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
Jenny DeRoche Christian
Harp Ensemble Director
Matthew Onstad
Brass Choirs Co-Director
Music Makers Staff
Ria Hodgson
Music Makers Director
Simrin Sandhu
Program Coordinator
Maggie Schenk
Membership Coordinator
Kaleigh Acord
Violin Instructor
Paran Amirinazari
Violin Instructor
Peter Baggenstoss
Piano Instructor
Micah Behr
Piano Instructor
Melanie de Jesus
Viola Instructor
Esther Delamater
Violin and Viola Instructor
Shannon Farley
Violin Instructor
Bradley Fremder
Percussion Pilots Instructor
Bonnie Greene
Violin and Piano Instructor
Paul Hastil
Piano Instructor
Juliana Mesa Jaramillo
Piano and Music Theory Instructor
Carol Jenkins
Violin Instructor
Louka Patenaude
Guitar Instructor
Laurie Riss
Cello Instructor
Jeff Stanek
Piano Instructor
Clayton Tillotson
Violin Instructor
Administrative Staff
Bridget Fraser
Executive Director
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Yanzelmalee Rivera
Operations Director
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Susan Gardels
Development & Communication Director
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Valree Casey
Membership Manager
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Joseph Greer
Operations Assistant and Librarian
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2022-23 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
Nate Boebel
Ted DeDee
Steven Ewer
Marc Fink
Javier Garay
Tiffany Lim
Barbara Merz
Cyrena Pondrom
Kathy Schell
Charles Snowdon
Judith Topitzes
John Walker
Bill Winkle
Carola Winkle
Charlotte Woods
Ron Zerofsky
Aaron Zutz
Life Trustees
Marian Bolz
Michael George
Shirley Inhorn
Stanley Inhorn
Andrée Valley
Coe Williams
Richard W. Wolf
Directors – Emeritus
Martha Fuguitt
Aileen Jensen
Steven Rosing
Music Director – Emeritus
James Smith
Conductors – Emeritus
Thomas Buchhauser
WYSO Ex-Officio
Lisa Kjentvet – Education and Community Engagement, Madison Symphony Orchestra
Designate – Arts Education, Madison Metropolitan School District
Chris Gleason – Arts and Creativity Consultant, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Joseph Loehnis – Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra
Diana Popowycz – Director, Suzuki Strings of Madison
Advisors
Christine Rew Barden
Cheryl Bartlett
Sally Davis
Randall Dimond
Renée Farley
Christopher Frautschi
Deepika Rajesh
Laurie Riss
Lynn Stathas
William Steckelberg
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.
2022-2023 Officers
Graham Fuguitt, President
Bridget Fraser, Secretary
2022-2023 Advisors and Trustees
Diane Ballweg, Trustee
Angela Batterman, Trustee
Marian Bolz, Trustee
Amanda Gausewitz, WYSO Treasurer
Linda Leikness, Trustee
Bruce Matthews, WYSO Board President
Diane Mayland, Trustee
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.