INSTRUMENT POSITION NAME SCHOOL

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Flute Principal Christina Smith Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia)

Flute Assoc. Principal Robert Cronin Northwestern University (Chicago)

University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN)

Flute C. Todd Skitch University of Toronto (Canada)

McGill University (Canada)

Piccolo/Flute Gina Hughes Manhattan School of Music (New York City)

Rice University (Houston, Texas)

Oboe Principal Elizabeth Koch Tiscione Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia)

Oboe Assoc. Principal Zachary Boeding New England Conservatory of Music (Boston)
McGill University (Canada)

Oboe Samuel Nemec The Juilliard School (New York City)

Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia)

Oboe, English Horn Emily Brebach Oberlin Conservatory of Music (Oberlin, Ohio)
Rice University (Houston, TX)

Clarinet Principal Laura Ardan The Juilliard School (New York City)
Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY)

Clarinet Assoc. Principal Ted Gurch Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY)

Clarinet Marci Gurnow Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX)

Northwestern University (Chicago)
Clarinet, Bass Clarinet Alcides Rodriguez Baylor University (Waco, TX)
Northwestern University (Chicago)

Bassoon Principal Andrew Brady The Colburn School Conservatory of Music (Los Angeles)
(Brady is the only one on this list who went to Colburn)

Bassoon Assoc. Principal Anthony Georgenson University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wisconsin)

The Juilliard School (New York City)

Bassoon Laura Najarian Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music

Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY)

Bassoon/Contrabassoon Juan de Gomar Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan)

Temple University (Philadelphia)

Philadelphit Orchestra

Flute Principal Jeffrey Khaner The Juilliard School (New York City)

Flute Assoc. Principal Patrick Wilhams Oberlin Conservatory of Music (Oberlin, Ohio)
Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia)

Flute Olivia Staton The Juilliard School (New York City)

Piccolo Erica Peel University of Miami

Oboe Principal Philippe Tondre National School of Music (France)

Conservatoire National Superieur (France)

Oboe Assoc. Principal Peter Smith Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia)

Oboe Jonathan Blumenfeld Haverford College (Haverford, Pennsylvania)

Temple University (Philadelphia)
Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia)
English Horn Elizabeth Starr Masoudnia Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia)

Clarinet Principal Ricardo Morales Escuela Libre de Musica (Mexico)

Clarinet Assoc. Principal Samuel Caviezel Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia)

Clarinet Socrates Villegas National Conservatory (Mexico)

Temple University (Philadelphia)

Bass Clarinet Paul R. Demers University of Southern Maine (Portland, Maine)

DePaul University (Chicago)

Bassoon Principal Daniel Matsukawa The Juilliard School (New York City)
Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia)

Bassoon Co-Principal Mark Gigliotti Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia)

Bassoon Angela Anderson Smith University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM)

University of Southern California (Los Angeles)

Contrabassoon Holly Blake Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia)

Temple University (Philadelphia)

New York Philharmonic

Flute Principal Robert Langevin Montreal Conservatory (Canada)

Hochschule für Musik (Germany)

Flute Assoc. Principal Alison Fierst Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh)

Manhattan School of Music (New York City)

Flute Yoobin Son Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia)

Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut)
 Manhattan School of Music (New York City)

Flute/Piccolo Mindy Kaufman Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY)

Oboe Principal Liang Wang Beijing Central Conservatory (China)

Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia)

Oboe Assoc. Principal Sherry Sylar Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana)

Northwestern University (Chicago)

Oboe Robert Botti The Juilliard School (New York City) Bachelors, Masters

Oboe/English Horn Ryan Roberts The Juilliard School (New York City)

Clarinet Principal Anthony McGill Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia)

Clarinet/E flat clarinet Assoc. Principal Pascual Martinez Forteza Baleares Conservatory of Music (Spain)
Liceo de Barcelona Conservatory (Spain)
University of Southern California (Los Angeles)

Bass Clarinet POSITION VACANT

Bassoon Principal for 33 years Judith LeClair Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY)

Bassoon Assoc. Principal Kim Laskowski The Juilliard School (New York City) Bachelors, Masters

Bassoon Roger Nye Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY)

University of Southern California (Los Angeles)

Contrabassoon POSITION VACANT

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Flute Principal Stefan Ragnar Hoskuldsson Reykjavik School of Music (Iceland)

 Royal Northern College of Music (England)

Flute Second Flute Emma Gerstein Manhattan School of Music (New York City)
Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana)

Flute/Piccolo Jennifer Gunn Duquesne University (Pittsburgh)

University of Akron (Akron, Ohio)

Oboe Principal William Welter Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia)

Oberlin Conservatory (Oberlin, Ohio)

Oboe Asst. Principal Michael Henoch Northwestern University (Chicago)

Oboe/English Horn Scott Hostetler Cleveland Institute of Music (Cleveland, Ohio)

The Juilliard School (New York City)

Clarinet Principal Stephen Williamson Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY)

The Juilliard School (New York City)
Hochschule der Kunste (Germany)

Clarinet/E flat clarinet Asst. Principal John Bruce Yeh UCLA-he was a pre-med student for two years
The Juilliard School (New York City)

Clarinet Gregory Smith Northwestern University (Chicago)

