2024 Summer Series Opening Night Concert

Atlanta Music Project Board of Directors

Philip M. Juravel, CPA, Chair

Jennifer Dorian, Vice Chair

Byron Gibbs, Treasurer

Racheal Woods, Secretary

Sarah Griesenauer Barros, Ben Cherian, Anne Cross, Deva Hirsch, Valerie L. Holmes, James F. Lock III, Aaron C. Mitchell, Ceasar C. Mitchell Jr.,

Aisha Moody, Shawn Pacely, Andy D. Pittman, Dantes Rameau, John Sparrow, Lee Sheehan Templin

Atlanta Music Project Staff

Amber Smith, Associate Director of AMP Academy

Aisha Moody, Co-Founder & Chief Program Officer

Breanna Johnson, Director of Choral Programs

Cruz Duhart, Operations Associate

Dantes Rameau, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Dennis Freeman, Van Driver

D’Laney Bowry, Development & Grants Associate

Durand Bailey, Senior Director of Operations

Emily Boone, DMA, Music Career Advisor

Erin Fender, Marketing & Social Media Manager

Isaiah Cuffey, Preparatory School Program Manager

Jack W. Wagner, Associate Director of Grants

José L. Morales, Interim Marketing & Development Assoicate

Lauren Spence, Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer

Liesl McWhorter, Interim Youth Orchestras Program Associate

Lydia Falcon, After-School Programs Associate

Michael Crawford, Facilities Manager

Miriam Huppert, Director of College & Career Services

Nassareen Rahman, Van Driver

Ron Pace, Finance Manager

Winston Savoy, Interim Program Operations Associate

Atlanta Music Project program sponsors

The Atlanta Music Project is grateful for the support of our major institutional donors

The Next Gen Fund | Anonymous Donation

Funding provided in part by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners under the guidance of the Department of Community Development.

Major funding for this organization is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners.

This program is supported in part by the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs.

AMP Summer series primary choir

Eli Manos, Collaborative Pianist

Pamela Dillard, Conductor

Wau Bulan...................................................................Malaysian Folk Song in Dikir Barat Style arr. Tracy Wong

Rewrite the Stars.................................................................................Benj Pasek, Justin Paul arr. Roger Emerson

AMP Summer series festival choir

Tammy Harper, Collaborative Pianist

Ray Ransom, Eletric Bass Alek Gayton, Drumset & Djembe

Dr. Kay Pace, Conductor In the Dark of

Wade in the Water......................................................................................Traditional Spiritual arr. Moses Hogan edtd. John Purifoy adpt. Janet Klevberg Day

AMP Summer series Wind ensemble level I

Herbert Jackson Jr., Conductor

Traffic Jam........................................................................................................Timothy Loest

AMP Summer series Wind ensemble level II

Logan Souther, Conductor

AMP Summer series string orchestra level I

Logan Souther, Conductor Medieval

AMP Summer series string orchestra level II

Logan Souther, Conductor

AMP Summer series faculty ensemble

Titus Underwood, oboe Sasha Shatalova Prior, oboe

Kerren Berz , Emily Boone, violin Meghan Yost, viola Ismail Akbar, cello

Daneil Brofe, double bass

Concertino

AMP Summer series fESTIVAL orchestra

John Young Shik Concklin, Conductor

Pavane...............................................................................................................

AMP Summer series fESTIVAL orchestra

Titus Underwood, oboe

Gregory Hamilton, harpsichord

John Young Shik Concklin, Conductor

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AMP SUMMER SERIES ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE

Titus Underwood

Titus Underwood is Principal Oboe of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra and the 2021 recipient of the Sphinx Medal of Excellence award and a 2021 Midsouth Regional Emmy® winner for his work on « We Are Nashville ». Prior to the NSO, he was Acting Associate Principal of Utah Symphony, and has performed as guest principal of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Miami Symphony Orchestra, and Florida Orchestra. A sought-after freelance performer, Titus has also performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Atlanta Symphony, Puerto Rico Symphony, and San Diego Symphony. Titus regularly plays principal oboe in Chineke!, the Gateways Music Festival, and Bellingham Festival of Music.

