A Listing of All the Musicians of the Cleveland Orchestra Navigation: Click here to go to the Home Page of www.stokowski.org Click here to go to the Navigation Table for www.stokowski.org Aller à la Page d'accueil - Héritage de Stokowski Aller au menu de navigation principal   A Listing of All the Musicians of the Cleveland Orchestra with Dates and Brief Remarks Listings of Other Orchestra Musicians: Click on the link below Boston Symphony Principal Musicians Boston Symphony List All Musicians Chicago Symphony Principal Musicians Chicago Symphony List All Musicians Cleveland Orchestra Principal Musicians Cleveland Orchestra List All Musicians Philadelphia Orchestra Principal Musicians Philadelphia Orchestra List All Musicians Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Musicians Saint Louis Symphony Musicians San Francisco Symphony Principal Musicians San Francisco Symphony List All Musicians     Cleveland Orchestra November 13, 1919 with Nikolai Sokoloff, first conductor **   Musicians of the Cleveland Orchestra   This website, www.stokowski.org has two listings of musicians of the great Cleveland Orchestra:   - A listing of the Principal Musicians of the Cleveland Orchestra with short biographical notes and photographs.  This listing is available by clicking on the webpage Cleveland Orchestra Principal Musicians.   - A listing of all the Musicians of the Cleveland Orchestra 1918-today.  This listing is contained on this webpage, as shown below.   A Listing of the Musicians of the Cleveland Orchestra 1918 until Today   This is a listing of all musicians identified so far who were permanent, contracted members of the Cleveland Orchestra since its founding in 1918.  Their name, instrument and dates of service, as well as titles are given.  Where a musician played more than one instrument, a separate listing, with dates, is provided for that musician.  I have also begun to add birth and death years, where known.   Sources for this information include 'Fanfare: Portraits of the Cleveland Orchestra' 17 and my personal files and updates, as well as Donald Rosenberg's fine book The Cleveland Orchestra Story, 'Second to None' 1.   If you should have updates or corrections to the data listed below, please contact me at the email address given below. .  (** note that in the 1919 photo above, the Cleveland Orchestra is performing in Grays Armory, but the Cleveland Orchestra had already moved most concerts to the Masonic Auditorium the month before this November, 1919 photo.)     Also, to read short biographies of the Principal musicians of the Cleveland Orchestra during its history since 1918, Click here to return to the Cleveland Orchestra Principal Musicians Page   Musicians of the Cleveland Orchestra 1918 - today   Go to: [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N]           [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z]   Musician Name Instrument Dates   [ A ]   Aarons, Martha Irene (California 1951- ) flute (also North Carolina Symphony Principal flute. Following the Cleveland Orchestra, she has been guest Principal flute at a number of orchestras, including the Metropolitan Opera, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Milwaukee Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, San Diego Symphony, the Mostly Mozart Festival, and for extended periods with the Philadelphia Orchestra)   Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Active in summer music festivals, including the Aspen Music Festival where she is both an artist and on the faculty. 1981-2006 Abbott, Muriel (1887- ) violin 1918-1919 1918-1919 Adams, Eugene Carlarous (Kentucky 1887- ) violin 1924-1926, 1945-1947 (also conductor of the Sioux City Symphony in the 1920s 136. also Lakeside-Oberlin Orchestra violin while studying at Oberlin)   Studied at the Oberlin Conservatory, and after his first service at the Cleveland Orchestra, Eugene Adams returned to study and teach, at the Oberlin Conservatory, graduating in 1933. Previously taught violin at Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa 136. 1924-1926, 1945-1947 Adato, Joseph R. (1937- ) percussion   Studied at the Juilliard School B Science, and Columbia University MA. Taught at the Willoughby, Ohio Fine Arts Association in the 1960s. He also wrote highly regarded The Percussionist's Dictionary 137 with illustrations and descriptions of the world's percussion instruments. 1962-at least 1991 Adelstein, Bernard F. (Ohio 1928- ) Principal trumpet 1960-1988 (also Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Pittsburgh Symphony Second trumpet 1944-1948, Dallas Symphony 1948-1950, Minneapolis Symphony 1950-1960)   Studied with Cleveland Principal trumpet Louis Davidson. Adelstein was a long-term teacher at Indiana University 1988-1994. 1960-1988 Albers, Fred Jontres (Ohio 1884-between 1927 and 1930) cello 1918-1919 (also a Cleveland theater musician in the 1920s but developed heart disease in 1927) 1918-1919       RETURN TO TOP   Aldi, Dominic, or Dominick (Italy 1876-1929) born in Italy, but grew up in Louisville, Kentucky Principal oboe 1918-1919, English horn 1919-1920 (also listed the 1910 census as a "street musician" in Louisville, Kentucky)   Seems to have returned to difficult situation in Louisville, and died there at age only 53. 1918-1920 Altschuler, Eugene E. (Ohio 1921-2000) Assistant Concertmaster 1980-1982, Associate Concertmaster 1982-1987, violin 1987-2000 (also Pittsburgh Symphony about 1946-1947, New Orleans Symphony Concertmaster beginning 1947, Syracuse Symphony Concertmaster prior to Cleveland, also Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra)   Studied at the Eastman School of Music graduated 1943. Taught at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Owned with this father an advertising agency in Detroit, where Eugene Altschuler also played studio sessions for Motown recording artists. 1980-2000 Amor, Frank F. (England 1882-circa 1960) horn 1918-1920   Frank Amor studied first with his musician father Frank Amor Sr. Later, Frank and his son John Amor became workers on the Cleveland Railway Company streetcar system in the 1930s and 1940s. 1918-1920 Anderson, Edwin (Massachusetts 1914- ) Principal Bass trombone 1978-1985, bass trombone 1964-1978   Studied at the Eastman School of Music 1964-1985 Andraud, Albert Jean (France 1884-1975)   Andraud exercises English horn, oboe 1926-1929 (also Cincinnati Symphony in the 1930s and 1940s)   Studied at the Paris Conservatoire Premier prix 1900. Taught at the North Texas State University. While in Cincinnati, Albert Andraud started a music publishing business with instruction and exercises for many woodwind and brass instruments, which business he later sold to the Southern Music Company of San Antonio, Texas. 1926-1929 Andru, Alexander Michael (then Russia, now Lithuania 1883-1965) 1929-1941 horn 1929-1941       RETURN TO TOP   Angell, Lawrence (1929- ) 1955-1961 Assistant Principal bass, 1961-1975 first Assistant Principal bass, 1975-1981 acting Principal bass, 1981-1982, Principal bass 1981-1995 1955-1995 Angelucci, Ernami Frank (Pennsylvania 1914-1995) Second horn   Studied first with his Italian-born musician father, Louis Angelucci (1889- ) who played French horn in Philadelphia ballet and opera orchestras. Ernani then studeied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1936, where his Cleveland Orchestra French horn brother Louis Angelucci also studied. Brother Rhadames Angelucci became Principal oboe with the Minnesota Orchestra 1937-1984. 1937-1944, 1946-1980 Antal, Jeno (or Jenő Antal) (Hungary 1901-1981) Roth Quartet (left to right) Jeno Antal, second, Ferenc Molnar, viola, Janos Scholz, cello, Feri Roth, firSaint Later, famed cellist János Starker replaced Janos Scholz. violin 1942-1947, 1949-1962 (also second in Roth Quartet)   Studied at the Royal Academy of Music, Budapest prior to World War 1. Jeno Antal pursued a solo violin career in Paris in 1923-1925, and came to the US in 1926. 1942-1947, 1949-1962 Appleman, Gerald Konrad (California 1936- ) Principal cello 1964-1965, Alternating Principal cello 1965-1966 with Lynn Harrell. (also US Seventh Army Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, New York Philharmonic 102 advanced to the Assistant Principal cello of the Philharmonic)   Studied at the Juilliard School, graduating in 1959 BA in Music. Active in chamber music, particularly the New Jersey Chamber Music Society.  He has also been continuously active in summer music festivals, including the Allegheny Music Festival - Pennsylvania, the Marlboro Festival - Vermont, and the Festival Casals - Puerto Rico. 1964-1966 Aradi, George P. (1882-1961) bass 1918-1919 Arbeitman, Haim violin 1955-1957       RETURN TO TOP   Arben, David violin 1956-1959 Arenson, Bert violin 1950-1965 Arenstein, Michael cello 1927-1931 Armin, Otto violin 1964-1965 Arzewski, Cecylia (Poland 1948- ) Cecylia Arzewski with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra conductor Robert Spano accompanying Associate Concertmaster (also Buffalo Philharmonic Principal violin 1969-1970, Boston Symphony violin 1970-1985 and then Assistant Concertmaster 1985-1987, Atlanta Symphony Concertmaster 1990-2008)   Father Stanislaw Arzewski was pianist for the Krakow Philharmonic. Studied first with with Eugenia Uminska (1910-1980) of the Krakow Music Academy. in 1957, with the help of Isaac Stern, went to Israel where she studied with Odeon Partos (1907-1977). Then to the Juilliard School in about 1960, followed by the New England Conservatory. Arzewski’s lifelong devotion to Bach led to her recording the complete Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin in 2010 (thanks to Paul Krzywicki for information) 1987-1990 Atherton, Mark (Maine 1958- ) bass (also Indianapolis Symphony, Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra - the touring orchestra of the Boston Pops)   Studied at Boston University BA magna cum laude. Married to cellist wife Linda Atherton, who playes in the Cleveland Chamber Collective and other groups based in Cleveland. 1983-present       RETURN TO TOP   Austin, Phillip (Michigan about 1952- ) Second bassoon, sitting next to George Goslee, David McGill, and now John Clouser (also Detroit Symphony Second bassoon about 1972-1981, Goldovsky Opera Company - a touring opera group based in New York City, Virginia Symphony)   Studied at Wayne State University - Detroit BMus Ed. 1981-2011 Avellone, Charles saxophone 1941-1942       RETURN TO TOP     [ B ]   Baar, Theodore cello 1944-1945, 1948-1974 Baer, Armand cello 1929-1931 Baker, Julius (Ohio 1915-2003) flute, piccolo (also Cleveland Orchestra 1937-1941, Pittsburgh Symphony 1941-1943, CBS radio Orchestra about 1946-1951, Chicago Symphony 1951-1953, New York Philharmonic 1965-1983)   Studied at the Curtis Institute, graduating class of 1937. 1937-1941 Baldwin, Martha (Canada ) cello (also Canton Symphony - Ohio Principal cello, Wheeling Symphony Principal cello - West Virginia, Cleveland Chamber Symphony Co-Principal cello, Cleveland Chamber Symphony Assistant Principal cello)   Studied at the Shepherd School of Music - Rice University and the Cleveland Institute of Music MMus in 2000. summer 2001-present Bandy, Albert violin 1944-1945 Bandy, Janos or John cello (also Chicago Symphony cello 1965-1984 under Jean Martinon and Sir Georg Solti) 1944-1949       RETURN TO TOP   Barab, Seymour cello 1941-1942 Barnes, Clifford trumpet 1918-1919 Barnes, William E. Principal trumpet 1918-1919 Barnoff, Harry bass 1953-1997 Baron, James violin 1945-1946 Barozzi, Socrate Jean (Romania 1893-1973) Second Concertmaster (also Boston Symphony 1920-1923, New York Philharmonic 1934-1959)   Barozzi was one of 17 violinists hired for the Boston Symphony 1920-1921 season, following the 1920 BSO musicians strike. After leaving the BSO, Barozzi pursued a solo violin career, playing in Carnegie Hall in 1924, and with the Reading Symphony - Pennsylvania in 1926 and 1927. New York reviews were mildly favorable: "...as an artist, be still avoids summits of musical thought, preferring the sunlit foothills..." said the New York Times 57. 1929-1930       RETURN TO TOP   Barr, Charles (Texas 1975-2006) double bass (also Charleston Symphony Principal bass 1999-2002, trained in the New World Symphony - Miami 1998-1999)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1997. From a musical family, both parents are oboe players. 2002-2006   sadly, Charles Barr, an active bicyclist was hit and killed on August 11, 2006. Contributions to endow a named chair to honor him can be made to the Charles Barr Memorial Chair at The Cleveland Orchestra. Barr, Theodore keyboard 1954-1974 Barrett, James Assistant Concertmaster 1949-1959, violin 1959-1979 1949-1979 Barton, Leland Stanford (1884-1977) Principal trumpet (also Saint Louis Symphony, San Francisco Symphony) 1924-1925 Bassett, Frank Newton (Minnesota 1883- ) bass trombone 1934-1937. (also bass trombone of the San Francisco Symphony 1911-1934. When the San Francisco Symphony shut down during the 1934-1935 season, Frank Bassett became bass trombone of the Cleveland Orchestra 1934-1937)   Frank Bassett was also an active bird watcher. 1934-1937 Beck, Benjamin viola 1918-1919       RETURN TO TOP   Beckwith, Arthur Concertmaster 1923-1926 Belgiorno, Simone (or Simon) (Italy 1888-after 1931) Principal trombone (also Cincinnati Symphony trombone, Metropolitan Opera trombone, Boston Symphony Assistant Principal trombone 1914-1918, Philadelphia Orchestra Principal trombone 1930-1931)   Taught trombone at the Curtis Institute in 1930. When in Philadelphia, according to trombonist Harold McKinney, Simone Belgiorno "only lasted 14 weeks with Stokowski...", so apparently did not finish the 1930-1931 season in which Stokowski fired a dozen other orchestra musicians. 1926-1928 Benkoe, Emery A. (1884-1975) violin 1918-1919 Benkovic, Vaclav (then Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia 1942- ) photo by Herbert Ascherman visit www.ascherman.com violin (also Slovak Chamber Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic, and in Canada Baroque Strings of Vancouver Concertmaster, Vancouver Symphony Assistant Concertmaster)   Studied at the University of Bratislava - Slovakia Master in music performance. June 1976-October 2009 Benner, Raymond bass 1956-1962 Bergen, Eugene violin 1936-1943       RETURN TO TOP   Berger, Raoul Third Concertmaster 1927-1928 Berman, Judy violin 1980-May 2008 Berman, Louis viola 1928-1930, violin 1930-1945 1930-1945 Bernard, Charles (Canada 1966- ) photograph by Nannette Bedway, n.d. cello 1991-2001, Assistant Principal cello in 2001-present (also Calgary Philharmonic Principal cello about 1989-1991)   Studied at the Conservatoire de Montréal, and the Cleveland Institute of Music. Recorded Café Music by Paul Schoenfield (Innova Recordings) and Leonard Bernstein's Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (NAXOS). 1991-present Bernhart, Arnold bass 1948-1950 Bernthaler, Otto (1884-1932) flute, percussion 1920-1921       RETURN TO TOP   Berv, Henry violin 1928-1933 Berv, (Arthur) Isadore (1906-1992) Principal horn 1928-1930 Besrodny, Jack violin 1942-1945 Birnn, Edward cello 1947-1949 Bishop, Ronald T. (1934- ) Principal tuba (also Buffalo Philharmonic Principal tuba early 1960s, San Francisco Opera Principal tuba about 1965-1967, United States Army Field Band. also in San Francisco the Camara Brass Quintet: William Sabatini horn, Wilbur Sudmeier trombone, Edward Haug trumpet, Ronald Bishop tuba and Chris G. Bogios trumpet)   Studied at the Eastman School of Music BMus and Performer's Certificate, and University of Illinois Master of Science. Teaches at the Cleveland Institute of Music and Conservatory of Music - Oberlin College - Ohio. 1967-2005       RETURN TO TOP   Blabolil, Charles (1904-1979) violin 1924-1938, 1945-1969, horn 1941-1964 (Blabolil played only the violin in the orchestra in the 1920s and 1930s, and not both violin and horn)   Studied first with his Czech musician parents Joseph and Anna Blabolil. Charles Blabolil taught at the Hruby Conservatory of Music, Cleveland in 1924 with the Hruby family. 1924-1938, 1941-1969 Blackman, Alexander (Lithuania 1896- ) viola (also Boston Symphony) 1920-1921 Bladet, Robert flute 1928-1929 Bloom, Myron horn 1954-1955, Principal horn 1955-1977, (also New Orleans Symphony horn 1949-1954, Casals Festival Orchestra - Puerto Rico Principal horn 1977, l'Orchestre de Paris Principal horn 1977-1985)   Studied with James Chambers, later Principal horn of the Philadelphia Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic. 1954-1977 Bloomfield, Theodore Principal keyboard, horn 1946-1947 Blumenthal, Jerome trombone 1943-1946       RETURN TO TOP   Boda, John keyboard 1946-1947 Bodenhorn, Aaron cello 1923-1924, 1927-1928 Bognar, Arpad (Hungary 1890-1968) violin 1922-1940, 1942-1960 Boisvert, Emmanuelle violin 1986-1989 Bonade, Daniel Louis (Switzerland 1894-1976) Principal clarinet (also Garde républicaine Band - Paris 1915 with fellow-clarinetist and later Philadelphia Orchestra musician Lucien Cailliet . Diaghilev's Ballet Russe 1916 US tour under Ernest Ansermet, Philadelphia Orchestra 1917-1922 and 1924-1930, toured France, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium and England 1922-1924, CBS Radio orchestra 1931-1933, Cleveland Orchestra Principal clarinet 1933-1941, NBC Symphony - Toscanini South American tour 1940, then back to the CBS Radio orchestra 1942)   Studied at the Paris Conservatoire, Premier prix in the 1913 Concour. 1933-1941 Boos, Frank O. trumpet 1918-1919       RETURN TO TOP   Booth, Guy violin 1918-1922 Bormann, Katherine (North Dakota 1983- ) violin (also trained in the New World Symphony - Florida. active in music festivals, including he Aspen Music Festival, Beijing International Music Festival Norfolk Chamber Music Festival - Virginia, Tanglewood Music Festival)   Studied at the Shepherd School of Music - Rice University BMus and the Juilliard School MMus. Gave US premiere of the Augusta Read Thomas (1964- ) The Soul is Light, for oboe, violin, and harp. March 2011- present Bornstein, Milton Irving (Pennsylvania 1898-1969) violin (also Philadelphia Orchestra violin 1921-1925)   Studied at the Philadelphia Musical Academy about 1915-1918. Bornstein later became a sessions musician in New York City in the 1940s. 1920-1921 Bortolamasi, Arturo Alberto (Albert) (Italy 1882- ) bass (also a musician in the Chicago area, and later in New York City) 1923-1924, 1929-1936 Boswell, Guy M. (Ohio 1907-1974) trombone   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1932, same class as John Coffee, bass trombone of the Cleveland Orchestra and of the Boston Symphony. 1932-1935 Both, (Julius) Emerson (Wisconsin 1902-1964) died age only 61 Principal clarinet (also NBC radio staff orchestra of Chicago. George Szell sought to re-engage Emerson Both as Principal clarinet of the Cleveland Orchestra in 1946, but Both preferred the NBC position which paid as well and was also a 52 week employment, which Cleveland was not until the late 1960s.) 1944-1945       RETURN TO TOP   Botnick, Evelyn Ross (Ohio 1915-2009) violin (joined the Orchestra under Erich Leinsdorf on of the few non-harp musicians of the Cleveland Orchestra)   Studied at the Oberlin College - Conservatory of Music as a teen, then she studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music and later the Indianapolis Conservatory of Music. 1943-1975 Bottero, Alessandro violin 1959-1961 Boyd, Robert Principal trombone (Szell appointed Boyd as Principal and Merritt Dittert moved to third chair for 20 more seasons)   Studied at the Eastman School of Music. 1948-1989 Boyko, Lisa A. (Ohio 1963- ) Born in Cleveland but grew up in Tucson viola (also New Orleans Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra)   Studied in Vienna at Vienna at the Musikgymnasium and the Hochschule für Musik. Also Cleveland Institute of Music BMus 1985. She is also active in local musical education. 1991-present Brabenec, James F. trombone 1918-1919 Bracken, Nancy H. (Missouri 1951- ) violin (also Colorado Philharmonic Concertmaster, Cleveland Orchestra 1977-1979, Boston Symphony 1979-present, Cambridge String Quartet)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1973, University of Buffalo, Eastman School MMus 1977. 1977-1979       RETURN TO TOP   Brain, Alfred Edwin Jr. (England 1885-1966) Alfred Brain in Los Angeles - 1945 Principal horn (also Scottish Orchestra, Edinburgh, Queens Hall Orchestra Principal horn under Sir Henry Wood, London Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Principal horn, Cleveland Orchestra Principal horn 1934-1936 under Artur Rodzinski, Janssen Symphony Orchestra - Los Angeles in 1940s, Los Angeles Philharmonic Principal horn in 1930s to 1950s, active Hollywood session musician, particularly at Twentieth Century Fox studios)   Studied at the Royal Academy of Music - London in the 1910s. uring World War 1, Alfred Brain joined the Scots Guards, and was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal for bravery. 1934-1936 Braunstein, Mark Assistant Principal viola 1984-1993 Brennand, Charles cello 1955-1956 Brennand, Tom Principal viola 1939-1942 viola 1937-1939, 1942-1965 1937-1965 Brenner, Engelbert oboe 1928-1931, English horn 1929-1931 Brenner, Joseph (Russia - now Ukraine 1896- ) violin 1923-1929       RETURN TO TOP   Brewer, Florence McGibeny flute 1918-1926 Brey, Carter cello 1979-1981 Bridgeman, Harold C. violin 1919-1920 Brouk, Frank Joseph (1913-2004) Frank Brouk, left with Roy Waas in Cleveland, 1949 Principal horn 1947-1950, horn 1946-1947 (also Indianapolis Symphony Principal horn about 1939-1942, Rochester Philharmonic 1941-1942, Chicago Symphony Principal horn 1962-1963 and 1965-1966, Chicago horn 1961-1962, 1963-1965, 1966-1978)   Son of Bohemian immigrants, Brouk studied with fellow Bohemian Frank Kryl in Chicago, and with Louis Dufrasne who also taught CSO horns Philip Farkas, Helen Kotas, and Clyde Miller. Brouk was joint owner of the Carl Geyer horn store in Chicago. 