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World-Class Orchestra

Over ninety musicians of the Peninsula Festival Orchestra represent leading symphonic and operatic institutions from around the world, including Toronto, Calgary, Houston, Boston, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Omaha, Milwaukee, The Dallas Opera, Houston Grand Opera, and Lyric Opera of Chicago.

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Rune Bergmann, Music Director & Conductor

Martha & Philip Cherry Endowed Chair

FIRST VIOLIN

Dennis Kim, Concertmaster
George Kress
Endowed Chair
Irvine, CA

Dmitri Pogorelov, Assistant Concertmaster
Gail and Emil Fischer
Endowed Chair
Littleton, CO

Paul Zafer
Marilyn McDonald
Endowed Chair
Wilmette, IL

Luis Angel Salazar Avila
San Diego, CA

Alex Ayers
Milwaukee, WI

Ekaterina Gorkhover
Sunny Isles Beach, FL

Paul Hauer
Milwaukee, WI

Grace Kim
Grand Rapids, MI

Elliot Lee
Milwaukee, WI

Ji-Yeon Lee
Milwaukee, WI

Alexis Meschter
Irvine, CA

Zachary Ragent
Denver, CO

Robert Shumitzky
Newport Coast, CA

Aleksandr Zhuk
Sunny Isles, FL

SECOND VIOLIN

Kirstin Greenlaw, Principal
Virginia Terhune
Endowed Chair
Cincinnati, OH

Betty Lewis
Sharon Holmes
Endowed Chair
Chicago, IL

Christine Hauptly Annin
Milwaukee, WI

Luis Angel Salazar Avila
San Diego, CA

Ari Han
Los Angeles, CA

Dorothy Han
Cincinnati, OH

Annaliese Kowert
Nashville, TN

Carmen Llop-Kassinger
Chicago, IL

Caroline Slack
Chicago, WI

Amy Thiaville
River Ridge, LA

Elizabeth Warne
Milwaukee, WI

VIOLA

Joan DerHovsepian, Principal
Ken Byler
Endowed Chair
Houston, TX

Judith Ablon
New York, NY

Jonas Benson
Sarasota, FL

Beth Breslin
Mequon, WI

Thomas Kluge
Omaha, NE

Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff
Chicago, IL

Suzanne LeFevre
Houston, TX

Ellen Caruso Olson
Jacksonville, Florida

Marlea Simpson
Anoka, MN

Jennifer Strom
Roseville, MN

CELLO

Paul Ledwon, Principal
Elizabeth Chittendon
Cruden Endowed Chair
Omaha, NE

Erin Breene
Newport Coast, CA

Victor Huls
St. Petersburg, FL

Jeffrey Lastrapes
Lubbock, TX

Andrew Laven
Grand Rapids MI

Shannon Merciel
St. Louis, MO

Linda Minke
Neptune Beach, FL

BASS

John Pellegrino, Principal
June & Jerome Maeder
Endowed Chair
Columbus, OH

Patrick Bilanchone
Jacksonville, FL

Erik Gronfor
Houston, TX

Christopher Roberts
Cincinnati, OH

FLUTE

Helen Blackburn
Dallas, TX

Alexandria Hoffman
Chicago, IL

Janice MacDonald
Chicago, IL

PICCOLO

Alexandria Hoffman
Chicago, IL

OBOE

Eric Olson, Principal
Sue and Tim Stone
Endowed Chair
Jacksonville, FL

Leanna Renfro
Little Rock, AR

Sarah Bowman Peterson
Grand Rapids, MI

Ricardo Castañeda
Oak Park, IL

ENGLISH HORN

Leanna Renfro

CONTRABASSOON

Andrew Genemans
Grand Rapids, MI

SAXOPHONE

Dan Graser
Grand Rapids, MI

Laurie Marino Sears
Traverse City, MI

Bill Sears
Traverse City, MI

CLARINET

Campbell MacDonald
Robert Marcellus
Endowed Chair
Indianapolis, IN

Nicole Martin
New Haven, CT

Leslie Grimm
Streeterville, MI

David Bell
Bailey’s Harbor, WI

Lisa Bellino
Poughkeepsie, NY

Alisha Zamore
Houston, TX

E-FLAT / BASS CLARINET

Leslie Grimm

Alisha Zamore

BASSOON

Michael Kroth, Principal
Cindy Sargent
Endowed Chair
Okemos, MI

Galina Kiep
Chicago, IL

Andrew Genemans
Grand Rapids, MI

TRUMPET

Mark Hughes, Principal
Houston, TX

Bruce Briney
Macomb, IL

Daniel Grantham
Cincinnati, OH

Neal Berntsen
Pittsburgh, PA

Kevin Hartman
Brookfield, WI

Edward Kuhn
Summerville, SC

Greg Schoonover
Mt. Pleasant, SC

HORN

Richard Britsch, Principal
Tatman Family
Endowed Chair
Rockford, MI

David Renfro
Little Rock, AR

Erich Peterson
Grand Rapids, MI

Leslie Norton
Nashville TN

Matthew Annin
Whitefish Bay, WI

Fritz Foss
Skokie, IL

Dietrich Hemann
Shorewood, WI

Matthew Oliphant
Chicago, IL

Dana Sherman
Whitefish Bay, WI

Kelsey Williams
Newark, NY

TROMBONE

Paul Bellino, Principal
Poughkeepsie, NY

Bradley Ward
East Windsor, NJ

Thomas Hutchinson
Brooklyn, NY

BASS TROMBONE

Daniel Schwalbach
Alpine, NJ

TUBA

Charles Schuchat
Mary Harrington
Endowed Chair
Chicago, Illinois

TIMPANI

Jeremy Epp
Detroit, MI

Justin Gingrich
Pittsburgh, PA

Paul Ristau
Sister Bay, WI

PERCUSSION

Christopher Norton, Principal
Nashville, TN

Alison Chorn
Fort Wayne, IN