Musicians

The Westlake Village Symphony is comprised of some of the Conejo Valley’s finest professional, semi-professional, and aspiring orchestral musicians.

FLUTE
Rhondda Dayton*, principal
Kayli Velazquez
Justin Thai

OBOE
Ryan Golds*, principal
Riley Golds

CLARINET
Karen Gatchel, principal
Sandee Langlois
Justin Holguin

BASSOON
Elise Unruh, principal
Betsy Robinson*

HARP
Elaine Litster

FRENCH HORN
Michele Predmore, principal
Roger Ballenger
Cameron Tucker
Phyllis Rautenberg
Martin Reed

TRUMPET
Jack Humes, principal
Mitch Schuster
Brandon Douglas

TROMBONE
David Marx, principal
Robert Vriesman
Jordan Friedman

TUBA
Alex Reyes, principal

TIMPANI
Dean Hinkley, principal

PERCUSSION
Ken Dayton
Steve Eklund
Evangeline Yip
Gail Amendt

FIRST VIOLINS
Dianne Rammon, concertmistress
Cari Celaya, associate concertmistress
Jeff Corwin
Brenda Friedman
Ava Watanabe
Eumi Chung
James Zhang
Lydia Steadman
Maissoun Qattan
Mina Schneider
Courtni Neff

SECOND VIOLINS
Jennifer Deirmenjian
Marina Veytsman
Phillip Rammon
Nalini Nair
Lilia Ayzoukian
Xiao-dong Sun*
Mary Ann Marx
Kathy Parmley
Riley Pollack
Robert Haddock
Paulette Wachter
Susana Knusel
Sharon Butler

VIOLA
Judy Garf, principal
Barry Brisk
Jorge Moraga
Kima Klimentiy Kats
Toni Lee
Lauren Combs
Steve Burch
Martha Farwell*
Rosemary Redmund
Adri Ebrahim

CELLO
John Fare, principal
Rebecca Heninger
Whitney Raleigh
Valerie Wong
Beryl (Canale) Acosta
Chris Kneisel
Christine Halverson*
Susan Hart
Ayk Chouljian
Nancy Levy
Sandy Brodsky

DOUBLE BASS
Ellis Patterson
Jon Brantingham
Lucas Helfman

ORCHESTRA COORDINATOR
Jordan Friedman

*Denotes Member,
Board of Directors

Individual musician stories coming soon!