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.
Find out more about our musicians from Bill Trusheim:
FLUTE/PICCOLO
Ellen Bloemeke
Amanda Corujo
Drusilla Gaffney *
Barbara Hutchins
Mindy Kahn +
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
David Gallagher
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
Rachel Sousa
TROMBONE
Patrick Allred
Michael Kertesz
Erica Liguori
Victoria Rackus
Alec Sabatino
Justin Toomey
EUPHONIUM
Richard Barrieres +
Adam Freeman
Dan Masi *
Steve Rapp
Douglas Rutan
TUBA
Phil Hughes
Doug Hummer *
Joe Melody
Rob Ruth
Aaron Staluppi
Jason Whitaker
TIMPANI
Aldo Cugnini
PERCUSSION
Jim Bogert
Jim Doyle *
Kirby Jacobson
James Nelson
Jared Penn
Travis Salim
* Principal/Section Leader
+ Trustee
Updated 1-08-2020