Brockton Symphony Orchestra


The Brockton Symphony Orchestra is a semiprofessional orchestra based in Brockton, Massachusetts founded in 1925 as the Brockton Orchestral Society. Described by the Boston Globe as "one of the region's classical jewels", the orchestra performs five or six concerts each year, including several masterworks concerts and an annual Holiday Pops Concert at venues in Brockton including the Buckley Center for the Performing Arts, Christ Congregational Church, and Brockton High School. In the 1970s, the orchestra also produced original operas and ballets, a tradition it revived with its 2025 production of Carmen. Contemporary works which have been commissioned and premiered by the orchestra include Gardner Read's Vernal Equinox, Beth Denisch's Golden Fanfare, and Thomas Oboe Lee's Sounds of The Islands.
The orchestra is currently music directed by John Masko, who has served since 2023. Its board chair is Susan Caplan. Clarinetist and conductor Jonathan Cohler served as the orchestra's musical director from 1996 to 2006, and James Orent served as music director from 2007 until his death in 2021.
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Vasconcellos Youth Competition

The Brockton Symphony Orchestra also hosts the annual Vasconcellos Youth Competition, offering $1500 in prizes every year to instrumentalists under the age of 18. Winners are invited to play a concerto with the Brockton Symphony Orchestra. Past Winners include Miki Nagahara, Winston Huang, Jaclyn Freshman, Kristhyan Benitez, and Meihui An.

Members

The following is the list of instrumentalists as of the Brockton Symphony Orchestra 2023-2024 season.
NameSectionChair
Janny JooViolin IMark Finklestein Chair
Zenas HsuViolin I
Donna CulleyViolin IJohn D. Martin Chair
Tudor DornescuViolin I
Joy Garmaise-YeeViolin I
Viridiana Hernandez VillaViolin I
Kathleen JaraViolin I
Diane HartungViolin I
Jonathan K.S SoViolin I
Jo Manning-SouzaViolin I
Gigi TurgeonViolin I
Laura-Marie TusiViolin I
Ali YouViolin I
Christine WarrenViolin I
Betsy HinkleViolin IIMarcia Lindsay Chair
Lily ApolloniViolin II
Karen GrantViolin II
Maureen JardinViolin II
Joshua LennoxViolin II
Heather LuhnViolin II
Nareh MkrtschjanViolin II
Allison PattonViolin II
Carol RankinViolin II
Sam RuestViolin II
Sara WeirViolin II
Isaiah ChapmanViolin II
Stephanie BillinghamViola
Stephanie BurnsViola
Patricia ChaneViola
Arjun MudanViola
Carly RockenhauserViola
Roselie SamterViola
Cassandra SulbaránViola
Julie ReimannViola
Caroline Walter HineCello
Christelle AlcindorCello
Tara ChambersCello
Angelina DonahueCello
James HardimanCello
Howard KatzCello
Macaulley WhitlockCello
Amitabh GoswamiBass
Carlos SulbaránBass
Carlos YepesBass
Susan CaplanFlute/PiccoloCaplan Family Chair
Carolyn BaughmanFlute/Piccolo
Lorrie HassanFlute/Piccolo
Mark FinklesteinOboe/English HornKenneth R. Feinberg Chair
Melanie HaynOboe/English HornMark Finklestein Chair
Lori HagborgOboe/English Horn
Torben HansenClarinetEvelyn Chamberlin Chair
Jeffrey LichensteinClarinet
Karen SanbornBass Clarinet & Saxophone
Mary Jo RunningSaxophone
Debbie ChenBassoon
Robert Gemmell, Jr.Bassoon
Jessica YoungHornCarol F. Bedard Chair
Erik SvensonHorn
Rachel DalyHorn
Samuel KoeckHorn
Wayne KingTrumpet
Spencer AstonTrumpet
Joseph DonohueTrumpet
John SchullerTrumpet
Sydney AlfanoTrumpet
Nic DionTrombone
Thomas WilliamsTrombone
Donald RunningBass Trombone
Jordan OliveiraTuba
Carol ChaffeePiano
Eve BudnickPiano
Bryan RoundPercussion
Chris BoydPercussion
Angelina SavoieHarp-