The California Symphony is a professional orchestra made up of Bay Area's most talented artists-musicians whose credits include performances with top orchestras all over the United States and symphony, opera and ballet ensembles in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Named "America's Best Symphony Orchestra" by Reader's Digest in 2005, the California Symphony, a California public benefit corporation, is supported, in part, by the City of Concord, City of Walnut Creek, Diablo Regional Arts Association, Bank of America, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Dean & Margaret Lesher Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Violins
Concertmaster: Roy Malan 
Principal 2nd: Philip Santos
Deborah Bellamy
Lili Byers
Andrew Davies
Patricia Drury
Josepha Fath
Dan Flanagan 
Sergi Goldman-Hull
Holly Heilig-Gaul
Laurien Jones
Akiko Kojima
Michelle Maruyama
Patricia Miner
Ellen Pesavento
David Steele
Motoko Toba
Sharon Wood
 

Viola
Asst. Prin.: Marcel Gemperli
Daria D'Andrea
Katy Juneau
Betsy London
Janet Lynch-Gillespie
Catherine Matovich
Darcy Rindt
Elizabeth Runnicles

Cello
Prinicipal: Leighton Fong
Julie Feldman
Dawn Foster-Dodson
Paul Hale
Robert Hoexter
Leslie Meeks
Elizabeth Struble
Nicole Welch

Bass
Principal: Andy Butler
Asst. Prin.: Michael Taddei
Tim Spears
Carl Stanley
Ray Vargas
Kristin Zoernig

Flute
Principal: Monica Daniel-Barker
2nd: Greer Ellison
Piccolo/3rd: Michele Caimotto

Oboe
Principal: Laura Reynolds
2nd: James Moore

Clarinet
Principal: Jerome Simas
2nd: Bruce Foster 
3rd/Bass: Clark Fobes

Bassoon
Principal: Greg Barber 
2nd: Carla Wilson

French Horn
Principal: Doug Hull
Nicki Roosevelt
Darby Hinshaw
Meredith Brown

Trumpet
2nd: William Harvey

Trombone
Principal: Don Benham
2nd: Thomas Hornig
Bass: Dave Ridge

Tuba
Principal: Forrest Byram

Harp

Keyboard
Principal: Marc Shapiro

Percussion
Principal: Mark Veregge
Victor Avdienko
Allen Biggs