World-Class Orchestra
The eighty musicians of the Peninsula Festival Orchestra represent leading symphonic and operatic institutions from around the world, including Toronto, Calgary, Houston, Boston, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Omaha, Milwaukee, The Dallas Opera, Houston Grand Opera, and Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Martha & Philip Cherry Endowed Chair
Dennis Kim, Concertmaster
George Kress
Endowed Chair
Irvine, CA
Dmitri Pogorelov, Assistant Concertmaster
Gail and Emil Fischer
Endowed Chair
Littleton, CO
Paul Zafer
Marilyn McDonald
Endowed Chair
Wilmette, IL
Luis Angel Salazar Avila
San Diego, CA
Alex Ayers
Milwaukee, WI
Ekaterina Gorkhover
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
Paul Hauer
Milwaukee, WI
Grace Kim
Grand Rapids, MI
Elliot Lee
Milwaukee, WI
Ji-Yeon Lee
Milwaukee, WI
Alexis Meschter
Irvine, CA
Zachary Ragent
Denver, CO
Robert Shumitzky
Newport Coast, CA
Aleksandr Zhuk
Sunny Isles, FL
Kirstin Greenlaw, Principal
Virginia Terhune
Endowed Chair
Cincinnati, OH
Betty Lewis
Sharon Holmes
Endowed Chair
Chicago, IL
Christine Hauptly Annin
Milwaukee, WI
Luis Angel Salazar Avila
San Diego, CA
Ari Han
Los Angeles, CA
Dorothy Han
Cincinnati, OH
Annaliese Kowert
Nashville, TN
Carmen Llop-Kassinger
Chicago, IL
Caroline Slack
Chicago, WI
Amy Thiaville
River Ridge, LA
Elizabeth Warne
Milwaukee, WI
Joan DerHovsepian, Principal
Ken Byler
Endowed Chair
Houston, TX
Judith Ablon
New York, NY
Jonas Benson
Sarasota, FL
Beth Breslin
Mequon, WI
Thomas Kluge
Omaha, NE
Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff
Chicago, IL
Suzanne LeFevre
Houston, TX
Ellen Caruso Olson
Jacksonville, Florida
Marlea Simpson
Anoka, MN
Jennifer Strom
Roseville, MN
Paul Ledwon, Principal
Elizabeth Chittendon
Cruden Endowed Chair
Omaha, NE
Erin Breene
Newport Coast, CA
Victor Huls
St. Petersburg, FL
Jeffrey Lastrapes
Lubbock, TX
Andrew Laven
Grand Rapids MI
Shannon Merciel
St. Louis, MO
Linda Minke
Neptune Beach, FL
John Pellegrino, Principal
June & Jerome Maeder
Endowed Chair
Columbus, OH
Patrick Bilanchone
Jacksonville, FL
Erik Gronfor
Houston, TX
Christopher Roberts
Cincinnati, OH
Susanna Self, Principal
Virginia L. Kress
Endowed Chair
Lubbock, TX
Helen Blackburn
Dallas, TX
Alexandria Hoffman
Chicago, IL
Janice MacDonald
Chicago, IL
Alexandria Hoffman
Chicago, IL
Eric Olson, Principal
Sue and Tim Stone
Endowed Chair
Jacksonville, FL
Leanna Renfro
Little Rock, AR
Sarah Bowman Peterson
Grand Rapids, MI
Ricardo Castañeda
Oak Park, IL
Leanna Renfro
Campbell MacDonald
Robert Marcellus
Endowed Chair
Indianapolis, IN
Nicole Martin
New Haven, CT
Leslie Grimm
Streeterville, MI
David Bell
Bailey’s Harbor, WI
Lisa Bellino
Poughkeepsie, NY
Alisha Zamore
Houston, TX
Leslie Grimm
Alisha Zamore
Michael Kroth, Principal
Cindy Sargent
Endowed Chair
Okemos, MI
Galina Kiep
Chicago, IL
Andrew Genemans
Grand Rapids, MI
Andrew Genemans
Grand Rapids, MI
Dan Graser
Grand Rapids, MI
Laurie Marino Sears
Traverse City, MI
Bill Sears
Traverse City, MI
Richard Britsch, Principal
Tatman Family
Endowed Chair
Rockford, MI
David Renfro
Little Rock, AR
Erich Peterson
Grand Rapids, MI
Leslie Norton
Nashville TN
Corbin Wagner
East Lansing, MI
Matthew Annin
Whitefish Bay, WI
Fritz Foss
Skokie, IL
Dietrich Hemann
Shorewood, WI
Matthew Oliphant
Chicago, IL
Dana Sherman
Whitefish Bay, WI
Kelsey Williams
Newark, NY
Mark Hughes, Principal
Houston, TX
Bruce Briney
Macomb, IL
Daniel Grantham
Cincinnati, OH
Neal Berntsen
Pittsburgh, PA
Kevin Hartman
Brookfield, WI
Edward Kuhn
Summerville, SC
Greg Schoonover
Mt. Pleasant, SC
Paul Bellino, Principal
Poughkeepsie, NY
Bradley Ward
East Windsor, NJ
Thomas Hutchinson
Brooklyn, NY
Daniel Schwalbach
Alpine, NJ
Charles Schuchat
Mary Harrington
Endowed Chair
Chicago, Illinois
Jeremy Epp
Detroit, MI
Justin Gingrich
Pittsburgh, PA
Paul Ristau
Sister Bay, WI
Christopher Norton, Principal
Nashville, TN
Alison Chorn
Fort Wayne, IN
Paul Ristau
Sister Bay, WI
Drew Lang
Dallas, TX
Justin Gingrich
Grace Roepke, Principal
Doris Heise Miller
Endowed Chair
Louisville, KY
Christi Zuniga
Omaha, NE