The Westlake Village Symphony is comprised of some of the Conejo Valley’s finest professional, semi-professional, and aspiring orchestral musicians.
FLUTE
Rhondda Dayton, principal
Kayli Velazquez
Linda Rubow, Piccolo
OBOE
Ryan Golds*, principal
CLARINET
Karen Gatchel, principal
Sandee Langlois
Justin Holguin, Bass Clarinet
BASSOON
Elise Unruh, principal
HARP
Elaine Litster
FRENCH HORN
Nick Mitchell, principal
Cameron Tucker
Phyllis Rautenberg
TRUMPET
Jack Humes, principal
Mitch Schuster
Brandon Douglas
TROMBONE
David Marx, principal
Robert Vriesman
Jordan Friedman
TUBA
Alex Reyes, principal
TIMPANI
Dean Hinkley, principal
PERCUSSION
Ken Dayton
Steve Eklund
Evangeline Yip
FIRST VIOLINS
Dianne Rammon, concertmaster
Cari Celaya*, associate concertmaster
Jeff Corwin
Brenda Friedman
Tamsen Beseke
Holly Adams
Eumi Chung
Mina Schneider
Maissoun Qattan
Lydia Steadman
Jennifer Deirmenjian
Barbara Poehls
Karen Schaffner
Courtni Neff
James Zhang
SECOND VIOLINS
Judy Garf, principal
Phillip Rammon
Marina Veytsman
Lilia Ayzoukian
Nalini Nair
Mary Ann Marx
Riley Pollack
Jonathan Tsang
Xiao-dong Sun*
Mark Lang*
VIOLA
Jorge Moraga, principal
Kima Klimentiy Kats
Steve Burch
Tyler Edwards
Toni Lee
CELLO
John Fare, principal
Rebecca Heninger
Beryl (Canale) Acosta
Sandy Brodsky
Valerie Wong
Chris Kneisel
Ayk Chouljian
Susan Hart
Nancy Levy
DOUBLE BASS
Lucas Helfman, principal
James Brantingham
Jon Brantingham
ORCHESTRA COORDINATOR
Jordan Friedman
*Denotes Member,
Board of Directors
Individual musician stories coming soon!