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Orchestra Members

These are the Midcoast Symphony Orchestra musicians as of May, 2024.

To learn more about the members whose bios are on the website, please see our Musicians page.

Listed alphabetically.

Violin I
Carol Preston, Concertmaster
Talia Audley
Jessie Boardman
Jeanne Di Franco
Wesley Gillis
Kate Gray
Mary Hunter
Eric Kawamoto
Meghan Metzger
Sally Morrison
Julia O'Brien-Merrill
Trevor Peterson
Emily Roy
Rick Seeley
Tyler Sherwin

Violin II
Caroline Cornish*
Phoebe Blume
Jayden Brown
Ara Dedekian
Karen Levine Egee
Judy Falconer
Robert Frank
Beverly Hochberg
Caleb Ireland
Janice Kieschnick
Julie Pease
Kate Rosenfeld
Denise Shannon
Moira Walden

Viola
Heather Linkin*
Margaret Abbott
Alfred Beattie
Rebecca Dreher
Meg Estapa
Meg Lewis
Judy Pagon
Aaron Park
Katie Toro-Ferrari
Jeanie Wester

Cello
Patsy Dickinson*
Karen Jung*
Ben Bridges
Philip Carlsen
Daniel Leeman
Dan Levine
Jen Reeber
Martha Stein
Rachel Stettler
Ellen Sullivan
Lisa Walker
Alex Wong
Laura Zitske

Bass
Paul Greenstone*
Sally Johnstone*
Michael Adair
Thomas Baumgarte
Anne Nanovic
Charles Oehrtmann


Flute/Piccolo
Eileen Bonine *
Linda Brunner emerita
Sally Gundersen
Sandy Kauffman
Carolyn Lanigan
Donna Maher
Alicia Scott

Oboe/English Horn
Billie Jo Brito*
Jamee Ard
Sarah Dow
Kookie McNerney
John Teller emeritus

Clarinet
Rachel Boddie*
Carol Furman*
Ray Libby

Bassoon/Contra-bassoon
Frank Gross*
Lara Bailey
Chris Falcone
Michael Powell
Ted Walworth

French Horn
Carolyn Kanicki*
Beth Almquist
Gray Ferris
Cynthia Harkleroad
Margie Landis
Dawne-Marie Powers
Matt Pollack
Sarah Rodgers

Trumpet
Timothy Kenlan*
Gerry Flanagan
Jimi Michele
Martin Naas

Trombone
Bruce Theriault* 
Jim Boyd
Jeff Ertman
Chris Hall
Dan Labonte

Tuba
Douglas Ertman
Mike Boddie
 

Timpani
Durell Bissinger*

Percussion
Quinn Gormley*
John Maillet
Bill Manning
Rusty Quinn
Matt Wiltshire

Harp
Virginia Flanagan
Patrice Lockhart

Piano
James Parakilas


* Section principal players