PACIFIC SYMPHONY
Pacific Symphony, led by Music Director Carl St.Clair for the last 35 years, has been the resident orchestra of the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall since 2006. Currently celebrating its 46th anniversary season, the Symphony is the largest orchestra formed in the U.S. in the last 50 years and is recognized as an outstanding ensemble making strides on both the national and international scene, as well as in its own community of Orange County. In April 2018, Pacific Symphony made its debut at Carnegie Hall as one of two orchestras invited to perform during a yearlong celebration of composer Philip Glass’ 80th birthday, and the following month the orchestra toured China. The orchestra made its national PBS debut in June 2018 on Great Performances with Peter Boyer’s Ellis Island: The Dream of America, conducted by St.Clair. Presenting more than 100 concerts and events a year and a rich array of education and community engagement programs, the Symphony reaches more than 300,000 residents—from school children to senior citizens.
In both 2005 and 2010, the Symphony received the prestigious ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming. Also in 2010, a study by the League of American Orchestras, Fearless Journeys, included the Symphony as one of the country’s five most innovative orchestras. The Symphony’s award-winning education and community engagement programs benefit from the vision of St.Clair and are designed to integrate the orchestra and its music into the community in ways that stimulate all ages. The Symphony’s Class Act program has been honored as one of nine exemplary orchestra education programs by the National Endowment for the Arts and the League of American Orchestras. The list of instrumental training initiatives includes Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra, Pacific Symphony Wind Youth Ensemble, Pacific Symphony Santiago Strings, and Pacific Symphony Youth Concert Band.
The Symphony also spreads the joy of music through arts-X-press, Class Act, Heartstrings, Lantern Festival Orchestra, and Symphony in the Cities.
Carl St. Clair,
Music Director
FIRST VIOLIN
Dennis Kim
concertmaster
eleanor & michael gordon chair
Yoomin Seo
associate concertmaster
Jeanne Skrocki
assistant concertmaster
arlene & seymour grubman chair
Michael Siess
Christine Frank
Ayako Sugaya
Ann Shiau Tenney
Joanna Lee+
Robert Schumitzky
Agnes Gottschewski
Dana Freeman
Julie Ahn
Paul Manaster (25)
SECOND VIOLIN
Madalyn Parnas Möller **
elizabeth & john stahr chair
Jennise Hwang**
Yen Ping Lai
Yu-Tong Sharp
Ako Kojian
Linda Owen (45)
Sooah Kim
MarlaJoy Weisshaar
Alice Miller-Wrate
Shelly Shi (15)
Hanbyul Jang+
VIOLA
Meredith Crawford* (15)
catherine & james emmi chair
Victor de Almeida**
Carolyn Riley
John Acevedo
Adam Neeley+
Hanbyul Jang
Julia Staudhammer
Joseph Wen-Xiang Zhang
Cheryl Gates
Phillip Triggs
CELLO
Warren Hagerty*
catherine & james emmi chair
Benjamin Lash**
Robert Vos
László Mezö
Ian McKinnell
M. Andrew Honea
Rudolph Stein
Emma Lee
BASS
Richard Cassarino *
Douglas Basye**
Christian Kollgaard
David Parmeter
Andrew Chilcote
David Black
Andrew Bumatay
Constance Deeter
FLUTE
Benjamin Smolen*
valerie & hans imhof chair
Sharon O’Connor
Cynthia Ellis
PICCOLO
Cynthia Ellis
OBOE
Jessica Pearlman*
suzanne r. chonette chair
Ted Sugata
ENGLISH HORN
Lelie Resnick
CLARINET
Robert Walker*
The Hanson Family Foundation Chair
David Chang (15)
Charlie and Ling Zhang Chair
BASS CLARINET
Joshua Ranz
BASSOON
Rose Corrigan* (20)
Ruth Ann and John Evans Chair
Elliott Moreau
Andrew Klein (40)
Allen Savedoff
CONTRABASSOON
Allen Savedoff
FRENCH HORN
Keith Popejoy*
Adedeji Ogunfolu
Kaylet Torrez**
Henry Bond
TRUMPET
Barry Perkins* (20)
susie and steve perry chair
Tony Ellis (40)
David Wailes
TROMBONE
Michael Hoffman*
David Stetson
TUBA
James Self*
TIMPANI
Todd Miller* (45)
PERCUSSION
Robert A. Slack*
HARP
Michelle Temple
the sungaila family chair
Senior Vice President Of Artistic Planning & Production, Renée And Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall Tönmeister
Eileen Jeanette
DIRECTOR OF ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL
Craig Hahn
LIBRARIAN
Alison Spaeth
SENIOR DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION
Will Hunter
DIRECTOR OF MULTIMEDIA OPERATIONS
William Pruett
*Principal
**Assistant Principal
+On Leave
The musicians of Pacific Symphony are members of the American Federation of Musicians, Local 7.