Monday, July 03, 2023

San Francisco Symphony: Retirements and Other Departures

 


Davies Symphony Hall
Photo by Lisa Hirsch


A press release from SFS updates the personnel list with several retirements and two additional departures.

Retired:
  • Wayne Roden, viola, after 49 years in the orchestra
  • Caroline McIntosh, cello, after 42 years
  • Anne Pinsker, cello, after 41 years
  • John Campbell, assistant librarian, after 32 years
  • Bruce Roberts, assistant principal and third horn, after 35 years
Left for other reasons:
  • Helen Kim, violin, is now the associate concertmaster of the Seattle Symphony
  • Eliot Lev, violin, who is now a mental health professional. He was the first openly transgender member of a major U.S. orchestra. From his web site: I'm Eliot (he/him) a multicultural, sexually and gender-expansive mental health therapist dedicated to supporting diverse LGBTQ+ people through integrative, anti-oppressive and evidence-based mental health practices.

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