2026 Festival Orchestra

VIOLIN
Alex Ayers, Concertmaster
Morgan Bennett, Assistant Concertmaster
Pei-Ju Wu, Principal Second
Ellen Ensey
Paul Hauer
John Helmich
Juan Jaramillo
Anna Luebke
Bram Margoles
Tara Mueller
Jesse Munoz, Jr.
Hannah O’Brien
Nonoko Okada
Caroline Slack
Ariya Tai

VIOLA
Katelyn Hoag, Principal
Rebecca Miller
Charles Miranda
Rituparna Mukherjee

CELLO
Adam Ayers, Principal
William Cayanan
Hana Cohon
Heng-Li Lin

BASS
Jeremy Baguyos, Principal
Steve Charlson 
John Tuck

PICCOLO
Kimberly Helton 
Suyeon Ko

FLUTE
Emily Bieker, Principal
Kimberly Helton 
Suyeon Ko

OBOE
Paul Chinen, Principal
Jennifer Bloomberg
Leonid Sirotkin

ENGLISH HORN
Leonid Sirotkin

E-FLAT CLARINET
James Garcia

B-FLAT CLARINET
Roy Park, Principal
Calvin Falwell
James Garcia
Edward Sundra

BASS CLARINET
Calvin Falwell

BASSOON
Matt Lano, Principal
Philip McNaughton
Karl Rzasa

CONTRABASSOON
Karl Rzasa

HORN
Erin Lano, Principal
Wendy Koller
Andrew Sehmann
Allison Tutton

TRUMPET
Thaddeus Archer, Principal
Philippe Brunet
Aren Van Houzen

TROMBONE
Timothy Howe, Principal
David Roode
J. Mark Thompson

BASS TROMBONE
J. Mark Thompson

CIMBASSO
Jarrod Briley

TUBA
Jarrod Briley, Principal

TIMPANI
Kelsey Bannon, Principal

PERCUSSION
Mark Dorr, Principal
Alina Grimm
Keith Hammer
Danny Kocher
Jennifer Wagner

HARP
Nuiko Wadden, Principal
Acacia Scott

CELESTA
Julian Grabarek
Tessa Hartle
Elden Little

PIANO
Tessa Hartle

ORGAN
Alissa Cox
Elden Little

KING ROGER OFF STAGE MUSICIANS
Thaddeus Archer, Trumpet
Philippe Brunet, Trumpet
Aren Van Houzen, Trumpet

TOSCA OFF STAGE MUSICIANS
Mark Dorr, Percussion
Kimberly Helton, Flute
Danny Kocher, Percussion
Rebecca Miller, Viola
Acacia Scott, Harp

ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL AND OPERATIONS MANAGER
Mark Dorr

MUSIC LIBRARIAN
Sophia Lee

ORCHESTRA INTERN
Andre Chiang

VIOLIN SEATING IS BASED UPON A ROTATION CYCLE FOR MAINSTAGE SHOWS.