Lion King orchestra members

By Sun Staff (contact)

Thursday, July 16, 2009 | 1:59 a.m.

The orchestra for the Las Vegas production of Disney's "The Lion King" is as follows:

Jay Alger, music director, conductor

Strings

Rebecca Ramsey, concertmaster, violin 1

Lisa Viscuglia, violin 2

Jerry Pence, violin 3

Rob Taylor, violin 4, viola

Lindsey Springer, cello 1

Moonlight Tran, cello 2

Ray Mouton, acoustic and electric guitars, ukulele, kalimba

Keith Nelson, upright and electric basses

Brass

Sandra Donatelle, French horn 1

Michael Manley, French horn 2

Jeff Johnson, French horn 3

Dave Philippus, tenor trombone

Mike Dobranski, bass trombone, tuba

Woodwinds

Alexander “Sasha” Viazovtsez, flute, piccolo, bansouri in F, E, Eb and A; dizi (Chinese flutes) in B and F; pan pipes in G, F, C and bass toyo

Todd Barnhart, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet

Keyboards

Dave Richardson, keyboard 1

Valerie Gebert, associate conductor, keyboard 2

Jay Atwood, assistant conductor, keyboard

Percussion

Mark Pardy, drum set

Pierre Dube, marimba 1

Joni DeClercq, marimba 2

Jose “Pepe” Jimenez, house right percussion

Raphael Torn, house left percussion

Percussion instruments: acoustic drum set, beri-boi, berimbau, caxixi (5), claves, conga (3), concert bass drum, cuica, djembe (4), djun-djun (3), electronic drum set, gangokui (3), gyli (2), kalimba, kpanlogo (4), log drum, marimba (2), quinto (3), rainstick (2), shekere (2), taiko (2), talking drum (3), timbales (2), tumba (2) and numerous cymbals, gongs, shakers and rattles