Musicians

Who plays in the Sarasota Pops Orchestra?

They are teachers, parents, neighbors, students.

They have jobs. They have children. They have homes and schedules and commitments.

They teach at State College of Florida, Manatee High School, and St. Stephens Episcopal School.

They work in business, the arts, health care.

They live in Sarasota, Bradenton, Venice, Anna Maria Island, Punta Gorda, Nokomis, Sun City Center, St. Petersburg, and Holmes Beach among others.

Some of them are snowbirds.

And they are musicians with the Sarasota Pops Orchestra.

This season we have more than 60 musicians who bring their skill, passion and talent to the stage. The SPO is proud to be a communitywide orchestra with musicians who live and work in our midst.

  • Concert Master

  • Felicia Brunelle

  • Violin I

  • Janine Budesheim
  • Delphine Feldman
  • Betty Gallick
  • Pam Green*
  • Julie Hall
  • Richard Jensen*
  • Beverly Kercher
  • Reema Khadre
  • Margaret Kirkland
  • Judy Mueller
  • Sandra VanLangen
  • Beverly Whitby
  • Mary Wilkinson

  • Violin II

  • Lucille Conner*
  • Al Denault
  • Bob Fink
  • Thomas Garrett
  • Sarah Hein
  • Millie Hudson
  • Norma Mittenthal*
  • Wayne Mock
  • Nicholas Montes
  • Fiona Stewart
  • Karen Summers
  • Maryann VanGalen

  • Viola

  • Renee’ Fletcher, principal
  • Cynthia Heidel
  • Barbara Jensen

  • Cello

  • Keith Jensen, principal
  • Margery Blacklow
  • Fredda Buxton
  • Lenora Jost
  • Jennifer Donice Lewis
  • Kimberly Nolting
  • Franz Schneider
  • Anne Schwartzkopf
  • Karen Shoenthaler
  • Charlie Wright

  • Bass

  • Gregg Voorhees, principal
  • Matthew Barneby
  • Stu Krams
  • Jamie Ruetz*

  • Piano

  • Barbara Jensen
  • * Member of Board of Directors

  • Piccolo

  • Julie Jones

  • Flute

  • Cindy Bruce, principal
  • Deirdre Grigoli*
  • Suki Janisch

  • Oboe

  • Michelle Nicolette*, principal

  • Horn

  • Robert Moore, principal
  • Mary Phillips
  • Seth Wertz
  • Merrill Wilson

  • Clarinet

  • Richard Jorgenson, principal
  • David Lieberman

  • Bassoon

  • John Stinespring, principal
  • Paul Chassy
  • James Hansen

  • Trumpet

  • Cindy Scaruffi-Klispie, principal
  • Christine Earp
  • Alan Klispie
  • Angela Smith
  • Ed Stiles

  • Trombone

  • Jamie Marshall, principal
  • Jim Bruce
  • Robert Weitzel

  • Tuba

  • Kendall Carrier

  • Percussion

  • Thomas Suta, principal
  • Jack Barnett
  • Kenneth Mueller
  • Kerry Newcom