ABOUT US

Reno Chamber Orchestra

Musicians

Contract Personnel

As of July 1, 2020

Philip Ruder, Concertmaster Emeritus

Andrea Lenz, Principal Oboe Emerita

Violin:

Ruth Lenz, Concertmaster

Margeaux Maloney, Associate Concertmaster

Olga Archdekin

Ivanka Dill

Carol Laube

Hui Lim

Bruce McBeth

Caryn Neidhold

Viola:

Dustin Budish, Principal

Tian Tian Lan

Cello:

Peter Lenz, Principal

Barbara McMeen

Karen Stout-Gardner

Double Bass:

Scott Faulkner, Principal

Lani Oelerich

Nancy Hoffman

Flute:

Mary Miller, Principal

Mary Ann Lazzari

Oboe:

Rong Huey Liu, Principal

Jesse Barrett

Clarinet:

Jeannie Psomas, Principal

Horn:

John Lenz, Principal

Peter Adlish

Trumpet:

Paul Lenz, Principal

Harp:

Marina Roznitovsky Oster, Principal

Piano:

James Winn, Principal

Board of Directors

John Tozzi, President

Edie Cartwright, First Vice President

Cleta Dillard, Second Vice President

Jennifer Smith, Past President

Holly Walton-Buchanan, Secretary

Pat Ellingsworth, Treasurer

Les Cohen

Kay Dean

Renee Jacobs

Ron Luschar

Gail McAllister

Lloyd Rogers

Musician Representatives:

Peter Adlish, Horn

Carol Laube, Principal 2nd Violin

Caryn Neidhold, Assistant Principal 2nd Violin

Our small, yet mighty staff:

Executive Director

Thom Mayes

Contact Thom: executivedirector@renochamberorchestra.org

Director of Operations and Artistic Planning

Joseph Peterson

Contact Joseph: operations@renochamberorchestra.org

Development coordinator

Amy Heald

Contact Amy: development@renochamberorchestra.org

Marketing and Graphics Coordinator

Erica K. Schmitt

marketing@renochamberorchestra.org

personnel Manager

Dustin Budish

Contact Dustin: personnel@renochamberorchestra.org

Bookkeeper

Diane Coletti

Contact Diane: accounting@renochamberorchestra.org

Our History

“The mission of the Reno Chamber Orchestra is to create intimate, inspirational musical experiences by engaging the community through vibrant music making by the Chamber Orchestra and chamber ensembles.”

The Reno Chamber Orchestra (RCO) came into being in 1974 as a collaboration between founding Music Director and Conductor Emeritus Vahe Khochayan and a group of musician colleagues playing in casino showroom orchestras. Their shared desire to perform classical music led to the Orchestra’s formation under its first Board of Directors in 1976. Audiences have grown substantially over the years, leading the annual events to expand to ten performances of chamber orchestra concerts, multiple smaller chamber events, and since 2004, the nationally-known Nevada Chamber Music Festival (NCMF). Some of the world’s most famous performers have appeared with the RCO, including Leonard Nimoy, Itzhak Perlman, and Pepe and Angel Romero. The RCO has been named one of the Best of Reno and Best Performing Arts Group, and five RCO musicians have received the prestigious Governor’s Award for Artistic Achievement.

Maestro Theodore Kuchar – the RCO’s second Music Director and founder of the Nevada Chamber Music Festival (NCMF) – departed the organization in the spring of 2018. A Search Committee of longtime musicians, board, and community members was formed to review almost 150 applicants. The first ever dedicated NCMF Artistic Director, Clive Greensmith, was selected and began leading the festival in January 2019. After six finalist conductors appeared with the RCO from 2019-2021, the orchestra announced Kelly Kuo as its third Music Director in almost fifty years. Maestro Kuo takes the baton to lead the orchestra in performances beginning in October 2021.

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925 Riverside Dr. Ste. 5
Reno, NV 89503