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The Orchestra

 

 

Evan Anderson, cello
Years with the MSO:  2
My "other hat":  Student at Melrose HS
Musical heroes:  Mstislav Rostropovich, Randy Rhoads, Bach
Favorite piece of music:  Too many to pick just one.
Interests beyond classical music:  Heavy Metal, Skateboarding, Writing

 

Maureen Carroll, cello
Years with the MSO: 
My "other hat":  Veterinary Internist at Angell in Boston
Musical heroes:  Yoichi Udagawa, Bono
Favorite piece of music:  Dvorak – New World Symphony
Interests beyond classical music: 

 

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Lauren Caso
Years with the MSO:  4
My "other hat":  Audio Engineer, Music Therapist
Musical heroes:  Steve Vai, David Gilmour, Jeff Beck
Favorite piece of music:  Dvorak – “New World” Symphony
Interests beyond classical music:  Snowboarding, Kung Fu

 

Jason Yap Chua
Years with the MSO:  3
My "other hat":  Mechanical Engineer (Robotics, Medical Devices)
Musical heroes:  Pierre Boulez, Charles Dutoit
Favorite piece of music:  Pizzicato Five "The Night is Still Young", Mahler #1
Interests beyond classical music:  Robots, Mechanisms, Mechanisms on Horns

 

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Melissa Collins
Years with the MSO:  1
My "other hat":  Proud owner of the world's most charming beagle
Musical heroes:  George Gershwin
Favorite piece of music:  Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue; Debussy – Claire de Lune
Interests beyond classical music:  Soccer, Boston sports teams, Traveling, Coffee

 

James Delorey
Years with the MSO:  6
My "other hat":  Music Teacher
Musical heroes:  Evelyn Glennie
Favorite piece of music:  John Cage – Third Construction
Interests beyond classical music:  Jazz, kayaking, hiking, history, ethnomusicology

 

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Nancy Dixon
Years with the MSO:  5
My "other hat":  Real Estate agent in Cambridge, Somerville, Arlington, and Medford
Musical heroes:  Bach and Brahms
Favorite piece of music:  Brahms – Sextet in B flat
Interests beyond classical music:  Singing and 2 grandsons (ages 6 and 8)

 

Erica Finn
Years with the MSO:  2
My "other hat":  Senior Insurance Accountant for Best Doctors, Inc.
Musical heroes:  Enya, Karl Jenkins, Lynn Harrell, Pablo Casals
Favorite piece of music:  Gustav Holst – “The Planets,” Jupiter – Bringer of War
Interests beyond classical music:  Choral Singing, Teaching, Ice Hockey, General bookkeeping & budgeting, spending quality time with my hubby and kitty kat – Sampson, and watching snow fall

 

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David Hall
Years with the MSO:  31
My "other hat":  Musical transcriber and arranger, Triviot
Musical heroes:  John Williams, Doug Yeo, Charles Dallenbach, Weird Al Yankovic
Favorite piece of music:  Bruckner 4th, Ives 2nd, Gabrieli brass, Holst “The Planets”; Beatles, Sci-fi themes
Interests beyond classical music:  Classic movies & TV, Dr. Who, Sports, history

 

David Halpert
Years with the MSO:  20
My "other hat":  Tax/finance parent, Mintz Levin, Boston
Musical heroes:  Leonard Bernstein, Ella Fitzgerald
Favorite piece of music:  Stravinsky – L’histoire du Soldat
Interests beyond classical music:  My friends, my vocation, my cats!

 

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Priscilla Hunt
Years with the MSO:  40
My "other hat":  Recently retired after 32 years as a public school music teacher/orchestra director
Musical heroes:  Sarah Scriven, Mozart, Beatles
Favorite piece of music:  Bach – Chaconne, “In my Life”
Interests beyond classical music:  Ballet, jazzercise, mystery books/movies, chocolate

 

Sarah Jordan
Years with the MSO:  1
My "other hat":  Strings/Orchestra teacher at 11 schools in Lynn
Musical heroes:  Dave Matthews, Boyd Tinsley
Favorite piece of music:  Beethoven’s 7th Symphony, 2nd movement; Mumford and Sons – The Cave
Interests beyond classical music:  Snowboarding, cooking, travel

 

