Civic Orchestra of Chicago Musicians

Founded in 1919 by Frederick Stock, second music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), the Civic Orchestra of Chicago prepares emerging professional musicians for lives in music. Civic members participate in rigorous orchestral training, September through June each season, with Principal Conductor Ken-David Masur, musicians of the CSO, and some of today’s most luminary conductors.

Civic Orchestra 2023/24 Season Roster

VIOLINS
Kimberly Bill
Polina Borisova
Kristian Brusubardis
Darren Carter
Hsuan Chen
Isabelle Chin
Julianne Oh
Valentina Guillen Menesello
Shao-che (Sean) Hsi
Ran Huo
Jonah Kartman
Shin Lan
Gabriela Lara
Hojung Lee
Jesus Linarez
Freya Liu
Elise Maas
Marian Antonette Mayuga*
Nelson Mendoza
Munire Mierxiati
Matthew Musachio*
Annie Pham
Hee Woo Seo
Pok Hei Hobart Shi
Subin Shin
Janani Sivakumar
Alec Tonno
Matthew Weinberg
Lina Yamin*
José Andrés Robuschi

VIOLAS
Junghyun Ahn
Michael Ayala
Jason Butler*
Siyang Calvin Dai
Amanda Kellman
Carlos Lozano Sanchez
Sava Velkoff
Derrick Ware
Megan Yeung

CELLOS
David Caplan
J Holzen*
Lidanys Graterol
Miles Link
Buianto Lkhasaranov
Francisco Malespin*
Abigail Monroe
Lindsey Sharpe
Cameron Slaugh
Brandon Xu

BASSES
Ben Foerster*
Te-Hsin Kung
Daniel Meyer
Broner McCoy
Hannah Novak
Olivia Reyes
Victor Stahoviak
James O'Toole

FLUTES
Aalia Hanif*
Katarina Ignatovich
Jungah Yoon

OBOES
James Jihyun Kim
Jonathan Kronheimer
Andrew Port*

CLARINETS
Hae Sol (Amy) Hur*
Elizabeth Kapitaniuk
Tyler Baillie

BASSOONS
Nina Laube*
Seo Young (Michelle) Min
Ian Schneiderman

HORNS
Loren Ho
Asuncion Martínez
Jacob Medina
Mark Morris
Ryan Williamson

TRUMPETS
Quentin Erickson
Sean Whitworth
Abner Wong

TROMBONES
Felix Regalado
Hugo Saavedra Arciniegas*

BASS TROMBONE
Alexander Mullins

TUBAS
Nick Collins*
Benjamin Poirot

TIMPANI
Tomas Leivestad

PERCUSSION
Alex Chao
Charley Gillette
Sehee Park

HARP
Janna Young

*Denotes Civic Orchestra Fellow

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