Cordula Merks Joins Ballet Orchestra as Concertmaster

[Helene]

More poaching from Seattle: German-born and Netherlands-trained Seattle Symphony Assistant Concertmaster Cordula Merks will be the new concertmaster of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, according to news from the company:

http://www.sanfranciscoballetorchestra.org/sfb-orchestra-welcomes-cordula-merks-as-our-new-concertmaster/

She was chosen after a two-year search.

It looks like there will be some West Coast commuting:

Cordula is married to Seattle Symphony contrabassoonist Mike Gamburg, and together they have a daughter, Mia.

[pherank]

It looks like there will be some West Coast commuting

Yes, that doesn't sound very 'optimal'.