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Nickolas Kaynor
Years with the MSO:  3
My "other hat":  Student at Boston College High School
Musical heroes:  The Count (from Sesame Street), Lady Gaga
Favorite piece of music:  Bach – Prelude from Suite No. 3
Interests beyond classical music:  Running, wiggling my ears, bird-watching

 

Dawn Kumiega
Years with the MSO:  8+
My "other hat":  Marketing analyst with a biotechnology/pharmaceutical company,
Musical heroes:  Aaron Copland
Favorite piece of music:  Anything by Copland or Romantic Composers
Interests beyond classical music:  Travel, hiking, reading

 

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Elizabeth Lamb
Years with the MSO:  4
My "other hat":  IT Infrastructure Architect with Bank of America
Musical heroes:  Bob Dylan, Corelli, Mozart, Mike Oldfield, Kris Delmhorst, Glenn Gould
Favorite piece of music:  Goldberg Variations
Interests beyond classical music:  Sailing, knitting, grandchildren, books

 

Alexandra Millstrom
Years with the MSO:  4
My "other hat":  Student, soccr player, and track runner at MHS
Musical heroes:  John Bumstead
Favorite piece of music:  Saint-Saens Cello Concert No. 1, Mark Summer - Julie-O
Interests beyond classical music:  Surfing, ultimate frisbee

 

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Nancy Mizen
Years with the MSO:  5
My "other hat":  Retired Spanish bilingual elementary teacher for 21 years
Musical heroes:  Franz Schubert, Pascale Delache Feldman
Favorite piece of music:  Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Schubert, Mozart, Haydn, Dvorak
Interests beyond classical music:  My family, cats, animals rights & organizations, writing poems, lanuages

 

Lello Molinari

Years with the MSO:  19
My "other hat":  Jazz Musician
Musical heroes:  John Coltrane, Charlie Mingus, Mozart
Favorite piece of music:  Puccini – Nessun Dorma
Interests beyond classical music:  Jazz, Soccer, Wine, Food

 

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Maria Muti
Years with the MSO:  6
My "other hat":  Public interest lawyer
Musical heroes:  Yo-Yo Ma, Patti Griffin, Indigo Girls
Favorite piece of music:  Beethoven's 7th Symphony, 2nd movement
Interests beyond classical music:  Playing with my 1 year old; Arabic language

 

Randy O’Keefe
Years with the MSO:  8
My "other hat":  Music Department Head at Masconomet Regional High School, husband of the fabulous Jane, and dad to Meghan and Courtney
Musical heroes:  Carlos Kleiber, Leonard Bernstein, Maynard Ferguson, Bud Herseth
Favorite piece of music:  Brahms 2, Mahler 5
Interests beyond classical music:  Cooking, Notre Dame and Syracuse Athletics, Patriots, Celtics, and Sox

 

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Marya Pascuito
Years with the MSO:  2
My "other hat":  Student
Musical heroes:  Seth Foreman, Slade Echeverria
Favorite piece of music:  Stravinsky – Firebird Suite
Interests beyond classical music:  Softball, other music

 

Mark Pilkanis
Years with the MSO:  8
My "other hat":  Technical Support Agent, American Power Conversion
Musical heroes:  Saul Goodman, formerly of New York Philharmonic
Favorite piece of music:  Modern symphonists – Shostakovich, Prokofiev
Interests beyond classical music:  Computers, cooking, working outdoors

 

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Johanna Port
Years with the MSO:  20
My "other hat":  Database Specialist for a medical imaging device manufacturer, mom
Musical heroes:  John Lennon, Jeff Buckley, Jack White
Favorite piece of music:  Dvorak's New World, Beethoven's 5th, Mozart's 25th and Requiem
Interests beyond classical music:  bass guitar, vinyl (records), gardening, Japanese/sushi and Indian cuisine

 

Laura Punnett
Years with the MSO:  7
My "other hat":  Professor of Occupation Epidemiology and Ergonomics, Dept. of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Musical heroes:  Victor Jara (Chile) and Mercedes Sosa (Argentina), of the New Song Movement in Latin America, who used music to defy political repression and to inspire public protest
Favorite piece of music:  Mozart's Trumpet Concerto; anything Motown by the Temptations
Interests beyond classical music:  Gardening, swimming, cooking, dancing salsa

