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The orchestra is a group of 75 rostered professional musicians and is under the leadership of Music Director and Conductor, Kirk Muspratt.

 

The season includes four classical a­nd three pops concerts held at venues across Northwest Indiana. The orchestra is also very dedicated to their educational outreach initiatives designed to allow interaction and personal involvement by students represented in each program.

 

 


 

MUSICIANS

 

Violin I
Michele Lekas, Concertmaster
Michelle Lee Elliott, Associate Concertmaster
Zofia Glashauser, Assistant Concertmaster
Kamen Vatchev
Whun Kim
Gretchen Sherrell
Elizaebeth Brathwaite
Miki Yuasa Santibanez
Felix Petit
Kathleen Carter
 


Violin II
Johanna Bourkova, Principal
Chikako Miyata
Olena Hirna
Elaine Shumway
 


Viola
Amy Brandfonbrenner, Principal
Shiho Toyonaga, Assistant Principal
Scott Dowd
Margaret Caraher
Noel Rubio
Constance Hendricks
Benjamin Weber
 


Cello
Mark Lekas, Principal
Yeonjin Kim, Assistant Principal
Patricia White
Ingrid Krizan
David Forsman
Yvonne Donald

 
 
Bass
Charles Ingrassia, Principal
John Tuck, Assistant Principal
Julian Romane
Frederick Kuester
Weldon Anderson
Edward Randles
 


Flute
Cynthia Fudala, principal
Lisa Cisneros (piccolo)

 

Oboe
Jennet Ingle, principal
Amy Barwan

 

Clarinet
Denise Kirkland, principal
Ruth Rhodes
 


Bassoon
Dan D'Andrea, principal
Alan Palider
 


Horn
John Schreckengost, principal
Peter Jirousek
Virginia Sandstrom
Michael Buckwalter
 


Trumpet
Keith Geiman, principal
James Hahn
William Camp
 


Trombone
Joseph Rodriguez, principal
Thomas Stark
David Becker, Bass Trombone
 


Tuba
Kevin Harrison, principal
 


Timpani
Marc Churchill, principal
 


Percussion
Lana Wordel, principal
George Blanchet
Richard Janicki
 


Keyboard

Patricia Lee
 


Harp
Kara Bershad