Welcome to the Pittsburgh Savoyards Orchestra Section!

The Pittsburgh Savoyards Orchestra is comprised of semi professional and professional musicians who donate their time to play Gilbert and Sullivan Operettas.   The Orchestra also works with musical students who want to experience playing this great music in a live setting.

We invite you to attend a Live Pittsburgh Savoyards Performance to experience what a wonderful and exciting difference a performance can be with Live Music!

Our current orchestra members are:

Conductor: Guy Russo
Orchestra Manager: Lynette Garlan

Violin 1
Fonda Hollenbaugh
Lina Horwitz
Laura Leonard
Caryn Rogeres
Alicia Templeton

Violin 2
Terri Denmon
Karen Drombosky
Lynette Garlan

Viola
Jerry Agin
Mary Bragdon
Phil Wion

Cello
Tracy Hefner
Hannah Morrison

Bass
Bob Patterson
John Wilson

Flute
Chris Burgh
Alison Dagger
Martha Funderburgh, Section Organizer
Suzanne Levinson
Leigh Snyder

Oboe
Karyn Drombosky
Margaret Kenney
Jordan Sherman

Clarinet
Carol Gilmour
Andrew Peters
James Rumbaugh

Bassoon
Brett Freithaler
Alicia Whitney

French Horn
Melissa Corso
Erik Lahti
Jack Mostow
Rich Shyan

Trumpet
Caitlin Colkitt
Larry Conway, Section Organizer
Joel Greenberger
Ray Heller
Michael Lockman
Tim Yee

Trombone
Art Craft, Section Organizer
Kevin Dick
Scott Eisenreich
Michael Fink
Justin Miller
Ryan Moser

Percussion/Timpani
Cynthia Pennington

Keyboard/Rehearsal Accompanist
Matt Brown
Edward Leonard

The orchestra is a volunteer orchestra made up of semi-professional and professional musicians who donate their time to play this wonderful music for the Pittsburgh Savoyards shows. We love to work with musical students who want to experience playing this great music in a live setting.

Interested in joining, or have other questions about the orchestra? Please contact orchestramanager@pittsburghsavoyards.org.