Mercury Orchestra
Mercury Orchestra in Concert

MERCURY ORCHESTRA

Fifteenth Season 2023

Channing Yu, Music Director

First Violin
Hyunsu Ko, concertmaster
Julia Wong, associate concertmaster
Steven Chen, assistant concertmaster
Subaiou Carter, assistant concertmaster
Jean Bae
Catherine Brewster
Stephanie Doong
Demi Fang
Jessica Garbern
Richard Kaminuma
Emiri Morita
Bernice Wong
Katherine Young

Second Violin
Jennifer Hsiao, co-principal
Jane Kang, co-principal
David Budil
Ashton Bush
Rossana Chung
Shadron Davis
Sumi Fasolo
Sarah McElman
Rose Moerschel
Arjun Mudan
Jenny Smythe
Adam Symborski

Viola
James Raftopoulos, principal
Amy Bessnow, associate principal
Susan Bill
Peter Chew
Matthew Colturi
Catharine Crawford
Mary Hecht
Stephen Jue
Al Leisinger
Mary Weeks

Violoncello
Joseph Rovine, principal
Matthew Ludwig, associate principal
Kjelden Breidenbach
Miles Edwards
Tim Xu
Avery Yen
Maggie Zager

Contrabass
Brett Sawka, principal
Alejandro Cimadoro
Kevin Moll
Reuben Ramos
Yizhen Wang

Flute and Piccolo
Ellen Rakatansky
Anne Kim
Brian Van Sickle

Oboe and English Horn
Mary Tripsas
Deanna Dawson
Aaron Scheinberg

Clarinet
Brian Schaefer
Hana Seung
Diego Bacigalupe

Bassoon and Contrabassoon
Sarah Abraham
Sydney Neugebauer
Jeffrey Freeman

French Horn
Alec Zimmer
Kathleen Keen
Isaac Julien
Julia McGuirk

Trumpet
Kira Shmeleva
Karen Martin
Tristan Shin

Tenor Trombone
Anthony Ohannessian
Matthew Dawson

Bass Trombone
Matthew Visconti

Tuba
Timothy Sliski

Timpani
Eric Cortell

Percussion
Eli Gersuchat
Taylor Lents
Dave Penn
Michael Rogers
Sam Schmetterer

Harp
Angelina Savoia

Piano
Patrick Yacono

Celesta
Jennifer Hsiao
Patrick Yacono

Stage/Personnel Manager
Thomas Engeln

Librarian
Mary Hecht
Julia Wong

Photo by Ye Zhu/Mercury Orchestra.