The Artistic Director and Operations Team are responsible for all aspects of the concert production — from repertoire, to guest artists, to working with the musicians of our orchestra.

Glen Cortese, Artistic Director (contact) (view bio)

Ian Kenyon, General Director and Board Advisor (contact)

Stephani Emery, Personnel Manager (contact)

Joseph Diamond, CPA, Bookkeeper (contact)

Sarah Dutton, Stage Manager (contact)

Debrah Devine, Music Librarian (contact)

Our Volunteers support the CSO’s activities including advocacy, fundraising, and front-of-house operations at concerts. The CSO is always interested in welcoming new volunteers who may have worked with musical ensembles, or simply want to give it a try for the first time! Interested individuals may reach out at contact@catskillsymphony.org

Dennis Banks

Sue Beames

Gerianne Carillo

William Goertemoeller

Cynthia Goertemoeller

Robert Grant

Julie Grant

Paul Patterson

Miriam Sharick

Eleanor Vance

Maynard Vance

Tracy Verma

Violin I

Michael Emery, Mitsuko Suzuki, Nathan Lawrence, Ubaldo Valli, Taras Bohach, Herbert Poetzl, Olga Megedyn, and Andrew Frech

Violin II

Debrah Devine, Raymond Zoeckler, Melanie Evans, Yaryna Tsarynska, Teresa Gatta-Norton, and Heather Chan

Viola

Megan Dyer, TJ McAvaney, Stephani Emery, Beth Moll, Amy Tompkins, and Michelle Wilcox

Celli

Janet Nepkie, Ben Wittenberg, Michael Gasparovic, Ruth Berry, and Tara Hanish

Double Bass

David Irvin and Rich Mollin

Flute

Elizabeth Kitson, Elizabeth Evans, and Ana Laura Gonzalez

Oboe

Cathryn Jones, Victoria Rickard, and Maureen Haehnel

Clarinet

Richard MacDowell and Kristin Kelly

Bassoon

Sue Daves and Judith Marchione

Horn

Victor Sungarian, Claire Tuxill McKenny, and Stephanie Hollander

Trumpet

Ralph Dudgeon, Benjamin Aldridge, and Alan Howell

Trombone

Paul Blake, Jim D’Addario, and Frank Meredith

Tuba

Michael Depauw

Tympani

Kathryn Lowery

Percussion

Jeffrey Grubbs and Michael Cirmo

Keyboard

Daniel Chien

Harp

Karlinda Caldicott