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Orchestra Members

These are the Midcoast Symphony Orchestra musicians as of October, 2025.

To learn more about the members whose bios are on the website, please see our Musicians page.

Listed alphabetically.

Violin I
Carol Preston, Concertmaster
Jessie Boardman
Jeanne Di Franco
Wesley Gillis
Kate Gray
Mary Hunter
Eric Kawamoto
Meghan Metzger
Sally Morrison
Julia O'Brien-Merrill
Trevor Peterson
Emily Roy
Phyllis Saunders
Rick Seeley
Tyler Sherwin
Elise Straus-Bowers

Violin II
Caroline Cornish*
Phoebe Blume
Mariah Charland
Ara Dedekian
Judy Falconer
Robert Frank
Beverly Hochberg
Liberty Hunt
Janice Kieschnick
Allison Lupien
Micaela Merrill
Julie Pease
Kate Rosenfeld
Denise Shannon
Moira Walden

Viola
Heather Linkin*
Margaret Abbott
Melissa Britsch
Rebecca Dreher
Meg Estapa
Meg Lewis
Abigail Nash
Aaron Park
Jeanie Wester

Cello
Patsy Dickinson*
Karen Jung*
Rielle Auclair
Ben Bridges
Philip Carlsen
Jen Reeber
Martha Stein
Rachel Stettler
Ellen Sullivan
Lisa Walker
Alex Wong
Laura Zitske

Bass
Paul Greenstone*
Sally Johnstone*
Michael Adair
Thomas Baumgarte
Anne Nanovic
Charles Oehrtmann


Flute/Piccolo
Eileen Bonine *
Linda Brunner emerita
Sally Gundersen
Sandy Kauffman
Carolyn Lanigan
Judy Mack
Donna Maher
Alicia Scott

Oboe/English Horn
Billie Jo Brito*
Jamée Ard
Sarah Dow
John Teller emeritus

Clarinet
Rachel Boddie*
Carol Furman*
Alan Whittemore

Bassoon/Contra-bassoon
Frank Gross*
Lara Bailey
Chris Falcone
Michael Powell
Ted Walworth

French Horn
Cynthia Harkleroad*
Beth Almquist
Alfred Beattie
Seth Blank
Dawne-Marie Powers
Matt Pollack
Sarah Rodgers
Dain Shuler

Trumpet
Timothy Kenlan*
Gerry Flanagan
Jimi Michele
Martin Naas

Trombone
Bruce Theriault* 
Jim Boyd
Jeff Ertman
Chris Hall

Tuba
Douglas Ertman
Mike Boddie
 

Timpani
Durell Bissinger*

Percussion
Quinn Gormley*
Anne-Marie D'Amico
John Maillet
Rusty Quinn

Harp
Virginia Flanagan

Piano
James Parakilas


* Section principal players