BSO Musicians 1963-2023

This list includes the names of musicians who played with the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra from 1963 to 2023. The data was taken from the final concert program of each season. Players who performed for part of a season may not be reflected in this list. If your name was left off, or you know of someone who was, please accept our apology and contact our office to be added to this list.

If you are on this list and have a memory to share, please email our office or submit it on this form. We would love to collect your memories and thoughts about playing with the Bloomington Symphony!

This information was compiled by Anne Cheney in 2022-23. We thank her for her time and energy that went into this daunting project!

Violin
Pearl Ahlstrom
Emily Anderson
Jennifer Anderson
Louise Anderson
Ross Anderson
Anna Andrews
Ishak “Vic” Arazi
Paul Askegaard
Tamara Bandelin
Julia Bartsch
Greg Bastien
Elizabeth Bell
Lauren Benish
Brenda Benoit
Linda Berglund
Clair Bernard
Colleen Bertsch
G. M. Bestler
Mark Bjork
Carol Bonde
Karen Bottge
Lorraine Bower
Randy Bower
Robert Brandl
Clarence Brandt
E. Phillip Bremmer
Kristin Brinkmann,
Annie Brown
Barbara Brown
Mary Ann Brown
Pamela Bublitz
Gladys Buchl
Lindsey Bulger
Lynne Bulger
Brianna Butler
Jenny Caldwell
Debbie Carlson
R. Carny
Jenna Carr
Kelly Carter
Helen Chang
Peter Chang
Andrea Cheesebrow
Jessica Cheng
George Chlebecek
James Chlebecek
Jodi Chlebecek Corrigan
James Chlebecek, Jr
Shirley Christiansen
Stephanie Coltvet Erdmann
J. Michael Compton
Connie Conrad
Rebecca Corruccini
Juan Cuneo
Adrienne Dangerfield
Dana DeLaHunt
John Dennis
Mrs. Jos DeRaad
Renee Dirks
Marcia Doering
Rachel Dorr
Akiko Durbin
Stephen Dygos
Becky Edelstein
Judith Eisner
Theresa Elliot
Clair Elrod
Ellis Emery
Jeffrey Evans
Rudi Faller
Mary Faribault
Shannon Farley
Jeno Fenczik
Kathy Ferris
Andrew Ferski
Jean Fess
David Finne
Mary Foster
Norman Fox
Nancy Freeman
Beth Fretland
Karen Frevert
Lawrence Fritzberg
Pamela Gahr
Ing-Mari Gahr Ryan
Jill Gallagher
R Gamble
Cecilia Garcia Gaul
Jennifer Gardner
Troy Gardner
David Gehrking
Mark Gitch
Cindy Goodoien
Greg Granum
Charles Gray
Deonne Gray
Joseph Grecco
Jennifer Green
Bernard Greensweig
Jodie Grefe
Diane Grotberg
Julie Guerber
Helmut Gutmann
Helmuth Gutmans
Nikkia Hall
Anita Halverson
Mary Hamel
John Hanson
Lee Hanson
Pat Harper
John Holm
Laverne Holmes
Edward Horak
Cynthia Howell
Thomas Hustvet
Lenore Iacarella
Clifton Jackson
Julia Jacobson
Allison Johnson
Carolyn Johnson
Linnea Johnson
Seth Johnson
David Jones
Jenna Kaczke
Lorraine Kaukinen
Dana Killam
Robert Knowles
Carol Knutson
Brian Kohn
John Kovarik
Talia Krogstad
Arnold Krueger
John Kushke
Randi Kvaam
Barbara Lamb
Dennis Lane
Erik Lange
Pam Langseth
Christine Larson
Vicki Larson
Evelyn Laubaugh
Lisa Lawrence
Karen Lee
Lorraine Lee
Wendy Legge
Rudolf Lekhter
Steve Leung
Ramona Lincoln
Polly LoCascio
Roslyn Locketz
Helene Lohman
Dana Long
Joseph Lubov
Carol Lueben
Angelica Lundberg
Jackie Lutz
Jill Lynch
Nancy Ma
Pam Macheledt
Marja Maddrie
Karen Mades
Irv Manke
Douglas Manuel
William Marshall
Lauren Matheson
Renne May
Frank McDonald
Michael McGillivray
Emily McLoughlin
Patti McLoughlin
Kay McNamara
Kristin Meyer
Mary Miller
Thomas Miller
Kay Minnick
Bill Mitchell
Florence Murray
Janice Nelson
Michael Nelson
Susan Nelson
Michio Nikaido
Jack Noennig
Julie Olson
Gina O’Neill
Amy Oriani
Connie Oriani
Talia Ortiz Krogstad
O. M. Ostrem
Linda Owen
Aimee Paar Olson
Kristin Parker
Elaine Parsons
June Peller
Robert Peller
Marie Perrault
Clarence Peterson
Joe Peterson
Lori Pommer
Alan Pravitz
David Preves
Melissa Pugh
Clarice Purdy
Barb Railsback
Tina Raimondi
Renee Rassmussen
Milana Reiche
June Reinhard
Suzanne Remarcik
James Richards
Susan Robertson
Brenda Ruberto
Kirsten Russler
Donna Rustad
Jim Ryberg
Jodi Rynda
Tami Santelli
Barbara Savareide
Jamie Schain
Karl Scheurer
SuAnne Schloo
Walter Schrader
Mary Schug
Sarah Shrader
Stanley Sivertson
Jennie Six Ruel
Carla Skaates
Theresa Smetana
Theodore Stamos
Ladi Stanisha
Rita Steele
Steven Stenson
Debbie Sundem
Rick Sutherland
Michael Sutton
Lori Sweazy
Walter Targ
D. G. Taylor
Gilman Taylor
Karen Thomas
Lissa Thomas
Maia Thorkilson
Lawrence Trudeau
Deonne Tweeten
Julie Vanderstappen
Erik Veum
Emily Vigne
Jennifer Volby
Susan Watkins
Hayley Wender
Jon West
Mary West
Barbara Whiteman Brown
Theresa Wise
Heidi Wojahn
Beth Wolfe
June Yerxa
Mark Zellgert
Hong Zhang

