The Hanover Wind Symphony’s members are from the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area and represent many professional backgrounds. Approximately half are professional music educators and the rest have a diverse set of occupations including business executives, teachers and engineers to name a few. The musicians’ average tenure is 15 years, with one-third having tenures of 20 years or more. All of the musicians are selected by audition and are strongly committed to volunteering their time and talents to the group.
FLUTE/PICCOLO
Ellen Bloemeke
Amanda Corujo
Dru Gaffney *
Barbara Hutchins
Mindy Kahn +
Elizabeth Marcotte
Ruth Pace
Leslie Pruess
KarenBeth Wilderotter
Laura Willis
OBOE
Karen Cavaliere *
Lynn Grice
ENGLISH HORN
Karen Cavaliere
BASSOON
Dona Byers
Elaine Schlatter *+
Joanne Willans
CLARINET
Jeanette Basilicato
Tom Burtnett
Dimitry Chernavsky
Peter D’Angelo
Joe Elliott
Karen Ford
Ed Goellner
Maria Komoroski
Hayley McAtee
Vincent Rufino +
Carlyn Smith *
BASS CLARINET
Peter Bacas
George Estes
CONTRABASS CLARINET
George Estes
SOPRANO SAXOPHONE
Alvin Scott
ALTO SAXOPHONE
Alvin Scott *
Margaret Sodt
TENOR SAXOPHONE
Ed Abelew
BARITONE SAXOPHONE
Russell Ford
TRUMPET
Paul Berman
Casey Carroll
Charles Christine
Carolyn Masi
Eric Mazurkiewicz
Danny Reardon
John Schumacher *
Len Stern +
Dan Traglia
Bill Trusheim +
Kurt Zimmermann
HORN
Kevin Bidwell
Michele Hughes *
Gail Lalk +
Emily Palmieri
Betty Peters
Renee Sachs
Libby Schwartz
C. J. Smith
TROMBONE
Dan Bassett
Rich Cush
Michael Kertesz
Heather Krygoski
Victoria Rackus
Justin Toomey
EUPHONIUM
Richard Barrieres +
Adam Freeman
Dan Masi *
Douglas Rutan
TUBA
Phil Hughes
Doug Hummer *
Joe Melody
Rob Ruth
Aaron Staluppi
Jason Whitaker
TIMPANI
Aldo Cugnini
PERCUSSION
Jim Doyle *
Kirby Jacobson
Julie Keefe
Jared Penn
Travis Salim
* Principal/Section Leader
+ Trustee
Updated 01-26-2019