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 Piano Etsuko Tomeda Ms. Tomeda received a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance (pedagogy) at Shorter College and has further studies in Piano Performance from Musashino Music Academy in Tokyo. Ms. Tomeda has extensive experience in accompanying and has taught and performed for over 18 years. She is on the faculty at the New School of Music, which she joined in 1999. Harp Julie Albertson Julie Albertson has been a professional harpist since 1980. An Ohio native, she played seven seasons with the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati. Her teachers were Joan Seymour, founder of the twenty-member Dayton Area Harp Ensemble, and Linda Wellbaum, harpist with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra for over thirty years. Julie also studied for a series of private lessons and workshops with the legendary Mildred Dilling, teacher of Harpo Marx. While living in Miami, Julie played for the Philharmonic Orchestra of Florida and the Palm Beach Opera and free-lanced extensively throughout South Florida. Since coming to Atlanta in 1990 she has been appointed principal harpist of the Cobb Symphony Orchestra. Julie has performed frequently with the Atlanta Symphony, Atlanta Pops, Atlanta Ballet, and Atlanta Opera orchestras, as well as the Gwinnett Philharmonic Orchestra. She has backed several artists, including Yo-Yo Ma, Natalie Cole, Itzhak Perlman, Henry Mancini, Trisha Yearwood, and Ray Charles. Julie has played harp for multitudes of wedding ceremonies, receptions, dinners, and special occasions, and has performed on European tours in Rome, Italy and Vienna, Austria. She also appears on several compact disc releases. Julie and her husband reside with their golden retriever in Alpharetta, Georgia.
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