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 Violin I Samuel Fordis, Concertmaster Samuel Fordis has been a recording artist and an impresario of large concerts in the Los Angeles area. He served as a recording violinist at Universal Motion Picture Studio, and free-lanced at Warner Brothers, RKO and Paramount Studios. He was a member of the McCarthy-Peet String Quartet, which concertized contemporary works. Mr. Fordis was concertmaster of the Pacific Palisades Symphony, Brentwood-Westwood Symphony and played with the Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra in California and toured with the Santa Monica Symphony in Europe. He was also the concertmaster of Orchestra Atlanta. Mr. Fordis is currently the Concertmaster of The Georgia Philharmonic and the Rome Symphony. He has produced classical and choral concerts in California for decades. Mr. Fordis has also conducted symphony orchestras and has conducted choral groups for fifty years. He is both a composer and arranger. In addition, as a Cantor and tenor, he has performed throughout the United States. Benjamin Q. Brunt Benjamin Q. Brunt is in his seventh season with the Georgia Philharmonic. He began his study of violin at age five with the Suzuki method. At age 17, he joined the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and played professionally with them for two seasons. While attending college, he continued to play in the college symphony and chamber groups. He has a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut and a Master in Business Administration from southern Methodist University. Ben is Vice President of Development at Songy Partners Limited, an Atlanta-based real estate investment and development firm. Rossana Chung Rossana Chung began studying violin at the ripe old age of 11. She graduated from the University of Georgia in 2003 with a Bachelor of Science in biology and minor in music. She has performed in numerous orchestras including the University of Georgia Symphony Orchestra, ARCO Chamber Orchestra, Athens Symphony, Gainesville Symphony, Toccoa Symphony, Capitol City Opera, and is currently active in the Dekalb Symphony and Cobb Symphony. She also enjoys playing chamber music. Dan Salzinger Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Dan began his violin studies with his father, Carl Salzinger. He went on to study at the Cleveland Institute of Music and played in the Cleveland Institute of Music Youth Orchestra and his High School Orchestra, where he was concertmaster during his last two years in High School. After earning undergraduate and graduate degrees in finance at The Ohio State University and Miami University of Ohio, respectively, Dan moved to the Washington, D.C. area and established a productive musical-performance schedule in regional orchestras, including the McLean Orchestra, the Mount Vernon Chamber Orchestra, and the World Bank Orchestra, as concertmaster. After living in Washington D.C., Dan moved back to Cleveland. where he played with the Suburban Symphony Orchestra and was a Board Member and the Treasurer for the orchestra for five years. Having moved to Marietta in 2006, Dan joined the Georgia Philharmonic. Dan is also the chief financial officer of The No-Load Fund Investor, LLC, a leading publisher of investment advisories for individual investors and financial advisers. Seyed Safavynia Seyed A. Safavynia began playing the violin at age 3 under the Suzuki method and began composing at age 9. He continued his violin studies with Marta Zaludova and studied composition with John Anthony Lennon at Emory University. After graduating from Georgia Tech in 2002, he joined the Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, conducting orthopaedic research while continuing his studies with Professor Lennon. In 2003, he was awarded the president’s scholarship at the Manhattan School of Music in the studio of Richard Danielpour. In 2005, his attention shifted back to science and he obtained a position in the MD/PhD dual degree program at Emory University funded by the National Institute of Health. He is still involved with the music department at Emory, specifically under the instruction of Drs. Lynn Bertrand and Yayoi Everett. Karla Tievsky Karla Tievsky is an active member of the Atlanta musical community. She is a Suzuki specialist, and operates her own private Suzuki Studio, and also performs solo and in a quartet. Ms. Tiesvky has been a member of the orchestra for eleven years, joining it in the same year as Maestro Rice. For three years, from 1997-2000, she was personnel manager and administrative assistant to Mr. Rice. Karla Tievsky graduated from Washington University in St. Louis earning a BA in psychology and receiving certification in Elementary Education with a specialty in Pre-school Primary Education. In addition, she received certification in Special Education. She is an active member of the Atlanta community, serving on various boards and her favorite organization is Georgia Philharmonic. Brian A. Wilson Brian A. Wilson is a software performance consultant and has worked in IT for over 20 years. He has played violin with various orchestras including: The Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra, DeKalb Symphony Orchestra, Fort Worth Chamber Orchestra, Erie Philharmonic, Akron Symphony Orchestra, CIM Symphony and Chamber Orchestras, Cleveland Orchestra, Aspen Festival Orchestra, Orchestra Atlanta and Georgia Philharmonic. Brian received a Bachelor of Music Performance, Violin in 1990 from The Cleveland Institute of Music. He studied with the late Bernhard Goldschmidt and David Cerone. In 2001, he received a Masters of IT from American InterContinental Univ. His many awards include: 1985 AMS Scholarship to Aspen Music School. 1986 Georgia winner of the American Federation of Musician's Congress of Strings scholarship, held in NYC, NY. 1988 Recital Winner at the Claudio Monteverde Conservatorium of Music. Bolzano, Italy He has performed under the batons of Pierre Boulez, Yoel Levi, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Kurt Masur, Aaron Copland, P inkas Zucherman, Robert Shaw and many others. Stephanie Zaza Stephanie Zaza, Stephanie Zaza, M.D., M.P.H., has played the violin for 28 years in professional and volunteer community orchestras. She is a board certified preventive medicine physician and is a senior program manager and medical epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Zaza is an active duty officer in the United States Public Health Service, a uniformed corps of health professionals reporting to the Surgeon General of the United States; she holds the rank of Commander.
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