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Dear Friends,
We are so excited to welcome GRAMMY-winning guitarist Sharon Isbin to the stage this weekend for our Viva Venice! concert. This vibrant program promises passion, color, and extraordinary artistry, and we are thrilled to share this unforgettable experience with you.
February is an eventful month at The Venice Symphony, filled with music that brings people together in meaningful ways. Later this month, we hope you’ll celebrate someone special with our next Soundscapes Chamber Series concert, Salut D’amour, on February 15 at the Venice Community Center. Then, on February 27 and 28, let us transport you to the magic of the movies with Lights, Camera, Music! featuring guest artist Roger Wilkie.
At the end of the month, we are also proud to welcome students from across our community to the Venice Performing Arts Center for our annual Symphony in the Schools event. This special program offers young people the opportunity to experience the power of live music at an early age, and we hope it inspires a lifelong love of the arts.
We are equally thrilled that our Big Band series is off in full swing, literally! On March 7, internationally acclaimed trombonist and jazz artist Wycliffe Gordon headlines the concert bringing energy, excitement, and unforgettable sound to our stage. You won’t want to miss a moment of the fun.
For tickets, concert details, and the latest updates on our season, we invite you to visit thevenicesymphony.org.
Thank you for being such an important part of The Venice Symphony family. We look forward to sharing all this and more with you as our season continues.
Warm regards,
Christine Kasten, President/CEO The Venice Symphony
TROY QUINN, MUSIC DIRECTOR TROY QUINN, MUSIC DIRECTOR
Emmy-nominated conductor Troy Quinn has quickly established himself as one of his generation’s most versatile young artists. Lauded for his energetic and riveting conducting, charismatic stage presence, and genre-defying programs, Quinn is in his eighth season as Music Director of the Venice Symphony in Florida. He is also in his ninth season as Music Director of the Owensboro Symphony in Kentucky and serves concurrently as the Pops Conductor of both the Rhode Island Philharmonic and the Santa Rosa Symphony in California. Quinn’s engagements have included performances with many prestigious orchestras in the United States, including the Boston Pops, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia.
Equally at home in the pops and commercial world, Quinn has performed and recorded with some of the most popular artists of our time, including The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, Barry Manilow, Lee Greenwood, Josh Groban, Jennifer Hudson, Michael Feinstein, Tower of Power, Rockapella, Cypress Hill, The Indigo Girls, and Nas. As an accomplished vocalist, Quinn has also collaborated with such renowned composers as Alan Menken, Hans Zimmer, Alan Silvestri, and Alexandre Desplat while performing under prominent maestros, including Helmuth Rilling, Carl St. Clair, and Dan Saunders of the Metropolitan Opera. In addition to his concert work, Quinn has worked extensively in the television and recording industry, earning an Emmy nomination for the PBS special A Night at the Oscars with the Owensboro Symphony. He has made appearances on such hit television shows as Fox’s GLEE, NBC’s The Voice, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno while recording on films like The Call of the Wild and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. He has also appeared at many of the world’s major music centers and at such famed venues as the Hollywood Bowl, Walt Disney Concert Hall, and Tanglewood.
A native of Connecticut, Quinn pursued a bachelor of arts degree from Providence College where he was the recipient of the Leo S. Cannon award for superior achievement in the music field. He went on to earn his master’s degree with honors from the Manhattan School of Music, studying conducting with David Gilbert and voice with highly acclaimed Metropolitan Opera singer Mark Oswald. He completed his doctorate in conducting at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music, where he studied with Larry Livingston and Jo-Michael Scheibe and was named the outstanding doctoral graduate of his class. Quinn has participated in numerous masterclasses as a conducting fellow, attending conducting institutes at the Royal Academy of Music, Eastman School of Music, and Bard Conservatory of Music. He has been mentored by such renowned conductors as Benjamin Zander, Neil Varon, and Leon Botstein. Quinn serves on the conducting faculty at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music and has previously served as a faculty member at Providence College, where he was also awarded an honorary doctorate.