Viola
Pam Anderson*
Ishak “Vic” Arazi*
Will Bartuff
Debbie Bloom
Ariel Buehler
Lynne Bulger
Peter Chang
Chris Chelgren
Annette Christiansen
Chuck Clay
Laura De St. Croix
Liz Deger
Megan Druckrey
Edward Ells
Laura Engan
Janet Fitzgerald
Heather Fitzgerald
Bob Fried
Noel Gagnon
Allyson Giere
Daniel Gilbert
Mark Gitch
Arthur Gold
Greg Granum
Charles Gray
Anne Marie Griffith
Julie Guerber

Violas, continued

Krista Halvorson
Gary Hansen
Jess Harris
Lynn Harris
Beth Anne Hassler
Cassandra Herold
Donna Hoel
Dawn Hong
Oscar Johnson
Mary Keyes
Phillip Knutson
Blanche Krebecek
Rolf Krogstad
Dennis Lane
Lois Lane
Rosalyn Locketz
Seymour Locketz
Elizabeth Loudon
Hugh McElroy
Laura Menard
Lisa Moore
Victoria Morrison
Amy Nordell
Sara Oberlin Teran
Julie Olson
Laurie Olson
Sarah Oxendale
Allyson Pehoski
George Pitts
Thomas Plante
Jon Poupore
Alice Preves
Clarice Purdy
Jennifer Reeves
Vicki Reeves
Joy Reichel
Hilary Sackett Crosbie
Lisa Schapp Belmares
Will Schatz
Robert Schilling
Walter Schrader
Matthew Schubring
David Shussin
Louis Sinykin
Paul Tarabek
Virginia Taylor
Merry Theis
Jess Ulrich
Katrina VanBuskirk
Julie Vanderstappen
Brian Vo
Karen Wagner
Leah Wahlin
Julia Wells
Amy Westermeyer
Andrew Williams
Roberta Worrel
Kathy Zigler

Cello
Jana Alme
Jane Amundson
Amanda Anderson
Bruce Barton
Carrie Bartz
Coral Bastien
Vincent Bastien
Cathy Benham
Paul Benson
Michael Berman
Derrick Berndt
Daryl Carlson
Sarah Chelgren Duffy
David Conrad
Matt Cummins
Eric Dahlberg
Andrea Dixon
Elizabeth Drotning
John Eadie
Taag Ebert
Ralph Eisland
Julie Elhard
Daniel Erickson
Eleanor Evans
Elizabeth Evans
James Ewing
Jay Fleming
Bill Gagnon
Julia Gale
Becky Gamble
Patricia Germain
Norma Gobr
Nancy Goldman
Linda Goodoien
Marie Groenjes
Esther Haggquist
Arlene Halvorson
Jim Haugland
Laurie Hodapp Maiser
David Holliday
Kris Hull
Paul Jansen
Kim Kaiser
Beth Karges
Jan Kassulke
Ida Kats
Kevin Keal
Carole Keller
Jean Kusz
Dennis Lane
Suzanne Lane
Eveie Lipszyc
Diane Loudon
Marlys Lund
Greg Marget
Stan Markey
Sally Jane Mathias
Matthew Maxam
Richard May, Jr
Mary Margaret Meyers
Scott Miller
Dan Mollick
Neal Moore
Mary Mueller
Cheryl Murray
Karen Nordstrom
Michael Oliver
Lorraine Olson
Janet Ose
Mae Ruth Pribble
Korise Rasmussen
John Renwick
Will Richardson
Megan Riley
Michael Shaughnessy
Bethany Sibenaller
Edwin Smelker
Deanna Stanger
Douglas Starkebaum
Linda Stenson
David Straka
Milton Sweningson
Ruth Sydow
Inga Thelander
Larry Thies
Maura Timmerman
Paul Vance
Anna Vasquez
Aubrey Vasquez
Robert Weinstock
Samantha Westrick
Molly Wilber
Kathy Winckler/
Anna Withhrow
Jan Worrel
Robert Wright
Scott Zeltinger

