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
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
Updated 10-07-2018