THE MISSOURI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
CONDUCTOR & Music Director - Wilbur Lin
Known for his creative programming and inviting stage presence, Taiwanese-American conductor Wilbur Lin’s career has taken him to symphony halls and opera theaters across the United States, Europe, Latin America, and Taiwan. Lin is currently the music director of the Missouri Symphony and associate conductor of the Colorado Symphony.
The 2025/26 season marks a series of milestones for Lin, with debuts at Symphony Nova Scotia, the Louisiana Philharmonic, and his first guest conducting appearance with the Cincinnati Pops, alongside continued performances with the Missouri and Colorado symphonies. Recent seasons have featured engagements with the Rochester Philharmonic and the symphonies of Elgin, Acadiana, and Juneau, in addition to frequent return invitations from the Taipei Symphony, Ann Arbor Symphony, and Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra.
A equally strong advocate for new music and neglected composers of the past, especially American and British women composers, Lin is closely associated with the research and performance of works by Alice Mary Smith and Amy Beach. In his role as the associate conductor of the Colorado Symphony, Lin also serves as the music director of the Denver Young Artists Orchestra, with whom he released a recording of Marion Bauer’s “American Youth” Piano Concerto and a premiere digital single of Alice Mary Smith’s The Masque of Pandora Oveture. Further recent activities include the release of a new studio recording with pianist Eric Zuber and the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, the creation of an interactive multimedia education concert series for the Taipei Symphony, and conducting and covering the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops where he finished his tenure as assistant conductor in 2022.
A graduate of Riccardo Muti's Italian Opera Academy, Lin’s operatic endeavors include conducting Verdi’s Macbeth at Teatro Alighieri, Le nozze di Figaro and L’elisir d’amore with the Missouri Symphony, Die Zauberflöte and Barber of Seville with the Winter Harbor Music Festival, Menotti’s The Medium and Amelia Goes to the Ball as the conductor of Northern Illinois University, and has coached and performed as a pianist with the Indianapolis Opera, Indiana University Opera Theater, Reimagining Opera for Kids, and the Cincinnati Ballet. In 2022, Lin led a new workshop of Robeson by Scott Davenport Richards at the Cincinnati Opera.
Educated in Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, Lin has studied with Arthur Fagen and David Effron at Indiana University, Clark Rundell and Mark Heron at the Royal Northern College of Music, and Apo Hsu at the National Taiwan Normal University. He has also received conducting coaching with, notably, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Riccardo Muti, Sir Mark Elder, Helmuth Rilling, and has assisted Peter Oundjian, Jun Märkl, Louis Langrée, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Ken-David Masur, James Gaffigan, and John Morris Russell, among many others.
Lin resides with his wife in Denver, Colorado, is an avid runner, and flies just enough to justify maintaining his private pilot certificate.
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ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR - Jacob Schnitzer
American conductor Jacob Aaron Schnitzer harnesses the powers of music and storytelling to connect with others. His work as a conductor spans symphonic, opera, and contemporary repertoire; his work in immersive concert design offers audiences unforgettable multisensory experiences.
Recipient of The Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Award, Jacob is Associate Conductor of The Missouri Symphony. He is a co-founder and Artistic Director of Density512, a chamber orchestra in Austin, TX, which specializes in merging interdisciplinary storytelling, innovative concert design, and contemporary music.
Jacob has collaborated on performances at the SXSW Music Festival, Firefly Music Festival, Blanton Museum of Art, Fast Forward Austin, Here Be Monsters, The Contemporary Austin, Fusebox Festival, and with National Geographic Explorer Stuart Hyatt at the Cave Without a Name. A passionate educator, he served as Interim Director of Orchestra at Kent State University during the 2023-2024 academic year, Teaching Artist at The Missouri Symphony Conservatory, and joined Booker T. Washington High School for the Visual and Performing Arts as a visiting conductor and composer on two tours to Carnegie Hall.
A champion of new music, Jacob has led world premieres of more than 50 works by living composers and co-founded DensitySOUND, a new music media and record label housed by Density512. His longstanding commitment to collaborating with living composers has led to the development of new works in opera, ballet and multimedia.
In his work as a creative director, Jacob integrates theater and multimedia elements into immersive musical experiences. In recent projects, Jacob has served as a stage director, filmmaker, lighting designer, dramaturg, poet, mixing engineer, and clown.