1946-1950 Brown, Marian viola 1953-1955 Brown, Robert H. Second horn, sitting next to Louis Dufrasne. 1920-1925 Brown, Walberg L. violin 1924-1928, 1933-1937       RETURN TO TOP   Brown, William violin 1946-1984 Brunau, Sally viola 1960-1961 Brusilow, Anshel (Philadelphia 1928- ) Associate Concertmaster (also New Orleans Symphony Concertmaster 1954-1955, Philadelphia Orchestra Concertmaster 1959-1966, founded Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia 1961-1965, which caused friction with the Philadelphia Orchestra, leading to Brusilow's departure, Dallas Symphony conductor 1970-1973)   Studied at Philadelphia Musical Academy and the Curtis Institute Class of 1943. 1955-1959 Bucci, Marcello bassoon 1936-1952, contrabassoon 1936-1960 1936-1960 Bulik, John bass 1943-1949 Burant, Edward Principal tuba 1918-1920 Burkhart, Warren trombone 1935-1943,1946-1964 Burnham, Jay timpani 1988-1991 Bush, Dudley cello 1926-1927       RETURN TO TOP     [ C ]   Cafarelli (Chiostergi), Carmela (1889-1979) Principal harp 1918-1919, harp 1919-1921 (later a soprano. and founded the Cafarelli Opera Company) 1918-1921 Cahill, Vaughan Dabeney (Ohio 1889-1973) 1914 Picture supplied by Derek Cahill viola (also headed the Federal Music Project in Cleveland in the late 1930s; first conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra, Nikolai Sokoloff was director of the Federal Music Project starting in 1935 11)   Studied at at Hiram College - Ohio. Taught at the Lakewood School of Music - Ohio, the Conservatory of Baldwin-Wallace College - Ohio, Rice University - Texas. For much of his adult life, Cahill earned his living as an accountant, while maintaining a musical life through his violin teaching. 1918-1919 Caillon, Liliane violin 1964-1965 Callot, André violin 1934-1940 Camus, Elizabeth A. (Louisiana 1947- ) photograph by Roger Mastroianni, n.d. oboe (also Atlanta Symphony Principal oboe in 1970s, San Antonio Symphony Principal oboe)   Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Active in youth teaching, including the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra and in her home town with the Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestra, where she also played. 1979-2011 Caputo, John clarinet 1925-1926       RETURN TO TOP   Carabo, Madeleine violin 1943-1944 Caratelli, Sebastian flute, Principal piccolo 1942-1943 Carbone, John bass 1969-1970 Carhart, Margaret violin 1918-1919, viola 1919-1920 1918-1920 Carleton, Charles (Brazil 1978- ) bass (joined the Cleveland Orchestra while studying at the New England Conservatory)   Studied at the Juilliard School BMus 2000, New England Conservatory. Teaches at Cleveland State University School of Music and the Cleveland Institute of Music. Active at summer music festivals including the Aspen Music Festival - Colorado. spring 2001-present Carmell, Samuel violin 1940-1943       RETURN TO TOP   Carmen, Elias Principal bassoon 1942-1943 Carmen, Muriel viola 1951-1995 Casabona, Alberto violin 1947-1954 Cayting, Stanley violin 1920-1922 Ceasar, James violin 1940-1943, 1946-1949 Cerino, Arthur Principal horn 1919-1920, horn 1925-1927 1919-1920, 1925-1927 Cesky, Mathias tuba 1921-1922       RETURN TO TOP   Chaikin, Nathan cello 1940-1941 Chalifour, Martin (Canada 1961- ) Martin Chalifour in Los Angeles acting Associate Concertmaster 1989-1990, Associate Concertmaster 1990-1995 including during the illness of Daniel Majeske, acting Concertmaster 1993-1995 (also Atlanta Symphony Associate Concertmaster 1984-1990, Los Angeles Philharmonic Concertmaster 1995-present)   Studied at the Montréal Conservatoire 1973-1979, admitted to the Curtis Institute in 1981, where he graduated in the Class of 1984. Certificate of Honor at the Tchaikovsky Competition - Moscow in 1986, laureate of the Montreal International Competition in 1987. 1989-1995 Chalifoux, Alice (Alabama 1908-2008) long serving and long-lived Principal harp 1931-1974, keyboard 1931-1932   Served under the first six Conductors of the Cleveland Orchestra: Nikolai Sokoloff, Artur Rodzinski, Erich Leinsdorf, George Szell, Pierre Boulez, Lorin Maazel. Famous for both her musicianship and her salty toung. Tought at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Oberlin College Conservatory, the Conservatory at Baldwin-Wallace College and for more than 50 years at the Salzedo Harp Colony - Maine. 1931-1974   43 seasons of service. Chapin, Clifford M. viola 1920-1922 Chapoff, S. flute 1918-1919 Charry, Michael Principal keyboard 1963-1972, keyboard 1961-1963 1961-1972       RETURN TO TOP   Chassagne, Louis Principal tuba, bass 1920-1921 Cheifetz, Sussman viola 1919-1920 Cherlin, Johan Second clarinet, sitting with Principal clarinet Louis Green during these years. 1920-1924 Chomet, Claude (France 1880- ) trombone (also Garde Republicaine Band - Paris, New Orleans Opera)   Studied at the Lyon Conservatoire. Came to US as part of a French good-will tour of the Garde Republicaine Band, summer 1918. 1920-1921 Christopherson, Robert violin 1947-1949 Chusid, Boris (Russia 1944- ) violin (also active in Kab Kafé)   Studied at the Leningrad Conservatory with Michail Beliakov. 1974-September 2008       RETURN TO TOP   Ciccarelli, Anthony clarinet 1951-1954 Cioffi, Gino B. (Italy 1913-after 2001) Cioffi in about 1945 Principal clarinet 1942-1944 (also orchestra of the New York Radio City Music Hall 1937-about 1940, Pittsburgh Symphony about 1940-1942, Cleveland Orchestra 1942-1944, Metropolitan Opera 1944-1950, and briefly for the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Principal clarinet 1950-1970)   Studied at the Naples Conservatory - Italy graduating in 1930. 1942-1944 Civiletti, Charles bass 1918-1928 Clair, Nathalie bass 1943-1947 Clappe, Costa Principal flute 1918-1919       RETURN TO TOP   Clapsaddle, H. percussion 1918-1920 Clarke, Albert Edward "Allie" (Illinois 1881- )   Principal trombone (also Chicago Grand Opera)   Lead trombone in a long list of Chicago bands prior to World War 1: T. P. Brooke Band, Johnny Hand Band (successor to the John A. Hand Band), Weldon's Band (Second Regiment Band of Chicago). 1920-1926 Clarke, Harry Francis (Ohio 1884-1967) thanks to his student Bruce E. McGarvey for photo bass (also a band leader in World War 1)   Clarke was an active music teacher in Cuyahoga County, Ohio Cleveland public schools, including at Lakewood, East High School and Lincoln High School. 1918-1922 Clebsch, Hans F. (1966- ) horn (also Houston Ballet, Houston Grand Opera, Mexico City Philharmonic 1996-present Clendenning, Elizabeth violin 1959-1961, 1963-1967 Clouser, John D. (Massachusetts 1962- ) Principal bassoon (also Memphis Symphony, Montreal Symphony)   Studied at Gordon College - Massachusetts, Temple University - Philadelphia. 1997-present       RETURN TO TOP   Coffey, John (1911-1981) Bass trombone. succeeded by William Lilleback (Valdemar Durck Lilleback) who had been Bass trombone with the Boston Symphony. Coffee succeeded Lilleback in Boston 1941-1952; a sort of player swap. In 1941, John Coffey joined several other first chair musicians, including Merritt Dittert trombone, Louis Davidson trumpet, Leonard Sharrow bassoon, and Rudolph Puletz horn to go to Argentina to play under Arturo Toscanini at the Teatro Colon.   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1932, same class as Guy Boswell , trombone of the Cleveland Orchestra. Doug Yeo, Bass trombone of the Boston Symphony wrote: "Bartok Concerto for Orchestra was first performed in 1944, with John Coffey being the first bass trombonist to negotiate the gliss from low B to F.  (visit Doug Yeo's excellent site www.yeodoug.com ) 1937-1941 Cohen, Franklin R. (New York 1946- ) photograph by Roger Mastroianni, n.d. Principal clarinet (also American Symphony Principal clarinet, Baltimore Symphony Principal clarinet)   His early clarinet instructors included two Cleveland Principal clarinets, Aaron Gorodner, then at the Juilliard School including with Bernard Portnoy. First Prize winner, Clarinet at ARD Music Competition, Munich 1968. Head of Clarinet Department 58 at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Recorded, with violinist daughter Diana, Osvaldo Golijov (1960- ): Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind in the version for klezmer-style clarinet & quartet on Franklin Cohen CD label.  1976-present Collins, Alan cello 1945-1947 Collins, Kathleen (Michigan about 1968- ) violin (also Hong Kong Philharmonic, Fort Worth Symphony)   Studied at Indiana University BMus, and the Cleveland Institute of Music MMus 1995. Hers is a musical family, including her husband Jonathan Fields trumpet player, and their three children each of whom plays at least one instrument. 1995-present Collins, LeRoy viola 1937-1945 Collins, Philip trumpet 1970-1972       RETURN TO TOP   Colove, Sam violin 1942-1947 Combel, Armand violin 1922-1924 Connolly, Patrick (New Mexico 1954- ) viola (also Denver Symphony Principal viola and at Santa Fe Opera, Dallas Symphony Principal viola, Filarmonica de las Americas - Mexico City Principal viola, Philadelphia Orchestra viola 1981-1983)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1976 (he was also offered a scholarship at the Juilliard School, but selected Curtis 88). 1988-present Connor, Ethan bass 1978- Cooley, Carlton Samuel (New Jersey 1898-1981) Principal viola 1920-1921, 1923-1937, Assistant Concertmaster 1921-1923 (also Philadelphia Orchestra viola 1919-1920, 1954-1956, Principal viola 1956-1963, also NBC Symphony Principal viola 1937-1954)   Studied at the Philadelphia Musical Academy and at the Institute of Musical Art (later Juilliard). Cooley also recorded with Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra his own composition: the Aria and Dance for Viola and Orchestra, which Nikolai Sokoloff had also performed in 1926 with the Cleveland Orchestra. 1920-1937 Coonley, V. Vladimir (1896-1967) viola 1924-1925 1929-1940, saxophone 1931-1935 1924-1925, 1929-1940       RETURN TO TOP   Couch, Charles trumpet 1972-1981, Assistant Principal trumpet 1980-2002 1972-2002 Cox, John viola (also Symphonia Quartet: Kurt Loebel first, Elmer Setzer second, John Cox viola, Thomas Liberti cello. Also London Symphony, Kansas City Philharmonic Principal viola, Baltimore Symphony Principal viola, New Orleans Philharmonic Principal viola, Oberlin String Quartet: Stuart Canin - later Concertmaster of the San Francisco Symphony - first, David Cerone second John Cox viola, Mary Fraley Johnson cello)   Studied at the Music Academy of the West - California in 1950. University of California, Royal Academy of Music - London, Conservatoire de Paris. Taught at the Conservatory of Oberlin College. 1956-1959 1965-1966 Cras, Roman (or Romain) (Belgium 1867- ) Fourth horn (also Chicago Symphony horn 1904-1907, a theater musician in New York City in 1910s, Philadelphia Orchestra horn 1919-1920) 1922-1923, 1926-1929 Curry, Ralph (Pennsylvania 1955- ) cello (also as a student, played in the Reichenfeld String Sinfonietta in his native Pittsburgh 116, Colorado Philharmonic Principal cello, Detroit Symphony, Amici Quartet since 1987: Takako Masame first, Miho Hashizume second, Lynne Ramsey viola, Ralph Curry cello)   Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music. From a musical family, his brother William Henry Curry is Associate Conductor of the North Carolina Symphony. 1978-present Czapko, Julius (Hungary 1886- ) viola 1924-1934   [ D ]       RETURN TO TOP   D names alphabetically names such as d'Auberge and de Gomez are listed alphabetically as if they were "dau" and "deg" So: Darling, d'Auberge, Davidson, de Bona As specified by the MLA Handbook Dalschaert, Cathleen C. O'Carroll wife of Stephane Dalschaert (Australia 1930- ) violin (also New Orleans Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra 1967-1991)   Studied at the Royal Schools of Music, London 1950-1952. Patricia O'Carroll and Maureen O'Carroll were musicians in the New Zealand National Orchestra. As a student, Cathleen O'Carroll gave recitals with the young Joan Sutherland. Cathleen O'Carroll Dalschaert and Stephane Dalschaert toured together in Europe and then Joined the New Orleans Symphony in the late 1950s, the Cleveland Orchestra together 1960-1967 and then the Philadelphia Orchestra. 1960-1967 Dalschaert, Stephane husband of Cathleen O'Carroll Dalschaert (Belgium 1930-2007) violin (also Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra - Brussels Concertmaster, New Orleans Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra 1967-2007)   Born into a musical family with his 7 siblings all playing instruments, he studied at the Brussels Conservatoire. Well-known as a crafter of violin bows. 1960-1967 Dalton, Martha harp 1947-1951, 1952-1981 Damoulakis, Marc Hugh (1977-) percussion (also New York Philharmonic, Long Island Philharmonic, Harrisburg Symphony) 2006-present Darling, James (Ohio 1939- ) photo by Herbert Ascherman visit www.ascherman.com Fourth trumpet, Second cornet   Studied at the University of Illinois and the University of Kentucky. Also taught at at the Conservatory - Baldwin-Wallace College - Ohio for three decades. 1973-2005 d'Auberge, Alfred violin 1924-1927, 1928-1929       RETURN TO TOP   Davidson, Louis (New York 1912-1999) Principal trumpet   In 1941, Louis Davidson joined several other first chair musicians, including Merritt Dittert trombone, Rudolph Puletz horn, Leonard Sharrow bassoon, and John Coffey bass trombone to go to Argentina to play under Arturo Toscanini at the Teatro Colon. 1935-1958 de Bona, Francisco Principal harp 1919-1920 de Gangi, Dominick trumpet 1958-1960 de Gomez, Victor (California 1891-after 1969) Principal cello (also Philadelphia Orchestra 1916-1919, San Francisco quartet comprising Louis Ford first, Emil Rossett second, Clarence Evans viola and Victor de Gomez cello, played in Hollywood at the Paramount Studios orchestra, summers of 1938 and 1939)   Studied at the University of California, Berkeley about 1909-1912. 1919-1939 deGranda, Alvaro O. (Cuba 1940- ) violin 1966-1968, Assistant Concertmaster 1968-1999, violin 1999-2005 (also Houston Symphony 1960-1962, Saint Louis Symphony Assistant Concertmaster 1962-1966)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1960. 1966-2005 de Lone, Loretta harp 1922-1923       RETURN TO TOP   deMattia, Alan R. (1955- ) horn (also Canton Symphony - Ohio Principal, Ohio Chamber Orchestra Principal horn)   Studied at Kent State University BMus Ed, Cleveland Institute of Music MMus. 1984-present Dembinsky, William violin 1929-1932 Demuth, Frederick Joseph (Ohio 1884-1946) violin 1919-1920, viola 1920-1921 and 1922-1923 (also Statler Hotel Orchestra - Cleveland 1915-1919, Chicago Symphony violin 1909-1911) violin 1919-1920, viola 1920-1921, 1922-1923 1919-1921, 1922-1923 Denecke, Henry Jr. (New York 1911-2000) Principal timpani (also Minneapolis Symphony 1941-1952, Pittsburgh Symphony probably 1937-1941, conductor of the Minneapolis Civic Orchestra in 1952, conductor of the Cedar Rapids Symphony - Iowa 1953-1969)   Studied first with his violinist father Henry Denecke Sr., a theater orchestra musician in New York City. 1936-1937 Deninzon, Vladimir V. (Russia - now Uzbekistan 1950- ) photograph by Roger Mastroianni, n.d. violin (also Leningrad Philharmonic, Kirov Theater Orchestra, Leningrad Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Early Music Ensemble of Leningrad, Severance Trio with his pianist wife Lyubov Deninzon and cello Ralph Curry)   Studied at the Leningrad Conservatory MMus. 1979-present       RETURN TO TOP   Denoff, Avrom J. (Illinois 1910-1996) Old newspaper photo: 1962 Abilene Philharmonic violin (also Chicago Civic Orchestra in 1941, Dallas Symphony, Tulsa Philharmonic - Oklahoma, Elkhart Symphony - Indiana, Abilene Philharmonic - Texas Principal Second violin in 1950s and 1960s 98)   Denoff taught music in the Abilene, Texas school system in the 1950s and 1960s. 1945-1946 dePasquale, Ellen (Pennsylvania 1973- ) daughter of Robert dePasquale of the Philadelphia Orchestra Associate Concertmaster (also the Florida Orchestra Concertmaster 1996-1997, Reno Chamber Orchestra)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1994, Indiana University. Active in the Marlboro Music Festival for 4 years, Caramoor Festival - New York, Evian Music Festival - France, Las Vegas Music Festival. March 1999-2007 dePolis, Frank horn 1921-1924 deSano, James Anthony (Ohio 1944- ) Principal trombone 1989-2003, Assistant Principal trombone 1970-1989 (also Syracuse Symphony Principal trombone 1964-1970)   Studied at Ithaca College BMus Ed 1966, Eastman School of Music MMus. 1970-2003 de Santis, Louis (Italy 1880-prior to 1960) Principal clarinet (also Chicago Lyric Opera early 1920s, Saint Louis Symphony in about 1924-1926, Cleveland Orchestra Principal clarinet 1926-1929. At the end of the 1929-1930 season, Leopold Stokowski made sweeping changes to the Philadelphia Orchestra roster, including replacement of several Principals, including Principal clarinet Daniel Bonade. Stokowski hired Louis deSantis, but this lasted only one season 1930-1931. de Santis then was CBS radio orchestra Principal clarinet under Howard Barlow. Member of the Philadelphia region WPA Orchestra in early 1940s) 1926-1929 Deunk, Norman horn 1918-1919       RETURN TO TOP   Dick, Marcel (Hungary 1898-1991) Principal viola (also the Budapest Opera and the Budapest Philharmonic. In the 1920s, Marcel Dick became Concertmaster (Principal) of the Vienna Symphony.   Studied at the Royal Academy, Budapest about 1912-1915, studying violin and with Zoltan Kodaly, he studied composition 1943-1949 Dimoff, Maximilian R. (Washington 1968- ) Principal bass (also San Antonio Symphony Assistant Principal bass while he was still a student at Northwestern University, then Principal bass, Seattle Symphony Orchestra 1993-1997)   Studied at Northwestern University. A musical family, his wife Amber is a violinist in the Akron Symphony - Ohio, his daughter, Isabel a cellist, and his son Xavier also plays the string bass. 1997-present Dinger, Nahoun J. cello 1921-1924 Dittert, Merritt W. (Illinois 1903-1973) photo circa 1962 courtesy of his son Ronald Dittert Principal trombone 1937-1948, bass trombone 1948-1968. (also Saint Louis Symphony Principal trombone)   In 1941, Merritt Dittert joined several other first chair musicians, including John Coffey bass trombone, Louis Davidson trumpet, Leonard Sharrow bassoon, and Rudolph Puletz horn to go to Argentina to play under Arturo Toscanini at the Teatro Colon. 1937-1968       RETURN TO TOP   Dixon, Scott photograph by Roger Mastroianni, n.d. bass (also New World Symphony student orchestra 2002-2005)   Studied at Oberlin Conservatory of Music BMus 2002, Rice University - Shepherd School of Music MMus 2007. May 2007-present Dolan. Alexandra Preucil niece of Jeanne Preucil Rose, niece of Stephen Rose, daughter of William Preucil violin (also Akron Symphony Assistant Concertmaster. Active in music festivals including the Festival der Zukunft - Switzerland, Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival - Washington, Mainly Mozart Festival - San Diego, and the La Jolla Chamber Music Festival)   Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music. October 2008-present Dolnick, Samuel M. violin 1921-1922 Domb, Daniel First Assistant Principal cello 1971-1973 d'Orio, John horn (also Philadelphia Orchestra horn 1907-1918, 1921-1928, 1931-1932)   In the 1920-1921 season in which John d'Orio played, the horn lineup was Wendell Hoss, Morris Speinson, Alphonse J. Pelletier, John d'Orio and Robert H. Brown. 1920-1921 Dosch, William M. (Illinois 1884-1954) William Dosch as Librarian violin also Librarian and Personnel manager 1942-1954 (also Minneapolis Symphony violin under Emil Oberhoffer 1913-1919, was a theater orchestra violin in Chicago in 1920)   Died during the 1953-1954 season on March 21, 1954 following surgery. 1923-1954       RETURN TO TOP   Downs, Warren cello 1956-1971 Dreskell, Miles A. (1896-) violin 1919-1921 Drexler, George (New York 1906-1975) flute, piccolo (also Los Angeles Philharmonic Principal flute 1947-1971)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1930. Drexler also studied with Georges Barrère in New York City. Drexler was active in summer music festivals, including the Ojai Music Festival - California. 1932-1937 Drossin, Julius (Pennsylvania 1918-2007) Julius Drossin, left with follow composer and long-time Cleveland Orchestra program annotator Klaus George Roy cello   Studied at the University of Pennsylvania with Harl McDonald BMus 1938; Western Reserve University - Cleveland MA 1951, Ph.D. 1956. Dr. Drossin was Chairman of the Music Department of Cleveland State University and was an active composer including of the opera Spinoza. Chairman of the Cleveland Composers' Guild. 1948-1957 Drucker, Ernest violin 1942-1943 Drucker, Vladimir M. (1897-1974) Principal trumpet (also New York Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic) 1934-1935       RETURN TO TOP   Druian, Rafael (Russia 1922-1982) Concertmaster (also Dallas Symphony Concertmaster 1947-1949 under Dorati, followed Dorati to the Minneapolis Symphony as Concertmaster 1949-1960, Cleveland Orchestra Concertmaster 1960-1969, New York Philharmonic Concertmaster 1971-1974.   Emigrating from Russia as an infant, began studied in 1930 with Cuban violinist and composer Amadeo Roldán (1900-1939)85. Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1942. After Cleveland, Rafael Druian taught at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California, and later at Boston University and finally at his alma mater, the Curtis Institute. 