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.
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PERSONNEL
Matthew J. Paterno, Music Director
Ayden Khan, Associate Music Director
FLUTE/PICCOLO
Ellen Bloemeke
Xavier Bonilla
Amanda Corujo
Drusilla Gaffney *
Barbara Hutchins
Mindy Kahn +
Ruth Pace
KarenBeth Wilderotter
OBOE
Karen Cavaliere *
Lynn Grice
ENGLISH HORN
Karen Cavaliere
BASSOON
Dona Byers
Marissa Raczynski
Hailey Riccardo
Elaine Schlatter *+
Joanne Willans
CLARINET
Alan Asarch
Tom Burtnett
Dimitry Chernavsky *
Peter D’Angelo
Joe Elliott
Karen Ford
Ed Goellner
Peter Grice
Maria Komoroski
Rebecca Mongioj
Vincent Rufino
BASS CLARINET
Dominic Dell Antonia
Hayley Wilderotter
SOPRANO SAXOPHONE
Alvin Scott
ALTO SAXOPHONE
Christine Paterno
Alvin Scott *
TENOR SAXOPHONE
Ed Abelew
BARITONE SAXOPHONE
Russell Ford
TRUMPET
Charles Christine +
Nick Fantazzi
Carolyn Masi *
Ester Musilli +
Michael Palma
Leon Pooran
Justin Rothstein
Len Stern +
Bill Trusheim +
HORN
Kevin Bidwell
Emily Galow
Michele Hughes *
Gail Lalk
Emily Palmieri
Betty Peters
Renee Sachs
Caitlin Scrimo
Jill Van Nostrand
TROMBONE
MIchael Dodge
Erica Liguori *+
Frankie Macedo-Nieto
Alec Sabatino
Tommy Sansone
Justin Toomey
EUPHONIUM
Rich Barrieres
Dan Masi *
Steven Sachs
TUBA
Phil Hughes
Joe Melody *
Rob Ruth
Jason Whitaker
TIMPANI
Jim Bogert
PERCUSSION
Hannah D'Elia
Jim Doyle*
Ayden Khan
Ken Piascik
Travis Salim
* Principal/Section Leader
+ Trustee
Updated 10-22-2026