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YOSA musicians number more than 1,800 and come from more than 169 schools in 19 school districts. YOSA musicians are ethnically diverse — 61% representing ethnic and racial minorities and 39% Caucasian. More than 1/3 of YOSA musicians receive tuition assistance; more than 65% receive free programs through community partnerships.
The Orchestras
More than 480 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, and collaborate regularly with internationally renowned soloists and composers. The YOSA Philharmonic has represented San Antonio on 10 international tours, most recently Québec in 2014. In 2016, the YOSA Philharmonic will perform in central Europe.
Summer Symphony Camp
Each summer, more than 240 students convene for a two-week day camp on the campus of Saint Mary’s Hall with some of San Antonio’s finest music teachers and professional musicians as faculty. YOSA has offered summer camp since 1985; the program has expanded to include woodwinds, brass, and percussion.
School Partnerships
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 in a program called YOSA MÁS:Music At School. The seven schools of the Roosevelt Compact, a project involving NEISD’s Roosevelt High School and 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 2015. 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.
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Letter from the Board Chair Welcome to YOSA’s 2015/16 season. This year will be full of exciting performances, including our second year as a resident company of the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts. Since 1949, YOSA has provided San Antonio youth with an opportunity to cultivate their classical music talents. Today, our board, staff, and community continue 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 169 public and private schools from 19 different school districts participate in YOSA programs. We also serve 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 sincerely thank all YOSA parents and donors who have supported this effort. This year, the YOSA Board of Directors approved a new strategic plan for the next five years. This plan continues YOSA’s focus on providing premier orchestral experiences for the youth of San Antonio. As more young musicians participate in YOSA, the staff and board will explore how to best promote musical excellence and transformative experiences while maintaining a model that is programmatic and financially sustainable. YOSA continues its musical partnerships with Edgewood Independent School District and the seven schools of the Roosevelt High School 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 thanks to the support of our donors and friends. Each October, YOSA holds an event called STOP! And Feel the Music that combines food, fun, and the YOSA Pop-up Orchestra. This year the event will take place on October 24 from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at Valero Energy Corporation’s Terrace Room. Tickets are available at www.yosa.org. After the success of the OK Computer Live event last June, YOSA will continue this benefit concert series on March 14, 2016 with Abbey Road Live. Sponsorship opportunities are available, and I encourage you to contact YOSA staff if you are interested in supporting either of these events. Your support of the YOSA musicians is an investment in their future and our community. Yours sincerely,
John Frederick Ph.D. YOSA Board of Directors
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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 Branford Marsalis, Midori, Edgar Meyer, 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 Gold Series 1 Sunday, October 18, 2015 7 p.m. The Tobin Center for the Performing Arts H-E-B Performance Hall Philharmonic
Troy Peters, Music Director Bella Hristova, violin Robert Brewer, organ Jean Sibelius
Karelia Overture, Op. 10
David Ludwig
Saturn Bells
Bella Hristova, violin
Samuel Barber Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 14 Allegro Andante Presto in moto perpetuo
Bella Hristova, violin
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Camille Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 “Organ” Adagio—Allegro moderato—Poco adagio Allegro moderato—Maestoso
Robert Brewer, organ The appearance of Bella Hristova is made possible by a generous grant from the Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts. This concert is sponsored by Kenneth Bloom and Sheila Swartzman and Bunny and Richard Becker of Becker Vineyards, Stonewall, Texas
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compiled by Troy Peters Sibelius: Karelia Overture, Op. 10 Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) wrote theatrical incidental music throughout his career; Karelia, composed for a historical tableau vivant staged by the Viipuri Student Association in November 1893, was among the earliest. Viipuri, the main city of the province of Karelia, was an important locus of Finnish cultural and political strength. In a surprising twist, this seat of 19th-century Finnish nationalism sits in Russian territory today (renamed Vyborg). Sibelius had made a pilgrimage to Karelia in the summer of 1892, collecting local folk tunes. Although he did not quote these Finnish folk tunes, their influence is palpable in the Karelia Overture (and in the three pieces of the Karelia Suite, Op. 11). The overture, which also introduces themes heard in the other movements of the suite, depicts the grandeur of Viipuri’s medieval castle, built in the 13th century. Ludwig: Saturn Bells David Ludwig (born 1972) is one of the most widely performed American composers of his generation. He has written for many prominent artists and ensembles, including pianist Jonathan Biss, violinist Jaime Laredo, eighth blackbird, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and Carnegie Hall. Ludwig is on the composition faculty of Philadelphia’s renowned Curtis Institute of Music, where he also serves Dean of Artistic Programs and directs the Curtis 20/21 Contemporary Music Ensemble. Of Saturn Bells, the composer writes: For a long time astronomers have observed spiraling shapes appearing across Saturn’s glorious icy rings; but only recently did they find out their source. The planet vibrates like a lonely bell in outer space. Those vibrations scatter across the surface of the rings making intricate, seemingly random patterns. Why Saturn rings is still not known—but on our planet earthquakes cause the world to resonate for days on end. I was so inspired thinking of the rings of Saturn; I first saw them when I was a kid at summer camp. One of the parents brought a high power telescope and we got about half a minute each to look through it. I was so taken by those rings, and the little stars floating around the planet, which I later found out were some of its many moons. But to come clean, I can’t help but think my unconscious mind was at work while I was writing Saturn Bells. I wrote the piece for my wife, Bella Hristova, who was at that point still my fiancée. Thoughts of Rings and Bella really couldn’t have been too far removed from the process… Saturn Bells begins with a resonating chord that returns throughout the piece, imagining the ringing of the entire planet as a catalyst for the spiraling lines of the solo violin. The soloist takes a spin around the solar system, only to come back to massive Saturn, ringing like a cosmic cathedral bell at the climax–followed by the vast unanswered questions of space and a canopy of stars.
