Meet Our Players
The DSO consists of professional and part-time professional musicians from Ōtepoti Dunedin and the greater Otago region. The DSO ranges in size from approximately 30 players for our Matinee Series performances, to as many as 70 for our International Series performances.
Concertmaster & Principal Players
Tessa Petersen
Concertmaster
Ngaruaroha Martin
Principal Second Violin
Heleen Du Plessis
Principal Cello
David Murray
Principal Cello
Patricia Dean
Principal Double Bass
Luca Manghi
Principal Flute
Nick Cornish
Principal Oboe
Neil Favell
Principal French Horn
Stephen Cranefield
Principal Clarinet
Ralph Miller
Principal Trumpet
Mark Anderson
Principal Timpani
Robert Craigie
Principal Percussion
Full Players List
Concertmaster
Tessa Petersen
Violins
Tessa Petersen+
Ngaruaroha Martin+
Claire Anderson
Michelle Brown
Olive Butler
Sally Couper
Beverley Dwan
Dean Hollebon
Cally MchWha
Samuel Merton
Craig Monk
Joshua Tang
Tori Williamson
Viola
David Ireland
Cameron Monteath
Katrina Sharples
Grace Shaw
Cameron Stanley
Alan Starrett
Cello
Heleen du Plessis+
David Murray
Sophie Hamer
Jason Hopkins
Anna Petersen
Pamela Seccombe
Ellen Walters
Elaine Wilden
Double Bass
Patricia Dean+
Jacob Bond
Karen Knudson
Kate Stephens
Lloyd Williams
Flute
Luca Manghi+
Feby Idrus
Philippa McNulty
Fiona Pickering
Oboe
Nick Cornish+
Rowena Bell
Clarinet
Stephen Cranefield+
Ashley Hopkins
Emily Sterk
Bassoon
Philip Sumner*
Jacqui Hopkins
French Horn
Neil Favell*
Lydia Ford
Christian Martin
Jerome Rouse
Trumpet
Ralph Miller+
Ioan Fuller
Patrick Lepine
Trombone
Peter Claman
Timpani
Mark Anderson+
Percussion
Robert Craigie+
Alex Burchell
Maddy Parkins-Craig Pierre
Justine Pierre
Georgie Watts
Piano, Organ, and
Harpsichord
David Burchell
The players marked + are the principals of their sections.
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2023 Dunedin Symphony Orchestra
(Registered as Dunedin Civic Orchestra Incorporated. Registered charity CC34031.)
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PO Box 5571
Dunedin 9054
New Zealand
Hanover Hall
65 Hanover Street
Dunedin 9016
New Zealand
Address
PO Box 5571
Dunedin 9054
New Zealand
Hanover Hall
65 Hanover Street
Dunedin 9016
New Zealand
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2023 Dunedin Symphony Orchestra
(Registered as Dunedin Civic Orchestra Incorporated. Registered charity CC34031.)