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The
Music
Company
orchestra
2015
CLASSIC ‘TOONS
AND BEYOND
Gerald Lanoue
Conductor & Music Director
Gerald Lanoue D.M.A., a
Bennington, Vermont native,
is an active conductor and
bassoonist in the Upstate
New York and Southern
Vermont area. Dr. Lanoue is
privileged to be the new
music director for the Music
Company Orchestra and is
currently the principal
bassoonist with the Sage City
Symphony. He received
an undergraduate education
at the Crane School of Music
in Potsdam New York and a
masters and doctorate at the
University of Southern
California. He studied conducting with Douglas Lowry
(deceased), former Dean and conductor at the Eastman School
of Music, as well as John Barnett, the associate conductor of the
Los Angeles Philharmonic. Dr. Lanoue has served on the
faculties of Riverside Community College and Santa Monica
College. While in California he was an active orchestral and
chamber musician serving as Principal Bassoon for the
Bakersfield Symphony, Los Angeles Classical Ballet, Redlands
Symphony, and the American Youth Symphony. He has
performed most notably with Daniel Lewis, Yehuda Gilad, Jerry
Goldsmith, Michael Kamien and Zubin Mehta.
ABOUT THE ORCESTRA
The Music Company Orchestra, incorporated in
1974, is a 60-piece volunteer community orchestra. Its members come from all walks of life and
many different backgrounds. Conducted by Dr.
Gerald Lanoue, the orchestra plays a wide range
of classical and pops repertoire. The MCO is dedicated to bringing the excitement of live orchestral music to audiences of all ages and economic
backgrounds, and enthusiastically plays venues
throughout the greater Capital Region, ranging
from traditional concert halls to public parks,
community events, schools, retirement centers
and nursing homes. The MCO performs most concerts free to the public, and also offers scholarships to musically-inclined students at three regional high schools.
The MCO is a not-for-profit organization .
The Music Company Orchestra
Dr. Gerald Lanoue—Conductor & Music Director
VIOLIN
VIOLA
FLUTE
TRUMPET
Heather Chan
Alan Arnold
Judy Bachorz
Paul Houpt
Concertmaster Karl Brosch
Elizabeth Day
Kathy Hargis
Jean Hayes
Carol Kniskern
Louise Binns
Louise Dickinson
Carol Blom
Peggy Gerardi
Jennifer Cornell
Edith Kliman
OBOE
Mary Cosey
Isaac Smth
Kelly Jo Breczka
Irene DeGraff
Randi Wilder
Jeannette Storch
Kenneth Tucker
Shannon DietzMcCann
Martin Zavadil
TROMBONE
Alan Groves
Emily Gardner
CELLO
CLARINET
Jaimen Hume
Rachel Hill
Cathie-Jo Brun
Dale Douglass
Yuriy Kazachkov
Carol Douglass
Alan Holmes
Nancy Keelen
David Gordis
Arlene Koster
Cody Griffin
BASSOON
Erin Krumenacker
Bud Lindner
Dawn Hobbs
Jennifer Fullam
Doug Long
FRENCH HORN
David Civale
Andrea McConnelee Tim Johnson
Charles Thompson
Carol Meyer
George Jolly
BASS CLARINET
Allen Mossman
Jennifer Stratton
Ralph Thomas
Celia Murray
TUBA
Jake Reiter
Christine Neumann
BASS
PERCUSSION
Teresa Norton
Tim Albright
Kathleen McNerney PIANO
Marcella Reiter
Amy Reichardt
Ann K. Seidman
Beth Smith
Patricia Trustin
Walsh
David Wilkinson
Kathleen McNerney
Tim Albright, bass, is a Social Studies teacher in Greenville NY. Tim
was a member of the Indiana All State
Orchestra in high school. He is the
father of two and lives in Scotia NY.
Tim’s parents were both musicians,
his father a former musical performance professor. His parents have
both passed away and he dedicates
his playing to their memory.
Alan Arnold, viola, is the orchestra’s resident composer. Alan holds a
Performance Certification from Oberlin
Conservatory (Scholarship) in Viola.
His compositions have been performed by orchestras and conductors
such as Morton Gould, the Goldman
Band, the Philadelphia Orchestra,
RCA Records, Columbia Pictures,
Schenectady Symphony, and the Glen
Falls Symphony. He has more than
one hundred twenty-five compositions
published in the US, London, Paris,
and Lyon, France. Alan received his
BS from New York University and MA
from Columbia University, and has 13
years of private study of composition
and arranging with Rudolph Shramm
and Don Walker. He was Professor of
Music at Long Island University, and
has performed with the Great Neck,
Huntington, Glen Falls, and Schenectady Symphonies. On April 5, 2011,
the MCO performed a full concert
program of Alan’s works, including a
premiere performance of “Serenata
Italiana” which was dedicated to our
former conductor, Ralph Acquaro, in
appreciation for his fine leadership of
the MCO.
Judy Bachorz, flute, jointed the
MCO in 1977. She has served on the
Board of Directors as treasurer, publicity chairperson and vice president.