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YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | FALL CONCERTS Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14 Like David Ludwig, Samuel Barber (1910-1981) was closely associated with the Curtis Institute of Music, where he was a member of the very first class of students when he was only 14 years old. Barber’s Violin Concerto was commissioned by Philadelphia soap magnate Samuel Fels in 1939 for his adopted son, Iso Briselli, who had also been Barber’s classmate at Curtis. By the time Barber finished the concerto, Fels and Briselli—who had been delighted with the first two movements but were skeptical of the finale—withdrew from the commission. Albert Spalding was the violin soloist in the 1941 premiere with the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the concerto went on to become one of the most widely performed American orchestral works. The gorgeous opening movement is full of expansive melodies and rich orchestral colors. The second movement, Andante, is similarly lush, beginning with a beautiful oboe melody. Both movements reflect Barber’s vocal upbringing; his aunt, Louise Homer, was a noted contralto at the Metropolitan Opera, and Barber was a fine singer himself. The finale, by contrast, is a relentless toccata, full of irregular rhythms and dissonances reminiscent of Bartók, Prokofiev, and other European modernists of the 1930s. Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 “Organ” Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) was a virtuoso organist, winning first prize in organ at the Paris Conservatory in 1851, before he had reached his 16th birthday. His “Organ” Symphony, however, is not a display piece for the organist, but a brilliantly scored symphonic work that includes prominent parts for organ and piano four-hands, both unusual members of the orchestra in the late 19th century. SaintSaëns conducted the 1886 premiere in London, where he was hugely popular as conductor, pianist, and composer. Although Saint-Saëns came to be regarded as somewhat old-fashioned by the time the 20th century rolled around, his Third Symphony has an especially innovative formal structure. Saint-Saëns condenses the typical four-movement symphonic form into two large, hybrid movements. After a brief, slow introduction, the first movement combines the traditional opening allegro with an especially beautiful slow movement, the arrival of which is heralded by the first entry of the organ. The second movement opens with a spirited scherzo; again, the organ enters to usher in the final section of the movement, this time a brilliant finale. (The finale’s main tune, by the way, has been reused in film scores and even a British pop song, perhaps most notably as the main theme of the 1995 family film, Babe.) Saint-Saëns dedicated the “Organ” Symphony to the memory of Franz Liszt, who died in June of 1886, shortly after the symphony’s London premiere. Liszt had espoused the concept of cyclical thematic transformation, the extended development and variation of a single motivic idea across all the movements or sections of a work. Following Liszt’s model, Saint-Saëns masterfully weaves a single theme throughout this symphony with great imagination and flair.
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BELLA HRISTOVA, violinist
concerto by David Ludwig.
Acclaimed for her passionate, powerful performances, beautiful sound, and compelling command of her instrument, violinist Bella Hristova is a young musician with a growing international career as a soloist and recording artist. The Strad has praised, “Every sound she draws is superb,” and The Washington Post noted that she is “a player of impressive power and control.” Ms. Hristova’s 20152016 season features a mix of concerto, recital and chamber music performances, as well as educational outreach activities. She showcases her wide-ranging repertoire this season, as she performs over ten different concertos, from Barber and Kevin Puts to Sibelius and Mozart, as well as the world premiere of a
Bella Hristova is the recipient of numerous prizes and awards, including a 2013 Avery Fisher Career Grant, First Prize in the 2009 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, First Prize in the 2007 Michael Hill International Violin Competition in New Zealand, and Laureate of the 2006 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. She made her New York debut in the Young Concert Artists Series at Merkin Concert Hall and at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, and at the Isabella Gardner Museum in Boston. She was awarded YCA’s Helen Armstrong Violin Fellowship, and for three seasons, she has been honored with the Gordon and Harriet Greenfield Foundation Artist Management Fellowship of YCA. Born in Pleven, Bulgaria to Russian and Bulgarian parents, Ms. Hristova began violin studies at the age of six. At twelve, she participated in master classes with Ruggiero Ricci at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. In 2003, she entered the Curtis Institute of Music, where she worked with Ida Kavafian (YCA Alumna) and studied chamber music with Steven Tenenbom. She received her Artist Diploma with Jaime Laredo at Indiana University in 2010. Ms. Hristova plays a 1655 Nicolò Amati violin, once owned by the violinist Louis Krasner.
