Stephen Rogers Radcliffe continues to fulfill the promise recognized when he made his Lincoln Center conducting debut with Metropolitan Opera sopranos Jan DeGaetani, Susan Graham and Dawn Upshaw. Since then Mr. Radcliffe has conducted orchestras on four continents, produced compact disc recordings of operatic, orchestral, and chamber music works, and has fostered the development of audiences through innovative educational and artistic programs. An Assistant Conductor of the Boston Lyric Opera, Radcliffe was Founder and Music Director of the New York Chamber Ensemble - performing for over a decade at Lincoln Center, Artistic Director of the Cape May Music Festival, and Principal Guest Conductor of the Hungarian Virtuosi, which he led in international touring, television and radio broadcast performances and recording projects. Stephen Rogers Radcliffe served as the Director of Orchestral and Operatic Activities at the University of Massachusetts and Music Director of the Five College Opera Project. Mr. Radcliffe holds a degree in Music Education from the New England Conservatory and has led youth orchestra programs throughout the United States, Europe, Latin America, and Asia. He holds a Masters Degree in conducting from the University of Michigan and has studied at the Aspen and Tanglewood Music Centers as well as at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Sienna. Mr. Radcliffe is currently the Harry and Mildred Remis Endowed Fellow at Brandeis University. His principal teachers include Gustav Meier, Leonard Bernstein and Franco Ferrara.

Daniel Petersen brings a comprehensive and extensive arts management background to SYSO. Former manager of Orchestra Seattle/ Seattle Chamber Singers, Mr. Petersen was also Executive Director of the Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia, and manager of the Distinguished Artists Series at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as co-founder of the Choral Alliance of Philadelphia. Besides his classical music background Mr. Petersen has been manager of a Shakespearean theater company and booking and tour contractor for a rock, folk and jazz club outside Chicago. Currently he serves on the Youth Orchestra Division Board of the American Symphony Orchestra League.  He can be heard twice a week on the radio as producer and guest host of "The Historic Recordings Hour" and "The Grand Tradition; Singers of the Golden Age" on Classic KING FM, 98.1.

SYSO Staff
Orchestra Coordinator: Janice Gatti
Development Director: Josef Krebs
Financial Manager: Aimee Tan
Education Outreach Coordinator : Scott Teske
Box Office Manager: John Empey
PR/ Communications Coordinator: Lidia Lesniewska
Grants Manager: Dan Schmitt
MITC Director: Walter F. Cole
Marrowstone Coordinator: Britt Madsen
Conductor Emeritus: Vilem Sokol

Volunteer Orchestra Secretaries
Symphonette Orchestra Secretaries: Lisa Hirayama 206.781.8354
Debut Orchestra: Mary Bourguignon 425.702.0501
Junior Symphony: Elizabeth Steuby 206.546.9198
Youth Symphony: Janice Gatti 206.362.2300

Board of Directors
President: Krista Fukker
Executive Vice President: Jan Bleakney
Secretary: Jim Maher
Treasurer: Satoru Tashiro

Board Development Committee Chair: Jan Bleakney
Finance Committee Chair: Satoru Tashiro
Music and Outreach Committee Chair: Jefferey Izzo
Development Committee Chair: Krista Fuller
Marrowstone Committee Chair: Paul Rafanelli

Others:
Al Arthofer, David L. Bosworth, James Clack, Heidi Haeyoung Drake, Mary Anne Howard, Alice Ikeda, Joanne Kuhns, Laura Lutz, Ginny Matheson, Donald Thulean, Kwan Wong

Job Opportunities
There are currently no openings for staff positions at SYSO.