Titus received his Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School, where he studied with Elaine Douvas, and pursued additional studies with Nathan Hughes and Pedro Diaz. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music where he was a student of John Mack, legendary principal oboist of the Cleveland Orchestra, with additional studies from Frank Rosenwein and Jeffrey Rathbun. In 2013, he received his artist diploma from The Colburn School as a student of Allan Vogel.

Titus has been teaching music lessons and classes, and coaching chamber music since he was a student at Cleveland Institute of Music in 2006. He has maintained a private studio and taught in precollege programs at C.I.M., Juilliard, and the National Youth Orchestras program at Carnegie Hall. He has taught in the Nashville Symphony’s Accelerando program since 2017, and he teaches and mentors for the National Alliance for Audition Support program maintained by the League of American Orchestras, The Sphinx Organization, and New World Symphony.

AMP Summer series conductors

Pamela dillard

AMP Summer Series Primary Choir

Mezzo-Soprano, Pamela Dillard, a native Atlantan, performs frequently on concert stages, recitals, oratorio, and operas in Atlanta, Augusta, and Florida. Pamela was a featured artist on the concert “Sisters in Song” performing with Atlanta’s leading female song stylists, celebrating America’s Jazz Divas. She is a Professor of Voice at Spelman College, a board member of Capitol City Opera Company of Atlanta, and a member of National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc. where she serves as a national board member. Pamela made her debut with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky, returning the following year to sing the title role in Bizet’s Carmen. She has appeared on the stages of several American opera companies and orchestras including, Atlanta Opera, Opera Carolina, Opera Columbus, Tulsa Opera and Boston, Saint Louis, Colorado, New Haven, and Cobb Symphony Orchestras and The Brooklyn Philharmonic among others. Pamela performed internationally with L’Opéra-Comique of Paris, France as Lily Holmes in Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess in

Paris, Normandi, Luxembourg, and Spain. She has sung under the baton of many of the world’s greatest conductors, some of which are Robert Spano, Donald Runnicles, Keith Lockhart, Yoel Levi, John Williams, Wayne Marshall, and David Morrow.

Earning her B.F.A. from Newcomb College of Tulane University, Pamela was a recipient of the M.L. King Graduate Fellowship at Boston University where she received a Master of Music. Her recordings include, Watch and Pray, Spirituals and Art Songs by African American Women Composers and Grant Still’s Highway One both for Videmus. She is the featured artist on the Grammy nominated soundtrack to Stephen Spielberg’s Amistad.

DR. KAY PACE

AMP Summer Series Festival Choir

As concert pianist, Dr. Pace made her professional debut in solo recital as 1st Place Winner of the Artist Presentation Society’s Young Artist Competition in St. Louis, MO., as well as 1st Place Southeast Winner and National Finalist of the National Black Music Colloquiam and Competition (Washington, DC); 1st Place Winner, the Illinois State Music Teachers Young Artist Competition; 1st Place Winner, Solo Artist Fellowship, Alabama Arts Council; Semi-Finalist, the University of Maryland International Piano Competition; and Special Award Recipient, the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Dr. Pace was also featured in a nationally televised 30-minute PBS documentary “A Portrait of Kay Pace” on HARAMBEE via Auburn University.

As music educator, Dr. Pace served as college instructor or administrator in Southern Illinois University (Carbondale), Alabama State University (“ASU” Montgomery), Morgan State University (Baltimore, MD), and Clark Atlanta University (GA). At ASU, her post of longest tenure, Dr. Pace served as music professor and School of Music Dean where she was recognized for securing full NASM accreditations for all graduate and undergraduate degree programs and for her sponsorship of the only state-wide celebration to honor the life and work of world renown composer and native Alabamian, William Dawson, during his lifetime.

