A sampling of distinguished CYSO alumni in all areas of the music industry:
Orchestra Members
Academy of Saint Martin-in-the-Fields
Marilyn Sansom – Cello, Viola de Gamba
Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra
Ben Peled – Violin
Julie Studebaker – Co-Principal Horn*
Annapolis Symphony Orchestra
Sara Watkins Shirley-Quirk – Resident Conductor*
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Lisa Steltenpohl – Principal Viola
Berlin Concert Orchestra
Alicia Lagger – Violin
Berlin Philharmonic
Allan Nilles – Viola
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Martha Babcock – Assistant Principal Cello
Joel Moerschel – Cello*
Century Chamber Orchestra (Osaka)
Peter Seidenberg – Principal Cello*
Charleston Symphony Orchestra
Zac Hammond – Principal Oboe
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Arnold Brostoff – Violin
Oto Carrillo – Horn
Emma Gerstein – Flute
Daniel Gingrich – Horn
David Griffin – Horn
John Hagstrom – Trumpet
Mark Kraemer – Bass
Diane Mues – Viola
James Smelser – Horn
Philip Blum – Cello*
Leonore Glazer – Cello*
Richard Kanter – Oboe*
Samuel Magad – Co-Concertmaster*
Richard Oldberg – Horn*
Gordon Peters – Principal Percussion*
Cleveland Orchestra
Frank Rosenwein – Principal Oboe
Scott Haigh – Assistant Principal Bass
Arthur Klima Jr. – Viola
Barrick Stees – Assistant Principal Bassoon
Richard Voldrich – Violin*
Columbus Symphony (OH)
David Niwa – Assistant Concertmaster
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Abraham Feder – Cello
Dayton Philharmonic
Jessica Hung – Concertmaster
Detroit Symphony
Ian Ding – Principal Percussion*
Florida Philharmonic
John Dee – Principal Oboe*
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Dan Sigale – Viola
Allan Steele – Principal Cello
Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra
Alicia Lagger – Principal Second Violin*
Houston Symphony
Kurt Johnson – Violin
Robin Kesselman – Principal Bass
Andrew Pedersen – Bass
William VerMuelen – Principal Horn
Indianapolis Symphony
Richard Graef – Assistant Principal Horn
Sherry Hong – Violin
Robert Bromel – Principal Bassoon*
Austin Huntington – Principal Cellist
Kansas City Symphony Orchestra
Noah Geller – Concertmaster
La Orquesta Sinfonica del Estado de Puebla
Lauren Toner – Bassoon
Los Angeles Opera
Margaret Schultz Moores – Cello
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Lorin Levee – Principal Clarinet
Louisville Orchestra
Peter McCaffrey – Acting Principal Cellist
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Jean Berkenstock – Principal Flute*
Mark Brandfonbrener – Cello
William Cernota – Cello
Matthew Comerford – Trumpet
Brian Ferguson – Assistant Principal Bass
Michael Green – Principal Percussion
Dionne Hansen-Jackson – Assistant Principal Flute*
Neil Kimel – French Horn
Charlene Zimmerman – Principal Clarinet
Judith Zunamon Lewis – Oboe
Metropolitan Opera
Barbara Jöstlein – Horn
Ronals Arron – Viola*
Demarre McGill – Flute
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Kathleen Collisson – Cello
Lisa Johnson Fuller – Violin
Jennifer Startt – Principal Second Violin
Minnesota Orchestra
Norbert Nielubowski – Bassoon
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Tim McGovern – Associate Principal Bassoon*
Paul Merkelo – Principal Trumpet
National Symphony Orchestra
Rick Barber – Assistant Principal Bass
Jennifer Cline – Viola
Steven Honigberg – Cello
Charles Nilles – Bass
Sara Watkins Shirley-Quirk – Principal Oboe*
Rebecca Tobin – Second Chair Clarinet
Nuevo Leon Symphony (Mexico)
Daniel DiCesare – Tuba
New York Philharmonic
John Deak – Associate Principal Bass*
Anthony McGill – Principal Clarinet
Kyle Zerna – Percussion
Orchestra of the Royal Swedish Opera
Rhett Del Campo – Principal Percussion*
Oslo Philharmonic
Eileen Siegel – Principal First Violin
Phoenix Symphony
Frederick Chao – Cello
Katherine Kohler – Second Clarinet
Philadelphia Orchestra
Larry Grika – Violin*
Duane Rosengard – Bass
Angela Zator-Nelson – Associate Principal Timpani/Percussion
Richmond Symphony
Mary Boodell – Principal Flute
Mary Bowden – Trumpet
Rochester Philharmonic
Stephanie Zimmerman – Horn
Howard Weiss – Concertmaster*
Saint Louis Symphony
Chris Carson – Associate Principal Bass
Thomas Jöstlein – Assistant Principal Horn
Robert Mottl – Assistant Principal Bassoon*
San Antonio Symphony
Sharon Kuster – Principal Bassoon
Ron Noble – Bassoon
Danny Taubenheim – Associate Principal Trumpet
San Francisco Opera
Bill Klingelhoffer – Co-Principal Horn
San Francisco Symphony
Jill Rachuy Brindel – Cello
John Schoening – Viola
Sarasota Orchestra
Abraham Feder – Principal Cello
Seattle Opera
Michael Gamburg – Principal Bassoon
Symphony Orchestra Augusta
Alex Liedtke – Principal Oboe
The Hague Philharmonic
Cary Koubek – Violin
The President’s Own
Brandon Eubank – Trumpet
Gina Guhl Fouch – Clarinet*
Trevor Mowry – Co-Principal Oboe
The Royal Danish Orchestra
Emma Steele – Concertmaster
Toronto Symphony
Joseph Johnson – Principal Cello
Susan Lipchak – Assistant Principal Viola
United States Navy Band
Jeffrey DeRoche – Percussion
Utah Symphony Orchestra
Barbara Ann Scowcroft – Violin
Hanah Stuart – Assistant Principal Second Violin
Zurich Chamber Orchestra
Sandra Goldberg – Violin
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra
Joe Klingelhoffer – Principal Trombone
Music Professionals
Solo Artists
Laurie Anderson – Performance Artist
Andrew Bird – Singer/Songwriter
Composers
Charlyn Bernal – Composer and Associate Director of Film & Television Music for The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
Mark Camphouse – Composer, Conductor, Educator
Boston University
Eric Ruske – Horn Soloist and Professor
DePaul University
Julie DeRoche – Clarinet & Chair, Department of Performance Studies
DC Youth Orchestra Program
Elizabeth Schurgin – Executive Director
Hamilton Conservatory of the Arts (Canada)
Lance Elbeck – Violin soloist and Professor
Michigan State University
Ava Ordman – Trombone Professor & Chair, Brass and Percussion
Oberlin College & Conservatory
Peter Slowik – Director, Division of Strings & Professor of Viola
Peabody Conservatory of Music
Sara Watkins Shirley-Quirk – Conductor*
Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
Howard Weiss – Founding Music Director*
University of Illinois
John Dee – Professor of Oboe
Tim McGovern – Professor of Bassoon
University of Missouri – Kansas City
Terry Applebaum – Dean, School of Music*
University of Missouri – St. Louis
Robert Mottl – Professor of Bassoon
Utah Youth Symphony
Barbara Ann Scowcroft – Music Director
*Former Member/Position
Other Distinguished CYSO Alumni
Sheila C. Johnson
Vice Chairman and owner of Monumental Sports & Entertainment, President and Managing Partner of the WNBA’s Washington Mystics, and CEO of Salamander Hotels & Resorts