CONCERT PROGRAM
February 6th, 2026 | 7:30 pm
February 7th, 2026 | 3:30 pm + 7:30 pm
Troy Quinn, Music Director
Emmanuel Chabrier España
Arturo Márquez Danzon. No. 2
Joaquín Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez Sharon Isbin, Guitar
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Manuel de Falla
El amor brujo: Ritual Fire Dance
José Pablo Moncayo Huapango
Michael Giacchino Suite from Coco
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol
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GUEST ARTIST
Acclaimed for her extraordinary lyricism, technique and versatility, multiple GRAMMY Award winner Sharon Isbin was named Musical America Worldwide’s 2020 Instrumentalist of the Year and received the 2023 Guitar Foundation of America Hall of Fame and Artistic Achievement Award. Isbin has been soloist with over 200 orchestras and has performed in celebrated halls across 40 countries.
Winner of the Munich ARD, Madrid and Toronto Competitions, Germany’s Echo Klassik and Guitar Player’s Best Classical Guitarist awards, she performed in Scorsese’s Oscar-winning The Departed, at Ground Zero for the first internationally televised 9/11 memorial, the White House by invitation of President Obama, and as the only classical artist in the 2010 Grammy Awards. The documentary Sharon Isbin: Troubadour, seen by millions on over 200 PBS stations and abroad, won ASCAP’s Television Broadcast. Recent highlights include sold-out concerts at the Kennedy Center, Kimmel Center, and Carnegie Hall including a collaboration with Sting.
Isbin’s catalogue of over 40 albums has sold more than a million CDs with over 30 million streams. Her Romántico (2025) debuted as SiriusXM’s Album of the Week and features world premiere recordings of joyous Latin danceinspired music by Karen LeFrak, including her Miami Concerto with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s conducted by Enrico Lopez-Yañez. Live in Aspen (2024) was recorded with India’s foremost sarod virtuoso Amjad Ali Khan and released for the Aspen Music Festival’s 75th anniversary. Isbin’s recordings Affinity and Strings for Peace were named Best of 2020 and feature world premieres composed for her. Her Souvenirs of Spain & Italy with the Pacifica Quartet debuted at #1 on Amazon, and Alma Española was honored with a 2018 Grammy Award for Producer of the Year. Her Grammy-winning Journey to the New World with guests Joan Baez and Mark O’Connor spent 63 consecutive weeks on top Billboard charts, and her Latin Grammy-nominated Rodrigo’s Aranjuez with the New York Philharmonic is their only recording with guitar. Other highlights include Bach Complete Lute Suites, and Sharon Isbin & Friends: Guitar Passions with rock and jazz guests Steve Vai, Heart’s Nancy Wilson, Stanley Jordan and Romero Lubambo.
Author of the Classical Guitar Answer Book, she has premiered nearly 100 works written for her by some of the world’s finest composers and directs guitar departments she created at The Juilliard School and Aspen Music Festival. Visit: www.sharonisbin.com
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Quinn David & Deborah West Chair
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CONCERT NOTES
España
España is the most famous orchestral composition by French composer Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894). Written in 1883 after a trip to Spain, it was dedicated to the conductor Charles Lamoureux, who conducted the first public performance on November 4, 1883, at the Théâtre du Château d’Eau for the Société des Nouveaux Concerts in Paris. Although at first Chabrier worked on the piece for piano duet, this evolved into a work for full orchestra. Composed between January and August 1883, it was originally called Jota but this became España in October 1883. Encored at its first performance, and received well by the critics, it sealed Chabrier’s fame overnight. Chabrier’s España inaugurated the vogue for hispanically flavored music.
España is also the basis of the melody of the 1956 American popular song “Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)” by Al Hoffman and Dick Manning.
Danzón No. 2
Arturo Márquez (born December 20, 1950) is a Mexican composer of orchestral music who incorporates the musical forms and styles of his native Mexico into his compositions. His best known work is Danzón No. 2. Márquez is a popular composer among the Latin American public and is widely recognized as one of the most important Mexican composers of his generation. Márquez began composing at the age of 16 and attended the Mexican Music Conservatory, where he studied piano and music theory from 1970 to 1975. In the U.S., he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and in 1990 obtained an MFA in composition from California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California. Since its premiere in in 1994, Danzón No. 2 has gained such international attention it is dubbed Mexico’s second national anthem.
A short film of the same name was made in 2009 by Mexican filmmaker Guillermo Ortiz Pichardo, using the piece in a Fantasia-like style. Set in Mexico City in the 1940s, the golden age of danzón, it is an homage to the Mexican cinema of the period. Arturo Márquez is featured in a cameo as the pianist in a dance hall.
