Founded in 2016, the Civic Orchestra of Jacksonville is a 501(C)3 not-for-profit community orchestra. We are sixty avid musicians— professionals, skilled amateurs, and talented students aged 18 to 88. We’re of Jacksonville, but we’re from all over the First Coast! Some of us live in JAX neighborhoods such as Mandarin, Southside, Northside Downtown and Riverside. Others come from Orange Park, Doctors Inlet, Penney Farms, Ponte Vedra, Fleming Island, the Beaches, St Augustine and even Waycross, Georgia. We’re diverse—ethnically and vocationally. Among us you’ll find schoolteachers, engineers, stay-at-home parents, academics, pastors, computer technicians, graphic designers, artists, first-responders, weavers, nurses, members of the military, accountants, consultants, physicists, and physicians.
| 2019 – 2020 Members of the Civic Orchestra: |
| Concert Master Edward Latimer |
| Violin I Edward Latimer Beth Shorstein Courtney Gillett Olivia Wright Brett Batchelor John Chen Ariel Lockley Sarah Wallace Tiffany Ryce John Chen Jennifer John |
| Violin II Jenny Edwards LaChelle Bruno Michelle Dibias Cindy Zarsky Camelia Reyes Lisa Blizzard Michelle Hayes Brittany Seward Nadine Terk Angie Bussone Joseph Henderson Mary O’Donnell |
| Viola Leah Kosiek CJ Wenninger Fred Del Pozo Lindsay Sheppard Robert Donaldson Daniel Zotti Leah Finklestein Rae Gulve Warren Donaldson Renu Gulve |
| Cello Kristina Schaberg Susan Goodwin Christian Lockley Paula Davis Holly DeCardenas Meredith Hawthorne Aldyn Broach Jennifer Barrett |
| Bass Jon Helpingstine Al Davis Paul Mihalik Jon Helpingstine |
| Harp Nadezhda Shpak |
| Banjo Murphy Griffin |
| Oboe Barrie Mosher David Avery |
| Flute Julie Badger Toni Harrison Antoinette Harrison Maggie Moczynski Jonikka Gaines |
| Piccolo/Flute Cynthia Powell |
| Clarinet Davis Visman William Roberts Molly Sweet Lena Simon Anthony Green |
| Bassoon Paul Tromba Lucinda Mosher |
| Trumpet Bill Watson Katie Montgomery Ace Martin Kent Justice Sam Evans Bill Watson Katie Montgomery Kent Justice Sam Evans |
| Trombone Paul Joyner Ana Simmons Christopher Mundo Cesar Pimentel Kedrick Redding |
| Horn Alison McCarty Kurtis Henderson Jeffrey Otey Carolyn Coppedge French Horn IV Michael Fletcher |
| Tuba Judge McWhorter |
| Percussion Wesley Carter Randy Wright Pat Brown Jasper Esquivel |
| Piano Ken Mulzet |
| Organists Tim Tuller Peter Morin |
