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YOSA musicians number more than 1,800 and come from more than 158 schools in 21 school districts. YOSA musicians are ethnically diverse — 53% Hispanic, 33% Caucasian, 3% AfricanAmerican, 8% Asian-American. More than one-third of YOSA musicians receive tuition assistance; more than 65% receive free programs through community partnerships.
The Orchestras
More than 450 musicians are arranged into 8 orchestras with weekly rehearsals and 10 concerts annually. Musicians with one to two years of playing experience begin in YOSA Prelude Strings. As their music skills progress and improve, they may graduate into Capriccio Strings, Sinfonietta Strings, and Concertino Strings. YOSA Flute Choir, Symphony, and Symphonic Winds offer opportunities for string, woodwind, brass, and percussion musicians. The most experienced young musicians in the region perform with the YOSA Philharmonic, playing professional-level repertoire in premier venues here and abroad, collaborating regularly with internationally renowned soloists and composers. The YOSA Philharmonic has represented San Antonio on 10 international tours, most recently London in 2012 and Québec in 2014.
Summer Symphony Camp
In July each summer, more than 200 students convene for a two-week day camp hosted at Saint Mary’s Hall with some of San Antonio’s finest music teachers and professional musicians as faculty. YOSA has been offering summer camp since 1985; the program has expanded to include woodwinds, brass, and percussion.
YOSA MÁS:Music at School
YOSA is committed to working with public and private schools throughout greater San Antonio. Some school partnerships involve classroom and school visits by YOSA faculty and staff. YOSA’s most comprehensive school partnerships are with the Roosevelt High School Compact in NEISD and the Edgewood Fine Arts Academy in EISD. The seven schools of the Roosevelt Compact, a project involving NEISD’s Roosevelt High School and the two middle schools and four elementary schools that feed Roosevelt High, is funded by Rackspace. This school partnership includes extensive interaction between YOSA staff, teachers, and young musicians. The Edgewood Independent School District partnership includes an after-school program at two elementary schools, and additional teaching resources at the middle school orchestra with plans to expand to high school.
Our History
YOSA is a successor to the city’s first community-wide youth orchestra, which was created by SAISD in 1949. In recent years, YOSA has expanded its reach from 483 musicians in 2008 to more than 1,800 in 2014. YOSA is a resident company of the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts. The mission of Youth Orchestras of San Antonio, the premier orchestral experience for youth citywide, is to enhance education, enrich the community, and transform lives by pursuing excellence in classical music in a stimulating, nurturing, and fun environment that is equally accessible to all youth. Take a break from the outside world! Please turn off your cell phones, pagers, and all other audible electronic devices before the concert begins. Children of all ages are welcome at all YOSA concerts. We suggest that you sit near an exit so you can discreetly exit the auditorium in the event that your child is unable to maintain a sub-whisper level volume. Thank you.
Cover Photo: Sean Nelson, YOSA Class of 2014
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Letter from the Board Chair Welcome to YOSA’s 2014/15 season. This year will be full of exciting performances, including our inaugural season at the new Tobin Center for the Performing Arts. Since 1949, YOSA has provided San Antonio youth with the opportunity to transform their lives through music. Today our board, staff and community continue to strive to provide a path for all young musicians to access this premier orchestral experience. The last few years have seen tremendous growth in the number of students YOSA serves. More than 1,800 young musicians from 158 public and private schools across 21 different school districts participate in YOSA programs. YOSA serves a growing number of home schooled musicians and have seen our ethnic diversity evolve to match that of the city. I appreciate the hard work of the staff, faculty, and my fellow board members in making this happen, and thank all of our parents and donors who have supported this effort. This year, YOSA is proud to announce two new orchestras. The YOSA Concertino Strings under the direction of San Antonio Symphony’s principal cellist, Kenneth Freudigman, serves as the most advanced allstring orchestra in YOSA. Dr. John Zarco, Associate Director of Bands at UTSA, conducts the YOSA Symphonic Winds, offering more opportunities for woodwind, brass, and percussion musicians. YOSA continues its musical partnerships with Edgewood Independent School District and the seven schools of the Roosevelt Cluster. Under the umbrella of YOSA MÁS:Music At School, these programs offer resources to school music programs at no cost to the students or school districts. YOSA changes kids’ lives through music. This is possible because of the support of our donors. Each October, YOSA holds an event called Stop! And Feel the Music that combines food, fun, and the YOSA Pop-up Orchestra. On April 11, 2015, YOSA will hold the 4th annual Beethoven 5k/10k. This year, the fun run/walk will take place at Mission County Park. Please support these young musicians by investing in their future. It is as easy as attending these events and being part of the fun! Best wishes, John Frederick Ph.D. YOSA Board of Directors 8
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YOSA Gold Series 1 Sunday, October 26, 2014 7 p.m. The Tobin Center for the Performing Arts H-E-B Performance Hall “A New Birth of Freedom” Philharmonic Troy Peters, Music Director Ricardo Chavira, narrator Arturo Márquez
Conga del Fuego Nuevo
Aaron Copland
Lincoln Portrait
Ricardo Chavira, narrator INTERMISSION Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
Moderato Allegretto Largo Allegro non troppo
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PROGAM NOTES by Troy Peters
Márquez: Conga del Fuego Nuevo Mexican composer Arturo Márquez (born 1950) has always drawn on a wide variety of influences. His father was a mariachi and many of his relatives were folk musicians. On the other hand, he grew up in a Los Angeles suburb, where he got to know classical music and American rock and pop. His charming Conga del Fuego Nuevo (“New Fire Conga”), composed in 2009 and championed by Gustavo Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, has quickly entered the international orchestral repertoire.
Copland: Lincoln Portrait In January 1943, just a month after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, conductor Andre Kostelanetz asked three composers to write orchestral portraits of great Americans to buoy the spirits of his wartime audience. Aaron Copland (1900-1990) immediately set to work on a piece about Walt Whitman, but Kostelanetz urged him to switch to a statesman— especially since Jerome Kern, one of the other composers, had chosen another literary figure, Mark Twain, as the subject of his piece. Copland reluctantly abandoned the Whitman idea, turning instead to Abraham Lincoln. In selecting the narrator’s text from letters and speeches of Lincoln, Copland said he “avoided the temptation to use only well-known passages, permitting myself the luxury of quoting only once from a world-famous speech.” The orchestra opens the piece with what Copland calls “the mysterious sense of fatality that surrounds Lincoln’s personality.” A quicker middle section evokes the mood of the times, with much of the music based on Stephen Foster’s “Camptown Races,” a popular tune in Lincoln’s day. Finally, the orchestra provides a majestic frame for the great president’s words. Lincoln Portrait went on to become one of Copland’s most popular works; meanwhile, the other two works Kostelanetz commissioned, Kern’s Portrait for Orchestra of Mark Twain and Virgil Thomson’s Mayor LaGuardia Waltzes, have slipped into quiet obscurity.
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YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | FALL CONCERTS Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) wrote his Fifth Symphony at a major crossroads in his life. Early in his career, he was one of the most popular Soviet composers, a patriotic artist who also stretched his audience with elements of the adventurous musical language he shared with modernists like Stravinsky and Hindemith. With Stalin’s rise in the 1930s, however, the political elite became more culturally conservative. On January 28, 1936, Shostakovich awoke to find his opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk—a biting satire that had been playing to full houses for two years— attacked in the Communist newspaper Pravda as “chaos instead of music.” Overnight, Shostakovich was a musical and political outcast. Later that year, Shostakovich’s massive, Mahlerian Fourth Symphony was in rehearsal; fearing that its dark irony might add fuel to the fire, Shostakovich withdrew the piece (hiding it away for another 25 years) and disappeared from public life for more than a year. When he reemerged, in November 1937, he paired his Fifth Symphony’s premiere with the publication of an article entitled “A Soviet Artist’s Creative Response to Just Criticism.” The symphony’s heroic narrative and more accessible musical language elicited more than half an hour of applause from the audience at the triumphant premiere. The people had spoken, and Communist officials grudgingly welcomed Shostakovich back into the Soviet mainstream. The first movement opens with stark, dramatic counterpoint in the strings. The music explores a few more hopeful themes before working itself into a gradually accelerating whirlwind of rage. It ends in a tranquil soundscape, with a hint of foreboding. The second movement, reminiscent of the symphonic scherzos of Mahler, is a clumsy, satirical waltz. The tragic third movement is so full of emotion that it elicited weeping at the work’s premiere. After a defiant, thrilling opening, the finale reaches a powerful central climax that gives way to quiet, wistful music. Then comes the blazing brass and timpani of the symphony’s stirring conclusion. To some listeners, this music is pure victory; to others, it feels forced and insincere. Was Shostakovich delivering the triumphant finale political leaders expected of him, or was he ironically mocking those same leaders? Musicologists and commentators have disagreed for many years, but the symphony is a riveting musical journey either way.
