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 we celebrated our 20th Anniversary!
Our current members:
| BAYAN (button accordion) | Don Becker* |
|---|---|
| ACCORDIONS | Katrina Harms, Amy Wencel |
| PRIMA BALALAIKAS | Linnea Kronzer, Hannah Miller, Anna Ogden-Nussbaum, David Pook, Abby Ross, Olga Trubetskoy |
| SEKUNDA BALALAIKAS | Anna Graupner |
| ALTO BALALAIKAS | Dennis Lynch, Laura Schmidt |
| BASS BALALAIKA | Lauren Schulte |
| CONTRABASS BALALAIKAS | Colin Cooksey, Melissa Gilmore, Krista Ritger |
| PRIMA DOMRAS | Dan Cobb*, Kathy Mittelstadt, Claudia Torres, Dan Tremmel, Karen Tusack |
| ALTO DOMRAS | Viktorija Gjorgjevikj, Marjasana Kay, Nicholas North, Maya Reinfeldt, Kelsey South, Vladimir Trubetskoy, Ilya Vinogradov |
| BASS DOMRAS | Max Cortright, David Grindrod* |
| FLUTE | Anne Gath |
| OBOE | Sarah Filer |
* denotes an original member
See a list of the Orchestra’s past members