ARTISTIC LEADERSHIP
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
DONOVAN SEIDLE
Assistant Concertmaster
OLGA KOTOVA
H.D. Klebanoff Endowed Chair
POSITION TO BE FILLED
POSITION TO BE FILLED
SECOND VIOLINS
LORNA TSAI
Esther Violet Hall (nee Young) Endowed Chair
STEPHANIE SOLTICE-JOHNSON
Debbie Lynne Hall Endowed Chair
CRAIG HUTCHENREUTHER
Dennis Sharp + Hélène Côté-Sharp Endowed Chair
MINNIE MIN KYUNG KWON
Dalgleish Endowment of Chair 66
VIOLAS
LAURENT GRILLET-KIM
Eckhardt-Gramatté Foundation Endowed Chair
CELLOS
ARNOLD CHOI
Naomi Lacey Cello Chair in honour of Philip Hansen
DAVID MORRISSEY
John + Jean Partridge Endowed Chair
POSITION TO BE FILLED
BASSES
FLUTES
SARA HAHN-SCINOCCO
Margaret + Paul Boëda in Memory of Jennifer Boëda-Dahl Endowed Chair
PICCOLO
GWEN KLASSEN
Bill + Irene Bell Endowed Chair
OBOES
ENGLISH HORN
CLARINETS
BASSOONS
HORNS
POSITION TO BE FILLED
HEATHER WOOTTON
Judith + William Kilbourne Named Chair
POSITION TO BE FILLED
TRUMPETS
ADAM ZINATELLI
Frank + Carol Gray Endowed Chair
TROMBONES
BASS TROMBONE
TUBA
TIMPANI
PERCUSSION
POSITION TO BE FILLED
Frank + Carol Gray Endowed Chair
HARP
- PRINCIPAL
- ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
- ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
- * ON LEAVE
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: Eric Auerbach, violin; Rolf Bertsch, keyboard; Jeremy Brown, saxophone; Sean Buckley, percussion; Stan Climie, clarinet; Aidan Dugan, oboe; John Feldberg, bassoon; Sheila Garrett, bass; Mathew James, horn; Gareth Jones, trumpet; Janet Kuschak, cello; Lidia Hae ju Lee, violin; Malcolm Lim, percussion; Sarah (Gieck) MacDonald, flute; Emily Phernambucq, flute; Aura Pon, oboe; Richard Scholz, trumpet; Eva Sztrain, violin; Doug Umana, horn.