Boston Ballet Orchestra

Offering on average one hundred services a season at Citizens Bank 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.