Our Musicians

WAYNESBORO SYMPHONY

Our Musicians

WAYNESBORO SYMPHONY

Musicians of the Waynesboro Symphony Orchestra hail from Waynesboro, Staunton and Fishersville, the surrounding communities of Charlottesville and Harrisonburg, and as far away as Lynchburg, Richmond, Roanoke, and Washington, D.C. Our membership includes professors and students from area schools, colleges and universities, highly talented community members with daytime professions in other fields, and professional musicians who enjoy the opportunity to play a diverse and challenging repertoire of symphony and chamber music. Weekly rehearsals are held on Tuesday evenings during the concert season, which runs from September to May, and a dress rehearsal takes place on the Thursday evening prior to each performance.

WSO PRINCIPAL MUSICIANS

STRINGS
First Violin

Wanchi, Concertmaster :: The Jeane Custin chair
Elizabeth Barron
Susan Christopher
Karl Durland
Angela Higgs
Christa Hoover
Patrick Keese
Annie Kim
Debbie Kiser
Lisa McDermott
Sharon Miller
David Preston
Kelly Wiedemann
Eleanor Wilson
Mary Ann Wirth

Second Violin

Tara Davis, Principal :: The Bill and Anne Alexander chair
Haley Artley
Karen Bright
Karen Chamblee
Isaac Dahl
Kelly Donato
Ellen Kasiske
Irene Ours
Sophia Rubin
Jacinda Stahly
Penny Ward
Debbie Warnaar

Viola

Stanley Beckwith, Principal :: The Rudy Yobs chair
Dani Abbott
Linda Barnes
Jamieson Bourque
Bob DuCharme
Mary McCoy
Claire Ober

Cello

Elizabeth Cantrell, Principal :: The Anna M. Day Foundation chair
Brian Helmke, Assistant Principal :: The Mrs. Beverly Brown chair
Virginia Barber
Emma Candelier
Beverly Frank
Linnea Grim
Karin Huntington
Inger Kuin
Matt Nelson
Audun Nelson
Ian Penn

Double Bass

Lindsay Lam, Principal :: The Richard Bolstein and Sharon Adams chair
Andre LaVelle
Robin Prudencio
Mitch Sams

WOODWINDS
Flute

Laura Jean Brand, Principal :: The Gib and Lynn Stevenson chair
Carolyn Dempsey
Erin Murphy

Piccolo

Erin Murphy

Oboe

Bill Parrish, Principal :: The Joe and Susan Davis chair
Diane Harrington
Rebecca Snead

English Horn

Rebecca Snead

Clarinet

James Tobin, Principal :: The Bill and Lynda Sawyer chair

Bassoon

Suzanne Pattison, Principal :: The Mary and C. B. Wilson chair
Patricia Holland

Contrabassoon

Patricia Holland

BRASS
Horn

Catherine Creasy, Principal :: The Mollie McCurdy chair
Carrie Blake
Jeremy Loy
Sarah Zotian

Trumpet

Nick Harvey, Principal :: The Mary McDermott and Bill Jongeward chair
Clint Linkmeyer

Trombone

Andrew Lankford, Principal :: The Jeane Custin chair
David Brenneman
Tom McKenzie, Bass Trombone

Tuba

Kevin Stees. Principal :: The Joe and Susan Davis chair

PERCUSSION
Timpani

Daniel Upton

Percussion

Daniel Upton, Principal :: The Anne and Charles Salembier chair

MUSICIAN MEMBERSHIP

Membership in the Waynesboro Symphony Orchestra is open to amateur, professional and advanced student musicians by referral and/or audition at the discretion of the Music Director. The orchestra generally rehearses from 7:00 to 9:30 on Tuesdays in Waynesboro. If you are interested in joining the orchestra please contact us here.

ORCHESTRA MUSICIANS EMERITUS
Ross Ahlhorn*
Evan Amoroso
Tyler Bare
Elizabeth Benzinger
Susan Black*
Melissa Bowles
Claire Brooks
Jessica Brtva
Lianne Campbell*
Ben Cash
Joshua Cole
Chris Custin
Mixon Darracott
Gabriela Dech*
Gary Elwell*
Karen Fairchild
Susan Felton
Claire Fortenberry
Holly Gardner
Charlie Gasque
Jason Guira
Birdie Hadfield
Nancy Handley
Polly Haynes
Chad Howard
Paul Kim
Candace Kluesner*
James Kluesner*
Robert Langellotti
Heather Lankford
Niki Lendvay
Stephen Layman
Elizabeth Lohr-Myers
Teresa Lykins
David McCormick
Emilie Mehrtens
Sophie Mello
Joelle Miller*
Jean Montès**
Robert Mott
Charlie Nesmith*
Kevin Newton*
Zac Nicely
John Pappas
Bruce Penner*
Rick Pennington
Sarah Peterson
Carissa Petzold
Bill Posey (d)
Braxton Rhodes
Jacob Roege*
CJ Sciara
Barry Slayton*
Keith Smith
David Snively*
Karen Snively*
Peter Spaar
Eric Stassen**
Joanna Stauffer
Debbi Stephenson*
Jenny Taylor
Rachel Towns
James VanDyke
Brandon Walsh
Vanessa Warner
Leslie Wilcox
Harvey Wilcox

*Principal
**Music Director 

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