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 PlayersFull Players List

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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Contact us

+64 (03) 477 5623

info@dso.org.nz

Address

PO Box 5571

Dunedin 9054

New Zealand

Hanover Hall

65 Hanover Street

Dunedin 9016

New Zealand

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