WHATCOM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

2011-2012 Personnel

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VIOLIN I:
Grant Donnellan*
Emily Bailey
Laura Barnes
David Bean
Gaye Davis
Joanne Donnellan
Irene Fadden
James Knight
Yelena Nelson
Sandra Payton
Krissy Snyder
Maritza Soto
John Tilley
Karen Visser
Bill Watts

VIOLIN II
Kathy Diaz*
Melissa Challender
Barbara Curtis
Frances DeRook
Timothy Freeman
Laura Guthridge
Laura Herren-Lund
Jane Lund
Mary Mahoney
Kashmere Mareau
Rosalie Romano
Carla Rutschman
Amie Smit
Kris Turner
Jane Young

VIOLA
Morgan Schwab*
Kacey Alleman
Joanne Dudley
Becky Elmendorf
Lisa Humphrey
Celeste Larson
Michael Neville
Kyle Purnell
Betsy Stuen-Walker

CELLO:
Nick Strobel*
Gabrielle Arness
Chip Bergeron
Ivan Murphy Dlouhy
Noel Evans
Cori Holquinn
Coral Marchant
Celia Obrecht
Mary Passmore
Bette Ann Schwede

BASS:
Thomas Mayes * Zack Zydek +
Natalee Binning
Alli Chapin
Faye Hong
Jonathan Humphrey

FLUTE:
Lisa McCarthy*
Debbie Arthur
Nirvana Guernsey

OBOE:
Jennifer Weeks*
Kristen Gillig
Ken Bronstein

CLARINET:
David Alex*
Ray Downey
Barry Ulman*
Kim Fay
Dag Jensen

BASSOON:
Pat Nelson*
Phillip Thomas
Terhi Miikki-Broersma

HORN:
Brad Bigelow*
Brent Allen
Jack Champagne
Greg Verbarendse

TRUMPET:
Karolyn Labes*
Steve Sperry
Del Vandekerk

TROMBONE:
Phil Heft *
Bob Gray

TUBA:
Mark Lindenbaum*

PERCUSSION:
Stephanie Straight*
Scott Davis
Jennifer Longstaff
Tanya McAtee
Kay Reilly

KEYBOARD:
Michael Refvem*

HARP:
Jill Whitman*

   

* Principal
+ On Leave

Oboe Principal Chair

Jennifer Weeks

Jennifer Weeks

  • Bachelor of Music from McGill University in Montreal
  • Graduate Performance Diploma from the Cleveland Institute of Music (funded by two Canada Arts Council grants)
  • Additional orchestra training with the Montreal Youth Orchestra, Youth Orchestra of Quebec, the National Academy of Orchestra in Canada, and the Tanglewood Festival Fellowship Orchestra
  • Principal oboe in the Kinston Symphony in Ontario
  • Oboe Instructor at Queen's University
  • Has performed with the Seattle Symphony, the Pacific Northwest Ballet and the Vancouver Island Symphony
  • Returned to school and received an Associates Degree in Envionrmental Conservation from Skagit Valley College and is currently employed as a Natural Resource Technician in the Natural Resource Department at the Samish Indian Nation in Anacortes
  • Loves playing the oboe and making music with an amazing group of Bellingham musicians
Open Auditions