He is the originator of the Gregory Smith line of
clarinet mouthpieces

Bassoon Principal Keith Buncke Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia)

Bassoon Asst. Principal William Buchman Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island) Physics
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany) Physics

Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut)

(He got a degree in bassoon performance from Yale)
University of Southern California (Los Angeles)
Bassoon/Contrabassoon Miles Maner University of Texas (Austin, TX)
Rice University (Houston)

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Flute Principal Elizabeth Rowe University of Southern California (Los Angeles)

Flute Assoc. Principal Elizabeth Klein Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia)

Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
(Hamilton, Massachusetts)
Masters Degree in Spiritual Formation

Flute Clint Foreman University of North Texas (Denton, TX)

Manhattan School of Music (New York City)
Rice University (Houston) -- Doctorate

Piccolo Cynthia Myers Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh)

Cleveland Institute of Music (Cleveland, Ohio)

Oboe Principal John Ferrillo Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia)

Oboe Asst. Principal Keisuke Wakao Manhattan School of Music (New York City)

Oboe Mark McEwen Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia)

English Horn Robert Sheena University of California (Berkeley, California)

Northwestern University (Chicago)

Clarinet Principal William R. Hudgins Boston University School for the Arts
(Boston, Massachusetts)

Clarinet/E flat clarinet Assoc. Principal Thomas Martin Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY)
Clarinet Christopher Elchico UCLA (Los Angeles)
Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana) Dual
masters degrees in Clarinet and Classical
Saxophone Performance

Bass Clarinet POSITION VACANT

Bassoon Principal Richard Svoboda University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska)

He was Principal Bassoon for the Jacksonville
Symphony for 10 years
solo performances have included the Weber Concerto

Bassoon Assoc. Principal Richard Ranti Curtis Institute of Music (Philadephia)

Bassoon Suzanne Nelson McGill University (Canada)

Hague Conservatory (The Netherlands)

Contrabassoon Greg Henegar Cleveland Institute of Music (Cleveland, Ohio)

University of Illinois (Champaign, Illinois)

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Flute Principal Denis Bouriakov Royal Academy of Music (England)

Flute Assoc. Principal Catherine Ransom Karoly University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wisconsin)
The Juilliard School (New York City)

Flute Elise Shope Henry University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan)

Manhattan School of Music (New York City)

Piccolo Sarah Jackson University of British Columbia (Canada)

McGill University (Canada)

Oboe Principal POSITION VACANT

Oboe Assoc. Principal Marion Arthur Kuszyk Oberlin Conservatory (Oberlin, Ohio)
Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY)

Oboe Anne Marie Gabriele The Juilliard School (New York City) Bachelors & Masters

English Horn Carolyn Hove Oberlin Conservatory (Oberlin, Ohio)

Clarinet Principal Boris Allakhverdyan Moscow Conservatory (Russia)

Oberlin Conservatory (Oberlin, Ohio)
Cleveland Institute of Music (Cleveland, Ohio)
Clarinet Assoc. Principal Burt Hara Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia)

Clarinet/E flat clarinet Andrew Lowy Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

University of Southern California (Los Angeles)

Clarinet/Bass clarinet David Howard Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut)--Degree in

Russian Literature--also had music training at Yale

Bassoon Principal Whitney Crockett The Juilliard School (New York City)

Bassoon Assoc. Principal Shawn Mouser Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
New England Conservatory of Music (Boston)

Bassoon Michele Grego University of Southern California (Los Angeles)

The Juilliard School (New York City)

Bassoon/Contrabassoon Evan Kuhlmann The Juilliard School (New York City)

Houston Symphony

Flute Principal Aralee Dorough Oberlin Conservatory (Oberlin, Ohio)

Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut)

Flute Assoc. Principal Matthew Roitstein MIT (Cambridge, Massachusetts) architecture-music

Rice University (Houston, TX)

Flute Judy Dines Temple University (Philadelphia)

Peabody Institute (Baltimore, Maryland)

Flute/Piccolo Kathryn Ladner Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY)

Rice University (Houston, TX)

Oboe Principal Jonathan Fischer Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia)

Oboe Assoc. Principal Anne Leek The Juilliard School (New York City) bachelors, masters

Oboe Colin Gatwood Oberlin Conservatory (Oberlin, Ohio)

Oboe/English Horn Adam Dinitz Northwestern University (Chicago)

Rice University (Houston, TX)

Clarinet Principal Mark Nuccio University of Northern Colorado (Greeley, Colorado)

Northwestern University (Chicago)

Clarinet Assoc. Principal Thomas LeGrand Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia)

Clarinet Christian Schubert Northwestern University (Chicago) bachelors, masters

Clarinet/Bass Clarinet Alexander Potiomkin Rubin Jerusalem Academy of Music

Rice University (Houston, TX)

Bassoon Principal Rian Craypo University of Texas (Austin, Texas)

Rice University (Houston, TX)
She wrote a 2017 book about bassoon reed-making

Bassoon Assoc. Principal Isaac Schultz Rice University (Houston, TX) bachelors, masters

Bassoon Elise Wagner Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh)

Temple University (Philadelphia)

Bassoon/Contrabassoon Adam Trussell New England Conservatory of Music (Boston)

Rice University (Houston, TX)