Our musicians
First Violins
Larry Kohorn*, Concertmaster
Justin Hamilton
Robert Matsuda
Monica Minden
Allison Pike
Albert Romero
Jacqueline Suzuki
Paula Yoo
Second Violins
Johana Krejčí, Principal
Cindy Bandel
Matt Brislawn
Michael Chwe
Anna Cummins
George Goldberg
Matt Mouradian
Jimmy Jizhe Zhang
Violas
Becky Rodman, Principal
Noah Bell
Kathryn Lee
Eugene Mechtovich
Alexzandra Morris
Mary Nabours
Celli
Caroline Coward*, Principal
Paul Dolid
Ben Fried (Artist in Residence)
Becky Heninger
Elizabeth Levin Pittel
Agnes K. Nagy
Bass
Chien Chien Lee, Principal
John Graves
Yury Nedelin
Jeff Schwartz
Flute
Susan Greenberg*, Principal
Amanda Fuerst
Lisa Norton
Oboe
Fred Beerstein, Principal
Evan Sanchez, Co-Principal
Clarinets
Lisa Kohorn*, Principal
Mandy Fey
Joel Nalawajek
Bassoons
Daniel Goldblum, Artist in Residence
Elizabeth Low-Atwater
Horns
George Gelles, Principal
Malik Taylor
John Mason
Matthew Otto
Trumpet
Paul Salvo, Principal
Timpani
Timm Boatman, Principal
Assistant Conductor
Tae Yeon Lim, Artist in Residence
* denotes members of the VCO Artistic Committee
Interested in joining?
Consisting of predominantly volunteer musicians, the Vicente Chamber Orchestra is highly selective in its membership. While many of our members pursue vocations other than music, each finds the time to practice and rehearse with the Vicente Chamber Orchestra. Rehearsals with the VCO are usually clustered a few weeks before each concert and last 2.5 hours.
If you are interested in joining the orchestra, please send a link to a YouTube video of your solo playing on your instrument (at least 2 minutes long, not edited). This does not need to be a professional recording but should showcase your technical and musical abilities.
Please note that orchestra capacity is limited and we may not be immediately able to consider your application.
Thank you for your interest!