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
Acting Principal Trumpet
Anderson Romero
The Amadeus Circle Chair
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
Associate Concertmaster
Brennan Sweet
The Elin Heine Mueller Chair
Acting Trumpet
Michael Baker
Principal Second Violin
Francine Storck
The Dr. Merton L. Griswold, Jr. Chair
Horn
Andrea Menousek
Principal Bassoon
Robert Wagner
The Charlotte and Morris Tanenbaum Chair
Principal Clarinet
Juan Esteban Martinez
The Roy and Diana Vagelos Chair
Assistant Concertmaster
David Southorn
Acting Third / Utility Trumpet
Garth Greenup
Principal Oboe
Robert Ingliss
The Arthur E. Walters and Marjory S. Walters Chair
Trombone
Vernon Post
Second / E-Flat Clarinet
Andrew Lamy
Assistant Concertmaster
Adriana Rosin
Assistant Principal Second Violin
Katherine Woo
Bass Trombone
Vincent Belford
Horn
Lawrence DiBello
First Violin
Naomi Youngstein
Second Violin
Debra Biderman
Acting Horn
Michelle Baker
Horn
Susan Standley
First Violin
James Tsao
Assistant Principal Cello
Nayoung Baek
First Violin
Xin Zhao
Bassoon
Mark Timmerman
First Violin
Darryl Kubian
English Horn / Oboe
Andrew Adelson
Second Violin
Ann Kossakowski
Principal Timpani
Gregory LaRosa
The Mia and Victor Parsonnet Chair
Cello
Sarah Seiver
Second Violin
John Connelly
Cello
Ted Ackerman
Cello
Frances Rowell
Second Violin
Alexandra Neglia
Second Violin
Ming Yang
Second Violin
Héctor Falcón
Cello
Hyewon Kim
Violin
Fatima Aaziza
Violin
Wendy Chen
Violin
Maya Shiraishi
Cello
Philo Lee
Violin
JoAnna Farrer
Cello
Max Oppeltz
2023–24 New Jersey Symphony Colton Fellow
Violin
Bryan Hernandez-Luch
Violin
Youngsun Kim
Violin
Helen Vassiliou
Acting Violin
Teddy Wiggins
Principal Viola
Frank Foerster
The Margrit McCrane Chair
Assistant Principal Viola
Elzbieta Weyman
Violin
Jesus Saenz
2023–24 New Jersey Symphony Colton Fellow
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 Tuba
Derek Fenstermacher
The Liss Family Chair
Principal Percussion
David Fein
Principal Librarian
Tracy Nguyen