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Concierto de Aranjuez
Joaquín Rodrigo (November 22, 1901July 6, 1999), was a Spanish composer and a virtuoso pianist. He is best known for composing Concierto de Aranjuez, a cornerstone of the classical guitar repertoire. Rodrigo was born in Sagunto, Province of Valencia. At the age of three, he lost his sight completely after contracting diphtheria. At the age of eight he began to study solfège (a mnemonic used in teaching aural skills, pitch and sight-reading of Western music.), piano, and violin and, from the age of 16, he studied harmony and composition. He wrote his compositions in Braille, later transcribed for publication. Although distinguished by having raised the Spanish guitar to a universal concert instrument and being best known for his guitar music, he never mastered playing the instrument. His most famous work, the Concierto de Aranjuez, was composed in 1939 in Paris for the guitarist Regino Sainz de la Maza. The composition is a concerto for guitar and orchestra. The central adagio movement is one of the most recognizable in twentieth-century classical music, featuring the interplay of guitar with cor anglais (English horn).
Aranjuez has been interpreted by many worldwide recording artists, across many genres, including Chick Corea, Al Jarreau, Sarah Brightman, Herb Alpert, Carlos Santana, Manfred Mann, and even Led Zeppelin, among others.
El amor brujo: Ritual Fire Dance
Manuel de Falla (November 22, 1876-November 14, 1946) was a Spanish composer and pianist, and was one of Spain’s most important musicians of the first half of the 20th century, although the number of pieces he composed was relatively modest. El amor brujo, (commonly translated as “Love, the sorcerer” but more accurately as “Bewitching Love”) is a ballet commissioned as a gitanería, (danced Gypsy entertainment), in 1914 dedicated to the flamenco dancer and cantaora Pastora Imperio. It was finished the next year but its premiere, proved unsuccessful. By 1924 de Falla had evolved El amor brujo into the one-act ballet pantomímico best known today. It premiered in America on March 17, 1927.
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Huapango
José Pablo Moncayo (June 29, 1912-June 16, 1958) was a Mexican pianist, percussionist, music teacher, composer and conductor. As a composer, he represents one of the most important legacies of Mexican nationalism in music, producing some of the masterworks that best symbolize the essence of the national aspirations and contradictions of Mexico in the 20th century. Admitted to the National Conservatory in 1929, in order to finance his studies, he worked as a jazz pianist. In the summer of 1942, Moncayo was granted a scholarship from the Rockefeller Foundation to study at the Berkshire Music Institute, known today as the Tanglewood Music Center. Moncayo is best known as the composer of Huapango, a bright, short orchestral arrangement of popular dances from the eastern state of Veracruz which premièred on August 15, 1941 at the Palacio de Bellas Artes by the Symphony Orchestra of Mexico. He also played a relevant role on the national stage during his conducting career (1944–1954). Moncayo’s death in 1958 tangibly marked the end of the Mexican nationalist composition school.
Suite from Coco
Michael Giacchino, (born October 10, 1967) is an American film, television, and video game score composer. He has received many accolades for his work, including an Academy Award for up (2009), an Emmy for Lost (2004), and three GRAMMY Awards. His film scores include the Mission: Impossible and Star Trek franchises, eight Pixar Animation Studios films, and multiple Disney films. He also composed the video game scores for Medal of Honor and Call of Duty, and the TV series Alias and Fringe. Giacchino composed the score for Coco, a 2017 American animated fantasy comedy-drama film, inspired by the Mexican holiday Day of the Dead. Produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures, the indearing story follows a 12-year-old boy in Mexico named Miguel who is accidentally transported to the Land of the
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Dead, where he seeks the help of his deceased musician great-great-grandfather to return him to his family and reverse their ban on music. The first film to feature an all-Latino principal cast, Coco premiered on October 20, 2017, during the Morelia (Mexico) International Film Festival, then released in theaters in Mexico the following week, the weekend before Día de Muertos, and in the United States on November 22, 2017. The film received acclaim for its animation, voice acting, music, visuals, emotional story, and respect for Mexican culture. Coco received two awards at the 90th Academy Awards and numerous other accolades.
