meet the maestro

Mark Thielen
Music Director & Conductor

Maestro Thielen has been associated with the Imperial Symphony Orchestra for more than 40 seasons, serving as concertmaster and associate conductor before becoming music director and conductor in 2000.

mark thielen maestro lakeland symphony orchestra

Alvaro Pereiro, a native of Argentina, started his musical studies at the age of nine. His violin instructors include Symsia Bajour in Argentina; Prof. Julia Bushkova at the University of North Texas, Dr. Lin He at Louisiana State University, and has also been coached by Vladimir Tsypin from the New York Philharmonic. He has performed for violin and chamber music masterclasses with accomplished violinists such as Pinchas Zukerman and Giora Schmidt.

strings

VIOLIN 1

Alvaro Pereiro
Concertmaster

Konstantin Dimitrov
Associate Concertmaster

Sarah Morrison

Sandro Rogenski

Cindi Qi

Pamela Mireles

VIOLIN 2

Marina Tucker
Principal

Joshua Dampier

Dixie Yesenia Ortiz

Jared Tindall

Laura Greenberg

Jaida Hawkins

VIOLA

Dr. Rafael Ramirez
Principal

Tracy Thielen
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Heather Gullstrand

Oana Potur

CELLO

Michael Sedloff
Principal

Matthew Davis

Audra Thielen
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Bethany Thompson

BASS

Michael Lawson
Principal

Fon Silvers

Holly Cordero

woodwinds

FLUTE

Whitney Robles
Principal

Tina Edelstein

OBOE

Jennifer Stahl
Principal

Dr. Dawn Hardy

CLARINET

George Linakis
Principal

Jesse Bryant II

BASSOON

Jazmin Skipper
Principal

John Iskra

brass

FRENCH HORN

Chase DeCarlo
Principal

Nicholas Burner

Klae Peek

Philip Shuler

TROMBONE

Kaylea Bowden
Principal

Douglas Dial

Craig Sotolongo

TRUMPET

Griffin Webber
Principal

Kyle Lanier

Mark Huntington

TUBA

Joseph Alvarez
Principal

percussion

TIMPANI

Dr. Danny Tindall
Principal

PERCUSSION

Dr. David Mitchell
Principal

Mirna Pehar Bowen

Dr. Tyson Voigt

HARP

Dolly Roberts
Principal

PIANO

Linda Charlton
Principal

Interested in joining the LSO? Learn about current auditions at lkldsymphony.org/auditions.

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