Meet Our Players
The DSO consists of 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
Benjamin Pinkney
Principal Viola
Heleen Du Plessis
Principal Cello
David Murray
Principal Cello
Patricia Dean
Principal Double Bass
Luca Manghi
Principal Flute
Nick Cornish
Principal Oboe
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
Olive Butler
Stephanie Buzzard
Frances Christian-Farrow
Lucy Costelloe
Sally Couper
Beverley Dwan
Diana Gash
Dean Hollebon
Sherry Lee
Patricia Leen
Cally McWha
Craig Monk
Skyla Murray
Nathaniel Otley
Joshua Tang
Tori Williamson
Viola
Ben Pinkney+
Alison Bowcott
David Ireland
Cameron Monteath
Katrina Sharples
Alan Starrett
Cello
Heleen du Plessis+
David Murray
Sophie Hamer
Boudewijn Keenan
Anna Petersen
Pamela Seccombe
Ellen Walters
Elaine Wilden
Double Bass
Patricia Dean+
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
Trombones
Peter Claman
Timpani
Mark Anderson+
Percussion
Robert Craigie+
Maddy Parkins-Craig
Justine Pierre
Georgie Watts
Piano, Organ, and
Harpsichord
David Burchell
John van Buskirk
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.)