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franz welser-mÖst
Music Director
Kelvin Smith Family Chair

christoph von dohnányi
Music Director Laureate

Jayce Ogren
Assistant Conductor
Elizabeth Ring and William Gwinn Mather Chair
Music Director, Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra

Tito Muñoz
Assistant Conductor
Sidney and Doris Dworkin Endowed Chair
American Symphony Orchestra League Conducting Fellow

ROBERT PORCO
Director of Choruses
Frances P. and Chester C. Bolton Chair

betsy burleigh
Assistant Director of Choruses
Conductor, Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus

ann usher
Director, Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus



FIRST VIOLINS

William Preucil
CONCERTMASTER
Blossom-Lee Chair

Yoko Moore
ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER
Clara G. and George P. Bickford Chair

Peter Otto
FIRST ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER

Jung Min Amy Lee
ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER
Gretchen D. and Ward Smith Chair

Lev  Polyakin
ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER
Dr. Jeanette Grasselli Brown and Dr. Glenn R. Brown Chair

Erich Eichhorn
Paul and Lucille Jones Chair

Takako Masame
Drs. Paul M. and Renate H. Duchesneau Chair

Miho Hashizume
Elizabeth and Leslie Kondorossy Chair

Wei-Fang Gu
Theodore Rautenberg Chair

Gary Tishkoff
Dr. Larry J.B. and Barbara S. Robinson Chair

Kim Gomez
Oswald and Phyllis Lerner Gilroy Chair

Chul-In Park
Patty and John Collinson Chair

Eli Matthews
Gladys B. Goetz Chair

Jeanne Preucil Rose
Trevor and Jennie Jones Chair

Yu Yuan

Boris Chusid

Isabel Trautwein

Alicia Koelz

SECOND VIOLINS

Stephen Rose
PRINCIPAL
Alfred M. and Clara T. Rankin Chair

Emilio Llinas
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
James and Donna Reid Chair

Mark Dumm
FIRST ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Patricia M. Kozerefski and Richard J. Bogomolny Chair

Vaclav Benkovic

Ioana Missits

Carolyn Gadiel Warner

Judy Berman

Stephen Warner

Vladimir Deninzon

Sae Shiragami

Scott Weber

Kathleen Collins

Beth Woodside

Leon Lazarev

Sonja Braaten

Emma Shook

VIOLAS

Robert Vernon
PRINCIPAL
Chaillé H. and Richard B. Tullis Chair

Lynne Ramsey
FIRST ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Charles M. and Janet G. Kimball Chair

Stanley Konopka
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Mark Jackobs
Jean Wall Bennett Chair

Arthur Klima

Richard Waugh

Lisa Boyko

Lembi Veskimets

Eliesha  Nelson

Patrick Connolly

Joanna Patterson

CELLOS

Desmond Hoebig
PRINCIPAL
Louis D. Beaumont Chair

Richard Weiss
FIRST ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
The GAR Foundation Chair

Charles Bernard
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Helen Weil Ross Chair

Bryan Dumm

Tanya Ell

Ralph Curry

Brian Thornton

David Alan Harrell

Paul Kushious

Martha  Baldwin

Thomas Mansbacher

BASSES

Maximilian Dimoff
PRINCIPAL
Clarence T. Reinberger Chair

Kevin Switalski
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Scott Haigh
FIRST ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Mary E. and F. Joseph Callahan Chair

Mark  Atherton

Thomas Sperl

Henry Peyrebrune

Charles Carleton

Scott Dixon

Martin Flowerman

HARPS

Trina Struble
PRINCIPAL
Alice Chalifoux Chair

FLUTES

Joshua  Smith
PRINCIPAL
Elizabeth M. and William C. Treuhaft Chair

Saeran St. Christopher

Marisela Sager
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Austin B. and Ellen W. Chinn Chair

Mary Kay Fink

PICCOLO

Mary Kay Fink
Anne M. and M. Roger Clapp Chair

OBOES

Frank Rosenwein
PRINCIPAL
Edith S. Taplin Chair

Elizabeth Camus

Jeffrey Rathbun
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Everett D. and Eugenia S. McCurdy Chair

Robert Walters

ENGLISH HORN

Robert Walters
Samuel C. and Bernette K. Jaffe Chair

CLARINETS

Franklin Cohen
PRINCIPAL
Robert Marcellus Chair

Daniel McKelway
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Robert R. and Vilma L. Kohn Chair

Linnea Nereim

E-FLAT CLARINET

Daniel McKelway
Stanley L. and Eloise M. Morgan Chair

BASS CLARINET

Linnea Nereim

BASSOONS

John Clouser
PRINCIPAL
Louise Harkness Ingalls Chair

Phillip Austin

Barrick Stees
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Sandra L. Haslinger Chair

Jonathan Sherwin

CONTRA-BASSOON

Jonathan Sherwin

HORNS

Richard King
PRINCIPAL
George Szell Memorial Chair

Michael Mayhew
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Knight Foundation Chair

Jesse McCormick

Hans Clebsch

Richard Solis

Alan DeMattia

TRUMPETS

Michael Sachs
PRINCIPAL
Robert and Eunice Podis Weiskopf Chair

Jack Sutte

Robert Sullivan
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
James P. and Dolores D. Storer Chair

Michael Miller

CORNETS

Michael Sachs
PRINCIPAL
Mary Elizabeth and G. Robert Klein Chair

Michael Miller

TROMBONES

Massimo La Rosa
PRINCIPAL
Gilbert W. and Louise I. Humphrey Chair

Richard Stout

(vacant) 
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Alexander and Marianna C. McAfee Chair

BASS TROMBONE

Thomas Klaber

EUPHONIUM
AND BASS TRUMPET

Richard Stout

TUBA

Yasuhito Sugiyama
PRINCIPAL
Nathalie C. Spence and Nathalie S. Boswell Chair

TIMPANI

Paul Yancich
PRINCIPAL
Otto G. and Corinne T. Voss Chair

Tom Freer
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

PERCUSSION

Richard Weiner
PRINCIPAL
Margaret Allen Ireland Chair

Donald  Miller

Tom Freer

Marc  Damoulakis

KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS

Joela Jones
PRINCIPAL
Rudolf Serkin Chair

Carolyn Gadiel Warner
Marjory and Marc L. Swartzbaugh Chair

LIBRARIANS

Robert O'Brien

Donald  Miller

PERSONNEL

Carol Lee Iott
MANAGER

Rebecca  Vineyard
ASSISTANT MANAGER