Musicians of the Louisville Orchestra 2023-2024

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

FIRST VIOLIN
Gabriel Lefkowitz, Concertmaster
*Julia Noone, Associate Concertmaster
James McFadden-Talbot, Assistant Concertmaster (Acting Associate)
Dillon Welch, Acting Assistant Concertmaster
Katheryn S. Ohkubo (Mrs. John H. Clay Chair)
Stephen Taylor
Scott Staidle
Nancy Staidle
*Heather Thomas
Kevin Murphy, Interim
Patricia Fong-Edwards
Sabrina Parry, Interim

SECOND VIOLIN
Minglun Liu, Interim Principal (LG&E-KU Foundation Chair)
Kimberly Tichenor, Assistant Principal
Christopher Robinson, Interim (Mary Catherine Klan Chair)
Andrea Daigle
Luis Salazar, Interim
Charles Brestel
Diane Yang, Interim
Judy Pease Wilson
Blaise Poth

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)
Open (James B. Smith Chair, Endowed by Susannah S. Onwood)
Allison B. Olsen
Lindy Tsai
Open

BASS
Brian Thacker, Interim Principal
Bennett Norris, Interim Assistant Principal
Robert Docs
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)
Open
Jennifer Potochnic +

ENGLISH HORN
Open (Philip M. Lanier Chair)

CLARINET
Andrea Levine, Principal (Brown-Forman Corp. Chair)
Robert Walker (Kate H. and Julian P. Van Winkle, Jr. Chair)
Ernest Gross

BASS CLARINET
Ernest Gross

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

HORN
Jon Gustely, Principal (Edith S. and Barry Bingham, Jr. Chair)
Scott Leger, Assistant Principal/Third Horn
Diana Wade Morgen  (Gary and Sue Russell Chair)
Stephen Causey

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

TROMBONE
James Seymour, Principal
Guangwei Fan

BASS TROMBONE
J. Bryan Heath

TUBA
Andrew Doub, Principal

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

PERCUSSION
John Pedroja, Principal

HARP
Grace Roepke, Principal

 

* On Leave
+ Auxiliary Musician
† Deceased