Cynthia DeAlmeida, Principal Oboe

Performing:
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
November 4 & 6, 2011
Jean Françaix's Flower Clock
Complete Biography

Ms. DeAlmeida joined the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in 1991.  Her last solo performance on the classical series was the Richman Concerto for Oboe  in February 2006.  Her solo CDs include: Leonarda Balada, Music for Oboe and Orchestra: Lament from the Cradle of the Earth (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Lorin Maazel), Mist Over The Lake and Classic Discoveries for Oboe.

Randolph Kelly, Principal Violist

Performing:
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
November 4 & 6, 2011
Piston's Viola Concerto
Complete Biography

Mr. Kelly joined the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in 1976.  His last solo performance on the classical series was in March 2010 when he performed Berlioz's Harold in Italy.  His solo CDs include: Piston-Harbison-Adler, Viola Concertos with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra and conductor Aleksadrs Vilumanis) and Samuel Adler, Sonata for Viola and Piano in One Movement with pianist Elizabeth DeMio.

George Vosburgh, Principal Trumpet

Performing:
Haydn, Previn & Mendelsson's "Italian"
March 9, 10 & 11, 2012
Featuring Mr. Vosburgh, Mr. Caballero, and Mr. Knox performing the world premier of a new work by André Previn commissioned by the PSO
Complete Biography

Mr. Vosburgh joined the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in 1992.  His last solo performance on the classical series was in February 2007 when he performed the Hummel Trumpet Concerto.  His solo CDs include: Four Trumpet Concerti  with the Seattle Symphony and conductor Gerard Schwartz, Trumpeter's Heritage with the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra and conductor Arnie Roth, and Trumpet Masterworks  with pianist Alaine Fink/Piano and mezzo-soprano Tami Aire.

William Caballero, Principal Horn

Performing:
Haydn, Previn & Mendelsson's "Italian"
March 9, 10 & 11, 2012
Featuring Mr. Vosburgh, Mr. Caballero, and Mr. Knox performing the world premier of a new work by André Previn commissioned by the PSO
Complete Biography

Mr. Caballero joined the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in 1989.  His last solo performance on the classical series featured John Williams' Concerto for Horn and Orchestra in October 2009.  He has a solo CD featuring Benjamin Lees' Concerto for French Horn and Orchestra with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and conductor Lorin Maazel.

Craig Knox, Principal Tuba

Performing:
Haydn, Previn & Mendelsson's "Italian"
March 9, 10 & 11, 2012
Featuring Mr. Vosburgh, Mr. Caballero, and Mr. Knox performing the world premier of a new work by André Previn commissioned by the PSO
Complete Biography

Mr. Knox joined the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in 2005 and the 2011-2012 season will mark Mr. Knox's BNY Mellon Grand Classics solo debut.

Anne Martindale Williams, Principal Cello

Ms. Williams joined the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in 1976.  Her last solo performance on the classical series featured Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme in October 2009.  Her solo CDs include In Heavenly Love Abiding with pianist Stephen Nielson and Sacred Music for Cellowith Paul S. Jones.

James Gorton, Co-Principal Oboe

Mr. Gorton joined the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in 1971. His last solo performance on the classical series featured the Pittsburgh premiere of Lutoslawski's Double Concerto for Oboe, Harp and Chamber Orchestra in 1985.  He has a solo CD with his wife and Principal Harp Gretchen Van Hoesen  titled Pavanes, Pastorales, and Serenades for Oboe and Harp.

Gretchen Van Hoesen, Principal Harp

Performing:
A Grand Finale with Honeck
June 15, 16 & 17, 2012
Featuring the Gorton/Van Hoesen family performing Eugene Goossens' Concert Piece for Oboe/English Horn, Two Harps, and Orchestra
Complete Biography

Ms. Van Hoesen joined the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in 1977.  Her last solo performance on the classical series featured Previn's Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in March 2008.  She has a solo CD with her husband and Co-Principal Oboe James Gorton titled Pavanes, Pastorales, and Serenades for Oboe and Harp.