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TROY PETERS, Music Director
Troy Peters has been Music Director of YOSA (Youth Orchestras of San Antonio) since 2009. He has guest conducted many orchestras, including the Oregon Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, Vermont Symphony Orchestra, and Vermont Mozart Festival. He was previously Music Director of the Vermont Youth Orchestra and Montpelier Chamber Orchestra, and conducted college orchestras at Texas State University and Middlebury College. He has also gained international attention for his orchestral collaborations with rock musicians, including Blind Pilot, Jon Anderson (of the band Yes), and Trey Anastasio (of the band Phish), with whom he worked on two albums on Elektra Records.
Peters conducted the world premiere recording of Daron Hagen’s Masquerade with violinist Jaime Laredo, cellist Sharon Robinson, and the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, on Bridge Records. Among the other soloists with whom he has collaborated are Midori, Edgar Meyer, Christopher O’Riley, and Richard Stoltzman. His work has been the subject of national media attention from CBS Sunday Morning, National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition, Symphony, and The New Yorker. Awarded a Vermont Arts Council Citation of Merit in 2009, he has also been honored with eight ASCAP Awards for Adventurous Programming of Contemporary Music and has conducted more than three-dozen world premieres. A popular lecturer, he has presented pre-concert talks for the Philadelphia Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, Vermont Symphony Orchestra, and San Antonio Symphony. Peters is also active as a composer, where his honors include the Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and grants from Meet the Composer and the Rockefeller Foundation. He holds degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music and the University of Pennsylvania, where his primary compositional mentors were Ned Rorem and George Crumb. Born in 1969 in Greenock, Scotland (of American parents), Peters grew up in Tacoma, Washington, and lives in San Antonio with his wife and two children.
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YOSA City Series 1 Sunday, November 2, 2014 3 p.m. Trinity University’s Laurie Auditorium Capriccio Strings
Jonathan Raveneau, conductor Richard Meyer
Bach Country Fiddles
Soon Hee Newbold
Dragon Dances
Sinfonietta Strings Lisa McCutchan, conductor W. A. Mozart
Overture to Cosi fan tutte, K. 588
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
“Procession of the Nobles” from Mlada
Antonín Dvorák (arr. Deborah Baker Monday)
Finale from Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”
(arr. Todd Parrish)
(arr. Deborah Baker Monday)
Symphonic Winds
John Zarco, conductor Karl King
The Victor March
Percy Grainger
Shepherd’s Hey
Chris Pilsner
Dum Spiro Spero
John Mackey
Undertow
Gustav Holst
First Suite in E-flat, Op. 28, No. 1
(arr. Gene Milford)
(ed. R. Mark Rogers)
(ed. Colin Matthews) Chaconne Intermezzo March
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PROGRAM NOTES
compiled by Troy Peters & John Zarco Richard Meyer is not only a widely performed composer of music for young string players, but also teaches middle school orchestra in the Los Angeles suburb of Temple City. His Bach Country Fiddles cleverly builds a country fiddle dance on melodic fragments from music by Johann Sebastian Bach, including Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 and the famous Minuet in G. Born in Korea in 1974, Soon Hee Newbold grew up in Maryland and has a thriving career as a violinist, conductor, and even actress. She is best known, however, as a composer of orchestral works for students. Inspired by Asian folk music, she wrote Dragon Dances in 2003. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 1790 opera Cosi fan tutte (“All Women Act That Way”) was his third and final collaboration with librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte, following earlier successes with The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni. The comic tale follows two young men, each trying to prove his fiancée is the most devoted and faithful. The overture sets the tone with a slow introduction that foreshadows the opera’s climax, giving way to effervescent fast music. Mlada began life in 1872, a melding of opera and ballet with music by four different Russian composers. That version never reached the stage, but one of the composers, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, loved the colorful story and wrote his own version in 1890. Most of Mlada is forgotten, but the “Procession of the Nobles” has been an orchestral favorite for more than a century. The music kicks off with a rousing fanfare, followed by a noble tune, perfect for a ceremonial procession. The “New World” Symphony was a product of Antonín Dvorák’s 18921895 sojourn in the United States. He left behind his native Bohemia to direct a music conservatory in New York, but homesickness eventually drove him back to Prague. Dvorák thought American composers should draw on the music of African-Americans and Native Americans to forge a new national style, and the “New World” Symphony was his attempt to show us how it should be done.
The Victor was one of six marches included in Karl King’s 1910 Artarmo Band Book, which also contained six waltzes and one each of an overture, gallop, serenade, and schottische. King, not yet 19 years old, would go on to write nearly 200 marches, including several beloved circus marches. The arrangement by Gene Milford being performed today is scored for modern concert band while retaining all of the original harmonic and melodic content. Shepherd’s Hey is one of dozens of pieces in Australian composer Percy Grainger’s largest body of work, collectively known as “British Folk-Music Settings.” Grainger wrote, “In agricultural districts in various parts of England, teams of ‘Morris Men,’ decked out with jingling bells and other finery, can still be seen dancing to Shepherd’s Hey and other traditional dance tunes played on the fiddle or on the pipe and tabor (a sort of drum and fife).” 16
YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | FALL CONCERTS Composer Chris Pilsner writes, “Dum Spiro Spero takes its title from a Latin phrase meaning ‘While I breathe, I hope.’ When I read that phrase for the first time, I was taken back by the incredible amount of power it held and immediately knew it would be the basis for a new piece. When I started writing, my goal was to write something as deeply emotional and human as the title was…. From the lush opening, the gentle singing, and ultimately the triumphal climax, the human quality to the music is what I think gives Dum Spiro Spero a powerful sense of grace and splendor.” One of America’s most frequently performed living composers, John Mackey is a graduate of the Juilliard School and the Cleveland Institute of Music. Undertow, premiered by Austin’s Hill Country Middle School Band in May 2008, contains characteristic elements of Mackey’s writing, including biting dissonance within a tonal context, frequent use of mixed meter, heavy percussion effects and a pervasive ostinato. The metric pattern for the piece is an alternation of 7/8 and 4/4 meters, which provides an agitated “out-ofstep” pulsation throughout. Gustav Holst’s First Suite in E-flat is a cornerstone of the wind band repertoire. Holst introduced a new style of idiomatic band writing that was specific to the medium and, according to Richard Franko Goldman, delivered the “first available and universally recognized original band work of the century.” The opening Chaconne repeats a ground bass, reminiscent of those written by Henry Purcell or William Byrd, sixteen times as varying instrumental textures and variations of the theme are layered within it. The Intermezzo is light and brisk, featuring soloistic passages for the cornet, oboe, and clarinet. The final March introduces two contrasting themes, ending with both themes intertwined as the band crescendos to a rousing conclusion.
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RICARDO CHAVIRA, Guest Artist
A native of South Texas, Ricardo Antonio Chavira was born in Austin and raised in San Antonio, where he graduated from Robert E. Lee High School, now the Performing Arts School, and Incarnate Word College. Chavira received his MFA from the highly regarded UC-San Diego’s Professional Actor Training Program in 2000, and moved to Los Angeles shortly thereafter.
