About the LSO
Contact the LSO

For questions about playing in the orchestra, becoming an LSO benefactor, or any other information regarding the LSO, please email:

orchestra@umich.edu



The orchestra is governed by an executive committee. They and music director Clinton Ryan Smith may be reached collectively at orchestra@umich.edu or at their individual emails.

Executive Committee
Michael DiPietro John F. Holt Collegiate Professor of Radiology
Kara Gavin Lead Public Relations Representative, UMHS Public Relations
Sarah Gelehrter Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Barbara Kamholz Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Elaine Sims Director, Gifts of Art, University of Michigan Health System
Fran Wakefield Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Department of Anesthesiology
Timothy Wang Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology
David M. Wu House Officer II, Department of Ophthamology (ex officio)

Music Director
Clinton Ryan Smith Doctoral student in Orchestral Conducting at the University of Michigan School of Music




A little bit of LSO history: the first LSO committee (David Brown, Kara Gavin, Gary Meyer, Elaine Sims, and David Wu) and the first music director Mitchell Williams pose outside the Michigan Theater for a kodak moment minutes before the LSO premier.





LSO Webspace was designed by David Wu using Apple PowerMacintosh computers and Macromedia Dreamweaver.