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Section Seating

Music Director
WestStar Chair

Andres Moran - Resident Conductor Sue & Dr. Doug Woo Chair
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I - FIRST VIOLINS

Laurence Gibson - Concertmaster 
Judy & Kirk Robison Chair
Mark Schuppener - Associate Concertmaster 
Cristina Leony - Assistant Concertmaster
Gordan Butler
Sylvia Blair
Joseph Sylvan
David Green
Allegra Artis
Diana Gilliland
Jimmy Santiago Rodriguez

II - SECOND VIOLINS

Stephanie Meyers - Principal 
Ruth Ellen Jacobson & Tony Ghiselli Chair
Adria Dunn - Assistant Principal
LeAnn Isaac
Elizabeth Zamora
Cindy Cabada
Leslee Herrera
Nancy Morey
Donna Loomis
Jaime Herrera
Elijah Evans

III - VIOLAS

Lora Stone-Quezada - Principal
Novamex Chair
Susan Hernandez - Assistant Principal
Ronald Smith
Monica Arredondo
Mary Moran
Daniel Rivera 
Jessica Lane
Gabriel Hernandez

IV - CELLOS

Claudia Encarnacion - Principal
Mrs. Robert M. Graham, Sr. Chair
Michael Way, Assistant Principal
Alicia Dolan
Gloria Mendoza
Armin Mayr
Rodrigo Maldonado
Norma Martinez
Christian Garcia

V - BASSES

William Scholten - Principal 
Mr. & Mrs. W.J. (Bill) Holmes Chair
Darrell Downey, Assistant Principal
Jesus Apodaca
Ernesto Perez
Eric Unsworth
Erick Rios

VI - FLUTES

Melissa Colgin-Abeln - Principal
Michael & Wilma Salzman Chair
Joy Zalkind (Piccolo)
Jennifer Rodriguez (Piccolo)

VII - OBOES

Janie Sanchez - Principal
Kacy & Steve Spivack Chair
Andrea Shaheen
Ed & Sue Anderson Chair
Carol Fels (English Horn)

VIII - CLARINETS

David Ross - Principal 
Elia del Carmen Mares Chair
Laroy Borchert
John Pleasant

IX - BASSOONS

Ruben Smith - Principal 
Mr. & Mrs. Gerardo A. Licon Chair

Don Wilkinson
Cara Luffey

X - HORNS

Richard Lambrecht - Principal 
Duggins, Mann, Wren & Romero Chair
Nancy Joy
John Groves - Assistant Principal
Mary Mendez
James Patterson
City Bank Chair

XI - TRUMPETS

Samuel Trimble - Principal
Mrs. Frances Roderick Axelson Chair
Kenneth Capshaw - Assistant Principal
Paul McLaughlin

XII - TROMBONES

Sander Schiller - Principal
Strickler & Prieto, LLP Chair
Jan Zubeck - Assistant Principal
John Feeny

XIII - TUBA

Clinton J. Sims - Principal
Faye A. Johnson Chair

XIV - HARP

Principal
Mary Ann Dodson Chair
Lynn Gorman

XIV - KEYBOARD

Dena Kay Jones - Principal
Southwest Retina Consultants Chair

XV - TIMPANI

Larry White - Principal
Kerry and Linda Ellison Chair

XVI - PERCUSSION

Leandro Valenzuela - Principal
Drs. Fadi Hanbali & Rana Kronfol Chair
Deborah Eichholz Lain
Mark Saenz

PERSONNEL MANAGER

LeAnn Isaac

LIBRARIAN

Mary Moran

STAGE MANAGER

Steve Ligorio

 

Programs and artists are subject to change without notice. The El Paso Symphony is made possible with the support of the City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department and the Texas Commission on the Arts.