Bass
James Adams
Wayne Anderson
Ovid “Biddy” Bastien
Jeff Benjamin
Jon Berndt Olson
Nancy Bjork
Blake Bonde
William Boone
Michael Bormes
Travis Bruns
John Bulger
John Casey
Marion Casey
L. B. Curtis/Curtiss
Kenneth Davenport
Ashely Eidbo
Peter Elvin
Arthur Gold
Corinne Gormley,
Irving Greenfield
Adam Hanson
Gary Hede
David Hoverson
Conrad Hultquist
Larry Hutchinson
Mary Iskra
Albrecht Jander
Scott Jensen
Andrew Keller
Josh Kimball
John Knowles
Robyn Koehler
Charles Kreitzer
Richard Kronick
Stan Markey*
Dave Maslow
Ann Marie McIntire
Kristen Metz
Roland Meyer
David Michel
David Miller
Miranda Morgan Lilla
Kate Munagian
Orv Nellermoe
Doug Nelson
Kellie Nitz
Randy Nordstrom
Marian Ost
Eric Pedersen
Kari Peterson
Michelle Reichert
Joseph Richardson
Jennifer Rubin
Joseph Rutter
Douglas Sandvos
Joshua Sanford
Joshua Schwalbach
Kari Slominski
Jeremy Smith
Brenna Speiser
George Stahl
Willard Sutton
Crystal Tait
Marta Tuff
Libby Voigt
Mark Wade
Wesley Wheatley
Roland Williams
Michael Yehle

Flute
Trudi Anderson
Carol Barnett
Charlotte Bartholomew
Jean Carey
Anne Cheney
Leslie Cryer
Russell Dedrick
Cynthia Drown
David Eagle
Elaine Eagle
Donald Eckles
Karen Hannah
Judith Herring
Janet Hohn
June Hudson
Joanne Kilmer
Karen Kronberg
Endi Lang
Ann Maslow
Sally McVicar
Polly Meyerding
Joyce Mortison
David Nelson
Barbara Osadcky
Amy Osterman
Velna Rayman
Kathy Root
Jean Schaefer
Marilyn Schlader
Doreen Smoots
Sandy Solheid
June Wigthers
Kathy Wood

Oboe
Angela Anderson
Rhadames Angelucci
Diane Benjamin
Carl Berglund, Jr.
Amy Bloom
Nancy Coburn
Megan Dvorak
Sarah Erickson Lume
Raphael Fishman
Marilyn Ford
Chuck Fullerton
Gail Gaustad
Bob Gillard
Cheri Hansen
Faye Hermsen
Carl Holub
Wes Huisinga
Mariah Johnston
Amy Kreitzer
Michael McVicar
Stuart Mitchell
Dyann Myers
Patrice Pakiz
Robert Pearson
Amy Peloquin
Renae Pyle
Janet Rarick
Cathy Rutter
Steve Savre
Linnea Schilling

Oboes, continued

Heidi Schmidt
Caroline Schmitter
Lauren Seidel
Signe Smeby
Ita Vellek
Donald Werdick
E.M. (Gene) Whitacre

Clarinet
Mary Albachten
Jon Arnason
Darlene Bjellan
Henry Blackburn
Vicki Gould
Allen Habel
Stanley Haimes
Karen Hansen Gurstelle
Marie Hardy
Samuel Harvey
Bea Hasselmann
Laura Hoverson
Henry Hunke
Don Jyrkas
Chelsea Kimpton
Ellen Kniebel
Ellen Kniebel
Arthur Kourajian
Angela Kretschmar Wyatt
Brian Krysinski
Mary Lies
Gwen Maistrovich
Judy Matala
Melissa McPartland
Jean Merkelo
John Miller
Pearl Miller
Neal Moore
Nina Olsen
Anna Richter
Amy Roisum
Diane Salsbery
Paul Schulz
Edward Sodergren
Laila Stainbrook
Lara Trujillo
Jill Westermeyer
Tim Westermeyer
Kathy White

