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
Principal Second Violin
Francine Storck
The Dr. Merton L. Griswold, Jr. Chair
Acting Assistant Principal Second Violin
Ming Yang
Principal Horn
Chris Komer
Principal Bassoon
Robert Wagner
The Charlotte & Morris Tanenbaum Chair
Second Violin
Debra Biderman
Concertmaster
Eric Wyrick
The Dottie Litwin Chair
Second Violin
Ann Kossakowski
Horn
Andrea Menousek
Assistant Principal Cello
Nayoung Baek
Associate Concertmaster
Brennan Sweet
Bassoon
Mark Timmerman
Second Violin
John Connelly
Principal Oboe
Robert Ingliss
The Arthur E. Walters and Marjory S. Walters Chair
Principal Timpani
Gregory LaRosa
The Mia and Victor Parsonnet Chair
Cello
Sarah Seiver
Second Violin
Alexandra Neglia
Horn
Lawrence DiBello
Second Violin
Héctor Falcón
Assistant Concertmaster
David Southorn
Violin
Fatima Aaziza
Cello
Ted Ackerman
Horn
Susan Standley
Violin
Wendy Chen
Assistant Concertmaster
Adriana Rosin
Violin
Maya Shiraishi
Cello
Frances Rowell
First Violin
Naomi Youngstein
Violin
JoAnna Farrer
Violin
Minji Kwon
Cello
Hyewon Kim
First Violin
James Tsao
Violin
Bryan Hernandez-Luch
Cello
Philo Lee
First Violin
Xin Zhao
First Violin
Darryl Kubian
Cello
Max Oppeltz
2022–23 New Jersey Symphony Colton Fellow
Violin
Jesus Saenz
2022–23 New Jersey Symphony Colton Fellow
English Horn/Oboe
Andrew Adelson
Second Oboe and English Horn
Principal Viola
Frank Foerster
The Margrit McCrane Chair
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
Second/E-Flat Clarinet
Andrew Lamy
Principal Trumpet
Garth Greenup
The Amadeus Circle Chair
Second Trumpet/Assistant Principal Trumpet
Anderson Romero
Trumpet
David Larson
Trombone
Vernon Post
Bass Trombone
Vincent Belford
Principal Tuba
Derek Fenstermacher
The Liss Family Chair
Principal Percussion
David Fein
Librarian
Tracy Nguyen
Interim Principal Librarian