Judy is a graduate of SUNY Plattsburgh where she was a member of the
College-Community Orchestra and the
College Band. She is a member of the
Memorial Concert Band of Colonie,
Saratoga Strings and the Capital Area
Flute Club. In addition to her musical
activities, Judy volunteers at a local
food pantry and is a RISE reader for
WMHT. She is a retired elementary
teacher and lives in Malta.
Carol Blom, violin. Growing up on
Long Island Carol began her musical
studies in the Hempstead Public
Schools. She attended Muskingum
College Conservatory, receiving a
Bachelor of Music in Oboe performance. Continuing studies at Ohio
University, Carol received a Master of
Fine Arts in Oboe. After teaching in
Catskill, NY Carol and her husband moved north to the Saratoga
Springs area. She directed the South
Glens Falls High School and then High
School and Middle School Orchestra
programs, regularly working with
County and Area All-State Music Festivals. Carol is a member of the National Evaluation System Music consulting team and as such assesses
prospective Music Teachers for New
York State. She is a member of Sigma
Alpha Iota Women’s International
Music Honor Society. Carol is also
the Registrar for the Greater Saratoga Area Girl Scouts, being a Lifetime
Scout herself. Retiring in 2002 after
20 years of teaching stringed instruments Carol joined the Union College Community Orchestra in 2002
and the Music Company Orchestra
in 2005.
Louise Binns, violin, studied music at Boston Music School and with
S.J. Leibovici of the Boston Symphony. She played with the Quincy
Youth Orchestra, Boston Conservatory Orchestra and the Glen Falls
Symphony. She taught strings at
Granville and Hartford NY. She is
also a cake decorator specializing in
novelty and wedding cakes.
Karl Brosch, viola, has played in
college /community orchestras since
arriving in the Capital District in 1977
as a student at RPI and has played
with the MCO since 1995. He enjoys playing chamber music with
friends from the orchestra. He believes the motto “music for a lifetime,
not for a living” fits him well. For a
living, Karl works as a biochemist for
Health Research.
Cathie-Jo Brun, cello, is a veterinary receptionist at Animal Care
Hospital in Clifton Park. She has a
BS degree in Biology, and cares for
the many varied family pets, including cats, birds, fish, and a dog.
Currently, she participates in the
Schenectady Symphony and Union
College Orchestra, as well as MCO,
GE Chorus and two local musical
societies, the Music Study Club of
Schenectady, and Etude Club of
Schenectady. She also enjoys drawing and painting, spinning, weaving,
knitting, gardening, and cooking
(especially baking). She has also been fortunate to be involved in a
summer orchestra that tours and
performs in different parts of Europe, sharing music while learning
about the different countries and
cultures experienced along the
way.
Heather Chan, violin, holds a Master’s Degree in Violin Performance
and Literature from the Eastman
School of Music where she studied
with Zvi Zeitlin, and a Bachelor’s
degree with majors in Computer Science and violin performance where
she studied with Monte Belknap. She
also holds a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from Brigham Young
University. Heather has been studying the violin since the age of 4 and
has performed on tours in Germany,
the Czech Republic, China and Korea. Prior to college, she also studied
piano and flute. Heather is currently
working as a systems engineer in the
Ultrasound Systems Lab at GE Global Research
David Civale, French horn, has a
B.A. in History from Union college
and a DC degree from Logan College
in St. Louis, MO. He has performed
with the Empire State Youth Orches-
tra, Union College Chamber Orchestra, Garnet Quintet, SUNY Albany
Orchestra and various other chamber groups and pit orchestras. He is
a chiropractor in the Village of Scotia
and is a member of the Scotia
Rotary.
Jennifer Cornell, violin, played
from 3rd grade through her senior
year at Guilderland High School. She
played in Suburban Council, AllState Orchestras, attended Luzerne
Music Center, NYSSSA School of
Orchestral Studies, and was a member of ESYO from 1981-1986. She
graduated from Paul Smith’s College
with a degree in Culinary Arts, and
after many years of working as a
chef, she is now a stay-at-home
mom. She has a daughter who plays
violin, and is the reason why she
started playing again. Jennifer discovered the MCO in 2015, and
joined them in February, after 29
years of only occasionally playing
violin. She is really enjoying playing
in an orchestra again!
Mary Cosey, violin, from Granville,
NY, joined the orchestra in September, 2012, and is thrilled to be part of
the group. Mary works at Washington County Social Services and loves
the Monday night practices to start
the week.
Elizabeth Day, flute and piccolo,
joined MCO ten years ago when she
was invited by her former high school
band instructor, Ruth Shiebler. She
is a charter member of the Colonie
Memorial Band and was the principal
flute with the Lake George Chamber
Orchestra for 9 years. She also
plays with The Tempest Winds Quintet and various community bands
throughout the area. She has been
active in liturgical music for 45 years
and is currently the organist and
choir director for St. Luke’s Episcopal
Church in Mechanicville. She attributes her love of music as a gift from
her mother, a church organist for
over 60 years. She thanks her Mom
for showing her, through example,
that the music we create brings many
joys to the people we share it with.