1960-1969 du Rocher, Harry Principal percussion 1920-1922, percussion 1920-1922 1918-1922 Duff, Cloyd (Ohio 1915-2000) Principal timpani (also Indianapolis Symphony 1938-1942, All-American Youth Orchestra in both the summer, 1940 South American tour and summer, 1941 transcontinental US tour)   Studied at the Curtis Institute with Oscar Schwar, graduating in the Class of 1938. A famous event: Joe Adato tells of a performance of the Strauss Symphonia Domestica in 1962. The timpani part has a a D-major scale pedaled across the two center drums. "Just as the orchestra arrived at that passage, the head on the 28-inch drum broke! Cloyd still managed to play the rest of the composition with only three working drums. I might add that he played it better with three drums than most timpanists can play it with four..." 1942-1981 Dufrasne, Louis (Belgium 1877-1941) brother of Maurice Dufrasne Principal horn 1922-1925 (also Chicago Opera)   Dufrasne was a famous horn teacher, students including Philip Farkas, Helen Kotas, Clyde Miller and Frank Brouk, future Principal horns of leading orchestras including Chicago, Dallas and Cleveland. 1922-1925 Dufrasne, Maurice (Belgium 1895- ) brother of Louis Dufrasne cello 1922-1926 Duhamel, Gaston (France 1874-after 1951) Poor quality passport photo of Gaston Duhamel in 1923 Principal bassoon (also long-time Principal bassoon Cincinnati Symphony under Frank Van der Stucken about 1900-1922, and Principal bassoon Rochester Philharmonic about 1922-1923)   Taught at the Cincinnati Conservatory abpout 1903-1922, and at the Eastman School of Music 1922-1926. 1929-1930       RETURN TO TOP   Duitman, Elayna (Florida 1976- ) photograph by Roger Mastroianni, n.d. violin (also Detroit Symphony 2002-2010, Netherlands Philharmonic 2000-2001, Phoenix Symphony Associate Concertmaster 2001-2002)   Studied at the New England Conservatory BMus 1998. Granted a Fulbright scholarship, she studied at the Royal Conservatory - The Hague, Netherlands MMus 2000. Active in Summer festivals, including the Interlochen Festival, Encore School for Strings - Ohio, Sarasota Music Festival - Florida, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival - Germany, and the Academy of Twentieth Century Music. August 2010-present Dumm, Bryan J. (1962- ) cousin of Mark Dumm cello (also Alabama Symphony Principal cello, Rochester Philharmonic while a student at the Eastman School, Myriad Ensemble)   As a student Eastern Music Festival - North Carolina, and studied at the Eastman School of Music performers certificate, BMus, MMus. 1986-present Dumm, Mark T. (1961- ) cousin of Bryan Dumm and son of Thomas Dumm photograph by Roger Mastroianni, n.d. violin including Assistant Principal Second violin (also Owensboro Symphony - Kentucky, Evansville Philharmonic - Indiana, Saint Louis Symphony 1983-1985. He also plays the guitar, banjo, and mandolin in concerts and with the Cleveland Orchestra as needed)   Studied at the Juilliard School and Indiana University. 1985-present Dumm, Thomas A. (1940- ) father of Mark Dumm viola (also Saint Louis Symphony Principal viola 1978- , Rochester Philharmonic Principal viola, Baltimore Symphony Principal viola about 1975-1978, in summers, Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra Principal viola for more than thirty years, Chautauqua String Quartet)   Studied at at Ohio State University, and the Curtis Institute Class of 1959, the same class as violinists Jaime Laredo and Jerome Rosen, and the Cleveland Institute of Music. 1961-1967 Dvorak, Anton bass 1918-1919       RETURN TO TOP   [ E ]   Edelman, Albert violin 1930-1942 Edelman, Isadore (1910- ) violin   Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music. 1928-1936 Edlin, Louis (New York 1889-after 1950) with Louis Edlin, right with Victor de Gomez, Principal cello, left Concertmaster 1919-1923 (also the Arnold Volpe Orchestra about 1903, New York Symphony 1911-1913, Concertmaster of the Russian Symphony Society of New York  1913-1914, following Nikolai Sokoloff in that position, Philharmonic Society of New York 1914-1919, New York Trio: Louis Edlin violin, Cornelius Van Vliet (1886-1963) cello, Clarence Adler (1886-1969) piano)   Studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Guillaume Rémy 1906-1908, and went to Berlin in 1909-1910 where he was one of two official students of Fritz Kreisler (the other being Samuel Dushkin) 2. March, 1919 2-1923 Eichhorn, Erich Arno (Germany 1935- ) violin (also Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart Assistant Concertmaster 1960-1966. Buffalo Philharmonic, Saint Louis Symphony, also founder of the Cleveland Octet: Erich Eichhorn violin, Robert Zimmer violin, Lucien Joel viola, Gary Stucka cello, Scott Haigh bass, Theodore Johnson clarinet George Goslee bassoon, David Glasser horn - although the composition of the Octet would change, including Mark Dumm violin, Patrick Connelly violin, Bryan Dumm cello, Ronald Phillips bassoon, Alan DeMattia horn)   Studied at the Musikhochschule - Stuttgart, Germany Artist's Diploma in 1961. 1967-May 2008 Eifert, Otto bassoon 1952-1953 Eiler, Oscar John (Wisconsin 1883-after 1950) Principal cello 1918-1919, cello 1919-1921 (also Statler Hotel orchestra - Cleveland 1910, Philadelphia Orchestra 1912-1914, 1917-1928, active in the Philharmonic Quartet - Cleveland during 1917-1928, which membership changed during its life, but which at that time was Sol Marcosson first, Charles Rychlik second, Johann Beck viola, Oscar Eiler cello, also the Russian Trio: Ninia Mesirow piano, Michel Wilkomlrsky violin and Oscar Eiler cello in 1930s, Civic Opera Company of Chicago, Cincinnati Orchestra, Nashville Symphony)   Studied cello in Germany with Carl Schroeder (1848-1935). 1918-1921       RETURN TO TOP   Einhorn, Nathlln trumpet 1921-1922 Elkind, Samuel W. viola 1919-1920 Ell, Tanya (Michigan 1978- ) cello (also Milwaukee Symphony cello 2003-2004, Milwaukee Symphony acting Assistant Principal cello 2004-2006)   Studied at the Juilliard School BMus 2000 and the Cleveland Institute of Music MMus 2003. Also active in Summer music festivals, including the Aspen Music Festival, Music Academy of the West - California, Sarasota Music Festival - Florida, and Spoleto USA - South Carolina. February 2007-present Elliot, Harry R. cello 1921-1923 Emelianoff, Andre (New York 1942- ) cello (also New York Chamber Symphony Principal cello, New Jersey Symphony Principal cello, Musica Sacra Principal cello, and the DeCapo Chamber Players: Andre Emelianoff cello, Jerry Kirkbride clarinet, Joel Lester violin, Patricia Spencer flute)   Studied at the University of Iowa. Teaches at the Juilliard School. 1967-1972 Epstein, Eli horn 1986-present       RETURN TO TOP   Epstein, Samuel violin (also Koch Quartet: Joseph Koch first, Samuel Epstein second, William Kiraly viola, Donald White cello) 1949-1985 Erdely, Stephen violin 1951-1966 Eskin, Jules Louis (Pennsylvania 1931- ) married to BSO first violin Aza Raykhtsaum Principal cello (also City Center Opera - New York Principal Cello, Dallas Symphony 1948-1949, a New York sessions musician in 1950s, Boston Symphony Principal cello 1964-present)   Studied at the Settlement School of Music - Philadelphia, Philadelphia Musical Academy, the Curtis Institute Class of 1952. Made a concert tour of Europe in 1954-1955. 1961-1964 Evans, Louis cello 1921-1922 Eyle, Felix (Poland - now in the Ukraine 1899-1988) Second Concertmaster 1933-1943, Assistant Concertmaster 1943-1944, Second Concertmaster 1944-1945 (also Vienna Opera, Vienna Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Concertmaster 1945-1957. Eyle was also Metropolitan orchestra manager 1957-1970)   Studied at the Vienna Academy of Music and the Performing Arts with Arnold Rosé. Felix Eyle is shown at left with his Guadagnini violin which had belonged to Mahler's niece and Arnold Rosé's wife Alma Rosé. For more than a decade, and into his mid-eighties, Felix Eyle taught violin at Colgate University, in Hamilton, New York 1973-1986. 1933-1945   [ F ]       RETURN TO TOP   Faber, Clemens violin 1931-1936, 1945-1968 Faden, Yarden B. (Michigan 1935- ) viola (also Pittsburgh Symphony, Atlanta Symphony Assistant Principal viola, Cantilena Quartet: Eileen Davis first, Leonard Samuels second, Yarden Faden viola, Harvey Wolfe cello)   Studied at the Northwestern University School of Music. 1966-2006 Farkas, Philip (Illinois 1914-1992) Principal horn (also Kansas City Philharmonic Principal horn 1933-1936 starting at age 18, Chicago Symphony 1936-1941 succeeding Pellegrino Lecce, Cleveland Orchestra Principal horn 1941-1945, Boston Symphony Co-Principal horn with Willem Valkenier in the 1945-1946, returned to Cleveland as Principal horn 1946-1947, Chicago Symphony Principal horn 1947-1960. The taught at Indiana University 1960-1984)   Studied with Belgian-born Chicago horn teacher Louis Dufrasne, who also taught two other CSO Principal horns: Helen Kotas Hirsh and Frank Brouk. 1941-1945, 1946-1947 Farrar, Mabelle violin 1918-1922 Fath, Philip (New York 1929- ) Assistant Principal clarinet (also Principal clarinet of the San Francisco Symphony 1956-1964, Co-Principal clarinet of the San Francisco with Robert McGinnis 1964-1969, clarinet of the San Francisco Opera 1956-about 2000).   Taught at University of California - Berkeley, Stanford University and San Francisco State University. 1954-1956 Feidelholtz, Israel cello 1920-1921       RETURN TO TOP   Fein, Israel violin 1927-1928 Ferrara, Antonio violin 1920-1921 Ferrazza, Michele horn 1925-1927 Fetter, David trombone 1968-1970 Fichtenova, Eugenia violin 1947-1948 Fiedelholtz, Nathan (then Russia, now Belarus 1897-1966) Fifth bass (also played in New York City theater orchestras and the Brunswick Hotel, Boston orchestra) 1919-1926       RETURN TO TOP   Fiedelman, Isadore (Russia 1877- ) flute, piccolo 1925-1926 Fink, Irving violin 1938-1942 Fink, Mary Kay (Wisconsin about 1962- ) photo by Herbert Ascherman visit www.ascherman.com piccolo 1989-present, Principal piccolo 1989-present (also New Jersey Symphony, Madison Symphony - Wisconsin Principal flute, New York Philharmonic acting piccolo)   Studied at Oberlin Conservatory of Music BMus in 1983 and the Juilliard School MMus. Active in chamber music recitals, including with her husband, pianist and composer Nicolas Underhill. 1989-present Fiore, Gerald F. Principal bass 1918-1930 Fiore, Joseph S. Principal flute 1918-1919, flute 1919-1921, Principal piccolo 1919-1921 1918-1921 Fiore, Salvatore E. (Italy 1888- ) violin 1918-1929       RETURN TO TOP   Fischer, Fritz Principal horn 1918-1919 1918-1919 Fischthal, Glenn Jay (Wisconsin 1948- ) grew up in New York Fischthal on Japan tour while still a student trumpet (also San Francisco Symphony) 1970 Far East Tour Fleitman, Leo viola 1921-1927 Flowerman, Martin (New York 1947- ) bass (also American Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony about 1966-1967. Active in Summer music festivals, including the Aspen Music Festival - Colorado and Lake George Opera Festival - New York)   Studied first with his father, Theodore Flowerman Principal double bass of the New York City Ballet, and then for one year at the Juilliard School From his interest in pre-baroque, he published Music from the Renaissance and the Baroque: Quartets for Double Basses. 1967-2011   44 seasons of service Fontana, Ido violin 1921-1923 Frederick, Walter viola, clarinet 1918-1919       RETURN TO TOP   Freed, Jacob viola 1921-1924, 1926-1929, violin 1924-1926 1921-1929 Freer, Tom (New York 1962- ) Assistant Principal timpani 1991-present (also Asheville Symphony - North Carolina Symphony, Principal percussion, Principal timpani, Norrkoping Symphony - Sweden 1986-1987, Fort Wayne Philharmonic - Indiana 1987-1989, Alabama Symphony Principal timpani 1989-1991)   Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music BMus 1986. Started Freer Percussion Products to make percussion products embodying his ideas as to percussion sound. 1991-present Freilich, Felix violin 1955-2000 Frengut, Leon (Maryland 1904-1970) Principal viola (Artur Rodzinski who taught at Curtis when Leon Frengut studied there hired in 1937 Frengut as Principal viola and Tom Brennand as Assistant Principal viola. also played with the Stuyvesant Quartet, whose membership changed over time, but with Frengut was: Sylvan Shulman first, Rona Robbins second, Leon Frengut viola, Harvey Shapiro cello.  This group recorded a number of chamber works for the Nonesuch label in the 1960s. also an active recording sessions musician in New York City in the late 1940s and early 1950s)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1932. 1937-1939 Freudemann, William violin, horn 1918-1919 Freund, Arnold viola 1925-1926       RETURN TO TOP   Frezin, Adolphe (1906-1978) Co-Principal cello 1959-1960, Principal cello 1960-1961 1959-1961 Fridkowsky, Simeon violin 1918-1922 Friedel, Albert violin 1919-1934 Friedman, Sam violin 1918-1931 Fu, Ying (China 1983- ) violin (also while studying at Rice University, Houston Symphony substitute violin 2007-2011, also Shanghai Philharmonic substitute violin 2005-2006)   Studied at the Shanghai Conservatory and the Shepherd School of Music - Rice University. Active in music festivals, including the Taos Chamber Music Festival - New Mexico 2008 and the Marlboro Music Festival - Vermont 2010. 2011-present Fuchs, Harry brother of Joseph Fuchs (New York 1909-1986) Principal cello 1943-1947, cello 1937-1943, Assistant Principal cello 1949-1979 (also Metropolitan Opera Orchestra 1935-1937)   Studied first with his gifted father Phillip Fuchs, then admitted to the Juilliard Graduate School under a scholarship in 1932-1935 97. When George Szell selected Ernst Silberstein to become Principal cello 1947-1948, Harry Fuchs departed for two seasons. Harry Fuchs returned to the Cleveland Orchestra as Assistant Principal cello in 1949-1950, and retired in 1979 after 45 years service. 1937-1947, 1949-1979       RETURN TO TOP   Fuchs, Joseph brother of Fuchs, Harry (New York 1899-1997) photo: Peter Kaufmann, n.d. Concertmaster (also Capital Theater - New York City)   Studied first with his gifted father Phillip Fuchs, then admitted to the Institute of Musical Arts (Juilliard) 1907-1919 97.  Joseph Fuchs then went to Berlin in 1921-1922 to study. Joseph Fuchs premiered the Martinu Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola (1947) and the Walter Piston Second Violin Concerto, which Fuchs commissioned. 1926-1941 Fulkerson, Gregory violin 1971-1974 Funakoshi, Kozue (Japan about 1972- ) violin (as a student, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago Concertmaster, also Chicago Symphony violin 2000-present. active in chamber music, Funakoshi played in the Cleveland Orchestra chamber music series and the Chicago Chamber Musicians)   Studied at the Tokyo College of Music BMus. Active in music festivals, including the Kurashiki Music Festival - Japan. Participated in two orchestral tours: Thüringer Philharmonic 1993 tour of Germany and the 1993 US tour of her music school, the Tokyo College of Music Symphony Orchestra. 1998-2000 Funkhouser, Frederick (Ohio 1905-1984) viola   Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Funkhouser played under the first six Conductors of the Cleveland Orchestra: Nikolai Sokoloff, Artur Rodzinski, Erich Leinsdorf, George Szell, Pierre Boulez, Lorin Maazel, Christoph von Dohnányi. 1929-1984   55 seasons of service Furiyoshi, Keiko married to Ronald Whitaker, Librarian of the Cleveland Orchestra. (Japan 1946- ) violin (gave her New York City premier at the Carnegie Recital Hall on January 28, 1971 123)   Studied at Indiana University with Josef Gingold 1968-1971. She was also teaching at the University of Wisconsin - Racine. 1971-2005   [ G ]         RETURN TO TOP   Gallo, Joseph violin 1946-1947 Gans, Isaac viola 1944-1960 Garratt, Harold bass 1943-1946 Gaskins, Benjamin A. (Pennsylvania 1904- ) Principal piccolo 1926-1928, piccolo 1921-1925, 1928-1929, flute 1921-1929 (also Goldman Band, Leonard B. Smith Concert Band in 1954, Radio City Music Hall Orchestra in 1933, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra flute and piccolo, New York Philharmonic piccolo and Personnel Manager late 1940s-early 1950s, NBC Symphony under Toscanini 1937-1940s, Chicago Symphony 1954-1957)   Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music. 1921-1929 Gassman, Bert B. (1911-2004) Principal oboe 1947-1949, oboe, English horn 1930-1944 (also Los Angeles Philharmonic) 1930-1944, 1947-1949 Gatwood, Elden oboe 1953-1963 Geber, Stephen Edwin husband of Lisa Wellbaum (California 1942- ) Principal cello 1973-2003 (also Boston Symphony 1965-1973, Music Guild String Quartet consisting of BSO musicians Max Winder first, Gerald Gelbloom second, Bernard Kadinoff viola, and Stephen Geber cello 83, Cleveland Orchestra String Quartet)   Studied with his cellist parents and at the Eastman School of Music BMus 1965. Following his retirement from the Cleveland Orchestra has become Head of the Cello Department of the Cleveland Institute of Music. 1973-2003 Geithe, Arthur horn Principal 1920-1921 Gelbloom, Gerald (Canada 1926-1982) violin (also Cleveland Orchestra 1961-1982, Baltimore Symphony and Hartford Symphony Concertmaster 1955-1960, Music Guild String Quartet with Gerald Gelbloom first, Max Winder second, Bernard Kadinoff viola, Stephen Geber cello)   Studied at the Juilliard School and University of Hartford. 1947-1949 (died suddenly during Boston Pops season June 2, 1982 age 56)       RETURN TO TOP   Gelfand, Michael cello 1972-1974 Gellert, Max (Russia - now Poland 1889- ) violin 1921-1927 Gelzayd, Mitchell (1897- ) cello 1932-1937 Gennert, Albert bass 1918-1919 Genovese, Alfred oboe Principal 1959-1960 Gerkowski, Raymond cello   Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music. 1926-1940 Gershman, Nathan brother of Paul Gershman (Pennsylvania 1917-2008) cello (later became a Hollywood sessions musician in the 1960s and 1970s, and a jazz musician joining the Chico Hamilton Combo, and recording the 1972 album Geronimo Black. In Hollywood, he also recorded with Neil Diamond, Rosemary Clooney and Doris Day)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1940 1941-1948 Gershman, Paul brother of Nathan Gershman (Pennsylvania 1912-1986) Second Concertmaster 1932-1933, violin 1933-1943, Assistant Concertmaster 1943-1944 (also became a New York sessions musicians, recording many jazz and pop records in the 1950s and 1960s including for Verve, and the album Stan Getz - Live at Tanglewood)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1934. 1932-1944 Gilbert, Daniel M. (New York 1964- ) Second clarinet (also a New York City freelancer musician prior to the Cleveland Orchestra, New Haven Symphony - Connecticut Principal clarinet 1992-1995, also Quintet of the Americas 1994-1995, which toured the US was in residence at Northwestern University - Chicago)   Studied at Yale University BA and the Juilliard School MMus and Professional Studies Certificate. 1995-2007       RETURN TO TOP   Gingold, Josef (then Russia, now Belarus 1909-1995) Concertmaster (also NBC Symphony violin under Toscanini 1937-1944, Detroit Symphony Concertmaster 1944-1945 under Karl Krueger.   Studied in New York with Vladimir Graffman, father of the pianist Gary Graffman, then in Belgium 1926-1928 with Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931). Gingold taught at Indiana University from about 1961 until his death in 1995. mong his students were William Preucil, Ulf Hoelscher, Miriam Fried, Jaime Laredo, Joseph Silverstein, and Joshua Bell. 1947-1960 Glasser, David Alan (1953- ) horn 1977-1981, Assistant Principal horn 1981-1984, horn 1984-1996 1977-1996 Glassman, Joseph bass 1919-1920 Glazer, David A. (Wisconsin 1913-2001) of Lithuanian-Jewish heritage Third clarinet (also the New York Wind Quintet, Samuel Baron flute, Ronald Roseman oboe, David Glazer clarinet, Arthur Weisberg bassoon, and Ralph Froelich horn 1951-1985, but with changing membership 81)   Studied at the University of Wisconsin BMus. 81 1946-1951 Glickstein, David (New Jersey 1900-1983) Principal trumpet (also Metropolitan Theater, Newark in 1917, Saint Louis Symphony Principal trumpet 1919-1920 season, New York Philharmonic trumpet 1920-1921, trumpet with the Goldman Band 1921, New York Symphony trumpet in 1922-1923, Cincinnati Symphony Principal trumpet 1923-1924 under Fritz Reiner, then early in his career.  returned to the New York Philharmonic Third trumpet 1926-1927 under Willem Mengelberg.  In the 1930s, Broadway show orchestras, on NBC radio with the Lucky Strike Orchestra.  With the formation of Toscanini's NBC Symphony, joined the trumpet section for its first four seasons, 1937-1941 primarily as Third trumpet) 1921-1922 Gnam, Adrian (Ohio 1940- ) oboe 1964-1966, acting Co-Principal oboe 1964-1965 (also American Symphony - New York Principal oboe under Stokowski in the 1960s, conductor of the Macon Symphony Orchestra - Georgia 1983-present, former Gudst Conductor of the Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia, and Music Director of the Shreveport Summer Music Festival - Louisiana of which Sidney Harth was also long-term Music Director)   Studied oboe at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and conducting at the Pierre Monteux school in Hancock, Maine. Also Director of the music program at the National Endowment for the Arts for 8 years. 1964-1966 Goederteir, Fred horn 1924-1926 Goetsch, Erwin F. cello 1919-1926 Goldberg, Bernard (Illinois 1923- ) flute (also Pittsburgh Symphony Principal flute 1947-1993, International Society of Contemporary Music 99)   Studied at the Juilliard School, one of the last students of Georges Barrère (1876-1944), graduating in about 1943. Principal flute 1945-1946, piccolo 1943-1945 (to Pittsburgh Symphony)       RETURN TO TOP   Goldblum, Isadore younger brother of Samuel Goldblum (Ohio 1907-1964?) oboe   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1933. Interestingly, in both Philadelphia and Cleveland, Isadore Goldblum was a contract bridge grand champion. 1929-1930 Goldblum, Samuel brother of Isadore Goldblum (Ohio 1905-2005) viola (also Mansfield String Quartet: Eugene Weinberger first, Hyman Schandler second, Samuel Goldblum viola, and Isadore Gordon cello)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1931. Died May 13, 2005 two days prior to his 100th birthday. 