Since that time, he has worked consistently in all areas of the entertainment industry – film, television and theatre. His film credits include “Piranha 3D,” “The Alamo” and several independent films. In addition to his long-running role on “Desperate Housewives,” his television credits include “Welcome to the Family,” a series regular role on “The Grubbs,” recurring roles on “Six Feet Under,” and “The Division,” and guest starring roles on “Monk,” “Joan of Arcadia,” “Kingpin,” “24,” “George Lopez Show” and “JAG,” as well as “NYPD Blue” and two other Steven Bochco series, “Philly” and “City of Angels.” He also co-starred in the A&E film, “Kings of South Beach.” He is a well known advocate in the fight against Breast Cancer, a cause that became highly personal to him at the age of 15, when he lost his own mother to breast and ovarian cancer. He has worked closely with the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and the Cancer Support Community to raise awareness of the effects of the disease and importance of finding a cure. His greatest achievement and honor, however, were the births of his son, Tomas Antonio, in 2003, and daughter, Belen Elysabeth, in 2008. One of Chavira’s favorite pieces of classical music is Claude Debussy’s “La Mer.”
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YOSA City Series 1 Sunday, November 2, 2014 7 p.m. Trinity University’s Laurie Auditorium Concertino Strings
Kenneth Freudigman, conductor George Frideric Handel
Concerto grosso in G major, Op. 6, No. 1, HWV 319
Jean Sibelius
Andante Festivo, Op. 117a
Karl Jenkins
“Allegretto” from Palladio
A tempo giusto Allegro Adagio Allegro Allegro
Flute Choir
Martha Long, conductor Thomas Weelkes
Madrigal: Strike It Up, Tabor
Thomas Morley
Madrigal: Though Philomela Lost Her Love
Jennifer Higdon
Amazing Grace
Thomas Weelkes
Madrigals
(arr. Jonathan G. Bayley) (arr. Jonathan G. Bayley)
(arr. Jonathan G. Bayley) Since Robin Hood As Deadly Serpents Lurking The Nightingale
Symphony
Kenneth Freudigman, conductor Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga
Overture to Los Esclavos Felices
Edward Elgar Chanson de Nuit, Op. 15, No. 1 Chanson de Matin, Op. 15, No. 2 Béla Bartók
Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 68
Jocul cu bâta (Stick Dance) Brâul (Sash Dance) Pe loc (In One Spot) Buciumeana (Horn Dance) Poarga Româneasca (Romanian Polka) Mâruntel (Fast Dance) Mâruntel (Fast Dance)
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compiled by Troy Peters George Frideric Handel was only 25 years old when his music attracted the attention of the Elector of Hanover, who hired him as his court composer. When the Elector became King George I of England in 1714, Handel followed him to London. He rose to great fame there, with tremendous successes like Messiah and Water Music. One of the most popular forms of the time was the concerto grosso, marked by the contrast between a small group of soloists (the concertino) and the entire orchestra (the ripieno). In 1739, Handel composed a dozen concerti grossi, published as Opus 6, strongly influenced by those of his Italian friend, Arcangelo Corelli. In the first of the set, we see a master of the Baroque style at the top of his form, writing music of tremendous elegance, energy, and grace. Jean Sibelius originally wrote his Andante Festivo for string quartet in 1922, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Säynätsalo Plywood Mill, near his home in Finland. For this rather prosaic occasion, he crafted a surprisingly noble and solemn chorale. Seventeen years later, when the elderly Sibelius agreed to provide Finland’s contribution to an international radio broadcast for the opening of the New York World’s Fair, he reworked the string quartet into a lush work for string orchestra and timpani. Sibelius himself conducted the radio broadcast on New Year’s Day 1939: his final public performance and his only recording as a conductor. The Andante Festivo was played at the composer’s funeral in 1957, and is still sometimes heard in Finland to mark solemn occasions. Welsh composer Karl Jenkins’s varied career included a long stint in the influential progressive rock band Soft Machine and many years composing music for television commercials. In 1995, he transformed a theme originally written for a DeBeers diamond commercial into the first movement of Palladio, a string orchestra tribute to the 16th-century Italian architect, Andrea Palladio. “Two of Palladio’s hallmarks,” the composer wrote, “are mathematical harmony and architectural elements borrowed from classical antiquity, a philosophy which I feel reflects my own approach to composition.” Thomas Weelkes was a major figure in English music at the beginning of the 17th century. Like many of his contemporaries, he split his attention between church music and madrigals (short secular songs for unaccompanied singers, usually in three or four parts). Weelkes was close friends with one of the greatest English madrigalists, Thomas Morley, and wrote several madrigals in Morley’s memory after his 1602 death. Canadian flutist Jonathan G. Bayley has arranged favorite madrigals by Weelkes and Morley for flute ensemble. Noted American composer Jennifer Higdon, recipient of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in Music, has written a great deal of music for her own instrument, the flute. Her arrangement of the anonymous hymn-tune, Amazing Grace, was originally written for chorus, as the final movement of her 1998 choral work, Southern Grace. Higdon quickly transcribed the choral music into versions for string quartet and for flute ensemble. 20
YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | FALL CONCERTS Juan Crisostomo Arriaga has sometimes been called “the Spanish Mozart,” because of the impressive musical output of his teenage years. He finished his opera, Los Esclavos Felices (“The Happy Slaves”), when he was only 14 years old, and the charming overture is full of youthful energy, sometimes reminiscent of Rossini. Sadly, we will never know what he might have achieved in his musical maturity; he died of tuberculosis when he was only 19. Like many composers of his generation, Edward Elgar sometimes wrote “salon music”: short pieces with sentimental melodies, well suited to social gatherings or dining. In 1897, he wrote one such piece for violin and piano, which he called Evensong; since his publisher knew that French titles tended to sell better, however, they renamed it Chanson de Nuit. Two years later, Elgar submitted a companion piece, Chanson de Matin, and arranged both tunes for small orchestra. Both pieces are charming, and Chanson de Matin enjoyed a decade or so of international popularity in the wake of Elgar’s 1899 success with his “Enigma” Variations. In his late twenties, Béla Bartók began to travel the Hungarian countryside with his friend and fellow composer Zoltán Kodály, collecting Eastern European folk tunes. When the outbreak of World War I restricted their travels, Bartók began to compose and publish new works based on the hundreds of melodies they had collected. One of the most popular of these is his set of Romanian Folk Dances, written for piano in 1915. These seven dances, which vary greatly in character and tempo, are played without a break, the last three forming a finale of increasing energy and excitement. Bartók arranged them for small orchestra in 1917.
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YOSA CONDUCTOR BIOS
Kenneth Freudigman, YOSA Symphony & YOSA Concertino Strings Conductor Kenneth Freudigman is the co-founder and artistic director of Camerata San Antonio, principal cello of the San Antonio Symphony, adjunct professor of cello at the University of Texas at San Antonio, former Education Director of the Cactus Pear Music Festival, and a highly respected cello pedagogue. Ken began his work as YOSA Symphony conductor in 2012. Dr. John Zarco, YOSA Symphonic Winds Conductor John Zarco is the Associate Director of Bands at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he conducts the UTSA Symphonic Band and Chamber Winds, in addition to assisting with the UTSA “Spirit of San Antonio” Marching Band. His responsibilities also include teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in conducting, wind literature, and music education. Martha Long, YOSA Flute Choir Conductor Martha Long joined the San Antonio Symphony as principal flute in October 2012. Martha received her Bachelor’s degree from the Colburn School in Los Angeles, where she studied with Jim Walker, and continued her studies at the New England Conservatory as a student of Elizabeth Rowe. She was a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center in 2010 and 2011 and returned in 2012 as a New Fromm Player, focusing on the performance of new compositions. Martha has also performed with the Colorado, Fort Collins (CO), New World, and North Carolina Symphonies. Martha began her work with YOSA Flute Choir in 2013. Lisa McCutchan, YOSA Sinfonietta Strings Conductor Lisa McCutchan aspired to become an orchestra director since seventh grade. She received her Bachelor of Science Degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1982 and a Master’s Degee in Music Education from Penn State University in 1984. Her orchestras have consistently won sweepstakes in UIL Concert/Sight Reading Competitions since 1986. Lisa currently teaches at O’Connor High School in the NISD school District. Lisa has served on several state boards. She is Past President of TODA and Past Vice President of TMEA. Lisa began working with YOSA in 2000. 22
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Jonathan Raveneau, YOSA Capriccio Strings Conductor Jonathan Raveneau is a versatile and eclectic musician with specialties ranging from classical to jazz in both instrumental and vocal genres. Jonathan joined YOSA as conductor in 2010. Jonathan also conducts the Cavatina Orchestra for the Hill Country Youth Orchestras.
