Congratulations to the following people for their recent appointments:
Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra (December 14, 2011):
Flaviu Zanca – Principal Second Violin
Elizabeth Eccleston – Second oboe and English Horn
Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra (December 13, 2011):
Nova Wong – First Violin
William Boan – Second Violin
Evan Friesen – Second Violin
Heather Wilson – Viola
Kindred Spirits Orchestra (November 2, 2011):
Le Shi – Associate Principal Cellist (interim)
Eun Do Lee – Associate Principal Oboist
Kalun Leung – Principal Trombonist
Michael Bronson – Principal Percussionist
Marion Wilk – Percussionist
Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra (November 1, 2011):
Mathieu Pouliot – Principal Percussion
Kindred Spirits Orchestra (September 5, 2011):
Andrew Chung – Associate Conductor
Regina Symphony Orchestra (August 30, 2011):
Simon Fryer – Principal Cello
Kindred Spirits Orchestra (August 15, 2011)
Howard Fong – Associate Concertmaster
Joelle Kee – Principal Violin II
Yulia Kungurova – Sectional Violinist
Lethbridge Symphony Orchestra (June 21, 2011)
Lise Boutin – Principal Second Violin
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal (May 13, 2011)
Michael Sundell – Bassoon/Contrabassoon
Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra (April 30, 2011)
Sharon Lee – Principal Second Violin
Kathlyn Stevens – Section Violin (1 year)
National Arts Centre Orchestra (April 19, 2011)
Jethro Marks – Principal Viola
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (April 14, 2011)
Andrew Dunsmore – Percussion
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (April 4, 2011)
Nadia Kyne – Assistant Principal Flute/Piccolo
Todd Cope – Second/Eb clarinet
Diana Cohen – Assistant Concertmaster (3rd Chair)
Nicholas Wright – Principal Second Violin (one year)
Vincent Vohradsky – Second Trumpet
Peder MacLellan – Principal Tuba (one year)
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (February 21, 2011)
Neda Yamach – Section First Violin
National Arts Centre Orchestra (December 1, 2010)
Sean Rice – 2nd Clarinet
Toronto Symphony Orchestra (September 2010)
Kristen Bruya – Assistant Principal Bass
Orchestre symphonique de Trois-Rivières (November 24, 2010)
David Gélinas – Principal Bass
Marjorie Tremblay – 2nd oboe and English horn
Helga Dathe – Section Second Violin
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (September 20, 2010)
James Robertson – Second Horn
Rodica Filipoi – Section Second Violin
Theodore Chan – Assistant Principal Double Bass
Jeremy Epp – Timpani
Michiko Singh – Fourth Horn
Emma Quackenbush – Section Cello
Foothills Brass (August 21, 2010)
Caitlin (Catie) Hickey – Trombone
Toronto Symphony Orchestra (July 7, 2010)
Joseph Johnson – Principal Cello
Kamloops Symphony (June 17, 2010)
Marea Chernoff – Principal Oboe
Veronique Saucier – Principal Viola
National Arts Centre Orchestra (April 26, 2010)
Jessica Linnebach – Associate Concertmaster
Orchestre symphonique de Trois-Rivières ( March 12, 2010)
Lyne Allard – First Violin Section
Nancy Ricard – First Violin Section
Flavie Gagnon – Second Violin Section
Orchestre symphonique de Québec (November 20, 2009)
Inti Manzi – First Violin Section
Anne-Andrée McKinnon – First Violin Section
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (October 8, 2009)
US/Can section viola – Bonnie Yeager
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (Sept 24, 2009)
2nd Horn – Catherine Turner
McGill Chamber Orchestra (Sept 18, 2009)
Executive Director – André Théberge
Orchestre Symphonique de Québec (Sept 18, 2009)
Alto de Section – Mary-Kathryn Stevens
Kindred Spirits Orchestra (Sept 18, 2009)
Concertmaster - Crystal Ye
Principal Second violins – Susan Barak
Principal Viola – Vesna Vukusic
Principal Cello – Samuel Bisson
Principal Double Bass – Lech Straczynski
Assistant Conductor – Scott Harrison
Regina Symphony Orchestra (Sept 18, 2009)
Per Service violin - Sarah Ohnander, Maria Guidos-Albert, and Laura Hillis
Per Service tuba (Principal) - Chad Reimer
Utility violin - Jessie Ramsay
Utiliy viola - Jonathan Achtzehner
Utility bass - Danny Jones
Utility trombone - Jeremy Drotar
Utility trumpets (shared Assistant Principal position) - Terry Heckman and Matthew Field
