The Orchestra was founded in 1997 by Victor Gorodinsky.
In 1996, with the generous help from CREECA, Victor was able to purchase a number of authentic Russian folk instruments, and rehearsals began in the fall of 1997.
In 2017 the Orchestra celebrated its 20th Anniversary!
Our current members:
* denotes an original member
BAYAN (button accordion) | Open |
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ACCORDIONS | Joyce Carey, Patricia Stone, Amy Wencel |
PRIMA BALALAIKAS | Ryan Almeida, Chloe Edgington, Anna Ogden-Nussbaum, David Pook, Olga Trubetskoy |
SEKUNDA BALALAIKAS | Anna Graupner, Jennifer Lattis |
ALTO BALALAIKAS | Lily Campbell, Brian Kilgour, Laura Schmidt |
BASS BALALAIKA | Eli Schulte |
CONTRABASS BALALAIKAS | Matt Appleby*, Thomas Harb, Yuriy Kolosovskiy |
PRIMA DOMRAS | Eva Bellinger, Dan Cobb*, Mia Hanson, Abby Kolosovskiy, Karen Tusack |
ALTO DOMRAS | Audra Koscik, Bryce Linden, Nicholas North, Maya Reinfeldt, Vladimir Trubetskoy, Ilya Vinogradov |
BASS DOMRAS | Alex Bajereanu, Max Cortright, David Grindrod* |
FLUTE | Anne Gath |
OBOE | Sarah Filer |