Jacobi Caldwell, YOSA Prelude Strings Conductor Jocobi Caldwell, Conductor of YOSA Prelude Strings, earned her bachelor of Music, String Emphasis, from the University of South Carolina. She studied conducting with David Rudge and participated in the USC Conductor’s Institute. She worked with the South Carolina Phiharmonic Youth Orchestra and the USC String Project. Following that, she taught in public schools, then spent years performing commercially. One of the highlights of her journey was moving to Texas and working with the Hill Country Youth Orchestra. She has gone on to teach at Kerrville ISD and Alamo Heights ISD winning UIL Sweepstakes at every competition. She is currently teaching in Boerne ISD.
Eugene Dowdy, Resident Conductor Eugene Dowdy is an associate professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio where he is Director of Orchestral Studies, conductor of the UTSA Orchestra and Lyric Theatre, and head of instrumental conducting. Dr. Dowdy conducted YOSA’s Symphony Orchestra from 1984 to 1992 and was Interim Philharmonic Conductor in 2000. He researched and wrote YOSA’s history for his doctoral essay at the University of Iowa in 1995. He also serves as associate conductor for the Symphony of the Hills (Kerrville), and is the founding director of the UTSA String Project. He is a past president of TODA and TexASTA.
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Philharmonic
Troy Peters, Music Director
VIOLIN
Victoria Klaunig
Wesley Tiong
Winston Churchill High School
Mika Kochheiser
Corry Tu
Benita Lee
Isaac Villaroya
Dora Cheng concertmaster
Victoria Acuña assistant concertmaster
North East School of the Arts (Lee H.S.)
Emily Averyt principal second violin Saint Mary’s Hall
Sebastian Alderete John Jay High School
Anne Archer
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
Jessie Atkins
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
Abigail Boyer
Louis D. Brandeis High School
Elisa Bravo
University of Texas at San Antonio
Alex Brehm
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
Daniel Brun
San Antonio College
Ryan Cao
Health Careers High School
Miranda Cole
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
Alyse Gonzalez
John Marshall High School
Luis Gutierrez Fonseca
North East School of the Arts (Lee H.S.)
Joseph Guzek
Ronald Reagan High School
Arianna Jefferson
Theodore Roosevelt High School
Brian Kang
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
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Home School
Burbank High School
Alamo Heights High School
Lydia Matteson
Incarnate Word High School
Daniel Meloni
William H. Taft High School
David Menchaca
Antonian College Preparatory
Sandra Moon
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
Daniel Nix
Health Careers High School
John Marshall High School
John Jay Science and Engineering Academy (Jay H.S.)
Peiyang Wang
Basis Charter School
Emily Ye
Keystone School
Taegyun Yoon
Thomas C. Clark High School
VIOLA
Christopher Gokelman principal
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
St. Anthony Catholic High School
Deborah Olivier
John Marshall High School
Cristian Aguirre
Communication Arts High School (Taft H.S.)
Bailey Boyen
Isabelle Pacheco
Juliet DeNapoli
Dominik Peña
David Irizarry
Topiltzin Perez
Rachel Jones
Kathleen Ran
Alyssa Peña
John Marshall High School
John Marshall High School
Home School
Health Careers High School
Emilienne Riopel
North East School of the Arts (Lee H.S.)
Wilmer Rodriguez Judson High School
Sophia Sanchez Saint Mary’s Hall
Harrison Schumann
San Antonio Christian Schools
Claire Thornton
John Marshall High School
North East School of the Arts (Lee H.S.)
Home School
Home School
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
Andrew Piña
Thomas C. Clark High School
Emma Reynolds
Winston Churchill High School
Isaac Schutz
STEM Academy -- Science Technology Engineering Mathematics Academy
Kevin Valdez
John Jay Science and Engineering Academy (Jay H.S.)
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Philharmonic
Troy Peters, Music Director
Jesus Zendejo
Albert Coleman
Natalie Morales
CELLO
Alejandro Juul
Hampton Rattan
Alexandra Krick
Alamo Heights High School
BASSOON
Kyle Krieger
Tivy High School
Douglas MacArthur High School
Isabel Tweraser principal
Louis D. Brandeis High School
Andrew Arkhipov
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
Julianna Bray
Northwest Vista College
Parker Candland Home School
Federico Chavez-Torres Health Careers High School
Emily Dunn
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
Gwendolyn Hollida
Thomas C. Clark High School
Saint Mary’s Hall
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
Hannah McCullough Tivy High School
Christopher Osborn
University of Texas at San Antonio
Michael Sagor
William J. Brennan High School
Niklas Siebert
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
HARP
Minji Kim
Home School
Health Careers High School
Prisca Lafuente
Earl Warren High School
Mary Nerio
Seton Home Study
Tricia Park
Louis D. Brandeis High School
Marc Rodriguez
Samuel V. Champion High School
Gabriela Sanchez
Dr. Bernard Harris Middle School
Astrid Topletz
Ronald Reagan High School
Victoria Valdez
Grace Christian School
BASS
Quynten Grove principal
Abigail Taylor
FLUTE
Alaina Blue
Theodore Roosevelt High School
Nnamdi Odita-Honnah Louis D. Brandeis High School
Paula Wilson
Judson High School
OBOE
Kailey Lopez
Louis D. Brandeis High School
Reagan Merrill
James Madison High School
Michael Tijerina
Smithson Valley High School
Byron P. Steele II High School
Nicholas Fitch Kaan Kumru
John Jay Science and Engineering Academy (Jay H.S.)
Andy Thomas
Smithson Valley High School
Elaina Walzel
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
HORN
Eric Bassett
Ronald Reagan High School
Benjamin Hanysz
Robert E. Lee High School
Derek Timmons
Medina Valley High School
Kevin Yang
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
TRUMPET
Dylan Frazier
Judson High School
Jonathan Fritzlen
Ronald Reagan High School
Bradley Kent
Ronald Reagan High School
TROMBONE Nat Hsu
North East School of the Arts (Lee H.S.)
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
CLARINET
Nicholas Moppin
Jenna Gaulden
Canyon High School
Winston Churchill High School
Byron P. Steele II High School
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YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | FALL CONCERTS
Philharmonic
Troy Peters, Music Director
BASS TROMBONE
PERCUSSION
Robert E. Lee High School
Thomas C. Clark High School
Antonio Morales
Gabriela Barrera Jacob Bissell
TUBA
Ricardo Gandarilla
North East School of the Arts (Le e H.S.)
Scott Rogers
Judson High School
Dominic Walsh
Central Catholic High School
Judson High School
Keve Bordas Keystone School
Symphony Kenneth Freudigman, Conductor Audria Fogarty-Ramirez
David Saucedo
Anne Gao
Abigail Slaughter
Victoria Villarreal assistant concertmaster
Hannah Garcia
Communication Arts High School (Taft H.S.)
Enoch Szeto
Samuel Clemens High School
Abigail Dickson principal second violin
Erica Gonzalez
VIOLIN
Dylan Fernandez de lara concertmaster Frank Tejeda Middle School
Home School
Gabriel Akessler
Theodore Roosevelt High School
Daniel Arkhipov
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
Chandler Baker
Central Catholic High School
Matthew Christman
Business Careers High School
Aaliyah Crawford
James Madison High School
Giselle De La Torre Pinedo Health Careers High School
Olivia Deahl Home School
Deja Dorrough
Ronald Reagan High School
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
Douglas MacArthur High School
Thomas C. Clark High School
Laura Tapley Home School
VIOLA
Victoria Juarez
Judson Early College Academy
Home School
Theodore Roosevelt High School
Natalie Meissler Home School
Savanna Moore
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
McKenna Mosely
Jalie-Ann Cummings principal Imaya Farrell
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
Jodei Pasasadaba
Ronald Reagan High School
Natalie Perez
William P. Hobby Middle School
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
Nicole Perez
Michelle Richardson
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
Ana Hernandez Quiros Ronald Reagan High School
Avery Robinson
Karen Wagner High School
Zoe Espinoza-Kochheiser
Abiud Rodriguez
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Our Lady of Perpetual Help School
Rebekah Jones
STEM Academy -- Science Technology Engineering Mathematics Academy
Theodore Roosevelt High School
Earl Warren High School
John Jay Science and Engineering Academy (Jay H.S.)
