OUR MUSICIANS

*Our professional musicians hail from Rome-Floyd County and the surrounding areas, as well as throughout Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee.*

Artistic Director and Current Musicians

Artistic Director & Conductor
Jeffrey Sean Dokken

Violin I
MUSICIAN NAME, Concertmaster

Violin II
MUSICIAN, Principal
MUSICIAN, Assistant Principal

Viola
MUSICIAN, Principal
MUSICIAN, Assistant Principal

Cello
MUSICIAN, Principal
MUSICIAN, Assistant Principal

Bass
MUSICIAN, Principal
MUSICIAN, Assistant Principal

Flute
MUSICIAN, Principal
MUSICIAN, Assistant Principal

Piccolo
MUSICIAN, Principal
MUSICIAN, Assistant Principal

Oboe
Rebecca Testerman, Principal
MUSICIAN, Assistant Principal

English Horn
MUSICIAN, Principal
MUSICIAN, Assistant Principal

Clarinet
Diane Hargreaves, Principal
MUSICIAN, Assistant Principal

Bassoon
Nib McKinney, Principal
MUSICIAN, Assistant Principal

Horn
Kathleen Ray, Principal
MUSICIAN, Assistant Principal

Trumpet
MUSICIAN, Principal
MUSICIAN, Assistant Principal

Trombone
MUSICIAN, Principal
MUSICIAN, Assistant Principal

Tuba
MUSICIAN, Principal
MUSICIAN, Assistant Principal

Timpani
MUSICIAN, Principal
MUSICIAN, Assistant Principal

Percussion
MUSICIAN

Harp
MUSICIAN

Piano
Kyla Zollitsch

PAST MUSIC LEADERSHIP

Dr. Sam Baltzer, Artistic Director & Conductor (2015 – 2017)
Dr. Richard Prior, Music Director & Conductor (2008 – 2015)
Philip Rice, Music Director & Conductor (2000 – 2007) *
Dr. Tristan Foison, Music Director (1995 – 2000)
John Carruth, Conductor (1976 – 1995)
Helen Dean Rhodes, Conductor (1944 – 1976)
Paul Nixon, Conductor (1921 – 193?) **

* Guest conductors led the RSO during the 2007–08 season.
** The RSO did not regularly perform during World War II.