Lancaster Festival Orchestra


Our Orchestra is made up of professional musicians from around the US and the world. Most have seasonal positions with other orchestras, and many also teach. Under the leadership of Maestro Gary Sheldon, this group performs pops and classical repertoire at a world-class level.
Orchestra Photos

THE LANCASTER FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA - Season 2009


2008 Orchestra Photo

    VIOLIN

  • Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio, Reno, Nevada
    Eleanor Hood and Barbara Hunzicker Concertmaster Chair
    The Lancaster Festival Remembers Michael Davis
  • Calvin Lewis, Assistant Concertmaster, Boardman, Ohio
  • Dmitri Pogorelov,*** Associate Concertmaster, Chicago, Illinois
  • Amy Shevrin, Principal Second, Columbus, Ohio
  • Lara Messerly, Assistant Principal Second, Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Veronika Afanassieva,** Pueblo, Colorado
  • Karine Garibova,** Pueblo Colorado
  • Jiachi Huang, Taipei, Taiwan
  • Eun-Hyae Ko, Chicago, Illinois
  • Heather Kufchak #, Westerville, Ohio
  • Stephanie J. Koppeis, Syracuse, New York
  • Jason Moody, Spokane, Washington
  • Darrell Murray, Charleston, West Virginia
  • Susan Spafford, Harrison, New Jersey
  • Bernie Vaughn, Shaker Heights, Ohio
  • Tara Vinson, Millersport, Ohio
  • Tiffany Clay ##, Newark, Ohio
  • Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, ## Rochester, New York

    • VIOLA

  • Ivetta Natzkaya, Principal, Faro, Portugal
  • Heather B. Garner, Assistant Principal, New Albany, Ohio
  • Ekaterina Dobrotvorskaia,** Pueblo, Colorado
  • Lucy Firlie, Mason, Ohio
  • Karen Johnson, Dayton, Ohio
  • Daren Fuster, Cincinnati, Ohio

    • CELLO

  • John Sant’Ambrogio,*** Principal, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
  • Andrew McIntosh, Assistant Principal, Windsor, Ontario
  • Mary Artmann,** Pueblo, Colorado
  • Ian Maksin, Chicago, Illinois
  • Anne Sellitti, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  • Victor Sotelo, Chicago, Illinois
  • Bryn Wilkin, * Newark, Ohio

    • BASS

  • Victor Dome , Principal, Dayton, Ohio
  • Paul Robinson, Assistant Principal, Columbus, Ohio
  • Moses L Carreker, Columbus, Ohio
  • Evan Premo, Ann Arbor, Michigan

    • FLUTE

  • Margaret Swinchoski, Principal, Bogota, New Jersey
  • Janet van Graas, Lancaster, Ohio
  • Diane Schick, Kansas City, Kansas

    • PICCOLO

  • Diane Schick, Kansas City, Kansas

    • OBOE

  • Elizabeth Robertson, Principal, Evansville, Indiana
  • Melissa Stevens, Westerville, Ohio

    • ENGLISH HORN

  • Melissa Stevens, Westerville, Ohio

    • CLARINET

  • Leslie Nicholas, Principal, Harrisonburg, Virginia
  • Kathleen Costello, Birmingham, Alabama

    • BASSOON

  • Linda Morton Fisher, Principal, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • William Hestand, New York, New York

    • FRENCH HORN

  • Johanna Lundy, Principal, Tucson, Arizona
  • Heidi Wick, Columbus, Ohio
  • Aaron Pino, Forth Worth, Texas
  • Barbara Nokes, Columbus, Ohio

    • TRUMPET

  • J. David Hunsicker, Principal, Omaha, Nebraska
  • Loren Toplitz, Cleveland Heights, Ohio

    • TROMBONE

  • Thomas Pylinski, Principal, Akron, Ohio
  • Gilles Bernard, Hoboken, New Jersey
  • J. Mark Thompson, Natchitoches, Louisiana

    • BASS TROMBONE

  • J. Mark Thompson, Natchitoches, Louisiana

    • TUBA

  • Andrew Miller, Principal, Hoover, Alabama

    • TIMPANI

  • Kim Shelley, Principal, Alton, Illinois

    • PERCUSSION

  • Glen Wilkofsky, Principal, New York, New York
  • Bruce V Gerken, Lancaster, Ohio
  • David Horsky, Rushville, Ohio

    • HARP

  • Hee Jin Yoon, Cincinnati, Ohio

    • PIANO

  • Judith Lynn Stillman,*** Providence, Rhode Island

    • ORCHESTRA MANAGER

  • Steve Rosenberg, Columbus, Ohio

    • ORCHESTRA ASSISTANTS

  • Matthew Cochran, Lancaster, Ohio
  • Amanda Joos, Lancaster, Ohio

    • ORCHESTRA LIBRARIAN

  • Ann Chess, Lancaster, Ohio

* Wilkes Young Artist Fellow
** Veronika String Quartet
*** Generations Trio
# Davis Fellow
## Orchestra Fellow