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Buy tickets online or charge by phone at the TSO Office, (785) 232-2032. Hours are 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Tuesday through Friday. Major Credit Cards accepted. Email the TSO office or fax (785) 232-6204.
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Tickets may be purchased at the site of the performance one hour prior to the concert.
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Orchestra Members, 2024-2025 Season
First Violin
Zsolt Eder, Concertmaster, Topeka Symphony League Chair
Kenya Patzer, Associate Concertmaster, Virginia Wade Chair
Emma Andersen, Norma A. Pettijohn Chair
Dorothy Gomez-Armesto, Prof. Dr. Charles A. Goetz Memorial Chair
Tyler Harvey, The Rev. Roger M. Goetz Chair
Nicole Limones, Anne-Katharine E. Goetz Memorial Chair
Signe Sandquist, Betty Bokelheide Goetz Chair
Debora Silva, Dr. John W. Strickler Chair given by the Rev. Roger Goetz Family
Santiago S. Simmonds, Anne-Katharine E. Goetz’s son Jayson Smith Chair
Isaac Villaroya, Anne-Katharine E. Goetz’s son Alexander “Ike” L. Holm Chair
Craig Yorke
Second Violin
Donna L. Mealy, Principal, Herbert and Esther Moses Family Chair
Gina Buzzelli, Maxine Anton Chair
Gabriel Kniffen, Betty Sisk Chair
Ethan Loewen
Laura McGill
Marie Flexer-Parker
Rochelle Pekarek
Melanie Paris Wambsganss
Julie Wykert*
Joey Yiming Zhou
Viola
Kathryn Hilger, Everett Fetter Memorial Chair
Zoe Barnes, Virginia and Helen Hocker Chair
Lisa Janssen, Lola Dexter Memorial Chair given by Drs. Grace and Michael Morrison
Donita McLeland, Charles and Betty Jo Marling Chair
Donita McLeland
Ryan Masotto
Gloria Scolari
Emily Winterburg
Cello
Eman Chalshotori, Principal, The Stan and Jody Teeter Family Chair
Martha G. Barnhill, Rebecca Sisk Foerschler Chair
Angela Cunningham, Susan and Lawrence Krische Chair
Jenith Hoover*, Charlotte A. Taggart Chair
B. J. McCune
Jordan Proctor
Daniel Yung
Zach Ward
Bass
Benjamin Beggs, Principal
Breta Bloomberg, Kathleen Covert Maag Chair
Matthew Carlyon^
Brian Council
Flute
Hannah Porter Occeña, Principal, Kyle Wiley Pickett Chair given by the Rev. Roger Goetz Family
Michael Kandilaroff, Drs. David Woods and Ted Yungclas Chair
Elizabeth Robinson*
Piccolo
Elizabeth Robinson*, Marvin W. Maydew Chair
Oboe
Alyssa Morris, Principal, Rodney and Sylvia Boyd Chair
Joseph Tomasso^, Cyrus H. and Carmen R. Elting Chair
English Horn
James M. Mosher*, Mary Van Slyke Muilenburg Chair given by the James K. Van Slyke Family
Clarinet
Trevor Stewart‡, Principal, James K. Van Slyke Memorial Chair
Alejandro Dergal, Interim Principal, James K. Van Slyke Memorial Chair
Luke Vasilarakos^, Lolafaye Coyne Chair
Bass Clarinet
Larkin Sanders, Norma A. Pettijohn Chair in honor of her family
Bassoon
Allan Comstock, Principal, Floyd C. Hedberg Memorial Chair
Susan Maxwell^, James Van Sickle Chair
Contrabassoon
Keel Williams, Marie Gaither Memorial Chair given by Charlotte Adair
French Horn
Jeremy Ulm^, Principal, Gordon and Melanie McQuere Chair
Brianna Volkmann^, Assistant Principal
Dwight Purvis, Virginia and Helen Hocker Chair
Katie Grose
Adam Paxson
Trumpet
Austin Barry, Principal
William Landon, Assistant
William D. Cooper, Virginia Wade Chair
Laurence Dean, Joanna and Roy Lacoursiere Chair
Trombone
Neal C. Purvis, Principal, Nancy and Paul Kindling Chair
Andrew Anderson, Ronald D. Pettijohn Memorial Chair given by Norma Pettijohn and Family
Bass Trombone
Kyam McCormack
Tuba
Max Gerhart
Timpani
Neil Dunn
Percussion
Bob Keckeisen, Principal, Jerry and Lea Billinger Chair
Shawn Evans*, Jack and Ilene Ecord Chair
Andrea Swanson, Michael Sisk Memorial Chair
Harp
Tabitha Reist Steiner, James Van Sickle Chair
Erin Wood
Piano
Regina Tanujaya, Dr. Phillip Sisk Memorial Chair
Raffaele Cipriano, Assistant Conductor
Eman Chalshotori, Operations Manager
* Orchestra Committee member
‡ Leave of absence
^ Interim/One-Year Contract