Jacob participated in masterclasses with Yannick Nézet-Séguin at Domaine Forget de Charlevoix. His principal mentors include conductors Kevin Noe, Bramwell Tovey, Joshua Gersen, and Peter Bay as well as composers Zhou Long, Yevgeniy Sharlat, Richard Cornell, and Donald Grantham. He holds degrees from the UMKC Conservatory, Boston University, and The University of Texas at Austin.
When not dreaming of ways to change the world, Jacob hikes, cooks, meditates, reads, and sings to his orange tabby cats.
MOSY MUSICIANS
If you are a musician interested in playing with us, please send an email to orchestra@themosy.org, including your resume, as well as a 5-10 minute video showcasing your playing.
Feel free to reach out to orchestra@themosy.org if you have any questions.
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Felicia Brunelle
VIOLIN I
CONCERTMASTER
Dr. RC & Caroline Arnold Memorial Concertmaster Chair
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Graham Woodland
VIOLIN I
ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER
Jane Crow Assistant Concertmaster Chair
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Carrie Dowell
VIOLIN I
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Siri Geenen
VIOLIN I
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Andrew Stump
VIOLIN I
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Yu-kun Hsiang
VIOLIN I
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Wendy Kleintank
VIOLIN I
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Alexandre Negrao
VIOLIN I
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Emily Nardo
VIOLIN I
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Carlann Evans
VIOLIN II
PRINCIPAL
Kermaline Jean Powell Cotterman Memorial Principal Violin II Chair
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Elizabeth Ramos Torres
VIOLIN II
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
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Evan Wilde
VIOLIN II
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Johanny Veiga Barbosa Pottorff
VIOLIN II
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Hannah Lanning
VIOLIN II
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Mark Hatlestad
VIOLA
ACTING PRINCIPAL
Edward Chmielewski Memorial Principal Viola Chair
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McKayla Talasek
VIOLA
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
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Briana Frieda
VIOLA
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Dominique Archambeau
VIOLA
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Leslie Perna
VIOLA
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Cameron Slaugh
CELLO
ACTING PRINCIPAL
Linda Lyle Principal Cello Chair
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Dayoung Park
CELLO
ACTING ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Alice Havard Assistant Principal Cello Chair
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Adrián Gómez Hernández
CELLO
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Abigail Monroe
CELLO
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Sean O'Hara
BASS
PRINCIPAL
Richard Miller (MPIX) Principal Bass Chair
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Kassie Ferrero
BASS
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
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Amulet Strange
FLUTE
ACTING PRINCIPAL
Lucy Vianello Principal Flute Chair
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Katie Dancer
FLUTE
ACTING ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Doris C. Brandt Memorial Piccolo Chair
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Kristine Poulsen
FLUTE
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Kathryn Basi
FLUTE
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Luca de la Florin
OBOE
CO-PRINCIPAL
Missouri Symphony League Principal Oboe Chair
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Chanmi Kim
OBOE
CO-PRINCIPAL
Missouri Symphony League Principal Oboe Chair
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Alison Robuck
OBOE
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Dan Willet
OBOE
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Labarrin Wallace
OBOE
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Chris Chance
CLARINET
PRINCIPAL
Tim Ireland & Ed Hanson Principal Clarinet Chair
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Marianne Shifrin
CLARINET
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Wes Warnhoff
CLARINET
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Bill Kalinkos
CLARINET
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Taylor Smith
BASSOON
PRINCIPAL
Stephen & Joan Mudrick Principal Bassoon Chair
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Austin Way
BASSOON
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Luke Frith
BASSOON
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Scott Millichamp
HORN
PRINCIPAL
Bruce & Kathy Gordon Principal Horn Chair
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Sonja Millichamp
HORN
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Adam Schommer
HORN
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Matthew Haislip
HORN
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Amanda Collins
HORN
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Alan Evans
TRUMPET
PRINCIPAL
David & Nancy Bedan Principal Trumpet Chair
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Iskander Akhmadullin
TRUMPET
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Chris Farris
TRUMPET
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Emily Rahn
TRUMPET
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Sam Chen
TROMBONE
PRINCIPAL
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Jared Smith
TROMBONE
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Timothy Howe
TROMBONE
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Brian Silvey
TROMBONE
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Theo Learnard
TUBA
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Christine Souza
TIMPANI
PRINCIPAL
Missouri Symphony League Princicpal Timpani Chair
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Olivia Slettleland
PERCUSSION
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Mary Emmons
PERCUSSION
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Megan Arns
PERCUSSION
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Emi Kagawa
KEYBOARD
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Rachel Aubuchon
KEYBOARD
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Tashianna Merryman
HARP