Theodore Roosevelt High School
Joshua Rodriguez Judson High School
Kiana Williamson
James Madison High School
CELLO
Jacob Resendez principal
Winston Churchill High School
YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | FALL CONCERTS
Symphony Kenneth Freudigman, Conductor Millie Camp
BASS
Nathalie Vela
Sophie Deahl
Ronald Reagan High School
CLARINET
Samuel Becvar
Canyon Lake High School
North East School of the Arts (Lee H.S.)
Home School
Maximilian Klaunig
Samuel V. Champion High School
Catherine Kline
Louis D. Brandeis High School
Erik Martilla
Alamo Heights High School
Michael Djabarov principal
Alamo Heights High School
Adrian Iniguez
Travis Early College High School
Anaelli Rodriguez
John Jay Science and Engineering Academy (Jay H.S.)
HARP
Nicholas Slaughter
St. Anthony Catholic High School
Samuel Clemens High School
Isuru Somawardana Keystone School
Jillian Verner
North East School of the Arts (Lee H.S.)
Dustin Gonzales Mandy Whitaker
George West High School
BASSOON
Emmali Ouderkirk
Byron P. Steele II High School
Austin Perry
Katelyn Petersen
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
Karen Wagner High School
Rhiannon Villarreal
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
HORN
Aidan Alcocer
FLUTE
North East School of the Arts (Lee H.S.)
Zia Kim
Jose M. Lopez Middle School
Kierstin Wilkins
Caleb Keller
Harlandale High School
Communication Arts High School (Taft H.S.)
PERCUSSION
Providence High School
OBOE
North East School of the Arts (Lee H.S.)
David Zamarripa
First Baptist Academy of Universal City
Elisabeth Wang
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
Joshua Roper
Symphonic Winds
Dr. John Zarco, Conductor
FLUTE
OBOE
Louis D. Brandeis High School
William H. Taft High School
Christina Cardenas
Sara Morales
Eunice Chung
Bailey Nicolson
Gail Fernandes
Jasmine Perez
Rebekah Taylor Home School
CLARINET
Ashley Ventrella
Health Careers High School
Smithson Valley Middle School
Judson Early College Academy
William J. Brennan High School
Ty Gonzales-Graves
Walter Krueger Middle School
Theodore Roosevelt High School
Blanka Bordas
Pearl Fernandes
Simon Gonzales
John Paul Stevens High School
Garrett Snowden
Smithson Valley High School
Alejandro Yanez
Theodore Roosevelt High School
BASSOON
Michael Chapa Wagner High School
Jared Worman
James Madison High School
Judson Early College Academy
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YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | FALL CONCERTS
Symphonic Winds ALTO SAXOPHONE Torda Bordas
Coke R. Stevenson Middle School
James King
Dr. John Zarco, Conductor
Hailey Schmidt
Randolph High School
TRUMPET
Ian Aigner-Varoz
Engineering and Technologies Academy Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School (Roosevelt H.S.)
TENOR SAXOPHONE Cody Myre
Byron P. Steele II High School HS Senior
Juan Gonzalez
John Jay High School
Maxwell Harrison
Katherine Stinson Middle School
BARITONE SAXOPHONE Eric Moeller Aldo Aguilar
Theodore Roosevelt High School
Geneva School of Boerne
Chukwudi Odita-Honnah
HORN
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
International School of the Americas (Lee H.S.)
Theodore Roosevelt High School
William Adams
Donovan Soza
Isaiah Aguilar
TROMBONE
Roy D. Corbett Junior High School
Ethan Gurwitz
Winston Churchill High School
Miranda Nydegger
Marco Alvarado
Theodore Roosevelt High School
Angel Rivera-Hernandez Briscoe Middle School
EUPHONIUM
Michael Lesley Judson High School
TUBA
Shukria Al-Araibi
Byron P. Steele II High School
Xavier Alexander Judson High School
Kendrick Williams
Robert E. Lee High School
PERCUSSION Anna Ayres
Providence College Preparatory School for Girls
Michael Mollicone
Theodore Roosevelt High School
Danielle Morales
Smithson Valley High School
Colton Noles
William J. Brennan High School
Home School
Flute Choir FLUTE
Antonio Jasiczek
Louis D. Brandeis High School
Quentin Johnston Home School
Emily Kuppers
William P. Hobby Middle School
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Martha Long, Conductor Emily Lawitz
Rebekah Taylor
Eliana Olivier
Samantha Villarreal
Julia Roensch
Tyrece Williams
Home School
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
Alamo Heights Junior School
Home School
Theodore Roosevelt High School
Robert E. Lee High School
YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | FALL CONCERTS
Concertino Strings
Kenneth Freudigman, Conductor
VIOLIN
Julia Lavergne
Cipriano Bell
Woodlake Hills Middle School
Tara Mosely
Lindee Fiedler
Linda Liu assistant concertmaster
Mariana Navarro
CELLO
Elijah Gonzalez concertmaster
Earl Warren High School William P. Hobby Middle School
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School Boerne High School
Jose M. Lopez Middle School
James Madison High School
Seva Joshi principal second violin
Adam Nix
Simon Phoa principal
Great Hearts San Antonio
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
Brianna Pendry
Giuliano Bucheli
Jose M. Lopez Middle School
Barbara Bush Middle School
Ethan Poidevin
Victoria Day
Basis Charter School
Theodore Roosevelt High School
Eve Poindexter
Britney Ericson
Keystone School
Matthew Anderson
Ed Rawlinson Middle School
Anna Claire Beasley Medina Valley High School
Douglas MacArthur High School
Home School
North East School of the Arts (Lee H.S.)
Samuel Bentz
Rahul Rajesh
Health Careers High School
Smithson Valley Middle School
Home School
Rema Bhat
Natalie Rodriguez
Basis Charter School
Health Careers High School
Samantha Geri Cirineo
Miaoyin Rojas
Earl Rudder Middle School
Judson High School
Josie Decherd
Emily Seddighzadeh
Basis Charter School
Clara Driscoll Middle School
Sofia Follman
Everardo Sifuentes
Providence High School
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
Paulina Garcia
Sankya Srinivasan
The Atonement Academy
Keystone School
Natalie Gifford
Ruth Toth
Winston Churchill High School
Cornerstone Christian School
Camilla Guel
Samantha Woods
Basis Charter School
Calvary Baptist Academy
Sofia Hernandez
Wentao Yang
Incarnate Word High School
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
Angelina Hinojosa
Taylor (Taein) Yoon
Frank Tejeda Middle School
Blattman Elementary School
Georgeanna Hoey
VIOLA
Benjamin Bendele
Smithson Valley High School
Diana Hubbard
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
Victoria Kim
Basis Charter School
Andrew Kang principal
Monroe May Elementary
Parker Baillon
Dolph Briscoe Middle School
Mia Flowers
Josephine Garza
Incarnate Word High School
Noah Hernandez
Elanor Kolitz Hebrew Language Academy
Serena Kallead
William J. Brennan High School
Paul Lopez-Perryman Keystone School
Rachel Taylor
William J. Brennan High School
Alejandra Wagnon
Gregory Luna Middle School
Avery Wilson
William H. Taft High School
Elaine Zhang
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
BASS
Javier Hernandez principal
Frank Tejeda Middle School
Blaine Bryan
Winston Churchill High School
Andrew Butts
Alamo Heights High School
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YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | FALL CONCERTS
Sinfonietta Strings
Lisa McCutchan, Conductor
VIOLIN
Alicia McNulty
VIOLA
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
Hunter Messick
Robert L. Vale Middle School
Donnel Zhu concertmaster
Katie Chong assistant concertmaster San Antonio Christian Schools
Nathan Winfrey principal second violin Great Hearts Monte Vista
Leo Arreguin
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
Julia Cervantes
Judson Middle School
Lawrence Corsini
Katherine Stinson Middle School
Josiah Damiano
Cornerstone Christian School
Isabel Dickinson Basis Charter School
Alessandra Finol
Hardy Oak Elementary School
Sophia Flores
Judson Early College Academy
Julius Gonzalez
Anson Jones Middle School
Jillian Griffis
Leon Valley Christian Academy
Grace Hende
Krueger School of Applied Technologies (Krueger M.S.)
