Meet our Musicians

The Wintergreen Festival Orchestra
The WFO is a community of performing artists made up of outstanding professional musicians from across the United States. Although no regular auditions are held, musicians who would like to be considered for the orchestra should send a resume to Larry Alan Smith, Artistic and Executive Director of Wintergreen Performing Arts. His e-mail address is as follows: larryalansmith@wintergreenperformingarts.org. The materials will be kept on file for future consideration. Please do not send audio or video recordings until they are requested. It should be noted that openings are rare, and they generally occur in April because contracts are issued in March.

This list is currently under construction. Please check back for more details as they are added. Principal players are listed first for the strings. All of the other string players are listed in alphabetical order by last name.

Flute
Justin Berrie - Principal
Julee E. Hickcox
Jeremy McEntire**

Piccolo
Julee E. Hickcox

Oboe
Jaren Philleo - Principal
Aaron Hill

English Horn
TBA

Clarinet
Thomas Josenhans - Principal
Charles Messersmith

Bass Clarinet
Candice Clayton Kiser**

Bassoon
Douglas Kehlenbrink - Principal
Cynthia Cioffari

Contrabassoon
Ibby Roberts**

Horn
Wallace Easter - Principal
Abigail Pack*
Barbara Showalter Josenhans
Rodney Overstreet**

Trumpet
Paul M. Neebe - Principal
Susan Sievert Messersmith
Dennis de Jong**

Trombone
Jay Crone - Principal
John P. Allen**
Harold Van Schaik**

Tuba
Kevin Stees**

Timpani
Lynn R. Bernhardt, Jr.

Percussion
Al Wojtera

Harp
Heidi O'Gara Jellison - Principal

Keyboard
Tracy Cowden

Violins
Christopher Pulgram - Concertmaster
Kenn Wagner - Associate Concertmaster
Marisa Polesky - Principal Second Violin
Susan Black
Susan Dominguez
James Glazebrook
Julia Farhi Johnson
Renee London
Jeremy Mulholland
John Pruett
Jana Vander Schaaf Ross
Meg Saunders***
Andrea Schultz
Annie Trepanier
Pablo Vasquez
Ross Monroe Winter

Viola
Joseph J. Nigro - Principal
Julie Goodale
Anne Lanzilotti
Steve Larson
Ronald Lawrence
Nicholas Szucs

Cello
Wesley Baldwin - Principal
Elizabeth Cantrell
Michael Finckel, cello
Sarah Kapps, cello
David Rezits
Laurel Stanton

Bass
Dee Moses - Principal
Bleda Elibal
John Preston Smith IV

* Leave of absence for 2009
** Performer currently on our active roster who will not be playing in 2009 due to the repertoire that has been programmed
*** WFO Librarian