The Music Company 2019 OUR 45th YEAR 2 3 4 5 ABOUT THE ORCHESTRA The Music Company Orchestra, incor- porated in 1974, is a 60-piece volunteer community orchestra. Its members come from all walks of life and many different backgrounds. Conducted by Dr. Gerald Lanoue, the orchestra plays a wide range of light classical and pops repertoire. The MCO is dedicated to bringing the excitement of live orchestral music to audiences of all ages and economic back- grounds, and enthusiastically plays ven- ues throughout the greater Capital Re- gion, ranging from traditional concert halls to public parks, community events, schools, retirement centers and nursing homes. The MCO performs most concerts free to the public, and also offers schol- arships to music students at three capi- tal district high schools. The MCO is a not-for-profit organiza- tion . 6 Gerald Lanoue Conductor & Music Director Gerald Lanoue, bassoonist and conductor, is a Bennington, Vermont native. He performs throughout the capital region and Vermont with the Middlebury Opera, Pro Musica Orchestra, Hubbard Hall Opera Orchestra, Sage City Symphony and Funf woodwind quintet. He is the Conductor and Music Director of The Music Company Orchestra and Associate Conductor of the Sage City Symphony. After completing studies at the Crane School of Music. Dr. Lanoue received a Masters and Doctorate at the University of Southern California. He studied bassoon with the late Stephen Mayxm, former principal bassoonist of the Metropolitan Opera. Conducting studies were under the batons of Douglas Lowry, former Dean at the Eastman School of Music, and John Barnett, the former associate conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Dr. Lanoue has instructed at the University of Vermont, Bennington College, Riverside Community College and Santa Monica College. He has served as Principal Bassoonist for the Bakersfield Symphony, Los Angeles Classical Ballet, Redlands Symphony and the American Youth Symphony. Notable performances have been with Daniel Lewis, Yehuda Gilad, Jerry Goldsmith, Michael Kamien and Zubin Mehta. 7 The Music Company Orchestra Dr. Gerald Lanoue—Conductor & Music Director VIOLIN VIOLA FLUTE TRUMPET Heather Chan Karl Brosch Judy Bachorz Paul Houpt Concertmaster Louise Dickinson Elizabeth Day Kathy Hargis Anna Benninger Peggy Gerardi Jean Hayes Carol Kniskern Louise Binns Edith Kliman Kenneth Tucker Carol Blom Kitty Vondrak OBOE Martin Zavadil Bob Brannon Sharon Wormwood Allison Piracci Jennifer Cornell Jeannette Storch TROMBONE Mary Cosey CELLO John Boyer Irene DeGraff Carol Douglass CLARINET Janet Gerbino Shannon Dietz-McCann Dawn Hobbs Dale Douglass Harmon Tunison Elizabeth Karns George Jolly Alan Holmes Daniel Knorr Alex LoDico FRENCH HORN Bud Lindner Jennifer Stratton BASSOON David Civale Andrea McConnelee Maria Westbrook Laura Carham-Lunde Doug Long Carol Meyer Jennifer Fullam Nancy McPhaul Christine Neumann BASS Charles Thompson Samantha Patron Tim Albright PERCUSSION Ann K Seidman Kristine Leyden Kathleen McNerney TUBA David Wilkinson Amy Reichardt Jake Reiter Jane Yoon Beth Smith 8 Tim Albright, bass, is a Social full-length violin recital as her senior Studies teacher in Greenville NY. capstone project at Siena. The perfor- Tim was a member of the Indiana All mance featured repertoire represent- State Orchestra in high school. He is ing an array of time eras and cultures the father of two, and a grandfather, and included two works by female and lives in Scotia NY. Tim’s parents composers. Additionally, Anna has were both musicians, his father a for- worked as a student conductor for the mer musical performance professor. Siena College Chorus and Chamber His parents have both passed away Singers and is currently a teaching and he dedicates his playing to their assistant at the Cathedral of the Im- memory. maculate Conception for the "Treble" Judy Bachorz, flute, joined the children’s choir. Anna’s goal as a violin MCO in 1977. She has served on the instructor is not only to teach her stu- Board of Directors as treasurer, pub- dents the technical skills required to licity chairperson and vice president. play the violin well, but also to teach She is a member of the Memorial them to become skilled musicians and Concert Band of Colonie, the Capital lifetime lovers of music. Area Flute Club and the Adirondack Louise Binns, violin, studied music Flutes. In addition to her musical at Boston Music School and with S.J. activities, Judy volunteers at a local Leibovici of the Boston Symphony. food pantry and is a RISE reader for WMHT. She is a retired elementary She played with the Quincy Youth teacher, a proud grandmother of Orchestra, Boston Conservatory Or- three and lives in Malta. chestra and the Glen Falls Symphony. Anna Benninger, violin, is a recent She taught strings at Granville and graduate from Siena College (Summa Hartford