
Tickets are available through the River Run Box Office 519 763-3000 or online through the link below.
Concert program
Guelph Symphony Orchestra
New Year’s Day in Vienna
January 1, 3pm River Run Centre
Strauss II, Beautiful Blue Danube
Elgar, Serenade Lyrique
Gounod, Jewel Song, from Faust*
Haydn, Symphony 101 “ The Clock”, II mvt
Vaughan Williams, English Folk Song Suite
Strauss II, Pizzicato Polka
Lehar, Vilja’s Aria, from Merry Widow*
Strauss I, Radetzky March
Conductor, Genevieve Leclair
Soprano, Jonelle Sills
Click on the photos below to read the biography’s of our guest artists
Our Orchestra
First Violins
Jose Molina, Concertmaster*
Paul Macnaughton
Valerie Sylvester
Kenneth Kwan
Bridget Walsh
Alex Gangurean
Jef ten Kortener
Second Violins
Elayne Ras *
Anna Hughes
Alison Feuerwerker
Anne-Louise Flynn
Terry Song
* Principal Player
Violas
Catherine Molina *
Sheila Smyth
Ron Dolynchuk
Carmen Evans
Violoncelli
Marlena Tureski*
Noah Schuster
Cynthia Steele
Double Basses
Macrae Vanduzer*
Ralph Blackman
Art Lang
Flutes
Rachel Roe-Wu*
Christoph Kessel
Oboes
David Vanbiesbrouck*
Paul Goeglein
Clarinets
Larry Moser *
Tilly Kooyman
Bassoons
Simion Ciobanu *
Lulia Tiba
Harp
Nikki Chang
Trumpets
Andras Molnar *
Dorothy Vreeswyk-Kidd
Horns
Tony Snyder *
Jerry Phillips
Danielle Grundy
Kelly Kaddatz
Trombones
Bob Phillips *
Leila Mehkeri
Luke Roussy
Tuba
Al Carter *
Timpani
David Knight *
Percussion
Richard Burrows
Ryan MacKinnon
Special Thanks to our Donors!
PLATINUM BATON $2,500+
Peter Kastner & Carol Reid
GOLD BATON $1,000+
Dorothy Bakker & Danny Lui
Peter Hannam
Marilyn Kuhn & Zoltan Petrany
Theresa Lammer
Gerry & Suzanne Meinzer
Catherine & Jose Molina
Harold & Marilyn Quinn
SILVER BATON $500-$999
Anonymous
June Cauthers
Fred & Ruth Dahms
Marion Steele
Kathleen & John Verdone
BRONZE BATON $250-$499
Barbara Alderson
Ian & Carol Blain
John Hofstee
Simon and Janice Irving
Marion Steele
Janet Takata
Judy Waldrum
Special Thanks to!
Dorothy Fisher
Cynthia Davis
Larry Walsh, photography
River Run Volunteers
David Knight, production
The Guelph Concert Band (for the loan of percussion instruments)
All of our patrons and supporters!
FRIEND $100-$249
Irene Berry
Frank & Janet Brewster
Aileen & John Campbell
Edwina & Neil Carson
David & Wilma Churchill
Malcolm & Marta Coutts
Nicole deFrancesco
Dorothy & Ken Fisher
Dianne Garrett
Judy Kingdon
Laurinda Lang
Rosanne Morris & Duncan MacKenzie
Anne Mattheson
Joe Ringhofer
Karen Slatkovsky
Kim Wakeford
Monika Wright
And to the
GSO Board of Directors
Lisa Kohlmeier, Chair
Danny Lui, Treasurer
Kim Wakeford, Corporate Secretary
Frank Brewster
Cynthia Davis
Shane Fernandes
Roger Garriock
Catherine Molina, ex-officio
Upcoming concerts
Brahms at the Basilica
Sunday April 2, 2023, 3pm- Basilica of Our Lady
Conductor, William Rowson
Season Finale Concert
Saturday April 29, 2023, 7:30pm- River Run Centre
GSO welcomes final Artistic Director Candidate, Michael Hall, to the podium.
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