About our Musicians

The musicians of the NSS are among the finest in the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore area. Many are also members of some of the premiere orchestras in the area, as well as being active chamber musicians and teachers.


Musicians

Violin I

Jie Hyue Kim - concertmaster
Susan Benac
Sonia Garcia-Lee
Vanessa Solis
Ariadna Buonviri
Lara Buchko

Violin II

Eli Thomas - acting principal
Anthony Shields
Fiona Studebaker
David Shavin
Nancy Shavin
Eleonel Molina

Viola

Cameron Raecke - principal
Matthew Gattuso - assistant principal
Erik Whitesides
Brandon Lewis

Violoncello

Andrew Nixon - principal
Katherine Colburn - assistant principal
Daniel Daughtry-Weiss
Alyssa Moquin

Contrabass

Barbara Fitzgerald - principal
Gwendolyn Hellmann

Harp

Abigail Palmer

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