Our Rostered Musicians
Rostered Orchestra Personnel
55th Season 2023-2024
The members of the West Valley Symphony are professional, auditioned musicians from across the valley, many of whom perform with the Phoenix Symphony, Arizona Opera, Tucson Symphony Orchestra and Arizona Broadway Theatre, to name just a few.
Many members are also music instructors and maintain private teaching studios in addition to their concert performances. We applaud them!
First Violin
Luke Hill, Concertmaster
J.E. Donald & Harriet Hastie Chair
(Arizona Community Foundation)
Hisami Iijima Dillard,
Associate Concertmaster
Carter & Kay Marsden Chair
Sarah Miller
Linda Quintero
Patricia Snyder
Mohammed-Aly Farag
Cristina Alasu
Bonnie Teplik
Spencer Ekenes
Jamilyn Richardson
Second Violin
Grace Wills, Principal
Carter & Kay Marsden Chair
Patricia Waxman
Claire Gordon
Richelle Shultz
Lisa Eisenberg
Allison Parks
Priscilla Benitez
Jamie Wu
Da Som Jeon*
Ramon 'Chino' Soberano*
Viola
Mason Haskett, Principal*
Peggy Pollay Chair
Megan Bender
Cynthia DuBrow
Cello
Blythe Tretick, Acting Principal*
Peggy Pollay Chair
Mary Frances DiBartolo
Joel Morgan
Olivia Schulte
Double Bass
Dan Stotz, Principal
Peggy Pollay Chair
Nathan Benitez
Tzu-I Yang
Samantha Olsen*
Sila Naz Kuvanci*
Flute
Michelle Stolper, Principal
Dr. Anne Levig Chair
Melanie Winans
Lisa Tharp
Piccolo
Lisa Tharp
Oboe
Curtis Sellers, Principal
Dr. & Mrs. E. King Eberhart Chair
(Arizona Community Foundation)
Nicholas Alexander*
English Horn
Nicholas Alexander*
Hannah Selznick Chair
The Oboe Fairy
Clarinet
Brian Dredla, Principal
Muriel Stone Chair
Anthony Masiello
Bass Clarinet
Anthony Masiello
Bassoon
Melanie Sanguinetti, Principal
Jan Truelsen Chair
In Honor of my brother, James Truelsen Bassoonist, Yavapai College Symphony
Kristilyn Woods*
Contra Bassoon
Kristilyn Woods*
Horn
Rosemarie French, Principal
Robert A. Gorman Chair
In Memory of Caryl Gorman
Alex Manners
Gail Rittenhouse
Zachary Monroe
Trumpet
Joshua Haake, Principal
Sandra J. Staehle Chair
David Thibodeaux
James Benitez, Assistant
Trombone
Sam Cohen, Principal
Sandra J. Staehle Chair
Robert Wittkamp
Richard Bass
Tuba
Daniel Palma, Principal*
Sandra J. Staehle Chair
Timpani
Gene Cervantes, Principal
Peggy Pollay Chair
Percussion
George Hattendorf, Principal
Jan Truelsen Chair
Scott Werner
Lonnie Slawson
Harp
Paula Provo, Principal
John Hall Chair
* New member
Anthony Masiello
Orchestra Personnel Manager
William Masiello
Stage Manager
Bonnie Teplik
Librarian
Dave Thibodeaux
Recording Engineer,
9th Symphony Productions