZ
Principal Pops Conductor
Devereaux Family Chair
FIRST VIOLIN
Robyn Bollinger
CONCERTMASTER
Katherine Tuck Chair
Kimberly Kaloyanides Kennedy
ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER
Schwartz and Shapero Family Chair
Hai-Xin Wu
ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER
Walker L. Cisler/Detroit Edison Foundation Chair
OPEN ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER
Marguerite Deslippe*
Laurie Goldman*
Rachel Harding Klaus*
Eun Park Lee*
Nancy Schlichting and Pam Theisen Chair
Adrienne Rönmark*
William and Story John Chair
OPEN
Drs. Doris Tong and Teck Soo Chair
Laura Soto*
Greg Staples*
Jiamin Wang*
Mingzhao Zhou*
SECOND VIOLIN
Adam Stepniewski
ACTING PRINCIPAL
The Devereaux Family Chair
Connor Chaikowsky*
Will Haapaniemi*
David and Valerie McCammon Chairs
Hae Jeong Heidi Han*
David and Valerie McCammon Chairs
Sheryl Hwangbo Yu*
Sujin Lim*
Tianyu Liu*
Yu-Ming Ma*
Hong-Yi Mo *
Marian Tănău*
Alexander Volkov*
Jing Zhang*
VIOLA
Eric Nowlin
PRINCIPAL
Julie and Ed Levy, Jr. Chair
James VanValkenburg
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Janet and Norm Ankers Chair
Caroline Coade
Henry and Patricia Nickol Chair
Mike Chen*
Hart Hollman*
Glenn Mellow*
Hang Su*
Han Zheng*
TERENCE BLANCHARD
Fred A. Erb Jazz Creative Director Chair
CELLO
Wei Yu
PRINCIPAL
OPEN
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Dorothy and Herbert Graebner Chair
Robert Bergman*
Jeremy Crosmer*
Victor and Gale Girolami Chair
David LeDoux*
Peter McCaffrey*
Joanne Danto and Arnold Weingarden Chair
Úna O’Riordan*
Mary Ann and Robert Gorlin Chair
Cole Randolph*
Mary Lee Gwizdala Chair
BASS
Kevin Brown
PRINCIPAL
Van Dusen Family Chair
Stephen Molina
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Renato and Elizabeth Jamett Chair
Christopher Hamlen*
Peter Hatch*
Vincent Luciano*
Brandon Mason^
HARP
Alyssa Katahara PRINCIPAL
Winifred E. Polk Chair
FLUTE
Hannah Hammel Maser
PRINCIPAL
Alan J. and Sue Kaufman and Family Chair
Emily Bieker
ACTING SECOND FLUTE
Morton and Brigitte Harris Chair
Amanda Blaikie
ACTING ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Bernard and Eleanor Robertson Chair
PICCOLO OPEN
OBOE
Alexander Kinmonth
PRINCIPAL
Jack A. and Aviva Robinson Chair
Erik Andrusyak
Sarah Lewis
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Monica Fosnaugh
Donovan Bown§
ENGLISH HORN
Monica Fosnaugh
TABITA BERGLUND
Principal Guest Conductor
CLARINET
Ralph Skiano
PRINCIPAL
Robert B. Semple Chair
Kamalia Freyling
ACTING SECOND CLARINET
Jack Walters
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
PVS Chemicals Inc./
Jim and Ann Nicholson Chair
Shannon Orme
Triniti Rives§
E-FLAT CLARINET
Jack Walters
BASS CLARINET
Shannon Orme
Barbara Frankel and Ronald Michalak Chair
BASSOON
Conrad Cornelison PRINCIPAL
Byron and Dorothy Gerson Chair
Cornelia Sommer
Ryan Turano
CONTRABASSOON
Ryan Turano
HORN
Edmund Rollett
PRINCIPAL HORN
David and Christine Provost Chair
Scott Strong
Ric and Carola Huttenlocher Chair
Patrick Walle
Cara Kizer
ACTING ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Kristi Crago
ACTING HORN
Ben Wulfman ACTING HORN
TRUMPET
Hunter Eberly
PRINCIPAL
Austin Williams
Justin Emerich
ACTING ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
William Lucas
TROMBONE
Gracie Potter
PRINCIPAL
David Binder
Adam Rainey
Richard Sonenklar and Greg Haynes Chair
BASS TROMBONE Adam Rainey
TUBA
Dennis Nulty
PRINCIPAL
INGRID MARTIN
Assistant Conductor, Phillip & Lauren Fisher Community Ambassador
TIMPANI
Jeremy Epp
PRINCIPAL
Richard and Mona Alonzo Chair
Jay Ritchie
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
PERCUSSION
Joseph Becker
PRINCIPAL
Ruth Roby and Alfred R. Glancy III Chair
Andrés Pichardo-Rosenthal
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
William Cody Knicely Chair
Jay Ritchie
LIBRARIANS
Robert Stiles
PRINCIPAL
Ethan Allen
LEGACY CHAIRS
Principal Flute
Women’s Association for the DSO
Principal Cello
James C. Gordon
PERSONNEL MANAGERS
Andrew Williams
DIRECTOR OF ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL
Benjamin Tisherman
MANAGER OF ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL
STAGE PERSONNEL
Dennis Rottell
STAGE MANAGER
Joe Corless
DEPARTMENT HEAD
William Dailing
DEPARTMENT HEAD
Zach Deater
DEPARTMENT HEAD
Isaac Eide
DEPARTMENT HEAD
Kurt Henry
DEPARTMENT HEAD
Matthew Pons
SENIOR AUDIO DEPARTMENT HEAD
Jason Tschantre
DEPARTMENT HEAD
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PAST MUSIC DIRECTORS
Leonard Slatkin
MUSIC DIRECTOR LAUREATE
Neeme Järvi
MUSIC DIRECTOR EMERITUS
LEGEND
* These members may voluntarily revolve seating within the section on a regular basis
^ Leave of Absence
§ African American Orchestra Fellow
YOUNG PEOPLE’S FAMILY CONCERT SERIES PIRATES! THE QUEST
OCTOBER 25, 2025 AT 11 AM ORCHESTRA HALL
TINY TOTS MISS PAULA AND THE CANDY BANDITS
OCTOBER 25, 2025 10 AM IN THE CUBE
Selections to be announced from the stage
