Thank YOU for joining us to listen and celebrate Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra's thriving contribution to the arts on Bainbridge Island during our 2014 - 2015 Season!

 

Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra with Maestro Wesley Schulz; Photo: Aberown Studio
Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra with Maestro Wesley Schulz; Photo: Aberown Studio

 

MUSIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR

Dr. Wesley Schulz

 

ARTISTIC TEAM

Clara Hanson (BSO General Manager), Alex King (BPA Technical Director), Jon Brenner (BSO Stage Manager), Kathie Peron-Matthews & DeeAnn Sisley (BSO Librarians)

 

2014 - 2015 SEASON GUEST ARTISTS
Dr. Johan Botes, piano
Anne-Marie Cherry, horn
Bainbridge Island Youth Orchestra
Andrew Barnwell (piano), 2015 Young Artist Competition 1st Place Winner
Shintaro Taneda (violin), 2015 Young Artist Competition Runner Up
Tom Challinor, BPA Shakespeare Society
Gunnar Folsom, timpani
Mark Salman, piano
Anne Pell & Amabile

Angelo Rondello, Piano

 

CONCERTMASTER

Patricia Strange

 

OUR MUSICIANS

Judy Anderson, Julian Banbury, Patricia Beasley, Peggy Brady, Jon Brenner, Dan Brown, Jennifer Burlingame, Lind Carr, Rob Carson, Austin Carver, Zac Clark, Gary Claunch, Bobby Collins, Kathy Connelly, Richard Davis, Wade Demmert, Barbara Deppe, Amy Duerr-Day, David Durfee, Vallery Durling, Arlayne Easeman, Alicia Edgar, Christine Edwards, Daniel Forman, Mary Foster Grant, Alan Francescutti, Aleida Gehrels, Ron Gilbert, Leeanna Glasby, Gianna Gorski, Jon Graber, Natalie Ham, Clara Hanson, Boone Hapke, Pam Harlan, Richard Heine, Len Hembd, Lisa Hirayama, Kai Hirayama, Justine Jeanotte, Kay Jensen, Jeff Jensen, Priscilla Jones, Julie Katana, Pattrick Ketter, Sandy Kienholz, Bhavani Kotha, Kathleen LaBelle, Jack Lake, Jared LeClerc, Hannah Lee, Jas Linford, Janet Marie, Daniel McDonald, Renee Millar, Robin Miller, Craig Mohr, Tom Monk, Alicia Moriarty, Nick Neidzwski, Meta Newlin, Howie O'Brien, Robert Olsen, Bud Parker, Kathie Peron-Matthews, Nancy Peterson, Jue Pu, James Quitslund, Virginia Richter, Larissa Roderick, Ingrid Ryan, George Sale, Andrew Schirmer, Stephanie Schmidt, DeeAnn Sisley, Kevin Slota, Jamael Smith, Monica Smythe, Greg Smythe, Paul Stirling, Pat Strange, Molly Suhr, Larry Telles, Chris Thomas, Peggy Thurston, Susan Tolley, Meg Tolley, Lauren Trew, Jenny Weaver, Malcolm West, Art Whitson, Pete Wiggins, Kaitlyn Wiggins, and Kestrel Wright.  

 

THE GOODFELLOW FUND

Thank you to the anonymous founders, who generously created the fund in honor of Harry and Jean Goodfellow.

 

BSO CHAIR SOCIETY

Podium sponsors: George & Margaret Sterling and Bainbridge Community Broadcasting; Guest Artist sponsors: George & Margaret Sterling; Concertmaster sponsor: Sean Parker Architects; Principal Chair sponsors: Betty Hoffmann-Sins and Keith Sins (flute), Sue Anderson (clarinet), Dr. Stephen Hubbard (trumpet), Meredith & Alex Mirkow (timpani), Kathie Peron-Matthews (2nd violin), John Knox & DeeAnn Sisley (viola), Rick & Sharon Shepard (cello), In Memory of Esther Frost (piano); Section chair sponsors: Judy Anderson, Vallery Durling, Kathleen LaBelle, Lind Carr, Meredith & Alex Mirkow, and Mary Lou Knox.

 

OUR SUPPORTERS, VOLUNTEERS, SPONSORS & ANNUAL DONORS

Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra and Bainbridge Performing Arts is enduringly grateful to those who have dedicated their time, energy, funds, and audience support to this volunteer organization, including AdPlanet for concessions. Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra's Youth in Music Initiative is generously sponsored by Wicklund Dental. Our new set of timpani is thanks to the generous support of the Fletcher Bay Foundation, who also funded music acquisition for the season. Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra extends heartfelt gratitude to the Bainbridge Island Youth Orchestra for the use of 55 new musician chairs acquired through their receipt of a generous grant from the Rotary Club of Bainbridge Island.

 

We are also grateful to BPA Season Sponsors Bainbridge Bakers, Bainbridge Island Ace Hardware, Bainbridge Island Magazine, Kitsap Bank, Northwest Films, and Town & Country Market. BPA and BSO are supported, in part, by the Bainbridge Community Foundation and One Call for All. And special thanks to our Annual Donors - without your generosity the BSO's 2014 - 2015 Season would not have been possible.

 

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

We are gratefully beholden to the BPA Board of Trustees for their extraordinary volunteer service and commitment to the arts.

 

AUDIENCE MEMBERS and COMMUNITY

Your impassioned listening, enthusiastic attendance, patronage, and steady support of the arts and artists in our community are what make all things possible on stage. Every performance draws from an impassioned and talented pool of musicians and music lovers. Each of you plays an irreplaceable role, and we're grateful beyond words for the chance to bring the Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra to our community stage.

 

 



 

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Vibrant on-stage performances, hit shows, and extraordinary behind-the-scenes artistry yielded rave reviews this season, and BPA's 2015 - 2016 lineup is sure to draw interest from people of all ages and all walks of life.
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