Artistic Staff, Administration & Board Members

Artistic Staff

Kyle Knox
Music Director & Youth Orchestra Conductor

Michelle Kaebisch
Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor

Christine Mata Eckel
Concert Orchestra Conductor

Geri Hamilton
Sinfonietta Conductor

Steve Kurr
Opus One Conductor

Karl Lavine
Chamber Music Program Director

Vicki Peterson Jenks
Percussion Ensemble Director

Tom Curry
Brass Choirs Director

Jenny DeRoche Christian
Harp Ensemble Director
Music Makers Staff

Ria Hodgson
Music Makers Director

Maggie Schenk
Membership Coordinator

Paran Amirinazari
Violin Instructor

Micah Behr
Piano Instructor

Shannon Farley
Violin Instructor

Melanie de Jesus
Viola Instructor

Bonnie Greene
Violin and Piano Instructor

Paul Hastil
Piano Instructor

Louka Patenaude
Guitar Instructor

Laurie Riss
Cello Instructor

Bradley Fremder
Percussion Pilots Instructor

Clayton Tillotson
Violin Instructor

Kaleigh Acord
Violin Instructor

Carol Jenkins
Violin Instructor

Jeff Stanek
Piano Instructor

Juliana Mesa Jaramillo
Piano and Music Theory Instructor

Esther Delamater
Violin and Viola Instructor

Peter Baggenstoss
Piano Instructor
Administrative Staff

Bridget Fraser
Executive Director
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Yanzelmalee Rivera
Operations Director
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Shuk-Ki (Suki) Wong
Administrative Manager
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Susan Gardels
Marketing & Communications Director
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Valree Casey
Membership Manager
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Joseph Greer
Operations Assistant and Librarian
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2021-22 Board of Directors
Officers
Bruce Matthews, President
Susan Collins, Immediate Past President
Mary Gerbrig, 1st Vice-President
Graham Fuguitt, Vice President
Mona Muldowney, Vice- President
Amanda Gausewitz, Treasurer
Richard Hammerstrom, Secretary
Directors
Jared Bushek
Ted DeDee
Randy Dimond
Steven Ewer
Marc Fink
Evan Fye
Michael George
Tiffany Lim
Duane McCrary
Barbara Merz
Cyrena Pondrom
Deepika Rajesh
Lynn Stathas
William Steckelberg
Judy Topitzes
Charlotte Woods
Aaron Zutz
Life Trustees
Marian Bolz
Shirley Inhorn
Stanley Inhorn
Andrée Valley
Coe Williams
Richard W. Wolf
Directors – Emeritus
Martha Fuguitt
Aileen Jensen
Steve Rosing
Music Director – Emeritus
James Smith
Conductors – Emeritus
Thomas Buchhauser
WYSO Ex-Officio
Peter Kuzma – Fine Arts Coordinator, MMSD
Kathryn Schwarzmann – Director of Education and Community Engagement, Madison Symphony Orchestra
Diana Popowycz – Director, Suzuki Strings of Madison
Joe Loehnis or Designate – Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra
Advisors
Christine Rew Barden
Cheryl Bartlett
Sally Davis
Renée Farley
Christopher Frautschi
Gary Johnson
Ann Groves Lloyd
Laurie Riss
John Walker
Richard Zellner
WYSO Foundation
The WYSO Foundation is a separate 501C3, established in 1999 for the purpose of accepting and managing gifts, bequests of property and the income realized for the sole benefit of the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras.
2021-2022 Officers
Graham Fuguitt, President
Bridget Fraser, Secretary
2021-2022 Advisors and Trustees
Diane Ballweg, Trustee
Angela Batterman, Trustee
Marian Bolz, Trustee
Amanda Gausewitz, WYSO Treasurer
Linda Leikness, Trustee
Bruce Matthews, WYSO Board President
Christopher Rich, Trustee
Charles Steinhauer, Trustee
Rob Stroud, Trustee
Please contact Bridget Fraser, WYSO Executive Director and Secretary of the WYSO Foundation Board of Trustees, for more information.