Who We Are
Pelham G. Pearce, Jr., General/Artistic Director
John Baril, Music Director
John Moriarty, Artistic Director Emeritus
Michael Baitzer, Administrator, Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Artists Training Program and Principal Coach/Diction Coach
Administrative
Sara Blackwelder, Controller and Director of Human Resources
Ana Carrera, Accounting Clerk
Wanda M. Larson, Office Administrator and Gift Shop Administrator/Buyer
Development
Katherine Nicholson, Director of Development
Michael Walker, Annual Giving Manager
Elisabeth Boyce, Development Administrative Coordinator
Shira Zimmerman, Grants Officer
Sam Moody, Grants Coordinator
Education
Contact: education@centralcityopera.org
Emily Murdock, Director of Education, Podcast Host and Producer
Margaret Ozaki Graves, Education Coordinator
Marketing & Communications
Gail Bransteitter, Director of Marketing and Communications
Erin Osovets, Associate Director of Marketing and Communications
Melissa Rick, Art Direction and Graphic Design
Box Office/Patron Services
Contact: boxoffice@centralcityopera.org or 303-292-6700.
Deb Mountain, Sales Operations Manager
Tanner Buffy, Patron Services Associate
Historic Properties
Eric Chinn, Director of Historic Properties
Sam Carrington, Historic Property Maintenance
Music & Coaching
John Baril, Music Director and Conductor
Brian Cook, Orchestra Personnel Co-Manager
Angela Dombrowski, Orchestra Personnel Co-Manager & Music Librarian
FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
John Baril, Music Director
Brian Cook, Orchestra Personnel Co-Manager
Angela Dombrowski, Orchestra Personnel Co-Manager and Music Librarian
VIOLIN
Byron A. Hitchcock, concertmaster
Takanori Sugishita, assistant concertmaster
Sharon Park, principal second
Chris Jusell, assistant principal second
Natasha Colkett
Angela Dombrowski
Emily Glover
James Wyn Hart
Filip Lazovski
Susie Peek
VIOLA
Koko Dyulgerski, principal
Leah Kovach, assistant principal
Samantha Headlee
Lora Stevens
CELLO
Jonathan Lewis, principal
Kimberly Patterson, assistant principal
BASS
John Arnesen, principal
FLUTE
Masha Popova, principal
Ebonee Thomas
OBOE
Jeffrey Stephenson, principal
Sarah Bierhaus
CLARINET
Anna Brumbaugh, principal
Michelle Orman
BASSOON
Jill Dispenza, principal
Francisco Delgado
HORN
Carolyn Kunicki, principal
Josh East
Devon Park
Chandler Spoon
TRUMPET
Leslie Scarpino, principal
Jonathan Kaplan
TROMBONE
Bron Wright, principal
Andrew Wolfe
Jeffrey J. Craig
TUBA
Adam Snider, principal
HARP
Janet Harriman, principal
TIMPANI
Mike P. Tetreault, principal
PERCUSSION
Carl Dixon, principal
Peter Cooper
Nena Lorenz Wright