 

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Milena Quinci
Years with the MSO:  1
My "other hat":  Homeschooled Student
Musical heroes:  Queen, Adam Lambert, Mika
Favorite piece of music:  Vivaldi – Sonata in E minor (op. 14, No. 5), Adam Lambert – Aftermath
Interests beyond classical music:  Karate

 

Louise Rains
Years with the MSO:  10
My "other hat":  Software Engineer at BackChannelMedia
Musical heroes:  Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms
Favorite piece of music:  Mahler's First Symphony, Schumann’s 1stSymphony (Spring), Handel’s Messiah
Interests beyond classical music:  Cycling, quilting and grandkids

 

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Matthew Repucci
Years with the MSO:  5
My "other hat":  Music Teacher
Musical heroes:  Hakan Hardenberger, Sergei Nakariakov, Wynton Marsalis
Favorite piece of music:  Too many …
Interests beyond classical music:  Basketball, teaching, traveling

 

Judy Ross
Years with the MSO:  41
My "other hat":  Former Chair of Theory Dept., Longy School of Music, Harp Ensemble teacher
Musical heroes:  My theory teacher Nadia Boulanger
Favorite piece of music:  Bach – Choral Music, Air on the G String; Chopin and Schumann Piano Concertos
Interests beyond classical music:  My cats, animal rights and protection, puzzles especially cryptic crosswords, current events

 

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John Santamaria
Years with the MSO:  11
My "other hat":  Information Technology Consultant with IPSO Incorporated
Musical heroes:  Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Rossini, Wagner, Handel, Copland
Favorite piece of music: 
Interests beyond classical music:  Sailing, singer-songwriters, live local music

 

Shu Satoh
Years with the MSO:  4
My "other hat":  Scientist (Physics) in Semiconductor Industry
Musical heroes:  Mstislav Rostropovich
Favorite piece of music:  Schumann piano music; Cuban Jazz
Interests beyond classical music:  Star gazing, bird watching

 

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Carl Schlaikjer
Years with the MSO:  12
My "other hat":  Consulting, electrochemistry
Musical heroes:  Seiji Ozawa, Slava Rostropovich, Yo Yo Ma
Favorite piece of music:  Sebastian Bach concerto BWV 1055R; Brahms piano quintet, f minor
Interests beyond classical music:  Gardening

 

Kassie Snowdon
Years with the MSO:  1
My "other hat":  Music Teacher & Amateur Photographer
Musical heroes:  Past music teachers who have inspired me to do what I do
Favorite piece of music:  Dvorak - New World Symphony
Interests beyond classical music:  Doing my part to make the world a better place by doing things that are good for people and for the planet

 

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John Spadaccini
Years with the MSO:  10
My "other hat":  Sponsor Representative, Pilot Bulletins
Musical heroes:  Isaac Stern; Peter, Paul, and Mary
Favorite piece of music:  Bach - Mass in B minor
Interests beyond classical music:  Cooking and entertain, skiing, musicals, and my catholic faith

 

Emma Svoboda
Years with the MSO:  1
My "other hat":  Junior at Melrose High School
Musical heroes:  Ke$ha, Lady Gaga
Favorite piece of music:  "Elephant Love Medley" from the movie Moulin Rouge
Interests beyond classical music:  Snowball fights, crusing around Melrose, and chilling in general

 

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Laura Tempesta
Years with the MSO:  11
My "other hat":  Occupational therapist, mother of 3
Musical heroes:  John Lennon, Jeff Buckley, Jack White
Favorite piece of music:  Dvorak - New World Symphony
Interests beyond classical music:  The great outdoors, reading, history, road trips, Rett syndrome research, crafts, jogging

 

Kelly Truong
Years with the MSO:  1
My "other hat":  Junior at Melrose High School
Musical heroes:  Yann Tiersen, Bach, Vivaldi, Simone Porter
Favorite piece of music:  Comptine d’un autre ete
Interests beyond classical music:  Mathematics, photography, gaming and technology

 

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Jason Webb
Years with the MSO:  10
My "other hat":  IT Manager at MFS Investments
Musical heroes:  Lev Belenky, former teacher; Jascha Heifetz
Favorite piece of music:  Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto

Interests beyond classical music:  Family, reading triathlon, technology