Liz recently retired from teaching
after 37 years as a sixth grade teacher in Mechanicville. In 2005, the
State Education Department named
her the New York State Teacher of
the Year which allowed her to meet
George W. Bush, attend Space
Camp, network with educators
throughout New York and the world,
and be the ambassador and voice for
Educators in New York State. She
remains an active member of the
New York State Teacher of the Year
Policy Council, practices Yoga, and
recently ran in her first 5K race.
Irene DeGraff, violin, joined MCO
in late 2012. She inherited her love
of the violin from her Portuguese
born father. A native of Massena,
NY, Irene studied violin for 8 years as
a student and participated in All-State
Orchestra for 3 years in high school.
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After pursuing a B.S. Degree in Chemistry, Irene had a long career in analytical chemistry and product management living throughout Upstate New
York and Pennsylvania. Retirement
and relocation to her husband’s
hometown in 2011 provided the opportunity to rekindle her love of the violin
and fulfill a retirement dream. Irene
started taking lessons again in 2012
from Ann-Marie Barker Schwartz,
director of Musicians of Ma’alwyck and
violin instructor at Schenectady County Community College. Irene enjoys
an active retirement playing pickleball
and volunteering at the Baptist Health
& Rehabilitation Center. Irene lives in
Scotia with husband, John, and Dusty,
their rescue chow mix.
Louise Dickinson, viola, has been in
the orchestra since 2013. She has
been playing viola for as long as she
remembers, with a break in between to
raise two boys (Joe and Will). Originally from Oklahoma and Texas, she
has degrees in Mechanical Engineering and works for GE as an Engineering Manager in Schenectady. She is
also a member of the Union College
Community Orchestra.
Shannon Dietz-McCann, violin, a
graduate of Siena College, Shannon
began playing piano when she was
eight, and violin at age 12. As a student at Guilderland High School, she
was a member of the orchestra, chamber ensemble and pit orchestra. After
a 10-year hiatus from the violin, she
rediscovered the joy of music. A
member of the SUNY community
orchestra (1998-2002), Shannon
joined MCO in 2004.
Carol Douglass, cello, has played
cello since she was 9 years old. She
retired from the NYS Teachers' Retirement System in 2002, where she
had been an Actuary for 23 years.
Carol holds a BA in mathematics from
the University at Albany and an ASA
from the Society of Actuaries. She
taught high school mathematics for 11
years prior to entering the actuarial
field. She still tutors junior high and
high school students, and adults who
need help in mathematics. She is a
former member of the Schenectady,
Little Falls, and Stockbridge Symphonies. Carol has been a member of
the MCO for 28 years and currently
maintains the MCO’s website. She
met her wonderful husband in the
orchestra. She has two sons, three
stepsons, and ten grandchildren.
Dale Douglass, clarinet, has played
both clarinet and saxophone since his
school days in Cleveland, Ohio. He
graduated from Carnegie-Mellon University many years ago, has three
sons, two stepsons, a lovely wife and
ten grandchildren. Dale recently retired from Power Delivery Consultants
and has formed his own company,
Douglass Power Consulting, LLC.
He plays 1st Alto with the Greg Nazarian Big Band and tenor saxophone
with MCO's own "Red Hot Rhythm
Royals" Dixieland Band.
Jennifer Fullam, bassoon, attended
Miami University of Ohio on a music
scholarship while pursuing a degree
in physics. During her stay at Miami,
she participated in orchestra, wind
ensemble, symphonic and marching
bands, and various college and local
chamber groups. After college, Jennifer took a position at the GE Research and Development Center in
Schenectady and has lived in the
area since that time. Over the past
several years, she has performed
with the Schenectady Symphony, the
Music Company Orchestra, the Sage
City Symphony and several chamber
groups. Jennifer is currently working
as a metrology engineer with IBM and
studying bassoon with the MCO conductor, Gerald Lanoue in any spare
time.
Emily Gardner, violin, has been
playing since she was nine years old.
She was active in a number of orchestras throughout high school,
where she graduated from Saratoga
Springs in 2009. Emily attended
Oberlin College in Ohio and played in
the college orchestra, as well as taking lessons in the conservatory. After
graduating with a B.A. in biology in
2013, she returned home and began
working as a veterinary assistant at
Clifton Park Veterinary Clinic. Emily
joined MCO this past year and loves
being part of an orchestra again. She
will start veterinary school in the fall,
and plans to continue playing the
violin.
Peggy Gerardi, viola, began playing in high school but then stopped a
few years later. In the intervening
years she honed her skills as a professional seamstress; did costuming
for many school programs, Schenectady Light Opera and others. She
earned a Bachelor’s Degree in English and Technical Communication
from Russell Sage College; raised
two daughters, both of which are
musicians. She began playing again
in 2001. After a few years of lessons,
she joined the Union College Orchestra and then MCO. She served as
secretary of the MCO Board from
2008—2013, and looks forward to
many more years of participation in
the orchestra.
