Meet The Performers

Civic Orchestra

Founded in 1919 as the training orchestra of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago is the only program of its kind affiliated with a major American orchestra. Under the guidance of Principal Conductor Cliff Colnot, the Civic Orchestra program features in-depth study of orchestral repertoire, sectionals and chamber coachings with musicians from the CSO and critically acclaimed performances at Orchestra Hall with world-renowned guest conductors including CSO Music Director Riccardo Muti. Civic Orchestra concerts at Orchestra Hall are broadcast locally on WFMT 98.7 FM and syndicated nationally to nearly three million listeners.

Additionally, the Civic Orchestra serves as a valued resource and community partner in Chicago by presenting free, high-quality orchestral concerts at Symphony Center and in community locations as well as by offering free, citywide interactive chamber ensemble performances through the Civic’s music education and advocacy program, MusiCorps®.

The Civic Orchestra of Chicago is a signature program of the Institute for Learning, Access and Training at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. With the ultimate goal of transforming lives through active participation in music, the Institute for Learning, Access and Training seeks to create and sustain connections to music for individuals and communities by sharing the extraordinary musical resources of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Programs of the Institute reach over 200,000 children and adults annually.

The Musicians of tomorrow are at Symphony Center today.

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2012/13 CIVIC ORCHESTRA ROSTER

 

Associate Members
Catherine Crilly
Brittany Henry
Erin Lawson
Sam Petrey
Janis Sakai
Jennifer Stanuch

VIOLIN

Regular Members
Amy Anderson
Jenna Anderson
Sam Battista
Madeline Capistran
Su Yin Chan
Lipeng Chen
Kelsey Craggett
Jonathan Garabedian
Joanna Grosshans
Chang Ji
Eun Chong Ju
Eugene Kaler
Sang Kyun Kim
Steffani Kitayama
Katie Klocke
Kyung Woo Kwon
Elizabeth Larson
Peiyun Lee
Ceci Li
Yu Liu
Dmitriy Melkumov
Emily Nash
Susan Paik
Yinbin Qian
Jeong Yeon Ryu
Maya Shiraishi
Joachim Stepniewski
Kaming Tan
Jung Tsai
John Xia

 

Associate Members
David Beytas
Nicholas Citro
Eliana Haig
Carrol Lee

VIOLA

Regular Members
Amanda Bailey
Jonas Benson
Ariel Garcia
Akiko Haga
Robert Hasspacher
Helen Hess
Timothy Hoorelbek
Tess Keough
Julia Park
Davis Perez
Phillip Triggs
Bruno Vaz da Silva

 

Associate Members
Catherine Lukits
Allegra Montanari
Dessislava Nenova
Marianne Roszyk
Katalin von Walterskirchen

CELLO

Regular Members
Yuyoung Chung
Talia Dicker
Genevieve Guimond
Emily Hu
Jaehee Ju
Patrycja Likos
Maria Martinez
Desiree Miller
Zoe Moskalew
Joshua Zajac

 

Associate Members
Adam Davis
Joshua Lebar
Brian Melk
Jason Wells

DOUBLE BASS

Regular Members
Dominic Azkoul
Scott Dickinson
Paul Ensey
Brett Lewis
Andrew Pedersen
Christopher Polen
Will Robbins
David Scholl

 

Associate Members
Eunjin Cho
Kathryn Flum
Azusa Inaba
Hillary Tidman

FLUTE

Regular Members
Eliza Bangert
Catherine Chabot
Henry Williford

 

Associate Members
Anahid Gregorian
Xiaodi Liu
Melanie Pozdol

OBOE

Regular Members
Adele-Marie Buis
Megan Kyle
Xiomara Mass

 

Associate Members
Ember Miller
Emmanuel Toledo

CLARINET

Regular Members
Yvonne Dean
Samuel Rothstein
Joseph Sanchez

 

Associate Members
Marat Rakhmatullaev
Hannah Taylor

BASSOON

Regular Members
Julia Bair
Joshua Fleming
Eric Heidbreder

 

Associate Members
Mikhailo Babiak
Gregory Hix
Marta Kallenberger
Alex Laskey
Jeremy Moon
Dana Sherman
Andrew Swinney

HORN

Regular Members
Kevin Haseltine
Amy Krueger
Kathryn Petrarulo
Dominic Rotella
Cara Sawyer

 

Associate Members
Alicia Eisenstadt
Ansel Norris
Eriko Shibata
Steven Woomert

TRUMPET

Regular Members
William Cooper
Rachel Serber
Adrian Speyrer

 

Associate Members
Rachel Castellanos
Jonathan Houghtling

TROMBONE

Regular Members
Serdar Cizmeci
Jonathan Terrasi

 

Associate Members
Scott Hartman

BASS TROMBONE

Regular Member
Darren Castellanos

 

Associate Members
Jose Francisco Martínez Antón
Dwayne Heard II
Beth Wiese
Joshua Wirt

TUBA

Regular Member
Duncan Spry

 

Associate Members
Andrew Boynton
Christine Chen
Simon Gomez Gallego

TIMPANI

Regular Member
Alison Chang

 

Associate Members
William Cooley
Joshua Jones
Ryan Kahlbaugh
Alex Monroe
Daniel Morris
Steven White

PERCUSSION

Regular Members
Chris Jones
Robert Kistler
Kevin Kosnik

 

Associate Members
Claire Happel
Jennifer Ruggieri
Katherine Ventura

HARP

Regular Member
Emily Granger

 

Associate Members
Yoshiko Arahata
Alyssa Arrigo
Elizabeth Newkirk
Marianne Parker

KEYBOARD

Regular Member
Mio Nakamura

LIBRARY

Regular Member
Dessislava Nenova