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Royston Nash was appointed Music Director and Conductor of the Cape Symphony Orchestra in 1980. He holds a similar position with the Nashua (NH) Symphony Orchestra.

A native of Bournemouth, England, Royston Nash studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He was presented with the Certificate of Merit for Conducting in 1957. His mentors included Rudolph Kempe, Constantine Silvestri and Sir Malcolm Sargent. Mr. Nash has conducted extensively in Britain, Denmark, Germany, Holland and Italy. In the 1970s he toured the United States as conductor of the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company. Eight recordings with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra have won him wide acclaim here and abroad.

Royston Nash was founder and until 1995, Music Director and Conductor of Symphony by the Sea. He also served as Music Director and Conductor of the Cape Ann Symphony Orchestra from 1980 until 1986 and Conductor at the Boston Conservatory of Music in 1985 and 1986. Maestro Nash makes his home on Cape Cod.

Violin I
Penelope Wayne-Shapiro, Concertmaster, Mary A. and Edward A. Bigelow Chair, in perpetuity
Antoaneta Anguelova, Asst. Concertmaster, Leona and Milton Penn Chair
Igor Cherevko
Reda Slizauskaite
Linda Hanley
Raluca Dumitrache
Svitlana Kovalenko
Martha Potter Kim
Pierre d’Archambeau
Deborah Teel Bradley
Marc Benador
Dasha Dubrovina
Bonnie Bearse

Violin II
Adele Ohki, Principal, The Gelsthorpe Family Chair, in perpetuity
Viktoria Tchertchian, Marion Jordan Memorial Chair, in perpetuity
Lawrence Chaplan
Mikhail Korsunsky
Yoko Furihata Waynen
Kaede Kobayashi-Kirker
Karen Berger LeMoine
Kristine Berger Viprino
Norma Stiner
Melissa Carter
Raymond Melanson
Kimberly L. Brayton

Viola
Robert Coleman, Principal, Marion Witmer Putnam Memorial Chair, in perpetuity
Susan W. Gable
Diane Irion
Linda Houle
Chen Yu Guang
Irina Naryshkova
Nissim Tseytlin
Jing-Huey Wei
Steven Descoteaux

Cello
Bo Ericsson, Principal, Robert M. Heberton Chair, in perpetuity
Elizabeth Schultze
Millard Irion
Michael Czitrom
Alexander Badalov
Sandy Spencer
Christopher Kerins
Norma J. Kelley
Andrea N. Meagher
Martina M. Pesanelli

Bass
Carion Chu, Principal, The Wick Family Chair, in perpetuity
Judy Yaldatel
Ira M. Schaefer
Michael Ryle
Paul D.Vaterlaus
Phoebe Butler

Flute
Claude Cobert, Principal, Lyndon Paul Lorusso Memorial Chair, in perpetuity
Mariellen Sears

Piccolo
Wendy Rolfe

Oboe
Elizabeth Mitnik Doriss, Principal, Lyndon Paul Lorusso Memorial Chair, in perpetuity
Laura E. Pardee

English Horn
Laura Pardee

Clarinet
Mark Miller, Principal, Pauline and John Sonderegger Chair, in perpetuity
Janice Murphy Smith

Bass Clarinet
Michael S. Monte

Bassoon
David C. Gallagher, Principal, The Pratt-Gallagher Chair
Ken Fukuhara

Contra Bassoon
Leo Kenen

Horn
George Sullivan, Principal, Willem A. Valkenier Chair, in perpetuity
Amy S. Tracy, Carter Willsey Memorial Chair
Cynthia Brown
Cynthia E. DeBellis

Trumpet
Philip Hague, Principal, Michael Joseph Julian Memorial Chair, in perpetuity
Tobias Monte
Halward M. Blegen

Trombone
Roy N. Campbell, Principal, Friends of the Cape Symphony Orchestra Chair
H. Cully Beasley
George J. Scharr

Tuba
Stuart Hall Gunn, Principal

Timpani
Mark Prall, Principal, The Nickerson Companies Chair

Percussion
Paul Gross, Principal, The Newkirk Family Chair
Charles H. Kohnfelder, Roland and Dorothy Smith Memorial Chair, in perpetuity
Dan Hann

Keyboards
Donald H. Enos, The Wesley DeLacy Chair

Harp
Sandra Bittermann, Principal, Carl and Bettina Sonderegger Chair

Concert Operations and Orchestra Personnel:
Lisa Sheehy

Librarian: Peggy Gerber

Stage Manager: Christopher Adams

Stage Crew: David Billings
and Deirdre Paster

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