As we celebrate the new release of Kip Winger’s Conversations With Nijinsky—a tribute to the iconic dance figure Vaslav Nijinsky—we want to recognize the brilliant musicians and individuals of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra who were involved with this recording project.

(Recorded at Skywalker Sound on March 11-12, 2015 with Recording Engineer, Leslie Ann Jones.)

 

Available online at http://www.kipwinger.com/music-20

Winger Sessions 

Martin West — Music Director and Principal Conductor

Tracy Davis — Orchestra Personnel Manager and Music Administrator

Matthew Naughtin — Music Librarian

 

Violin I — Lydia Hong (Guest Concertmaster), Janice Macintosh (Associate Concertmaster), Beni Shinohara (Assistant Concertmaster), Heidi Wilcox, Mia Kim, Robin Hansen, Brian Lee, Mariya Borozina, Carla Picchi, Barbara Riccardi, Karen Shinozaki, Rene Mandel, Jeremy Preston, Yasushi Ogura

Violin II — Marianne Wagner (Principal), Craig Reiss (Associate Principal), Jeanelle Meyer (Assistant Principal), Patricia Van Winkle, Clifton Foster, Elbert Tsai, Wenyi Shih, Katherine Button, Joseph Edelberg, Sara Usher, Maki Ishii Sowash

Viola — Ann Kruger (Acting Principal),Joy Fellows (Acting Associate Principal), Caroline Lee (Acting Assistant Principal), Elizabeth Prior, Paul Ehrlich, Katherine Johnk, Roxanne Jacobson, Natalia Vershilova

Cello — Eric Sung (Principal), Jonah Kim (Associate Principal), Victor Fierro (Assistant Principal), Thalia Moore, Nora Pirquet, Ruth Lane, Miriam Perkoff, Robert Howard

Contrabass — Steve D’Amico (Principal), Shinji Eshima (Associate Principal), Jonathan Lancelle (Assistant Principal), Mark Drury

Flute — Barbara Chaffe (Principal), Julie McKenzie *, Patricia Farrell, Stephanie McNab (Piccolo)

Oboe — Laura Griffiths (Principal), Marilyn Coyne

Clarinet — Natalie Parker (Principal), Anthony Striplen

Bassoon — Rufus Olivier (Principal), Patrick Johnson-Whitty

Horn — Kevin Rivard (Principal), Keith Green, Brian McCarty (Associate Principal), William Klingelhoffer

Trumpet — Adam Luftman (Principal), Ralph Wagner

Trombone — Jeffrey Budin (Principal), Hall Goff

Bass Trombone — Scott Thornton (Principal)

Tuba — Peter Wahrhaftig (Principal)

Timpani — James Gott (Principal), John Burgardt*

Percussion — David Rosenthal (Principal), Todd Manley, Tyler Mack

Harp — Annabelle Taubl (Principal)

Piano — Brenda Vahur (Principal)

 

*Principal for the Winger Sessions.