WCS Members & Friends

Westchester Chamber Soloists comprises performers united by a singular passion for performing and sharing the finest chamber and orchestral music with attentive audiences in the spirit of community and cultural enrichment.

Members include career performing musicians and advanced avocational players, many with formal training from distinguished music schools and affiliations to other leading symphony and opera orchestras, conservatories, theater groups and/or prominent chamber ensembles. Exceptional student musicians are also invited to perform with us on occasion. Many WCS members provide instruction at highly regarded conservatories and schools and/or perform with other metropolitan ensembles. Others represent a diverse array of professions outside of music, including medicine, education, finance & risk management, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, law, arts management, and science and technology.

Our roster includes active members, as well as those who have performed with us at or since our 2020 Debut and those who have appeared as guest performers at one or more events.

WCS Pianist & Distinguished Conductors

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WCS is delighted to welcome our special guest conductors, for their leadership in the Concerto and selected Symphonic repertoire.

  • Alan Murray

    WCS Exec. & Artistic Director

    and Piano Soloist

  • Ovidiu Marinescu

    Guest Conductor & Cello Soloist

    (May 19, 2024 / Jun 4, 2023)

  • Mina Kim

    Guest Conductor

    (Feb 10, 2024 / Apr 2, 2023)

  • Bernard Tamosaitis

    Guest Conductor & Cello Soloist

    (Oct 1, 2023 / Mar 5, 2023)

WCS Strings

  • Kate Ashby

    Violin / Associate Artistic Director

  • Larissa Blitz

    Violin

  • Lori Horowitz

    Violin (principal)

  • Joshua Daniels

    Violin

  • Laura Macbeth

    Violin

  • Lucie Onderwyzer

    Violin

  • David Restivo

    Violin

  • Kathleen Thomson

    Violin

  • Monica Gerard

    Viola (principal)

  • Liz Nilsen-Baumwoll

    Viola

  • Anne-Marie Mott

    Viola

  • Yasmine Tetenbaum

    Viola

  • Sachi Patitucci

    Cello (principal)

  • Seth Jacobs

    Cello

  • Jonathan Kantor

    Cello

  • Miles Levine

    Cello

  • Lisa Olsson

    Cello

WCS Winds & Brass

  • Amy Hersh

    Flute & Piccolo (principal)

  • Marjorie Hone

    Flute & Piccolo

  • Paul-Lucien Kulka

    Flute & Piccolo

  • Teresa Wager

    Flute & Piccolo

  • Dorothy Darlington

    Oboe & English Horn

  • Enid Blount Press

    Clarinet

  • Alan Shaffer

    Clarinet

  • Rosemary Dellinger

    Bassoon (principal)

  • Thomas Sefcovic

    Bassoon

  • Thomas Jordan

    French Horn

  • Marc Wager

    French Horn

  • Kelly Oram

    Trumpet

  • John Reid

    Trumpet

WCS Harp, Percussion & Vocalist

  • Elizabeth Yeoh-Wang

    Harp

  • Barbara Allen

    Timpani & Percussion

  • Yolanda F. Johnson

    Soprano

2023 Brandenburg Concerto Special Guests

  • Benjamin Acrish

    Piccolo Trumpet / Guest Soloist

  • Robert Lawrence

    Lead Violin / Guest Soloist

  • Sergey Nazarov

    Violin / Guest Soloist

  • Jacqueline Stern

    Cello

  • Ellen Gruber

    Oboe

  • Thomas Bastone

    Bass

  • Charlie Bennett

    Cello

  • Ruth Diamond Fabes

    Oboe

  • Aviva Segal

    Oboe

  • Gili Sharett

    Bassoon / Guest Soloist

WCS Musical Friends & Collaborators

  • Bob Lawrence

    Violin / 2023 Brandenburg Soloist / RiverArts Music Tour 2021

  • John Patitucci

    Bass / WCS Debut / 2023 Brandenburg sessions

  • Bernard Tamosaitis

    Cello & Conductor / RiverArts Music Tours 2022, 2021 & 2019 / March 2023

  • Rebecca Eckfeld

    Violin / RiverArts Music Tour 2021 / March 2023

  • William Eckfeld

    Bass / RiverArts Music Tour 2021 / March 2023

  • Samantha Chestney

    Viola / March 2023

  • Susan DeCamp

    Oboe / March 2023

  • Mary Olsson

    Bassoon / March 2023

  • Michael Rubino

    Clarinet / March 2023

  • Gina Serafin

    Oboe / March 2023

  • Stan Serafin

    Trumpet / March 2023

  • Igor Sherbakov

    French Horn / March 2023

  • Ulysses Torres

    Tuba / March 2023

  • Ian Vlahović

    French Horn / March 2023

  • Richard Williams

    Trombone / March 2023

  • Karen Chow

    Violin / April 2023

  • Clare Detko

    Violin / April 2023

  • Greg Hunter

    Contrabass / April 2023

  • Lydia Leizman

    Viola / April 2023

  • Cory Seelenfreund

    Clarinet / April 2023

  • Jonathan Stark

    Bassoon / April 2023

  • Chris Tyrrell

    Timpani / April 2023

  • Amy Wierenga

    Oboe / Founding Board Member / WCS Debut / RiverArts Music Tour 2022

  • Christopher Wygonik

    Contrabass / April 2023

  • Daniel Hoppe

    Cello / RiverArts Music Tour 2022

  • Peter Huitzacua

    French Horn / WCS Debut, RiverArts Music Tour 2022

  • Silvia Padegs Grendze

    Violin / WCS Debut / RiverArts Music Tours 2021, 2019 & 2018

  • April Johnson

    Violin / WCS Debut (Concertmistress) / RiverArts Music Tour 2021

  • Christopher Lee

    Violin / Concertos 2021 & Prior, Duo Performances 2017

  • Paul Geidel

    Trombone / WCS Debut

  • Charles McCracken

    Bassoon / WCS Debut

  • Robert Plotkin

    Violin / WCS Debut

  • Lauren Rigby

    Cello / WCS Debut

  • Roy Victor

    Trombone / WCS Debut

  • Sam Cohen

    Violin / RiverArts Music Tours 2019 & 2018

  • Howard Cohen

    Cello / RiverArts Music Tour 2019

  • Jacqueline Bergson

    Cello / RiverArts Music Tour 2019

  • Bethany Bobbs

    Cello / RiverArts Music Tour 2019

  • Maureen Kelly

    Cello / RiverArts Music Tour 2019

  • Teresa Kubiak

    Cello / RiverArts Music Tours 2019 & 2018

  • Erika Boras-Tesi

    Cello / RiverArts Music Tour 2018

  • Barbara Carlsen

    Violin / RiverArts Music Tour 2018

  • Jill Schultz

    Violin / RiverArts Music Tour 2018