NY. She is also a cake deco- Cum Laude) with her bachelor's de- rator specializing in novelty and wed- gree in creative arts and minor in Eng- ding cakes. lish. As a scholar of music with a con- centration in violin and sacred music, Carol Blom, violin. Growing up on she has enjoyed working with popula- Long Island Carol began her musical tions of all ages and currently teaches studies in the Hempstead Public violin lessons. Anna has played the Schools. She attended Muskingum violin for fifteen years and has per- College Conservatory, receiving a formed in venues throughout the Bachelor of Music in Oboe perfor- Northeast, such as Jordan Hall, Kodak mance. Continuing studies at Ohio Hall, and Troy Music Hall. Anna has studied violin under the direction of University, Carol received a Master of Ann-Marie Barker Schwartz, Artistic Fine Arts in Oboe. After teaching in Director of the Musicians of Ma'al- Catskill, NY Carol and her hus- wyck, for five years and organized a band moved north to the Saratoga Kennedy Massage Associates Leigh Kennedy Licensed Massage Therapist 23A Sonat Road Clifton Park, NY 12065 518-526-3070 [email protected] 9 Springs area. She directed the nies, numerous town bands, and the South Glens Falls High School and SUNY Cobleskill Jazz Ensemble. He then High School and Middle School is a charter member and former con- Orchestra programs, regularly work- ductor of “A Pretty Good Band” in ing with County and Area All-State Lake Pleasant, NY. Music Festivals. Carol is a member Bob Brannon, Violin, grew up in of the National Evaluation System Spartanburg, South Carolina. He Music consulting team and as such began violin in 7th grade orchestra assesses prospective Music Teach- and continued through High School. ers for New York State. She is a While attending Wofford College, he member of Sigma Alpha Iota Wom- joined the Spartanburg Symphony en’s International Music Honor Socie- Orchestra. After graduating with a BS ty. Carol is also the Registrar for the in Physics, he went to Clemson Uni- Greater Saratoga Area Girl Scouts, versity, where he played in the Ander- being a Lifetime Scout herself. Retir- son symphony and earned a Ph.D. in ing in 2002 after 20 years of teaching Physics in 3 years. Bob moved to stringed instruments Carol joined the Central Ohio to work as a Senior Union College Community Orchestra Research Scientist at The Owens in 2002 and the Music Company Corning Research Center. He played Orchestra in 2005. in the Welsh Hills Symphony, The John Boyer, trombone, grew up in Land of Legend Philharmonic and the Salamanca, NY, where he performed South East Ohio Symphony while with the Salamanca Tower Musi- working at OC for over 21 years. He cians, a brass ensemble specializing moved to southern Ohio to work on in both Renaissance and Civil War Government projects with the US era music. He holds Bachelor and Army, Air Force, Navy and the DOT. Master of Music degrees from SUNY While there, he played in the Northern Fredonia, studying trombone with Kentucky Symphony. Bob now lives Richard Fote and Edward Bahr. In near Mayfield, NY, and plays with the addition to teaching instrumental Union College Orchestra and the music throughout his career, he has Sage City Symphony. He continues to been a trombonist with many area work in the field of Composites and is groups including the Rex Pryor Or- the North American Technical Direc- chestra, the Mohawk Valley Sym- tor for the world’s third largest manu- phony and Brass Quintet, the Sche- facturer of Fiberglass. Bob’s other nectady, Catskill, and Utica Sympho- passion is Astronomy! He has an 10 observatory on his property with 4 systems engineer in the Ultrasound telescopes and work on projects with Systems Lab at GE Global Research. the Minor Planet Center and look for David Civale, French horn, has Near Earth Asteroids with teams all been performing with the MCO for around the world. Three new aster- over 24 years. He has a B.A. in His- oids were discovered in the past tory from Union College and a Doctor three years. 2019 will be his first year of Chiropractic degree from Logan playing with MCO. College in St. Louis, MO. He recently Karl Brosch, viola, has played in completed his program as Certified college /community orchestras since Chiropractic Sports Physician and arriving in the Capital District in 1977 hopes to work with Olympic athletes as a student at RPI and has played at an international level. He is cur- with the MCO since 1995. He enjoys rently a member of the Colonie Me- playing chamber music with friends morial Band and the Dead Spartans. from the orchestra. He believes the He has performed with the Empire motto “music for a lifetime, not for a State Youth Orchestra(1980-84), living” fits him well. For a living, Karl Union College Chamber Orchestra, works as a biochemist for Health Garnet Quintet, SUNY Albany Or- Research.