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 Percussion
Luca Esposito
Concertmaster
Eric Wyrick
The Dottie Litwin Chair
Principal Cello
Jonathan Spitz
The MCJ Amelior Foundation Chair, in honor of Barbara Bell Coleman
Principal Oboe
Robert Ingliss
The Arthur E. Walters and Marjory S. Walters Chair
Principal Trombone
Levi Boylan
Principal Viola
Frank Foerster
The Margrit McCrane Chair
Assistant Principal Viola
Elzbieta Weyman
English Horn / Oboe
Andrew Adelson
Assistant Principal Cello
Nayoung Baek
Principal Trumpet
Garth Greenup
The Amadeus Circle Chair
Acting Principal Bass
LonFon Law
The Lawrence J. Tamburri Chair
Bass Trombone
Zachary Neikens
Second / Assistant Principal Trumpet
Anderson Romero
Viola
Martin Andersen
Cello
Sarah Seiver
Associate Concertmaster
Brennan Sweet
The Elin Heine Mueller Chair
Third / Utility Trumpet
Tiago Linck
Cello
Ted Ackerman
Principal Bassoon
Robert Wagner
The Charlotte and Morris Tanenbaum Chair
Principal Horn
Chris Komer
Anonymously Supported
Viola
Christine Terhune
Viola
Henry Kao
Cello
Hyewon Kim
Assistant Concertmaster
David Southorn
Bassoon
Mark Timmerman
The Judith Musser Chair
Horn
Katherine Jordan
Horn
Lawrence DiBello
Bass
Jonathan Storck
The Andrew and Katherine Davis Chair
Cello
Philo Lee
Cello
Noah Chen
Horn
Andrea Menousek
Viola
David Blinn
Principal Second Violin
Francine Storck
The Dr. Merton L. Griswold, Jr. Chair
Assistant Concertmaster
Adriana Rosin
Viola
Michael Stewart
Cello
Rahel Lulseged
2026–27 New Jersey Symphony Colton Orchestral Fellow
Assistant Principal Second Violin
Theo Bockhorst
Viola
Ramón Carrero-Martínez
Bass
David Rosi
Acting Viola
Abigail Smith
First Violin
Naomi Youngstein
Acting Bass
Kathryn Stewart
Bass
Ha Young Jung
*On leave of absence for the 2026–27 season.
Viola
Rosa Ortega Iannelli
2026–27 New Jersey Symphony Colton Orchestral Fellow
Second Violin
Debra Biderman
First Violin
James Tsao
Viola
Brett Deubner
*On leave of absence for the 2026–27 season.
First Violin
Xin Zhao
Second Violin
Ann Kossakowski
First Violin
Darryl Kubian
Second Violin
John Connelly
Second Violin
Alexandra Neglia
Second Violin
Ming Yang
Second Violin
Héctor Falcón
Violin
Fatima Aaziza
Violin
Wendy Chen
Principal Clarinet
Juan Esteban Martinez
The Roy and Diana Vagelos Chair
Violin
Maya Shiraishi
Violin
JoAnna Farrer
Violin
Bryan Hernandez-Luch
Violin
Youngsun Kim
Second / E-Flat Clarinet
Andrew Lamy
Violin
Helen Vassiliou
Principal Timpani
Gregory LaRosa
The Mia and Victor Parsonnet Chair
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 Librarian
Tracy Nguyen