Offering on average one hundred services a season at Citizens Opera House, the Boston Ballet Orchestra is the second largest orchestra in New England, serving Boston Ballet, one of the leading ballet companies in America. Led by music director Mischa Santora and select guest conductors, the orchestra’s repertoire ranges from full length, classical ballets to mixed repertoire and contemporary ballets.
Musicians of the Boston Ballet Orchestra are members of the Boston Musicians’ Association, Local 9-535 of the American Federation of Musicians.
VIOLIN
Christine Vitale**
Zenas Hsu*
Sarah Atwood
Julia Cash
Omar Chen-Guey
Lisa Crockett
Jodi Hagen
Miguel Perez-Espejo Cardenas
Annie Rabbat
Kenneth Stalberg
Zoya Tsvetkova
Liyuan Xie
VIOLA
Jean Haig*
Holly Barnes
Sarah Darling
Donna Jerome
CELLO
Ronald Lowry*
Michael Curry
Melanie Dyball
Jolene Kessler
BASS
Robert Lynam*
Randall Zigler
FLUTE
Lisa Hennessy*
Iva Milch
PICCOLO
Iva Milch
OBOE
Nancy Dimock*
Elizabeth England
ENGLISH HORN
Elizabeth England
CLARINET
Alexis Lanz*
David Martinsᶴ
BASS CLARINET
David Martins
BASSOON
Ronald Haroutunian*^
Stephanie Busby
HORN
Robert Marlatt*
Katherine Jordan
Jane Sebring
Lauren Winter
TRUMPET
Bruce Hall*
Dana Oakes
TROMBONE
Robert Couture*◊
Hans Bohn
BASS TROMBONE
Cameron Owen
TUBA
Donald Rankin*
TYMPANI
Jeffrey Fischer*
PERCUSSION
Richard Flanagan*
Nancy Smith
HARP
Kathleen Lyon-Pingree*~
PIANO/CELESTE
Alex Foaksman††
Elena Baliakhova
** Concert Master
* Principal
ᶴ Edward Avedisian Chair, endowed in perpetuity
†† Mara Dole Principal Solo Pianist’s Chair
◊ Donald J. Sanders Chair, endowed in perpetuity
~ Cynthia Price-Glynn Chair, endowed in perpetuity
^ Donald M. Bravo Chair, endowed in perpetuity
For Orchestra positions please visit AUDITIONS.