1925-1929, 1931-1947 Goldin, Hyman bass 1920-1921, 1926-1943 Goldlust, Marvin E. (1924-1980) bass 1942-1943, 1946-50 Goldman, Michael violin 1962-1965, 1969-1973 Goldschmidt, Bernhard (Germany 1925 - 1994) violin 1958-1964, Principal Second violin 1964-1995 (also Houston Symphony and Suburban Symphony Orchestra - Ohio Concertmaster 1963-1979)   Left Germany in 1939 via China. Studied at the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music and the Peabody Conservatory - Baltimore. He taught at the Cleveland Institute of Music. After the creation of the Kent State - Blossom Music Festival teaching program, taught 41968-1971, and became head of the string department in 1971. 1958-1995 Goldsmith, Rosemary viola 1967-1981 Gomez, Kim Nolan (Kentucky 1967- ) photograph by Roger Mastroianni, n.d. violin (also a frequent soloist with her home-town orchestra the Louisville Symphony)   Studied at the Peabody Conservatory and the Cleveland Institute of Music artist diploma, BMus. 1990-1995       RETURN TO TOP   Goodall, John I. violin 1919-1938 Gooding, David keyboard and organ 1970-1973 Goodman, Bernard violin (also Walden String Quartet: Homer Schmitt first, Bernard Goodman second, David Schwartz viola, Robert Swenson cello) 1936-1946 Gordon, Isadore cello (also Mansfield String Quartet: Eugene Weinberger first, Hyman Schandler second, Samuel Goldblum viola, and Isadore Gordon cello) 1919-1920, 1921-1922, 1934-1944 Gorodetzky, Jac (1913-1955) violin 1937-1943 Gorodner, Aaron (Russia 1893-1984) Aaron Gorodner (Photographer unidentified, n.d. Courtesy of the Cleveland Orchestra Archives) Principal clarinet (also John Phillip Sousa Band in the late 1920s 111, NBC radio staff orchestra - New York City, Goldman Band, Aeolian Quartet, also toured with the the Roth Quartet, under Feri Roth (1899-1969) first, Jeno Antal second, Ferenc Molnar viola, and Janos Scholz cello.)   Aaron Gorodner made the first recording of Roy Harris's Concerto for Clarinet, Piano and String Quartet with the Aeolian Quartet on Columbia in 1933s 78. One of the teachers of his later successor, Franklin Cohen. 1930-1931 Goslee, George (Ohio 1916-2006) Principal bassoon (also Rochester Philharmonic 1938-1939, Indianapolis Symphony 1941-1943, Cleveland Orchestra 1943-1945, Philadelphia Orchestra for the 1945-1946, returned to Cleveland 1946-1988)   Studied at the Eastman School of Music graduating 1939. 1943-1945, 1946-1988 Gould, Howard J. bass 1926-1929 Graas, John horn 1945-1946       RETURN TO TOP   Granat, Endre (1938- ) Assistant Concertmaster 1965-1966 (also Goteborg Symphony, later Hollywood studio violin) 1965-1966 Grant, Edward Eugene (Michigan 1897- ) Third horn (also John Philip Sousa Band French horn) 1926-1929 Grant, Frank H. (Canada 1906- ) cello (hired by Nikolai Sokoloff directly from the Cleveland Institute of Music in the 1925-1926 season.   Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music, graduating in 1925. Later taught music at Western Reserve University - Cleveland. 1925-1942 Grau, Gideon violin 1954-1955 Gray, William viola 1920-1925 Grebanier, Michael Peter (New York 1937- ) married to San Francisco Symphony violinist Sharon W. Grebanier cello (also Pittsburgh Symphony Principal cello 1963-1977, San Francisco Symphony Principal cello 1977-present, also FOG trio of San Francisco with Jorja Fleezanis violin and Garrick Ohlsson piano)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1958. Grebanier is also active in summer festivals, including the Marlboro Festival - Vermont and the Casals Festival - Puerto Rico. 1959-1963 Green, Louis viola 1919-1920, Bass clarinet 1919-1920, Principal clarinet 1920-1925 (also Toscanini's NBC Symphony Orchestra Second clarinet in the 1940s) 1919-1925 Green, William violin 1918-1919 Greenbaum, David cello 1941-1944       RETURN TO TOP   Greicius, Vincent (1918-1993) violin 1940-1947 Griffith, R. J. Principal bassoon 1918-1919, bassoon 1919-1920 1918-1920 Griffiths, Laura S. Principal oboe (went to San Francisco Ballet Orchestra) 2003-2005 Grossman, Andrew horn 1967-1969 Gruber, Gabriel viola 1949-1951 Grunwald, Ernst G. (1885-1960) violin 1919-1920 Gu, Wei-Fang violin 1990-present Guia, L. Perez bass 1922-1920 Gusikoff, Charles (New York 1897-1966) Principal trombone 1919-1920 (also long-time Philadelphia Orchestra Principal trombone 1931-1954, 1955-1957, Co-Principal 1954-1955 as well as euphonium - see picture at left with Gusikoff and a double bell euphonium, rarely used in today's orchestra, also Sousa Band in 1918)   From the musical Gusikoff family; Saul Caston was also a Gusikoff (born Solomon Gusikoff Cohen). 1919-1920 Gusikoff, David Principal percussion 1919-1920   [ H ]         RETURN TO TOP   Haber, Michael cello 1969-1971 Hagstrom, George C. violin 1918-1919 Haigh, Bertram Second horn 1926-1927 Haigh, Scott R. (1954- ) 1978-1980 bass, 1980-1982 Assistant Principal bass, 1982-present First Assistant Principal bass (also Orquesta Sinfonica del Estado de Mexico, Milwaukee Symphony)   Studied at Northwestern University BMus. 1978-present Haines, Roy trombone 1936-1937 Hale, Leonard horn 1952-1954 Hambrecht, George flute 1955-1961 Hamer, Charles F. cello 1923-1927 Hamer, Sydney cello 1922-1929       RETURN TO TOP   Hamm, Harry clarinet 1918-1919 Hampel, Alford R. (1905-1940) cello (also Erie Symphony 1921-1926)   Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music. 1927-1940   Died following the 1939-1940 season in a strange accident where he hit his head on a car bumper. 121 Han-Gorski, Adam (Poland 1941- ) violin (also Metropolitan Opera National (touring) Company Concertmaster, Syracuse Symphony - New York Concertmaster, Minnesota Orchestra Concertmaster, Vienna Radio Symphony 1976-2001)   Studied at the Lvov High School, then Israeli Academy of Music - Tel Aviv. Then participated in the Jascha Heifetz Master Class at the University of Southern California. 1967-1970 Hanolik, Christopher Principal bass 1995-1990 Hardcastle, Geoffrey trumpet 1997-1998 Harnach, Fred bass 1943-1946 Harnett, James bass 1950-1955 Harrell, David Alan (South Carolina 1970- ) photograph by Roger Mastroianni, n.d. cello (also Virginia Symphony, Canton Symphony - Ohio)   Studied at the University of Alabama BMus, Cleveland Institute of Music MMus about 1994. 1995-present Harrell, Lynn (New York 1944- ) Lynn Harrell in 1999 cello 1963-1965, alternating Principal cello 1965-1966, Principal cello 1966-1971. George Szell appointed Harrell to the Cleveland Orchestra in 1963-1964, and in 1965-1966, named Harrell as alternating Principal cello with Gerald Appleman. In 1966-1967, Szell appointed Lynn Harrell as the Principal cello of the Cleveland Orchestra. In 1971, Lynn Harrell left the Cleveland Orchestra to pursue what has been a dazzling solo cello career.   Studied first with his musical parents, his father Mack Harrell a singer, and his mother Marjorie Fulton Harrell a violiniSaint Admitted first to the Juilliard School and then to the Curtis Institute, graduating in the Class of 1963. 1963-1971       RETURN TO TOP   Harris, Stanley viola 1941-1943 Hashizume, Miho (1972- ) violin (also Amici Quartet since 1987: Takako Masame first, Miho Hashizume second, Lynn Ramsey viola, Ralph Curry cello) 1995- Hasty, D. Stanley (1920- ) clarinet (dismissed by Szell, he went to the Baltimore Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic) 1945-1946 Hazlett, George cello 1918-1919 Hebert, William piccolo Principal 1947-1988 Hedberg, Earl L. (1915-2003) viola (to Boston Symphony) 1955-1956 Heidenreich, Joseph (1886-c1960) trombone 1918-1919 Heim, Gustav Friedrick (Germany 1879-1933) Principal trumpet (also Principal trumpet for an amazing number of orchestras: Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony, Detroit Symphony, New York Philharmonic, New York Symphony, American Symphonic Ensemble of New York) 1923-1924 Helfand, Maurice violin 1919-1920       RETURN TO TOP   Hellman, Leo Principal Second violin 1919-1921 Henker, Walter Hermann (Germany 1898-1962) bassoon 1953-1960, contrabassoon 1960-1962 (also Frankfurt Opera, probably 1930s and 1940s)   Walter Henker died while touring Canada in 1962, according to his family from a brain tumor. Henker became a US citizen in 1957.   Thanks to grandson Steven Walter Morris for this photo. 1953-1962 Hensel, Harry cello 1924-1940, trombone 1927-1933 1924-1940 Herforth, Harry Best (1916- ) trumpet, cornet (also Boston Symphony) 1951-1958 Hering, Sigmund (then Austro-Hungary, now Ukraine 1898-1986) one of many Hering studies and etudes - Hering was one of the most published teachers for the trumpet, other brass and woodwinds. Principal Trumpet (also Philadelphia Orchestra Assistant Principal (Second trumpet) 1925-1952 then Fourth trumpet 1952-1964)   Studied at the Akademie für Musik und darstellende Kunst, Vienna 1915-1921. Hering student Wilmer Wise (Brooklyn Symphony) wrote that Hering studied both double bass and trumpet at the Curtis Institute. Hering is listed as a Curtis graduate Class of 1930, when he would have been 31 years old and already in the Philadelphia Orchestra for 5 seasons. Trumpet scholar Dr. Thomas R. Erdmann wrote that Hering "...was perhaps the most influential trumpet teacher in America during the mid 20th century...He is the most published trumpet pedagogue in the world..." 56. Sigmund Hering for more than fifty years taught at the Settlement Music School - Philadelphia. 1922-1924 Heylman, Martin (Ohio 1919-2004) Principal flute 1946-1947, flute 1941-1942, 1947-1981, piccolo 1941-1943 1941-1943, 1946-1981 Hlavin, Anthony clarinet 1924-1925 Hlavin, William clarinet 1922-1923 Hobart, Max E. (Nebraska 1936- ) violin 1961-1965 (also New Orleans Symphony, National Symphony of Washington DC, Boston Symphony violin 1965-1970, Assistant Concertmaster 1970-1992, also conductor of the North Shore Philharmonic - Massachusetts)   Studied at the University of Southern California 1961-1965       RETURN TO TOP   Hochberg, Morris violin 1948-1952 Hoech, Robert viola 1919-1920 Hoffman, Owen W. oboe 1920-1921 Hois, Charles F. (Pennsylvania 1930-2010) trumpet (also Pittsburgh Symphony Principal trumpet 1960-1992, succeeded by George Vosburgh, then Second trumpet 1996-1996 117, active in Summer festivals, including as a student at Tanglewood in Summers of 1948, 1949, 1950, and particularly at the Chautauqua Festival 1960-1979 where his family had a cottage and regularly spent their summers)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1950. 1955-1960 Hollander, Norman cello 1946-1948 Holmes, Harley violin 1923-1940 Hon, Ma Si violin 1952-1957 Hoose, Clarence F. trumpet 1918-1919 Hopka, Dorothy harp 1921-1922       RETURN TO TOP   Hoss, Wendell (Kansas 1892-1980) Principal horn (also Chicago Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony, Hollywood studios) Principal horn (also Chicago Symphony Principal horn 1922-1923 and horn 1917-1918, Los Angeles Philharmonic in its founding season 1919-1920, Rochester Philharmonic Principal horn 1924-1930, Pittsburgh Symphony under Reiner 1940-1941, then moving back to California, for eighteen years in the 1950s and 1960s played in the Walt Disney studio recording orchestra and other Hollywood studio orchestras)   Wendell Hoss was one of the founders of the Los Angeles Horn Club and the International Horn Society. 1921-1922, 1930-1932 Howard, Arthur cello 1957-1958 Hruby, Alois Henry "Louie" brother of Charles, Frank, John, William and sister Mayme Kolda Hruby (Ohio 1886-1968) cello 1918-1926, Third trumpet 1919-1926, 1934-1955, Principal trumpet 1927-1934 1918-1955 Hruby, Charles brother of Alois, Frank, John, William and sister Mayme Kolda Hruby (Ohio 1893-1976) trumpet 1920-1921, 1925-1926 1920-1921, 1925-1926 Hruby, Frank Jr. brother of Alois, Charles, John, William and sister Mayme Kolda Hruby (Bohemia, now Czech 1883-1974) clarinet, bass clarinet   Frank Hruby Sr., or Frantisek Hruby (1857-1913), father of the Hruby children was also a clarinetist, music educator and beginning in 1889, director of the Great Western Band. In Cleveland, he played for many years in the orchestra of the Euclid Avenue Opera House. 1918-1926 Hruby, John J. brother of Alois, Charles, Frank, William and sister Mayme Kolda Hruby (Ohio 1887-1964) violin 1918-1926, Fourth trumpet 1924-1925, bass trumpet 1925-1926 1918-1926 Hruby, Mayme C. Kolda sister of Alois, Charles, Frank, John and William (Ohio 1897-1984) cello 1918-1919 Hruby, William youngest brother of Alois, Charles, Frank, John and sister Mayme Kolda Hruby (Ohio 1899-1965) trumpet 1925-1926, 1927-1956, percussion 1953-1956 1925-1926, 1927-1956 Hruby Family in about 1940: Mayme, Frank, Fred (not Cleveland Orchestra), John, William, Charles, Alois       RETURN TO TOP   Hunkins, Nella First Assistant Principal cello 1973-1978 1973-1978 Hunneman, Edmund violin 1919-1921   [ I ]         RETURN TO TOP   Israel, Shachar (Israel 1986- )   Assistant Principal trombone (also Hartford Symphony Principal trombone, Haddonfield Symphony - New Jersey Principal trombone 2004-2008. Active in Summer festivals, including Verbier Festival - Switzerland, Spoleto Festival - Italy)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 2007, Juilliard School. July 2009-present   [ J ]         RETURN TO TOP   Jackobs, Mark J. (Iowa 1966- ) viola (also Pittsburgh Symphony, active in festivals, including the Aspen Summer Festival, Edinburgh Festival, Mainly Mozart Festival in San Diego, Heidelberg Schloss Spiele Festival, and Interlochen Summer Arts Festival)   Studied at the Interlochen Arts Academy and the Eastman School of Music BMus. Also at the Cleveland Institute of Music, artist diploma. 1993-present Jandorf, David trumpet 1953-1955 Janovsky, Ernest K. viola 1922-1923, bassoon, contrabassoon 1921-1923 1921-1923 Jarovec, Edward cello 1918-1919 Jennings, Fay bass 1949-1978 Jilovec, Otto viola 1918-1924 Joachim, Heinrich cello 1946-1947       RETURN TO TOP   Joel, Lucien Raymond (1940- ) viola (also the Bruges Quartet: Yoko Moore first, Takako Masame second, Lucien Joel viola, Thomas Mansbacher cello, also Cleveland Octet: Erich Eichhorn violin, Robert Zimmer violin, Lucien Joel viola, Gary Stucka cello, Scott Haigh bass, Theodore Johnson clarinet George Goslee bassoon, David Glasser horn) 1969-2000 Johnson, Theodore (Illinois about 1925- )   clarinet (also as a student, the Chicago Civic Orchestra, a training orchestra. Also Kansas City Philharmonic and Kansas City Civic Opera 1953-1959)   Studied at De Paul University - Chicago. Also played in summers in the Santa Fe Opera orchestra in the late 1950s. 1959-1995 Johnston, James D. Sol Marcosson first, Charles Rychlik second, James Johnston viola, Charles Heydler cello. Click on the thumbnail picture below to see the Marcosson Quartette in 1908.    Marcosson Quartette in 1908 (click on image to enlarge) 1918-1919 Jones, Joela J. married to Richard Weiss (Florida 1945- ) keyboard 1968-1972, Principal keyboard 1972-present (also the Cleveland Orchestra Piano Trio: Joela Jones piano, Peter Otto violin, Richard Weiss cello)   Studied at Florida State University and the Eastman School of Music. Cleveland Institute of Music BMus and MMus. Also studied organ at the Conservatory of Music - Baldwin-Wallace College - Ohio. 1968-present Jordan, Ray violin 1920-1927, percussion 1921-1927 1920-1927 Juergensen, Anton violin 1919-1920   [ K ]         RETURN TO TOP   Kahlson, Erik viola 1927-1931, 1932-1937 Kalinovsky, Wolf Principal timpani 1937-1941 Kaminker, Harry violin 1920-1924, 1926-1928 1929-1936 Kaplan, Burton violin 1961-1963 Kapuscinski, Richard cello 1943-1948 Kardos, Ernest Steven (Ohio 1914-1989) violin 1934-1942, 1946-1947, Assistant Concertmaster 1947-1984   Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music Class of 1936 1934-1942, 1946-1984 Kaston, Henryk Kaczka (Poland 1910-2010) violin (also as a teen, played in a theater orchestra for silent films. Long-term Metropolitan Opera Orchestra violin 1943-1978)   Well-known also as a maker and repairer of violin bows; in the 1960s, he worked at the Wurlitzer violin shop in New York. Kaston also made artistic jewelry with musical themes. 1942-1944 Katz, Irwin cornet, trumpet 1955-1957       RETURN TO TOP   Katz, Paul violin 1928-1933 Kaufer, Alfred (Germany 1890- ) violin 1924-1960, trumpet 1926-1960 1924-1960 Kayaloff, Jean Arthur (Russia 1995-1972) cello (California sessions musician in the 1930s) 1924-1925 Kayser, Charles bassoon, contrabassoon 1925-1936 Kec, Vaclav (Czech 1878- ) fifth horn 1926-1927 Keene, James violin 1967-1969 Kellert, Gabriel cello 1943-1944 Kennedy, Raymond bassoon, contrabassoon 1923-1925 Kenny, Thomas horn 1951-1953       RETURN TO TOP   Kerr, Ian Principal timpani 1941-1942 Khaner, Jeffrey (Canada 1958- ) Principal flute (also Atlantic Symphony - Halifax, Nova Scotia Principal flute, Pittsburgh Symphony Co-Principal flute, with Bernard Goldberg 1981-1982, Philadelphia Orchestra Principal flute 1990-present)   Studied at the Juilliard School BMus 1980. 1982-1990 King, Erwin violin 1926-1943 King, Richard (New York 1968- ) Associate Principal horn 1988-1995, Co-Principal horn 1995-1997, Principal 1997-present (also Center City Brass Quintet)   Studied at the Juilliard School Pre-College Division in the Spring, 1985 and beginning September 1985 at the Curtis Institute, graduating in Class of 1989. 1988-present Kiraly, William viola (also Koch Quartet: Joseph Koch first, Samuel Epstein second, William Kiraly viola, Donald White cello) 1947-1949, 1953-1988 Kirchner, Morris (1896-1970) brother of Philip Kirchner bassoon 1919-1920, 1930-1933, Principal bassoon 1920-1929 (also Russian Symphony Orchestra of New York, NBC Symphony) May 1919-1929, 1930-1933 Kirchner, Philip (1890-1970) brother of Morris Kirchner Principal oboe 1919-1947, English horn 1919-1920, 1926-1927 (also New York Philharmonic) May 1919-1947 Kirkpatrick, Vernon (Wisconsin 1921-2010) oboe, English horn (also National Symphony of Washington DC Second oboe 1944-1989)   Studied at University of Wisconsin-Madison BMus 1943. 1945-1946 Kitain, Boris violin 1944-1945       RETURN TO TOP   Klaber, Thomas L. (Kentucky 1957- ) photograph by Roger Mastroianni, n.d. Principal Bass trombone (also Detroit Symphony 1980-1985)   Studied in the 1970s at the Cincinnati College - Conservatory of Music. Active in coaching students at the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra. Klaber is also Principal euphonium of the Blossom Festival Band, back to his first instrument as a student. Also active in competitive ice skating. 1985-present Klass, Sol trumpet 1926-1928 Klima, Arthur J. Jr. (Ohio 1948- ) viola (also Baltimore Symphony)   Studied at the University of Illinois and Yale University. 1977-present Klinger, David violin, percussion 1926-1944 Knight, Anthony bass 1974-1982, Assistant Principal bass 1982-1991 1974-1991 Knitzer, Joseph (New York 1913-1967) Concertmaster   Knitzer studied with Leopold Auer (1845-1930) for nearly seven years.  He also studied with Louis Persinger (1887-1966). Knitzer was a long time teacher at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Northwestern University in Chicago, the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, and the University of Michigan. 1945-1946 Knox, James violin 1945-1968 Kobler, Raymond Spencer husband of San Francisco Symphony violin Catherine Van Hoesen (California 1945- ) Assistant Concertmaster 1973-1976, Associate Concertmaster 1976-1980 (also United States Marine White House String Quartet in late 1960s, National Symphony - Washington DC 1970-1972, Orchestra of the National Ballet - Maryland Concertmaster about 1971, Baltimore Symphony Assistant Concertmaster 1972-1973, Cleveland Orchestra Associate Concertmaster 1973-1980, San Francisco Symphony Concertmaster 1980-1998, Pacific Symphony - Orange County California Concertmaster 1999-present)   Studied at Indiana University BMus, and at Catholic University - Washaington MMus. 1973-1980 Koch, Joseph violin (also Koch Quartet: Joseph Koch first, Samuel Epstein second, William Kiraly viola, Donald White cello) 1938-1985       RETURN TO TOP   Koelz, Alicia Marie (Minnesota 1981- ) violin (also Omni Quartet: Amy Lee first, Alicia Koelz second, Joanna Patterson viola, Tanya Ell cello. Active in summer festivals, including Sarasota Music Festival - Florida, Music Academy of the West Festival - Santa Barbara, Chautauqua Institute Festival - New York)   Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music BMus and Northwestern University - Chicago MMus. 2005-present Kofsky, Allen trombone 1961-2000, bass trumpet 1974- 2000 1961-2000 Kogan, Peter percussion 1969-1972 Kohon, Isador violin 1919-1924 Kohon, Markus bassoon, contrabassoon 1919-1921 Kojian, Miran violin 1960-1967 Kolberg, Hugo violin Concertmaster 1941-1942 Kolodkin, Herman M. Principal viola March 1919-1920 Konigsberg, Saralee piano, celesta 1945-1946       RETURN TO TOP   Konopka, Stanley M. Jr. (Illinois 1959- ) viola 1991-1993, Assistant Principal viola 1993-present (also Pittsburgh Symphony, National Repertory Orchestra - a summer orchestra in Colorado)   Studied at Interlochen and the Cleveland Institute of Music. 1991-present Kornfeld, Camille violin 1918-1919 Kosower, Mark (Wisconsin 1976- ) Principal cello (also Bamberg Symphony Orchestra Principal cello)   Early studies with his cellist father Paul R. Kosower. Mark Kosower studied at Indiana University BMus and artist diploma in about 1998. Also MMus at the Juilliard School in about 2001. For NAXOS in 2009-2010, Mark Kosower recorded the Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983) Cello Concerto no 1 with Lothar Zagrosek - Bamberg Symphony. Kosower was the first cellist to record the complete catalogue of works for solo cello by the great Argentine composer Ginastera. 