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

Anne Leyland, Principal

Randolyn Emerson

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

Nate Leyland, Principal | The Carlos Zukowski Memorial Endowment

Jesse Smith | The Deborah and Walter Greene Chair

Ching-Hung Chen

Paul Kirkpatrick

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

Dean Oaks, Second Trumpet | 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

Concertmaster – Dr. Fabian Lopez

Violinist Fabián López has toured extensively through the United States, Europe, China, and South America, gaining recognition as a soloist, chamber musician, and teacher. As soloist he has performed with orchestras in the United States, Spain, and France such as Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla, Hebert Springs Festival Orchestra, Orquesta Filarmonica de Málaga, etc. Fabián was a member of the Manuel de Falla String Quartet from 2000-2003 and currently is the first violin of the Carlos Chavez String Quartet. In North Carolina he has appeared as concertmaster of the Greensboro and Ashville Symphonies. Currently he is the concertmaster of Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra.

In the pedagogical terrain, he is an active and dedicated teacher, maintaining a studio of prize winning, talented, and committed students. He taught at the Royal Conservatory of Music“Manuel de Falla” of Cádiz, Spain from 1999 to 2004 and has been teaching at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro since 2007. Regularly he presents master classes through the United States, Mexico, China and Europe. In the summers he teaches at the Richard Luby International Violin Symposium in Chapel Hill and the Eastern Music Festival.

Fabián has a very diverse and extensive education that makes him “…a violinist that has everything…” and “…expressively thought with distinctive flair…” according to the press. At age eighteen he received a scholarship from the Hispanic-American Joint Commitee/Fullbright Commission to continue his studies in the United States. He holds degrees from the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Málaga (Spain), Baylor University (MM), and The University of Michigan (DMA). He has also studied at Louisiana State University, San Francisco Conservatory, and Reina Sofia School of Music. His teachers have been: Nicolae Duca, Zakhar Bron, Laura Kugherz, Kevork Mardirossian, Camilla Wicks, Bruce Berg, and Andrew Jennings.

Fabian’s love for etudes and infinite curiosity of the trades from the great masters of the past and present, leads him to be the author of a violin etude anthology “Master the Violin Etudes”. This is a comprehensive and on going five-volume collection with explanatory texts accompanying each etude and free access videos that can be found at www.mastertheviolinetudes.com.

He performs on a violin made in 1768 on loan by an anonymous donor.

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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