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Steven Thompson, Director

Dr. Thompson lectures at American River College in Sacramento.  He also directs ARCO, a solid, like-no-other, multi-generational, community college orchestra. Salsa and Hip-hop and Beethoven and who knows what, will live on. 

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Musicians are always welcome!

Come see if we are a good fit for you. Rehearsals are Fall and Spring semesters on Wednesdays from 7:00 to 9:30 pm in the ARC Band Room. Use the Contact form on the Homepage for more info!

Orchestra Roster




** Concertmaster
*  Section Leader

Violin I  

Liliia Annenkova,  concertmaster
Elvira Romanchuk, assistant concertmaster
Lucienne Kim
Arthur Bekdjanov
Viktoriia Nishchyk
Isabella Carrasco

Vivian Zeng
Boya Liu

 

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Violin II 

Judy Allen *
Diane Bauer
Stephanie Pui
Jacqueline Dy
William Chan
John Baxter
Kate Wells
Madison Knight
Jolie Nguyen

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Viola 
Viktoria Klyushnik * 
John Hering 

Sezja Rominger

Cello 
Solomiia Kanchalaba-Shvaikovska *
Ilene McHolland-Vossen
Yuriy Klyushnik
Michael Wong
David Brooks
Jean Brooks
Jason Buyag


Bass 
James Dell *
Jeff Bruner
Scott Riddle
Jeff Nokkeo
Kevin Matthiessen
Anastasia Kozlowski
Nicolas Stark
Archangel Sembiring
Mark Severeid

 
Flute/Piccolo 

Melenie Kim
Kaitlan Myers
Alyx Ottenhoff
Ann Wehrman

 

Oboe/English Horn

Don Shawver​
 

Clarinet 
Dan Cooper *
Steven Barclift
Lizette Andres
Roman Belyakov

 
Bassoon 
Kaden Dayog
 

Horn 
Karen Davidson *
Mac Koenig
David Maxwell-Jolly

 
Trumpet
Mason Rogers*
 
Trombone 
Devin Hunter*
Steven Thompson

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Percussion
Owen Early*
Ryder Pickens 


Piano

Nataliia Pidsadna

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Sacramento,  California
USA

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