"Santa Fe's objectives are distinctly American, and by making opera more compelling and more relevant, it has changed the map of musical America..."

                     Phillip Huscher
                     The Santa Fe Opera
                    
 An American Pioneer


                                           


The Opera Orchestra

OrchestraThe Santa Fe Opera Orchestra is recognized internationally for the quality of its playing in a wide-ranging and demanding repertory. Its members come from leading orchestras around the country; many are active as recitalists, chamber musicians, and recording artists.

The 2011 Season Orchestra:

Violin

Borivoj Martinic-Jercic
Concertmaster

Richard Rood
Associate Concertmaster

Liang-Ping How
Principal Second Violin

Daniel Jordan
Assistant Principal Second Violin

Jennie Baccante
Sandra C. Baron
Kathleen Brauer
Marlena Chow
Peter Ciaschini
Carla Ecker
Lisa Ferguson
Debra H. Fong
Magdalen Heilbronn
Willa Deane Howells
Elizabeth Kaderabek
Suzanne Kelly
Kerri N. Lay
Denise M. Rood
Christopher Takeda
Lisamarie G. Vana
Chung-Yon Hong*+
Fiona Lofthouse+
Sarah Tasker*+
Joan Wang+

Viola

Richard Fleischman
Principal

Allegra Faith Askew
Assistant Principal

Joshua Greenlaw
Melissa Trier Kirk
Alexandra Leem
David Marschall
Kimberly Fredenburgh+
Olga Ziabrikova*+

Cello

Joseph Johnson
Principal

Thomas Heinrich
Assistant Principal

Maurizio Baccante
Mark Brandfonbrener
Christopher Schnell
Carole Whitney
Sally Guenther+
Joy Payton-Stevens*+

Double Bass

Miles B. Davis
Principal

Anne Peterson
Assistant Principal

Mark Tatum
Stephen Groat

Flute

Bart Feller
Principal

Peter Ader
Valerie Potter+
Patricia Wolf Zuber*+

Piccolo

Bart Feller
Peter Ader
Valerie Potter+
Jesse Tatum+
Patricia Wolf Zuber*+

Oboe

Robert Ingliss
Principal

Kyle Mustain
Melissa Pena+
Kevin Vigneau+

English Horn

Kyle Mustain

Clarinet

Todd Levy
Principal

Erika Shrauger
Katherine Kohler*+
Christina Lee*+
Jessica Phillips*+

Bass Clarinet

Stephen Ahearn+

Bassoon

Ted Soluri
Principal

Lewis C. Kirk
Toni Lipton Temple*+
Beth VanArsdel+

Contrabassoon

Lewis C. Kirk

French Horn

Gabrielle Finck
Principal

Hunter Sholar
Gregory Flint
James Wilson
Kurt Civilette+

Trumpet

Karin Bliznik*
Principal

Charley Lea
David Dash
Mary Bowden*+
Adam Gerling*+

Trombone

Mark Fisher
Principal

Jo Dee Davis
Carson Keeble+

Bass Trombone

Andrew Chappelle

Tuba

Craig Sutherland*+

Harp

Danis G. Kelly
Principal

Guitar

Roberto Capocchi+

Theorbo

Richard Savino+

Accordion

Steven Paxton*+

Timpani

Jeffrey Milarsky
Principal

Percussion

Robert Klieger*
Principal

Joseph Ferraro
Jeff Cornelius+
Angela Gabriel*+
Gregg Koyle+
David Tolen+

Orchestra Manager

Gregg Koyle

Librarian

Laura Conrad

*First Season
+Extra Musician