Membership is limited to thirty active members due to space limitations at our respective venues. We currently have openings for additional pianists, violinists and violists. Please contact us if you are interested in becoming a member or in attending as a guest. Guests are always welcome at our meetings.
Membership is by an audition. The audition shall be a solo, either with or without accompaniment, and may be performed after a regular Music Performance Group meeting or at another time arranged by the Membership Chair. However, a prospective member’s performance in an ensemble with current members as part of a regular meeting’s musical program may be considered as the prospective member’s audition, provided notice is given that this performance is an audition.
MUSIC PERFORMANCE GROUP
2025-2026 Membership
EXECUTIVE BOARD
President…………………….......Tony Sofge
Vice-President……………..........Laura Heard
Secretary…………………..........Patti Beasley
Treasurer……………….............Dennis Calvin
EXECUTIVE CHAIRPERSONS
Program………………………....Laura Heard
Hosting.………………………….Jackie Roelen
Membership.............................Jan Bleakney
Publicity/Promotion……....……
Yearbook……………..…...........Janet Pantoja
Historian....................................Yumi Iwasaki
Website………...........................Yumi Iwasaki
Sunshine Secretary………........Amy Wong
Past President .......Joan Sandler
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Executive Board, Executive Chairpersons, Past President
Current Members
Beasley, Patti ................................Clarinet (2016)
Bleakney, Jan ...............................Flute, Celtic Harp (2015)
Byers, Charlotte.............................Cello (2017)
Calvin, Dennis ..............................Oboe, English Horn (2015)
Egeland, Oda ............................... Piano (2022)
Folan, Rosemary ..........................Violin (2022)
Gaskill, Nedra…………………......Voice (Soprano) (1993)
Heard, Laura……………………....Viola (2011)
Howells, Anne…………………......Violin (2011)
Johnson, Christine .......................Cello (2023)
Kummert, Pam .............................Violin (2016)
McKenzie, Don .............................Piano, Harpsichord (2024)
Pantoja, Janet ..…………………...Cello (2004)
Roelen, Jackie……………….........Violin (2007)
Rosenstein, Shiri………………......Flute (2010)
Sandler, Joan………………….......Viola (2012)
Selvig, Joan……………………......Cello (1971)
Shupe, Gerrity…………………......Piano (2000)
Sofge, Tony……………………......Voice (Tenor) (2011)
Soukup, Becky .............................Violin (2012)
Strick, Susan…….........................Celtic harp, Voice (Soprano) (1995)
Whinston, Melet ...........................Cello (2022)
Wong-Freeman, Amy ...................Piano (2020)
Wong, Sharon ..............................Piano, Cello (2017)
INACTIVE MEMBERS
ENCORE MEMBERS
Baldwin, Carole Cloud .................Voice (2006)
Iwasaki, Yumi ...............................Voice (2008)
Martin, Nona ….………….............Violin/Viola (1994)
Shupe, Gerrity ..............................Piano (2000)
HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS
Allen, Nola ...................................Piano (1974)
Wilson, Mary Kay………..……….Piano (1986)
Membership is by an audition. The audition shall be a solo, either with or without accompaniment, and may be performed after a regular Music Performance Group meeting or at another time arranged by the Membership Chair. However, a prospective member’s performance in an ensemble with current members as part of a regular meeting’s musical program may be considered as the prospective member’s audition, provided notice is given that this performance is an audition.
MUSIC PERFORMANCE GROUP
2025-2026 Membership
EXECUTIVE BOARD
President…………………….......Tony Sofge
Vice-President……………..........Laura Heard
Secretary…………………..........Patti Beasley
Treasurer……………….............Dennis Calvin
EXECUTIVE CHAIRPERSONS
Program………………………....Laura Heard
Hosting.………………………….Jackie Roelen
Membership.............................Jan Bleakney
Publicity/Promotion……....……
Yearbook……………..…...........Janet Pantoja
Historian....................................Yumi Iwasaki
Website………...........................Yumi Iwasaki
Sunshine Secretary………........Amy Wong
Past President .......Joan Sandler
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Executive Board, Executive Chairpersons, Past President
Current Members
Beasley, Patti ................................Clarinet (2016)
Bleakney, Jan ...............................Flute, Celtic Harp (2015)
Byers, Charlotte.............................Cello (2017)
Calvin, Dennis ..............................Oboe, English Horn (2015)
Egeland, Oda ............................... Piano (2022)
Folan, Rosemary ..........................Violin (2022)
Gaskill, Nedra…………………......Voice (Soprano) (1993)
Heard, Laura……………………....Viola (2011)
Howells, Anne…………………......Violin (2011)
Johnson, Christine .......................Cello (2023)
Kummert, Pam .............................Violin (2016)
McKenzie, Don .............................Piano, Harpsichord (2024)
Pantoja, Janet ..…………………...Cello (2004)
Roelen, Jackie……………….........Violin (2007)
Rosenstein, Shiri………………......Flute (2010)
Sandler, Joan………………….......Viola (2012)
Selvig, Joan……………………......Cello (1971)
Shupe, Gerrity…………………......Piano (2000)
Sofge, Tony……………………......Voice (Tenor) (2011)
Soukup, Becky .............................Violin (2012)
Strick, Susan…….........................Celtic harp, Voice (Soprano) (1995)
Whinston, Melet ...........................Cello (2022)
Wong-Freeman, Amy ...................Piano (2020)
Wong, Sharon ..............................Piano, Cello (2017)
INACTIVE MEMBERS
ENCORE MEMBERS
Baldwin, Carole Cloud .................Voice (2006)
Iwasaki, Yumi ...............................Voice (2008)
Martin, Nona ….………….............Violin/Viola (1994)
Shupe, Gerrity ..............................Piano (2000)
HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS
Allen, Nola ...................................Piano (1974)
Wilson, Mary Kay………..……….Piano (1986)