
Featured Musician
Shannon Fitzhenry, Concertmaster
# OF YEARS PLAYING WITH EPSO:
One full season before the pandemic, and now looking forward to starting another wonderful season in September! I have sincerely missed everyone in El Paso Symphony in the last year.
EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE OF EPSO:
I sub frequently with both the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, and I am Principal Second violinist of Symphony in C based in New Jersey.
OTHER ARTS GROUPS YOU PERFORM WITH:
I have recently joined a group called Fever, and they have a wonderful quartet concert series countrywide entitled The Candlelight Series. I perform various programs each week in DC, which has been great fun. I also am a member of Kennedy Quartet, a wedding event group, and we perform frequently in the greater Baltimore and DC area.
HOBBIES:
I discovered in the last year that I actually am able to keep plants alive and I have loved learning about different kinds of indoor plants! I am up to 14 and going strong. I also enjoy running, drawing, and spending time with my adorable 3 year old half blind cat, Molly!
PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED TO KNOW THAT:
My partner, Alex, and I are actually on a pool league team and we play pool competitively every week. Surprisingly, I get more nervous to play a match than I do when I walk on stage in El Paso! It has gotten me out of my comfort zone in music and has been so much fun. Also, I am a bit of a dare devil and went skydiving a few years ago...something I would do again in a heartbeat!
Orchestra Staff
PERSONNEL MANAGER
LeAnn Isaac
LIBRARIAN
Elizabeth Zamora
Michael Way
Leslee Way
STAGE MANAGER
Steve Ligorio
Lu Padula

Shannon Fitzhenry, Concertmaster
Stephannie Meyers, Associate Concertmaster
Brigid McCarthy, Assistant Concertmaster
Cristina Leony
Vanessa Cedillos
Stephen Nordtrom
Leslee Way
Diana Gilliland
Allegra Artis
Belen Hernandez
Amalia Zeitlin, Principal
Robert Jurado, Assistant Principal
LeAnn Isaac
Elizabeth Zamora
Adria Dunn
Cindy Cabada
Shelly Wood
Anita Steadman
Preston Griffith
Jose Rios
Lora Stone-Ortega, Principal
Susan Hernandez, Assistant Principal
Mara Arredondo
Monica Arredondo
Jessica Lane
Chris Lanier
Guillermo Quezada
Ray Arreola
James Carney, Principal
Michael Way, Assistant Principal
Rodrigo Maldonado
Erin Eyles Espinoza
Nathan Black
Elizabeth Purvis
Hyerim Mapp
Jorge Espinoza
Ian Narlock, Principal
Robert Taylor, Assistant Principal
William Scholten
Darrell Downey
Tyler Valadez
Erick Rios
Joy Zalkind, Principal
Esther Fredrickson
Mary Elizabeth Thompson
Holly Patterson, Principal
Charlotte Ethington
Kevin Lett (English Horn)
Marianne Shifrin, Principal
Jim Logan
Madelyn Moore
Cara Luffey, Principal
Diego Delgado
Miriam Acosta
Richard Lambrecht, Principal
Nancy Joy
John Groves, Assistant Principal
Mary Mendez
Kimberly Beasley
Nancy Taylor, Principal
Kenny Capshaw, Assistant Principal
Paul McLaughlin
Sander Schiller, Principal
Jan Zubeck
John Feeny
Clinton J. Sims, Principal
Emily Mitchell, Principal
Dena Kay Jones, Principal
Larry White, Principal
Leandro Valenzuela, Principal
Deborah Eichholz Lain
Mark Saenz