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Orchestra Personnel

Musicians of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra

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Ruth Reinhardt
Music Director Designate

Robert Spano

Principal Conductor

Violin I

Charles Dimmick, Concertmaster, Heidi & Chester Kirk Chair

Katherine Winterstein, Associate Concertmaster

Omar Chen Guey, Assistant Concertmaster

Sasha Callahan

Barbara Lefkowitz

Mina Lavcheva

Xiao Fu

Allyson Michal

Alexey Shabalin

Zoya Tsvetkova

Zoia Bologovsky

Violin II

Amy Rawstron Watson, Principal

Lois Finkel, Assistant Principal

Antoaneta Anguelova

Lisa Goddard

Laura Gulley

Ella Leone

Yeolim Nam

Rose Drucker

Viola

Abigail Cross, Principal

Susan Culpo, Assistant Principal

Noriko Futagami

Christine Orio

Katrina Smith

Willine Thoe

Harold Lieberman

Cello

Brent Selby, Principal

Melanie Dyball, Assistant Principal

Jackie Ludwig Selby

Aron Zelkowicz

Steven Laven

Rebecca Thornblade
Megan Koch
Claire Dresselhuis

Bass
Barry Boettger, Principal

Robert Caplin, Assistant Principal

Eliot Porter

Anthony D’Amico

Joseph Higgins

Nancy Kidd

Flute

Ann Bobo, Principal,

Marie J. Langlois Chair

Kathleen Boyd

Piccolo
Rachel Braude

Oboe
Cheryl Bishkoff, Principal

Denise Plaza-Martin

English Horn
Jane Murray

Clarinet
Ian Greitzer, Principal,

Lisa Bisaccia & Robert Naparstek Chair

Steven Zhang

Bass Clarinet
Tom Parchman

Bassoon
Ron Haroutunian, Principal

Brooke Allen

Horn
Kevin Owen, Principal

Joshua Michal

Whit Hill

Trumpet

Joseph Foley, Principal

Michael Dobrinski

Mary-Lynne Bohn

Trombone
Greg Spiridopoulos, Principal

Alexei Doohovskoy

Bass Trombone

Gabriel Rice

Tuba

Stephen Lamb, Principal

Timpani

Craig McNutt, Principal,

Mr. & Mrs. George M. Sage Chair

Percussion
Rob McEwan, Principal

Nathan Lassell

HARP
Hyunjung Choi, Principal

Personnel Manager

Mary Gerbi

LIBRARIAN

Hyunjung Choi

SOUND ENGINEER

Michael Moore

ARCHIVAL PRODUCTION

A. Jaye Nordling

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THE STORY BEHIND: Handel's "Messiah"

By Danielle Meath • December 9, 2024

On December 15, conductor Christine Noel and the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra will present HANDEL'S MESSIAH with Providence Singers, soprano Eleonore Cockerham, mezzo-soprano Tamara Mumford, tenor Thomas Cooley and bass-baritone Douglas Williams.

MEET THE SOLOIST: Douglas Williams

By Danielle Meath • December 6, 2024

Bass-Baritone Douglas Williams performs HANDEL'S MESSIAH December 15 at 3PM

MEET THE SOLOIST: Thomas Cooley

By Danielle Meath • December 5, 2024

Tenor Thomas Cooley performs HANDEL'S MESSIAH December 15 at 3PM

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The Rhode Island Philharmonic is funded in part by a grant from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, through an appropriation by the Rhode Island General Assembly, a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and private funders. Financial support is also provided by the Providence Tourism Council.