Musicians
“The orchestra is stocked with excellent players, and there were moments [when] the sound reached a fullness and polish that would be the envy of better-known ensembles on the other side of the state lines.”
The New York Times
Instruments / Section
First Violin
Second Violin
Violin
Viola
Cello
Bass
Flute / Piccolo
Oboe / English Horn
Clarinet / E-Flat Clarinet
Bassoon
Horn
Trumpet
Trombone
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion
Librarian
Principal Cello
Jonathan Spitz
The MCJ Amelior Foundation Chair, in honor of Barbara Bell Coleman
Concertmaster
Eric Wyrick
The Dottie Litwin Chair
Principal Horn
Chris Komer
Principal Trombone
Levi Boylan
Principal Second Violin
Francine Storck
The Dr. Merton L. Griswold, Jr. Chair
Horn
Andrea Menousek
Principal Bassoon
Robert Wagner
The Charlotte & Morris Tanenbaum Chair
Principal Clarinet
Juan Esteban Martinez
Trombone
Vernon Post
Principal Oboe
Robert Ingliss
The Arthur E. Walters and Marjory S. Walters Chair
Associate Concertmaster
Brennan Sweet
Assistant Principal Second Violin
Katherine Woo
Horn
Lawrence DiBello
Second/E-Flat Clarinet
Andrew Lamy
Bass Trombone
Vincent Belford
Second Violin
Debra Biderman
Acting Horn
Michelle Baker
Assistant Concertmaster
David Southorn
Horn
Susan Standley
Assistant Concertmaster
Adriana Rosin
Assistant Principal Cello
Nayoung Baek
English Horn/Oboe
Andrew Adelson
Second Violin
Ann Kossakowski
Bassoon
Mark Timmerman
First Violin
Naomi Youngstein
Cello
Sarah Seiver
Principal Timpani
Gregory LaRosa
The Mia and Victor Parsonnet Chair
First Violin
James Tsao
Second Violin
John Connelly
Cello
Ted Ackerman
First Violin
Darryl Kubian
First Violin
Xin Zhao
Second Violin
Alexandra Neglia
Cello
Frances Rowell
Second Violin
Ming Yang
Second Violin
Héctor Falcón
Violin
Fatima Aaziza
Cello
Hyewon Kim
Violin
Wendy Chen
Violin
Maya Shiraishi
Cello
Philo Lee
Violin
JoAnna Farrer
Violin
Bryan Hernandez-Luch
Cello
Max Oppeltz
2023–24 New Jersey Symphony Colton Fellow
Violin
Youngsun Kim
Violin
Helen Vassiliou
Acting Violin
Teddy Wiggins
Principal Viola
Frank Foerster
The Margrit McCrane Chair
Violin
Jesus Saenz
2023–24 New Jersey Symphony Colton Fellow
Assistant Principal Viola
Elzbieta Weyman
Viola
Michael Stewart
Viola
Christine Terhune
Viola
Martin Andersen
Viola
Lucy Corwin
Viola
Henry Kao
Viola
Brett Deubner
Viola
David Blinn
Principal Bass
Ha Young Jung
The Lawrence J. Tamburri Chair
Assistant Principal Bass
Alexander Bickard
Bass
Jonathan Storck
The Andrew and Katherine Davis Chair
Bass
David Rosi
Bass
Frank Lomolino
Principal Flute
Bart Feller
The Edda and James Gillen Chair
Assistant Principal Flute / Piccolo
Kathleen Nester
Principal Trumpet
Garth Greenup
The Amadeus Circle Chair
Second Trumpet/Assistant Principal Trumpet
Anderson Romero
Principal Tuba
Derek Fenstermacher
The Liss Family Chair
Principal Percussion
David Fein
Interim Principal Librarian
Tracy Nguyen