David Gordis, cello, is President
Emeritus of Hebrew College in Boston where he served as President
and Professor of Rabbinics for fifteen
years. He is Visting Senior Scholar at
SUNY Albany. He has taught at
Brandeis University, UCLA Law
School, Vassar College, the University of Judaism and the Jewish Theological Seminary. He has played in
the Columbia University Orchestra,
the Chamber Orchestra of the New
England Conservatory and the SUNY
Orchestra and regularly participates
in several chamber music workshops
including Kent Music and VMAC. His
teachers include Jascha Bernstein
and Gabor Rejto and he currently
studies with Garfield Moore.
Alan Groves, trombone, was
trained as a euphonium player, and
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taught himself to play the trombone.
He is a graduate of Bel Air High
School in Maryland. He has played in
various groups around the Capital
Region where he has resided since
1988. In addition to the Music Company Orchestra, he is also the lead
trombonist for the Greg Nazarian Big
Band. He is employed as service
manager for Mobility Works in Scotia.
Alan enjoys camping, fishing, and
coin collecting. Alan and his wife
Paula live in Glenville with their two
children, Kelly and Bryan.
Kathy Hargis, Trumpet, retired Elementary/Intermediate Band Director
from Ballston Spa CSD in 2008,
where she taught for 22 years of her
almost 35 years of music teaching.
Kathy received her BA from Lycoming College in Williamsport, PA
and her MEd from Penn State University and a MALS from Skidmore
College in Adirondack Education.
Having been a soloist and trumpet
player in the Albany area for over 25
years, she really enjoys playing trumpet in the orchestra and several
bands including the Skidmore College Community Band as well as the
Guilderland Town Band. She also
enjoys biking, hiking, reading, studying a variety of subjects and has a
passion for the Adirondacks.
Jean Hayes, principal flutist, is a
charter member of the MCO and
currently serves on the Board as
secretary. She is a member of the
Etude Club and the Music Study
Club, both in Schenectady and frequently performs at their meetings
and in their public concerts. She
particularly enjoys playing chamber
music. She has recently retired from
teaching private flute lessons, Suzuki
-method and traditional-style. She
has played flute and piccolo in various community orchestras, bands, pit
orchestras, and chamber music ensembles. She has a B.A. in English
from The College of Wooster (Ohio)
and a M. Ed. from the University of
Pittsburgh. She has experience
teaching elementary school, English
as a second language, preparation
for the GED exam, and college study
skills and developmental writing at
SCCC. She currently works parttime at The Open Door Bookstore in
Schenectady. She and her husband,
Walt, live in West Glenville. She is
grateful to her parents, John and
Dorothy Brand, for inspiring and supporting her education and musical
endeavors, and for their many years
of supporting the MCO.
Dawn Hobbs, cello, has studied
music at the University of South Carolina, The Governor’s School for the
Arts at Furman University and at
SUNY Albany. She has played with
numerous groups in South Carolina,
Texas and New York. She is currently interested in the intersection of
music and psychology and recently
graduated from SUNY Albany with a
B.A. in psychology.
Alan Holmes, clarinet, graduate of
Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY; MCO
Treasurer; Program and Technical
Manager with the School of Engineering, Union Graduate College; Business Development Marketing & Contract Risk Management Consultant for
power industry engineering clients.
Career has involved a number of
management capacities in support of
the power engineering community,
including GE, NYISO, and Siemens
PTI. Orchestra and Dixie Land member since 1995. Active in community
groups including Schenectady business development, Junior Achievement, sports coaching, church choir,
member and committee participant of
the greater consistory of Niskayuna
Reformed Church.
Paul Houpt, trumpet, has been
playing trumpet since 5th grade.
Growing up New Jersey, he was a
student of Ted Insignia and then John
Santini through high school, playing
in concert band and jazz ensembles
in addition to musical theater and
New Jersey area All-State. After
many years away from the trumpet,
he joined MCO in 1991 and has been
actively playing since. Paul is member of the Colonie Memorial (concert)
Band and has played locally with the
Union College Community Orchestra
and the Starlighter’s dance band.
Dixieland Jazz is a passion and he
plays with the Red Hot Rhythm Royals, an MCO spinoff. Since retiring in
2012 from a 46 year engineering
career that included Bell Labs, MIT
mechanical engineering faculty and
GE Global Research, Paul has enjoyed playing annual concert band
gigs with the Williamsburg Consort
(Williamsburg, Va) and the Northeast
Music Festival (Lake Placid, NY).
Paul graduated from Syracuse University (BS), New York University
(MS) and MIT (Ph.D.), with all degrees in electrical engineering.
