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Gabriel Sakakeeny - Music Director    
 
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  VIOLIN: Cynthia Alfaro, Rose Batzdorff, Sandy Brown, Mary Cornett, Evan Craves* (S), Loris Davanzo, Lisa Doyle, Siena Duarte, Nina Friedman, Dana Keeton, Ruth Koenig, Krisha Montmorency, Winnie Myers, Jayna Newbold, Ned Phipps (M), Vanessa Rashbrook, Yvonne Shu, Laurie Sullivan, Linda Welter   TRUMPET: Tom Hyde (M), Karl Johnston, David Lindgren, Tayla Nebesky
 
 
 
  VIOLA: Jerry Connell, Justin Flory, Bill Marx
HORN: Eric Anderson, Bruce Blaikie, Jeanne Porter (B)
 
 
  CELLO:Sally Hernandez, Jim Hurd, Peter Lert, Brian Lloyd, Mike Mouat, Vickie Sutton, Ron Teplitz, Kathryn Vast (M), Carol Vines
  TROMBONE: Matt Allen, Jeff Barnard (M), Andy Goldstein
 
 
  CONTRABASS: Tristan Arnold, Eddie Guthman, John MacElwee, Jack Palacios (M)
TUBA: Floyd Reinhart
 
 
FLUTE AND PICCOLO: Marlene Eyre, Naomi Goff, Debra Ortega, Emily Reynolds, Valerie White (M)   PERCUSSION:Tony Blake, Tim Ellis (P), Joe Lang, Jocelyn McCord, Jennifer Wilsey (M)
 
 
OBOE:Chris Crive, Jane Kramer (English Horn) (M)
TIMPANI: Tony Blake, Jennifer Wilsey (M)
 
 
CLARINET: Steve Bergman, Nick Xenelis, Mary Kruzas
HARP: Kristina Kopriva
 
 
BASSOON: Miranda Kincaid, Elaine Parrish, Steve Peterson, Mary Ann Sacksteder (M)
KEYBOARDS: Open
 
 
     
   
  Not all musicians listed above appear in every concert.
 
   
  ORCHESTRA LEGEND: B,W,P,S= Brass, Wind, Percussion and String Managers
                  M= Section Managers   * Concertmaster
 



   

Founded in 1998, American Philharmonic - Sonoma County is a full size symphonic orchestra conceived from and supported by the communities of Sonoma County. Created by a group of musicians dedicated to reinventing the American symphony orchestra on sustainable democratic principles, we have grown from our modest beginnings as the Cotati Philharmonic, to become the premier professional volunteer orchestra in the North Bay Area.

Since that time, we have given sixty-eight concert events for over 40,000 audience members, all offered free of charge in service of our mission: to make the beauty of music and the power of community alive and available for everyone. This has been accomplished on an all-volunteer basis by the orchestra of 60-75 professional volunteer musicians and scores of dedicated and passionate non-musical volunteers from around Sonoma County and the North Bay area. Unlike other similarly sized and seasoned orchestras throughout the United States, our events are decidedly inclusive of people of every walk of life and provide great programming that people can understand and relate to.

We exist because of our commitment to bring the great music of our cultural heritage to those who either can’t afford to attend regular concerts or who wouldn’t attend because they might feel excluded or uncomfortable in the conventional setting of a symphony concert. In addition to experienced music lovers, we serve thousands of children, seniors, high school and college students, and parents who bring their whole families to enjoy great music together at consistently “sold out” concerts.

Many music professionals and lay members of the audience have favorably compared their concert experiences with us to the Santa Rosa Symphony and the San Francisco Symphony. The orchestra has debuted several new works and has featured soloists from among Sonoma County’s leading performing artists.

In October of 2007 the Orchestra was voted top in the Classical Music Category by the readers of the Bohemian newspaper in the Annual North Bay Classical Music Awards.