Meet the LCSO members

Meet Our Members

We are currently in the recruiting stage and have many openings in our ensemble. If you play any of the following instruments and are interested in learning more about the LCSO, email us at LCSOinfo@yahoo.com!

AUDITION INFORMATION

The Lake County Symphony Orchestra is in search of more talented instrumentalists! If you love to play, if preparing and performing music with a group of fellow community musicians who share your passion for great music appeals to you, then consider auditioning for a position in our orchestra!

Auditions for new singers are tentatively scheduled to be held late this summer, just prior to the start of the season. All new musicians will be informally auditioned by the Music Director. However, all interested musicians should contact us now to express a desire to join the orchestra--the more people we have "signed on" ahead of time, the greater our presence and influence in our community as we solicit funding, so let us know if you are interested!

Current Openings:

violin, viola, cello, bass,
oboe, bassoon,
French horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion

Positions Currently Filled:

Violins: 4
Viola: 1
Cello: 1
Flute: 2
Piccolo: 1
Oboe: 1
Clarinet: 2
Trumpet: 1
Trombone: 1
French Horn: 1
Percussion: 2

Note: The following roster is in process and should not be considered to be comprehensive.

The String Section

Tara Banick--violin
Tara began playing violin at age six, when she started Suzuki violin lessons at the David Adler Cultural Center in Libertyville, IL. She later studied with Marilyn Shonfeld at the Jack Benny Center for the Arts (Waukegan, IL), and with Pasquale Laurino (Milwaukee, Wisconsin). She has played with the Waukegan Symphony Orchestra, the Zion Chamber Orchestra, the Bradley University Chamber Orchestra, and the Lake Forest College Chamber Orchestra. With her sister Trina, she recently performed Bach's Concerto for Two Violins with the Lake Forest College Chamber Orchestra. She is also a member of a professional string quartet. She graduated from Bradley University in 2001 with a degree in physical therapy, and she works as a physical therapist in Vernon Hills.

Trina Banick--violin
Trina was born and raised in Lake County and began playing violin at age three at the David Adler Cultural Center (Libertyville, IL). Like her sister Tara, she later studied with Marilyn Shonfeld and Pasquale Laurino. She has played with the Waukegan Symphony Orchestra, the Zion Chamber Orchestra, and the Lake Forest College Chamber Orchestra, where she served as concertmaster for three years. With her sister, she recently performed Bach's Concerto for Two Violins with the Lake Forest College Chamber Orchestra. She is also a member of a professional string quartet, which plays for weddings and other special occasions. She graduated from Lake Forest College in 2002 with degrees in business and communications, and she works for Abbott Laboratories.

Timothy Montalvo--violin
Timothy Montalvo began studying the violin privately at age ten with Georgia Cobb and continued technical studies with George Swiggart at the Jack Benny Center for the Arts in Waukegan, IL. Tim is a graduate of DePaul University in Chicago with a Violin Performance Degree. Professors have included Mark Zinger and Hilel Kagan with individual master class performances with Ruben Gonzales, Samuel Maggad and Dorothy Delay. Currently playing as a freelance musician, orchestras have included; the Rockford Symphony, the Zion Chamber Orchestra, the Waukegan Symphony, the Chicago Civic Orchestra, the Lake Shore Symphony, Northwest Indiana Symphony, and the Classical Symphony Orchestra of Chicago.

Simone Montalvo--violin

The Wind Section

Terri Barclay--flute
Terri Barclay is one of the Fourth Grade Beginning Band directors and general music teachers at Hawthorn School in Vernon Hills. Ms. Barclay has her BA in Music Education from Western Illinois University. She spent four years performing as principle flute in various ensembles there. She is also an alumn of the Hawthorn Grade School and Libertyville High School Districts, and has lived in this area for all of her life. Terri is currently a member of the Northshore Concert Band, Waukegan Municipal Band, and is very active performing in her church. She has performed with the Knox-Galesburg Symphony, Vernon Hills Symphony and Libertyville Village Band. Ms. Barclay also teaches private lessons and is a member of Mu Phi Epsilon Professional Music Fraternity, and the Illinois Music Educators Association. Her private instructors have included Sandy Ellingsen, Victoria Jicha, Lori Newman,Gerald Carey, and Andrea Redcay. Terri is very excited to be a part of the brand new Lake County Symphony Orchestra!