Anirudha Reddy Karla Keystone School
Kaitlyn Kelly
George Gervin Academy
Christina Marie Martinez
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
Joseph Albert Martinez
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
St. Luke’s Catholic School
Katherine Stinson Middle School
David Miller
Ruben Andrade principal Mikayla Acosta
Jack C. Jordan Middle School
Krueger School of Applied Technologies (Krueger M.S.)
Alex Navarro
Sophia Choe
St. Pius X Catholic School
Rebecca Neely
Barbara Bush Middle School
Andrea Negro
School of Science and Technology – Discovery
Carlos Nieto
Theodore Roosevelt High School
Basis Charter School
Jashea Hollis
J. Frank Dobie Junior High School
Marissa Howard
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
Sarena Williams Wagner High School
Samantha Olvera
CELLO
Natasha Pfeiffer
Seguin High School
Judson Middle School
John B. Connally Middle School
Andrea Reyes
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
Phillippe Riopel
Valley Hi Elementary School
Zakary Rodriguez Home School
Jackson Rogler
Lillian Roe principal
Katia Amori
Barbara Bush Middle School
Danny Candland Basis Charter School
Bianca Castillo
Frank Tejeda Middle School
Sydni-Simone Dukes
Ed Rawlinson Middle School
Virginia Allred Stacey Junior Senior High
Marciano Ross
Julia Gutierrez
Alec Sanchez
Gayle Hende
Kelsey Smith
Madeline Hoyle
Alex Sobotker
Madelyn Jarvis Johnston
Willa White
Valerie Jones
Gregory Luna Middle School
Byron P. Steele II High School
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
Home School
Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School
Byron P. Steele II High School
Clara Driscoll Middle School
St. George Episcopal School
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
Home School
Darius Keef
Clara Driscoll Middle School
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YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | FALL CONCERTS
Sinfonietta Strings
Lisa McCutchan, Conductor
Alexander Lomeli-Azoubel
Tony Rodriguez
BASS
Randy Resendez
Lulu Whitmore
Basis Charter School
Aubrie Rettmann
Emiliano Zendejo
Frank Tejeda Middle School
Ronald Reagan High School
J. Frank Dobie Junior High School
Ed Rawlinson Middle School
Alamo Heights Junior School
John Garner Middle School
Raine Esparza principal Clayton Boyer
Currington Elementary
Zachary Zimmerman Bradley Middle School
Capriccio Strings VIOLIN
Sara Bassiri
James Bonham Academy
Chloe Bayani
Judson Middle School
Luke Brehm
Wallace B. Jefferson Middle School
Sarah Bush
Providence College Preparatory School for Girls
Emily Ann Castilleja
John B. Connally Middle School
Micah delaFuente Home School
Tirzah delaFuenta Home School
Nicole Detiveaux
San Antonio Christian Schools
Christian Diaz
Coker Elementary School
Cameron Dunbar Oak Run Middle School
Felicia Early Home School
Ian Fernandes
Judson Middle School
Francesca Finol
Hardy Oak Elementary School
Elizabeth Fowler
Walter Krueger Middle School
Gillian Fritz
Dolph Briscoe Middle School
Jonathan Raveneau, Conductor
Itzel Galan
Carly Munoz
Robyn Gerry
Franchelis Nieves-Perez
Samuel Godoy
Isabel Oxford
Jaime Gonzalez
Alyson Park
Trier Hodge
Odelia Pena-Pathan
Sarah Hubbard
Andrew Perez
Sophia Irizarry
Viviana Peters
Allaya Jarrett
Kylee Rasmussen
Alexia Johnson
Zoe Reyna
Basis Charter School Basis Charter School Earl Rudder Middle School Clara Driscoll Middle School Roy D. Corbett Junior High School
Ed Rawlinson Middle School Home School
John H. Wood Middle School J. Frank Dobie Junior High School
Colin Johnson
Wallace B. Jefferson Middle School
Victoria Jones Home School
Caitlin Kuhlman
Robert G. Cole Middle School
Eva Lizarraga
Great Hearts San Antonio
Diego Manrique
Texas Virtual Academy
Faith Mueller Home School
William P. Hobby Middle School Judson Middle School Keystone School
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School Robert L. Vale Middle School Keystone School Home School Home School
Krueger School of Applied Technologies (Krueger M.S.)
Jolie Richmond
Barbara Bush Middle School
Nathanael Slaughter
Our Lady of Perpetual Help School
Emily Voeller Home School
Stephanie Woods
Trinity Christian Academy
Ronald Zhu
Bob Beard Elementary School
VIOLA
Kristine Gonzalez
Clara Driscoll Middle School
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YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | FALL CONCERTS
Capriccio Strings
Jonathan Raveneau, Conductor
Nicholas Langston-Keathley Kevin Black Ed Rawlinson Middle School
St. George Episcopal School
Conner Lindley
Ericka Martinez
Mary Candland
Angelina Miller
Hadassah delaFuente
Connor Sparks
Karina De La Torre
Timothy Watkins
St. Peter Prince of the Apostles School
Gabriella Rodriguez Sanchez Edward H. White Middle School
Amy Wang
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
CELLO
Victoria Abascal
Clara Driscoll Middle School
Evan Aranda
Walter Krueger Middle School
Basis Charter School Home School
Krueger School of Applied Technologies (Krueger M.S.)
Amber Guerra
Judson Middle School
William Huang
Basis Charter School
Rebeka Jones Home School
Prelude Strings VIOLIN
Camille Aljibe
Shepherd of the Hills
Oasis Allinger
John A. Sippel Elementary School
Madeline Dickinson
Dr. Winn Murnin Elementary School
Julianna Jaramillo
STEM Academy - Nimitz Middle School
Emily Kitayama
Huebner Elementary School
Kaitlyn Lien
Encino Park Elementary School
Crystal Nguyen
St. Luke’s Catholic School
Minh Nguyen
St. Luke’s Catholic School
Van Nguyen
St. Luke’s Catholic School
Mayala Peña
Roosevelt Elementary School
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Dr. Bernard Harris Middle School Jack C. Jordan Middle School William P. Hobby Middle School Great Hearts San Antonio
Derek Xu
The Atonement Academy
BASS
Alexandra Balfour
Barbara Bush Middle School
Austin Campos
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
Jacobi Caldwell, Conductor
Erik Peterson
San Antonio Academy of Texas
Jayleen Rangel
Sarah King Elementary School
Adrian Reyes
Carlos Coon Elementary
Daniel Robelo
Cambridge Elementary School
Christi Toth
Cornerstone Christian School
Natalie Zepeda
N. Winston Elementary School
VIOLA
Sofia Abascal
Clara Driscoll Middle School
Arlette Lomeli-Azoubel
Roan Forest Elementary School
Catherine Martinez
Alfonso S. Perales Elementary School
Madison Perez
Coke R. Stevenson Middle School
CELLO
Kyle Chong
San Antonio Christian Schools
Caroline Cordts
Woodridge Elementary School
Caroline Krugle
Dolph Briscoe Middle School
Loretta Medina
Ed Rawlinson Middle School
Elijah Owens
Ann Frank Inspire Academy
Daniella Silva
Henry B. Gonzales Elementary School
Kayla Wood
Laura Ingalls Wilder Intermediate School
BASS
Ben Roe
Weinert Elementary
YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | FALL CONCERTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS FACULTY
ADMINISTRATION
John Frederick, Ph.D
Troy Peters
Brandon Henson
Carl Leafstedt, Ph.D.
Kenneth Freudigman
Mary Compton
Chair
Vice Chair, Development and Chair Elect
Thomas Sanders
Vice Chair, Governance
Lee Hipp
Vice Chair, Music Programs
Kathleen Doria Treasurer
Shari Mao Secretary
Music Director
YOSA Symphony Conductor YOSA Concertino Strings Conductor
John Zarco
YOSA Symphonic Winds Conductor
Martha Long
YOSA Flute Choir Conductor
Lisa McCutchan
YOSA Sinfonietta Strings Conductor
Jonathan Raveneau
Robert Albright, Ph.D.