Bassoon
Mary Banti
Mindy Braithwaite
Dan Breining
John Burns
Ford Campbell
Heather Clark
Joseph DeRaad
Kathy Gray
Tom Hemingway
Carl Hunt
Dale Hunt
Nancy Jacobsen
David Magnuson
Duncan Massey
Beth Miller
Jon Winston Miller
Teresa Moran
Ann Pesavento
Richard Peterson
Mary Pat Ratte
Karen Rowley
Shirley Towne
Rita Wells
Douglas Wilson

Horn
Elizabeth Anderson
Annie Ausen
Chris Bashor
Pat Bastyr
Steven Berlin
Therese Berns
David Borsheim
Pamela Carlson
Susan Corrigan
Ann Curry
Elaine Davis
Melanie Ditter
Peter Dyrud
Steve Ecklund
Curt Hagen
Pat Hanson
Gwen Hoberg
George Housenga
Patrick Hughes
Daryl Jackson
Christopher Jarvis
Rebecca Jyrkas
Vince Kavalski
Rebecca Klages
James Kodner
Marguerite Krause
Janet Lantz
Claire Larson
Laurie Lorenz
Cathy Martin
Rebecca McClone
Karen McCoy
Marvin McCoy
Claudette McLain
Merrill Miller
Martha Mitchell
Becky Monson
Melissa Morey
Karin Newstrom
Robert Olson
Vandy Park
Allyson Partin
Gordon Paske
Melissa Peterson
Barbara Preohl
John Reilly
Charlotte Riddle
Carol Robertshaw
Brian Rule
John Sassaman
Peter Scheifelbein
Gail Schumacher
Daniel Sidlyarevich
Diane Soderling
James Straka
James Wehrman
Vicki Wheeler
Alice Williams
Alyson Williams

Trumpet
Mark Adler
Michael Anderson
Scott Auguston
Allen Bachelder
Pat Burkhaus
Larry Chamberlain
Mark Chelgren
David Cicchese
Lynn Erickson
Jenny Faller
Steven Garcia
Jan Gregory
Don Hakala
Mike Hillman
Roger Hoel
Matt Hoffner
Chris Houser
Dick Jorgenson
Tim Killam
John Koopman
Steve Lee
Glen Lund
Ralph Manwiller
Jimi Michiel
James Miller
John Moskwa
William Munoz
Luke Olson
Glenn Prall
Russell Reynolds
Irving Robbins
Ken Ross
Roger Sandstrom
Thomas Sather
Michael Schleicher
Thomas Schmid
Brad Shermock
David Smythe
Paul Tack
Laura Thelander
Stuart Wallace
Lee Weimer
Alex Wilson
Susan Zins

Trombone
Hans Arlton
Beau Battle
Doug Berg Williams
Harold Bloom
David Bratcher
Wallace Brindle
Steven Crowley
Neil Dolinsk
Dave Enyart
Greg Erickson
Robert Glass
Lonna Gormley
Harold Hall
Mary Kraemer
Mark Kretschmar
Michael Levin
Steve Lundahl
Roger Lundberg
John Metcalfe
Richard Miller
Matt Mollers
Steve Ramsay
Craig Richmond
Ernie Scheidness
Bill Stamm
Don Weiblin
David Weller
Louis Witt
Kathy Woodford
Robert Woodford
Gary Zielinski

Tuba
Robert Falk
Steve Hauer
Bruce Jensen
Blanche Krebecek
Allen Munneke
Richard Paske
Eric Peterson
Mike Rounds
Walfred Swanson
Brad Vettrus
Michael Werner

Percussion
Dave Albrecht
Paul Babcock
Tom Bednars
James Berns
Mark Bryn
Chris Calhoun
Cathy Carpenter
Janis Chamour
Nancy Coburn
Gary Cook
Lisa Copeland
Curt Crippen
Jason Drabek
Eric Drotning
Andy Eieley
Rich Flint
Betty Franks
John Gerdes?
Jeff Gramm
Nate Haar
Trevor Haining
George Hesse
Richard Jensen
Sarah Johnson
Shelley Johnson
Mary Josefson
Joseph Just
Steve Kimmel
Darwin Kopp
Brian Krysinski
Kendrick Lewis
Paul Madore
Randy Martens
Gail Miller
Jim Miller
Peter Ministral
Bill Monson
Mark Morse
Eric Neseth
Michael Ness
David Olson
Fred Opie
Greg Smetana
S. Smetana
Robert Smithson
David Spaeth
Mary Lee Spaeth
Eric St. Clair
Mark Stillman
Mike Stutzer
Beth Tradup
Emily Tritilli
Elizabeth Varela
Tom Wahlrobe
Barb With
Greg Wood

Harp
Marian Casey
Jeanne Ekholm
Kitty Eliason
Trudi Finden
Ann Sather
Gaylord Stauffer
Cathy Victorsen
Valerie Weber Cribbs