Musicians

Violin
· Brian Lewis, Concertmaster
· Brinna Brinkerhoff
· Aloysia Friedmann
· Jonathan Godfrey
· Andrés González
· Rachel Jordan
· Rasa Kalesnykaite
· Kana Kimura
· Maxine Kuo
· Tammy Linn
· Deborah Tien Price
· Beth Newdome
· Oleg Sulyga
· Amy Thiaville

Viola
· Matt Dane
· Suzanne LeFevre
· Tawnya Popoff
· Lorento Golofeev

Cello
· Richard Belcher
· Julia Cleworth
· Erika Johnson
· Shino Hayashi

Bass
· Sandor Ostlund
· Erik Gronfor

Harp
· Mollie Marcuson

Flute/Piccolo
· Christina Jennings
· Jennifer Keeney

Oboe
· Alecia Lawyer

Clarinet
· Nathan Williams
· Maiko Sasaki

Bassoon
· Kristin Wolfe Jensen
· Daniel Chrisman

Horn
· Danielle Kuhlmann
· Gavin Reed

Trumpet
· Dan Shipman
· George Chase

Trombone
· Brian Logan

Percussion
· Matthew McClung

Piano
· Kimi Kawashima
· Rodney Waters

Beth Newdome Feb 10 ’64 – Feb 13 ‘10 Rest in peace, Beth. We will miss you. Instrument: Violin Originally from: My mom and dad in Mansfield, OH Now reside in: Tallahassee, FL Age: 46

How did you get started? At the age of 3. Mom's a violin teacher.

What do you do when you’re not playing with ROCO? Teach violin at FSU and play tennis.

What are you listening to on your iPod? Jucifer, the Kinks, This American Life.

Personal info: Sheltie named Madison.

Question you're asked most often: What do you do for a living?

Interests outside music: Tennis, bridge, volunteering for a no kill shelter, friends, reading, shopping, traveling, sushi, art.

Education: Tech school for violin - Eastman School of Music

Bio: Beth Newdome, Associate Professor of Violin, joined Florida State University in 2002 after a seventeen-year association with major symphony orchestras in the United States. Most recently she served as the Associate Concertmaster of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

After graduating from the Eastman School of Music, where she studied with Charles Castleman, Ms. Newdome became the Assistant Concertmaster of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, followed by full-time positions in the Columbus (Ohio) and Dallas Symphonies. As a member of the The Georgian Chamber Players with Atlanta Symphony's string principals violist Reid Harris and cellist Christopher Rex, she collaborates with nationally and internationally acclaimed soloists. In addition to their series at Spivey Hall at Clayton State College and the University of Georgia, they debuted at Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall in November 2001. She has been invited on four tours with the World Ochestra for Peace, each in several cities in Europe.

Beth enjoys playing as a member of ROCO and the Iris Chamber Orchestra in Tennessee. In the summers, she is a guest with the Amelia Island Music Festival and an artist faculty at the Aspen Festival and Music School.