YOSA Capriccio Strings Conductor
Kenneth Bloom
Jacobi Caldwell
Tony Campbell Magaly Chocano
YOSA Prelude Strings Conductor
Eugene Dowdy
Resident Conductor
Executive Director
Development Assistant
Ben Hackett
Operations Director
Aurelia Rocha
Operations Coordinator
Jackson Hocott
Operations Assistant
Emily Weir
Opertions Assistant
Alfonso Gonzales Bookkeeper
Kathleen Messina Office Coordinator
Francisco Garza, M.D. Nancy Halvorson Katie Kinder John Lewis, Ph.D. Paul Oroian Karen Perretta Jeffrey Walsh Benjamin Westney
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THANK YOU, COACHES Through sectional coaching and mentoring by professional musicians, YOSA offers its musicians the highest level of music education. The following musicians have assisted our orchestras during the 2014/15 season. The musical education that our young musicians receive would not be possible without your support. Strings
Marisa Bushman, viola Allyson Dawkins, viola Emily Freudigman, viola Ignacio Gallego, cello Mary Ellen Goree, violin Morgen Johnson, cello David Milburn, bass Ryan Murphy, cello Bassam Nashawati, violin Zlatan Redzic, bass Martin Sanchez, bass Eric Siu, violin Stacey Storer, violin Aimee Toomes, violin Steve Zeserman, bass
Woodwinds
Mark Ackerman, oboe Martha Long, flute Jean Robinson, flute
Brass
Lee Hipp, tuba Martin McCain, trombone Molly Norcross, horn
Percussion Riely Francis Bill Patterson
YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | FALL CONCERTS
THANK YOU, DONORS
YOSA is honored to recognize the many businesses, foundations, governmental organizations and friends who have made it possible for 1,800 young musicians in our community to be part of YOSA’s continuing tradition of music and learning, friends and fun. Listed here are the generous donors who have made this experience possible through gifts made August 1, 2013 through September 30, 2104. Please contact YOSA if your name is not included. Great Composers Composers Star Performers Maestros Concertmasters Principal Chairs Section Sponsors Friends of YOSA
$100,000 and above $50,000 to $99,999 $20,000 to $49,999 $5,000 to $19,999 $1,000 to $4,999 $500 to $999 $100 to $499 Less than $100
Great Composers Anonymous City of San Antonio, Department of Culture and Creative Development Kronkosky Charitable Foundation Composers Rackspace Foundation/RSF Endowment Valero Energy Foundation Star Performers H-E-B Tournament of Champions Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts Mr. and Mrs. Bartell H. Zachry, Jr. Maestros Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Charity Ball Association of San Antonio The Greehey Family Foundation Ewing Halsell Foundation H-E-B Junior League of San Antonio Marcia and Otto Koehler Foundation National Endowment for the Arts The Genevieve and Ward Orsinger Foundation Marshall T. Steves, Sr. Foundation Texas Cavaliers Charitable Foundation Texas Commission on the Arts USAA Foundation, Inc. Zachry Foundation 37
YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | FALL CONCERTS Concertmasters
Anonymous Mrs. Ann Griffith Ash Steven Bankler, CPA Dr. Kenneth Bloom and Dr. Sheila Swartzman Dr. and Mrs. Anthony T. Campbell John Canning Lee and Zachry Carter Memorial Fund Columbus Foundation Nathalie and Gladys Dalkowitz Charitable Trust Mr. Thomas Denapoli Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ebrom John H. Frederick and Mimi W. Yu G.A.C. Halff Foundation iHeart Realty Kohl’s Rev. John Lewis and Ms. Pat Bridwell Ms. Elizabeth M. Lorenz and Mr. Rick Ramos Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur L. Matthews, Jr. Mirza Trust Harris K. and Lois G. Oppenheimer Foundation Oroian, Guest, and Little, P.C. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Oroian Anne and Troy Peters Principal Combined Fund Organization San Antonio Area Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Sanders Servant’s Heart Foundation St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Terra Nova Violins The Fund Mr. Bruce Topletz and Ms. Cristina Chial University Health System Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Waller Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Walsh Angel and Jeremy Whitley Willard Helping Fund Mollie Steves Zachry Fund of the YOSA Endowment
Principal Chairs
Mrs. Christy Atkins Barton, East, and Caldwell, PLLC. Col. (Ret.) Jeanne Berkheiser BKD Boomerang Carnets Dr. Paul Boskind Ms. Kris Brehm Richard H. Cavender Mr. Edward E. (Sonny) Collins III Core Research John Dainauskas Eisenberg Group Col. (Ret.) and Mrs. John J. Franco, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Halvorson Mr. Lee Hipp Inside Outside Wellness Center and Medical Spa Mr. John S. Jockusch Woodson Jones Katie Kinder Louis J. and Millie M. Kocurek Charitable Foundation Ms. Marline C. Lawson Dr. and Mrs. Carl Leafstedt Mrs. Muriel J. Leafstedt Ms. Annette Markowitz McCrae Hearing Ventures, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. John McCullough Oak Park Cleaners Donald Oroian Dr. and Mrs. Timothy Owens Mr. and Mrs. David Phipps Mr. and Mrs. P.J. Riopel Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe B. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Marshall T. Steves, Jr. Stone Oak Therapy Services and Learning Institute Mrs. Mary Pat Stumberg Monica Vaughan Via Metropolitan Transit Dr. Emily Volk Mr. and Mrs. John Walsh Kristi and Gregg Whitenton
YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | FALL CONCERTS Section Sponsors
Ace Mart Restaurant Supply Alamo Heights Chiropractic Health Center Robert Albright Karen Allsup, M.D., P.A. American Classic Tours and Musical Festival Lisa Marie Anderson Ms. Flora Atherton Mr. Robert Augsburger Kimberly and Douglas Becker Mr. and Mrs. Keith Becvar Eveyln Berg Fund of the YOSA Endowment Big Burger’s of Texas (DBA Cheesy Jane’s) Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Birdwell Ms. Mary Black Mr. Bobby Blount and Ms. Sandra Sandoval Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Bolner Mr. and Mrs. James S. Calvert Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan C. Calvert Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Calvert Michelle Cantu, M.D. Stacy Castillo Mr. and Mrs. James Cavender Dr. and Mrs. C. Brandon Chenault Dr. and Mrs. William Chiego Mrs. Magaly Chocano Mr. Garry Cole Mr. and Mrs. Taliaferro Cooper Mrs. Josephine Cormack Cox Smith Matthews, Inc. Louise and Tom Davis Joanna Chao and Paul Detiveaux Stephen M Dick, Ph.D. Ms. Kathleen Doria and Mr. Ruben Silva Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Douglass Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Dowdy Mr. Myron E. East Family First Care Clinic Dawn and Daniel Finlayson Joanna Foster Frost National Bank Mr. and Mrs. Lon Fry Galen Health Institutes Garden Ridge Center for Dentistry, P.C. James Garner Mr. and Mrs. John Gokelman Ms. Maureen Gonima Gross and Esparza, PLLC Mr. and Mrs. Ryan A. Guest Ms. Janis Hadnott Mr. and Mrs. Jim Harnish Mr. and Mrs. James L. Hayne Ms. Sarah Hedrick Mr. Brandon Henson Mr. Don Hessenflow and Ms. Cathy Dawson Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Hockersmith Interlochen Center for the Arts J. Hillburn Men’s Clothier Ms. Ali James Jefferson Bank Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Johnson Rev. and Mrs. Raymond E. Judd, Jr. Ann Marie and Rob Karns Mr. Ronald Keller Ms. Jane M. Key Mr. Gary Kilgore Kenneth A. Kist, M.D.
