A Little Bit of Our History

It takes a great deal of thankless work, and countless hours of planning and organizing to run an orchestra. It takes many people to accomplish this, and here we would like to acknowledge and thank our presidents, who have provided the leadership and direction that made Hillsboro Symphony Orchestra what it is today.


Presidents of Hillsboro Symphony Orchestra
Diane Moser 2001 - 2003
Jim Thompson 2003 - 2004
Debbie Amara 2004 - 2007
Frank Kenny 2007 - present


It would be impossible to have an orchestra without our dedicated conductors.

Our Conductors have been:
Stefan Minde 2001 - 2003
Sharon Northe 2003 - present

Associate Conductors:
Sharon Northe 2001 - 2003
Mark Perlman 2003 - present


We owe a lot to those people who had the dream and the vision of an orchestra in Hillsboro.

Founders of Hillsboro Symphony Orchestra
Mike Graves
Morgan Brown
Barbara Hanson

Our logo has changed through time.
To see a brief history of our logo, please click here.

Our 2006 logo contest
In 2006, we held a contest to design a new logo for HSO. Several wonderful designs were submitted. Leisha Huskey's entry was selected by the Orchestra to be our new logo. Designs were also submitted by Blake Clodfelter, Perry Ogan, Ed Ramsden, Anirudd Sharma and Tim Reeves.

Thanks to all who contributed.

To see the logo entries, please click here.