INTRODUCING OUR NEWEST MUSICIANS

Ya-Chi Cheng, Principal Percussion/Asst Principal Timpani


Hye Sung Choe, Principal Flute


Mark Davidson, Assistant Principal Trombone/Second Trombone


Marilyn de Oliveira, Cello


Courtney Sedgwick Filner, Viola - Courtney Sedgwick Filner is a native of Minnesota and has been a member of the San Antonio Symphony since 2006. She has previously held the position of Assistant Principal Viola of the Richmond Symphony, and has been a member of the Florida Philharmonic, the New World Symphony, and the San Diego Symphony. Courtney has been a member of the Colorado Music Festival viola section since 2001, and she is the Associate Director of the Sequoia Chamber Music Workshop at Humboldt State University in California . She is currently the violin and viola instructor at Texas Lutheran University and a registered Suzuki teacher of violin and viola. Courtney holds a Bachelor of Music from Oberlin Conservatory, and a Master of Music from U.C.L.A.


Ilan Morgenstern, Bass Trombone


Peter Rubins, Horn - Mr. Rubins has enjoyed both a symphonic and a Broadway touring career. His major teachers have been Dale Clevenger, Forrest Standley, and Arthur Goldstein. His symphonic work history includes multiple long-term contracts with the Pittsburgh and the San Antonio Symphonies. His long-term theater credits include the domestic tours of Cats, Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber and The Phantom of the Opera. Other freelance credits include the Chicago Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, Orchesta Sinfonica de Galicia, Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Ballet, Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, San Antonio Lyric Opera, as well as chamber music, pop stars, and TV/radio commercials. His work has taken him on multiple tours of Asia and Europe, and he is happy to call San Antonio home.

 

 


Catherine Turner, Horn


Bonnie Terry Warner, Assistant Concertmaster (Acting Associate Concertmaster 08-09)

 

 

 

 

 

 


Matthew Zerweck, Second Violin (Acting Assistant Concertmaster 08-09)

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