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.

Nina Kim was born in Kamchatka, Russia, and started her professional education in violin performance at the age of six. While studying at the Yelizovo Music School in Russia under the tutelage of Marina Selezneva, she won multiple district and regional competitions and received the Gubernatorial Fund Scholarship.

meet the musicians of Lakeland Symphony Orchestra

strings

VIOLIN 1

Dr. Nina Kim
Concertmaster

Alvaro Pereiro
Associate Concertmaster

Sandro Rogenski

Sarah Morrison

TBD

Konstantin Dimitrov

VIOLIN 2

Marina Tucker
Principal

Joshua Dampier

Dixie Yesenia Ortiz

Jared Tindall

Laura Greenberg

Krister Lawlor

VIOLA

Dr. Rafael Ramirez
Principal

Tracy Thielen
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Heather Gullstrand

Yaniv Cohen

CELLO

Michael Sedloff
Principal

Matthew Davis

Audra Thielen
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Olga Beliaieva

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

BASSOON

Dr. June Hammond
Principal

John Iskra

brass

FRENCH HORN

Matthew Tavera
Principal

Joseph Ryan Morrison

Klae Peek

Chase DeCarlo

TROMBONE

Kaylea Bowden
Principal

Douglas Dial

Craig Sotolongo

TRUMPET

TBD
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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