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Gabriel Sakakeeny - Music Director    
 
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  VIOLIN:Cynthia Alfaro, Rose Batzdorff, Sandy Brown, Mary Cornett (S), Evan Craves (M), Loris Davanzo, Lisa Doyle, Nina Friedman, Dana Keeton, Ruth Koenig, Krisha Montmorency, Winnie Myers, Ned Phipps, Vanessa Rashbrook, Yvonne Shu   TRUMPET: Tom Hyde (M), David Lindgren,
 
 
 
  VIOLA: Rachel Bowen (M), Jerry Connell, Justin Flory, Bill Marx
HORN: Eric Anderson, Bruce Blaikie, Paul Hadley (M), Jeanne Porter (B)
 
 
  CELLO:Sally Hernandez, Peter Lert, Brian Lloyd, Mike Mouat, Ron Teplitz, Kathryn Vast (M)
  TROMBONE: Matt Allen, Jeff Barnard (M), Andy Goldstein
 
 
  CONTRABASS:Eddie Guthman, Greg Haims, Jack Palacios (M)
TUBA: Floyd Reinhart
 
 
FLUTE AND PICCOLO: Marlene Eyre, Valerie White (M)   PERCUSSION:Tim Ellis (P), Jocelyn McCord, Jennifer Wilsey (M)
 
 
OBOE:Jane Kramer, English Horn (M)
TIMPANI:Anthony Blake, Tim Ellis (P), Jennifer Wilsey (M)
 
 
CLARINET: Steve Bergman, Jay Hutchinson, Mary Kruzas (W)
HARP:
 
 
BASSOON:Miranda Kincaid, Mary Ann Sacksteder (M), Elaine Parrish
KEYBOARDS:
 
 
     
   
  Some orchestra members are unable to participate in all five concerts of our season. As a consequence their names do not appear above. They will, however be acknowledged both on this site and in our season program by special insert. They are as follows and will be playing in our April 27th concert:
 
Violin: George Bondarenko, Sienna Duarte, Susan O'Neill, Kelly Snyder, Laurie Sullivan, Linda Welter Viola: Ian Hansen, Diana Jeon Cello: Ardath Andrews, Vickie Sutton Bass: Tristan Arnold, Mark Culbertson, John MacElwee, Bill Moores, Flute: Emily Reynolds, Naomi Goff, Adish Yajnik Clarinet: Ken Ward, Ray Walker Oboe: Beth Aiken, Suzanne Eraldi, Jessica McPherson Contra Bassoon: Lori Garvey, Carlos O. Rodriguez, Jr. Trumpet: Dave Fichera, Danielle Gilmore, Tayla Nebesky Bass Trumpet: Alex Masselink Horn: Barbara Allen, Ben Robinson, Bob Satterford, Randy Masselink, Tuba: Eric Smith Percussion: Joseph Lang Harp: open Piano/Keyboard: open
   
  ORCHESTRA LEGEND: B,W,P,S= Brass, Wind, Percussion and String Managers
                  M= Section Managers    
 



   

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 35,000 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.

iIn 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.