The Brockton Symphony Orchestra (BrSO) is a semiprofessional orchestra based in Brockton, Massachusetts founded in 1925 as the Brockton Orchestral Society.Redpath, Lisa (2022). "In Harmony: The Complementary Musical Tales of the Brockton Symphony Orchestra, Sharon Civic Orchestra, and Sharon Community Chamber Orchestra" (Universal Publishers, 2022) Described by the Boston Globe as "one of the region's classical jewels",Massey, Joanna (11 December 2003)."Brockton Orchestra Enjoys Crescendo of Success". Boston Globe. Retrieved 3 December 2012. the orchestra performs five or six concerts each year, including several masterworks concerts and an annual Holiday Pops Concert at venues in Brockton including the Buckley Center for the Performing Arts, Christ Congregational Church, and Brockton High School.Brockton Symphony Website In the 1970s, the orchestra also produced original operas and ballets, a tradition it revived with its 2025 production of Carmen. Contemporary works which have been commissioned and premiered by the orchestra include Gardner Read's Vernal Equinox (1955),Dodd, Mary Ann, and Jayson Rod Engquist (1996). Gardner Read: A Bio-Bibliography, p. 80. Greenwood Press. Beth Denisch's Golden Fanfare (1998), and Thomas Oboe Lee's Sounds of The Islands (2005).Massey, Joanna (11 December 2003)."Brockton Orchestra Enjoys Crescendo of Success". Boston Globe. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
The orchestra is currently music directed by John Masko, who has served since 2023. Its board chair is Susan Caplan.Brockton Symphony Board and Staff. https://www.brocktonsymphony.org/about_personnel.php Clarinetist and conductor Jonathan Cohler served as the orchestra's musical director from 1996 to 2006, and James Orent served as music director from 2007 until his death in 2021.
Vasconcellos Youth Competition The Brockton Symphony Orchestra also hosts the annual Vasconcellos Youth Competition, offering $1500 in prizes every year to instrumentalists under the age of 18. Winners are invited to play a concerto with the Brockton Symphony Orchestra. Past Winners include Miki Nagahara, Winston Huang, Jaclyn Freshman, Kristhyan Benitez, and Meihui An.
Members The following is the list of instrumentalists as of the Brockton Symphony Orchestra 2023–2024 season. NameSectionChairJanny JooViolin IMark Finklestein ChairZenas HsuDonna CulleyJohn D. Martin ChairTudor DornescuJoy Garmaise-YeeViridiana Hernandez VillaKathleen JaraDiane HartungJonathan K.S SoJo Manning-SouzaGigi TurgeonLaura-Marie TusiAli YouChristine WarrenBetsy HinkleViolin IIMarcia Lindsay ChairLily ApolloniKaren GrantMaureen JardinJoshua LennoxHeather LuhnNareh MkrtschjanAllison PattonCarol RankinSam RuestSara WeirIsaiah ChapmanStephanie BillinghamViolaStephanie BurnsPatricia ChaneArjun MudanCarly RockenhauserRoselie SamterCassandra SulbaránJulie ReimannCaroline Walter HineCelloChristelle AlcindorTara ChambersAngelina DonahueJames HardimanHoward KatzMacaulley WhitlockAmitabh GoswamiBassCarlos SulbaránCarlos YepesSusan CaplanFlute/PiccoloCaplan Family ChairCarolyn BaughmanLorrie HassanMark FinklesteinOboe/English HornKenneth R. Feinberg ChairMelanie HaynMark Finklestein ChairLori HagborgTorben HansenClarinetEvelyn Chamberlin ChairJeffrey LichensteinKaren SanbornBass Clarinet & SaxophoneMary Jo RunningSaxophoneDebbie ChenBassoonRobert Gemmell Jr.Jessica YoungHornCarol F. Bedard ChairErik SvensonRachel DalySamuel KoeckWayne KingTrumpetSpencer AstonJoseph DonohueJohn SchullerSydney AlfanoNic DionTromboneThomas WilliamsDonald RunningBass TromboneJordan OliveiraTubaCarol ChaffeePianoEve BudnickBryan RoundPercussionChris BoydAngelina SavoieHarp
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