Symphony Personnel

University City Symphony Conductor

Dr. Leon Burke

Dr. Leon Burke, III began to dedicate his life to music when he began musical studies at age 12. By age 16, Burke began conducting orchestras. After graduating from John Burroughs School, he entered the Oberlin Conservatory in 1972. Upon graduating with a B.M. in Composition, he entered the University of Kansas, where he earned a M.M. and a D.M.A. in Conducting. He has been a Fulbright Fellow in Paraguay. Dr. Burke is currently active as the Conductor of the University City Symphony Orchestra and Assistant Conductor of the St. Louis Symphony Chorus. He is the Choir Director at Eliot Unitarian Chapel in Kirkwood. Outside of St. Louis, Dr. Burke is the Conductor for the Metropolitan Ballet of Topeka, the Alton Symphony Orchestra and conducts the Belleville Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. He also is an adjunct faculty member at East Central College in Union, Missouri and in 2011 conducted the World Youth Orchestra in Paraguay.

University City Symphony President
Vice President	Treasurer Shane Wecker	Secretary Jake Brookman
		Librarian Michael Boone

First Violin
Carl Hoff*, Concertmaster
Doris Gordon Liberman*
Jessica Platt
Marshall Poger
Christopher Voelker

Second Violin
Brian Elder*, Principal
Dale Anderson
Mary Ellen Anderson
Walter Babb
Lauren Buchsbaum
Darlene Kellum
Nick Riggio

Viola
Anna Lackschewitz*, Principal
Julie Bloomquist
Golda Burke
Scott Fargo
Elizabeth Millis
Alexandrea Palensky
Michael Hutchinson

Violoncello
Fariga Drayton*, Principal
Jake Brookman*
Erica Majumder
Chaz McEntire

Double Bass
Jennifer Husky, Principal
Charles Schuder
Keenyn Gravitt
Joseph Koestner

Flute
Mimi Fargo, Principal
Linda Atkinson

Flute / Piccolo
Pat Harrison
Oboe
Cathy Paul, Principal
Jessica Sommer

English Horn

Clarinet
Jack Kissinger, Principal
Gerry Malzone
Jay Hutson

Bass Clarinet
Mark Thiel

Bassoon
Carolyn Mulcahy*, Principal
Evelyn Archer*
Horn
Peter Ulffers
Steve Lashley
Allen Myers

Trumpet
Mary Weber*, Principal
Bill Hershey*
David Wheelock
Trombone
Kurt Silver

Bass Trombone
Buzz Aldrich

Tuba
Troy Marble
Timpani / Percussion
Dave Mayo
Percussion
Dave Mayo II
Jason Jennings

Harp
Michael Boone*

*Member, Local 2-197 American Federation of Musicians