In 2009, Giacchino was asked to conduct the Academy Awards orchestra for the 81st Academy Awards. For this project, he rearranged many famous movie themes in different styles, including a 1930s Big Band treatment of Lawrence of Arabia and a Bossa Nova version of Moon River.
Capriccio espagnol
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (March 18, 1844-June 21, 1908) was a Russian composer, a member of the group of composers known as The Five. His best-known orchestral compositions, Capriccio Espagnol, the Russian Easter Festival overture, and the symphonic suite Scheherazade, are staples of the classical music repertoire, along with suites and excerpts from some of his fifteen operas. Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34, is the common Western title for a five-movement orchestral suite, based on Spanish folk melodies, which premiered on October 31, 1887, in St. Petersburg, performed by the Imperial Orchestra conducted by the composer. Rimsky-Korsakov originally intended to write the work for a solo violin with orchestra, but later decided that a purely orchestral work would do better justice to the lively melodies.
The fourth movement was featured in a 1998 Pizza Hut TV commercial, starring the former leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev.
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Jadynne Berg
Suzanne Biviano
June Bock
William & Cindy Bouman
Robert & Sharon Boynton
John & Irene Bozogan
Glenn Bradley & Don Farrelly
Mark & Julie Braukhoff
William & Linda Cantrell
Kristine Cottrill
James & Natalie Croston
Robert Denmead
Tony Dolejs
Mike & Marty Dolley
Gilbert & Carol Drendel
Robert & Patricia Evers
Chet & Patsy Fennell
Diane & Mark Fennelly
Felicia & John Ferrara
Sanford Feuer & Bonnie Morley
John Fippen
Robert & Susan Foster
Dennis & Barbara Gahry
Jason Gallourakis & Edwin Beltran
Robert & Anne Germain
Joseph & Marietta Graber
James & Anne Grubb
Elspeth Anne Gutsell
David & Joan Heald
Rita Hebel
Byron & Janet Hill
Gary Hill & John Schultz
Paul & Marilyn Hollowell
Elaine Jones
Robert & Lili Jones
David & Caitlin Joyner
Gale & Anne Adams
Richard & Carole Altman
Judith Ammerman
Judith Anderson
Virginia Lee Anderson
George & Sue Kennedy
Billie & Lee King
Cora Kukula
Janice & Joe LaFramboise
Gordon & Joan Lehman
Tim & Christine Madigan
Barbara & Sil Martinage
Denise & Tom Mattmuller
Paul McCullough & Lynnette Edmonds
Douglas & Mitti Meyers
Michael & Lynn Nemser
Claudia O’Connor
Marion Kathleen Ogle
Thomas & Andronike Passios
Family Fund
Linda Patriarca
Joe & Melanie Piacentino
Steve & Christa Purcell
Howard & JoAnne Reed
Robert & Antoinette Ross
Jerry & Judy Rush
John & Jacklyn Ruthman
Christina Schmieler
Kenneth & Jerrilyn Schulze
Tom & Anne Sherman
Nathan & Laurie Skjerseth
Maxine Slattery
Paul & Charlene Turczyn
Linda & Tony Varone
Frederick & Claudette Varricchio
Kathryn Wandoff
Winthrop & Vanessa Wassenar
Frances White
Malcolm Williamson
Frank & Jennifer Annetti
Mary Jo Ardington
Robert & Charlene Arena
Bernard & Monica Baker
Paul & Jean Ballas
COMMUNITY OF CONTRIBUTORS
Supporter continued
Stephen Balsam
Janet Banks
William & Bettye Bartholomay
Richard & Susan Bartholomew
Gerry & Lynn Baskin
Robert & Leanne Belancik
Warren Benson
Linda Bentley
Robert & Kathleen Bittner
Elaine Bixler
Renee Boone & Keith Knight
Patricia Bowman
Bette Boysen
Pat Brandt
Marjorie Brooks
Anne Burbine
Katherine & Lori Burroughs
Betty-Ann Busby
Rosemary Bussiere
Karen Christianson
Russell & Deirdre Christman
Nicholas Ciallelo
Richard & Caryle Cirello
Ana Ciszek
