Meet the Orchestra

Artistic Leadership

Juliane Gallant

Resident Conductor

Mary Rozsa de Coquet Endowed Chair

Mark Bartel

Chorus Director

Ellen + Allen Borak Endowed Chair 

Cris Derksen

Artistic Advisor

Alumni

Roberto Minczuk

Music Director Laureate

Hans Graf

Music Director Laureate

Mario Bernardi

Conductor Laureate

Cenek Vrba

Concertmaster Emeritus

First Violins

Diana Cohen

John + Ethelene Gareau Endowed Chair

John Lowry

Associate Concertmaster

Peter + Jeanne Lougheed Endowed Chair

Donovan Seidle

Assistant Concertmaster

Jeongah Choi

Danielle Greene

Olga Kotova

H.D. Klebanoff Endowed Chair

Maria van der Sloot

GERARD ROSTOKER IN MEMORY OF PAMELA BACCHUS ENDOWED CHAIR

Position To Be Filled

Second Violins

Lorna Tsai

Esther Violet Hall (nee Young) Endowed Chair

Stephanie Soltice-Johnson

Debbie Lynne Hall Endowed Chair

Hyewon Grillet-Kim

Craig Hutchenreuther

Dennis Sharp + Hélène Côté-Sharp Endowed Chair

Minnie Min Kyung Kwon

Dalgleish Endowment of Chair 66

Elisa Milner

Roberta Yee

Cellos

Arnold Choi

Naomi Lacey Cello Chair in honour of Philip Hansen

Kathleen de Caen

DEBORAH YEDLIN + MARTIN MOLYNEAUX ENDOWED CHAIR

David Morrissey

John + Jean Partridge Endowed Chair

Robyn Neidhold

Flutes

Sara Hahn-Scinocco

Margaret + Paul Boëda in Memory of Jennifer Boëda-Dahl Endowed Chair

Piccolo

Gwen Klassen

Bill + Irene Bell Endowed Chair

Oboes

Position To Be Filled

English Horn

Clarinets

Laurie Blanchet

Position To Be Filled

Principal Assistant Principal Associate Principal

The Calgary Philharmonic Is Proud To Perform Live Symphonic Music For The Alberta Ballet, Calgary Opera, And Honens International Piano Competition.

Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra musicians are members of The Calgary Musicians Association, Local 547 of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada. Repertoire often requires extra musicians including: Lidia Haeju Lee, Violin; Christine Chen, Violin; Dean O'Brien, Viola; Ronelle Schaufele, Viola; Patricia Higgins, Viola; Janet Kuschak, Cello; Sheila Garrett, Bass; Daniel Nava, Bass; Sarah MacDonald, Flute; Emily Phernambucq, Flute; Katrina Kwantes-Oliveira, Oboe; Lief Mosbaugh, Oboe; Aura Pon, Oboe; Stan Climie, Clarinet; Ilana Dahl, Clarinet; Natalia Peric, Clarinet; John Feldberg, Bassoon; Heather Wootton, Horn; Laurie Matiation, Horn; Richard Scholz, Trumpet; Gareth Jones, Trumpet; Nikki McCaslin, Trombone; Mark Harding, Trombone; Greg Burns, Trombone; Tyler Cairns, Bass Trombone; Sean Buckley, Percussion; Graeme Tofflemiere, Percussion; Rolf Bertsch, Piano; Darren Young, Guitar; Kodi Hutchinson, E. Bass; Tyler Hornby, Drums; Richard Harding, Saxophone; Gerry Hebert, Saxophone; Jeremy Brown, Saxophone.