Oberlin Orchestra

The Oberlin Orchestra has enjoyed a rich history of notable guest conductors including Igor Stravinsky, Pierre Boulez, Sir Simon Rattle (whose son is an Oberlin alumnus), David Zinman, Robert Spano, and John Williams. Recent appearances by the Oberlin Orchestra include performances at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles; at Cleveland’s Severance Hall, home of the Cleveland Orchestra; a 13-day tour of China in 2005 and a second tour of China, including Singapore, in 2011; and recent critically acclaimed performances at Carnegie Hall in New York conducted by Robert Spano in 2007 and by Raphael Jiménez in 2013. The New York Times has described the performances at Carnegie Hall as “stellar,” “tightly wrought,” and “stirring, vividly shaped.”

After Sir Simon Rattle conducted the Oberlin Chamber Orchestra in December 2004, Plain Dealer music critic Donald Rosenberg wrote that the concert was “stamped by magnificence.” Indeed, Rosenberg included the Oberlin-Rattle performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, which he described as “uncommonly rich in poetry and drama,” in his list of top 10 memorable events from the 2004 concert season.

The Oberlin Orchestra's work can be heard on several releases on Oberlin Music, the official record label of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, which celebrates the artistic vision and superlative talent of Oberlin’s faculty, students, and alumni—on campus and on tour.

Chris Lee
VIOLIN I

Gregory Gennaro
concertmaster
Dana Johnson
assistant concertmaster
Nathaniel Cornell
Shreya Sachdev
Henry Jenkins
Sophie Davis
Francesca Fetten
Christa Cole
Tatiana Sutherland
Ruiqi Ren
Lynn Yue Ling Giam
John Kirchenbauer
William Watkins
Michelle Jin Sol Oh
Paul Kim
Matthew Millkey

VIOLIN II

Sophia Bernitz
principal
Kah Yan Lee
assistant principal
Thomas Cooper
Flora Hollifield
Stephanie Atwood
Clara Engen
Jerry Xiong
Adam Jeffreys
Luke Lentini
Yintong Liu
Santino Stropoli
Toby Elser
Delaney Meyers
Christine Showalter
Judy Park

VIOLA

Daniel Orsen
principal
Rachel Mooers
assistant principal
Hannah Santisi
Marlea Simpson
Natalia Badziak
Hannah Dara
Margaret Klucznik
Faith Roberts
Jules Sawhill
Josephine Stockwell
Matthew Weathers
Nicolas Vigilante

CELLO

Rachel Mills
principal
SHANE FOUNDATION CHAIR
Alex Baker
assistant principal
Aaron Wolff
Angelique Montes
Maurice Cohn
Jacob Thompson
David Skrill
Heewon Lee
Eliot Haas
Jeremy Kreutz
Zachariah Reff
Hannah Kim

BASS

Austin Lewellen
principal
Dominique Castro
assistant principal
Olivia Salas
Benjamin Merte
Michael Martin
Noelle Marty
Robert Earle
Alan Wang
Nicholas Mathisen
Eli Naragon
Christopher Labman

FLUTE

Amanda Dame
Tasi Hiner
Aram Mun
Lily Zishu Xie
Erica Zheng

PICCOLO

Amanda Dame
Tasi Hiner
Aram Mun
Lily Zishu Xie
Erica Zheng

ALTO FLUTE

Tasi Hiner

OBOE

Katarina Chavez
Brooks Fisher
Casey Kearney
Eduardo Sepúlveda
David Van Beveren

ENGLISH HORN

Katarina Chavez
Casey Kearney

CLARINET

Giovanni Bertoni
Hayley Jensen
Ryan Toher

E-FLAT CLARINET

César Palacio

BASS CLARINET

Alex Dergal
Hayley Jensen
Ryan Toher

BASSOON

Corinne Crowley
Thomas English
Brian Geise
J.J. Sechan

CONTRABASSOON

Thomas English
Alek Ferlazzo
J.J. Sechan

HORN

Lauren Anker
Eric Bell
Nicholas Brown
Logan Bryck
Antonia Chandler
Melissa Kravets
Bailey Myers
Madison Warren

WAGNER TUBA

Lauren Anker
Bailey Myers

TRUMPET

Wyeth Aleksei
Liam Bacon
Ashley Hale
Morgen Low
Olivia Pidi
Nik Valinsky

CORNET

Olivia Pidi
Nik Valinsky

PICCOLO TRUMPET

Morgen Low

BASS TRUMPET

Alex Melzer

TROMBONE

Andrew Ennis
George Jones
Hannah Lorber
Alex Melzer

BASS TROMBONE

Israel Gutierrez

TUBA

William Nakamura
Miguel Santos

TIMPANI

J.T. Minor
Benjamin Rempel

PERCUSSION

Kelsey Bannon
Hunter Brown
Justin Gunter
Michael Mazzullo
Benjamin Rempel

HARP

Jeanette Chen

CELESTA

Laura Spector

OPERATIONS & PERSONNEL MANAGER

Fabian Fuertes

LIBRARIAN

Elaine Li

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