Who We Are

The Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes is run by our:

  • Board of Directors, who provide guidance and leadership,

  • Artistic Staff, who conduct our performances and lead our performance programming, and

  • Administrative Staff, who plan and manage our events.


Looking for more information on our talented performers? Meet the musicians. Looking to join our team? Check out our current openings.

Board of Directors

Officers

Cari Stage,  President
Director of Youth Mentoring and Empowerment Services,
Family Service Society, Inc.
Former Music Educator, OSFL Chorus Manager

Elise Johnson-Schmidt, First Vice President
Preservation architect
President of Johnson-Schmidt, Architect, P.C

Will Argetsinger, Second Vice President and Treasurer
CFO, The Betty Rocker, Inc.
Owner/Partner, Argetsinger Farms LLC

Directors

Tina Bevilacqua
HR Consultant, Bevilacqua HR Consulting LLC

Gary Brown
Retired Pastor, Educator

Jennifer Gladston Butler
​Author and Publisher

Giuliana Calderone
Retired Educator, Microbiologist
Former Instructor at Elmira College
Former Youth Orchestra parent

Gary Chollet
​Retired Music Educator, Horseheads School DistrictFormer Music Instructor, Ithaca College
OSFL Violinist and Volunteer Production Manager

Benjamin Coeffic
Director, Business Strategy and Analytics, Gorilla Glass, Mobile Consumers Electronics, Corning, Inc.

Claire Coble, Secretary
Reliability Staff Scientist, Corning Inc.

Derek Law, Immediate Past President
Division Vice President, Strategy, Industry Intelligence & Communication, Corning Display Technologies
Former Youth Orchestra Parent

​Benita Eldridge
Assistant Principal, Elmira High School
Former Music Educator

Jonathan Homuth, M.D.
Retired pediatrician

Benjamin Levano-Futterman
Music Educator, Elmira City Schools
Active Musician

Kevin Nah
Senior Division Counsel, Corning Inc.
Youth Orchestra Parent

Anita Pawlak
OSFL Oboe and English horn player
Educator, Former Development Director

Rui (Ray) Zhang
Senior Program Manager, Corning Inc.

Artistic Staff

Toshiyuki Shimada, Music Director and Conductor

Margaret Matthews and Melissa Moore, ​Youth Orchestra Conductors
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​William Cowdery, ​Chorus Conductor 

Administrative Staff

Karen Dusek, Executive Director
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Kali McCracken, Administrative Manager

Allyssa Birth, Marketing Specialist

Craig Evans, Orchestra Personnel Manager and Librarian

Cari Stage, Chorus Manager