Timothy Johnson, cello, is a past
President of the Music Company
Orchestra. He has recently played
cello in the Union College Community
Orchestra, and has previously played
cello with the MIT and Brookline
(Mass) Symphony Orchestras, as
well as the Madison (Wisconsin)
string Sinfonia. He studied cello with
Elizabeth Statz. He has also played
the French horn at MIT and MCO. He
earned the SB, SM and
Ph.D.degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT,
subsequently served on the controls
faculty there from 1972-80, and then
developed automation, robotics and
manmachine systems at Bolt
Beranek and Newman (Cambridge,
MA). He joined GE Global Research.
in 1984 and held several management and technical positions there,
improving controls design methods
for power and aviation turbines, appliances, satellites, and power and
medical devices . Since retiring from
GE in 2008, he has established the
consulting firm JDS, LLC to improve
product dependability.
He is author
or co-author
of approximately 125
publications
and 10 patents.
George Jolly, cello, began music
playing trumpet in grade school.
Forced off the trumpet by his braces,
he took up recorder which he played
in the Collegium Musicum, the early
music ensemble at Oberlin College.
After medical school in Philadelphia,
he began cello. He has played in the
Skidmore and Campeche (Mexico)
Orchestras. He now plays chamber
music with the Cottage Street Players
in Saratoga Springs. For several
years, he played (a solid 2nd trumpet)
with the Ballston No. 2 Union Fire
Company marching band. George
retired from medical practice in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics in 2012.
He lives with his wife, Caroline, in
Middle Grove, NY. In retirement, he
is busier than ever, tending the garden, baking bread and making
cheese, maple syrup and cider, building his first violin and enjoying 8
grandchildren.
Yuriy Kazachkov, violin. My formal
musical education was very limited: 7
years of Musical School in my native
city of St. Petersburg, Russia. I was
very young when I was playing in
different orchestras including professional Junior Radio Orchestra of St.
Petersburg. Since then I was blessed
to meet really talented people and
played sporadically with them as a
member of musical pop groups. Love
of music is shared by all our family
and our getting together is always full
of musical enjoyment. Fortunately,
both my children and both grandchildren significantly surpassed my and
my wife’s modest musical abilities.
When 15 years ago I immigrated to
United States, discovery of the “Music
Minus One” genre allowed me to
come back to classics. What else
filled all these years? Work, family,
traveling, skiing, jogging, reading.
Master and PhD in Power Engineering, Principal Consultant with Siemens Power Technology, Schenectady, NY
Edith Kliman, viola, believes in the
motto "Life without Music would be a
Mistake". After beginning piano lessons at age 6, she switched to the
violin at age 10 and continued playing
violin in various orchestras throughout her school and college
years. While a member of the Erie,
PA Community Orchestra, she
switched to the viola. She continued
playing that instrument with the West
Valley, CA Community Orchestra.
When she moved to the Capital District in 1977, she immediately joined
the Ballston Community Orchestra,
now called the Music Company Orchestra, where for many years she
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was the sole viola player. She also
plays with other orchestras and
chamber groups.
Carol Kniskern, trumpet, has a
fond appreciation of art. music and
antiques and is presently working at
her own business-Granny's Other
Place and Granny's Parlour in her
home. She has been a member of
the MCO for several years. Ken Tucker, a trumpeter with the Orchestra is
Carol’s brother.
Erin Krumenacker, French horn, is
a member of the Edison Engineering
Development Program at GE Power
& Water. She graduated from the
University of Notre Dame in 2014 with
a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering. While at school, Erin was
heavily involved in the Bands of the
Fighting Irish, including marching,
pep, and concert bands, where she
played the falto and French horn.
Arlene Koster, violin, I learned to
play violin at Massapequa High
School. Graduated from SUNY Farmingdale with an A.A.S. in Dental Hygiene. I have been a practicing registered dental hygienist for 50 years.
With husband Fred, raised six children and enjoying nine grandchildren.
After 40 years, I went back to playing
my violin in an orchestra. I have been
playing with the Music Company
Orchestra since October 2002. I also
play with Orchestra on the Commons
in Clifton Park and its Chamber Ensemble. In 2007, I retired from Dental
Hygiene and joined Fred in South
Florida for five months. While
in Florida I play with the Boynton
Regional Symphony Orchestra, the
Century Village Orchestra in West
Palm Beach and the Palm Beach
Light Opera Company.
Bud Lindner, violin, is a retired
engineer and manager from GE Silicones. A serious music student in
high school in Pittsburgh, he put the
violin aside to pursue an engineering
degree at RPI and a career in industry. Upon retirement, he resumed
playing the violin and has enjoyed
playing with the Music Company
Orchestra and small chamber music
groups.
Doug Long, French horn, has been
playing French Horn for 20 years, but
he took 35 years off from 1968—
2002. Doug also plays trumpet, piano and sings. He received a music
scholarship to attend SUNY Fredonia
where he majored on the French
Horn. He also studied at the Royal
Conservatory of Music in Antwerp,
Belgium. He is the founder and director of the Joytones, a regional community chorus for people with Alzheimer’s and their care givers. While
retired in North Carolina for eight
years, he was principal horn with the
Rutherford County Symphony and
founded a brass quintet. Presently,
he plays horn with the Skidmore College/Community symphonic band and
the Adirondack Community College
symphonic band. Among his best
musical experiences were performing
at Lincoln Center in NYS while in
college, and singing in a choral
festival at the Mormon Tabernacle in
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Andrea McConnelee, violin, started
playing the violin in 3rd grade. She
played throughout high school and
was a member of all-state orchestras
and choirs. She is a recorded singer
and violinist with a local Christian
rock group and is an area soloist.