Camille Cline
Patricia Coelho
Judith Collins
Katharine Couchot
Eleanor & James Crawford
Helen N Crompton
John & Carol Cummiskey
Joseph Daku & Marge Bundy
Rob & Janice Daly
Janet Dapkunas
Steve & Elizabeth Dauphinais
Gloria Davies
Norma & Bruce Dayton
Scot Deagan
Jean M Dehning
Evelyn Delph & Roger Hilfiker
Janis & Richard Denney
Patricia & Frank Desiderio
Geoff & Julie Dobson
Andrew & Karen Durette
Judith Engle-Purple
Fred & Kathleen Englert
Linda Falco
Lewis & Helen Fincke
Nancy Fink
John Fischer
Eddie & Sandra Fisk
Terry & Brenda Foster
Richard & Fillisha Fox
Karl E. Fraedrich
Carolyn & Charles Francis
Robert & Grace Fries
Dreama Fumia
Carla & Jerry Gabbard
Janet Gallagher
Judith Ganschaw
Al & Peg Gatto
Norbert & Diana Geiss
Brian & Elizabeth Gilger
Linda Gobler
Peter Goldthwaite
Karen & DRC Gonzales
Cathi Grote
Arnold & Ellen Gwirtzman
Paula Hagan
Elizabeth Hall
Warren & Jean Hall
Earl & Phyllis Hannum
Jane Hardy
Kathleen Harrison
Jo-Ann & David Heilemann
James Henry & Jane Smith
Nancy Herron
Virginia Hofford
Barbara B. Howe
Dennis & Jill Hudson
Ed & Diane Huller
Carol & Larry Humes
Peggy Hunt
Michael & Virginia Hurney
COMMUNITY OF CONTRIBUTORS
Quint Jackson
Terry & Cheryl Jardis
Dr. Miriam Jill &
Frank Dowd Sullivan
Bill & Lois Johanns
Pamela Johnson
Sonny Jones
David & Janet Keffer
Donna Kilbourn
Patricia Knasiak
Deborah Kostroun
Gabriele Kramer & Horst Malchow
James & J.C. Kuczynski
Bob & Carol Kunath
Frank & Rosalie Kunsman
John & Beverly Larson
Nora Lavelle
George & Jacqueline Lincoln
Susan Littlehales
Judy Livingston
Hal & Shirley Loud
Jan & Tom Mack
Anthony Madera
Patricia Madyda
Marcia Major
James & Jo Manwaring
Jane Marcin
Margaret Massara
Linda Masterson
Mark Mathisen
Anthony & Carole Mazzarella
Kathy McCarthy
Bryant & Jane McNiece
Ronald & Margaret Meyers
Ron & Mary Michelson
Jean Miller
Kary & Jennifer Miller
Michael & Dawn Miller
Catherine & James Monkowski
Mary Louise Morris
The Mortensen Family
Gretchen Moyer
Bernhard & Dorothy Muller
Martha Ness
Charles & Betty Newsom
Barbara O’Brian
Mary Jo & Herb Ormsbee
Ralph & Loretta Orrico
Richard Pastore
Eleanor Perfetto
Donna Perkins
Jane Phillips
Robert & Ann Porawski
Ralph & Sherri Progar
Barbara Quinn
Donald & Cynthia Richardson
Anita & August Riska
Craig & MJ Rivaldo
Judith Rovins
Bill & Corinne Roth
Joseph Rue
Joseph & Lila Ruggio
Sharon Rugh
Whitney & Ned Sale
Marion Sautner & Virgilio Beruffi
Margo Schneeloch & Bill Troetel
Michael & Dorothy Schneider
David & Karen Schoenthaler
Dirk & Lucinda Scholten
Larry Schornack
G.R. & Kristina Schrotenboer
Patsy Scuzzo
Nina Sedule-Ross
Dave & Sally Sentner
Jane Serio
Tom & Charlene Sherrer
Steve & Jan Simon
Rosalie K. Smith
George & Jacquelyn Snyder
Lauree Spangler
Diana Spears
Dan & Nancy Spohn
Mona Strahlman
Dowd & Dr. Jill Sullivan
Barbara Talmage
Sandra Thomas
COMMUNITY OF CONTRIBUTORS
Supporter continued
Don & Leslie Titzel
Inia Tunstall
Renee Uhlich
Susan Weiner
Margaret Weiss
Clarke & Diane Welsh
Mike & Louise Wiggins
Mack & Judith Wilcox
Anita Wilson
Dr. Harold & Carol Wilson
Rich & Kathie Wilson
Katherine Wolyniak
Linda & David Workman
Kathleen & William Wright
John & Toni Yahres
Sora Yelin
Beverly Zaffino
Nicholas & Janet Zennario
iN M EM o R i AM
Janet Gallagher & the Ladies Book Club Moseley VA in memory of MaryAnn Tuma
LaDawn & Ken Reid in memory of Christine Hart
Sanctuary Auxiliary in memory of MaryAnn Schrotenboer Tuma
iN H o N o R o F
Adam McCullough in honor of Paul McCullough
If you believe there is an error or omission in this list, please call Holly Rubin at 941-207-8822.
