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 including CSO Zell Music Director Riccardo Muti. 

Civic Orchestra 2022/23 Season Roster

VIOLINS

Regular Members
Kimberly Bill
Kristian Brusubardis
Hsuan Chen
Dylan Feldpausch*
Valentina Guillen Menesello
Robbie Herbst
Yu-Kun Hsiang
Ran Huo
Sungjoo Kang
Jonah Kartman
Hee Yeon Kim*
Kenichi Kiyama
Shin Lan
Gabriela Lara
Jesus Linarez
Liya Ma
Marian Antonette Mayuga*
Nelson Jose Mendoza Hernandez*
Emily Nardo
Kina Ono
Annie Pham
Crystal Qi
Laura Schafer
Hee Woo Seo
Subin Shin
Janani Sivakumar
Grace Walker
Matthew Weinberg
Diane Yang*
Associate Members
Rachel Arcega Orth
Jack Bogard
Jason Hurlbut
Natalie Koh
An-Chi Lin
Megan Pollon
Allison Taylor
Marissa Weston

VIOLAS

Regular Members
Stephanie Block
Kunjing Dai
Siyang Calvin Dai
Amanda Kellman
Aditi Prakash
Larissa Mapua
Pedro Mendez
Derrick Ware
Teddy Schenkman*
Josephine Stockwell
Yu-Ru Wu
Megan Yeung
Associate Members
Cordelia Brand
Devin Burgess
Ching Ting Chan
Santiago Del Castillo Aréchiga
Dominick Douglas
August DuBeau
Yulong Han
Po-Sung Huang
Carlos Raul Lozano Sanchez
Rachel Mossburg

CELLOS

Regular Members
Jaime An
Miles Link
Francisco Malespin*
Lidanys Graterol
Abigail Monroe
Lindsey Sharpe*
Haley Slaugh
Hana Takemoto
Charlotte Ullman
Annamarie Wellems
Associate Members
Chava Appiah
Samuel Boundy
William Cayanan
Alex Chambers-Ozasky
Su Rin Cho
Lize Dreyer
Jessamyn Fry
Keeon Guzman
J Holzen
Kimberly Jeong
Juedy Lee
Meghan Lyda
Robyn Neidhold
Amelia Smerz

BASSES

Regular Members
Nathan Beaver
Caleb Edwards
Benjamin Foerster
Bennett Norris
Hannah Novak
Jake Platt
Olivia Reyes
Victor Stahoviak
Associate Members
Nicholas Boettcher
Sam Craig
Matthew Daily
Leo Finan
Gilberto Guajardo
Christian Hales
Jintao He
Rachel Kost
Emily Krajewski
Shaun Rogers
Sam Shreves
Thiago Silva Correia
Zacherie Small
Noah Strevell
Huai-An Tseng

FLUTES

Regular Members
Aalia Hanif
Katarina Ignatovich
Alyssa Primeau
Associate Members
Madison Booth
Elissa Brown
Anatolia Evarkiou-Kaku
Priya Fink
Minseo Kim
Jarrett May
Bianca Morris
Julia Pyke
Yeji Shin
Anastasiya Squires

OBOES

Regular Members
James Jihyun Kim
Andrew Port*
Oliver Talukder
Associate Members
Katherine Bruns
Asako Furuoya
Samuel Waring

CLARINETS

Regular Members
Irina Chang
Antonio Garrasi
Daniel Solowey
Associate Members
Tyler Baillie
Allison Brandt
Benjamin Cruz
Alejandro Dergal
Emily Hancock
Elizabeth Kapitaniuk
Max Reese
Tania Villasuso Couceiro
Zihao Yang

BASSOONS

Regular Members
K. Mackenzie Brauns*
Liam Jackson
Seo Young (Michelle) Min
Associate Member
Edin Agamenoni
Carlos Clark
Oleksandr Kashlyuk
Nina Laube
Tsz Ho Liu
Matthew Melillo
Julia Paine
Andy Sledge

HORNS

Regular Members
Jacob Medina
Sylvia Denecke
Michael Stevens
Ryan Williamson
Nelson Ricardo Yovera Perez
Associate Members
Kristin Andlauer
Fernando Chapa
Blaine Dodson
Catherine Dowd
Molly Frederick
Samantha Hartsfield
Luoxian He
Asuncion Martínez
Adam Nelson
Phillip Palmore
Austin Ruff
Emily Schroeder
Thomas Vienna
Emily Whittaker

TRUMPETS

Regular Members
Ismael Cañizares Ortega
Joshua Harris
Isaac Hopkins
Michael Leavens
Associate Members
Matthew Beesmer
Joel Cantoran
Changhyun Cha
Cleon Chai
Quentin Erickson
Connor Holland
Charlie Jones
Dartagnan Stephen
Alexander Strawn

TROMBONES

Regular Members
Felix Regalado
Hugo Saavedra Arciniegas*
Associate Members
Cason Cloud
Alex Ertl
Matthew Ethier
William Fowler
Robert Hackl-Blumstein
Jaewoo Lee
Dane Magruder
Tiziano Mazzoleni
Nick Mihalich
Daniel Nakazono
Evelyn Proffit
John Robinson
Robyn Smith
Michael Stanton
Hanae Yoshida

BASS TROMBONES

Regular Member
Alexander Mullins
Associate Members
Harper Byrne
Brian Entwistle
Carter Woosley

TUBAS

Regular Member
Nick Collins
Benjamin Poirot
Associate Members
Zachariah Dietenberger
James Farley
Ferran Martinez Miquel
Alex Purdy
Alec Rich
Jacob Taitel
Tyler Woodbury

TIMPANI

Regular Members
David Miller
Associate Members
Dylan Brule
Jaime Cardenas
Thaddeus Chung
Tomas Leivestad
Ajay Wadhwani

PERCUSSION

Regular Members
Thaddeus Chung
Charlie Gillette
Associate Members
Jordan Berini
Dylan Brule
Samuel Johnson-Vrooman
George Tantchev
Yibing Wang
Matthew West

KEYBOARDS

Associate Members
Wenlin Cheng
Junhong Jiang
Hyejin Joo
Marissa Kerbel
Tyler Kivel

HARPS

Associate Members
Olivia Kim
Pui Hang Natalie Man
 

LIBRARIAN

Anna Thompson
 
*Denotes Civic Orchestra Fellow
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