Utah Opera

Utah Symphony

Utah Symphony


Challenger School

Thierry Fischer, Music Director

The Maurice Abravanel Chair, endowed by the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation

Barlow Bradford
Symphony Chorus Director

VIOLIN*

Madeline Adkins
Concertmaster
The Jon M. & Karen Huntsman Chair, in honor of Wendell J. & Belva B. Ashton

Kathryn Eberle
Associate Concertmaster
The Richard K. & Shirley S. Hemingway Chair

Bonnie Terry
Acting Associate Concertmaster

Claude Halter
Principal Second

Wen Yuan Gu
Associate Principal Second

Evgenia Zharzhavskaya
Assistant Principal Second

Karen Wyatt••
Sara Bauman††
Joseph Evans
LoiAnne Eyring
Laura Ha•†
Lun Jiang#
Rebekah Johnson
Tina Johnson††
Amanda Kofoed††
Jennifer Kozbial Posadas††
Veronica Kulig
David Langr
Hannah Linz••
Yuki MacQueen
Alexander Martin
Rebecca Moench
Hugh Palmer
David Porter
Lynn Maxine Rosen
Barbara Ann Scowcroft•
Ju Hyung Shin•
Julie Wunderle

VIOLA*

Brant Bayless
Principal
The Sue & Walker Wallace Chair_

Yuan Qi
Associate Principal

Elizabeth Beilman†
Julie Edwards
Joel Gibbs
Carl Johansen
Scott Lewis
John Posadas
Whittney Thomas

CELLO*

Matthew Johnson
Acting Principal
The J. Ryan Selberg Memorial Chair

Andrew Larson
Acting Associate Principal

John Eckstein
Walter Haman
Anne Lee
Louis-Philippe Robillard
Kevin Shumway
Hannah Thomas-Hollands††
Pegsoon Whang

BASS*

David Yavornitzky
Principal

Corbin Johnston
Associate Principal

James Allyn
Andrew Keller
Edward Merritt
James Stroup††
Jens Tenbroek
Thomas Zera†

HARP

Louise Vickerman
Principal

FLUTE

Mercedes Smith
Principal
The Val A. Browning Chair

Lisa Byrnes
Associate Principal

Caitlyn Valovick Moore

PICCOLO

Caitlyn Valovick Moore

OBOE

James Hall
Principal
The Gerald B. & Barbara F. Stringfellow Chair

Brooks Fisher††
Associate Principal

Lissa Stolz

ENGLISH HORN

Lissa Stolz

CLARINET

Tad Calcara
Principal
The Norman C. & Barbara Lindquist Tanner Chair, in memory of Jean Lindquist Pell

Erin Svoboda-Scott
Associate Principal

Lee Livengood

BASS CLARINET

Lee Livengood

E-FLAT CLARINET

Erin Svoboda-Scott

BASSOON

Lori Wike
Principal
The Edward & Barbara Moreton Chair

Leon Chodos
Associate Principal

Jennifer Rhodes

CONTRABASSOON

Leon Chodos

HORN

Jessica Danz
Principal

Edmund Rollett
Associate Principal

Llewellyn B. Humphreys
Brian Blanchard†
Julia Pilant††
Stephen Proser

TRUMPET

Travis Peterson
Principal

Jeff Luke
Associate Principal

Peter Margulies
Paul Torrisi

TROMBONE

Mark Davidson
Principal

Sam Elliot
Associate Principal

BASS TROMBONE

Graeme Mutchler

TIMPANI

George Brown
Principal

Eric Hopkins
Associate Principal

PERCUSSION

Keith Carrick
Principal

Eric Hopkins
Michael Pape

KEYBOARD

Jason Hardink
Principal

LIBRARIANS

Clovis Lark
Principal

Claudia Restrepo

ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL

Walt Zeschin
Director of Orchestra Personnel

Andrew Williams
Orchestra Personnel Manager

• First Violin
•• Second Violin
* String Seating Rotates
† On Leave
# Sabbatical
†† Substitute Member


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