Musicians

Violin I

Dr. Fabián López, Concertmaster | Will Gillis Military Appreciation Chair

Megan Kenny, Associate Concertmaster

Holland Phillips

Jayon Felizarta

Lisa Gattuso 

Chang Zhang 

Violin II

 Randolyn Emerson, Acting Principal

Laura Eis

Laurel Wachtler

Jessica Caviness

Carey Sleeman | Leroy Anderson Chair for the Last Chair in Second Violins

Viola

Dr. Clark Spencer, Principal | Principal Viola Endowed Chair

David Phillips | Dr. Glen Keeney Memorial Chair

Kristin Stiteler

Warren Ferguson

Dennis Malloy

Cello

Jesse Smith, Acting Principal | The Carlos Zukowski Memorial Endowment

Paul Kirkpatrick | The Deborah and Walter Greene Chair

Barbara Shipp

Bass

Rebecca Marland, Principal Bass

Stuart McLemore | William F. Grimes and Frances Loy Grimes Chair

Andrew Beach

Chris Buddo

Woodwinds

Sarah Busman, Principal Flute | Barbara Terry Chair

Linda Lane, Second Flute

Alison Mossey, Third Flute/Piccolo

Jessica Miller, Principal Oboe | Grace Butler Keith Chair

Ronnal Ford II, Second Oboe/English Horn

Matthew Covington, Third Oboe

Joshua Bottoms, Principal Clarinet

Nathan Miller-Olawsky, Second Clarinet | Michael and Lynette Green Chair

Dr. Catherine Keen Hock, Third Clarinet/Bass Clarinet

Patrick Herring, Principal Bassoon

Dr. Rebecca Libera, Second Bassoon

Helena Spencer, Third Bassoon/Contrabassoon

Brass

Steve Skillman, Principal Horn | Robert Drake Chair

Alex Williams, Second Horn

Bill Tyler, Third Horn

Mark Jones, Fourth Horn

Dr. Timothy Altman, Principal Trumpet | Susan and Richard Shereff Chair

Vacant | The Marion Cusak Vonnegut & Norbert Josef Vonnegut Chair

Marisa Youngs, Third Trumpet

Jesse Rackley III, Principal Trombone

Dr. Chad Horsley, Second Trombone

Matthew Parunak, Bass Trombone

Jarrod Williams, Principal Tuba | Phoebe Edna Williams Curl Chair

Percussion

Stephanie Wilson, Principal Timpani

Victoria Nelson, Principal Percussion

Dr. Daniel McCloud

Dr. Quintin Mallette

Dr. Joseph VanHassel

Harp

Winifred Garrett

Piano

Dr. Scott MarosekPrincipal Piano Endowed Chair

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Featured Musician

Holland Phillips, First Violin

FSO’s Violinist and violist Holland Phillips was born in Mississippi and raised by North Carolinian parents. It was only natural that she would eventually call North Carolina home. She and her family relocated to Rockingham, North Carolina from Portland, Oregon in October of 2020. In Oregon, she taught at Pacific University and Lewis and Clark College. She simultaneously served as the principal violist of the Eugene Symphony. Her busy career also included performing regularly with musicians of the Oregon Symphony, the 45th Parallel Universe, Mousai REMIX string quartet, the Oregon Bach Festival, and the Portland Chamber Orchestra. She has played under the batons of John Williams, Giancarlo Guerrero, Helmuth Rilling, and Marin Alsop as well as accompanied Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell, and Renée Fleming. Holland continues to travel back west to perform as principal violist of both OrchestraNext (Eugene Ballet) and the Sunriver Music Festival.

She currently teaches at the University Of North Carolina at Pembroke and plays in several orchestras in the North Carolina region, including as a member of the first violin section of the Fayetteville Symphony. She is also working to build musical communities through chamber music performances and educational outreach in underserved areas of North Carolina, currently focusing on the Sandhills region.

Holland completed her doctoral studies at the University of Oregon with her dissertation, “Tidens Fylde: Temporality and Tradition in Carl Nielsen’s Works for Violin.” She also holds degrees from Vanderbilt University (summa cum laude), and the New England Conservatory(honors). She also holds diplomas from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and the Leipzig Hochschule für Musikund Theater in Leipzig, Germany.

To Educate. To Entertain. To Inspire.

The Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1956 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and is a professional, regional orchestra whose mission is to educate, entertain, and inspire the citizens of the Fayetteville, North Carolina region as the leading musical resource.  Praised for its artistic excellence, the Symphony leads in the cultural and educational landscape for Fayetteville and the southeastern North Carolina region.

The Fayetteville Symphony typically performs 8 concerts during any given season performing both at Methodist University and Fayetteville State University. Partnerships with other agencies include collaborative performances with Cape Fear Regional Theatre, chamber concerts at St. John’s Episcopal Church, as well as the city’s annual Independence concert with fireworks. The Symphony brings music to the schools and the community by performing educational concerts, as well as having its own Fayetteville Symphony Youth Orchestra, after school strings and summer music camps.

This organization is supported in part by a space grant from the BB&T Term Endowment of Cumberland Community Foundation, Inc.


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