Greenville Symphony Orchestra

About The GSO

Musicians

Edvard Tchivzhel, Conductor

Thomas A. and Shirley W. Roe Podium Fund

Violin

  • Xiaoqing Yu, Concertmaster
    Leila Cunningham Roe Endowed Chair
  • Mary Lee Taylor Kinosian, Assistant Concertmaster
    Uwe Diestel Endowed Chair
  • Joanna Mulfinger Lebo, Principal Second Violin
  • Kathleen S. Robinson, Assistant Principal Second Violin
  • Kirsten Browning
  • Catherine Hinnant Crowe
  • Robin H. Els
  • Elizabeth Fee-Elliott
  • Micah Gangwer
  • Catherine Culp Hazan
  • James Johnston
  • Haejin Kim
  • Kenneth Lambert
  • Kathryn McLean
  • Suzanne Nelson
  • Carol Roosevelt

Viola

  • Kathryn Dey, Principal
  • Arthur Ross III, Assistant Principal
  • Alvoy Bryan, Jr.
  • Jean Alderman Clarke
  • S. Angeline Jones

Cello

  • Leslie Nash Kilstofte, Principal
    Guild of the Greenville Symphony Endowed Chair
  • Robert B. O'Brien, Assistant Principal
  • Bruce McLean
  • April A. Reed-Cox
  • David Saliny

Double Bass

  • Timothy Easter, Principal
  • Ian Bracchitta, Assistant Principal
  • C. Braxton Ballew
  • Todd L. Beal
  • Jose Antonio Carrion
  • Levi Gable

Flute

Piccolo

  • Wendy Cohen

Oboe

  • Virginia Metzger, Principal
    Guild of the Greenville Symphony Endowed Chair
  • Mandy Dunaway 

English Horn

  • Lisa Hauser Prodan

Clarinet

Bassoon

Saxophone

  • Clifford Leaman, Principal

Horn

  • Anneka Zuehlke, Principal
    Charles W. Wofford and Nancy B. Thomas Endowed Chair
  • Elizabeth Regas Plastiak
  • Jennifer Merrell
  • Christina D. Cornell
    The Charles A. Lee Endowed Chair

Trumpet

  • Phil Elkins, Co-Principal
    Mr. and Mrs. James S. Whitten Endowed Chair
  • Jens Larsen, Co-Principal 
  • Gary J. Malvern, Assistant Principal

Trombone

Bass Trombone

  • Richard deBondt

Tuba

  • Don Strand, Principal

Timpani

Percussion

  • Courtney McDonald, Principal
  • Edward Nagel, Assistant Principal
  • John S. Beckford
  • Gary A. Robinson
  • Rick Blackwell

Harp

  • Helen Rifas, Principal (Leave of Absence)

Keyboard

Production Manager

  • Lisa Tranter

String sections use a revolving method of seating. String players, except for principals, are listed alphabetically. The GSO frequently employs additional musicians to meet the musical demands of the works performed.

2010-2011 Orchestra Committee:

Elected by GSO musicians to represent their concerns to the Board of Directors of the Greenville Symphony Association: Caroline J. Ulrich, Chair, Ian Bracchitta, Phil Elkins, Courtney McDonald, Robert O' Brien, and Amy Yang.