Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra

John Kennedy, Resident Conductor and Director of Orchestral Activities Concertmaster chairs endowed in memory of Ernest Hillman, Jr.

Violin

Blythe Allers, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Emelyn Bashour, Amherst, Massachusetts Sarah Berger, Denver, Colorado Sophia Bernitz, Lexington, Massachusetts Christina Choi, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Korah Cuff, Jacksonville, Florida Natalie Darst Xia, Danville, Kentucky Michael Eby, Redding, California William (Liam) Gibb, Oak Park Heights, Minnesota Maalik Glover, Atlanta, Georgia Abigail Hong, Cherry Hill, New Jersey Beatrice Hsieh, North Wales, Pennsylvania Tiffany Kang, Los Angeles, California Giancarlo Latta, Ann Arbor, Michigan Natalie Lee, Okemos, Michigan Freya Liu, San Jose, California Stephanie Liu, Raleigh, North Carolina Aurora Mendez, Bronx, New York Zoë Merrill, Altadena, California Maggie Niekamp, Akron, Ohio Rachel Orth, Chicago, Illinois Meg Rohrer, Detroit, Michigan Shuyi Wang, Chengdu, Sichuan, China Mwakudua waNgure, Fort Myers, Florida Therese West, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Asher Wulfman, Princeton, New Jersey

Viola

Kathryn Brown, Evanston, Illinois Sean Flynn, Las Vegas, Nevada Lydia Grimes, St. Paul, Minnesota Jay Julio, Hempstead, New York Joshua Kail, New York, New York Nina Kiken, Chicago, Illinois Sofia Nikas, San Antonio, Texas Javier Enrique Otalora, West Palm Beach, Florida Melissa Peraza, Caracas, Venezuela Toby Winarto, Los Angeles, California

Cello

Najette Abouelhadi, Boston, Massachusetts Ethan Brown, New York, New York Vivian Chang, Portland, Oregon Hana Cohon, Seattle, Washington Emmanuel Losa, Atlanta, Georgia Samantha Powell, Frisco, Texas Magalí Toy, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Adam Willson, Hastings on Hudson, New York

Double Bass

Luis Arturo Celis Avila, Maracaibo, Venezuela Marguerite Cox, Hudson, Ohio Jakob Gerritsen, Carpentersville, Illinois Austin Lewellen, Fort Wayne, Indiana Logan May, Lagrangeville, New York Lindsey Orcutt, Ellicott City, Maryland

Flute

Viola Chan, Rosemead, California Dominique Kim, San Diego, California Tyler Martin, Chicago, Illinois Michelle Sung, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Oboe

Katie Danforth, Indianapolis, Indiana Thomas Friedle, Knoxville, Tennessee Sonia Matheus, Sacramento, California Julia Simpson, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin

Clarinet

Nicolas Chona, The Woodlands, Texas Barret Ham, Macon, Georgia Phillip Solomon, Montrose, New York Tania Villasuso Couceiro, Narón, A Coruña, Spain

Bassoon

Joy Guidry, Houston, Texas Eleni Katz, Iowa City, Iowa Julianne Mulvey, Reading, Massachusetts Steven Palacio, Melbourne, Florida

Horn

Henry Bond, Agoura, California Hannah Culbreth, Atlanta, Georgia August Haller, Brooklyn, New York Megan Hurley, New York, New York Yeonjo Oh, Seoul, Republic of Korea Hanan Rahman, Coral Springs, Florida

Trumpet

Omri Barak, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Robert Garrison, Birmingham, Alabama Morgen Low, Northbrook, Illinois Alan Tolbert, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania

Bass Trombone

Noah Roper, Aledo, Texas

Trombone

Cooper Cromwell-Whitley, Baltimore, Maryland Guangwei Fan, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China Liam Glendening, Redlands, California

Tuba

Bridget Conley, Charleston, South Carolina

Percussion

Tarun Bellur, Plano, Texas Dominic Grande, Fort Pierce, Florida Sidney Hopson, Los Angeles, California Lucas Sanchez, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Piano

Wesley Ducote, DeQuincy, Louisiana

Harp

Phoebe Powell, Cochrane, Alberta, Canada

Orchestra Management

Orchestra Personnel Manager: Edward Kass Orchestra Personnel Apprentice: Kristin Baird

Librarian: Jake Darnell Library Apprentice: Lindy Billhardt