A Mobile, AL native, Dr. Pace has earned the BA from Xavier University (Louisiana); MM, Southern Illinois University (Carbondale); DMA, the Peabody Conservatory of Music (Baltimore); and PhD in ethnomusicology from Pacific Western University (CA). She has been elected to Phi Kappa Phi and Pi Kappa Lambda Honor Societies and holds memberships in the Music Educators National Conference, Georgia Music Educators Association, American Choral Director’s Association as well as Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

AMP Summer series conductors

John YOUNG SHIK concklin

AMP Summer Series Festival Orchestra

John Young Shik Concklin is Music Director of the Spartanburg Philharmonic and Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra. He also serves as Conductor with the Atlanta Music Project and Piedmont Chamber Orchestra. For the 2023/24 season, he is also a Music Director Finalist with the Walla Walla Symphony in Washington State.

John has been a finalist for the 2019-2020 American Prize in Conducting. He has competed internationally at the Almaty, the Nino Rota, and the Città di Brescia Conducting Competitions. He is also regularly invited to cover-conduct for the the Nashville, Atlanta, and Kansas City Symphony Orchestras.

Previous positions include Associate Conductor of the Georgia Symphony, Assistant Conductor of the Cleveland Pops Orchestra, and faculty appointments at Vanderbilt, Clemson, Furman and Converse Universities He has been a fellowship conductor at the Aspen Music Festival, a teaching assistant at the Brevard Music Center, and a finalist at the New World Symphony and Debut Orchestras.

John Young Shik Concklin is Music Director of the Spartanburg Philharmonic and Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra. He also serves as Conductor with the Atlanta Music Project and Piedmont Chamber Orchestra. For the 2023/24 season, he is also a Music Director Finalist with the Walla Walla Symphony in Washington State.

John has been a finalist for the 2019-2020 American Prize in Conducting. He has competed internationally at the Almaty, the Nino Rota, and the Città di Brescia Conducting Competitions. He is also regularly invited to cover-conduct for the the Nashville, Atlanta, and Kansas City Symphony Orchestras.

LOGAN SOUTHER AMP Summer Series Philharmonia Ensembles

Logan Souther is quickly developing a reputation as an orchestra conductor and pianist of significant talent with a serious approach to music in Atlanta, Georgia. A gifted conductor of the operatic repertoire, Logan has served on the music staff of the Sarasota Opera, Atlanta Opera, OperaNEO (San Diego), The Harrower Summer Opera Workshop, The Augusta Opera Initiative, and for several years was the music director and principal conductor for the Georgia State University Opera Theatre. While leading the GSU Opera Theatre Logan consistently raised artistic standards among singers and instrumentalists alike while performing reperoite that ranged from Mozart to Stephen Paulus.

Logan has served as a recurring guest conductor with the Atlanta Pops Orchestra and the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra and for two seasons was the assistant conductor for the Bellingham Festival of Music, the premiere orchestral festival of the Pacific Northwest. Logan is the associate conductor of The Hamptons Festival of Music, where he also serves as artistic director of the THFM Salon Series community outreach programs. An engaging arts entrepreneur, at the age of 19 Logan founded the Gainesville Sinfonietta where he was fully responsible for all levels of production and successfully mobilized funding for the Sinfonietta each year. The Gainesville Sinfonietta was a fully professional orchestra which performed free concerts each year for the North Georgia community.

AMP Summer series Rosters

AMP Summer series primary choir

Soprano

Araeia Collins

Areli Palacios

Daniel King

Da’janel Chatmon

Iyonnah Johnson

Lauren Hunter

Lily Joyner

London Moten

Mikaila Haynes

Morgan Ossey

Milan Russell

Naomi Croom

NiaGrace Sheats

Nevaeh Chrispin

Reagan Reynolds

Skylar Whitaker

Alto

Aiden Taylor-Usher

Alexandria Rumley

Camille Childers

Celeste Banks

Chassidy Gregory

Cheyenne Harris

Ildikó Binecz

Joi Leggins

Kelsey Brandon

Laila Smith

Mia Mclennon

Ngoza Tembo

Reagyn Requena

Samaira Jackson

Thais El-Amin

AMP Summer series Festival Choir

Soprano

Bailey Mines

Destiny Brown

Harmony Gregory

Jayla Jacobs

Jessica Leggins

Rachel Walker

Alto

Ariel Crumbley

Beyuti Burrows

Hallie Edwards

Janae Banks

Maya Winfrey

Myrielle Rackley

Tenor

Antwan Hailey Jr

Connor Sample

Joshua Reese

Alto II/Baritone

Aiyé Banks

Joshua Banks

Justice Banks

LonDyn Weeks

Bass

Elijah Stephens

Royal Joseph

AMP Summer series Rosters

AMP Summer series string orchestra level I

Violin I

Aryss Williams

Emmanuel Ponder

Jordan Cross

Kaitlyn Taylor

Kennedy Winfrey

Paris Adams

Zauditu Tafari

Violin II

Alishia Davis

Brooke Lyn Almonte

Bupe Tembo

Kamryn Patrick

Larry Parson Jr.

