The Cornell Chamber Orchestra is an orchestra of about 20 players, comprising students from all of the colleges on campus. Acceptance into the orchestra is by audition only.

The regular rehearsal times for CCO are:
Tuesday afternoons from 4:45 - 6:15 pm in Barnes Hall
Thursday afternoons from 4:45 - 6:45 pm in Barnes Hall

The Chamber Orchestra performs a wide range of works from the 18th century to present time, written expressly for the intimate setting of a smaller chamber orchestra. Individual players' musical responsibility and preparation is required for the more virtuosic Chamber Orchestra.

Chamber Orchestra rehearses in Barnes Hall and performs many of their concerts in this venue.

CCO Membership - 2003-2004 Violin I André Allavena, Ph.D., Computer Science Elizabeth Chasia, Music/Comp Lit, '04 Leila Nassar-Fredell, ACS Senior Brian Kardon, IHS Senior Lissa Riley, IHS Senior Christian Polman, Urban Regional Studies, '05 Violin II Cary Leung, Biology and Society, '99 Serha Kwak Balàzs Mikusi, Ph.D., Musicology Kimberly Tan, Human Development, '05 Lisa Chin, Human Development, '06 Lisa Hang, Undecided, '06 Christine Morrow,Animal Science, '06 Nancy Chiu, Chemical Engineering, '07 Catherine Kim, Biology/Spanish, '04 Viola Melinda Hung, Biology, '05 Krista Lampe, ALS/Natural Resources, '04 Kimberly Wong, Biology, '07 Naji Husseini, Engineering Physics '04   Cello Stephen Palmer, Music, '06 Sarah Rice, Biology and Society, '04 Abe Katzen, Biology, '07 Maggie Rich, Undecided, '07 Navim Sivakumar, Math and Classics, '06 Marshall Winget, Business School Jessica Fox, Entomology/Biology and Society, '05  Bass Betsy Cooper, ILR/International Relations, '04 Flute Katherine Skovira, ILR-Business, '06 Mary-Anne Gilbert, Government, '07 Oboe Amanda Smith, Architecture, '07 Stephanie Lin, Human Ecology, '07 Clarinet Arnout van der Rijt, Sociology, '02 Andrea Nill, '06 Bassoon Christopher Palmieri, Engineering/CS grad, '04 Rebecca Brown, Animal Science, '04  Horn Pip Beard, Postdoc, Vet Faculty Stefan Bosch, Postdoc, Physics Ali Vanderveld, Ph.D., Physics Zach Kazarinoff, IHS Senior Carlie Kilgore, Ithaca College Leah Jones, Ithaca College Harp Mary Elizabeth Sutherland, College Scholar, Music, '06 Percussion Thomas Pastuszak, Biology, '06 Piano Elizabeth Lindau

Past Members

2007 Spring

2006 Fall

2006 Spring

2005 Fall

2005 Spring

2004 Fall

2003-2004 membership
Spotlight on Betsy Cooper '04

Senior Betsy Cooper, a major in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, has won numerous honors during her Cornell career. Frank DiMeo/University Photography


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