Meet The Performers

Civic Orchestra

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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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2011/12 CIVIC ORCHESTRA ROSTER

 

Associate Members
Yeseul Ann
Lipeng Chen
Susan Paik
Nathaniel Wolkstein

VIOLIN

Regular Members
Julia Birnbaum
Madeline Capistran
Anna Carlson
Chia-Jen Chang
Christine Chon
Jaime Gorgojo
Audrey Gray
Joanna Grosshans
Eun Chong Ju
Eugene Kaler
Mi Ryoung Kim
Kate Kulzick
Kyung Woo Kwon
Elizabeth Larson
Ceci Li
Yu Liu
Levon Margaryan
Dmitriy Melkumov
Emily Nash
Cindi Qi
Yinbin Qian
Joseph Rousos-Hammond
Jeong Yeon Ryu
Maya Shiraishi
Kaming Tan
John Xia

 

Associate Members
Alex Applegate
Courtney Bonifant
Faith Jones
Molly O'Brien
Elizabeth Stefan

VIOLA

Regular Members
Jonas Benson
Ariel Garcia
Timothy Hoorelbek
Danny Lai
Davis Perez
Alisa Seavey
Jacqueline Skara
Phillip Triggs
Bruno Vaz da Silva

 

Associate Members
Lindsey Crabb
Agnieszka Kabut
Jihye Kim
Aaron Ludwig
Scott Lykins
Allegra Montanari
Lillian Pettitt
Alison Rowe

CELLO

Regular Members
Sarah Berger
Nicholas Donatelle
Rachel Hsieh
Min Ji Kim
Sin Young Kim
Desiree Miller
Zoe Moskalew
Oleksander Mycyk
Christopher Pidcock
Hope Shepherd
Joshua Zajac

 

Associate Members
Paul Ensey
Jesica Sharp

DOUBLE BASS

Regular Members
Scott Bakshis
Mark Buchner
Scott Dickinson
Chris Maxwell
Sean O'Hara
Christopher Polen
Clint Sevcik
Samuel Suggs

 

Associate Members
Alex Conway
Alyssa Griggs
Melissa Lotspeich
Yukie Ota
Eva Ryan
Maria Schwartz

FLUTE

Regular Members
Eliza Bangert
Vivianne Belanger
Myung-Ju Yeo

 

Associate Members
Anahid Gregorian
Woo Jung Kim
Susie Kim
Emily Tsai

OBOE

Regular Members
Adele-Marie Buis
Xiomara Mass
Julianne Skones

 

Associate Members
Paul Feeny
Emil Khudyev
Ed Nishimura
Sara Tavassoli
Carter Willmann
David Yandl

CLARINET

Regular Members
Kei Funaguma
Brian Gnojek
Ching-Chieh Hsu

 

Associate Members
Sara Laupp
Nick Nelson
Marat Rakhmatullaev
David Young

BASSOON

Regular Members
Dana Jackson
Andrew Pattison
Amanda Swain

 

Associate Members
Matthew Berliner
Claire Hellweg
Molly Norcross
Dana Sherman

FRENCH HORN

Regular Members
Matthew Bronstein
Julia Filson
Kathryn Petrarulo
Dominic Rotella
Cara Sawyer

 

Associate Members
Ryan Beach
William Cooper
Spencer Dunlap
Dylan Girard
Bruno Lourensetto
Steven Woomert

TRUMPET

Regular Members
Kristofer Hammond
Rachel Serber
Adrian Speyrer

 

Associate Members
Daniel De Vere
Anthony Hopkins
Daniel Lawlor
James Lee
Case Wiseman

TROMBONE

Regular Members
David Binder
Serdar Cizmeci

 

Associate Members
Brett Evans
Edward Swider
Matthew Wolford

BASS TROMBONE

Regular Members
Darren Castellanos

 

Associate Members
Colby Fahrenbacher
Jose Francisco Martínez Antón
Joshua Wirt

TUBA

Regular Members
Takahiro Kim

 

Associate Members
Scott Crawford
Joseph LaPalomento
Brendan Thompson

TIMPANI

Regular Members
Jonathan Goldstein

 

Associate Members
Bradley Broomfield
Matthew Decker
Atsu Fukushima
Simon Gomez Gallego
Joshua Jones
Ryan Kahlbaugh
Kevin Kosnik
Blake Taylor

PERCUSSION

Regular Members
Dylan Frank
Chris Jones
Robert Kistler

 

Associate Members
Emily Granger
Katherine Ventura

HARP

Regular Members
Catherine Litaker

 

Associate Members
Ruti Abramovitch
Maralgua Darjaa
Elizabeth Newkirk
Marianne Parker

KEYBOARD

Regular Members
Mio Nakamura

 

LIBRARY

Regular Member
Dessislava Nenova