Violin
Gail Anderson
Zachary Armstrong +
Sarah Braith
Dean Cheney - Website
Hayley Downing
Linda Eckman
Marilyn Groth
Rachel Hagen
Sue Hammar
Kari Hartman - Gen. Manager
Hannah Jester
Veronica Lilly
Mary Ellen Lundsten -Finance Chair
Colin McGuire -Concert Master*
Hannah Moyer
Leah Nibbe
Christina Nyquist
Corrie Nyquist
Alexandra Parr
Julie Rathmanner - Treasurer
Joelle Strandquist
Dawn Weis *

Viola
Monica Brewster
Mia Haggen
Sandy Millerbernd - BCO V. Pres.
Walter Ostrom
Madelyn Rossen
Rhandy Southa *
Rosemary Tabbut

Cello
Andrew Burgdorf*
Avery Holm
Dave Montgomery
Emily Bedker
Linda Emmel - Librarian
Michael Bergdorf
Taylor Moline
Buffalo Community Orchestra

String Bass
Erin Walsh*
Taylor Budde

Flute
Kristi Wagner- BCO President*
LeeAnn Carlsted (piccolo)
Yvonne Rammel

Clarinet
Gretchen Katzenberger*
William Tregaskis - BCO Secretary

Oboe
William Leafblad*
Kate Polman

Bassoon
Abby Huff
Larry Marquette*
Liza Davis

Percussion
Charlie Aldrich
Michael Boude
Marshall Carlsted *
Mike Smith
Brandon Schroeder


Piano/Keyboard
Gale Holmquist*

French Horn
Jolyn Halvorson*
Rachel Palleson
Kara Stonecipher
Michael Walsh

Trumpet
Charlie Roux*
Michael Dailey
Nichole Hofstede

Trombone
Douglas Reimann
Michael Okwabi (bass)
Ken Ross*

Tuba
Jason Koets*


**Concertmaster
+Associate Concertmaster
*Section Principal

(From March 2010)

Photographer: Tom Moline
Copyright © 2004 - 2009
Buffalo Community Orchestra

Revised 2009 October 26
Conductors of the Buffalo Community Orchestra

Mary Roberts Wilson, 1995-1997
John Robert Sall, 1997-2001
Michael Halstenson, Guest Conductor, 2001
Joseph Schlefke, Guest Conductor, 2002
Nicholas Wallin, 2002-2004
Brendan Caldwell, 2004-2006
Peter C. Jacobson, 2006-2009
Steven Eckblad, 2009 -
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Steven Eckblad grew up in Vasa, Minnesota; received his Bachelor of Music in
Music Education and Horn from the Eastman School of Music and his Masters
from St. Cloud State University.  After a year in Fridley, Steven taught orchestra
5--12 in the St. Cloud Public Schools until his retirement in 2001.  He was the
bass instructor at SCSU from 2001 to 2004.


His conducting experiences include St. Cloud Summer Pops 1975-80, Quite Light
Opera 1980-2000, MMTA concerts at Northrup Auditorium 1994-97, Central
Lakes Honors Orchestra 1999.   He is in his seventh season as Music Director of
the Willmar Area Symphony Orchestra and conducts the Bethlehem Chamber
Orchestra and the Mississippi String Camp Orchestra.


Steven plays bass in the St. Cloud Symphony, and cello in the Amadeus Chamber
Orchestra and Verve String Quartet.  Steven teaches violin, viola, cello and bass
in his private studio.  He has stage directed numerous musicals and opera
productions in St. Cloud. He is also a golf coach at St. Cloud Technical High
School.  Steven is married to Beverley Williams, string teacher and conductor;
and, they have a daughter, Lied, a violist and nurse in New York City.