Musicians of the Louisville Orchestra 2024–2025

Teddy Abrams, Music Director
Bob Bernhardt, Principal Pops Conductor
Gabriel Lefkowitz, Resident Conductor
Graham Parker, Chief Executive

FIRST VIOLIN
Gabriel Lefkowitz, Concertmaster/Resident Conductor
Julia Noone, Associate Concertmaster
*James McFadden-Talbot, Assistant Concertmaster (Mrs. John H. Clay Chair)
Dillon Welch, Acting Assistant Concertmaster
Katheryn S. Ohkubo
Stephen Taylor
Open
Nancy Staidle
Heather Thomas
Patricia Fong-Edwards
Dillon Welch

SECOND VIOLIN
Myles Mocarski Principal (LG&E-KU Foundation Chair)
Kimberly Tichenor
Open (Mary Catherine Klan Chair)
Andrea Daigle
Nadezda Soroka
Charles Brestel
Caroline Joyner
Kayla Bryan
*Blaise Poth
Nicholas Naegele, Interim

VIOLA
Jack Griffin, Principal
Evan Vicic, Assistant Principal/Acting Principal (Jacqueline R. and Theodore S. † Rosky Chair)
Clara Markham (Mr. † and Mrs. Charles W. Hebel, Jr. Chair)
Jennifer Shackleton
Jonathan Mueller (Virginia Kershner Schneider Viola Chair, Endowed in Honor of Emilie Strong Smith by an Anonymous Donor)
Meghan Casper

CELLO
Nicholas Finch, Principal (Jim & Marianne Welch Chair)
Lillian Pettitt, Assistant Principal (Carole C. Birkhead Chair, Endowed by Dr. Ben M. Birkhead)
Han Lee (Dr. Edward Leo Callahan Chair)
Allison B. Olsen, (James B. Smith Chair, Endowed by Susannah S. Onwood)
Lindy Tsai
Gabriel Ramos

BASS
Nicholas Caux, Principal
Jake Platt, Assistant Principal
Kaleb Collins
Karl Olsen, (Jarrett Fankhauser Chair, Endowed by the Paul Ogle Foundation)
Michael Chmilewski

FLUTE
Kathleen Karr, Principal (Elaine Klein Chair)
Jake Chabot
Jessica Chancey

PICCOLO
Jessica Chancey (Alvis R. Hambrick Chair)

OBOE
Alexandr Vvedenskiy, Principal (Betty Arrasmith Chair, Endowed by the Association of the Louisville Orchestra)
Alex DiThomas

ENGLISH HORN
Jennifer Potochnic + (Philip M. Lanier Chair)

CLARINET
Andrea Levine, Principal (Brown-Forman Corp. Chair)
Open
Open

BASS CLARINET
Open (Kate H. and Julian P. Van Winkle Chair)

BASSOON
Matthew Karr, Principal (Paul D. McDowell Chair)
Francisco Joubert Bernard

HORN
Jon Gustely, Principal (Edith S. and Barry Bingham Jr. Chair)
Amy Krueger (Gary † and Sue Russell Chair)
Scott Leger, Assistant Principal/Third Horn
Diana Morgan

TRUMPET
Noah Dugan, Principal (Leon Rapier Chair, Endowed by the Musicians of the Louisville Orchestra)
Sarah Jessen, Interim
James Recktenwald

TROMBONE
James Seymour, Principal
Guangwei Fan

BASS TROMBONE
J. Bryan Heath

TUBA
Andrew Doub, Principal

TIMPANI
Christopher Choi, Principal (Mr. and Mrs.† Warwick Dudley Musson Principal Timpani Chair)

PERCUSSION
John Pedroja, Principal

HARP
Grace Roepke, Principal

 

* On Leave
+ Auxiliary Musician
† Deceased