2009-present Krachmalnick, Jacob Morris (then Russia, now Ukraine 1922-2001) Assistant Concertmaster 1946-1951, 1960-1961 (also Saint Louis Symphony for several months in 1942 before being drafted, Philadelphia Orchestra Concertmaster 1951-1958 and left suddenly after disagreements with Ormandy, Concertgebouw Orchestra Concertmaster 1958-1960 before returning to Cleveland, New York Philharmonic on Japan tour Spring 1962, briefly Concertmaster Dallas Symphony about 1963, San Francisco Symphony and San Francisco Opera Concertmaster 1964-1970)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1941. Jacob Krachmalnick was said by his colleagues to be a difficult and sarcastic leader. 1946-1951, 1960-1961 Krasner, Louis (Ukraine 1903-1995) Alban Berg, left, with Louis Krasner violin (also Minneapolis Symphony Concertmaster 1944-1949, Kramer Chamber Music Ensemble in 1950s)   After moving to Boston as a child, was admitted to the New England Conservatory, graduating in 1922. Relocating to Paris and then to Berlin, Krasner gave the premieres of both the Alban Berg and Arnold Schoenberg Violin Concerti. Taught music at Syracuse Univesity, New York 1949-1972, and at the New England Conservatory in the 1970s. 1942-1943 Kraus, Felix G. (1930-2006) oboe, English horn 1979-2006 Krausslich, Alvin bass 1918-1919, cello 1919-1920, viola 1919-1920 1919-1920 Krausz, Laszlo viola 1947-1969 Krivicek, Joseph J. horn 1918-1920       RETURN TO TOP   Krushinski, William violin 1918-1919 Kubitschek, Ernest Principal bassoon 1935-1936 Kuhlmann, Carl H. (also sometimes listed as Carl H. Kuhlman) (Germany 1877- ) Eb clarinet and Bass clarinet (also a New York theater orchestra musician in the 1920s)   also active in summer music festivals, including the Berkshire Festival of Chamber Music beginning in 1919. 1934-1950 Kurkdjie, (Lawrence) Nazar (Syria 1895-1978) violin (Geneva Symphony - Switzerland, Boston Symphony 1919-1920, Cleveland Orchestra 1920-1922, 1932-1939 led the Kurkdjie Ensemble and the L. Nazar Kurkdjie Orchestra for WTAM and WHK radio Cleveland and later in Hollywood, the KLAC, the NBC radio orchestra under the name of "Mr. Lawrence". As a Hollywood musician, he also directed orchestras for Harry James and Bing Crosby, Phil Harris orchestra)   Taught at Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory - Ohio in 1920s into about 1939. Jack Benny claimed that Lawrence Kurkdjie was his most important violin teacher 118. Billed as Nazar Kurkdjie in performance, his friends called him Lawrence. 1920-1922 Kushious, Paul D. (Rhode Island 1961- ) photograph by Roger Mastroianni, n.d. cello (also Columbus Symphony 1984-1995. Also Rhode Island Philharmonic Youth Orchestras for 8 years under the direction of his father, David Kushious, also Miami String Quartet)   Studied at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music BMus 1983. 1995-present Kushleika, Vitold viola 1944-1988   [ L ]         RETURN TO TOP   Laksar, Vaclav bassoon 1955-1981 Lamagne, Michael Assistant Principal bass 1924-1937, 1939-1944, Principal bass 1937-1939, bass 1924-1944 Lamp, Karl cello 1944-1946 Landholt, Robert trumpet, cornet (to San Antonio Symphony 1951-1954. also Bach Festival in Winter Park, Florida in 1940s)   Studied privately with William Vacchiano. 1948-1951 Landshoff, Werner cello 1944-1947 Lane, Louis Principal keyboard 1954-1961, keyboard 1947-1954, percussion 1948-1955 1954-1961 Lane, Timothy flute 1980-1981 Lapenna, Angelo bass 1950-1951 La Rosa, Massimo (Italy 1974- ) Principal trombone (also La Fenice Opera Orchestra - Venice Principal trombone 1996-2007, La Scala Orchestra - Milan Principal trombone, Santa Cecilia Symphony - Rome Principal trombone, Teatro Comunale di Firenze - Florence Principal trombone)   Studied in Sicily with Filippo Bonanno, Principal trombone of the Sicilian Symphony. He teaches at the Cleveland Institute of Music. His great sounding and great performing CD is recommended; see: web.me.com/massimolarosa/MassimoLaRosa.com/CANTANDO_CD.html 2007-present       RETURN TO TOP   LaRusso, Thomas bass 1959-1967 Latzke, Edwin violin 1918-1920 Laut, Edward cello 1973-1977 Lavin, Avram cello 1948-1949 Layefsky, Godfrey (New York 1915-1997) viola (also New York Philharmonic viola 1952–1957, Pittsburgh Symphony Principal viola about 1957 into 1960s, Kohon Quartet: Harold Kohon first, Raymond Kunicki second, Godfrey Layefsky viola, Lorin Bernsohn cello) 1939-1941 Lazarev, Leon (then Russia, now Ukraine 1938-2010) photograph by Roger Mastroianni, n.d. violin (also Solon Philharmonic - Ohio Concertmaster, Austrian Radio Symphony, Luxembourg Symphony, American Symphony - New York, Seattle Symphony)   Studied first with his parents, his father being a violinist with the Leningrad Philharmonic, and his mother teaching piano at the Leningrad Conservatory, then at the Gnesin Academy of Music - Moscow. 1985-2010   died during the 2009-2010 season on April 10, 2010. Lee, Jung-Min Amy Associate Concertmaster 2008-present Leonard, Ronald cello 1955-1957 Leoncavallo, John (Italy 1896-1978) English horn (also New York Symphony 1919-1920, National Theater - Havana 1916) 1924-1926       RETURN TO TOP   LeRoy, Henri Léon (France 1874-after 1932) Principal clarinet (also Garde républicaine band - Paris 109 in about 1900. New York Philharmonic Principal clarinet under Josef Stransky 1911-1914, New York National Symphony 1918-1921, also one of the founders of the Philharmonic Ensemble, a wind quintet with violin consisting of Henri Leroy clarinet, Xavier Reiter horn, August Mesnard bassoon, Anton Fayer flute, and joined by Leopold Kramer , then Concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic 110.) 1929-1930 Levenson, David cello 1944-1948 Levin, Louis viola 1920-1921 Levine, David cello 1966-1967 Levine, James keyboard 1964-1970 Levy, Louis (Hungary 1901- ) violin 1920-1928 Lewin, Morris cello 1920-1927 Leysens, Maurice violin 1945-1948 Liberti, Thomas cello 1948-1966       RETURN TO TOP   Lifschey, Marc (New York 1926-2000) Principal oboe 1950-1959, 1960-1965 (also Buffalo Symphony, National Symphony - Washington DC, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Principal oboe 1959-1960, San Francisco Symphony Principal oboe 1965-1986; Co-Principal oboe of the SFSO with Jean-Louis LeRoux 1965-1970. Contemporaries said that George Szell dismissed Marc Lifschey from the Cleveland Orchestra at the end of 1964-1965 in order to replace him with John Mack)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1948. From 1993-1998, Marc Lifschey taught at Indiana University, until retiring to Oregon. 1950-1959, 1960-1965 Lifschey, Samuel (New York 1889-1961) Principal viola (also New York Symphony viola during WW1, Maverick Festival at Woodstock, New York during the summers in early 1920s, Cleveland Orchestra Principal viola 1921-1923, Philadelphia Orchestra Principal viola for thirty seasons, 1925-1955. Also Detroit String Quartet in 1920s, Guarnerius Quartet with Alexander Hilsberg first, David Madison second and Samuel Lifschey viola, van den Berg cello in 1930s)   Studied violin under Arnold Volpe (1869-1940) in New York City in the 1910s. 1921-1923 Lilleback, Hans Valdemar Durck (Walter) (Denmark 1882-1971) bass trombone (also New York Symphony trombone including 1920 European tour, New York Philharmonic bass trombone 1921-1924, Sousa Band, also Boston Symphony 1934-1941, where John Coffey succeeded him)   In 1930, Lilleback and Felix Leifels organized the Civic Symphony Orchestra of New York to give low priced concerts 58 1941-1948 Lincer, William (1907-1997) Principal viola (also New York Philharmonic) 1942-1943 Linder, Waldemar horn 1929-1933 Lindstrom, Benjamin James (Illinois 1882-1964) violin (also played in the Cleveland WPA Orchestra also called the Federal Music Project Orchestra, giving employment to musicians during the great depression) 1918-1920 Lindstrom, William violin 1920-1921 Lingeman, John (Johannes Frederik) (Netherlands 1888-1979) cello, keyboard (also Chicago Symphony 1923-1924, Chicago String Quartet: Herman Felber Jr. first, Carl Fasshauer second, Robert Dolejsi viola, John Lingeman cello)   Lingeman pursued a cello solo career in Europe, and then joined the string quartet led by Émile Sauret (1852-1920). 1919-1920 Lipkin, Seymour Principal keyboard 1947-1948       RETURN TO TOP   Llinas, Emilio C. (Cuba 1939- ) violin 1968-1977, Assistant Principal Second Violin 1977-present (also Baltimore Symphony Assistant Concertmaster, Detroit Symphony Assistant Principal Second Violinist, Suburban Symphony - Ohio Concertmaster 1985-present.)   Studied at Brandeis University - Massachusetts. Active in teaching musicians in the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra. 1968-present Lockwood, Ralph G. (Ohio 1942- ) horn (also Music in Maine Chamber Orchestra, Prize winner in 1976 International Horn Competition of America)   Studied at the New England Conservatory MMus. College-Conservatory of Music - University of Cincinnati PhD studies. Sin 1972, taught several generations of horns at Arizona State University School of Music (now retired). Married to Phoenix Symphony flute Marjorie Yates-Lockwood. Recently returned to Ohio. 1975-1976 Loebel, Kurt (Austria 1921-2009) violin (also Dallas Symphony 1946-1947, a founder of the Symphonia Quartet)   Studied with Ernst Moravec, Principal violist of the Vienna Philharmonic, and at the Juilliard School 1941-1943, Cleveland Institute of Music BMus, MMus 108. Also served as Chairman of the Cleveland Orchestra musician's committee 107. His son David Loebel pursued a conducting career, including Associate Principal conductor of the Saint Louis Symphony and Music Director of the Memphis Symphony. 1947-1997   fifty seasons of service Logan, Walter G. (Canada 1876-1940) violin 1918-1923, viola 1923-1929, keyboard 1919-1920 (also Cleveland Concert Band, and music director for Cleveland radio station WTAM 1922-1940)   Studied violin with Sol Marcosson and at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music graduating in 1899. Then studied in Chicago at Northwestern University where he also later taught. Returned to Cleveland in 1912 where he became dean of the Cleveland Music School Settlement, providing free music instruction primarily for children of working parents. One of the early musicians to aid the organization of the Cleveland Orchestra. 1918-1929 Lucas, Frank clarinet, saxophone 1927-1934, Bass clarinet 1928-1934 1927-1934 Lym, William Russell (Utah 1895-1964) Second oboe and English horn (also Salt Lake Philharmonic Principal oboe 1915-1916 119, Pat Conway Band 1920s, Herbert L. Clarke Long Beach Band - California 1927, director of the Latter Day Saints Band - Utah 1927-1928)   William Lym studied at the New England Conservatory performers certificate about 1920. Lym later taught at the McCune School of Music and Art, Salt Lake City, Utah in the 1920s (now closed). In 1929, Lym moved to Los Angeles as a music teacher. In the 1950s, William Lym made highly praised oboes and English horns in West Hollywood, California. 1921-1924   [ M ]         RETURN TO TOP   Macdonald, Walter Grant (Massachusetts 1901-1955) Principal horn 1926-1927, horn 1927-1928. As Cleveland Principal, the horn section under Macdonald was: Walter Macdonald, Bertram Haigh, Edward E. Grant, Roman Cras, Vaclav Kec, and Ernest Paananen. (also Boston Symphony horn 1932-1955)   Studied at the New England Conservatory class of 1921. Walter Macdonald died suddenly during the Boston Symphony 1954-1955 season on March 30, 1955. 1926-1928 Mackey, Richard (Pennsylvania 1929- ) horn (also Kansas City, San Antonio Symphony, Detroit Symphony, New Orleans Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra 1955-1963, Japan Philharmonic Principal horn 1963-1965, Hollywood studio sessions player about 1965-1973, Boston Symphony January 1973-August 2005)   Studied at the New England Conservatory class of 1950. 1955-1963 Machan, Leon Principal piano 1932-1945 1932-1945 Mack, John (1927-2006) Principal oboe 1965-2001 MacKnight, John flute 1922-1925 MacRitchie, R. bassoon 1925-1926       RETURN TO TOP   Madden, William violin 1920-1923, 1923-1926 Majeske, Daniel Harold father of Stephen Majeske (Michigan 1932-1993) violin 1955-1959, Assistant Concertmaster 1959-1967, Associate Concertmaster 1967-1969, appointed Concertmaster in May 1969 when Rafael Druian abruptly resigned, served as Concertmaster 1969-1993 (also US Army Band, Washington DC 1951-1955)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1950. 1955-1993   Died during the 1993-1994 season on November 28, 1993, age 61 from the effects of prostate cancer. Majeske, Stephen T. son of Daniel Majeske (Washington DC 1954- ) violin 1979-1993, Principal Second violin 1993-2001 (also Minneapolis Symphony)   Now teaches at the Palm Beach Academy of Music - Florida. 1979-2001 (on leave in 2001 for health reasons, then resigned) Mansbacher, Thomas S. (Missouri 1949- ) cello (also New Hampshire Sinfonietta Principal cello, New Haven Symphony Co-Principal cello)   Studied at Washington University - Saint Louis BMus and Yale School of Music MMus. 1977- Manson, Robert G. viola 1923-1925 Marano, Raymond violin 1946-1947       RETURN TO TOP   Marcellus, Robert (Nebraska 1928-1996) Principal clarinet (also National Symphony of Washington DC Second clarinet 1945-1946 and 1949-1950, Principal clarinet 1950-1953. also 1946-1949, US Air Force Band in Washington)   Early studies were with Earl Handlon, bass clarinet of the Minneapolis Symphony. In 1944 studied with his great predecessor as Principal clarinet in Cleveland: Daniel Bonade. Marcellus taught at Northwestern University, Chicago 1974-1994. 1953-1973   retired at the end of the 1972-1973 season consequent to health complications from diabetes Marcosson, Sol (Kentucky 1869-1940) First Concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra, 1918-1919, later returned as a sub, and as viola 1928-1931. (also a founder of the Marcosson Quartette, later renamed the Cleveland Philharmonic String Quartet. The 1908 Marcosson Quartette was: Sol Marcosson first, Charles Rychlik second, James Johnston viola, Charles Heydler cello. Click on the thumbnail picture below to see the Marcosson Quartette in 1908.   Marcosson Quartette in 1908 (click on image to enlarge) . Sol Marcosson played with the various unsuccessful symphony orchestras prior to the Cleveland Orchestra during 1900-1920: The Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Grand Orchestra, and the Cleveland Municipal Orchestra)   Studied at the Berlin Akademische Hochschule für Musik, graduating in about 1890. 1918-1919, 1928-1931 Maresh, Ferdinand or Fernando (Ohio 1918-1986) Double bass 1967-1970 (also All-American Youth Orchestra of 1940, Cleveland Orchestra 1941-1942, 1945-1948, Philadelphia Orchestra 1967-1986)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1940. Wrote the interesting book Transatlantic passenger steamships to Philadelphia in 1985. Maresh died suddenly November 29, 1986. 1941-1942, 1945-1948 Maret, Stanley Ross (Missouri 1926- ) contrabassoon   Studied at the Eastman School of Music BMus 1948 (as did his fellow bassoon George Goslee), University of Colorado MMus in composition 1956. 1962-1997 Mark, Malcolm (Scotland 1902-1988) viola (also Indianapolis Symphony, National Symphony of Washington DC 120.   From a musical family, brothers Malcolm and Alexander were also musicians. Studied violin in Edmonton, Canada, and at the New England Conservatory of Music. 1945-1969 Marsh, Albert Principal oboe, English horn 1918-1919       RETURN TO TOP   Martonne, Herman (Hungary 1879-1970) violin 1929-1937, keyboard 1933-1937 (also New York Philharmonic under Mahler 1909-1911, Saint Paul Symphony 1911-1912, musician in San Francisco 1913-1918, Concertmaster Oakland 1936) 1929-1937 Masame, Takako (Japan 1956- ) photo: Roger Mastroianni, n.d. violin (also Indianapolis Symphony, Amici Quartet since 1987: Takako Masame first, Miho Hashizume second, Lynne Ramsey viola, Ralph Curry cello, also the Bruges Quartet: Yoko Moore first, Takako Masame second, Lucien Joel viola, Thomas Mansbacher cello)   Studied at the Toho Gakuen School of Music - Tokyo BMus, New England Conservatory - Boston Artist's Certificate. 1984-present Matey, Edward J. (Ohio 1916-1993) violin 1938-1947, 1952-1982, percussion 1944-1947, 1955-1970 (also NBC radio staff orchestra in Cleveland 1947-1952)   Studied as a teen at the Interlochen Music Camp - Michigan, also Cleveland Institute of Music, Curtis Institute Class of 1937. 1938-1947, 1952-1982 Mather, Diane S. (1942- ) cello 1963-1967, First Assistant Principal cello 1967-1969, Assistant Principal cello 1969-2001 1963-2001 Matson, Ralph violin 1976-1977 Matson, Robert percussion 1952-1989, timpani 1968-1981, Assistant Principal timpani 1980-1989 1952-1989       RETURN TO TOP   Matthews, Eli (Tennessee 1972- ) First Assistant Principal Second Violin 2008-present, violin 1997-2008. (also Cincinnati Symphony, Saint Louis Symphony)   Studied at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. 1997-present May, Frank bass 1937-1942, 1945-1974 Mayhall, Walter S. flute, piccolo (also Kansas City Symphony, Youngstown Symphony - Ohio Principal flute, Dana Woodwind Quintet - Ohio, consisting of Walter Mayhall flute, Loyal Mould oboe, Joseph Lapinski clarinet, Donald W. Byo bassoon, and Lois Hopkins horn 102)   Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music with Maurice Sharp. Taught at the Youngstown State University - Ohio 103. 1945-1946 Mayhew, Michael Lynn Jr. (Texas 1970- ) Associate Principal horn (also Syracuse Symphony Assistant Principal horn)   Studied at Oberlin Conservatory of Music BMus 1992, Shepherd School of Music - Rice University MMus. 1997-present McAllister, J. R. bass 1918-1919 McBride, Charles cello 1926-1944       RETURN TO TOP   McClure, Theron bass 1937-1943 McCormick, Jesse D. (Colorado ) horn (also Colorado Symphony) January 2006-present McDonald, Charles horn 1966-1968, 1969-1971 McGibeny, Carlson Glenn (1875- ) Principal clarinet 1918-1920 McGibeny, Fredrick (1868-before 1968) bass, trombone 1918-1919 McGill, David Principal bassoon 1988-1997       RETURN TO TOP   McGinnis, Robert E. (Pennsylvania 1910-1976)   Principal Clarinet 1941-1942, 1946-1947 (also Philadelphia Orchestra Principal clarinet 1930-1931, Principal clarinet 1931-1940, during World War 2, 1942-1945 U.S. Navy Band. In the 1947-1948 season, McGinnis was Principal clarinet of the NBC Symphony under Toscanini, then New York Philharmonic as Principal clarinet 1948-1960, Co-Principal clarinet (with Philip Fath) with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra 1964-1969.   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1935. Robert McGinnis, Melvin Headman, and Robert Bloom entered the Philadelphia Orchestra directly from the Curtis Institute in 1930 upon the decision of Leopold Stokowski, although they 'officially' graduated in the Curtis Class of 1935. 1941-1942, 1946-1947 McGuire, Harvey English horn 1944-1979 1944-1979 McKelway, Daniel V. (New Hampshire 1965- ) husband of Lembi Veskimets photo: Roger Mastroianni, n.d. Assistant Principal clarinet (also Grand Rapids Symphony Principal Clarinet 1994-1995)   Studied at the North Carolina School of the Arts and the New England Conservatory. 1995-present Meints, Catharina cello 1971- Mende, Paul viola 1920-1924 Mendoza, A. flute 1918-1919       RETURN TO TOP   Menga, Robert violin 1967-1968 Metzdorf, Alfred violin 1928-1929 Meyer, Audrey violin 1966-1979 Meyer, Herman Principal tuba 1921-1928 Michelson, Albert cello 1947-1969 Miersch, Erwin Adolf (then Germany, now France 1886-1969) Erwin Miersch with Ernani Angelucci behind him in 1949 Fourth horn (also Detroit Symphony probably 1926-1935 with Albert Stagliano and James Stagliano Principal and Second horns and also Ernest Hubner (listed at Ernst Huebner), also Boston Symphony 1913-1919)   As a teacher, published Melodious Studies for French Horn, still used today. 1924-1926, 1936-1951       RETURN TO TOP   Miller, Donald photo: Roger Mastroianni, n.d. percussion (also Toledo Symphony Orchestra)   Studied Oberlin College Conservatory BM 1972. 1972-present Miller, Harry Principal timpani 1918-1931, 1933-1935, percussion 1948-1952   Appointed Principal timpani by Arthur Rodzinski in 1933-1934, but after two seasons, dismissed by Rodzinski before rejoining Cleveland in 1948. At this time, the percussion section was Cloyd Duff timpani, Emil Sholle and Frank Sholle percussion, and Harry Miller percussion. 1918-1931, 1933-1935, 1948-1952 Miller, Harry viola 1944-1948 Miller, Michael (Ohio 1971- ) photo: Roger Mastroianni, n.d. Fourth trumpet (also Charlotte Symphony about 1993-2005 as trumpet and then Principal trumpet 2001-2005, Savannah Symphony)   Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music and four years at the Conservatory of Music at Baldwin-Wallace College, University of Cincinnati MMus, and study in Ecuador under a Fulbright scholarship. Also coaches the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra. spring 2006-present Miller, Samuel (1891- ) Principal trumpet (also New York Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Detroit Symphony) 1920-1921 Millrood, George B. (Ohio 1913-1977) violin   Taught music at Phillips Exeter Academy in Massachusetts 1936-1943. 1943-1955       RETURN TO TOP   Mills, Verlye Arlyn (Kansas 1913- ) Principal harp, Principal keyboard at age 18   (Mills was an NBC radio broadcasting musician, based in New York City in the 1930s. also Mills was later a long-time Hollywood studio session musician, including recording sessions with Frank Sinatra and others into the late 1970s) 1930-1931 Missits, Ioana violin 2000-present Molloy, Sonja K. Braaten (Minnesota 1976- ) photo: Roger Mastroianni, n.d. violin (also Canton Symphony Associate Concertmaster)   Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music BMus, MMus. Active in Summer music festivals, including the Aspen Music Festival - Colorado, Sarasota Music Festival - Florida, National Repertory Orchestra - a summer training orchestra in Colorado where she was Co-Concertmaster. July 2000-present Moor, Bartley C. Principal piccolo, flute 1925-1926 Moor, Weyert Abram (Netherlands 1877-1959) Principal flute (also West Point Army Band, Rivoli Theater Orchestra - Broadway, New York)   While in Cleveland, Weyert Moor was also head of the flute department of Cleveland Institute of Music 100. 