Mainly Mozart Presents…
The 2021 September All-Star Orchestra Roster
The largest gathering of concertmasters & principal players in North America.
David Chan
Artistic Partner | Conductor
David Chan serves as Mainly Mozart’s Co-Artistic Partner. 2020 marked Mr. Chan’s 20th year as concertmaster of the MET Orchestra, his third as the inaugural Music Director of New Jersey’s Montclair Orchestra, and his second as Music Director of Camerata Notturna. Mr. Chan has appeared as a soloist with orchestras around the world.
Dedicated Soloists
Branford Marsalis
Saxophone Legend
Soloist: A Path Forward
Benjamin Beilman
Violin Soloist
Soloist: A Taste of Paris
Grace Park
Violin Soloist
Soloist: Haydn & Mozart
Violin
Martin Chalifour
Concertmaster
Soloist: Haydn & Mozart
Home Orchestra:
Los Angeles Philharmonic,
Concertmaster
Zach DePue
Principal Second Violin
Home Orchestra:
Carmel Symphony, Concertmaster
Stephen Rose
Principal Second Violin
Soloist: Four Horns
Home Orchestra:
Cleveland Orchestra, Principal Second Violin
Artistic Partner
David Chan
Soloist: Closing Night at the Opera
Home Orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Concertmaster
David Chernyavsky
Home Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony
Jin-Shan Dai
Home Orchestra:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Jessie Fellows
Home Orchestra:
San Francisco Symphony, Assistant Principal Second Violin
Aloysia Friedmann
Home Orchestra:
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, Associate Concertmaster
Yiwen Jiang
Home Orchestra:
Shanghai Quartet
Kevin Lin
Home Orchestra:
Indianapolis Symphony,
Concertmaster
Rebecca Reale
Home Orchestra:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Lauren Roth
Home Orchestra:
Tucson Symphony Orchestra, Concertmaster
Jeanne Skrocki
Home Orchestra:
Pacific Symphony,
Assistant Concertmaster
Roger Wilkie
Home Orchestra:
Long Beach Symphony, Concertmaster
Viola
Cynthia Phelps
Principal Viola
Home Orchestra:
New York Philharmonic,
Principal Viola
Teng Li
Principal Viola
Home Orchestra:
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Principal Viola
Meredith Crawford
Home Orchestra:
Pacific Symphony, Principal Viola
Christina King
Home Orchestra:
San Francisco Symphony
Yun Jie Liu
Home Orchestra:
San Francisco Symphony, Associate Principal
Cello
Mark Kosower
Principal Cello
Soloist: Haydn & Mozart & Four Horns
Home Orchestra:
Cleveland Orchestra, Principal Cello
Austin Huntington
Principal Cello
Home Orchestra:
Indianapolis Symphony, Principal Cello
Barry Gold
Home Orchestra:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Warren Hagerty
Home Orchestra:
Pacific Symphony, Principal
Margaret Tait
Home Orchestra:
San Francisco Symphony
Bass
Artistic Partner
Scott Pingel
Principal Bass
Soloist: Closing Night at the Opera
Home Orchestra:
San Francisco Symphony,
Principal Bass
Daniel Smith
Home Orchestra:
San Francisco Symphony, Associate Principal Bass
Susan Wulff
Home Orchestra:
San Diego Symphony, Associate Principal Bass
Flute/Piccolo
Alison Fierst
Principal Flute
Soloist: Closing Night at the Opera
Home Orchestra:
New York Philharmonic, Associate Principal Flute
Clay Ellerbroek
Home Orchestra:
Florida Orchestra,
Principal Flute
Sarah Jackson
Home Orchestra:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Oboe/English Horn
Eugene Izotov
Principal Oboe
Soloist: Haydn & Mozart
Home Orchestra:
San Francisco Symphony, Principal Oboe
Russ DeLuna
Home Orchestra:
San Francisco Symphony
Ted Sugata
Home Orchestra:
Pacific Symphony
Clarinet
Boris Allakhverdyan
Principal Clarinet
Soloist: Closing Night at the Opera
Home Orchestra:
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Principal Clarinet
Christopher Pell
Principal Clarinet
Home Orchestra:
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Principal Clarinet
David Chang
Home Orchestra:
Pacific Symphony
Bassoon/Contrabassoon
Catherine Chen
Principal Bassoon
Home Orchestra:
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Principal Bassoon
Whitney Crockett
Principal Bassoon
Soloist: Haydn & Mozart
Home Orchestra:
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Principal Bassoon
Elliott Moreau
Home Orchestra:
Pacific Symphony
Horn
Trumpet
Barry Perkins
Principal Trumpet
Home Orchestra:
Pacific Symphony, Principal Trumpet
Jonah Levy
Principal Trumpet
Jennifer Marotta
Trombone
Tim Higgins
Principal Trombone
Home Orchestra:
San Francisco Symphony, Principal Trombone
Alex Iles
John Lofton
Home Orchestra:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Timpani & Percussion
David Herbert
Principal Timpani
Home Orchestra:
Chicago Symphony, Principal Timpani
David Riccobono
Principal Percussion
Home Orchestra:
Long Beach Symphony, Principal Percussion
Wesley Sumpter
Principal Percussion
Home Orchestra:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Amy Ksandr
Harp
Elena Mashkovtseva
Keyboard
Alison Luedecke