Featured Musician Cara Luffey, Principal Basson# OF YEARS PLAYING WITH EPSO: 10 yearsEMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE OF EPSO: University of Texas at El Paso, Lecturer of BassoonOTHER ARTS GROUPS YOU PERFORM WITH: El Paso Opera & Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra. I love chamber music and often perform collaborative recitals at UTEP. HOBBIES: knitting/crocheting, going on walks (with my husband, daughter, & two dogs), yoga, & spending time at my family ranch. PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED TO KNOW THAT: I am a fifth generation El Pasoan on my mother’s side. My great-great-grandmother came to this area via covered wagon and my family has lived on ranch land outside of El Paso since 1918. My great-grandfather, Charles Ewing Waterhouse, was a local photographer, musician, and architect, who designed some of the houses in the Kern area. Orchestra StaffPERSONNEL MANAGER LeAnn Isaac LIBRARIAN Michael Way Leslee Way STAGE MANAGER Steve Ligorio Lu Padula I - FIRST VIOLINS Shannon Fitzhenry, Concertmaster Stephannie Meyers, Associate Concertmaster Brigid McCarthy, Assistant Concertmaster Cristina Leony Sylvia Blair Vanessa Cedillos Stephen Nordtrom Leslee Way Diana Gilliland Allegra Artis Ana Maria Quintero II - SECOND VIOLINS Amalia Zeitlin, Principal Eric Sewell, Assistant Principal LeAnn Isaac Elizabeth Zamora Adria Dunn Cindy Cabada Nancy Morey Shelly Wood Anita Steadman Jose Rios III - VIOLAS Lora Stone-Ortega, Principal Susan Hernandez, Assistant Principal Mara Arredondo Monica Arredondo Jessica Lane Chris Lanier Guillermo Quezada Ray Arreolla IV - CELLOS James Carney, Principal Claudia Encarnacion, Assistant Principal Nathan Black Alicia Dolan Rodrigo Maldonado Erin Eyles Espinoza Hyerim Mapp Elizabeth Purvis IV - BASSES Ian Narlock, Principal Robert Taylor, Assistant Principal William Scholten Darrell Downey Tyler Valadez Erick Rios VI - FLUTES Melissa Colgin-Abeln, Principal Joy Zalkind (Piccolo) Esther Fredrickson VII - OBOES Janie Sanchez, Principal Andrea Shaheen Espinosa Jennifer Bernard (English Horn) VIII - CLARINETS David Ross, Principal Marianne Schiffrin Annah Aquino-Chavarria IX - BASSOONS Cara Luffey, Principal Diego Delgado Stephanie Przblyska X - HORNS Richard Lambrecht, Principal Nancy Joy John Groves, Assistant Principal Mary Mendez Kimberly Beasley XI - TRUMPETS Nancy Taylor, Principal Kenny Capshaw, Assistant Principal Paul McLaughlin XII - TROMBONES Sander Schiller, Principal Jan Zubeck John Feeny XIII - TUBA Clinton J. Sims, Principal XIV - HARP Hope Cowan (October Concert) Emily Mitchell (November Concert) Principals XIV - KEYBOARD Dena Kay Jones, Principal XV - TIMPANI Larry White, Principal XVI - PERCUSSION Leandro Valenzuela, Principal Deborah Eichholz Lain Mark Saenz
