Meet our first-class ORCHESTRA
with the most talented musicians in the country.
MUSICIANS
MAXIMIANO VALDÉS,
MUSIC director
Rafael E. Irizarry, associate conductor
Roselín Pabón, emeritus conductor
FIRST VIOLINS
Omar Velázquez, concertmaster
Francisco Jiménez, assistant
Francisco Cabán
David E. Betancourt
José E. Vanga
Aida E. Sosa
Joseam A. Cuadrado
John Dederick
Fermín Segarra Cordero
Alexis P. Velázquez
Boinael Oms Santos
SECOND VIOLINS
Inoel Jirau, principal
Walter Alberghini, assistant
Enid Collado
Pedro A. Emmanuelli
Emma I. Matos
Alexis R. Sánchez
Isabel Laboy
Verónica Quevedo, substitute
Víctor E. Már6r, substitute
Sandra Burgos, substitute
VIOLAS
Fernando Vela, principal sustituto
María D. Santiago
Yeisa G. Alejandro
Edgardo A. Rosaly
Jean Carlos Faría
José Javier Matos
Mirna Monclova, substitute
CELLOS
Luis M. Rojas, principal
Maricarmen Vélez, assistant
Harry Almodóvar
José D. de Jesús
Félix Guadalupe
Gabriel Acevedo
Fermín Segarra
Solimar Soto
Brenda Tirado
DOUBLE BASSES
José A. García, principal
Andrés Almodóvar, assistant
Antonio A. Frontera
Mari Carmen Rivera
David Von-Hack
Rafael Zayas
FLUTES
Josué Casillas, principal
Jonathan Figueroa, assistant
PICCOLO
Ana M. Hernández
OBOES
Ivonne M. Pérez, principal
Natalie G. Lorch, assistant
Cristian Gautier, substitute assistant
Gloria Navarro, corno inglés
CLARINETS
Andrés D. Maldonado, principal
George R. Morales, assistant
Emmanuel Díaz
BASSOONS
Adam A. Havrilla, principal
Ion Serbanescu, assistant
Pedro F. Vázquez
FRENCH HORNS
Benito Díaz, principal
Anthony S. Calderón, substitute assistant
José Antonio Colón
Joshua Pantoja
Raimundo Díaz
TRUMPETS
Felipe Rodríguez, principal
Luis A. Bermúdez, assistant
Rafael Parrilla
TROMBONES
Jerry Rivas, principal
Miguel Rivera, assistant
Ramón L. Serra, bass trombone
TUBA
Gabriel A. Báez
PERCUSSION
Miguel J. Rivera, assistant
Carlos J. Ávila, assistant
Gabriel Plácido
Guillermo Andrés Mejia Wright, substitute
HARP
Elisa Torres, principal
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Manuel Cardona Martínez
Acting President
Eric Villegas
Secretary
Carlos Rubio Cancela
Member
Marta Casals Istomín
Member
Frances M. Vallejo Rosich
Miembro
Alexander Feliciano Emanuelli
Miembro
José Juan Tañón
Miembro
Melissa M. Santana
Directora Ejecutiva
STAFF
Yabetza Vivas Irizarry
Orchestra Manager
Carlos J. Guzmán
Personnel Manager
Myriam Cruz
Labor Relations Officer
John D. Márquez
Orchestra Librarian
Indhira Lima
Orchestra Librarian assistant
Susan Atanacio
Administrative Officer
Julio Peña
Director of Educational Programs
Ana M. Soto Ortiz
Assistant Manager CAEM & Casals Festival