People

Company Musicians

Allan Dameron, Acting Music Director and Conductor

Allan Dameron has been company pianist at Pacific Northwest Ballet since 1990 and conductor since 1992. Originally from North Carolina, Mr. Dameron is a graduate of North Carolina School of the Arts and studied conducting at the Pierre Monteaux School in Maine.

Mr. Dameron has been music director and conductor for Chicago City Ballet and assistant conductor at Chicago Lyric Opera. Prior to joining PNB, he taught chamber music at Northern Illinois University. As a chamber music pianist, Mr. Dameron has been a guest artist with the Vermeer and Audubon Quartets and is a member of the Ariel Trio.

Dianne Chilgren, Company Pianist

Dianne Chilgren has had a distinguished career as a soloist and chamber player, appearing with major orchestras in London, Madrid, Geneva, Zurich, Monte Carlo, San Francisco, and New York City. Her New York solo recitals in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, Town Hall, and Carnegie Hall have all received high critical acclaim. She has recorded under the label of Mark Records, as well as for radio and television in Germany, Switzerland, and the United States.

Formerly, she was a piano soloist with New York City Ballet under the direction of George Balanchine. She holds advanced degrees in Piano Performance and Pedagogy, as well as her Performer's Certificate, from Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, and Indiana University. She was invited to record the piano soundtrack for several pre-existing silent dance films from the 1960s and 1970s of George Balanchine's choreography at the SONY Music Studios in New York City, under the auspices of the Lincoln Center Library of Performing Arts and the George Balanchine Foundation. She also has recorded for Deutsche Rundfunk and classical piano solos for Mark Records.

Company Pianists

Christina Siemens, Pianist
Stephen Barnes, Yelena Golets, Katja Rubin, Don Vollema, Class Pianists

Orchestra

Violin 1

Lynn Bartlett-Johnson
Natasha Bazhanov
Stephen Daniels
Tom Dziekonski
Ella Marie Gray
Rebecca Lowe
Christine Olason
Marcia Ott

Violin 2

Ingrid Frederickson, Principal
Bryan Boughten, Assistant Principal
William Boyd
Anne Cady
Adrianna Hulscher
Philip Nation
Laurel Wells
Kim Zabelle

Viola

Scott Ligocki, Principal
Betty Agent, Assistant Principal
Timothy Christie
Joyce Ramée
Ruth Sereque
Eileen Swanson

Cello

Page Smith, Principal
Virginia Dziekonski, Assistant Principal
Meg Brennand
Andrea Chandler
Charles Jacot
Brian Wharton

Bass

Todd Larsen, Principal
Stephen Schermer, Assistant Principal
Maurice Clubb
Ben Musa

Flute

Karla Flygare, Principal
Rae Terpenning

Piccolo

Rae Terpenning

Oboe

Ove Hanson, Principal
Tad Margelli

English Horn

Tad Margelli

Clarinet

Jennifer Nelson, Principal
Denise Lum

Bass Clarinet

Denise Lum

Bassoon

Mona Butler, Principal
Penny Lorenz

Horn

Rodger Burnett, Principal
Danielle Lemieux
Richard Reed
Ryan Stewart

Trumpet

George Oram, Principal
Richard Werner

Trombone

Mark Williams, Principal
Kay Nichols

Bass Trombone

Douglas Nierman

Tuba

Ryan Schultz

Tympani

Percussion

Matthew Kocmieroski, Principal
Gunnar Folsom

Harp

John Carrington

Keyboard

Dianne Chilgren
Allan Dameron

Personnel Manager

Rodger Burnett

Librarian

Mona Butler

• Revolving members of the string sections are listed alphabetically
• The Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra is composed of musicians represented by the International Guild of Symphony, Opera and Ballet Musicians
• Sherman Clay & Co. is the official purveyor of pianos for Pacific Northwest Ballet.