Staff & Board of Directors
Ray Salva, Executive Director
Ray is a seasoned non-profit professional with more than 20 years of experience working in the performing arts, museum, and social advocacy sectors. He has held leadership roles with organizations ranging from the Handel & Haydn Society (Boston, MA) to the American Museum of Natural History (New York, NY), where he forged partnerships with cultural organizations in more than 40 countries. Ray is a year-round Cape Cod resident whose personal interests include world travel, music, film, food and wine, and art history. He lives in the village of Osterville, MA with his wife, Linda, and their two dogs, Audrey and Maggie.
Mónika Veress Woods, Operations Manager
Transylvanian born Hungarian clarinetist with a Master’s Degree in Stylistics of Clarinet Interpretation, from the Gh. Dima Music Academy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. In 2013 Cape Symphony featured her as a soloist, and she became the 1st Prize Winner of Cape Symphony’s New England Concerto Competition. That same year she had the honor to play solo clarinet to the president of Hungary, Áder János on his first visit to the US. In 2015 she co-founded Open Mic Classical www.openmicclassical.org, an organization promoting classical music to all ages, and levels of players. To learn more about her visit www.klarinetista.com
Artistic Directors
Board of Directors
David B. Farer – President
Florence Reif Richman – Vice-President
Christine Todd – Vice President
Dorothy Cone Blumberg – Vice President
Felice S. Coral – Secretary
Inez D’Arcangelo – Treasurer
Sally Burns
Anne Edgar
Peter K. Eisenger
Rhoda Flaxman
Judith Verhave
Associate Board of Directors
Molly Hidden
Lee L. Kane
Elaine Lipton
Leslie W. Nelson
Sophie Sanders
Louis Weisz
Members Emeriti
Nancy P. Barry
Clyde R. Claus (d. 2016)
George Dillon (d. 2013)
Jean Entwistle
Deborah M. Geithner (d. 2014)
Susan Goldsmith (d. 2021)
Susan Hamilton (d. 2022)
Lawrence Handley (d. 2020)
Philip Isenberg (d. 2016)
J. Francesca Rullman (d. 2012)
Robert V.L. Wright (d. 2015)
Artistic Advisors
Margo Garrett
Bernard Greenhouse (d. 2011)
Nicholas Kitchen
Brian Zeger
Schedule & Tickets
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