Jessica Szmurlo--flute
Terri Barclay is one of the Fourth Grade Beginning Band directors and general music teachers at Hawthorn School in Vernon Hills. Ms. Barclay has her BA in Music Education from Western Illinois University. She spent four years performing as principle flute in various ensembles there. She is also an alumn of the Hawthorn Grade School and Libertyville High School Districts, and has lived in this area for all of her life. Terri is currently a member of the Northshore Concert Band, Waukegan Municipal Band, and is very active performing in her church.

Michele Gaus Ehning --flute & piccolo
Terri Barclay is one of the Fourth Grade Beginning Band directors and general music teachers at Hawthorn School in Vernon Hills. Ms. Barclay has her BA in Music Education from Western Illinois University. She spent four years performing as principle flute in various ensembles there. She is also an alumn of the Hawthorn Grade School and Libertyville High School Districts, and has lived in this area for all of her life. Terri is currently a member of the Northshore Concert Band, Waukegan Municipal Band, and is very active performing in her church.

Howard Green--clarinet
Howard Green has over 30 years of professional music experience as a Conductor, Clarinetist, and. He is a former student of Chicago Symphony members Walter Wollwage and Jerome Stowell, and Caspar Boghosian. Mr. Green has served as principal clarinet and concertmaster in numerous ensembles, including the Chicago Symphonic Concert Band, the Arlington Heights Community Band, and the Mount Prospect Community Band. He is a private teacher of both clarinet and saxophone, and his students have taken top honors in both Chicago and state Solo and Ensemble competitions since 1974. Mr. Green is also co-founder of the Buffalo Grove Symphonic Band. In addition to his musical career, Howard is a Program Manager at Motorola and a member of the adjunct Data Processing faculty at Oakton Community College.

Samuel Rothstein--clarinet
Sam, our youngest member at age 14, began playing the clarinet five years ago. He is currently taking private lessons at the David Adler Cultural Center with Chelsea Valenzo. Sam has participated in many of Hawthorn Junior High School's music programs, including symphonic orchestra, jazz band, wind ensemble, and other small ensembles. He was honored with the John Philip Sousa Award and the Directors Award at Hawthorn Junior High. He recently performed at the ISYM festival in downstate Illinois and the regional IMEA festival. He recently was accepted into the Vernon Hills High School Wind Ensemble as a freshman.

Michelle Lashever--bassoon
Sam, our youngest member at age 14, began playing the clarinet five years ago. He is currently taking private lessons at the David Adler Cultural Center with Chelsea Valenzo. Sam has participated in many of Hawthorn Junior High School's music programs, including symphonic orchestra, jazz band, wind ensemble, and other small ensembles. He was honored with the John Philip Sousa Award and the Directors Award at Hawthorn Junior High. He recently performed at the ISYM festival in downstate Illinois and the regional IMEA festival. He recently was accepted into the Vernon Hills High School Wind Ensemble as a freshman.

The Brass Section

Jeff Poindexter--trumpet
Jeff received a bachelor's degree in music education from the University of Nebraska in 2002, where he played trumpet for the Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, and Cornhusker Marching Band. Jeff played in the pit orchestra for a number of local theatre productions in Lincoln, NE, including West Side Story, Cinderella, and State Fair. Jeff also studied jazz piano while in Nebraska, and has played with Nebraska Jazz Orchestra, Omaha Big Band, and Lincoln's Monday Night Big Band. Jeff currently works at Karnes Music in Vernon Hills, IL where he teaches group and private piano lessons.

Ray Olson--trombone

Ross C. Heim--French horn

The Percussion Section

Shari Green--timpani