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Kira Petersen

“Christine”

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Kira Petersen grew up in Minnesota where she studied multiple styles of dance with Lakeville City Ballet. She then trained on scholarship with the Joffrey Ballet School Trainee Program in New York City. During that time, she worked with critically acclaimed dancers and choreographers from around the world. She was a founding member of the Joffrey Ballet School Performance Company, where she performed soloist roles choreographed by Daniel Ulbricht of New York City Ballet, Matthew Prescott of Morphoses, Julie Bour of Ballet Preljocaj, and Davis Robertson of Joffrey Ballet. Kira has guested with Twin Cities Ballet and Metropolitan Ballet in lead roles such as Fairy Godmother in Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella and Lead Harlot in Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo & Juliet. She also worked with renowned choreographer Karole Armitage in On the Nature of Things performed at The Museum of Natural History in New York City and in the American premiere of The Witches of Venice with Opera Saratoga. Kira previously danced with the New Mexico Ballet Company (NMBC) for their 2012–2015 seasons and was thrilled to rejoin the company in the 2017 season. 

Meet the Musicians

FIRST VIOLIN
Carmelo de los Santos
Karen McKinnon Concertmaster Chair
Sarah Tasker •••
Assistant Concertmaster
Ana María Quintero Muñoz
Heidi Deifel 
Juliana Huestis
Barbara Rivers
Nicolle Maniaci
Barbara Scalf Morris

SECOND VIOLIN
Rachel Jacklin •
Carol Swift •••
Julanie Lee
Liana Austin
Lidija Peno-Kelly
Sheila McLay
Jessica Retana
Brad Richards

VIOLA
Laura Chang
Kimberly Fredenburgh •••
Allegra Askew
Christine Rancier
Laura Steiner
Michael Anderson
Lisa DiCarlo
Joan Hinterbichler
Laura Campbell

CELLO
Amy Huzjak
Carla Lehmeier-Tatum
Ian Mayne-Brody
Dana Winograd
David Schepps
Lisa Collins
Elizabeth Purvis

BASS
Mark Tatum •••
Katherine Olszowka
Terry Pruitt
Marco Retana
Frank Murry

FLUTE
Valerie Potter
Esther Fredrickson
Noah Livingston ••

PICCOLO
Esther Fredrickson

OBOE
Kevin Vigneau
Amanda Talley

ENGLISH HORN
Melissa Peña ••

CLARINET
Marianne Shifrin
Lori Lovato •••
Jeffrey Brooks

E-FLAT CLARINET
Lori Lovato

BASS CLARINET
Jeffrey Brooks

BASSOON
Stefanie Przybylska •+
Denise Turner +
Zoe SirLouis •++
Avery Dabe ++

HORN
Peter Erb •+
Allison Tutton
Maria Long
Andrew Meyers

TRUMPET
John Marchiando
Brynn Marchiando
Sam Oatts ••

TROMBONE
Aaron Zalkind
Byron Herrington

BASS TROMBONE
David Tall +

TUBA
Richard White

TIMPANI
Micah Harrow •+

PERCUSSION
Jeff Cornelius
Kenneth Dean
Emily Corneliu

Principal •
Associate Principal ••
Assistant Principal •••
Assistant ••••
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One-year position ++
Half-year position +++