What you experience from the audience and see on stage are years and years of dedication, practice, lessons, and multiple higher education degrees.
The MUSICIANS are the HEART AND SOUL of the Southwest Florida Symphony
Get to know us!
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Davi Martinelli de Lira
Percussion
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Rachel Cox
Violin
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Gene Berger
Principal Horn
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Bill Larsen
Principal Flute
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Eliot Roske
Violin
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Hideki Sunaga
Bass
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Chase Farrell
2nd Trombone
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Tom Kracmer
Principal Tuba
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Courtney Filner
Principal Viola
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Austin Pancner
Bass Trombone
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Beth Larsen
Flute
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Jeff Apana
Oboe
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Joe Henderson
Viola
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John DiPuccio
Violin
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Michael Forte
Principal Clarinet
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Dr. Dione Chandler
Principal Oboe
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Jean Phelan
Assistant Principal Viola
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Dr. Dean Zhang
Principal Keyboard/Piano
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Cory Kirby
Horn
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Kay Kemper
Principal Harp
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Alan Evans
Trumpet
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Katie Loesch
Horn
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Hannah Cho
Assistant Concertmaster
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Tom Suta
Principal Timpani
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Kathleen Beard
Violin
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Shane Wedel
Oboe
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Scott Ellington
Clarinet
Our highly trained Musicians come from all over the COUNTRY to perform for you!
SWFSO does not currently offer enough work with rehearsals and concerts for musicians to live in Ft. Myers. [to view full map on your phone, tilt screen horizontally]
Full Roster of the Musicians of Southwest Florida Symphony
VIOLIN
Orin Laursen - Concertmaster - Leave of absence
Hannah Cho - Asst. Concertmaster
VACANT - Principal Second
Victoria Bramble - Asst. Principal Second
Renata Arado
Kathleen Beard
Rachel Cox
John DiPuccio
Kasia Dolinski
Ariel Eliot
Nora Lastre Broughton
Dajiang Qi
Eliot Roske
Yaesolji Shin
Yordan Tenev
Dana Tolan
Baoling Xu
Yuhao Zhou
VACANT
VACANT
VACANT
VACANT
VIOLA
Courtney Filner - Principal - Leave of absence
Jean Phelan - Asst. Principal
Joseph Henderson
Greg Lane
VACANT
VACANT
VACANT
CELLO
Troy Chang - Principal
Antonio Innaimo - Asst. Principal
Scott Crowley
VACANT Christopher Glansdorp
VACANT Trace Johnson
Aaron Merrit
VACANT
BASS
Scott Davis - Principal
Alex Albanese - Asst. Principal
Ariadna Barbe-Villa
T. J. Glowacki
Hideki Sunaga
FLUTE
William Larsen- Principal
Beth Larsen
Angela Massey
OBOE
Dione Chandler - Principal
Shane Wedel
Jeff Apana
CLARINET
Michael Forte - Principal
Scott Ellington
Stacey McColley
BASSOON
VACANT - Principal
Scott Radloff
Louis Nanson
HORN
Gene Berger - Principal
Jennifer French
Cory Kirby
Katie Loesch - Leave of absence
Sharon Janezic
TRUMPET
Kris Marshall - Principal
VACANT
Alan Evans
John Copella
TROMBONE
Alexis Smith - Principal
James Chase Farrell
Austin Pancner
TUBA
Tom Kracmer - Principal
PERCUSSION
Todd Betz - Principal
Isaac Fernández Hernández
Davi Martinelli de Lira
TIMPANI
Tom Suta - Principal
HARP
Kay Kemper - Principal
KEYBOARD/PIANO
Dean Zhang - Principal
MUSICIANS ARE REPRESENTED BY LOCAL 427-721 of the American Federation of Musicians