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
Acting Principal Bass
LonFon Law
The Lawrence J. Tamburri Chair
Principal Trombone
Levi Boylan
Principal Viola
Frank Foerster
The Margrit McCrane Chair
Principal Cello
Jonathan Spitz
The MCJ Amelior Foundation Chair, in honor of Barbara Bell Coleman
Concertmaster
Eric Wyrick
The Dottie Litwin Chair
Principal Oboe
Robert Ingliss
The Arthur E. Walters and Marjory S. Walters Chair
Assistant Principal Cello
Nayoung Baek
Acting Assistant Principal Bass
Zachary Marzulli
Assistant Principal Viola
Elzbieta Weyman
English Horn / Oboe
Andrew Adelson
Principal Trumpet
Garth Greenup
The Amadeus Circle Chair
Trombone
Vernon Post
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
Viola
Christine Terhune
Principal Bassoon
Robert Wagner
The Charlotte and Morris Tanenbaum Chair
Third / Utility Trumpet
Tiago Linck
Cello
Ted Ackerman
Principal Horn
Chris Komer
Bassoon
Mark Timmerman
Assistant Concertmaster
David Southorn
Cello
Hyewon Kim
Horn
Katherine Jordan
Viola
Henry Kao
Cello
Philo Lee
Horn
Lawrence DiBello
Viola
Brett Deubner
Bass
Jonathan Storck
The Andrew and Katherine Davis Chair
Principal Second Violin
Francine Storck
The Dr. Merton L. Griswold, Jr. Chair
Horn
Andrea Menousek
Cello
Angelique Montes
2025–26 New Jersey Symphony Colton Orchestral Fellow
Assistant Concertmaster
Adriana Rosin
Viola
David Blinn
Bass
David Rosi
Assistant Principal Second Violin
Theo Bockhorst
Viola
Michael Stewart
First Violin
Naomi Youngstein
Acting Bass
Kathryn Stewart
Second Violin
Debra Biderman
Bass
Ha Young Jung
*On leave of absence for 2025–26 season
Bass
Alexander Bickard
*On leave of absence for 2025–26 season
First Violin
James Tsao
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
Bryan Hernandez-Luch
Violin
Youngsun Kim
Violin
Helen Vassiliou
Second / E-Flat Clarinet
Andrew Lamy
Acting Violin
Jesus Saenz
Violin
Thierry de Lucas Neves
2025–26 New Jersey Symphony Colton Orchestral Fellow
Violin
JoAnna Farrer
*On leave of absence for 2025–26 season
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