Camerata Ensemble Jane Gayle Frey, Program Director for Camerata and Suzuki Ensemble s, has served San Diego Young Artists Symphony for 5 years. Presently she holds the position of Associate Music Director and Program Director of the Suzuki and Camerata ensembles. Miss Jane is an SAA registered Suzuki Pedagogy teacher who holds an Early Childhood Credential in Suzuki Pedagogy. Miss Jane began her music studies at age 5 in Houston, Texas. By age 15, she was playing, teaching and writing music professionally. In high school, Miss Jane served as piano accompanist and teaching assistant to Donna Rogers, founding director of the Frostwood Elementary Suzuki String Program. Miss Jane holds a degree in Music Theory from Baylor University with concentrations in Piano and Viola performance. While at Baylor, Miss Jane served as Principal Violist in the Baylor Symphony and began her professional recording career with Word Records. She served as piano accompanist and teaching assistant to Dr. Julia Obrecht Hardie, founding director of the Baylor Suzuki String Program.
Jane Frey Associate Music Director
About the Music Program Camerata Strings is a level 1-2 orchestra. Camerata students experience orchestral playing in four part harmony from Classical Orchestral Literature. With an emphasis on scales, arpeggios and developing sight reading skills, Camerata students prepare for advancement into the YAS full intermediate orchestra. Camerata Strings performs at least twice a year with all YAS ensembles.
CAMERATA ENSEMBLE TEACHING ASSISTANTS Teague Allard Luke Pellesone Marc Pellesone Aubrey Stewart-Brown VIOLIN Faith Campbell Concertmaster Sofia D'Alessio Assistant Concertmaster Patrick Huang Assistant Concertmaster Molleigh Rae Verhoye Section Leader Abbey Mortensen Section Leader Elias Atienza Cohen Duesbery Reilan Fleischbein Tompson Hsu Violet Humphrey Willow Humphrey Christopher Liu Natalie Parker Lucas Pavnoz Alexandrea Portouw Ashley Strauss
VIOLA Trevor Muraoka Section Leader Jacob Valdez Section Leader Elijah Chandler Leah Chandler Gwen Conway Alec Hudson Noah Schneider Lillian Shallow Raley Slaymaker CELLO Nathaniel Kim Section Leader Amelia Hiromi Santos Section Leader Symone Atienza Cadence Hsu Keira Hsu Isabella Miranda BASS Josh Mortensen, Soloist