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 Horn
Chris Komer

Concertmaster
Eric Wyrick
The Dottie Litwin Chair

Principal Cello
Jonathan Spitz
The MCJ Amelior Foundation Chair, in honor of Barbara Bell Coleman

Principal Trumpet
Garth Greenup
The Amadeus Circle Chair

Principal Second Violin
Francine Storck
The Dr. Merton L. Griswold, Jr. Chair

Principal Viola
Frank Foerster
The Margrit McCrane Chair

Acting Assistant Principal Second Violin
Ming Yang

Assistant Principal Cello
Nayoung Baek

Assistant Principal Viola
Elzbieta Weyman

Principal Oboe
Robert Ingliss
The Arthur E. Walters and Marjory S. Walters Chair

Bassoon
Mark Timmerman

Second / Assistant Principal Trumpet
Anderson Romero

Principal Trombone
Levi Boylan

Principal Bass
Ha Young Jung
The Lawrence J. Tamburri Chair

Trombone
Vernon Post

Horn
Lawrence DiBello

Viola
Martin Andersen

Cello
Sarah Seiver

Principal Clarinet
Juan Esteban Martinez
The Roy and Diana Vagelos Chair

Associate Concertmaster
Brennan Sweet
The Elin Heine Mueller Chair

Assistant Concertmaster
David Southorn

Cello
Ted Ackerman

Assistant Principal Bass
Alexander Bickard

Second / E-Flat Clarinet
Andrew Lamy

Bass Trombone
Zachary Neikens

Second Violin
Debra Biderman

Viola
Christine Terhune

Horn
Andrea Menousek

Second Violin
Ann Kossakowski

Bass
Jonathan Storck
The Andrew and Katherine Davis Chair

Assistant Concertmaster
Adriana Rosin

Cello
Hyewon Kim

Viola
Henry Kao

Bass
David Rosi

Second Violin
John Connelly

Cello
Philo Lee

Viola
Brett Deubner

Bass
Frank Lomolino

Viola
David Blinn

Cello
Angelique Montes
2024–25 New Jersey Symphony Colton Orchestral Fellow

English Horn / Oboe
Andrew Adelson

First Violin
Naomi Youngstein

Bass
LonFon Law

First Violin
James Tsao

Viola
Michael Stewart

Second Violin
Alexandra Neglia

First Violin
Xin Zhao

Principal Timpani
Gregory LaRosa
The Mia and Victor Parsonnet Chair

Second Violin
Héctor Falcón

First Violin
Darryl Kubian

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