April 13, 2024
The Las Cruces Symphony Junior and Youth Orchestra Spring Concert• Incantations Richard Meyer Spring Concert Programming
The Las Cruces Symphony Junior Orchestra
Douglas Poff, Conductor
• Viva Vivaldi Owen Goldsmith
• Spring Breezes Arr. Richard Meyer
Featuring Vanessa Gong, harp
• Secret Agent Carrie Lane Gruselle
Featuring Will Reeves, drum set
• Accents Robert S Frost
*15 minute Intermission*
The Las Cruces Symphony Youth Orchestra
Michael W. Mapp, Conductor
• Palladio Karl Jenkins
I. Allegretto
• Six Italian Dances Ed Peter Warlock
I. Zori
II. La Gamba
III. Papuan del re
IV. La Manfrolina
V. Le Forze D.Hercole
VI. El Saltarello
• Andante Festivo Jean Sibelius
LCS Junior Orchestra
The Las Cruces Symphony Junior Orchestra
Violin I
Morgan Gard
Elena Ramirez
Adalynn Rodriguez
Abigail Talamantes
Mia Torres
Eithan Vega
Violin II
Augustine Bustamantes
Bria Duga
Gideon Comer
Faye Gentle
Archie Greenwood
Lulu Greenwood
Jason Pack
Olivia Skinner
Roma Subedi
Feion Yeo
Viola
Amaya Hassman
Devin Carillo
Jonathan Sparks
Cello
Ava Basaldua
Thomas Ball
Lu Incendio -
VanTongeren
Jenna Salopek
Harper Trower
Bass
Lukas Montoya
Josue Ortega
LCS Youth Orchestra
The Las Cruces Symphony Youth Orchestra
Violin
Alycia Alderete
Faris Aswad
Bella Clarke
Ella Gamache
Sophia Garcia
Mason Gardner
Austin Goodman
Staja Homeres
Mia Homsi
Brisabel Martinez
Chloe Morris
Caleb Rey
Angelica Shams
Abby Soulsby
Jarmie Williams
Victoria Wilson
Emma Wood
Viola
Camila Cardona
Fatima Carranza
Hayden Hughs
Mia Luna
Ira Luera
Cello
Sunny Ellsworth
Aneirin Hanan
Emilie Hernandez
Jayden Johansen
Stephen Neakrase
Yesenia Sanchez
Khrystal Sedor
Yulei Shu
Victoria Sohn
Spencer Southwell
Justin Shim
Christopher Walker
Nova Wood Bass
Mario Hernandez
Zuri Jenkins
Lukas Montoya
James - Dillon Silva
Las Cruces Symphony Junior & Youth Orchestra Coaches
Jennifer Rogers — Violin
Barbara Creider Viola
Hyerim Mapp — Cello
Tyler Valadez Bass
Kendra Kimball - Gutierrez Assistant Coach
Las Cruces Symphony Junior & Youth Orchestra Manager
Jesse Galindo
We would like to thank the Youth Orchestra Founders Circle, as well as the Youth Orchestra sponsors for their generous contributions. We truly appreciate your support in our efforts to provide high quality music education in the Las Cruces and surrounding area.
Thank you to our Junior and Youth Orchestra conductors and coaches for all your hard work. We could not do this without you! We greatly appreciate all you do for the youth orchestras, we are so lucky to have such an amazing team of music educators working with our youth orchestra students.
A special thank you to Larry and Kathleen Hill for their efforts to start both the Las Cruces Symphony Junior and Youth Orchestras. None of this would be possible without their help and support. We appreciate what you are doing for music education in the Southwest!
If you are interested in joining the Las Cruces Symphony Junior or Youth orchestra, go to lascrucessymphony.com/join - us/ or email Jesse Galindo at programcoordinator@lascrucessymphony.com
If you would like to donate directly to the youth orchestra, or sponsor a youth orchestra student, please go to lascrucessmphony.com/support - us/or contact Jesse Galindo at programcoordinator@lascrucessymphony.com
Douglas Poff Biography
Douglas Poff, pronouns he/him, is a longtime music educator in New Mexico. He holds a BME from Baylor University and a MME from University of Colorado, Boulder with concentrations in music technology and viola. His teaching area of expertise is in middle school strings instruction. As a clinician, he has traveled to California, Colorado, Oklahoma and Texas.
He is a member of the New Music Educators Hall of Fame. Mr. Poff has held teaching positions on the Navajo Reservation, in Farmington, NM, at Seoul International School in Seoul, South Korea, in Las Cruces, NM and is currently the orchestra director at Brown Middle School in El Paso, Texas.
As a performer in the viola section, this will be his nineteenth season with the Las Cruces Symphony. His hobbies include traveling, cooking, gardening, working out and playing with his dog, Diego.
Dr. Mapp is an Associate Professor of music and Director of Bands at New Mexico State University. He comes to NMSU from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas where he also served as Director of Bands. In addition, he has served as the conductor for the Kansas City Civc Orchestra and as Guest Conductor for the Medical Arts Symphony of Kansas City.
Bands under his direction have performed at numerous state, regional, and national conferences and venues, including the Kansas Music Educators Association (KMEA) state convention and the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) national convention.
He has been an invited presenter on multiple occasions for the KMEA state convention and for CBDNA at the regional and national conventions.
He has served as the College Faculty Representative for the Kansas Bandmasters Association and the Kansas State Chair for the National Band Association.
Michael holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Wind Conducting from the University of Kansas, a Master of Music in Instrumental Conducting from Wichita State University, and a Bachelor of Music Education from New Mexico State University where he was an Honors Graduate and a Crimson Scholar.
Youth Orchestra Founders Circle:
Caryl Kotulak
Jennifer Taylor
Richard & Joy Pearce
Ann Carlson
Larry & Connie Candelaria
Marlene Mayfield
Gordon Butler & Martha Ludeman
Jim Maxon
Lydia Evans
Thomas & Joan Dormody
Edward Aylesworth
James Gerwels & Tiffini
Reimann
Karen Billings
Henry & Marti Taylor
Ilse Pokorny
Susan Williams
Kennan Newtson
Juliana Boxer
Richard Hiss
Shirley Cruse
Glennis L. Adam
Frank & Cally Williams
Peter & Dael Goodman
Leora Zeitlin
Mary Ann Willson
Lois Grant
Grant & Tenya Price
Ellen Michnovicz
Jeffrey Brown
Lucia Greene
Ann Goldsberry
Shevek Barnhart Youth Orchestra Sponsors:
Philip & Louise Silano
Lee Beatty
Emroy Shannon
Kathryn Treat
Gay Lenzo
Barbara C. Davis
Arturo & Maria Elena
Jurado
Don & Pat Johnson
Ellie Chalekian
Doug & Tina Bailey
Roger C. Young