Roster, Policies, and Handbook
Roster information is to be used for LAS business only, unless explicit permission has been obtained from individuals for additional use (and, yes, this applies even to benign music-related uses). The roster is password-protected and available in two formats: roster as an Excel document or the same roster as a pdf file. Based on musicians info as of 9/10/20.

New musicians who have joined the orchestra, please fill out the New Musician Registration Form (password protected) and return it to the orchestra personnel manager, Bryan Waugh.

The current Orchestra Player Policy (202K pdf) was approved in August 2016, the second edition of a Musicians Handbook (102K pdf) was published in July 2016, and the Paid Musicians Policy (208K pdf) was revised in September 2015.

Recordings
Restricted info, updated 2/24/20. Click here.
Prelude talks, 2012 to 2020 (unrestricted access).
 

Musicians, 2009–10 to 2019–20 Seasons

Get better acquainted with a few of our community orchestra players by watching the short videos (from 2020) on our Meet the Musicians page.

Musicians, 2019–20
Musicians, 2018–19
Musicians, 2017–18
Musicians, 2016–17
Musicians, 2015–16
Musicians, 2014–15
Musicians, 2013–14
Musicians, 2012–13
Musicians, 2011–12
Musicians, 2010–11
Musicians, 2009–10

Virginia McFann and Marie Ruzicka
Two strong women died in late December 2020 and will be greatly missed: Virginia McFann was 88 years old, and Marie Ruzicka was 91. They had shared a music stand as violin players in the LAS orchestra long ago, and both were very active behind the scenes at LAS for many years.

Marie was a member of the Guild’s nominating committee and co-chair of the Estate Sales committee at the time of her death. She had been a guiding light in managing, preparing for, and publicizing major fundraising activities of the Guild for years, from Treasures & Trivia sales to Appraisal Days to estate sales.

Virginia was the orchestra manager for years, doing everything from picking up and distributing mail sent to the LAS post office box to rounding up content for the Symphony Notes newsletter to picking up beverage-sales permits for Pops concerts. An article about her titled Community Mourns the Loss of Orchestra Manager was published in the Independent on 1/7/21.
 

Kristina Anderson retires from LAS, 2020
In 2019, Kristina Anderson, our concertmaster since 2008, announced that she would retire from LAS at the end of our 2019–2020 season. (That was before Covid-19 wreaked havoc, including on the LAS concert season.) Longtime concertmaster of West Bay Opera (plus she is their union steward) and the Santa Cruz Ballet Orchestra and a member of the first violin section of the Oakland Symphony, Tina is immediate past concertmaster of the Santa Cruz Symphony (retired in 2016, after 17 years) and the Diablo Symphony (retired in 2015, after 20 years). Read the tribute article “Farewell and Best Wishes, LAS Concertmaster Tina Anderson” by LAS Music Director Lara Webber on page 2 of the June 2020 issue of our Symphony Notes newsletter.

Hildi Kang, 1934–2019
An author and scholar, Hildi Kang had a lifelong love and appreciation of music. She passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on October 9, 2019, at the age of 85. Growing up in Oakland, she played piano and directed a children’s choir. As an adult living in Buffalo, New York, she played guitar and sang in her church choir. As a Livermore resident starting in the mid-1970s, she promoted music at her church, organizing hymn-singing and chamber groups. At age 72, she began cello lessons. Hildi joined LAS at the beginning of the 2010–2011 concert season; she retired from the orchestra in June 2019. Her family asks that we “please consider making a donation in her name to the charity of your choice.”

Margaret Morrad, 1935–2015
Margaret Helen Morrad-Burke passed away on June 4, 2015, at the age of 79. She played violin in the orchestra, had a great love of music, and was a sectionals host extraordinaire. A celebration of Margaret’s life included string quartet music featuring several LAS musicians.

 
2014–2015 Season: Conductor Changes (Webber / Barnes / Williams)
At the start of the 2014–15 season, LAS had a new conductor and music director, Lara Webber. Art Barnes became music director emeritus. And there was no longer an assistant conductor, although there’s still a page about horn player and former assistant conductor Bob Williams!

 
Paul Kasameyer, 1943–2014
The Symphony was saddened by the sudden passing of percussionist and keyboardist Paul Kasameyer, who died unexpectedly on March 22, 2014. As Kathy Boster noted on the LAS Facebook page, we miss his kind, gentle, generous, and selfless spirit. Many donations to the Symphony’s music fund were made in his memory, and in 2017 the Kasameyer family donated a set of four beautiful professional hammered-copper timpani to the Symphony in memory of Paul.
 

50th Season, Still Playin’

 
2013 Asilomar Retreat
Even the weather was excellent at the 50th Season Celebration Retreat (April 19–21, 2013). See photos and read comments about the retreat.

Hazelle Miloradovitch Honored, 2010

Hazelle Miloradovitch was honored at the orchestra rehearsal on November 2, 2010. The festivities began with a few words from her good friend, Music Director and Conductor Art Barnes. Then Association President Ron White called Miloradovitch forward and gave her a certificate from the board of directors in honor of her “outstanding performance and dedication” and in recognition of her “high standards of excellence in symphonic leadership and string performance.” There were flowers, presented by Jean King, and cake. Known for being friendly yet forceful and for her fine violin and viola playing, Miloradovitch plays viola in the orchestra and during more than forty years in LAS has served as concertmaster and as viola section leader.