Principals

  • Arthur Ross

    Arthur Ross

    Arthur Ross is Personnel, Production, and Special Services Manager for Symphony Orchestra Augusta and is the Acting Principal Violist.

  • Micah Gangwer

    Micah Gangwer

    Gangwer is Symphony Orchestra Augusta’s Associate Concertmaster and the Principal Second Violinist of the South Carolina Philharmonic.

  • Milton Masciadri

    Milton Masciadri

    Milton Masciadri is frequently featured with major orchestras in Europe, Asia, and in North, Central, and South America.

  • Wendy Cohen

    Wendy Cohen

    Wendy Cohen is in her fourteenth season with SOA as principal flute.

  • Taylor Massey

    Taylor Massey

    Taylor Massey is in his seventh season as principal clarinetist of Symphony Orchestra Augusta.

  • Jens Larson

    Jens Larson

    Mr. Larsen holds a Bachelor of Music in trumpet performance from Old Dominion University ...

  • Brad Edwards

    Brad Edwards

    Brad Edwards is on faculty at USC-Columbia.

  • Eric Henson

    Eric Henson

    Eric Henson currently performs with Symphony Orchestra Augusta, the Piedmont Symphony, the Capitol Wind Symphony, and the King’s Brass.

  • Kenyon Wilson

    Kenyon Wilson

    Returning for his fifteenth season, Kenyon Wilson is an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and a Fulbright Scholar.

  • Matthew Jones

    Matthew Jones

    Mr. Jones earned a Bachelor’s of Music Degree at USC-Columbia in 1984.

  • Daniel Kirkpatrick

    Daniel Kirkpatrick

    Daniel Kirkpatrick was appointed Principal Timpanist of Symphony Orchestra Augusta in 2009.

  • Vonda Darr

    Vonda Darr

    Vonda Darr has served as principal of this orchestra since 1993.