Na’ima Shabazz

Viola

Akilah McMillon

Brianna Wright

Ethan Saint-Fleur

Cello

Bena-Nsilu Tiya

Kai Malloy

Sanaa Slaton

Double Bass

Bella Rose White

Courie Whitfield

Lillian Anderson

Lourdess Culpatrick

AMP Summer series string orchestra level II

Violin I

Aaliyah Breaux

Autumn Inman

Ayla Gingrich

Ren Sonoda

Zekiel Humbert

Violin II

Elly Jabari

Malia White

Shani Gingrich

Ta’Kari Tatum

Viola

Garieka Wilson

Genevieve Lewis Cello

Elyasia McMillan

Khamari McIver

Preston Walton

Zoe Dorff

Zoe Gibson

Double Bass

Daniella St. Fort

AMP Summer series Rosters

AMP Summer series Wind ensemble level I

Flute

Bailey Horton

Daijah Hall

Harmony Rojas

Tristan Brown

French Horn

Preston Harris

Valeria Pantoja

Clarinet

Albert Stevens Jr

Alauna Jolly Max Leo

Zaiden Owens

Trumpet

Andrew Freeman II

Jonah Whaley

Joshua Christian

Kayden Freeman

Michael “Xavier” Thomas

Morgan Pace

Ngozi Walker

Tristan Requena

Bass Clarinet

Numaat Thomas Zariah Jordan

Oboe

Cesar Castrejon

Chandra Butts

Joseph Banks

Ne’Shonna Williams

Xavier Campbell

Trombone

Anyanwu Oparah Madimoyo

Gabrielle Bagot

Harrison Chapman

Israel Smith

Roman Yu

Valentina Pantoja

Zaiden Stevens

Tuba

Ashton Lancaster

Joseph Hillman

Zion Edwards

Bassoon

Blake Peterson

Jonah Banks

Symphony Horton

Percussion

Caidyn Franks

Damion Ricketts

Jeremy Stephens

Maasai Jarrett

Neyri Guerrero-Maya

Noah Johnson

Raina Mcleod

AMP Summer series Wind ensemble level II

Flute

Chase Matthews

Leighlah West

Clarinet

Adrianne Johnson

Benjamin Owens

Samuel Leyimu

French Horn

Eva Chin Brito Trumpet

Ethan Crawford

Moziah Jabari

Oboe

Nehemiah Preston

Trombone

Caleb Alexander

Joel Patrick

Tuba

Bassoon Shanae Cousley

Bernard Flythe*

Percussion

Dominic Ryder*

Alek Gayton*

Jeremy Stephens

Neyri Guerrero-Maya

* AMP Faculty

+ Guest Musician

AMP Summer series festival Orchestra

John Young Shik Concklin, Conductor

Violin I

Kerren Berz, *Concertmaster

Julie Saxton*

Andrew Uhe+

Caliah Matamoros

Elena Alejandro

Foster Wilson

Marlee Carter

Violin II

Emily Boone, *Principal

David Edwards+

Alex Lipsky+

Anaya Ricketts

Asha White

Chloe Felton

Koa Edwards

Cello

Ismail Akbar, *Principal

Giancarlo Ortiz*

Faith Clark

Kendel Felton

Raiah Wright

Yahsia Jabari

Flute

Matthieu Clavé, *Principal

Chase Matthews

Viola Meghan Yost, *Princpal

Lacie Bowlware+ Joshua Croom

Double Bass

Daniel Brofe, +Principal

Brooklyn Chaney Nia Blount

Yusef Henry

Oboe

Sasha Shatalova Prior, *Principal

Nehemiah Preston

Clarinet Andrew Warwick, *Principal

Samuel Leyimu Bassoon

Lazara Santana,*Principal

Shanae Cousley

* AMP Faculty + Guest Musician

French Horn

Dilon Bryan,*Principal

Eva Chin Brito

Harpsichord

Gregory Hamilton+

UPCOMING 2024 SUMMER SERIES EVENTS

June 13th at 7pm

AMP Side-by-Side Concert

June 17th at 7pm

AMP Summer Series Cafe

June 20th at 7pm

Session I- Final Orchestra and Choir Concert

June 28th at 4pm

Session II-Elementary Week Final Concert

June 28th at 7pm

Session II-Chamber Week Final Concert

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AMP Summer Series Faculty

Andrew Warwick, Clarinet

Bernard Flythe, Tuba

Chad Gosier, Violin

Dilon Bryan, French Horn

