Georgia Philharmonic

Strings

Violin I
Samuel Fordis,    Concertmaster
Benjamin Q. Brunt
Rossana Chung
Ryan Holman
Lydia Lu
Claude Naar
Lou Anne Rainey
Dan Salzinger
Seyed Safavynia
Karla Tievsky
Brian Wilson
Stephanie Zaza

Violin II
Susie McKenney-Hines,
   Principal
Tia Bohannon
Jennifer Bull
Evelyn Champion
Deborah Geering
Katherine Jenkins
Suzanne Ouellette

Viola
Eric Evans, Principal
Mary McCoy
Toni McGarey
Martha Oceguera
Millie Tucker
Kathy Wellman

Cello
Ruth Einstein, Principal
Christa Benoit-Fey
Megan Hallam
Daniel Klein
Virginia Lehman
Kim Ong
Gianmarco Pugliese

Bass
Peter Hildebrandt, Principal
Phillip Schoeller
Stephen Ward

Woodwinds

Flute/Piccolo
Maureen Hein, Principal
Kathy Farmer
Lisa Mahoney

Oboe/English Horn
Rita Lollar, Principal
Jennifer Marrack Cohen
Christine Gandy

Clarinet
Diane Hargreaves, Principal
Michael Moore

Bassoon
Jim Jackson, Principal
John Lenahan

Brass

French Horn
Mandy Tinsley, Principal
Elizabeth Demaree
Jason Dunn
Leslie Ann Dunn

Trumpet
Carl McCurdy, Principal
Geoff Gay

Trombone
Dwight Klappich, Principal
Matthew Segars
Al Stark
Jimmy West

Tuba
Charlton Templeton,    Principal

Percussion

Mike Del Campo, Principal
Chris Childs

Timpani
Jennifer Mautz, Principal

Piano
Etsuko Tomeda

Harp
Julie Albertson

Staff

Music Director
Philip Rice

Concertmaster
Samuel Fordis

Personnel Manager
Elizabeth Demaree

Music Coordinator
Deborah Geering

Librarian
Mary Ann Kelley

Corresponding Secretaries
Tia Bohannon
Antoinette McGarey

Northside Coordinator
Maureen Hein

Website Designer
Peter Hildebrandt

Web Site Photography
Ümit Yüksel
John Robson
Elizabeth Demaree
Megan Hallam
Thear Kirk Fraley

Webmasters
Gianmarco Pugliese
Megan Hallam

Database Administrator
Jeri Molintas

Stage Manager
Brett Cotter

Bassoon

Jim Jackson, Principal

Jim Jackson is a native of Atlanta. His music background includes 9 years with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra on Bassoon and Contra Bassoon, Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Music Education from Georgia State University, and 30 years as a Music Educator in the Atlanta area. He retired in from the Georgia Air National Guard in May of 2007 after 38 years in the Air National Guard Band of the South. Through that group he has performed in Norway, the Azores, Germany, Romania, England, the Dominican Republic, and throughout the USA. He lives in Acworth with his wife, Gail. They have three grown sons, Mark, Alan, and Benjamin, and a dog, Mstislav (named after Rostropovich).

John Lenahan

John Lenahan has played bassoon with the orchestra for the last ten years. He earned a BFA in music from the State University of New York at Buffalo. When not making music, John works as an instructional technology designer in the financial services industry.