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
Atlanta Music Project Staff
Aisha Moody, Co-Founder & Chief Program Officer
Amber Taylor, Associate Director of AMP Academy
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
Dr. Emily Boone, Music Career Advisor
Isaiah Cuffey, Preparatory School Program Manager
Jack W. Wagner, Director of Grants
José L. Morales, Marketing & Graphic Design Associate
Lauren Jones, Program Operations Associate
Lauren Spence, Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer
Liesl McWhorter, Youth Orchestras Program Manager
Lydia Falcon, After-School Programs Associate
Michael Crawford, Facilities Manager
Miriam Huppert, Director of College & Career Services
Ron Pace, Finance Manager
Atlanta Music Project INSTITUTIONAL DONORS
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.
LOGAN SOUTHER, Conductor
LOGAN SOUTHER, Conductor
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT JUNIOR YOUTH ORCHESTRA II
How the Grinch Stole Christmas...........................................arr. Jerry Brubaker
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT SENIOR YOUTH ORCHESTRA
WOODWIND ENSEMBLE
Chase Matthews, Flute Nehemiah Preston, Oboe
Samuel Leyimu, Clarinet Shanae Cousley, Bassoon
Four Bagatelles .......................................................................Andrey Rubtsov
I. Allegro Vivo
Joel Patrick & Caleb Alexander
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT SENIOR YOUTH ORCHESTRA
La Clemenza di Tito: Overture.........................................................W.A. Mozart Palladio..........................................................................................Carl Jenkins
I. Allegretto Farandole from L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2.......................................Georges Bizet
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT JUNIOR YOUTH ORCHESTRA I
VIOLIN I
Elisabeth Jackson
Ethan Ezzard
Dulce Tapia
PERFORMERS
DOUBLE BASS
Xavier Francois
Bella Rose White
Aiye Banks
Lillian Anderson
Symphony Horton
VIOLIN II
John Jones
Na’ima Shabazz
VIOLA
Genevieve Lewis
Ryan Austin
Raelan Robinson
FLUTE
Daijah Hall
Hailey Haye
Amira Hadley
Jameson Olowoyo
Christian Ramos
Joseph Banks
Bena-Nsilu Tiya
Kai Malloy
CLARINET
Skylar Edwards
Alauna Jolly
Numaat Thomas
Maiat Hunter
Jacob Inthasone
Dave Anderson
Israel Smith
Frederick Todd
Anyanwu Madimoyo
Raina Mcleod
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT JUNIOR YOUTH ORCHESTRA II
VIOLIN I
Malia White
Anaya Ricketts
Ta’Kari Tatum
Keila Rodriguez-Porras
Ethan Waithe
DOUBLE BASS
Nia Blount
VIOLIN II
Shani Gingrich
Koa Edwards
Autumn Inman
Zekiel Humbert
Ayla Gingrich VIOLA
Lourdess Culpatrick FLUTE
Lailani Smith
Otis Stone
Harmony Rojas
HORN
Preston Harris
Andrew Atkinson
Alauna Armstead
Preston Walton
Khamari McIver
Asher Lewin
Elyasia McMillan
CLARINET
Adrianne Johnson BASSOON
Jonah Banks
ATLANTA MUSIC PROJECT SENIOR YOUTH ORCHESTRA
VIOLIN I
Marlee Carter
Azza Obeng
Foster Wilson
Elena Alejandro
DOUBLE BASS
Yusef Henry
Brooklyn Chaney
CLARINET
Samuel Leyimu
Kya Mcmerit
TROMBONE
Joel Patrick
Caleb Alexander
Julian Hudson*
VIOLIN II
Jackson Betts
Asha White
Caliah Matamoros
Ian Chen**
VIOLA
Joshua Croom
Kree Willingham
Nicholas Doyle
FLUTE
Chase Matthews
Matthieu Clave**
BASSOON
Shanae Cousley
Jackelin Guevara-Blanco*
PICCOLO
Lailani Smith
CELLO
Priya Gingrich
Raiah Wright
David Walton
Avery Austin
Faith Clark
Mauricio Alvarado
Kendel Felton
Julianna Moronta
Virika Earl
OBOE
Nehemiah Preston
Sophia Monteagudo*
HORN
Joe Johnson*
Natali Huff*
Jude Marier*
Bernard Flythe**
BASS DRUM
Andres Lewis*
* Collegiate Mentor/Music Major
** Professional Musician
AUXILIARY PERCUSSION
Dylan Mantione*
TRUMPET
Tim Otis**
Ethan Crawford
Douglas Escobar**
LOGAN SOUTHER CONDUCTOR
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.
Logan began intensive studies in orchestral at the age of 15 with Michael Palmer with whom he went on to study with at Georgia State University completing a Master’s in Orchestral Conducting (2017) and a Bachelor’s in Piano Performance (2016.) Additional teacher’s include Dwight Oltman and David Effron.
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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 under-resourced communities, AMP’s mission is to empower youth to realize their possibilities through music.
AMP serves over 1,000 young musicians annually through band, orchestra, and choir programs, private lessons, and the annual month-long AMP Summer Series. The AMP Senior Youth Orchestras and Choirs perform and compete both nationally and internationally. Additionally, AMP houses a college and career program, supporting AMP high school students and alumni. Since 2021, AMP has awarded $395,000 in college scholarships to its alumni.
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, and performed with the Atlanta Opera, the Atlanta Ballet, and the Fox Theatre. AMP ensembles have concertized as far away as Los Angeles, Aspen, Mexico, Canada, and New Zealand. The AMP Senior Youth Choir was crowned winner of the Youth Choirs category at the Open Competition of the 2024 World Choirs Games.
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.
AMP’s current major funders include the Chestnut Family Foundation, Mailchimp, the Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Foundation, the Harland Charitable Foundation, the Arthur M. Blank Foundation, The Rich’s Foundation, the Sartain Lanier Foundation, the Luluma Foundation, Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, Fulton County Arts Council, Georgia Council for the Arts, Georgia Department of Education, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Delta Community Credit Union, the Next Generation Fund, and the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta.
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.
AMP’s partners and collaborators include the City of Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreation, Atlanta Public Schools, Clayton State University, and the Chestnut Family Foundation.
AMP is a member of “El Sistema USA,” the National Alliance of El Sistema Inspired Programs. For more information visit http://www.atlantamusicproject.org
