Steve Posegate
Steve has a lifelong background in music education. He has worked with students of all ages, from elementary school to college. He began his career in Alaska, and has worked as a graduate teaching fellow at University of Oregon; associate professor of music education and director of bands at Trinity International University in Illinois; and professor of music education at California Baptist University. He is a lifelong musician who has played with the Anchorage Symphony and other groups. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Music Education with a cognate field of Wind Ensemble Conducting from University of Oregon.

Paul Strike (Past Conductor)
Originally from Cedar Falls, Iowa, Paul studied music at Drake University (trombone) in Iowa’s capital, Des Moines. There, he participated in symphony orchestra, pit orchestra, wind symphony, jazz band, and various brass ensembles. After a brief hiatus from music, Paul began conducting as a hobby. He conducted the Timothy Dwight College community orchestra at Yale University (New Haven, CT) for a year during graduate studies. 


John Monks (Past Conductor)
John has been a professional musician for over 40 years, playing in shows, small jazz groups and large concert ensembles throughout California, Italy and Germany. A 1975 graduate of California State University Sacramento, he taught music at Jesuit High School in Carmichael, California, for 28 years. He also had a 38 year career as a military musician, the last 18 as commander and conductor of the 59th Army Band, California Army National Guard. He joined the Orchestra in 2008 as associate conductor.

Robin DeVour (Founder and Past Conductor)
After many years in the Portland. area, Robin retired from his practice of clinical psychology and moved to the Oregon coast, in 1998. Born and raised in Los Angeles, he studied music composition at Occidental College. After graduation he served for four years as a U.S. Navy bandsman and subsequently taught instrumental and choral music at both the secondary and college levels. An interest in the psychological effects of music led him to graduate degrees in that field and a career as a clinical psychologist.

After retirement, he began to pursue his interest in music performance, as well as composition and conducting. In addition to founding the Oregon Coast Chamber Orchestra in 2001, and serving as the music director, he organized the six piece jazz group Coastal Steamer and conducted the choir at New Life Lutheran Church. Because there is a limited amount of music written for chamber orchestras, Robin, with the help of his wife, Helen, orchestrates and arranges much of the music played by the Orchestra. His "Sea Shanty Suite" was premiered by the Orchestra in 2004, "A Little Sectional Work" in 2006. His newest major work "Ritmos Latinos" is a suite of Latin-American dances premiered by the Orchestra in the spring 2010 Pops concert.


Previous associate and guest conductors include John Bringetto, Shannon Dickey, Steve Conaton, John Dodge, Rafael Videira, and Laura Merz.