Leadership
Board of Directors
- Annabelle F. Prager, Founder and Trustee Emeritus
- Beatrice Mitchell*, Co-Chair Woman
- Jane Ross, Co-Chair Woman
- Barbara B. Tracy, President
- Viola Kanevsky, Vice President
- Brenda Kuehne, Treasurer
- Jacob Bousso, Secretary
- Etty Bousso
- Theresa Dolak
- Martin S. Fridson
- Eva Gerard*
- Maria Herrera-Chomnalez
- Ruth Levine
- Nancy Lee
- J. Craig Oxman
- William Pinzler, Esq.
- Adrian Ross*
- Rita Fredricks Salzman
- Jessup Shean*
- William Ullmer
- Edward I. Altman, President Emeritus
- Karen Geer, Executive Director
- Jonathan Strasser, Music Director (1979-2008)
Advisory Council
- David Bernard, Conductor and Director, Park Ave Chamber Symphony
- Joanne Bernstein-Cohen, Executive Director, Little Orchestra Society
- Deborah Buck, violinist, Lark Quartet
- Christopher Coletti,* trumpet, Canadian Brass
- Thomas Crawford, Artistic Director, American Classical Orchestra
- Matt Dine,* co-principal oboist, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; photographer
- Tim Fain, violinist
- James Gaffigan, Chief Conductor, Lucerne Symphony and Principal Guest Conductor, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
- Jeffrey Grogan, Professor, Wanda L. Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University
- Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson, principal flutist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Lydia Kontos, Executive Director, Kaufman Center
- Lee Koonce, President and Executive Director, Gateways Music Festival
- Lowell Liebermann, composer
- Anthony Mazzocchi, Executive Director, Kinhaven Music School
- Anthony McGill, principal clarinetist, New York Philharmonic
- Craig Mumm, associate principal violist, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
- Mary Ann Mumm, former violinist, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
- Tito Muñoz,* Music Director, Phoenix Symphony
- Bärli Nugent, Assistant Dean, Director of Chamber Music, The Juilliard School
- Mark O’Connor, violinist and composer
- Maria Radicheva, violinist, Manhattan School of Music
- Ronald Schaefer, Owner, French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts
- Midge Woolsey, former midday host, WQXR
- Thomas P. Oberle, educator and clarinetist
