ME M P HI S SYM P H O N Y O RC H EST RA ROBERT MOODY, Music Director KALENA BOVELL, Assistant Conductor VIOLIN I Barrie Cooper, Concertmaster The Joy Brown Wiener Chair Marisa Polesky, Assistant Concertmaster Diane Zelickman Cohen, Assistant Principal Paul Turnbow, Assistant Principal Wen-Yih Yu Jessica Munson Long Long Kang VIOLIN II Gaylon Patterson, Principal The Dunbar and Constance Abston Chair Erin Kaste, Assistant Principal Lenore McIntyre, Assistant Principal Yennifer Correia Rebeca Rathlef ♪ The Judith and Sheldon Korones Memorial Fellowship VIOLA Jennifer Puckett, Principal The Corinne Falls Murrah Chair Michelle Pellay-Walker, Assistant Principal
Aaron Tubergen, Assistant Principal Irene Wade Beth Luscombe Karen Casey Katie Brown ♪ The Ellen Cooper Klyce & Martha Milford Boyd Fellowship CELLO Ruth Valente Burgess, Principal The Vincent de Frank Chair Iren Zombor, Assistant Principal Jonathan Kirkscey, Assistant Principal Jeffrey Jurciukonis Hannah Schmidt Mark Wallace Estefan Perez ♪ The Rebecca Webb Wilson Fellowship BASS Scott Best, Principal Chris Butler, Assistant Principal Sean O’Hara Andrew Palmer Timothy Weddle Jeremy Upton Sara Chiego FLUTE Adam Sadberry, Principal The Marion Dugdale McClure Chair
Delara Hashemi
J. Michael McKenzie
OBOE Saundra D’Amato, Acting Principal The Paul and Linnea Bert Chair Shelly Sublett, Assistant Principal
TROMBONE Greg Luscombe, Principal Wes Lebo Mark Vail
ENGLISH HORN Shelly Sublett, Principal CLARINET Andre Dyachenko, Principal The Gayle S. Rose Chair Rena Feller BASS CLARINET Nobuko Igarashi BASSOON Susanna Whitney, Principal Michael Scott CONTRABASSOON Christopher Piecuch HORN Caroline Kinsey, Principal The Morrie A. Moss Chair Robert Patterson TRUMPET Scott Moore, Principal The Smith & Nephew Chair Susan Enger
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TUBA Charles Schulz, Principal TIMPANI Frank Shaffer, Principal PERCUSSION David Carlisle, Principal Ed Murray, Assistant Principal HARP Marian Shaffer, Principal The Ruth Marie Moore Cobb Chair PIANO/CELESTE Adrienne Park, Principal The Buzzy Hussey and Hal Brunt Chair
On leave ♪ The newly launched MSO / UofM Fellowship Program was envisioned by the MSO Circle of Friends as a prestigious two-year performance fellowship program for exceptional graduate and post-graduate violin, viola, and cello players from African American and Latinx communities.