About FSO: Staff
Meet the staff of Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra
Elizabeth Schulze, music director and principal conductor
Jon Eder, assistant conductor
Laura Kelly, executive director
Laura Kelly joined the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra as its executive director in August 2008.
Prior to joining the FSO, Laura lived and worked in Eastern Europe for eight years as a journalism professor and media consultant in Albania, Slovakia and Bulgaria, where she was the head of the Journalism and Mass Communication department at the American University in Bulgaria. A former Fulbright Scholar, Laura has worked with young journalists and media outlets in Kosovo, Georgia, Armenia and Mongolia. She is also the faculty supervisor for the annual European Journalism Institute in Prague and continues her work as a freelance writer.
Laura is proud to call Flagstaff her home and honored to be able to work with one of the most enduring arts organizations in this city. Her aim is to expand the reach of classical music through partnerships, outreach and innovative education programs.
Allison Urbatchka, marketing and outreach
Allison Urbatchka has worked with the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra since 2008. She started as one of the first interns in a program the symphony began that fall. By the summer of 2009 she was an employee and ready to take on the world of classical music.
As with many nonprofits everybody does everything in the symphony office, but Allison’s main duties are advertising, marketing, and education outreach. The increase of FSO's presence in the schools around Flagstaff the past few years continues to be one of her proudest achievements, and one she attributes to the hard work of many.
Allison’s background is in journalism and public relations, and she eagerly brings those skills along with her to the symphony office. She was involved in musicals and band and orchestra in high school, and remembers one saying that stayed true across the board: “Drink more water.”
Cindy Gould, librarian / office and personnel manager
Cindy Gould has been a member of the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra since 1985. She became principal trumpet in 2001 and was one of the featured soloists for the 2010-2011 concert season. In 2005 she assumed the duties of Personnel Manager and Librarian and additionally three years ago assumed the part-time duties as FSO Office Manager.
Cindy has been a private trumpet instructor for over 25 years and enjoys any and everything having to do with the trumpet and brass music in general. She performs with the Elden Brass Quintet at NAU and works with other performing organizations in Arizona.
