The Orchestra
From Pops Concerts to Masterworks,
the symphony orchestra’s talented musicians bring delight to audiences of every age and background. Many of the musicians have been with the DSSO for a decade or more and their dedication to the arts is evident in every performance.
The symphony orchestra is a collection of up to 100 musicians who play instruments from four basic families: strings, woodwind, brass, and percussion. Together, these instruments bring a magnificent, rich sonority.
Dirk Meyer brings a personal and entertaining style as the music director of the DSSO.
Erin Aldridge serves as the concertmaster, leading the violins and playing a leadership role within the orchestra as a whole.
first violin
Erin Aldridge, concertmaster
Mary Alice Hutton, assoc. concertmaster
Angela Waterman-Hanson, assist. concertmaster
Nicole Craycraft
Kathleen Sanders
Nairi Stack
Joan Halquist
Amanda Wirta
Daniel Radosevich
Steve Highland
Jenna Mattson
Kristin Sande
Lara Hicks
second violin
Laurie Bastian, principal
Jean Leibfried, assist. principal
Amy Eichers
Michael Husby
Olga Chernyshev
Michael Zellgert
Sarah Warner
Kristen Anderson
Marc Harroo
viola
Kevin Hoeschen, principal
Ronald Kari, assist. principal
Clare Chopp
Jonathan Kresha
Kevin Peterson
Elizabeth Cregan
J. David Arnott, DMA
Judy MacGibbon
Kelli Barker
John Middleton
cello
Betsy Husby, principal
Lucia Magney, assist. principal
Julia Morehouse
Eric Graf
Rebecca M. Peterson
Darin Anderson
Byron Klimek
Lindsay Schlemmer
Scott Lykins
Daniel Keeler
double bass
Cassidy Morgan, principal
Vincent Osborn, assist. principal
Anthony Lischalk
James McLeod
Irving G. Steinberg
Blake Bonde


flute
James DeVoll, principal
Melanie Sever, second flute
oboe
Michael Dayton, principal
Darci Griffith Gamerl, second oboe
Sarah Boyle Carmack, third oboe / English horn
clarinet
Jennifer Gerth, principal
Kristine Peterson, second clarinet
Theodore Schoen, third clarinet / utility
bassoon
Michael L. Roemhildt, principal
Jefferson Campbell, second bassoon
Karl Kubiak, third bassoon / contra
horn
James Pospisil, principal
Deborah Rausch, assist. principal / utility
Erika Hammerschmidt, second horn
Gwendolyn Hoberg, third horn
trumpet
Earl Salemink, principal
Charles Leibfried, second trumpet
Thomas Pfotenhauer, third trumpet
trombone
Larry J. Zimmerman, principal
James Erickson, third trombone
tuba
Steve Grove, principal
timpani
Fred Morgan, principal
percussion
Colin O’Day, principal
harp
Janell Kokkonen Lemire
saxophone
Dr. Gregory Kehl Moore, principal
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