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Musicians

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!