DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA A COMMUNI TY-SUPPORTE D ORCHESTRA
JADER BIGNAMINI MUSIC DIRECTOR
DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JADERDBIGNAMINI, Music Director JADER BIGNAMINI MUSIC DIRECTOR A COMMUNI TY-SUPPORTE ORCHESTRA Music Directorship endowed by the Kresge Foundation
ENRICO LOPEZ-YAÑEZ
TERENCE BLANCHARD
TABITA BERGLUND
INGRID MARTIN
Principal Pops Conductor Devereaux Family Chair
Fred A. Erb Jazz Creative Director Chair
Principal Guest Conductor
Assistant Conductor, Phillip & Lauren Fisher Community Ambassador
FIRST VIOLIN Robyn Bollinger
CONCERTMASTER Katherine Tuck Chair
Kimberly Kaloyanides Kennedy
ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER Schwartz and Shapero Family Chair
Hai-Xin Wu
ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER Walker L. Cisler/Detroit Edison Foundation Chair
OPEN
ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER
Marguerite Deslippe* Laurie Goldman* Rachel Harding Klaus* Eun Park Lee* Nancy Schlichting and Pam Theisen Chair
Adrienne Rönmark*
William and Story John Chair
OPEN
Drs. Doris Tong and Teck Soo Chair
Laura Soto* Greg Staples* Jiamin Wang* Mingzhao Zhou*
SECOND VIOLIN Adam Stepniewski
ACTING PRINCIPAL The Devereaux Family Chair
Connor Chaikowsky* Will Haapaniemi*
David and Valerie McCammon Chairs
Hae Jeong Heidi Han*
David and Valerie McCammon Chairs
Sheryl Hwangbo Yu* Sujin Lim* Tianyu Liu* Yu-Ming Ma* Hong-Yi Mo* Marian Tănău* Alexander Volkov* Jing Zhang*
CLARINET Ralph Skiano
TIMPANI Jeremy Epp
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Dorothy and Herbert Graebner Chair
Kamalia Freyling
Jay Ritchie
Robert Bergman* Jeremy Crosmer*
Jack Walters
CELLO Wei Yu
PRINCIPAL
OPEN
Victor and Gale Girolami Chair
David LeDoux* Peter McCaffrey*
Jay Ritchie
Cole Randolph*
BASS CLARINET Shannon Orme
Mary Lee Gwizdala Chair
BASS Kevin Brown
PRINCIPAL Van Dusen Family Chair
Stephen Molina
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Renato and Elizabeth Jamett Chair
Christopher Hamlen* Peter Hatch* Vincent Luciano* Brandon Mason^
HARP Alyssa Katahara
PRINCIPAL Winifred E. Polk Chair
FLUTE Hannah Hammel Maser
PRINCIPAL Alan J. and Sue Kaufman and Family Chair
Emily Bieker
ACTING SECOND FLUTE Morton and Brigitte Harris Chair
Amanda Blaikie
ACTING ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Bernard and Eleanor Robertson Chair
Henry and Patricia Nickol Chair
PRINCIPAL Jack A. and Aviva Robinson Chair
Erik Andrusyak Sarah Lewis
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Monica Fosnaugh Donovan Bown§
ENGLISH HORN Monica Fosnaugh
Barbara Frankel and Ronald Michalak Chair
BASSOON Conrad Cornelison
PRINCIPAL Byron and Dorothy Gerson Chair
LIBRARIANS Robert Stiles PRINCIPAL
Ethan Allen
LEGACY CHAIRS Principal Flute
Women’s Association for the DSO
Principal Cello
CONTRABASSOON Ryan Turano
PERSONNEL MANAGERS Andrew Williams
HORN Edmund Rollett
Benjamin Tisherman
Scott Strong
STAGE PERSONNEL Dennis Rottell
Patrick Walle Cara Kizer
Joe Corless
Ric and Carola Huttenlocher Chair ACTING ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Kristi Crago
ACTING HORN
Ben Wulfman
ACTING HORN
TRUMPET Hunter Eberly PRINCIPAL
James C. Gordon
DIRECTOR OF ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL
MANAGER OF ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL
STAGE MANAGER
DEPARTMENT HEAD
William Dailing
DEPARTMENT HEAD
Zach Deater
DEPARTMENT HEAD
Isaac Eide
DEPARTMENT HEAD
Kurt Henry
DEPARTMENT HEAD
Austin Williams Justin Emerich
Matthew Pons
William Lucas
DEPARTMENT HEAD -
ACTING ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
TROMBONE Gracie Potter PRINCIPAL
David Binder Adam Rainey
Richard Sonenklar and Greg Haynes Chair
BASS TROMBONE Adam Rainey TUBA Dennis Nulty PRINCIPAL
OCTOBER 25, 2025 AT 11 AM ORCHESTRA HALL
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL William Cody Knicely Chair
Cornelia Sommer Ryan Turano
PRINCIPAL HORN David and Christine Provost Chair
PIRATES! THE QUEST FOR BLACKBEARD’S TREASURE
PRINCIPAL Ruth Roby and Alfred R. Glancy III Chair
E-FLAT CLARINET Jack Walters
Mary Ann and Robert Gorlin Chair
James VanValkenburg
Mike Chen* Hart Hollman* Glenn Mellow* Hang Su* Han Zheng*
PERCUSSION Joseph Becker
Úna O’Riordan*
OBOE Alexander Kinmonth
Caroline Coade
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL PVS Chemicals Inc./ Jim and Ann Nicholson Chair
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Andrés Pichardo-Rosenthal
PICCOLO OPEN
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Janet and Norm Ankers Chair
ACTING SECOND CLARINET
PRINCIPAL Richard and Mona Alonzo Chair
Shannon Orme Triniti Rives§
Joanne Danto and Arnold Weingarden Chair
VIOLA Eric Nowlin
PRINCIPAL Julie and Ed Levy, Jr. Chair
PRINCIPAL Robert B. Semple Chair
YOUNG PEOPLE’S FAMILY CONCERT SERIES
SENIOR AUDIO DEPARTMENT HEAD
Jason Tschantre
PAST MUSIC DIRECTORS Leonard Slatkin MUSIC DIRECTOR LAUREATE
Neeme Järvi
MUSIC DIRECTOR EMERITUS
LEGEND * These members may voluntarily revolve seating within the section on a regular basis ^ Leave of Absence § A frican American Orchestra Fellow
TINY TOTS
MISS PAULA AND THE CANDY BANDITS OCTOBER 25, 2025 10 AM IN THE CUBE
Selections to be announced from the stage