Meet the Board!
Meet our board members and who is behind the org.
Melanie Richman
President; Co-Founder
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Jessica Barnthouse
Vice President; Secretary; Co-Founder
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Mariko Riesel
Treasurer
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Michelle Mollendor
Media Chair;
Co-Founder
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Born and raised in Colorado. I live in Fort Collins, CO. I am a step-mom to 5 AMAZING kids. I want to help encourage kids there is more to orchestra than just an instrument. Orchestra is a friendship, a future job and a calming outlet for the soul!
“A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.”
― Leopold Stokowski
Ada Searle
Scholarship Chair
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I am originally from Western Colorado, and I moved to Fort Collins to study music therapy at CSU. I have four daughters; two are involved in band and two in orchestra. Music is an important part of our family's life, and I hope to encourage it to be a part of other families' lives through this organization.
"Music is to the soul what words are to the mind." -Modest Mouse
Sonja Pancoast
Events Chair
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