1919-1931 Moore, Yoko Hiroe (Japan 1948- ) photo by Herbert Ascherman visit www.ascherman.com Assistant Concertmaster (also Dallas Symphony 1975-1981, Tulsa Philharmonic Concertmaster 1974-1975, also Dallas Renaissance Quartet)   Studied at the Toho Music School in Tokyo. 1981-present       RETURN TO TOP   Moran, Howard violin 1918-1919 Morovitsky, Morris violin   Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music. 1929-1942 Morris, Abe violin 1920-1924 Morris, Martin (Ohio 1919-2007) Second horn (also Oberlin Woodwind Quartet: Robert Willoughby flute. De Vere Moore oboe, George E. Wain 1903-1999 clarinet at Oberlin faculty 1929- , Martin Morris horn, Kenneth Moore bassoon)   Studied at Case Western Reserve University. Taught at Oberlin College 1950s and 1960s, Cleveland Institute of Music, Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music. 1941-1942, 1945-1981 Morris, Robert flute, piccolo (also teacher of Julius Baker) 1942-1947 Morris, Walter horn 1923-1924       RETURN TO TOP   Morscher, Sepp Principal harp 1920-1922 Moser, Adolf Principal tuba 1928-1950 Moses, Emanuel violin 1927-1930, 1930-1934 Moss, Leonard G. (New York 1918-2006) detail of photo Boston Symphony Archives, n.d. violin (also NYC Broadway shows, New Opera Company and Ballet Theater - New York, Dallas Symphony, CBS Radio Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra 1949-1953, Boston Symphony 1953-1995)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1936 and the Peabody Conservatory. 1949-1953 then to BSO for 42 seasons Munroe, Lorne A. (Canada 1924- ) Lorne Munroe in New York Principal cello (also as well as Cleveland Orchestra Principal cello 1949-1950, Minneapolis Symphony 1950-1951, Philadelphia Orchestra Principal cello 1951-1964, New York Philharmonic Principal cello 1964-1996)   When 14, Lorne Munroe was taken to London by his sponsor, Australian composer/pianist Arthur Benjamin (1893-1960), where he studied with Benjamin and with cello teacher Ivor James (1882-1963) at the Royal College of Music. He also studied at the Curtis Institute in the same class as Paul Olefsky, graduating in 1947. 1949-1950 Murphy, Alfred bass 1918-1919, 1928-1934, tuba 1928-1934 1918-1919, 1928-1934 Musgrave, C. Philip cello 1918-1919   [ N ]         RETURN TO TOP   Nabokin, Philip trombone 1930-1932 Nadelson, Meyer bass 1920-1921 Naegele, Philipp violin 1950-1964 Namen, William horn 1927-1945 Nathanson, Irving bass 1947-1984 Nava, Lucino Principal horn 1927-1928 Nelson, Eliesha (Alaska 1973- ) photo: Roger Mastroianni, n.d. viola (also acting Principal viola of the Florida Philharmonic and of the Florida Grand Opera - Miami)   Starting with violin, Nelson studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music, BMus and MMus (moving to viola during MMus studies). As a student, Eastern Music Festival - North Carolina. Also Royal Academy of Music - London artist diploma under Fulbright scholarship. Like William Preucil, Eliesha Nelson began studied early with the Suzuki method; then Indiana String Academy at age 12. Recorded Quincy Porter: The Complete Viola Works on Dorian CD. 2000-present Nemkovsky, Philip trombone 1921-1922 Nereim, Linnea (Illinois 1950- ) bass clarinet (also Colorado Philharmonic - now the National Repertory Orchestra, Florida Symphony bass clarinet)   Studied at Northwestern University BMus Ed. Linnea Nereim's Cleveland Orchestra bio states: "...her clarinet tone provided the original character for the popular video game Ms. Pacman.." (which is fun!) 1984-present       RETURN TO TOP   Nimz, Arthur cello 1918-1919 Nissly, Jacob R. (Iowa 1983- ) Principal percussion (also Detroit Symphony Principal percussion 2010-2011, New World Symphony - Florida, a training orchestra for young professionals)   Studied at Northwestern University - Chicago BMus and the Juilliard School MMus. Also active in summer music festivals, including the Verbier Festival - Switzerland, the Pacific Music Festival - Japan. While at Juilliard, Jacob Nissly co-premiered the Roberto Sierra (1953- ) Bongo +, a percussion concerto. 2011-present Nowinski, David (or Nowiński) (Poland 1875-perhaps returned to Poland) violin (also Stanley Theater orchestra - Philadelphia, also Worcester Festival Orchestra - Massachusetts 1915, Philadelphia Orchestra under Fritz Scheel and Leopold Stokowski 1906-1917)   Taught at the University of Pennsylvania School of Music prior to the Philadelphia Orchestra. 1922-1924 Nussbaum, Irving violin 1949-1951   [ O ]         RETURN TO TOP   Ochsner, A. violin 1918-1919 Offner, Herbert (Canada 1905- ) violin 1925-1936 Okuniewski, Laura harp 1980-1981, Assistant Principal harp 1980-1992 (also Halcyon Ensemble: Martha Aarons flute, Gino Raffaelli violin, Gary Stucka cello, Laura Okuniewski harp, Janina Kuzma harpsichord, Richard Winer percussion) 1980-1992 Omers, Constant Edward (Belgium 1881-1958) Principal percussion with Frank Sholle and David Klinger as his assistants during the 1930s (also played summers in Los Angeles beginning in 1930s) 1922-1924, 1924-1944 Ormond, Edward (Michigan ) viola 1959-1971, First Assistant Principal viola 1971-1989, acting Principal viola 1976-1977, Assistant Principal viola 1988-1997 (also Saint Louis Symphony Assistant Principal viola until 1959. Saint Louis conductor Édouard van Remoortel in 1958-1959 tried to fire 42 of the 85 musicians, including Edward Ormond, who then left for Cleveland at higher pay. also Cleveland Octet: Erich Eichhorn violin, Edward Ormond viola, Lucien Joel viola, Gary Stucka cello, Scott Haigh bass, Theodore Johnson clarinet, George Goslee bassoon, David Glasser horn)   Edward Ormond played the viola d'amore in the famous 1974 Cleveland Orchestra performance of Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet under Lorin Maazel. 1959-1997 Osbun, Mark T. trombone 1918-1920 Otto, Peter (Germany 1975- ) First Associate Concertmaster (also Saint Louis Symphony 2001-2007 violin 2001-2005 and Assistant Concertmaster 2005-2007, also the Cleveland Orchestra Piano Trio: Joela Jones piano, Peter Otto violin, Richard Weiss cello))   Studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater - Rostock, Germany and at the Juilliard School MMus. His performance have revealed, among other works, the qualities of the Eugène Ysaÿe Sonata no 1 "Joseph Szigeti" for solo violin, a challenging work. September 2007-present   [ P ]         RETURN TO TOP   Paananen, Ernest (Finland 1879- ) viola, sixth horn during the 1920s 1923-1932 Paeff, Spinoza viola 1943-1944 Pagano, Emil Principal piccolo 1928-1942 Pangborn, Robert percussion 1957-1963 Paolucci, Italo oboe 1931-1932 Park, Chul-In (Korea 1968- ) violin (also active in Summer music festivals, including the Marlboro Music Festival)   Studied at the Juilliard School BMus 1988, MMus, Indiana University School of Music DMus and a minor in arts administration. September 1995-present Parmelee, Dan violin 1920-1921 Paskewitz, Morris cello 1920-1922 Patterson, Joanna (Monaco 1985- ) photo: Roger Mastroianni, n.d. viola (also Canton Symphony - Ohio Principal viola, Sarasota Music Festival Principal viola)   Studied at the Seattle Conservatory of Music and the Cleveland Institute of Music. Both parents are musicians: Ronald Patterson was Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Concertmaster (where Joanna was born and grew up), and Roxanna Patterson is also a violiSaint 2006-present       RETURN TO TOP   Patti, Kenneth violin 1974-1979 Pearlstein, Jeanette celesta - keyboard 1940-1941 Pedicord, Charles harp (also US Marine Band in 1950s) 1947-1949 Pelletier, Alphonse J. Principal horn 1919, horn 1919-1926 1919-1926 Percy, Vincent Principal organ 1939-1944 Perlman, David Principal bass 1966-1981 Perrin, Joseph Principal timpani 1931-1933 Perry, Robert cello 1968-1994 Perutz, Robert (Poland 1886-before 1957) violin (made his New York debut at Aeolean Hall, October 22, 1923. as a musician, was primarily based in Cincinnati. also Perutz String Quartet: Robert Perutz first, Thomas Williams second, Peter Froehlich viola, and Desire Danczowski cello in the 1920s)   Recorded the Wieniawski Valse Caprice for Gennett Records of Indiana in the late 1920s. He taught at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. His last days seem to have been sad: Perutz suffered from poison in November, 1933, but recovered 132. He died in Cincinnati on February 27, 1934 of exposure after having taken a drug 133. 1921-1922       RETURN TO TOP   Petersen, Ralph (Missouri 1905-1969) horn with Frank Brouk Principal horn, Martin Morris Second horn and Ralph Peterson Third horn during his Cleveland Orchestra service. 1944-1948 Peterson, Thomas clarinet 1963-1981, Assistant Principal clarinet 1980-1995, saxophone 1963-1995 Peyrebrune, Henry L., Jr. (New York 1964- ) bass (also National Arts Centre Orchestra - Ottawa Principal bass 1994-1997, Portland Symphony - Maine Principal bass, as a youth, played in the Albany Symphony - New York ages 15-18)   Studied at the New England Conservatory of Music BMus 1987. 1997-present Phillips, Bert cello 1958-1959 Phillips, Ronald bassoon 1960-1975, 1978-1981, Assistant Principal bassoon 1980-2001 (also Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, United States Navy Band, New Orleans Symphony)   Studied at the Eastman School of Music. 1960-1975, 1978-1981, 1980-2001 Pikler, Charles Robert (California 1951- ) photo: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, n.d. violin (also Minnesota Orchestra 1971-1973, Rotterdam Philharmonic 1976-1978, Chicago Symphony violin 1978-1986, Principal viola 1986-present, Chicago Chamber Orchestra, Ars Viva Orchestra, Chicago Symphony String Quartet. also in Illinois, active in the Northbrook Symphony, and the River Cities Philharmonic - 100 km SW of Chicago. founder and Music Director of I-Solisti, a chamber orchestra which is part of the Midwest Young Artists Festival)   In 1990, Charlie Pinkler gave the premiere of Frank Beezhold (1915-1989) Viola Concerto, composed for him, with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago (CSO training orchestra. 1973-1976 Pittenger, Raymond violin 1929-1934 Pitts, Timothy bass 1985-1992 Pivonka, Thomas Joseph (Bohemia, now Slovakia 1881-1956) bass   Emigrated from Bohemia (now Slovakia) to Cleveland at age 8. 1918-1919, 1920-1957   did not complete the 1956-1957 season, dying on November 22, 1956.       RETURN TO TOP   Pizzo, Joseph (Italy 1889- ) Principal harp (also New York Symphony 1927-1928)   Taught at the Peabody Conservatory. Emigrated to the US in 1920. 1928-1929 Polak, Anton trombone 1918-1919 Polisi, William (Pennsylvania 1908-1984) Principal bassoon 1933-1935, 1936-1937 (also Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo Orchestra, NBC Symphony 1937-1943, New York Philharmonic Principal bassoon 1943-1958, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Co-Principal bassoon 1958-1959)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1935. Designed and manufactured the Polisi bassoon. Taught at the Juilliard School 1951-1981. 1933-1935, 1936-1937 Polyakin, Lev (Russia - now Uzbekistan 1953- ) violin 1981-1999, Assistant Concertmaster 1999-present (also American Academy of Conducting Orchestra - Aspen Music Festival Concertmaster)   Studied at the Moscow Conservatory. He has recorded several CDs with his jazz group Russian Blue. Polyakin is featured on the Grammy-nominated Decca recording of Paul Schoenfield Cafe Music, inspired by Paul Schoenfield's experiences playing piano at Murphy's Steakhouse in Minneapolis (fun !) 1981-present Portnoy, Bernard (Pennsylvania 1914-2006) (photograph by Zinn, Arthur, and Kufeld, n.d. Courtesy of the Cleveland Orchestra Archives) Principal clarinet (also Pittsburgh Symphony Principal clarinet under Fritz Reiner about 1937-1940, Philadelphia Orchestra Principal clarinet 1940-1943, Cleveland Orchestra Principal clarinet 1947-1953, in 1950s,a New York sessions musician, including the Broadway cast recording of My Fair Lady with Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews, also in New York, played regularly in the WOR Mutual Broadcasting Orchestra)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1937. Taught at both the Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute. 1947-1953 Posell, Jacques (New York 1909-2000) born in New York City of French parents bass 1936-1939, 1978-1985, Principal bass 1939-1966, Co-Principal bass 1966-1978   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1935. Gave the premier of Gardiner Read's Christmas Plantation Song opus 63 for double bass and piano in 1945. 1936-1978 Poteet, Ewing violin 1940-1947 Powelson, Frank clarinet 1918-1919 Powers, Jeffrey (Texas 1953- ) horn (also Hong Kong Philharmonic Second horn, New Jersey Symphony Second horn, Philharmonic Orchestra of Caracas - Venezuela Fourth horn, Royal Philharmonic of Flanders - Belgium for 16 seasons, Waco Symphony - Texas Principal horn and Abilene Philharmonic - Texas Principal horn)   Studied at the Austin College - Texas BA with "Honors in Music" and the Cleveland Institute of Music MMus. 1980-1985       RETURN TO TOP   Prager, Nathan (New York 1910-1963) died suddenly of a heart attack in New York age 53. Assistant First trumpet (to New York Philharmonic as Second trumpet under Principals Harry Glantz and William Vacchiano 1929-1963, when he died during the 1962-1963 season)   Studied in New York with legendary trumpet teacher Max Schlossberg. fellow musicians said that Nathan Prager could have been a Principal trumpet at one of the leading orchestras, but did not want the pressures of a first chair position. Also, that Prager turned down an invitation of NBC to play with Harry Glantz in 1942, because he was afraid he would also have to play first trumpet in the NBC staff orchestra. 1928-1929 Preucil, William Warren Jr. (Michigan 1958- ) brother of Jeanne Preucil Rose, brother-in-law of Stephen Rose, father of Alexandra Preucil Dolan photo: Roger Mastroianni, n.d. Concertmaster (also Nashville Symphony Concertmaster, Utah Symphony Concertmaster, Atlanta Symphony Concertmaster 1982-1989. Cleveland Quartet, William Preucil first, Peter Salaff second, James Dunham viola, and Paul Katz cello 1989-1995, Concertmaster of the Orchestra of the Mostly Mozart Festival of San Diego, California 1995-present)   Studied at Indiana University about 1974-1978 receiving the Performer's Certificate. Recorded the interesting Stephen Paulus Violin Concerto (New World Records) dedicated to Preucil, and performed with the Atlanta Symphony. April, 1995-present Pripadcheff, Alexander (Russia 1897- ) died while on a visit to his family in Siberia in July, 1971 80. Principal clarinet (also in 1920, joined the touring Russia Grand Opera Company touring China and Japan, 1921 in US, where he continued with the Russian Grand Opera Company, as Second clarinet 1922-1923. Principal clarinet of the Metropolitan Opera in the 1930s-1960s.)   Studied at the Imperial Conservatory in Moscow 80. In 1920s, also continued his clarinet studies with Simeon Bellison (1883-1953) who was later Principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic. 1931-1933 Prohaska, Paul bass 1921-1923 Proto, Dino (Italy 1903- ) grew up in New York City from age 10 Assistant Concertmaster (also played and was a contractor of musicians of the Brooklyn Philharmonic in the 1950s)   Studied first with his father Nicholas Proto, a musician and piano tuner. 1940-1947 Pugatsky, William violin 1920-1921 Puletz, Rudolph Jr. (New York 1908-1974) Principal horn (also in the 1930s played in Georges Barrère's Barrère Little Symphony and with the Barrère Ensemble: Georges Barrère flute, Carlos Mullenix oboe, Fred van Amburgh clarinet, Angel del Busto bassoon 129. American Woodwind Players in 1940s. In 1941, Rudolph Puletz joined several other first chair musicians, including: Merritt Dittert trombone, Louis Davidson trumpet, Leonard Sharrow bassoon, and John Coffey bass trombone to go to Argentina to play under Arturo Toscanini at the Teatro Colon. New York Philharmonic Principal horn 1941-1946, dismissed - as were many other musicians - by Artur Rodzinski.  also played with the Goldman Band and with the Mexico City Symphony 130.)   Studied first with his father, Rudolph Puletz Sr. (1881- ) and his uncle Frank Puletz (1978-1962), both theater musicians in New York City. 1937-1941   [ R ]         RETURN TO TOP   Raffaelli, Gino V. (1925- ) violin (also Halcyon Ensemble: Martha Aarons flute, Gino Raffaelli violin, Gary Stucka cello, Laura Okuniewski harp, Janina Kuzma harpsichord, Richard Winer percussion) 1957-1969, 1969-1974, 1974-2001 Rafferty, Patrick violin 1972-1974 Ramsey, Lynne first Assistant Principal viola (also Amici Quartet since 1987: Takako Masame first, Miho Hashizume second, Lynne Ramsey viola, Ralph Curry cello. also Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Principal viola, Rochester Philharmonic Principal viola and the new chamber ensemble Panorámicos)   Studied at the Juilliard School BMus and MMus. Active at music festivals, including the Aspen Music Festival - Colorado. January 1989-present Rathbun, Jeffrey J. (Missouri 1959- ) grew up in Texas   Assistant Principal oboe 1990-2001, 2003-present, 2001-2003 Principal oboe (also Honolulu Symphony 1983-1984, Oakland Symphony 1984-1986, San Francisco Symphony 1986-1988, Atlanta Symphony 1988-1990)   Studied at the University of North Texas BMus 1981, Cleveland Institute of Music MMus 1983 and is Distinguished Alumni from both institutions. Also a composer, including Daredevil, Three Psalms of Jerusalem, Motions for Cellos, which was commissioned by the Cleveland Orchestra. He CD Color Factory is available from the Cleveland Orchestra store: www.clevelandorchestra.com/cleveland-orchestra-store 1990-present Rautenberg, John Leslie (Ohio 1937- ) photo by Herbert Ascherman visit www.ascherman.com flute 1961-1980, acting Principal flute 1982-1983, Associate Principal flute 1980-2005   Studied at Oberlin Conservatory graduated 1958. 1961-2005 Rautenberg, Theodore Herman Jr. (New York 1900-1961) Rautenberg as a student at Syracuse University violin (also played in Cleveland radio station staff orchestras beginning in 1929, which offered 52 week employment, not offered by any US symphony orchestra in that era)   Studied at Syracuse University 1923, the Juilliard School about 1924-1927. 1927-1929, 1942-1961   died during the 1960-1961 season on May 8, 1961 Ravagnani, Albert (Italy 1893-1967) bass (also Saint Louis Symphony before Cleveland, played in the Cleveland WPA Orchestra also called the Federal Music Project Orchestra, giving employment to musicians during the great depression - starting in about 1937) 1926-1937 Reger, Vance oboe 1977-1978 Reichman, Aaron viola 1921-1922       RETURN TO TOP   Reines, Abraham Principal bassoon 1918-1920, bassoon, contrabassoon 1922-1923 1918-1923 Reinhardt, Willis violin 1929-1970 Rennert, Bruno viola 1919-1920 Ressler, Julius viola 1924-1927 Rettew, James Edward (Pennsylvania 1920-1968) Assistant Principal clarinet and Bass clarinet   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1942. suffered illness in his later years and died in his native Pennsylvania in 1968, a few months after his 48th birthday 1944-1959 Reve, Kalman (Austria-Hungary, now Hungary 1894-1979) Second Concertmaster - i.e. Assistant Concertmaster. (also Philadelphia Orchestra violin 1923-1924. In 1930s was in summers a cruise ship musician, in 1940s was a New York City Broadway and sessions musician, and played in the Tommy Dorsey orchestra) 1930-1932 Rey, Albert oboe, English horn 1919-1922 Rickert, August B. Second bassoon 1920-1952 Ringwall, Rudolph Carl (Massachusetts 1891-1978) violin (also National Symphony Orchestra of New York, Boston Symphony 1913-1915 and 1918-1920, where he left following 1920 musician's strike for the Cleveland Orchestra)   Studied at the New England Conservatory. 1920-1933       RETURN TO TOP   Ripley, Robert (Pennsylvania 1922-2005) cello (also Cleveland Orchestra 1942-1943, 1946-1955, Glenn Miller Air Force Orchestra during World War 2, Boston Symphony 1955-1995)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1942, Cleveland Institute BM 1951. Also several times Chairman of the BSO Player's Committee, representing the Orchestra. 1942-1943, 1946-1955 Robbins, Channing cello 1940-1941 Robertello, Thomas Principal piccolo 1988-1989 1988-1989 Roberts, (Francis) Chester (Massachusetts 1921- ) still active in 2011 Principal tuba 1950-1967 (also Pittsburgh Symphony Principal Tuba under Reiner, San Francisco Symphony Principal tuba 1967-1969)   Studied at the New England Conservatory. In summers played in the Chautauqua Symphony. Also taught at Western Reserve University - Ohio, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the New England Conservatory and Boston University School of Music. 1950-1967 Roberts, Richard Assistant Concertmaster 1974-1982 Roman, Isadore (Russia - now Ukraine 1905-1978) violin (also played in the staff orchestra of WTAM radio - Cleveland, then moved to California where he became a Hollywood studio sessions musician) 1922-1929 Ronka, Elmer trombone 1928-1930 Rose, Jeanne Preucil wife of Stephen Rose, brother of William Preucil, aunt of Alexandra Preucil Dolan photograph by Roger Mastroianni, n.d. violin (also Midland-Odessa Symphony - Texas Concertmaster, Everest Quartet: Stephen Rose first,  Jeanne Preucil Rose second, Joan DerHovsepian viola - now with the Houston Symphony, Brant Taylor cello)   Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music BMus and Eastman School of Music MMus and Performer’s Certificate. January 1999-present Rose, Leonard (Washington, DC 1918-1984) photo: Bruno Bernard, circa 1952 Principal cello 1939-1943 1939-1943       RETURN TO TOP   Rose, Stephen (1959- ) husband of Jeanne Preucil Rose , brother of William Preucil , uncle of Alexandra Preucil Dolan photograph by Roger Mastroianni, n.d. violin 1997-2001, Principal Second Violin 2001-present (also Everest Quartet: Stephen Rose first,  Jeanne Preucil Rose second, Joan DerHovsepian viola - now with the Houston Symphony, Brant Taylor cello 1992-1996)   Active in music festivals including the Festival der Zukunft - Switzerland, Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival - Washington, Mainly Mozart Festival - San Diego, Seattle Chamber Music Festival, Music at Gretna, Mimir Chamber Music Festival - Texas, Pacific Music Festival - Japan) 1997-present Rosen, Jerome (Michigan 1939- ) violin, keyboard (also American Symphony 1967-1968, Boston Symphony 1972-1999, Detroit Symphony Associate Concertmaster 1970-1971, Boston Pops 1972-1973, Cleveland Piano Trio with James Levine, Lynn Harrell)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1959, Cleveland Institute of Music BM. Also studied mathematics at Western Reserve University. Conducting apprentice while in Cleveland with George Szell. Now conducting Independence Sinfonia Orchestra in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. 