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