About the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony

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Our musicians

Strings

• First Violin – Bénédicte Lauzière (Concertmaster), Lance Ouellette (Associate Concertmaster), Jung Tsai (Second Associate Concertmaster), Peter Carter, Allene Chomyn, Julia Dixon, Kenneth Kwan, Anna Luhowy
• Second Violin – Anita Walsh (Principal), Roxolana Toews (Associate Principal), Elspeth Durward (Assistant Principal), Sophie Drouin, Vicky Dvorak, Sheilanne Lindsay, Michael Steinberg
• Viola – Natasha Sharko (Principal), Jody Davenport (Associate Principal), Rebecca Diderrich, Brenna Hardy-Kavanagh, David Wadley
• Cello – John Helmers (Principal), Cathy Anderson (Associate Principal), Rebecca Morton (Assistant Principal), Kendra Grittani, Miriam Stewart-Kroeker
• Bass – Ian Whitman (Principal), Talia Hatcher (Associate Principal), Bruce McGillivray

Woodwinds

• Flute – Kevin O'Donnell
• Oboe – Lief Mosbaugh (Principal), Melissa Scott
• Clarinet – Ross Edwards (Principal), Barbara Hankins
• Bassoon – Ian Hopkin (Principal)

Brass

• French Horn – Katherine Robertson, Marie-Sonja Cotineau, Deborah Stroh
• Trumpet – Matheus Moraes (Principal)
• Trombone – Nate Fanning (Principal), Rachel Thomas, Doug Lavell (Bass Trombone)
• Tuba – Jennifer Stephen (Principal)

Percussion

• Ron Brown (Principal Timpani)

Harp

• Lori Gemmell

Board of Directors

• Bill Poole – Chair
• Paul Ross – Treasurer
• Ross Wells – Secretary
• Connie Deckert – Board Member
• Cheryl Ewing – Board Member
• Donald Harrison – Board Member
• Andrew Kugler – Board Member
• Joy Montgomery – Board Member
• David Proulx – Board Member
• Colin Sarkany – Board Member
• Barbara Smith – Board Member

KWS staff

• Jason Doell – Executive Director
• James Sommerville – Artistic Advisor
• Katherine Ronzio – Communications Manager
• Andrew Mellanby – Artistic Operations Manager
• Miriam Stewart-Kroeker – Orchestra Personnel Manager
• Meaghan McCracken - Orchestra Librarian
• Ian Whitman – Learning and Community Engagement Coordinator