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 Hellman
Harp
Abigail Palmer