All photos by/courtesy of Gayle Levant
Rickey Minor, Music Director
Lead Orchestrator Chris Walden with Raj Kapoor – Producer of the Oscars
Harpist Gayle Levant with Music Contractor Kimberlee Wertz
Librarians Nick Casares and Josh Britt with Lead Copyist Booker White
Assistant Engineer Tom Hardisty with Recording Engineer Tommy Vicari
Lara Wilson (with Sabrina Walden) – Asst to Rickey Minor
96th Annual Academy Awards Orchestra
Pre-record session: Warner Bros. Eastwood Scoring Stage, Burbank, CA
Oscars Awards Ceremony: Dolby Theatre, Hollywood CA — March 10, 2024
Music Director
Rickey Minor
Music Contractor
Kimberlee Wertz
Reeds
Dan Higgins
Jeff Driskill
Jacob Scesney
Glen Berger
Sal Lozano
Trumpet
Wayne Bergeron
Dan Fornero
Trombone
Andy Martin
Garrett Smith
Juliane Gralle
Keyboard
Wayne Linsey
Dave Delhomme
Bass
Carlos del Puerto
Guitar
Paul Jackson Jr.
Dean Parks
Percussion
Peter Korpela
Horns
Steven Becknell
Laura Brenes
Dylan Skye Hart
Harp
Gayle Levant
Violin
Daphne Chen (concertmaster)
Charlie Bisharat
Kyle Gilner
Luanne Homzy
Juliette Jones
Songa Lee
Natalie Leggett
Stephanie Matthews
Shalini Vijayan
Viola
Leah Katz
Luke Maurer
Lynne Richburg
Cello
Timothy Loo
Giovana Clayton
Adrienne Woods
Assistant to Rickey Minor
Lara Wilson
Lead Orchestrator
Chris Walden
Lead Copyist
Booker White
Librarian
Nick Cazares
Josh Britt
* names of non-AFM members have been omitted
