MESTO ARTISTS
CONCERT OF MARCH 24, 2019

Orchestra Members
Nabil Azzam, Music director/conductor

Guest artists, singers
Karima Skalli (Morocco)
Elie Kallas (Lebanon)
Soufyan Elani (Iraq)

Violin
Dr. Dimitry Olevsky, concertmaster
George Kuhr, assistant 1st
Paula Kuhr, 2nd. Principal
Brian Benning
Cesar Chicco
Francesco Chicco
Laurel Diskin
Nazareth Gevorkian
Lisa Grzanka
Yvette Holzwarth, program editor
Felix Khumatov
Johana Krejci
Armen (Murad) Magnasaryan
Anna Papikian
Simone de la Pena
Alice Sakharov
Roman Selezinka
Maira Solis
Jacqueline Suzuki

Viola
Mercede Shamlo, principal
LaVette Allen
Lauren Baba
Ashot Hovspyan
Lilia Khumatov
Amber Pedersen

Cello
Christopher Votek, principal
Anton Estaniel
April Guthrie
Karen Hall
Isaac Takeuchi
Keven Torfeh

Bass
Dr. Jeff Schwartz, principal
John Graves, sound coordinator
Tanya Nunez

Woodwind
Laura Halladay, flute
Armen Khatchatryan, oboe
Ryan Glass, clarinet, principal
Emily Senchuk, clarinet
Christin Webb, bassoon

Brass
Annabel Park (horn)
Jessica Lipman (trumpet)
Cole Davis (trombone)
Ethnic instruments
Robert Applebaum, mandolin
Rehearsal manager
Lilit Khojayan, qanun
Fahd Shaaban, oud, nay, accordion,
general manager, technology.

Percussion
Petro El Ammar, riqq
David Martinelli, bandir, idiophones
Ava Nahas, tablah
Christopher Payne, frame drum
drum set