She is a member of the Faith Baptist
Church, playing the violin on the worship team and teaching Bible studies
and Sunday School. Andrea recently
retired from the New York State Unified Court System where she was
employed as a Judge’s secretary. In
addition to music, Andrea enjoys
cross country skiing, snowmobiling,
tennis, mountain biking, gardening,
reading and playing with her four
grandchildren. Andrea and her husband Jack have two grown children
and have lived in Glenville for 42
years.
Kathleen McNerney, percussion,
saw an advertisement in 1973 to “join
with others to make music” and joined
the MCO as a charter member seeking to put her early British Royal
Academy piano training to work. She
adapted these talents to percussion
with encouragement from one of
MCO’s early conductors. Kathleen
credits MCO as a welcome outlet
while raising her six children, and a
continued source of enjoyment today
along with her seven grandchildren
and volunteer work at Saratoga Hospital.
Carol Meyer, violin, is a retired
chemist. She has played in college/
community orchestras for years and
joined the MCO in 2004. She enjoys
playing chamber music with friends
from the Orchestra.
Allen Mossman, violin, has a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering degree
from Syracuse University and a Master of Science degree from Carnegie
Mellon University. Started to take
lessons at 9 years old. Played in
public school orchestras through high
school. Played with the Summit New
Jersey Symphony and the New Jersey All-State Orchestra. While in
college, played with the Syracuse
University Orchestra. Moved to Saratoga Springs from New Jersey in
1991. Played with the Skidmore College Orchestra from 2001 to 2005,
and joined the Music Company Orchestra in the fall of 2006.
Celia Murray, violin, has played in
various community orchestras around
the Capital Region since 1989. She
currently plays in the Music Company
Orchestra, the Sage City Symphony
based in North Bennington, Vermont
and most recently in a string trio, as
well as playing in the pit for occasional musical productions. She rekindled
her singing in the last few years as
well, singing in the Battenkill Chorale
and the Sage Chorale. Since retiring
from more than 34 years working for
New York State she has also been
doing a little pet sitting, volunteer
work at a riding therapy program and
puppy socialization at New Skete
Monastery in Cambridge NY. She has
continued to kayak, including time on
the ocean off of Maine each year, and
created and maintains the web site
for Sage City Symphony.
Rosemary Przybycien, violin,
played in the Hempstead High School
Orchestra from which she and other
members were invited to perform with
the National Orchestra Association in
Carnegie Hall. While attaining a BS in
Elementary Education at SUNY,
Potsdam, she studied violin with Dr.
S. Spurbeck and was a member of
the Crane Symphony Orchestra, the
Crane Symphonette and various pit
orchestras. She is a former member
of the Schenectady Symphony Orchestra. Upon graduation, she taught
Kindergarten at Zoller School in
Schenectady. She is formerly a substitute teacher in the BHBL School
district After a hiatus of many years
filled with other interests and activities, including raising four children
with husband Bill, Rosemary began
again to enjoy playing violin. She
currently plays her violin at church
and with the MCO, and is presently
Violin II principal.
Jacob M. Reiter, tuba, joined MCO
in September 1996. He holds a BS in
Electrical Engineering from the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio, and
an MS in Computer Science at Union
College in Schenectady. He is currently an Engineering Manager with
Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory.
Jake is active musically in the Capital
Region, playing in the Union Fire
Company Marching Band in Ballston
Spa, as well as the Ballston Spa
Community Band. His musical background includes the All-Ohio State
Fair Band and Ohio Music Education
Association Regional Orchestra while
in High School, and the Concert and
Marching Bands at the University of
Akron.
Marcie Reiter, violin, began taking
violin lessons with Albany Symphony
Orchestra violinist Brigitte Brodwin
when she was 7 years old. Marcie
has played with the Northeast String
Orchestra, Empire State Youth Orchestra, the College of St. Rose Summer Youth Music Orchestra, and in
several Saratoga Central Catholic
School Theater productions. She has
also sung with Diane Warner and the
Capital District Youth Chorale. Most
recently, Marcie sat violin I with the
Saratoga Springs Youth Orchestra,
who in the spring of 2014, debuted at
Carnegie Hall. Then in July
2014, Marcie travelled to Italy with
the orchestra to participate in the
invitation-only Festival of Youth Orchestras. Currently, Marcie is a Violin
Performance student
at the Schenectady County Community College School of Music. She
hopes to eventually get her degree in
Music Therapy. Having Asperger's
Syndrome, Marcie feels that music
has helped her overcome some of the
autism-spectrum challenges she has
faced, especially when she was
younger. She has met lifelong friends
through music, and she hopes to
someday share her love of music with
children on the autism spectrum. She
is happy this semester to be playing
in this orchestra with her father Jacob
Reiter, tuba.
