The Houston Symphony is one of America's oldest performing arts organizations
and celebrated its 90th anniversary in the 2003-2004 season.
Since 1913, the orchestra has grown from an ensemble of 33 part-time
musicians with a $2,500 budget to a world-renowned orchestra consisting of 90
full-time musicians supported by a professional staff and multi-million dollar
budget.
The orchestra fills each busy season with more than 170 classical, pops,
education and family concerts which are attended by an estimated 350,000 people.
Hans Graf, Music Director
Roy and Lillie Cullen Chair
Michael Krajewski
Principal Pops Conductor
Robert Franz
Associate Conductor
Brett
Mitchell
Assistant Conductor/American Conducting Fellow
FIRST VIOLIN:
Angela Fuller, Concertmaster
Max Levine Chair
Eric Halen, Associate Concertmaster
Ellen E. Kelley Chair
Assia Dulgerska, Assistant Concertmaster
Cornelia and Meredith Long Chair
Qi Ming, Assistant Concertmaster
Fondren Foundation Chair
Marina Brubaker
Hewlett-Packard Company Chair
Alexandra Adkins
MiHee Chung
Sophia Silivos
Rodica Gonzalez
Ferenc Illenyi
Si- Yang Lao
Kurt Johnson
Christopher Neal
Sergei Galperin
Quan Jiang*
SECOND VIOLIN:
Jennifer Owen, Principal
Charles Tabony, Associate Principal
Hitai Lee
Kiju Joh
Deborah Moran
Ruth Zeger
Margaret Bragg
Martha Chapman
Kevin Kelly
Mihaela Oancea
Christine Pastorek
Amy Teare
VIOLA:
Wayne Brooks, Principal
George Pascal,
Assistant Principal
Joan DerHovsepian, Acting Assistant Principal
Linda
Goldstein
Thomas Molloy
Rita Porfiris
Fay
Shapiro
Daniel Strba
Wei Jiang
Phyllis Herdliska
CELLO:
Brinton Averil Smith, Principal
Christopher French, Associate Principal
Haeri Ju
Jeffrey Butler
Kevin Dvorak
Xiao Wong
Myung Soon Lee
James Denton
Anthony Kitai
DOUBLE-BASS:
Timothy Pitts, Principal
Janice H. and
Thomas D. Barrow Chair
David Malone, Associate Principal
Mark Shapiro, Acting Associate Principal
Eric Larson
Robert Pastorek
Burke Shaw
Donald
Howey
Michael McMurray
FLUTE:
Aralee Dorough, Principal
General Maurice Hirsch Chair
John Thorne, Associate Principal
Judy Dines
Allison Garza
PICCOLO:
Allison Garza
OBOE:
Robert Atherholt, Principal
Lucy Binyon Stude Chair
Anne Leek, Associate Principal
Colin Gatwood
Adam Dinitz
ENGLISH HORN:
Adam Dinitz
CLARINET:
David Peck, Principal
Thomas LeGrand, Associate
Principal
Christian Schubert
Richard Nunemaker
E-FLAT CLARINET:
Thomas LeGrand
BASS CLARINET/ SAXOPHONE:
Richard Nunemaker
Tassie and Constantine S.
Nicandros Chair
BASSOON:
Rian Craypo, Principal
Stewart Orton Chair
Eric Arbiter, Associate Principal
American General Chair
Elise Wagner
J.Jeff Robinson
CONTRABASSOON:
J. Jeff Robinson
HORN:
William VerMeulen, Principal
Roger Kaza, Associate Principal
Brian Thomas
Robert and Janice McNair Foundation Chair
Nancy Goodearl
Philip Stanton
Elizabeth Schellhase*
TRUMPET:
Mark Hughes, Principal
George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Chair
John DeWitt, Associate Principal
Robert Walp, Assistant Principal
Anthony Prisk
Speros P. Martel Chair
TROMBONE:
Allen Barnhill, Principal
Bradley White, Associate Principal
Phillip Freeman
BASS TROMBONE:
Phillip Freeman
TUBA:
David Kirk, Principal
TIMPANI:
Ronald Holdman, Principal
Brian Del Signore,
Associate Principal
PERCUSSION:
Brian Del Signore, Principal
Mark Griffith
Matthew Strauss
HARP:
Paula Page, Principal
KEYBOARD:
Scott Holshouser, Principal
Neva Watkins West Chair
*Contracted Substitute
**Leave of Absence