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The Deer Valley® Music Festival is the summer home of the Utah Symphony.

 

Founded in 1940, the Utah Symphony performs more than 175 concerts each season and offers all Utahns easy access to world-class live musical performances of the world’s greatest music in the state’s top venues. Since being named the orchestra’s seventh music director in 2009, Thierry Fischer has attracted leading musicians and top soloists, refreshed programming, drawn increased audiences, and galvanized community support. In addition to numerous regional and domestic tours, including the Mighty 5® Tour of Utah’s national parks, the Utah Symphony has embarked on seven international tours and performed at Carnegie Hall in Spring 2016 coinciding with the orchestra’s 75th anniversary celebrations. The Utah Symphony has released more than 100 recordings, including Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 in Fall 2017, Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 (2015) and Dawn to Dust (2016), which features three Utah Symphony-commissioned works by Nico Muhly, Andrew Norman, and Augusta Read Thomas.

Utah Symphony | Utah Opera, the orchestra’s parent organization, reaches 450,000 residents in Utah and the Intermountain region, with educational outreach programs serving around 75,000 students annually. In addition to performances in its home in Salt Lake City, Abravanel Hall, and concerts throughout the state of Utah, the Utah Symphony participates in Utah Opera’s four annual productions at the Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre and presents the six-week Deer Valley® Music Festival each summer in Park City, Utah. With its many subscription, education, and outreach concerts and tours, the Utah Symphony is one of the most engaged orchestras in the nation. For more information visit www.utahsymphony.org

 

MUSICIANS OF THE UTAH SYMPHONY

Come hear their artistry in action.

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ARTISTIC LEADERSHIP

Music Director Emeritus
The Maurice Abravanel Chair, endowed by the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation
Matthew Straw
Assistant Conductor
David Robertson
Creative Partner
Sharon Bjorndal Lavery
Chorus Director & Opera Assistant Conductor

Violin

Concertmaster
The Jon M. and Karen Huntsman Chair, in honor of Wendell J. and Belva B. Ashton
Kathryn Eberle
Associate Concertmaster
The Richard K. and Shirley S. Hemingway Chair
Laura Ha
Second Associate Concertmaster
Principal Second
Associate Principal Second
Assistant Principal Second
Second Assistant Principal Second
Acting Section Violin
Tina Johnson
Acting Section Violin
Acting Section Violin
Jen Kozbial Posadas
Acting Section Violin

Viola

Principal
The Sue and Walker Wallace Chair
Yuan Qi
Associate Principal
Leslie Richards
Acting Section Viola

Cello

Matt Johnson
Acting Principal
The J. Ryan Selberg memorial Chair
Andrew Larson
Acting Associate Principal
Hannah Thomas Hollands
Acting Section Cello

Harp

Principal

Flute

Principal
The Val A. Browning Chair
Associate Principal
Caitlyn Valovick Moore
Piccolo/Utility Flute

Oboe

Zac Hammond
Principal
The Gerald B. and Barbara F. Stringfellow Chair
Associate Principal
English Horn/Utility Oboe

Clarinet

Tad Calcara
Principal
The Norman C. and Barbara Lindquist Tanner Chair, in memory of Jean Lindquist Pell
Associate Principal/E-Flat Clarinet
Bass Clarinet/Utility Clarinet
[on sabbatical]
Chris Bosco
Acting Bass Clarinet/Utility Clarinet

Bassoon

Lori Wike
Principal
The Edward and Barbara Moreton Chair
Associate Principal/Contrabassoon


Horns

Jessica Danz
Principal
Associate Principal
Second Horn
Acting Third Horn
Fourth Horn

Trumpet

Travis Peterson
Principal
The Robert L. and Joyce Rice Chair
Associate Principal

Trombone

Mark Davidson
Principal
[on leave]
Sam Elliot
Acting Principal Trombone
Andrew Zaharis
Acting Second Trombone
Graeme Mutchler
Bass Trombone

Tuba

Alex Purdy
Principal

Timpani

Principal
Eric Hopkins
Percussion / Associate Principal Timpani

Percussion

Keith Carrick
Principal
Eric Hopkins
Percussion / Associate Principal Timpani

Keyboard

Principal

Library

Principal
Claudia Restrepo
Librarian