1959-1967 Rosenberg, Fred viola 1933-1943 Rosenwein, Frank M. (Illinois 1978- ) Principal oboe (also San Diego Symphony 2002-2005)   Rosenwein studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music with his predecessor, John Mack, and the Juilliard School MMus. 2005-present Rosevear, Lloyd William (1940- ) horn (later New York sessions musician) 1965-1966 Rowe, George D. (about 1893- ) Associate Principal clarinet, E-flat Clarinet 1924-1944, bass clarinet 1927-1928 (also Philadelphia Orchestra E-flat clarinet 1944-1957)   Studied clarinet with Paul Mimart of the Boston Symphony and Joseph Schreurs Principal clarinet of the Chicago Symphony. While serving in the Navy during the First World War, he studied with Prosper Mimart (1859-1918) of the Paris Conservatoire. While in Cleveland, taught Cleveland Institute of Music and in summers at the National Music Camp at Interlochen, Michigan. After the Philadelphia Orchestra, taught at the Philadelphia Musical Academy in the 1960s. 1924-1944 Rozanel, David (1881- ) trombone 1919-1920 Rozanel, Elizer (Poland about 1885-probably during 1960s) Principal trumpet (also Philadelphia Orchestra trumpet 1917-1918)   Elizer (or Eliezer) was one of five brass musician brothers, Louis, David, Morris, Meyer, and Elizer Rozanel who emigrated from Poland, then under Russian rule, to play mostly in New York City orchestras, but also in the case of Elizer in Philadelphia and Cleveland, and David in Cleveland) 1918-1920       RETURN TO TOP   Ruckle, Leo Elbert (Michigan 1896-1972 ) oboe, English horn (also Chicago Symphony oboe 1920-1940)   Ruckle was also a long-term oboe teacher at the High School level and created a successful business making reeds to sell to students 114. 1918-1919 Ruggieri, Frank (Pennsylvania 1906-2003) Principal bassoon (also Fox Theater orchestra - Philadelphia, National Symphony of Washington DC 1932-1933, Cleveland Orchestra Principal bassoon 1937-1946 with a break of two seasons due to World War 2, New York City Center Opera and the Radio City Music Hall 1946-1948, New York Philharmonic Second bassoon 1949-1972)   Studied with his uncle, Robert Sensale who was contra-bassoon with the New York Philharmonic for 37 years, and at the Curtis Institute Class of 1932. 1937-1943, 1945-1946 Ruske, Eric (Illinois 1963- ) Associate Principal horn (also Empire Brass Quintet)   Studied at Northwestern University. Appointed by Christoph von Dohnányi in 1984, Ruske departed to pursue a career as concert soloist with the Empire Brass Quintet and with many orchestras and chamber groups after winning a series of competitions. Succeeded by Richard King as Associate Principal horn. 1984-1988 Ruta, Armand bass trumpet, trombone 1931-1934, Principal trombone 1927-1934 1927-1934 Rychlik, Charles Vaclav (Ohio 1875-1962) violin (also Prague Opera orchestra, performed with the Bohemian String Quartet in Europe, Chicago Symphony violin 1897-1898, Marcosson Quartette 1908-1928: Sol Marcosson first, Charles Rychlik second, James Johnston viola, Charles Heydler cello. Click on the thumbnail picture below to see the Marcosson Quartette in 1908.    Marcosson Quartette in 1908 (click on image to enlarge)   Studied at the Prague Conservatory 1891-1895. Violin teacher in Cleveland in 1920s. A composer whose works were performed by the Cleveland Orchestra and Detroit Symphony. It is said that 40 of his students became Cleveland Orchestra musicians. 1918-1919   [ S ]         RETURN TO TOP   Sachs, Michael (California about 1961- ) Principal trumpet (also Houston Symphony 1986-1988)   UCLA BA History, Juilliard BMus. An event to look forward to is the premiere of a Michael Hersch (1971- )trumpet concerto, commissioned by Cleveland, planned for a Michael Sachs - Cleveland premiere in about November 2011.  Also see Michael Sachs' interesting website www.michaelsachs.com 1988-present Sager, Marisela (California 1977- ) Assistant Principal Flute (also Baltimore Symphony Principal flute, student with the New World Symphony - Miami)   Studied at the San Diego State University BMus, and Shepherd School of Music - Rice University MMus. 2005-present Salkin, Samuel violin 1920-1968 Salkowski, John A. (1937- ) John Salkowski in Boston bass (to Boston Symphony) 1962-1966 Salvatore, Fred bass 1921-1923 Sampliner, Sidney violin 1918-1919 Samuels, Leonard K. (New York 1927-1995) violin (also Cantilena Quartet: Eileen Davis first, Leonard Samuels second, Yarden Faden viola, Harvey Wolfe cello)   Of Lithuanian-Jewish heritage, studied at the University of Illinois. Well known by Cleveland Orchestra audiences for his distinctive beard and pony-tail, grown after the tenure of George Szell. Samuels died suddenly of a heart attack just at the end of the Blossom Music Festival of the Cleveland 1994-1995 season. 1957-1995 Sant'Ambrogio, Stephanie violin 1984-1990, first Assistant Principal violin 1990-1991 1984-1991 Sartorius, Arnold Johann (Germany 1880-1951) photo thanks to grandaughter Loraine Sartorius Izzo percussion (also a musician in the Metropolitan Theater, Cleveland, in later 1920s and 1930s a musician in the Roxy Theater, New York City)   Emigrated from Bremen, Germany in 1909. 1921-1922       RETURN TO TOP   Sayre, Robert (Pennsylvania 1927- ) cello (also summer programs of the Boston Pops beginning 1950, San Antonio Symphony Principal cello 1953-1955, Pittsburgh Symphony Assistant Principal cello, Cincinnati Symphony Principal cello 1960-1963, San Francisco Symphony Principal cello 1963-1976, founded and conducted the San Francisco Young Professionals Orchestra in 1977)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1948. Seiji Ozawa wanted to re-seat Robert Sayre from Principal cello, Rolf Persinger from Principal viola, and Donald Reinberger from Principal trumpet 128. Sayre did not accept demotion and instead resigned from the SFSO at the end of the 1975-1976 season to pursue a solo playing career and conducting. 1949-1952 Schaffer, Max viola 1930-1937 Schandler, Hyman Principal Second violin 1933-1964, violin 1927-1933, 1964-1975 (also Mansfield String Quartet: Eugene Weinberger first, Hyman Schandler second, Samuel Goldblum viola, and Isadore Gordon cello) 1927-1975 Scharf, Philip violin 1929-1930 Schettler, Theodore bass 1942-1956 Schiller, Steven trumpet, cornet 1972-1973 Schinner, Karl horn 1927-1934 Schlueter, Charles (Illinois 1939- ) (l to r) Bernard Adelstein, David Zauder, Charles Schlueter, Glenn Fischthal during 1970 Asia tour Principal trumpet 1967-1972 (also Kansas City Philharmonic Principal trumpet 1962-1964, Milwaukee Symphony Principal trumpet 1964-1967, after Cleveland, returned to Minnesota as Principal trumpet of the Minnesota Orchestra 1972-1981, Boston Symphony Principal trumpet 1981-2006)   Studied at the Juilliard School, graduated in 1962. At Juilliard, William Vacchiano became Charles Schlueter's mentor and friend. 1967-1972 Schmitt, Homer violin (also Walden String Quartet: Homer Schmitt first, Bernard Goodman second, David Schwartz viola, Robert Swenson cello) 1936-1946       RETURN TO TOP   Schmitt, Max cello 1921-1926, 1928-1932 Schmitter, Albert horn 1963-1965, 1968-1995 Schones, Maurice cello 1920-1921 Schreiber, Otto clarinet, bass clarinet 1926-1927 Schuller, Arthur violin 1965-1966 Schultz, George Principal percussion 1918-1919 Schwartz, Bernard trumpet 1919-1921, 1922-1925 Schwartz, David (Michigan 1916- ) viola 1937-1941, Principal viola 1941-1942 entered the Cleveland Orchestra directly out of the Curtis Institute. (also the 1941 All-American Youth Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski, Detroit Symphony under Paul Paray, NBC radio New York staff orchestra, Puerto Rico Symphony Principal viola for its inaugural season under Pablo Casals 1958-1959. Active in chamber music, he performed with three famous quartets: Walden String Quartet: Homer Schmitt first, Bernard Goodman second, David Schwartz viola, Robert Swenson cello. the Paganini Quartet: Henri Temianka first, Charles Libove second, David Schwartz viola, Lucien Laporte cello. the Yale Quartet: Broadus Erle first, Yoko Matsuda second, David Schwartz viola, Aldo Parisot cello. after moving to Los Angeles, an active studio musician in Hollywood)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1937. Taught at the Yale School of Music 1962-1969, and the California Institute of the Arts. 1937-1942 Schweyda, Willy violin 1951-1952       RETURN TO TOP   Seder, Theodore A. (Pennsylvania 1911-1997) horn 1934-1937, Principal horn 1933-1934 (also Philadelphia Orchestra horn 1939-1942, Detroit Symphony Principal horn prior to the Philadelphia Orchestra, probably about 1937-1939)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1932. Artur Rodzinski knew Seder from Curtis and hired him as Principal horn in Cleveland, before having second thoughts, and demoting him. The Benhard Heiden Sonate for Horn and Piano was written in 1939 for Theodore Seder who at that time was First horn of the Detroit Symphony. Seder later became the Librarian of the Fleisher Music Collection at the Free Library of Philadelphia. One of his achievements was completion of a score for the Ives Symphony number 4 which was then given its premier by Stokowski and the American Symphony in April, 1965. 1933-1937 See, William J. cello 1920-1921 Selcer, Ben viola 1934-1977 Senofsky, Berl M. (Philadelphia 1925-2002) born to Russian immigrant parents Assistant Concertmaster   Studied at the Juilliard School, graduating in 1946 winning the Walter W. Naumburg. While playing in the Cleveland Orchestra, Senofsky won first prize in the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels in 1955 84. From 1965-1996, Senofsky taught at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore where he died. 1951-1955 Senyak, Joseph viola 1923-1949 Sepulveda, Thomas (New Mexico 1943- ) bass (also Rochester Philharmonic bass and Kansas City Philharmonic bass)   Studied at the Colorad State College 1964 and the Cleveland Institute of Music. Taught at the Conservatory of Music - Oberlin College - Ohio. 1966-1967, 1970-1979, 1981-2001 Serpentini, Ernest oboe 1923-1924, 1932-1945, 1946-1953, English horn 1933-1945 1923-1924, 1932-1945, 1946-1953 Setzer, Elmer Jacob husband of Marie Setzer (Florida 1920-2007) Elmer and Marie Setzer violin 1949-1977, first Assistant Principal Second violin 1977-1990 (also US Army Band - Germany during World War 2, Baltimore Symphony violin about 1946-1949. Elmer and Marie Setzer came from the Baltimore Symphony to Cleveland, where Elmer joined the Cleveland Orchestra in the 1949-1950 season and Marie in 1961-1962)   Studied at the Peabody Conservatory - Baltimore, where he met his wife, Marie De Maria. 1949-1990 Setzer, Marie De Maria wife of Elmer Setzer (1920-2006) Elmer and Marie Setzer violin (also Baltimore Symphony violin in the 1940s-1949. Marie and Elmer Setzer came from the Baltimore Symphony to Cleveland, where Elmer joined the Cleveland Orchestra in the 1949-1950 season and Marie in 1961-1962)   Studied at the Peabody Conservatory - Baltimore, where he met her husband Elmer Setzer. Son Philip Setzer plays violin in the Emerson String Quartet. 1961-1990       RETURN TO TOP   Shaftel, Josef violin 1943-1945 Shapiro, Aaron violin 1920-1921, 1922-1926 Shapiro, Stanislaw violin 1922-1923 Sharp, Maurice "Mo" (Indiana 1908-1986) Principal flute 1931-1945, 1947-1982, for contractual reasons, listed as Second flute 1946-1947 before returning to the Principal flute chair (also the New York Philharmonic 1945-1946)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1931. Head of the flute department at the Cleveland Institute of Music 1946-1982. 1931-1945, 1946-1982   Fifty years of service! Shaw, Carl violin 1947-1950 Shepard, Arthur keyboard 1920-1923, Principal piano, celesta 1923-1926 1920-1926 Sherwin, Jonathan (1958- ) bassoon, Contrabassoon (also Colorado Symphony, Chicago Opera Theater and Chicago City Ballet, New Orleans Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic) 1997-present Shifrin, David (New York 1950- ) Principal clarinet 1974-1976 Shiller, Ralph violin 1947-1952       RETURN TO TOP   Shipps, Stephen violin 1973-1975 Shiragami, Sae (Japan 1970- ) violin (also Houston Symphony Principal Second violin 1998-1999, Boston Symphony 1999-2001, went to Cleveland Orchestra in 2001-2002 season)   Studied at the San Francisco Conservatory BM 1993 and Cleveland Institute MM 1996. Active in chamber concerts and community programs; organized two concerts for the benefit of the tsunami victims of the Miyagi prefecture of Japan. 2001-present Shmuklovsky, Dmitri bass 1934-1936, Principal bass 1936-1937 (also Chicago Civic Opera) 1934-1937 Sholle, Emil Fred (Ohio 1900-1991) brother of Frank and James Sholle percussion 1924-1957, 1968-1969, Principal percussion 1957-1968, violin 1924-1969 1924-1969 Sholle, Frank (Ohio 1894-1967) brother of Emil and James Sholle percussion 1920-1921, 1924-1944, 1957-1960 Principal percussion 1921-1924, 1944-1957, 1921-1960 Sholle, James Henry Jr. (Ohio 1898- ) brother of Emil and Frank Sholle percussion (also musician at the Pricilla Theater, Cleveland)   Son of James Sholle Sr (1873- ), born in Bohemia (now Czech Republic 1922-1923 Shook, Emma (Oregon 1970- ) violin (also Chicago Lyric Opera, Santa Fe Opera)   Studied at the Juilliard School BMus, MMus. Active in the Cleveland Orchestra’s "Learning Through Music" program of outreach school education in music. 2001-present Showers, Shelley A. (Pennsylvania 1961- ) acting Principal horn (also Utah Symphony Principal horn 1989-1995, Cincinnati Symphony acting Associate Principal horn, New Jersey Symphony horn, Assistant/Utility horn Philadelphia Orchestra 1998-present)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1985; Shelley Showers is also a trustee of the Curtis Institute. She is on the Board of Philadelphia Orchestra Retirees & Friends with Paul Krzywicki. 1995-1997 Shubin, Matthew bassoon 1974-1978       RETURN TO TOP   Sicre, Jorge cello 1961-1991 Sicre, Ursula Urbaniak viola 1981-1991 Siegel, Bert violin 1965-1995 Siegel, Joan violin 1965-1995 Silavin, Theodore violin 1940-1948 Silberstein, Ernst S. Principal cello 1947-1959, Co-Principal cello 1959-1967 (also the Perolé Quartet Joseph Coleman first, Max Hollander second, Lillian Fuchs viola, and Ernst Silberstein cello 1937-1942) 1947-1967 Silfies, George clarinet, saxophone 1956-1963, keyboard 1957-1963 1956-1963 Silverberg, Ben violin 1921-1929, 1933-1945, Second Concertmaster 1945-1946 1921-1929, 1933-1946 Silverman, Ralph violin 1923-1926       RETURN TO TOP   Simon, Martin cello 1947-1995 Simons, Ben violin 1918-1919 Simons, Gardell Principal trombone 1934-1937 Sims, Rudolph cello 1966-1967 Sird, Raymond Henry (Georgia 1926-2008) violin (also New Orleans Symphony, Boston Symphony, Gabrieli String Quartet) 1952-1955 Siroto, John (then Russia, now Ukraine 1886-1963) brother of Joseph Siroto Second trombone (also New York City theater orchestras during World War 1, Radio City Music Hall - New York City about 1938-1948)   Studied with father Aaron Siroto, also a tromboniSaint 1920-1934 Siroto, Joseph (then Russia, now Ukraine 1888-1982) brother of John Siroto Third trombone (also New York City theater orchestras during World War 1, Goldwin Band in 1930s and 1940s)   Studied with father Aaron Siroto, also a tromboniSaint 1922-1925, 1927-1928 Skernick, Abraham Principal viola   Abraham Skernick joined Indiana University Music department.  He also joined the Berkshire String Quartet. 1949-1976 Slocum, William horn 1966-1968       RETURN TO TOP   Smith, Joshua (New Mexico 1967- ) Principal flute   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1990. Eearly in 1990, before he had graduated from Curtis, he successfully auditioned with the Cleveland Orchestra, and was appointed Principal flute by Christoph von Dohnányi.  Smith graduated from Curtis with his artist diploma in May, 1990, and joined the Cleveland Orchestra.  1990-present Smith, Melville Principal organ 1933-1940 Smith, Richard (Missouri about 1925- ) Second trumpet 1956-1958, Principal trumpet 1958-1960, Third trumpet 1960-1964, Fourth trumpet 1964-1967 (also Kansas City Philharmonic trumpet about 1940, Denver Symphony Principal trumpet following World War 2, Buffalo Philharmonic Principal trumpet 1967-1969 under Lukas Foss, returned to the Kansas City Philharmonic Principal trumpet 1969-1975, trumpet 1975-1978 shortly before it dissolved at the end of 1981-1982)   Studied with William Vacchiano. 1956-1967 Snader, Nathan violin 1967-1996 Snyder, E. C. trumpet 1920-1921 Solis, Richard acting Principal horn 1976-1977, Principal horn 1977-1995, horn 1971-1977, 1995-present 1971-present Sophos, Anthony cello 1942-1944 Sorkin, Herbert violin 1949-1951 Speinson, Morris (the Russia, now Ukraine 1895-1989) Morris Speinson with his wife Sophie in his passport picture for the tour of the Paul Whiteman band in 1923 horn (also touring Vaudeville company in 1910s, Paul Whiteman Band in 1920s, Samuel Fox Music Publishing in New York City in 1940s)   In the 1920-1921 season in which Morris Speinson played, the horn lineup was Wendell Hoss, Morris Speinson, Alphonse J. Pelletier, John d'Orio and Robert H. Brown. 1920-1921       RETURN TO TOP   Sperl, Thomas bass 1991-present Spielberg, Herman violin 1919-1927 Spitalny, Hyman L. (Ukraine 1887- ) brother of Maurice Spitalny viola (later director of a theater orchestra in Cleveland, and of the orchestra of the Hotel Statler, Cleveland's leading hotel) 1918-1919 Spitalny, Maurice Jacob (Ukraine 1893-1986) Assistant Concertmaster (later conductor of the Knickerbocker Theater Orchestra in Cleveland and of the RKO Palace Theatre in Cleveland, music director of Pittsburgh radio station KDKA)   Studied at the Odessa Conservatory, Ukraine. Later a successful composer of big band music and songs, and a big band director. (Shown conducting the KDKA radio orchestra, left) 1918-1920 Spivakovksy, Tossy Concertmaster 1942-1945 Sroubek, Otakar violin 1954-1956 Saint Christopher, Saeran (formerly Jennifer Bleick) (Minnesota about 1978- ) photo: Roger Mastroianni, n.d. flute   Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Won the 1999 Concerto Competition at CIM. 2006-present Stagliano, Albert J. (uncle of James Stagliano) (Italy 1895- ) Principal horn (also horn in pioneering Detroit radio station WWJ, Detroit Symphony Principal horn about 1928-1936, NBC Symphony 1939-late 1940s) 1936-1937 Stagliano, James (nephew of Albert Stagliano) (Italy 1912-1987) Principal horn (also Detroit Symphony 1930-1934, Saint Louis Symphony Principal horn 1934-1936, Los Angeles Philharmonic horn 1936-1944, Cleveland Orchestra 1945-1946, Boston Symphony 1947-1973, where he was Co-Principal horn with Willem Valkenier 1947-1950. In California, also a Hollywood studio musician, particularly with 20th Century Fox and Warner Brothers including Gone With the Wind. With Sarah Caldwell, Stagliano was active with the Opera Company of Boston)   Studied with his uncle Albert Stagliano, Principal horn of the Detroit Symphony and the Cleveland Orchestra. In Boston, Stagliano helped found Boston Records for which he and Boston Symphony colleagues recorded a number of innovative works including Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings. 1945-1946       RETURN TO TOP   Stango, Emil horn 1921-1922 Staples, Sheryl Associate Concertmaster 1996-1998 Steck, Nell harp 1923-1935, keyboard 1929-1933 1923-1935 Steck, William violin 1968-1969, Assistant Concertmaster 1969-1974 1968-1974 Steelman, Lyle (Ohio 1979- ) photo: Roger Mastroianni, n.d. Assistant Principal Trumpet (also Charlotte Symphony Principal trumpet 2006-2009, Richmond Symphony, National Repertory Orchestra - Colorado)   Studied at Baldwin Wallace College BMus 2001 - Ohio, Southern Methodist University MMus 2003. May, 2009-present Steelman, Ronald double bass (joined the Cleveland Orchestra directly on graduating from the Curtis Institute)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1951. 1951-1953 Stees, Barrick (Michigan 1959- ) Assistant Principal bassoon (also Hartford Symphony Principal bassoon, also the Chester String Quartet: Brad Opland, J. Lawrie, Barrick Stees and Gail Williams 89)   Studied at the Eastman School of Music BMus and perforer certicate. Have a look at his interesting website: http://www.steesbassoon.com and read of his activities, including marathon competition. 2001-present Stefano, Arthur oboe 1922-1927 Stein, Sidney L. violin 1918-1919       RETURN TO TOP   Stein, William bass 1920-1927 Steinbach, Paul viola 1918-1919 Steingraber, Harvey cello 1918-1919 Steinhardt, Arnold (California 1937- ) Assistant Concertmaster (in 1959, Steinhardt won the Leventritt International Violin Competition, which led to George Szell offering Steinhardt the Cleveland Orchestra Assistant Concertmaster position 140, sitting next to Josef Gingold. Steinhardt left the Cleveland Orchestra in the summer of 1964 to found the Guarneri String Quartet, organized during Marlboro Music Festival that summer: Arnold Steinhardt first, John Dalley second, Michael Tree viola, David Soyer cello)   Studied in Los Angeles with Toscha Seidel (1899-1962) and then with Ivan Galamian (1903-1981 at the Curtis Institute Class of 1959. also at Ivan Galamian's summer music camp: Medowmount 1956-1958. 