Esther Roestan
Esther Roestan is a member of the Violin I section of the North Carolina Symphony, a position she assumed in the 2025/26 season. Prior to this, she served as Assistant Concertmaster of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra during the 2024/25 season, after performing in the first violin section from 2022 to 2024. Roestan made her solo […]
Erin Zehngut
Erin Zehngut joined the first violin section of the North Carolina Symphony in 2016. Before moving to North Carolina, she was a fellow at the New World Symphony under Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas. During her fellowship, she appeared as Concertmaster and Principal Second Violin, performed in a variety of chamber music projects, and was […]
Jessica Ryou
Jessica Ryou was appointed to the first violin section of the North Carolina Symphony in 2022. She is a founding member of the Ardora Trio, an active piano trio based in the Triangle. She also frequently collaborates with Semplice Players at Bargemusic, New York City’s floating concert hall. As an educator, she maintains a private […]
Pablo Sánchez Pazos**
**Leave of absence After a season as an acting member of the second violin section, Pablo Sánchez joined the North Carolina Symphony’s first violin section in 2022. Before moving to Raleigh, he was a substitute for the Los Angeles Philharmonic; he was previously a member of both the Akron Symphony Orchestra and Canton Symphony Orchestra […]
K. Lee Morris
K. Lee Morris joined the North Carolina Symphony in the 2024/25 season. Originally from Lynnwood, Washington, K. Lee began her musical studies on the piano at age seven before beginning the violin at the age of 10. A dedicated musician and academic, K. Lee received a bachelor’s degree with highest distinction in violin performance and […]
Maria Meyer
Violinist Maria Meyer earned her bachelor’s degree in music from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she studied with Linda Cerone. She received her master’s degree in music from Rice University under the guidance of principal teacher Kenneth Goldsmith, with a focus on orchestral repertoire with Raphael Fliegel. She has been a member of the […]
Joseph Meyer*
Biography not available *Acting position (2025/26 season)
Seula Lee
Seula Lee joined the first violin section of the North Carolina Symphony in the 2024/25 season. Music has always been at the center of her life, shaping not just her career, but her sense of purpose and connection with others. Before this new role, Lee had served as Guest Concertmaster with the Richardson Symphony Orchestra […]
Paul Goldsberry
Paul Goldsberry has been a member of the first violin section of the North Carolina Symphony since 1974. He is a native of Nashville, Tennessee, where his teachers included Stephen Clapp and Pierre Menard. He is a graduate of the Oberlin College Conservatory, where he studied with Steven Staryk, and received his master’s degree from […]
Emily Rist Glover
Violinist Emily Glover joined the first violin section of the North Carolina Symphony in September 2015. In recent seasons she has played regularly with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and Colorado Music Festival, and spends her summers with the Central City Opera orchestra. In addition, she was Concertmaster of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra […]