New Old Time Chautauqua

One of the zillion possible forms of our band.
You can have fun with it at home!
Choose a few names from below
and imagine your own version of our band!
Use only woodwinds! Have a band of only the musicians with a "G" in their names! Be creative!

The Fighting Instruments of Karma Marching Chamber Band/Orchestra has been an integral part of the New Old Time Chautauqua since even before our Chautauqua existed. You figure it out.

We would like to take a little space here to thank the various incarnations of our live band from over the years. Fortunately, musicians are accustomed to little thanks.

We would even like to thank each and every person who has ever played music in the band, but, unfortunately, nobody can remember them all.

Perhaps it should be noted, so as not to frighten away the musically squeamish, that, of the 60+ musicians mentioned below, never have more than around-half of them played together at any one time.

Finally, here are some of them, past and present, in something like alphabetical order:

Jeffrey Alberts, Percussion
Robyn Albro, Flute, Flautiste, Long Tubular Thingy
Michelle Bates, Clarinet (Kinda)
Dave Bender, Trumpet, featured character on "Futurama"
Stephen Bent, That Bone which Troms
Steven Bernstein, Trumpet, Cornet, leader of the Jazzicians, "Sex Mob"
Paul Black, Percussion, Guitar and Laughing Shill
Diane Chaplin, Cello, Flute, member of the Colorado String Quartet
Jana Rose Chase, Glockenspiel and Various Other Spiels
Bud Chase, Sousaphone, Upright/Downtown Bass
Doug Clark, Trombone, Lone Arranger
Will Clark, Percussion? Yes He Will
Jennifer Collins, Saxophone, Flute
Pom Collins, Fiddle and Faddle
Adam Danoff, Piccolo which is rather Piccohigh
Cici Dawn, Cycymbals
David de la Rocha, Sousaphones and Smiles
Seiza de Tarr, Glockenspiel and Various Other Glocks
Gavi de Tarr, Trumpet, Teen Babe Magnet
Mac Dolecki, Trumpet
Liz Dreisbach, Clarinet
Dan Duggin, Accordion, and how!
Mark Ettinger, Baritone Horn, Deus Ex Machina
Phillip Farrell, Clarinet, even after hearing his father play the thing
Ben Farrell, Clarinetist, Universitarian
Jennifer Freelan, French Horn
Stefan Freelan, Percussion
Steve Horstman, Saxophone
Mark Gowan, Percussion, Ah Gowan!
Lalita Lynn Karst, Tamboura, Zils
Richard Karst, Trumpet, Keyboards, CD Producer
Tara Kemp, Accordian
Miles Kennedy, Percussion
Roderick Kimball, Trumpet of the Schwans
Jacob King, Sousaphone
Sasha Landis, Percussion
Coire Ready Langham, Trumpet, Unlikely Name
Mary Langham, Flute
Morgan Langham, Clarinet
John Langham, Percussion
Gina Leishman, Piccolo, Accordion, Bass Clarinet, British Accent
Nancy Levidow, Flute, Finances and Fun
Barney Lindsley, Saxophone
Kathleen Luther, Assorted Percussion and Polka Dots
Lisa Lystad, Percussion, Eyeballs
Paul "It's the Reed" Magid, Clarinet, Saxophone
Amiel Martin, Bari Saxophone
Djuna Mascall, Flute, The Silver Blow Gun
Nicholas Mayer, Bass Drum
Michael Mielnik, Trombone, Reverend Chumleigh-for-hire
Marie Mileto, Saxophone, Big Eyes, Big Mouth
Mose Mosely, 3rd Cymbalist
Daniel Neville, Saxophone, Flute, Piccolo, Back-up Band Leader
Ben Neville, Saxophone, Handsome Young Devil
Todd Nordling, Trumpet and Pinch-Hit Trombone
Howard Patterson, Euphonium, Trombone
Jasper Patterson, Percussion, Concussion, Seatcussion
Jenny Pipia, Clarinet
Cynthia Pitts, Flute, Piccolo
Mary Ramsay, Flute and Foreign Relations
Ellie Rogers, Saxophone
Tom Sackett, Tenor Saxophone
John Sanders, Percussion
Sid Small, Washboard, avec tout le Bells and Whistles
Thaddeus Spae, Trombone, Composer, Arranger
Eben Sprinsock, Alto Sax, Band Leader, It's All His Fault
Oliver Steck, Trumpet, Accordion to Hoyle
Lito Tabora, Portable Keyboards
Mark Warren, Percussion, Shrinkage
Heather Weihl, Trombone, Interior Design
Doug Wieselman, Clarinet, Saxophone, Arranger, Cool Guy
Andrea Williams, Bass Drum, Energy
Sam Williams, Alto Horn, Faux French Horn
Shelley Winship, Actual French Horn, Latin Percussion, Beloved Toiler
And Many, Many More...

By the way, the above is just a sampling of what these folks do. Most of them play more instruments than you can shake a stick at – which is, incidentally, their idea of a good time.