Ann K. Seidman, violin, has a BA
and MA in history from Brooklyn
College and taught elementary school
in Brooklyn before moving to the
Capitol District with her husband
Peter. She was a substitute teacher
for the Shenendehowa and BHBL
School Districts. Ann has been a
member of the MCO for over 20
years and has served on the Board
as membership chair, secretary, and
President. Ann plays with the Union
College Orchestra and with the Sage
City Symphony in Bennington, VT.
When she was concertmaster at
Union, her husband bought her a
brand new Frirsz violin. Ann has
played with Opera Excelsior under
the baton of Corine Salon, Victor
Klimash and David Griggs-Janower.
As a Board Member of the Friends of
Chamber Music, Troy, NY, she was
the hospitality and logistics
coordinator for the chamber concerts
held in Kiggins Hall at Emma Willard
School. In addition, Ann is a member
of the Saratoga Lake Sailing Club
and served as Commodore and
presently, membership chair. Ann
races their Flying Scot sailboat with
Peter and serves as the NY Lakes
District Governor. She also enjoys
being a member of a virtual rowing
team, Free Spirits, and has
completed over 31 million lifetime
meters on an erg. She has competed
in Canada and in Boston at the
CRASH-B world championship
sprints.
Beth Smith, tympani, joined the
MCO in 2002. She has played percussion since 5th grade, including
during her undergraduate years with
the Brown University marching
(football) and skating (hockey) bands.
Beth has degrees in Mechanical Engineering and was a Program Manager at GE before leaving to home-
school her three awesome sons. She
lives in Clifton Park with her husband,
boys, and Chesapeake bay retriever.
Isaac Smith, viola, began playing
violin and viola in the 3rd grade and
hasn’t stopped since. He joined the
MCO in the spring of 2011, and truly
enjoys being part of such a supportive community of like-minded and
talented musicians. In his spare time,
Isaac enjoys singing in a barbershop
chorus, teaching, and running with his
wonderful dog, Windy.
Jennifer Stratton, cello, is happy to
be part of an orchestra again! She
has always been encouraged and
inspired by her parents’ love of music
and her mother’s professions as a
bass player in the Hudson Valley
Philharmonic and an Elementary
String Music teacher. Jen’s musical
interests started in elementary school
with piano playing followed by ‘cello
and French Horn, although ‘cello
became her exclusive focus by the
end of high school. During the years,
Jen has participated in various bands,
orchestras and ensemble groups,
including the Hudson Valley Youth
Symphony, the Union College Orchestra, and the Albany Medical College Chamber Orchestra. Her professional education includes undergraduate majors in Biology and Music at
Union College, medical school at
Albany Medical College and residency at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Syracuse. Jen returns to the area as a
Family Physician at the Queensbury
Family Health Center with Hudson
Headwaters Health Network.
Jeannette D. Storch, oboe, is a Sr.
Software Engineer at Knolls Atomic
Power Laboratory. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Vassar College
and a master’s in Operations Research and Statistics from RPI. She
has been active in instrumental and
vocal music all her life. In addition to
MCO, she occasionally plays with
other local groups..
Ralph Thomas, bass clarinet, a
tuba major in college, began his musical career playing piano in an offBroadway touring repertory theatre
company. After moving to Vermont in
1980, Ralph became a harpist and
played 2nd harp with the VSO for a
decade. He also performed at weddings and events all over the state.
With the VSO Ralph has worn a number of hats from Ensemble Coordinator to Symphony Kids performer in 93
Strings, Musical Petting Zoo and Mr.
T. Explores the Back Row of the
VSO. Last year Ralph decided it was
time to play the bass clarinet, on
which you will hear him with the
MCO.
Charlie Thompson, horn, is a retired scientist from the Knolls Atomic
Power Laboratory. Charlie has a BA
from Oberlin, MS and PhD degrees
from The American University and
postgraduate work at Rice University. He began his musical background
by studying violin and then switched
to cello in high school and continued
through college. He began horn
while at Rice University and since
coming to the Schenectady area in
1972 has played in the Schenectady
Symphony Orchestra, the Guilderland
Town Band, and various other com-
munity orchestras and bands. Charlie has also played with the Central
New York Summer Orchestra and
the Santa Barbara Chamber Philharmonia for European tours.
Patricia Trustin Walsh, violin, is a
native of Binghamton. After high
school, she left there to attend The
College of Saint Rose, where she
earned a Bachelor of Science degree, and went on to do graduate
studies at Siena College. Pat has
played piano since she was in grammar school. She studied violin with
the late Alfredo Cavalieri and Michael Emery. The years between
college and retirement were spent in
nursing, at Saint Mary's Hospital, in
Troy, for thirty-three years, then part
time at the N.Y.S. Home Health
Care Program. She has played with
the Delmar (now Bethlehem) Community Orchestra. While spending
winters in Florida, she plays with the
Imperial Symphony Orchestra, in
Lakeland, and presently plays with
the Albany Senior Orchestra.
