CONCERTS
Stay tuned for the Windham Orchestra's 2017-18 concert schedule!
About the 2016-17 Season
Emotion. Intensity. Connection. Shared. Summit. Beauty & Delight.
The Windham Orchestra offered a season of life-and-death emotion, virtuosic challenge, intellectual intensity and profound connection. We all experience music as a direct contact with these shared human phenomena and each of our concerts offers a rich and beautiful access to our own core.
In our opening concert, we experienced what it is to live with the recent history of our town of Brattleboro, what it is to live in nature and the elements, what it is to be a flawed hero. Later: family drama painted very large; music that endures as a perpetual summit, no matter how frequently we scale it; purest beauty and delight.
About Us
Join us in celebrating the richness of musical talent in our area
The Windham Orchestra features local musicians and composers. The 2016-2017 season marks our 47th year of making music together in Brattleboro, Vermont. We take pride in our history of providing symphonic music to Southeastern Vermont and our commitment to keeping classical music vital and building future audiences.
The Windham Orchestra serves four important roles in the musical community:
1) Performing live orchestral music in Brattleboro and surrounding towns;
2) Providing performance opportunities for musicians of all backgrounds;
3) Educating local school children; and
4) Providing an orchestral ensemble for performance of music by local composers.
Open Rehearsals
welcome. PARTICIPATE.
Please attend our rehearsals and concerts. We welcome your participation as audience members, volunteers, and contributors. If you want to find ways for more active participation, send an email indicating your desire to become active.
Are you interested in playing with the Windham Orchestra? Contact our personnel manager, Kaitlin Haskins, at kaitlinhaskins@gmail.com.
Support
Contribution. PARTNER. You!
Your presence supports us! We all grow in an environment of mutual support and opportunity. How would you like to support and contribute to the Windham Orchestra?
Podium Partners
We invite you to be one of our Podium Partners, major supporters who contribute $500 or more to the orchestra. You will be acknowledged in our program booklet, as well as receiving two tickets to all our concerts during the season.
Tax-Deductible Contributions
As a program of the Brattleboro Music Center the Windham Orchestra is a non-profit, 501(c)3 organization, and all donations are fully tax-deductible. Please make checks payable to the Brattleboro Music Center, with "Windham Orchestra" in the memo line and send it to:
Windham Orchestra
c/o Brattleboro Music Center
38 Walnut Street
Brattleboro, VT 05301
Or donate online (be sure to designate your donation for the "Windham Orchestra"):
Team
Hugh Keelan
Music Director
Jenna Rae
Executive Committee Chair
Kaitlin Haskins
Personnel Manager
Chris McAvoy
Front of House Manager
Pedro Pereira
FINANCE & PROGRAM MANAGER
Jessica Murrow
Venue Manager
Acknowledgements
Librarians: Frank Kotkov & Sarah Kotkov
Social Media: Catalina Arrubla
Box Office Management: Mary Hayes and Don Hayes
Concerto Competition: Ede Thomas & Lynn Trowbridge, with special thanks to Doug Cox
Rehearsal Set-up: Stephen Broll
Membership: Peter Gibbons
Logo Design: Peter Harris
Orchestra Section Managers: Alice Abraham, Phoebe Connolly, Frank Kotkov, Sara Aierstuck, Doug Cox, Connie Green, Jessica Murrow, Stephen Broll, Diane Lipartito, Karen Horton, Melissa Griffin, Kurt Weisman, Susan Lemei, and Michael Day
BRATTLEBORO MUSIC CENTER STAFF
Managing Director: Mary Greene
Campaign Director: Meg Lyons
Education Programs Coordinator: Carol Compton
Roster
Introducing the talented musicians playing in the Windham Orchestra for our 2016-17 season!
Violin I
Philip Bloch, Concertmaster
Alice Abraham
Linda Hecker
Deedee Jones
Michelle Liechti
Greg Mascherino
Abe Moore Odell
Crystal Stillman
Peter Walker
Gudrun Weeks
Violin II
Amy Cann, principal
Cheryl Burrows
Rob Buckley
Phoebe Connolly
Sarah Kemble
Bridget Kinoshita
Jill Newton
Ede Thomas
Viola
Chris McAvoy, principal
Brian Cohen
Peter Gibbons
Frank Kotkov
Caroline Sly
Susan Young
Cello
Pedro Pereira, principal
Sara Aierstuck
Miranda Bohl
Chris Bowen
Mary Hayes
Mark Meess
Nancy Rich
Michael Riley
Sandra Van De Kauter
Double Bass
Jamie MacDonald, principal
Douglas Cox
Michael Ward
Flute
Kimi Hasegawa, principal
Kaitlin Haskins
Connie Vial Green
Emilie Zucker
Piccolo
Lisa Bryan
Melissa Richmond
Oboe
Jessica Murrow, principal
Catalina Arrubla
Clarinet
Stephen Broll, principal
Kathy Korb
Valerie Linck
Donna Morse
Elijah Taylor
Bass Clarinet
Patrick Kiernan
Bassoon
Diane Lipartito, principal
Tiffany Coolidge
Contra Bassoon
Margaret Hook
Trumpet
Melissa Griffin, principal
Rob Freeberg
Wendy LaValley
Horn
Karen Horton, principal
Fleur Barnes-Rowell
Standish Bourne
Chris Hunt
David Miller
Barclay Ward
Trombone
Kurt Weisman, principal
Dick Cornelius
Riley Goodemote
Ben Smar
Tenor Tuba & Bass Trombone
Chris Goding
Tuba
Susan Lemei, principal
Timpani
Stephen Rice
Percussion
Michael Day
Stephen Rice
Thomas Smith
Harp
Jennifer Hoult
Teresa Mango
Music Director
Hugh Keelan
MEMBER INFO
Windham Orchestra musicians: please check back here frequently for updated information about rehearsals, concerts, special events and more. Are you interested in playing with the Windham Orchestra? Contact our personnel manager, Kaitlin Haskins, at kaitlinhaskins@gmail.com.