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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 four pops concerts held at the 3400 seat Star Plaza Theatre in Merrillville, Crown Point High School or Chesterton High School. 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

 

Violins
Michele Lekas,

     concertmaster - (on leave 07-08)
Pasquale Laurino,

     interim concertmaster 07-08
Bernardo Arias,

     associate concertmaster
Zofia Glashauser,

     assistant concertmaster
Kamen Vatchev
Whun Kim
Gretchen Sherrell
Elizabeth Brathwaite
Deborah Ponko (on leave 07-08)
Miki Yuasa
Sophia Lee
Olena Hirna
Daniel Moss (on leave 07-08)
Chikako Miyata
Elaine Shumway

 

Viola
Amy Brandfonbrener, principal
Shiho Toyonaga, assistant principal
Scott Dowd
Margaret Caraher
Noel Rubio
Constance Hendricks
Yuko Watanabe

 

Cello
Mark Lekas, principal (on leave 07-08)
Rebecca Zimmerman, assistant principal
Patricia White
Ingrid Krizan  (on leave 07-08)
David Forsman
Susan Ross
Sanuel Nordlund
Yvonne Donald

 

Bass
Charles Ingrassia, principal
John Tuck, assistant principal
Julian Romane
Frederick Kuester
Weldon Anderson
Edward Randles

 

Flute
Cynthia Fudala, principal
Dawn-Marie Hirsh
Lisa Cisneros

 

Piccolo
Lisa Cisneros

 

Oboe
Jennet Ingle, principal
Amy Barwan

 

Clarinet
Denise Kirkland, principal
Ruth Rhodes

 

Bass Clarinet
Linda Baker

 

Bassoon
Dan D'Andrea, principal
Alan Palider

 

Contra Bassoon
Susan Nigro

 

Horn
John Schreckengost, principal
Peter Jirousek
Virginia Sandstrom
Michael Buckwalter

 

Trumpet
Rick Kirgan, principal
James Hahn
William Camp

 

Trombone
Joseph Rodrieguez, principal
Timothy Smith

 

Tuba
Kevin Harrison

 

Timpani
Marc Churchill

 

Percussion
Lana Wordell, principal
George Blanchet
Richard Janicki

 

Keyboard
Patricia Lee

 

Harp
Kara Bershad