Don’t Miss Our Pre-Concert Talks
Join Music Director Troy Quinn, soloists and musicians for a casual, entertaining and informative talk and Q&A.
This is a free half-hour program before every concert, and you do not need a concert ticket or reservation. Open seating is in the orchestra level of the concert hall.
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SUPPORT THE SYMPHONY
Your personal investment is the reason The Venice Symphony delivers exceptional concerts and affordable music education. Together, musical excellence is sustained and lives transformed.
Annual Fund – The Venice Symphony’s primary source of operating revenue and outreach. Contributions may be given monthly, quarterly or annually.
Donor Advised Funds and iRA Distributions – A contribution from an IRA or DAF is an excellent way to achieve your charitable giving objectives. *
Employee Match – Many corporations will match their current employee’s or retiree’s donation. This can potentially double or triple the amount you give.
Living Trusts and bequests – Pledge a will bequest or name The Venice Symphony as a beneficiary of a retirement or life insurance plan. *
Monthly Giving option – An easy and affordable way to offer support! Simply select monthly recurring payments when giving online or when visiting or calling our administrative offices.
Play it Forward - Donate an instrument and help make a difference for a young musician in our community.
Small business and Corporate Engagement – Strengthen your community by offering support through concert sponsorships, participating in special events, advertising or other unique opportunities. Let’s curate a doable option for your business!
Stock and Securities – Gifts of appreciated stocks are welcomed and may be advantageous to the donor from a tax point of view. *
For more information on any of these opportunities, speak with a Development Team member by calling 941-207-8822 or visit our Administrative Offices.
*Because each situation is different, please consult your tax advisor about tax benefits.
A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION #CH5442 AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE (800-435-7352) WITHIN THE STATE. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL, OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE.
THE FRIENDS OF THE VENICE SYMPHONY
The Friends of The Venice Symphony is a dedicated group of volunteers who act as community ambassadors and support and promote
The Venice Symphony in many ways. Members organize fundraising events, enjoy socials, volunteer in the office and at concerts, and support The Symphony’s mission.
Thank You to our 2025-26 Friends:
Patrick & Geraldine Allard
Frank & Jennifer Annetti
Kathy & Carl Baer
Wendy Baker
Myrna Bedford
Joe & Maureen Bentley
Myrna Bianco
Patricia Bowman
Linda Boyd
JoAnn Britton
Christine Cairns
Sue Calhoun
Mary Carroll
Louise Cashman
David Chivas & Ron Rice
Russell & Deirdre Christman
Nicholas Ciallelo
Georgiana Claeson
Patricia Coelho
Patricia Cook
Elliott & Dana Corn
Kent Crickard
Patricia Crisafulli
Gail Davey
Sally & Joseph DeAngelo
Tony Dolejs
Mike & Marty Dolley
Michael & Patricia Dunlap
Dreama Fumia
Bill & Kitty Gamber
Jack & Beth Gehring
Rosalie Hardman
Robert Hardy
Kathleen Harrison
Teresa Heather
Charlotte & Tom Hedge
Michael Holston
Robert Houston & Sandi Chance
Anne Jinks
Gene & Kathy Jongsma
Sherry Kane
Carol Karakashian
Sara & Curtis Kasten
Nancy Kennedy
Mary Kloet
Denise Lajeune
Karen Lockhart
Anthony Madera
Patricia Madyda
Marcia Major
Denise & Tom Mattmuller
Warren & Mary McBride
Pat Meaney
Frances Mogelnicki
Jonathan Mulford
Linda Patriarca
Larry Patton
Eleanor Perfetto
Donna Perkins
Dr. Geraldine Pozzi-Galluzi
Margaret Radke
Carol Rahmoeller
Ken & Abbey Sadler
Whitney Sale
Jane Serio
Barbara Seward
Park Showalter & George Ward
Wendy Shuron
Nathan & Laurie Skjerseth
Robert Slocum
Rosalie Smith
Lucinda Spaney
Joan Tramontano
Linda & Tony Varone
Frances White
Mike & Louise Wiggins
MUSIC EDUCATION
PHoTo CREDiT: DEiRDRE CHRiSTMAN
MUSICIAN HOST PROGRAM
The Musician Host Program is the heartbeat of The Venice Symphony, providing a home away from home for our out-of-town musicians.