1959-1964 Stokking, William Jr. (New Jersey 1933- ) cello 1958-1960, Principal cello 1971-1973 (also Philadelphia Orchestra cello 1960-1966, Philadelphia Orchestra Principal Cello 1973-2005, Boston Symphony cello 1968-1971, following retirement, Princeton Chamber Symphony in 2000s)   Dutch-born father, William Stokking Sr. was a professional violinist, his son his first musical instruction. Stokking studied at the Curtis Institute, graduating in the Class of 1949. 1958-1960, 1971-1973 Störseth, Rolf Wilham (Norway 1913-2007) cello: sixth chair of the cello section during most of his service (also San Francisco cello following Cleveland)   Studied at the Oslo Conservatory and in Paris with Paul Bazelaire (1886-1958) at the Paris Conservatoire 126. Also the Juilliard School MMus. 1950-1963 Straka, Herman violin 1948-1949 Straumann, Bruno violin 1954-1956 Strawn, Roberta violin 1962-1984       RETURN TO TOP   Struble, Trina L. (Colorado 1968- ) Assistant Principal harp 1997-2007, Principal harp 2007-present (also Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Florida Orchestra, Houston Symphony)   Studied at the Salzedo Harp Colony - Maine with Alice Chalifoux, the Conservatory of Music - Oberlin College - Ohio BMus 1991 in both harp and violin and Cleveland Institute of Music MMus in both harp and violin. Prior to Oberlin, she also studied piano. 1991-present Stucka, Gary M. (Illinois 1952- ) cello (also Winnipeg Symphony Principal cello 1977-1981, Chicago Symphony 1986-present, Ars Viva Symphony Orchestra Principal cello, Pressenda Trio, Halcyon Ensemble: Martha Aarons flute, Gino Raffaelli violin, Gary Stucka cello, Laura Okuniewski harp, Janina Kuzma harpsichord, Richard Winer percussion)   Studied at Roosevelt University - College of Performing Arts BM and MM. Recorded the Easley Blackwood (1933- )Piano Trio with Charles Pikler, violin and the composer at the piano (Cedille Records). 1981-1986 Stummer, Walter viola 1953-1991 Stutch, Nathan cello 1940-1942 Sugiyama, Yasuhito (Japan ) Principal tuba (also Vienna Philharmonic/Vienna State Opera Orchestra Vienna State Opera Orchestra 2003-2005, New Japan Philharmonic tuba under Seiji Ozawa 1997-2003, also regularly with the Saito-Kinen Orchestra under Seiji Ozawa)   Studied at Soai University - Osaka, Northwestern University - Chicago and with Robert Tucci - Bavarian State Opera. January, 2006-present Sulanchek, Vincent flute, piccolo 1921-1922       RETURN TO TOP   Sullivan, Robert Assistant Principal trumpet (to Cincinnati Symphony as Principal, also New York Philharmonic Associate Principal trumpet, Charleston Symphony Second trumpet and Associate Principal trumpet, US Air Force Band - Washington DC)   Studied at the University of Michigan and teaches at the Cleveland Institute of Music. 2003-2008 Sutphen, Albert trumpet 1926-1927 Sutte, Jack A. (Wisconsin 1973- ) photograph by Roger Mastroianni, n.d. Second trumpet (also Bergen Philharmonic, the Charleston Symphony where he was substitute principal)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1995 and the Juilliard School MMus. Teaches at the Conservatory of Baldwin-Wallace College. 1999-present Sweet, Myron viola 1921-1923, 1925-1928 Swenson, Robert cello (also Walden String Quartet: Homer Schmitt first, Bernard Goodman second, David Schwartz viola, Robert Swenson cello) 1931-1946 Switalski, Kevin Assistant Principal bass 1991-present Sylvester, Louis flute 1926-1928   [ T ]         RETURN TO TOP   Tauh, Harry violin 1948-1952 Taylor, David violin 1973-1979 Taylor, Ross Whiteside (California 1925-1964) Principal horn (also New York Philharmonic Fourth horn 1948-1950, San Francisco Symphony Principal horn 1955-1963, founding member of the California Wind Quintet, consisting of Walter Subke flute (San Francisco Opera), Raymond Duste oboe (San Francisco Opera), Donald Carroll clarinet, Robert Hughes bassoon (Oakland Symphony), and Ross Taylor horn)   Studied at the Juilliard School from about 1945-1948. Progressively showing a more nervous and anxious attitude, Ross Taylor died in 1964 at age 39. 1950-1955 Terlitzky, Joseph violin 1923-1928 Teska, Joseph Principal tuba 1918-1919 Thalin, Walter R. Principal clarinet 1925-1926 Thaviu, Samuel (Illinois 1909-2000) Concertmaster (also Concertmaster of the Chicago Little Symphony 1932 104, Chicago Symphony first violins 1934-1937, Kansas City Symphony Concertmaster and associate conductor 1937-1942 2, Baltimore Symphony Concertmaster and associate conductor 1942-1943, Concertmaster of the Pittsburgh Symphony twice, 1943-1946 under Fritz Reiner and for seventeen seasons, 1949-1966 under William Steinberg.   Studied with Harry Diamond, Leon Sametini, Jacques Gordon in Chicago and later with Mischa Mischakoff 104. Thaviu resigned from the Cleveland Orchestra in January 1947 after learning that in November, George Szell had secretly signed Joseph Gingold for the next season 134. 1946-1947 Thomas, Milton viola 1940-1944 Thornton, Brian (Colorado ) photograph by Roger Mastroianni, n.d. cello 1994-present       RETURN TO TOP   Tierney, John Joseph violin 1918-1920 Tishkoff, Gary violin 1966- Tivin, Emanuel Principal oboe 1949-1950 Torno, Laurent flute, piccolo 1926-1932 Toth, Andor Assistant Concertmaster 1948-1949 Totten, Clarence bass 1935-1941 Traupe, William violin - leader of the Second Violins 1921-1933 Trautwein, George violin 1921-1933 Trautwein, Isabel (Alabama 1968- ) violin (also New World Symphony - Florida training orchestra, Houston Symphony, Saint Louis Symphony 1998-2002, Pacifica String Quartet)   Studied in Germany at the Musikhochschule Lübeck, and at the Cleveland Institute of Music. She is active in teaching children about music, including playing chamber music. she organized HeightsArtsHouseConcerts - chamber music concerts in Cleveland Heights for outreach. 2002-present       RETURN TO TOP   Trepel, Shirley cello 1952-1955 Trogdon, Olin bass 1937-1969 Troostwyk, Leo cello 1919-1920 Tucker, Irwin B. cello 1920-1921   [ U ]         RETURN TO TOP   Ungar, Bert violin 1918-1919 Ungar, Irwin violin 1923-1924 Ungar, Maurice violin 1918-1919   [ V ]         RETURN TO TOP   van Haam, Harry violin 1944-1949 Van Hoesen, David bassoon 1952-1954 Van Sickle, Rodney bass 1957-1959 VanAiken, Hal violin 1918-1919 Veissi, Harold, born Chuma Weissman (Russia-Ukraine 1908- ) brother of Jascha Veissi violin 1927-1930 Veissi, Jascha, born Joseph Weissman (Russia-Ukraine 1898-1983) brother of Harold Veissi violin 1921-1923, Assistant Concertmaster 1923-1927, Second Concertmaster 1927-1929, keyboard 1922-1929, Principal piano 1926-1929 (also Principal viola of the San Francisco Symphony 1931-1934, Los Angeles Philharmonic about 1934-1938, briefly viola with the Kolisch Quartet about 1937-1941)   In 1952, Jascha Veissi commissioned the work which became the Martinu Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola and Orchestra.  Jascha Veissi gave the premier with George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra in 1953. In Los Angeles, Veissi owned a magnificent property on Mulholland Drive in which he later sold to Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973) who in turn later sold it to Warren Beatty. 1921-1929 Veissi, Laura Newell Principal harp 1922-1926 Venezia (or Venezie), Frank (1891- ) Principal trumpet (also New York Symphony, New York Philharmonic, CBS radio orchestra, NBC Symphony) 1925-1926 [dismissed May 1926; succeeded by Alois Hruby] Venlon, Paul violin 1921-1923       RETURN TO TOP   Vernon, Robert (Canada 1949- ) Born in Toronto and grew up in Detroit. Principal viola (also the Saint Louis Symphony Associate Principal viola 96 in about 1971-1976, the Silvermine String Quartet: Paul Wolfe first, Anita Brooker second, Robert Vernon viola, Christopher von Baeyer cello)   Studied at the Juilliard School where he graduated with honors. Chairman of the viola department at the Cleveland Institute of Music. In September, 2008, he was appointed to the music faculty of his alma mater, the Juilliard School. In May, 2009, he gave the premiere of the Paul Chihara viola concerto When Soft Voices Die 95. 1976-present Veskimets, Lembi - wife of Daniel McKelway viola (also Ohio Chamber Orchestra Principal viola)   Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music BMus and MMus. Active in summer music festivals, including the Aspen Music Festival - Colorado, Sarasota Music Festival - Florida, the Taos Music Festival - New Mexico and the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival - Vermont where she also teaches. Active in out-reach programs for children, where she performs in the public schools as an artist-teacher. 1997-present Victors, Harry viola 1919-1920 Vietrt, Scipione violin 1922-1925 Vignetti, Georges violin 1902-1922 Vitale, Valerie harp 1945-1946 Vito, Edward (1901- ) brother of Joseph Vito Chicago Symphony harp Principal harp (also Cincinnati Symphony, NBC Symphony) 1926-1928 Voldrich, Halina violin 1967-1972 Voldrich, Richard violin 1967-       RETURN TO TOP   Vollmer, Henry violin 1922-1924, 1926-1927   [ W ]         RETURN TO TOP   Waas, Roy C. (Missouri 1925- ) Roy Waas, right with Frank Brouk in Cleveland, 1949 horn (also Kansas City Philharmonic horn 1946-1948 while a student at the University of Missouri, Buffalo Philharmonic Principal horn 1973-2003, Second horn 1969-1973)   Studied at the University of Missouri - Kansas City. 1948-1951, 1953-1966 Wagner, Roland Principal timpani 1935-1936 Wagnitz, Ralph David (Ohio 1950- ) Extra/Utility Horn, 1972-1977, Second horn 1977-1984 (also the North American Horn Quartet)   Studied at Ohio State University School of Music. 1977-1984 Wallfisch, Ernst viola 1949-1953 Walters, Robert (California 1966- ) solo English horn (also Cincinnati Symphony Principal English, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Principal English horn 1997-2000, Walters was an active freelance musician in New York City in the 1990s. Also active in summer festivals including 5 summers at the Marlboro Music Festival)   Studied at the Curtis Institute Class of 1990, Columbia University Master in Fine Arts. 2004-present Warrick, Elmer E. (1877- ) Principal trombone 1918-1919 Warner, Carolyn Gadiel violin, keyboard 1979-present Warner, Stephen violin 1979-present Waugh, Richard (New Mexico about 1962- ) viola (also Albuquerque Youth Symphony Principal violin 1977-1978, New Mexico Symphony viola about 1986-1990, Indianapolis Symphony acting Principal viola 1992-1994)   Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music. An athlete, Waugh was a University of New Mexico NCAA basketball player, and he is also an active long distance cycliSaint 1994-present       RETURN TO TOP   Weber, Scott violin 1990-present Weicher, John (Illinois 1904-1969) detail of photo Chicago Symphony Orchestra, n.d. violin (also the Chicago Civic Orchestra, a youth training orchestra in 1919, its first season of activity. Cleveland Orchestra violin 1921-1923, Seattle Symphony Concertmaster 1923-1925 127, Chicago Symphony Assistant Concertmaster 1929-1937, Concertmaster 1937-1959 and 1932-1963, Principal Second violin 1959-1962 and 1963-1969. also Chicago Symphony Personnel Manager 1961-1968)   Studied first with his Bohemian-born orchestral violinist father John Weicher Sr. Then traveled to Prague with his father to study at the Conservatory 1912-1916. With World War 1 expanding in Europe, returned to Chicago to study with Herbert Butler (1883- ), a student of Joachim. 1921-1923 Weiner, Richard (Pennsylvania 1940- ) photograph by David I. Andersen, Cleveland Plain Dealer percussion 1963-1968, Principal percussion 1968-2011 (hired into the Cleveland Orchestra by George Szell directly from Indiana University)   Studied at Temple University - Philadelphia and Indiana University graduating in 1963. Also a law degree from Cleveland State University, 1976. 1963-2011   48 seasons of service Weisberg, Arthur bassoon 1954-1955 Weismann, Joseph (Russia-Ukraine 1898-1983) brother of Harold Veissi violin   Changed his name to Jascha Veissi in 1922 - see the Jascha Veissi entry above. 1921-1929 Weiss, Howard violin 1965-1967 Weiss, Richard husband of Joela Jones (California 1952- ) First Assistant Principal cello 1977-present, cello 1974-1978, acting Assistant Principal cello 1977-1978 (also the Rochester Philharmonic while studying at the Eastman School. Also the Cleveland Orchestra Piano Trio: Joela Jones piano, Peter Otto violin, Richard Weiss cello)   Studied at the Eastman School of Music, where in his senior year, he won the audition for the Cleveland Orchestra. 1974-present Weiss, Sidney (Illinois 1928- ) first violin (also Chicago Symphony Concertmaster 1967-1975, Sidney Weiss and his pianist wife Jeanne Weiss toured as a piano duo in 1970s and 1980s, l'Orchestre National de 1'Opera de Monte Carlo Concertmaster about 1977-1979, Los Angeles Philharmonic Co-Concertmaster 1979-1994)   Studied at the Chicago Musical College and later at DePaul University - Chicago. Sidney Weiss was something of a violin craftsman, and it is said that he played a violin of his own construction. 1956-1966 Wellbaum, Lisa wife of Stephen Geber (Ohio 1948- ) photograph by Roadell Hickman of the Cleveland Plain Dealer Principal harp, successor to Alice Chalifoux with whom she studied. (also New Orleans Symphony)   Studied first with her parents Jack Wellbaum piccolo and personnel manager of the Cincinnati Symphony and her mother, Linda Wellbaum who was Second harp of the Cincinnati Symphony. Then studied privately with Alice Chalifoux and with her at the Cleveland Institute of Music. 1974-2007       RETURN TO TOP   White, Donald Edward (Indiana 1925-2005) cello (also Hartford Symphony Assistant Principal cello, Koch Quartet: Joseph Koch first, Samuel Epstein second, William Kiraly viola, Donald White cello)   Studied at at Roosevelt University - Chicago BMus 1952, University of Hartford MMus about 1956. First African American musician of the Cleveland Orchestra when appointed by Szell in the 1957-1958 season. 1957-1996 Whittier, Fred violin 1920-1921 Wightman, Florence A. (1906-1987) Principal harp, Principal keyboard (also Metropolitan Opera Orchestra) 1929-1930 Williams, Caroline Harter viola 1918-1919 Willoughby, Robert Assistant Principal flute (also Oberlin Woodwind Quartet: Robert Willoughby flute. De Vere Moore oboe, George E. Wain 1903-1999 clarinet at Oberlin faculty 1929- , Martin Morris horn, Kenneth Moore bassoon)   Taught at the Conservatory of Music - Oberlin College - Ohio beginning 1956. 1946-1955 Winder, Max Gilles (France 1926-1991) violin (also Colonne Orchestra 1945-about 1946, orchestras in Nice and Cannes, Houston Symphony Associate Concertmaster, Boston Symphony 1962-1991)   Studied at the Paris Conservatoire Prix in about 1945. 1948-1949 Witser, Steven (California 1960-2009) a sudden heart attack age 48 - greatly missed trombone (to Los Angeles Philharmonic as Principal trombone, also Center City Brass Quintet with Anthony DiLorenzo trumpet, Geoffrey Hardcastle trumpet, Richard King horn, Steven Witser trombone, Craig Knox tuba, also Music of the Baroque - Chicago Principal trombone, Honolulu Symphony Principal trombone, Santa Fe Opera Principal trombone, Phoenix Symphony Principal trombone)   Studied at Hayward State University - California and the Eastman School of Music BMus 1981. Grant Segall in the Cleveland Plain Dealer quoted Steven Wiser as saying that he took up the trombone because his older brother had already taken up the trumpet 90. Well respected, Wister was also the Cleveland Orchestra assistant personnel manager. Assistant Principal 1989-2007 Wodicka, Herman percussion 1918-1919 Wohlwender, Thomas R. (Ohio 1936- ) Second trumpet (also soloist with the Cincinnati Civic Orchestra - a student training orchestra, US Army Band Washington DC 1954-1957, Denver Symphony under Saul Caston 1957-1958, New Orleans Symphony Principal trumpet 1958-1960)   Studied early part-time at the Cincinnati Conservatory, and then at the Curtis Institute Class of 1955. After retirement from the Cleveland Orchestra, went on to teaching and coaching in the Orlando, Florida area. 1960-1971       RETURN TO TOP   Wolfe, Harvey (Ohio 1934- ) photo by Herbert Ascherman visit www.ascherman.com cello (also Houston Symphony in 1950s, National Symphony - Washington DC Phoenix Symphony Principal cello, Nashville Symphony Principal cello, Cantilena Quartet: Eileen Davis first, Leonard Samuels second, Yarden Faden viola, Harvey Wolfe cello, founder of the Daystar Chamber Players, Tucson, Arizona)   Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music BMus 1960. Taught at Arizona State University. 1967-2004 Wolfe, Joseph oboe, English horn (also Cleveland Orchestra English horn 1929-1930) 1927-1928 Wolfson, Maurice violin 1945-1985 Woodbury, Max Saint Clair (Utah 1907-2002) trumpet (to Indianapolis Symphony Principal trumpet 1968 and trumpet 1968-1975)   Woodbury taught at the Interlochen Music Camp - Michigan in the summers of 1939, 1940 and 1941, and at Indiana University 1939-1946. 1929-1934 Woods, Pamela Pecha oboe 1978-1981, Assistant Principal oboe 1980-1990 1978-1990 Woodside, Beth violin 1994-present Woodward, Olive viola 1920-1923, 1930-1933 Woolfrey, Robert (Canada about 1982- ) Second clarinet (also fellow of the New World Symphony 2004-2007, Memphis Symphony Principal clarinet 2007-2008, also the IRIS Chamber Orchestra)   Studied at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music 2002 and at Yale University MMus. November 2008-present Wright, R. Douglas (1968?- ) photo: Minnesota Orchestra, n.d. Principal trombone (also Boston Pops and Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra - the touring orchestra - while a NEC student. Rhode Island Philharmonic Principal trombone. also Minnesota Orchestra Principal trombone. also Empire Brass Quintet)   Studied at the New England Conservatory and Boston University MMus, where he also has taught. He gave the world premiere in 2002 of the Kurt Schwertsik (1935- ) Trombone Concerto commissioned for Douglas Wright. In 2007, he performed the Kalevi Aho (1949- ) Symphony No. 9 for Trombone and Orchestra, playing both trombone and sackbut. 2004-2005   Returned to the Principal trombone chair of the Minnesota Orchestra.   [ Y ]         RETURN TO TOP   Yancich, Milan Michael (Indiana 1921-2007) brother of Charles Yancich, horn of the Boston Symphony Assistant Principal horn (also Columbus Philharmonic Principal horn 1946-1948, Chicago Symphony 1948-1951, Rochester Civic Orchestra 1954-1956 Third horn Rochester Philharmonic 1956-1960, 1963-about 1969)   Studied at the University of Michigan. Taught at the Eastman School of Music in 1950s and 1960s. 1951-1952 Yancich, Paul M. (1953- ) brother of Mark Yancich, Principal timpani Atlanta Symphony, son of Milan Yancich Principal timpani 1981-present Yerke, Kenneth violin 1968-1970 Yirberg, Charles J. (1893-1952) bass 1923-1937 Young, Karl keyboard piano 1929-1930 Yuan, Yu violin 2001-present       RETURN TO TOP     [ Z ]   Zadrozny, Edward A. (1952- ) trombone (also Philadelphia Orchestra, to Akron Symphony as Principal) 2003-2004, 2005-2006 Zaslav, Bernard M. (New York 1926- ) viola (also New York freelance musician in 1950s, active in string quartets throughout his career, including the Kohon Quartet, Composers Quartet specializing in contemporary music, Fine Arts Quartet based at the University of Wisconsin 1968-1980, Vermeer Quartet, and after retiring to Stanford, California, of the Stanford String Quartet, and with his pianist wife Naomi - also a Juilliard alumnus - of the Zaslav Duo.   Studied at the Juilliard School. 1947-1949 Zauder, David (Poland 1928- ) "mostly third" trumpet under Szell who changed assignments according to the music. (also US Army band West Point, Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra Principal trumpet on 1956 and 1957 tours)   Studied at Wayne State University (but not music) 1957. Holocaust survivor. 1958-1997 Zawisza, Leon violin 1937-1938 Zeise, Karl W. (Massachusetts 1901-1992) cello and an electronic cello. In 1928 and 1929, Stokowski had Karl Zeise play an electronic cello with loudspeaker developed by Léon Theremin (1896-1993), used unsuccessfully to reinforce bass crescendi of the orchestra. (Cleveland Orchestra 1926-1927, Philadelphia Orchestra 1922-1924, 1928-1932, Boston Symphony 1939-1970)   Studied with Alwin Schroeder, Boston Symphony Principal cello. Tanglewood has since 1993 awarded a "Karl Zeise Memorial Cello Award", now important. 1926-1927 Zehngut, Jeffrey (Ohio 1981- ) violin (also San Diego Symphony Associate Principal Second violin 2005-2011, California Chamber Orchestra Principal Second violin, Canton Symphony, also Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra 1997-1999)   Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music BMus in 2003, and also graduate work at the Cleveland Institute of Music 2003-2005. summer 2011-present Zetzer, Alfred bass clarinet 1950-1985 Zimmer, Robert violin, librarian 1967-2002 Ziporkin, Leon bass 1919-1920 Ziska, John violin 1918-1919 Zupnik, Robert oboe 1946-1977, acting Co-Principal 1964-1965 1946-1977 Zvinitzky, Gregory violin 1918-1920 Zwilich, Joseph violin 1943-1945   Return to Top   You are now on the page CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA MUSICIANS LIST       Return to Top of this Page Navigation Table - www.stokowski.org Click here to return to www.stokowski.org  Home Page Navigation: Acoustic Recordings of Stokowski - Philadelphia Orchestra (Click on the link below) Navigation: Electrical Recordings of Stokowski - Philadelphia Orchestra (Click on the link below) Navigation: Musicians of Leading US Orchestras (Click on the link below) Development of Acoustic Recording Development of Electrical Recording Boston Symphony Principal Musicians 1917-1924 Acoustic recordings