Dominic Ryder, Percussion

Douglas Escobar, Trumpet

Ed Nicholson, Trombone

Elias Manos, Collaborative Piano

Giancarlo Ortiz, Cello

Herbert Jackson, French Horn

Ibukun Babalola, Voice

Ismail Akbar, Cello

Josiah Coe, Viola

Julie Saxton, Violin

Kathy Kelly-George, Voice

Keeyen Martin, Voice

Kerren Berz, Violin

Kevin Smith, Double Bass

Lazara Santana, Bassoon

Matthieu Clave, Flute

Meghan Yost, Viola

Rodney Allen, Winds

Sasha Shatalova, Oboe

Solomon Carr, Trumpet

Tammy Harper, Collaborative Piano

the atlanta music project mission and history

Founded in 2010, the Atlanta Music Project (AMP) provides world-class music training and performance opportunities supporting youth growth and development. Operating in underresourced communities, AMP’s mission is to empower youth to realize their possibilities through music. AMP serves 700 young musicians annually through: beginner-level choir, band and orchestra through the AMP Preparatory School; the intermediate and advanced AMP Youth Orchestras & Choirs; private instrumental and vocal lessons through the AMP Academy; and the annual monthlong AMP Summer Series. Additionally, AMP runs a college and career program, supporting AMP high school students and AMP alumni. Since 2021, AMP has awarded 70 college scholarships to its alumni, totaling $306,375.

AMP music ensembles perform more than 60 concerts annually, performing in venues all across Atlanta, from community centers to the Mercedes-Benz Stadium. AMP music ensembles have performed alongside international stars such as cellist Sterling Elliott, rapper Lecrae, operatic baritone Edward Parks, R&B singer Monica, The Piano Guys, the Harlem Quartet, electric violinist Lindsey Stirling, pianist Terrence Wilson, and the Imani Winds. AMP musicians can be seen performing with rapper T.I. on NPR’s Tiny Desk concert series. AMP’s young musicians have successfully auditioned for Georgia All-State ensembles, performed with the Atlanta Opera and the Atlanta Ballet, and have concertized as far away as Los Angeles, Aspen, Mexico City, and Scotland.

AMP is the recipient of several prestigious awards: 2015 Local Community Service Award (Spelman College), 2016 Neighborhood Builder (Bank of America), 2016 & 2017 Top 50 Youth Arts Program (USA President’s Committee on the Arts & Humanities), 2018 MLK Jr. Community Service Award (Emory University), 2019 Luminary Award for Arts Education (ArtsATL), and 2021 Infusion Award (Lewis Prize for Music).

AMP’s existence is a direct result of the 2009 TED Prize, which was awarded to Dr. Jose Antonio Abreu, founder of Venezuela’s El Sistema. AMP’s co-founders were members of the Sistema Fellows Program at the New England Conservatory in Boston. AMP is a member of “El Sistema USA,” the National Alliance of El Sistema Inspired Programs.

In 2024, AMP became the recipient of five Steinway pianos and was awarded the prestigious honor of being a Steinway Select School, making AMP one of eight schools in the country with this distinction.

The Atlanta Music Project believes the pursuit of musical excellence leads to the development of confidence, creativity and ambition, bringing together youth, family and community for the greater good.

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