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 Nolden
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

Josh Biere
Brass Choirs Director

Danielle Breisach
Flute Choir Director

Victoria Rockman
Flute Choir Director

Marc Fink
Lalita Honors Woodwind Quintet Coach
Music Makers Staff

Simrin Sandhu
Program Coordinator

Maggie Schenk
Membership Coordinator

Paran Amirinazari
Violin Instructor

Joachim Austin
Music Theory and Composition Instructor

Peter Baggenstoss
Piano Instructor

Micah Behr
Piano Instructor

Christopher Bolduc
Violin Instructor

Sahada Buckley
Violin, Viola, Piano Instructor

Valree Casey
Oboe and Piano Instructor

Melanie de Jesus
Viola Instructor

Anthony DeMartinis
Percussion Instructor

Heavyn Dyer-Jones
Piano Instructor

Shannon Farley
Violin Instructor

Alissa Freeman
Piano Instructor

Bradley Fremder
Percussion Instructor

Becca May Grant
Piano Instructor

Bonnie Greene
Violin and Piano Instructor

Paul Hastil
Piano Instructor

Ria Hodgson
Music Makers Director

Majestica Lor
Cello Instructor

Janet Lyu
Violin Instructor

Louka Patenaude
Guitar Instructor

Hanna Pederson
Violin and Viola Instructor

Vinicius Sant’Ana
Violin Instructor

David Scholl
Double Bass Instructor

Jeff Stanek
Piano Instructor
Administrative Staff

Michelle Kaebisch
Executive Director
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Yanzelmalee Rivera
Operations Director
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Roger Seaver
Director of Facilities
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Andrew Briddell
Director of Community Partnerships
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Joseph Greer
Operations Assistant and Librarian
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Jake Penner
Marketing & Communications Manager
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Eric Prudent
Development Manager
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Zach Bethel
Administrative & Membership Coordinator
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Ethan Hanzel
Event Planner & Assistant Facility Manager
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2024-2025 Board of Directors
Officers
Mary Gerbig, President
Bruce Matthews, Immediate Past President
Javier Garay, Vice-President
Marie Justice, Vice- President
Karen Renee Kritsch, Vice-President
Nate Boebel, Treasurer
Kathy Schell, Secretary
Directors
Kaiping Chen
Valerie Chesnik
Tim Christian
Steven Ewer
Amanda Gausewitz
Scott Knapp
Didier Mandelbrot
Charles McLimans
Barbara Merz
Nick Mischler
Cyrena Pondrom
Bonnie Sommers-Olson
John Walker
Ron Zerofsky
Life Trustees
Michael George
Shirley Inhorn
Stanley Inhorn
Andrée Valley
Coe Williams
Richard W. Wolf
Music Director – Emeritus
James Smith
WYSO Ex-Officio
Lisa Kjentvet – Director of Education and Community Engagement, Madison Symphony Orchestra
Chris Gleason – Arts and Creativity Consultant, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Designate – Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra
Diana Popowycz – Director, Suzuki Strings of Madison
Dan Cavanagh – Director, UW-Madison Mead Witter School of Music
Advisors
Christine Barden
Sue Collins
Sally Davis
Randall Dimond
Renée Farley
Marc Fink
Al Fish
Christopher Frautschi
Graham Fuguitt
Dick Hammerstrom
Beth Larson
Deepika Rajesh
Lynn Stathas
Charlotte Woods
Richard Zellner
Mona Muldowney
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.
2024-2025 Officers
Graham Fuguitt, President
Bridget Fraser, Secretary
2024-2025 Advisors and Trustees
Carla Alvarado, Trustee
Rich Arnesen, Trustee
Angela Batterman, Trustee
Nate Boebel, WYSO Treasurer
Susan Collins, Trustee
Jeff Femrite, Trustee
Linda Leikness, Trustee
Mary Gerbig, WYSO Board President
Diane Mayland, Trustee
Christopher Rich, Trustee
Please contact Bridget Fraser, WYSO Executive Director and Secretary of the WYSO Foundation Board of Trustees, for more information.