Each season, devoted patrons step forward to open their homes offering comfort, connection, and a warm Venice welcome to our visiting artists.
The Musician Host Program creates unforgettable bonds that enrich our orchestra and community.
Frank & Jennifer Annetti
Carl & Kathy Baer
Ebert (Edge) & Leigh Bagg
Elizabeth Baker
Stan & MaryJo Bastacky
Lynn Bisighini
Gary Boruff
Glenn Bradley & Don Farrelly
Susan Calhoun
Brian & Joanne Cinco
Carey & Kim Clouser
Ken Cook
Robert Cordes & Ginger Mace
Richard Daitch
Sally De Angelo
Jim & Sharyn Dent
Michael & Patricia Dunlap
Steve Easton
Denny & Marilyn Eshoo
Don & Marlene Fleming
Rebecca Folta & Mark Page
Elise Fox
Damaris Frank
Tom & Martha Galek
Greg & Marlene Gannon
Fred & Cindy Gossman
Mark & Kathleen Harrison
David & Joan Heald
Frank & Carolyn Hill
Randy & Ingrid Hoerauf
Ruth Immel
Curt & Sara Kasten
Steve & Tavia Lesage
Karen Mann
Jane Marcin
Laura Marianino
Warren & Mary McBride
John & Bernadette McEnearney
Carol McGrain
Tony & Belva McNair
Gary & Shelli Meliker
Louise Moloney
Lois Mueller
Ann Norville
Eleanor Perfetto
Donna Perkins
Celeste Pfister
Ralph & Sherri Progar
Craig & Karen Riley
Park Showalter & George Ward
Brian & Ruth Smith
Murray & Sharon Smith
Roy & Teri Smith
Chuck & Maureen Snyder
Lauree Spangler
Jon & Lois Steketee
Jon & Cindy Stolson
Nicolette (Nicki) Trager
Bill Troetel & Margo Schneeloch
Tony & Linda Varone
Margaret Weiss
David & Fran White
Michael & Louise Wiggins
Gordon & Carole Wilkie
For more information, email: pdunlap@thevenicesymphony.org
ADMINISTRATION & STAFF
2025-2026
The Venice Symphony Board of Trustees
officers
Roger Effron, Chair
Brad Speckerman, Vice Chair
Peter Oliger, Secretary
Cole McHargue, Treasurer
Members
Robby Cordes
Natalie Croston
Susan DiGiacomo
Jennifer Douglas
Marc Gerken
Denise Mattmuller
Paul McCullough
Nick Pachota
Joshua P. Perez
Casey Riley
Ken Sadler
ouR MiSSioN
The Venice Symphony exists to inspire and transform lives through exceptional musical experiences.
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Uniting Through Music
Executive office
Christine Kasten, President/CEO
Candace Kurtz, Manager of office operations
Alison Posner-Solares, Patron Services and Ticketing Manager
Artistic operations
Dana Kimble, Vice President of Artistic operations
Susan Debronsky, Artistic Coordinator
Al Lyman, Principal Librarian
Terry williams, Assistant Librarian
Patricia Dunlap, Musician Host Program Manager
Development
Holly Anderson, Vice President of Philanthropy
Holly Rubin, Development Associate
Crystal wellman, Special Events Associate
Finance
Erica Downs, Finance Manager
Music Education, Community Engagement
Tim Ferguson, Production Manager + Director of Education and outreach
Nicole Rawley, Concert Strings Conductor
Christopher Riley, Symphonic Strings Conductor
David wing, Symphonic Winds Conductor
Marketing
Dania Harvey, Director of Marketing and Communications
Keishen Lloyd, Digital Marketing Specialist
Stacy Rector, Graphic Designer
Judith Engle-Purple, Graphic Designer
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