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The Orchestra
The Albany Symphony Orchestra is one of this region’s oldest and most revered music and cultural organizations, having won numerous national awards for its adventurous programming of contemporary music and innovative educational efforts involving area schools for more than 72 years.

We are the oldest and only professional symphony orchestra based in the Capital Region, serving more than 150,000 persons within a 75-mile radius covering more than seven counties and parts of three states.

The ASO continues to lead all other orchestras in the promotion and performance of adventurous American repertoire for an audience of committed and open-minded listeners.

Special Occasions:
The ASO office maintains a list of players who perform in ensembles for educational programs, weddings, receptions, and other special occasions. Private instrumental lessons are also available.

Please call 518-465-4755 for information.

Music Director and Conductor

David Alan Miller

Violin I Jill Levy Concertmaster Lifetime Chair Goldberg Charitable Trust Eiko Tanaka Assistant Concertmaster Chair sponsored by Beatrice and Robert Herman Elizabeth Silver ^ Chair sponsored by Einhorn Yaffee Prescott Architecture & Engineering P.C. Paula Oakes ^ Minyoung Baik Heather Frank-Olsen Tina Na Huang Christine Kim Natalia Kononova Marie Claude Masse Julia Sakharova Harriet Dearden Welther Violin II Funda Cizmecioglu- Goetze * Mitsuko Suzuki ** Barbara Lapidus ^ John Bosela Brigitte Brodwin Ouisa Fohrhaltz Michael Glover Margret E. Hickey Gabriela Rengel Peggy Schalit Viola Susan St. Amour * Endowed in perpetuity by the Estate of Allan F. Nickerson Noriko Futagami Herndon ** Kimberly Foster Wallace^ Carla Bellosa Robert A. Dean Nadege Foofat + Marcia Nickerson Harriet Thomas Russell Wilson + Cello Susan Ruzow Libby * Erica Pickhardt ** Petia Kassarova ^ Chair sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Older Kevin Bellosa Matt Capobianco Gail Falsetti Catherine Hackert Bass Bradley Aikman * Philip Helm ** Luke Baker James Caiello Michael Fittipaldi Jeffrey Herchenroder		Flute Floyd Hebert * Albert Brouwer Oboe Karen Hosmer * Nathaniel Fossner English Horn Nathaniel Fossner Clarinet Susan Martula * Chair sponsored by Elsa deBeer in memory of F.S. deBeer, Jr. Chair sponsored by David A. Perry in memory of Justine R.B. Perry Michael Cirigliano II + Chair sponsored by Lucia and Steven Fischer in memory of Frances and David Fischer and Amelio Clementi Bassoon Stephen Walt * Endowed in perpetuity by the Estate of Richard Salisbury Jonathan Macgowan Horn William J. Hughes * Alan Parshley Victor Sungarian Trumpet Eric M. Berlin * Eric J. Latini Chair sponsored by John J. Nigro in loving memory of Mary E. and Frank J. Nigro Trombone Greg Spiridopoulos * Karna Millen Bass Trombone Patrick Herb Tuba Aubrey Foard* Timpani Peter Wilson * Percussion Richard Albagli * Mark Foster Scott Stacey *** Harp Lynette Wardle * Chair sponsored by John & Frances Strachan Personnel Manager Susan Libby Librarian Elizabeth Silver Union Steward Nathaniel Fossner

*Principal
**Assistant Principal
^ Stationary chair
+ On leave

The Albany Symphony Orchestra's string sections use revolving seating. Players behind the stationary chairs change seats systematically and are listed alphabetically.

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