Musicians
“The orchestra is stocked with excellent players, and there were moments [when] the sound reached a fullness and polish that would be the envy of better-known ensembles on the other side of the state lines.”
The New York Times
Instruments / Section
First Violin
Second Violin
Violin
Viola
Cello
Bass
Flute / Piccolo
Oboe / English Horn
Clarinet / E-Flat Clarinet
Bassoon
Horn
Trumpet
Trombone
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion
Librarian
Principal Bassoon
Robert Wagner
The Charlotte and Morris Tanenbaum Chair
Principal Cello
Jonathan Spitz
The MCJ Amelior Foundation Chair, in honor of Barbara Bell Coleman
Concertmaster
Eric Wyrick
The Dottie Litwin Chair
Principal Horn
Chris Komer
Principal Trumpet
Garth Greenup
The Amadeus Circle Chair
Principal Viola
Frank Foerster
The Margrit McCrane Chair
Principal Second Violin
Francine Storck
The Dr. Merton L. Griswold, Jr. Chair
Acting Assistant Principal Second Violin
Ming Yang
Assistant Principal Viola
Elzbieta Weyman
Assistant Principal Cello
Nayoung Baek
Second / Assistant Principal Trumpet
Anderson Romero
Principal Oboe
Robert Ingliss
The Arthur E. Walters and Marjory S. Walters Chair
Bassoon
Mark Timmerman
Principal Trombone
Levi Boylan
Trombone
Vernon Post
Principal Clarinet
Juan Esteban Martinez
The Roy and Diana Vagelos Chair
Principal Bass
Ha Young Jung
The Lawrence J. Tamburri Chair
Cello
Sarah Seiver
Horn
Lawrence DiBello
Viola
Martin Andersen
Associate Concertmaster
Brennan Sweet
The Elin Heine Mueller Chair
Cello
Ted Ackerman
Second / E-Flat Clarinet
Andrew Lamy
Viola
Christine Terhune
Horn
Andrea Menousek
Second Violin
Debra Biderman
Assistant Concertmaster
David Southorn
Assistant Principal Bass
Alexander Bickard
Second Violin
Ann Kossakowski
Bass
Jonathan Storck
The Andrew and Katherine Davis Chair
Cello
Hyewon Kim
Assistant Concertmaster
Adriana Rosin
Viola
Henry Kao
Bass
David Rosi
Second Violin
John Connelly
Bass
Frank Lomolino
Cello
Philo Lee
Viola
Brett Deubner
Cello
Angelique Montes
2024–25 New Jersey Symphony Colton Orchestral Fellow
Bass
LonFon Law
English Horn / Oboe
Andrew Adelson
Viola
David Blinn
First Violin
Naomi Youngstein
First Violin
James Tsao
Viola
Michael Stewart
First Violin
Xin Zhao
Second Violin
Alexandra Neglia
Principal Timpani
Gregory LaRosa
The Mia and Victor Parsonnet Chair
First Violin
Darryl Kubian
Second Violin
Héctor Falcón
Violin
Bryan Hernandez-Luch
Violin
Wendy Chen
Violin
Maya Shiraishi
Violin
JoAnna Farrer
Violin
Fatima Aaziza
Violin
Youngsun Kim
Violin
Helen Vassiliou
Violin
Thierry de Lucas Neves
2024–25 New Jersey Symphony Colton Orchestral Fellow
Principal Flute
Bart Feller
The Edda and James Gillen Chair
Assistant Principal Flute / Piccolo
Kathleen Nester
Principal Tuba
Derek Fenstermacher
The Liss Family Chair
Principal Percussion
David Fein
Principal Librarian
Tracy Nguyen