Musicians
The musicians of the Walla Walla Symphony are a diverse group of classical musicians; many are our neighbors and live right here in the Walla Walla Valley, and many come to Walla Walla from around the Pacific Northwest. The following people are those who will be playing with us during the 2023-2024 season.
VIOLIN
Jemima Bauer
Holly Blackwelder-Carpenter
Việt Block, assistant concertmaster
Liubov Brunton
Caleb Condie
Tara Cross
Sherry Danielson
Amy Dodds, principal second
Abby Herrick
Dalene Johnson
Ben Kehrli
Joshua Meling
Vanessa Moss, concertmaster
Craig Nelsen, assistant principal second
Anna Okada
Grace Palmer Dostal
Reynaldo Patiño
Tricia Rice
Kathy Sands
Samuel Schafer
Alyssa Stremcha
Maya Takemoto
Sharon Thompson
Becky Wiessner
VIOLA
Caleb King
Hans Klein
Emily Kurlinski Hahn
Lucia Orr, principal
Lyn Ritz, assistant principal
Angela Schauer
Dan Wing
CELLO
Zach Banks
Leah Davis
Edward Dixon, principal
Melva Lou Drury
Lauren Edmonson
Benjamin Gish, assistant principal
Olga Grigoryan
Sophie Naden-Johns
Bruce Walker
George Winter
STRING BASS
Alan Feves
Jack Koncel
Marella McGreal
Joshua Skinner, principal
Leslie Stone
Julie Woods
Greg Youmans
FLUTE/PICCOLO
Leonard Garrison, principal
Lori Parnicky
Sophia Tegart*
OBOE/ENGLISH HORN
Pablo Izquierdo, principal
Cris Mikkelsen
Ryan Zwahlen*
CLARINET/BASS CLARINET
Dave Bergmann*
Jennifer Crockett
Shannon Scott, principal
BASSOON/CONTRABASSOON
Kirsten Boldt-Neurohr
Mark Eubanks*, co-principal
Ryan Hare*, co-principal
Melody Mikkelsen
Richard D. Simon, Jr.
FRENCH HORN
Burke Anderson
Cassidy Fairchild
Jason Johnston
Martin King
Dean Kravig
Rebekah Schaub
Kim Snow
TRUMPET
William Berry, principal
Gary Gemberling
Kate Jackson
Brian Ploeger
James Smock
TROMBONE
David Glenn, principal
Dick Counsell
Bill Gilbert
TUBA
Torrey Lawrence, principal
TIMPANI
Christopher Wilson, principal
PERCUSSION
Christopher Cree
Josh Gianola, principal
Marybeth Norby
PIANO/KEYBOARD
Joel Dickerson
Jackie Wood, principal
HARP
Chelsea Spence-Crane, principal
*denotes multi-instrumentalist