David Wilkinson, violin, has studied with Mary Chase and Angelo
Frascarelli and has performed with
the RPI Symphony Orchestra, the
Stockade Strings, the Capital Philharmonic, Opera Excelsior, and
several other chamber ensem-
bles. Mr. Wilkinson also performs
with the Union College Orchestra and
the Sage City Symphony. David
holds a BS in Management from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and
is employed with the NYS Department of Taxation & Finance. David
also operates a mobile disc jockey
service, spinning tunes for weddings,
graduations, and other occasions.
Martin Zavadil, trumpet. retired
from the Shenendehowa Central
School District where he was the
Director of Bands at the West High
School. He received his undergraduate degree at Fredonia SUNY and
has done extensive graduate work at
the Lake Placid Institute, SUNY Potsdam (Saratoga-Potsdam Institute),
Ithaca College, Long Island University, Marywood College, University of
Minnesota, including conducting with
Dr. Frederick Fennell, Dr. William
Reveli, Col. Arnald Gabriel and Prof.
Kurkoff. Mr. Zavadil is an All-State
adjudicator for NYSSMA, has served
on the Executive Board of the New
York State Field Band Conference,
and has conducted several AllCounty and Area All-State Festivals.
With 37 years of teaching experience,
Mr. Zavadil has taught all levels of
public school instrumental music. He
has twice been recognized by his
colleagues for outstanding service in
the field of Music Education and has
been selected to "Who's Who" by his
students several times. He is an
active performer in the Capital District area, having studied trumpet with
Edward Carroll, international trumpet
soloist, director of the Lake Placid
Institute, and graduate professor of
brass studies at CALARTS. Mr.
Zavadil is the current conductor of
the Schoharie Valley Concert Band,
Shenendehowa Musical Company
Orchestra and Hand Bell Choirs at
his church. He is a member of New
York State Band Director's Association, National Band Association,
American Concert Bands, International Trumpet Guild, and the Saratoga Musical Union. Mr. Zavadil is an
avid Curler, golfer, Kayaker and
Gardener and resides with his wife in
Ballston Spa.
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PERFORMANCES
Cabaret...
Each Spring the Music Company Orchestra presents a Cabaret evening with dinner,
an orchestra concert and silent auction to raise funds for Orchestra. Past venues for
our annual Cabaret have included the Canfield Casino and the Hall of Springs in
Saratoga Springs. The Orchestra once again returns to Michael's Banquet House in
Latham for this year's Cabaret .
Grant Concerts...
Funding obtained through the Schenectady County Planning Department's Arts
Initiative Grant Program has helped the MCO present a special youth concert for
Black History Month.
Concerts for the Community...
As part of our mission of bringing the excitement of live concerts to those who would
not ordinarily attend them, the MCO has given concerts at the Clifton Park Library,
the Crossings in Colonie, the Kingsway Community Center in Schenectady, Coburg
Village in Clifton Park and Prestwick Chase in Saratoga Springs. The MCO performs annual holiday concerts at Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School, sponsored
by the Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Rotary, in conjunction with their Annual Tree Lighting
Ceremony, St. Joseph’s Church in Scotia and the Niskayuna Reformed Church. In
addition, the MCO has performed concerts in the community to benefit the Alzheimer’s Association, Friends of the Mayfield Library, the Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake
Education Foundation and the FOCUS Interfaith Food Pantry of Albany.
For further information … ask an orchestra member for additional information on
future concerts, becoming a member of the orchestra, becoming a Supporter, Advocate, Patron or Benefactor, or advertising in our Program Booklet. You can also
send an email to the [email protected] or call (518) 381-6391.
You can also visit the orchestra’s website at: mcomusic.org
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Jean & Walt Hayes
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Patricia Gatta
Patron
Raymond Gosda
Kenneth & Carol Blom
Gerald Haines
Audrey Chouffi
Tim and Nancy Johnson
John, Elizabeth & Sarah Day
Yuji Kawamura
Drs. David & Felice Gordis
Edith Kliman
Christopher & Dawn Hobbs
Francis T. Kuwik
George Jolly & Caroline Seligman
Douglas Long
Andrea & Jack McConnelee
Sally & Bert Longbotham
Maureen & Gerald McNerney
Jayne McCann
Sebastian & Scarlett McNerney
Patricia Moin
Christine Neumann
Mary E. Murphy
GE Foundation
Marian Potter
Elizabeth Ruger
William & Rosemary Przybycien
Peter & Ann Seidman
Irene C. Riddell
Jeannette & Larry Storch
Tom & Francine Strano
Harvey J. Stratton
John & Jean Wilkinson
Wayne & Nancy Virkler
Allen & Evelyn Wolf
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Sponsor
Ann Abdalla
Mary Anderson
Helen M. Blanchard
George Bailey
Harriet Dearden
Bailie Charette
Irene DeGraff
Anne Christman
Mae & Everett Dillon
Paul & Nancy Cuddihy
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Stephen Reul
Francis & Sheila Dolezal
Ann Schworm
Lionel & Joyce Fallows
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