Cabrillo Festival Orchestra

Winner of the American Symphony Orchestra League’s national ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming of Contemporary Music every year from 1982-2007.


In appreciation of the the Festival Orchestra:
Cabrillo has emerged as the western states’ leading orchestra devoted to modern symphonic repertory in the twenty-first century. The Festival’s core performance group is an ensemble of sixty-eight professional musicians who join Maestra Alsop each year in award-winning programming of contemporary music. These musicians come to Santa Cruz from all over the world, often foregoing more lucrative engagements in order to volunteer their professional services in favor of the stimulation and challenge of the Cabrillo programs. Each is a new music advocate in their own right. For forty-six years, they have earned Cabrillo an uncompromised and prestigious reputation as America’s preeminent contemporary music festival. We invite you to join us in thanking each member of the orchestra for their generosity and dedication, and for the greatness of their spirit.

2008 Festival Orchestra

Violin I
Yumi Hwang-Williams, Concertmaster, Golden CO
Emma McGrath, Assistant Concertmaster, Pittsburgh PA (week 1)
Gloria Justen, Assistant Concertmaster, Mill Valley CA (week 2)
Gary Bruns, Shreveport LA
Robyn Julyan, Denver CO
Daniel Lewin, Los Angeles CA
Matthew Means, Hays KS
Ziva Patt-Rappaport, Kansas City Mo
Sarah Shellman, Tampa FL
Deborah Spangler, Oakland CA (week 2)
Carol Swift-Matton, Albuquerque NM
Alice Talbot, Santa Cruz CA

Violin II
Brynn Albanese, Principal, Cambria CA
Matthew Albert, Assistant Principal, Chicago IL
Susan Brown, Santa Cruz CA
Susan French, Albuquerque NM
Rebecca Jackson, Santa Cruz CA
Pamela Jacobson, Garden Grove CA (week 2)
Elena Sopoci, Santa Fe, NM
Charmian Stewart, San Anselmo, CA
Leslie Stewart, Fort Collins CO

Viola
Leslie Van Becker, Principal, Grand Rapids MI
Claudia Shiuh, Assistant Principal, Fresno CA
Eleanor Angel, Mountain View CA (week 2)
Karin Brown, Baltimore MD
Chad Kaltinger, Capitola CA
Mary Jane Miller, Grand Rapids MI
Charith Premawardhana, San Francisco CA

Cello
Lee Duckles, Principal, N. Vancouver BC Canada
Dorien de León, Portland OR
Virginia Kron, Ojai CA
Daniel Levitov, Baltimore MD
Judith McIntyre, Denver CO
Gerald Miller, Colorado Springs CO
Janet Witharm, Palo Alto CA (week 2)

Bass
Thomas Derthick, Principal, Sacramento CA
Thomas Harte, Los Angeles CA
Todd Lockwood, Westminster CO
Terry Pruitt, Albuquerque NM
Tim Spears, Alameda CA (week 2)

Flute
Sheryl Henze, New York NY
Betsy Hudson Traba, Sarasota FL
Kristen Halay, Eugene OR
Sally Horack, Shreveport LA (week 2)

Oboe
Karen Wagner, Portland OR
Alexander Miller, Grand Rapids MI
Paula Engerer, Phoenix AZ

Clarinet
Bharat Chandra, Sarasota FL
John R. Schertle, Hong Kong, China
Michael Maccaferri, Chicago IL
Jeff Gallagher, Scotts Valley CA (week 2)

Bassoon
Chad K. Cognata, Denver CO
Marlene Mazzuca, Phoenix AZ
Steve Vacchi, Eugene OR

Saxophone
Timothy McAllister, Tucson AZ (week 2)
David Henderson, Pittsburg CA (week 2)

Horn
Kristin Jurkscheit, Denver CO
Carlie Kilgore, Denver CO
Nicky Roosevelt, Berkeley CA
Thomas Hundemer, Shreveport LA
Fritz Foss, Denver CO

Trumpet
Craig Morris, Coral Gables FL
Mark V. Flegg, Farmington Hills MI
Andrew Gignac, San Antonio TX
Lauren Eberhart, San Antonio TX

Trombone
Ava Ordman, Lansing MI
Dan Mattson, Grand Rapids MI
Robert K. Ward, Grand Rapids MI

Tuba
Forrest Byram, San Francisco CA

Harp
Louise Vickerman, Salt Lake City UT

Keyboard
Josephine Gandolfi, Menlo Park CA
Matthew Edwards, San Francisco CA (week 1)
Teresa McCollough, Menlo Park CA (week 2)

Timpani
Steve Hearn, Lakewood CO

Percussion
Galen Lemmon, San Jose CA
Ward Spangler, Oakland CA
James Kassis, Oakland CA
Rieko Koyama, Santa Clara CA

Orchestra Manager

Roger Emanuels, Santa Cruz CA

Librarian
Ella Fredrickson, St. Petersburg FL

The string section is a rotating section and except for the first stand, players are listed alphabetically.