Sharon Kocurek Mr. and Mrs. Brian Komorek Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Krueger Toni and John Kyle Barbara Kyse Lamont School of Music, University of Denver Mr. Leopoldo Leyendecker Ms. Lisa Lopez Mr. Tim Maher Mrs. Phyllis Sue Range Malone Ms. Chris Maloney Babette and Kenneth Margolis Rev. and Mrs. David C. Marx Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Vachel McNeel Susan Michael Aren and Dan Murray Network for Good Donna Nicolson Ms. Bonny Osterhage Pack-Mark, Inc. Julie and George Parker Brenda L. Partain Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Patton Judith and Charles Paulette Pawderosa Pet Ranch Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Perretta Pleasanton Dental Care, Elite Dental Theresa Poenisch Darren Poidevin Ms. Patricia Quintana-Perron Robert Ramirez, M.D. Mr. Kelly M. Ranson Respite Care of San Antonio Ms. Michelle Robles Col. (Ret.) William T. Rogerson Sam Ash Music Corporation Mr. and Mrs. William M. Schur Mr. and Mrs Paul Schutz Security Service Federal Credit Union Dr. and Mrs. Albert C. Serrano Mr. Brian W. Sharp Ms. Louise Shaw Mrs. Elizabeth Simpson Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Sisson Sogand Solgi Southtown Yoga Loft Marga Speicher, Ph.D. St. Mary’s University Ms. Julie Kelleher Stacy Mr. James Stafford Mrs. Elsie G. Steg Sulin Su Texas Physical Therapy Specialists Mr. and Mrs. Bill Tracy W. Stephen Tyczka Kathleen Weir Vale Teresa Villa Watermark Group Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Westney Ms. Sandra Wheatley Dr. and Mrs. John Wolcott Mr. and Mrs. Jon Wood Mr. and Mrs. Keying Ye Mr. and Mrs. John Younger Mr. and Mrs. David Zachry Tina and Todd Zimmerman
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YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | FALL CONCERTS Friends of YOSA
Ms. Nora Aguilar Linda Aikin-Cook and Werk Cook Lisa and Francisco Alderete Dr. and Mrs. Horatio Aldredge James Allen Margaret Anaglia Roger Andrade Beverly Axford Karen Barr Georzena and Neil Bascos Joanne and Stephen Bassett Tracey Beach Mr. Randy Bear Leigh Bedford Mr. and Mrs. Harvey C. Biskin Steven L. Bissell Mr. James L. Blackwood and Dr. Susan Blackwood Brian Blue Doug Bock Kim and Lawrence Bock Mr. and Mrs. Ricardo A. Bunge Leslie and Matt Burns Michelle Bush Mr. Wade Campbell Kris Campos Sam Campos Florinda Cardenas Mr. Tim Casey Lupita Ana Castrejon Dave Cauthon Vicki Chadwick Lisa Chavez Margaret and Kelvin Cheng Ruben Chio Arthur M. Clements, M.D. Mary Ann Compton Mr. Stephen J. Cross Patrick Crowley Mr. and Mrs. John Cruz Ms. Pamela D. Culbertson Celia Day Chris De Los Santos Ms. Caroline Decherd Amanda Delgado Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd A. Denton, Jr. Troye Denton David Diaz Mrs. Elinor L. Duff Michael Dworaczyk Ms. Lauren Eberhart Ms. Anna Edwards Marcus Elliot Sonya Estrada Gary Fair Norma Farrell Jessica Fernandez Kathryn Flinn Alex Flores Ms. Monica Flores Mr and Mrs. Derrick Flowers Robert Fogarty Rick Frazier Dr. and Mrs. J. Howard Frederick Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Freudigman Ms. Joan Fritze David Fritzlen Mr. Robert G. Gallaghar Ruby Garcia
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Anna Garcia-Bewley Francisco Garza, M.D. Mark Gerber Charles Gleinser Mr. John Godoy Crystal Gomez Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Gomez Kara and Lorenzo Gomez Ms. Francie Gonzales Griselda Gonzales Dr. and Mrs. Donald J. Gordon Jonathan Grant Mr. and Mrs. Leo Greenblum Linda Gutierrez Luis Gutierrez Ms. Audra Hall Tracy Hende Nicki Henderson Mrs. Mary Hoffman Ms. Vivian Holder Mrs. Doe Hollimon Alane Honigblum Mrs. Mary Jane Howe Brandon Hughes Darby Ivins Dr. and Mrs. Milton S. Jacobs Brian James Anajali and Ajeya Joshi Shah Khan Karen Kimbell Mr. and Mrs. Robert Knopp Mr. Cliff Kochheiser Mark Kochheiser Mrs Ellen Kraig and Mr. David Kolodrubetz Shelley and Semih Kumru Mr. and Mrs. Weir Labatt Margaret Leff Ms. Eileen Lentz Thomas Lewis Ms. Nisha Limaye Christof Littwitz, MPA Martha Long Mr. and Mrs. Arnoldo Lopez Lauren and Jeremy Mandel Loren Marie Mr. and Mrs. Greg Markovich Rose Martinez Stephen Maturo Mrs. Marguerite McCormick Stephen McCreary, Ph.D. Dr. and Mrs. Arthur McFee Emily and Shane McGouyrk Mr. and Mrs. Pat McMurry Mrs. Lola Miles-Troutz Dr. and Mrs. Alexander L. Miller Deborah Miller Anders Monsen Mr. and Mrs. Chris Moppin Ms. Carol Morris Ryan Munoz National Analysts Worldwide Paul Neidinger Mr. Arthur Nisenfeld Mr. Gerald L O’Donnell Claudia and Michael Olivier Mr. Joseph Ortega Marian Osborn Eunsuk Park and Cheo Sung Lee Susan Kucinkas Perry
YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | FALL CONCERTS Friends of YOSA (continued) Mr. and Mrs. Michael Pickett Thomas Porter Barry Pryce Amy Pysarenko Rekha Rajesh Dr. Joan Ratner Jacqueline Redding Craig Reed Georgette Reyes Mr. and Mrs. Bill Reynolds Jack Richardson Robin Richie Mr. Blair Richter Yvette Riopel Ms. Doris Rips Ms. Jill Rips Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rogers Lily Ryals Laura Salazar Mr. John L. Santikos David Santos Ms. Sherri Santos Rob Schlegel Nancy Schwartz Chom and James Seagraves Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Sethness Colette Singh Mr. and Mrs. Brad Smith Mrs. Reeves Smith Teri Snowden Mr. Steve Spriester Cnaushua Stebbins Mr. and Mrs. Tim Stevenson Ali Stout Lora Sweatt Mr. Robert Swensen Michelle Swisher Steve Toth Gene and Kurt Tweraser Dr. Ana Valadez Rocio and Johnny Valdez Mr. Kenneth Vanderbilt Veronica Vara Dr. and Mrs. Arnold B. Vardiman Jamiel Vargas Mr. Gregory Vaught Mr. and Mrs. Harold Vexler Miguel Vildosola Mr. and Mrs. Ishmael Villarreal Neal R. Wagner Sophia Walker Sandra Weeks Ms. Jill Wieder Sara Wilkins Rebecca Wilson Ms. Mercille Elise Wisakowsky Clinton Wood Ms. Patricia L. Wood Rev. and Mrs. Louis Zbinden
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Gifts in Kind
Mr. and Mrs. Isrzel Aguilar Alamo Drafthouse Al’s Gourmet Nuts Americus Diamond James Amonett David Begin Briscoe Western Art Museum Martha Bryant, Ph.D. Ms. Nancy Bryant Camerata of San Antonio Mr. Gary Carter Cici’s Pizza Cigars International Glazer’s of San Antonio Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Grenier Ms. Margaret Hager Mr. Dwight Hobart Vivian Holder James Avery Jewelry La Focaccia Italian Grill Lauren’s Portrait Art Los Barrios Mr. and Mrs. Scott L Mankewitz MBS Fitness, Southtown McNay Art Museum Meadow Boutique Kathleen Messina Dr. Bart Nichols Paesano’s Italian Restaurant Radius Center Chris Rutz Alicia and Jorge Salas San Antonio Plastic Surgery Institute Seaworld San Antonio Skin the Day Spa Mrs. Kathy Sosa Southwest Airlines Co. Spa Black Mr. and Mrs. Grant Tibbetts TPC San Antonio USAA Real Estate Company UTSA Voci De Sorelle Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Whitley Mr. Steve Zeserman
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