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ROBERT BREWER, organist
Robert Brewer, serves as Collaborative Pianist, an Interim Instructor of organ and harpsichord, and Opera Coach at UTSA; Instructor of organ and harpsichord at the University of St. Thomas, Houston; and Organist of Temple Beth-El, San Antonio. He was Organist and Choirmaster of St. David’s Episcopal Church in San Antonio from 2011-2014.
Mr. Brewer was educated at the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, Rice University, and the University of Houston. He received a Masters in organ performance from Indiana University where he studied organ with professor Marilyn Keiser. As a pianist and chamber musician, Mr. Brewer worked as an Opera Coach at Houston Grand Opera and also served on the faculty of Rice University as Guest Artist in Opera Studies.
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YOSA City Series 1 Sunday, November 1, 2015, 3 p.m. McAllister Auditorium “Autumn Festival” Prelude Strings
Jacobi Caldwell, conductor Soon Hee Newbold Mykola Leontovych (arr. Alan Arnold) John Caponegro
The Russian Music Box Carol of the Bells Shoe Symphony
Capriccio Strings
Jonathan Raveneau, conductor Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in (arranged by Merle J. Isaac) G major, BWV 1048 Soon Hee Newbold A Gypsy Tale Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Finale from Symphony No. 2, Op. 17 (arranged by Sandra Dackow) “Little Russian”
Sinfonietta Strings
Brenda Johnson, conductor Kirt Mosier “Ichabod’s Walk” from Two Scenes from the Hollow Keiko Yamada
Sunayama
Camille Saint-Saëns Danse Macabre, Op. 40 (arranged by Carrie Lane Gruselle) Bob Lipton
El Gaucho
Symphonic Winds
Andy Post, conductor
Karl King Circus Days (arranged by Loras Schissel) Larry Daehn As Summer Was Just Beginning (Song for James Dean) Percy Grainger Mock Morris (transcribed by Joseph Kreines) Gustav Holst Second Suite in F, Op. 28, No. 2 (edited by Frederick Fennell) March Song Without Words Song of the Blacksmith Fantasia on the Dargason
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compiled by Troy Peters City Series 1 - 3 p.m. 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. In 2004, she wrote The Russian Music Box for young string orchestra, inspired by the sounds of Russian folk music. In 1904, Mykola Leontovych composed Shchedryk, a song for the New Year celebration based on folk chant from his native Ukraine. In the original text, a swallow flies into a household to sing of wealth that will come the following spring. After the Ukrainian National Chorus performed the song at Carnegie Hall in 1921, new English lyrics were attached and the song became a popular Christmas carol under the title Carol of the Bells. John Caponegro directed school orchestras from elementary to high school for more than 40 years in New York. His work as a composer shows his tremendous experience with student musicians at every level. His Shoe Symphony, published in 1991, has become a classic for young string players, with its entertaining use of rhythmic foot stomping and shuffling. In 1721, the great German baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach put together a set of six concertos for various instruments as a gift to Christian Ludwig, the Margrave of Brandenburg. These six pieces, known as the Brandenburg Concertos, came to be recognized widely as the pinnacle of baroque instrumental music. One of the most popular of the set, Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 is energetic, driving, and lively. Soon Hee Newbold’s output for young string players is vast, and our next work is another of her compositions. Inspired by the long tradition of string music drawing on Hungarian dances and gypsy styles, Newbold wrote A Gypsy Tale for orchestras in the West Des Moines (Iowa) Community Schools in 2005. In his Symphony No. 2, composed in 1872, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky employed authentic folk tunes from the Ukraine, a region sometimes known as “Little Russia” in the 19th century. Tchaikovsky wrote down the tunes in his sketchbook after hearing Ukrainian peasants sing them near his family’s vacation home. The rollicking finale, based on a tune called “The Crane,” became especially popular with other Russian composers, who thought Tchaikovsky had created a distinctly Russian musical triumph. A high school orchestra director in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, Kirt Mosier is also a popular and widely performed composer of music for student orchestras. His Two Scenes from the Hollow is based on Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. The first portrait shows us the gangly protagonist, Ichabod Crane, out for a walk. Keiko Yamada’s Sunayama is a beautiful setting of a haunting Japanese folk song, featuring solo string quartet juxtaposed with the full string orchestra. When Camille Saint-Saëns was only eleven years old, he challenged his audience at a Paris concert to name any of the 32 Beethoven piano sonatas, which he would then play from memory. Although he went on to become a
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YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | FALL CONCERTS revered elder statesman of French music, he never lost his youthful sense of humor and loved showing off. His popular tone poem, Danse Macabre, portrays Death playing his fiddle as skeletons dance on Halloween night. Bob Lipton teaches middle school orchestra in San Jose, California, and regularly plays tuba with orchestras around the San Francisco Bay Area. His recent work, El Gaucho, is an engaging dance for string orchestra, incorporating tango and Latin rhythms. Karl King made his name as a composer in the 1910s, when he toured with various circus bands and wrote the most famous circus march of all time, Barnum & Bailey’s Favorite. King went on to write more than 200 marches; in Circus Days (1944), King looks back nostalgically on his youthful travels with circus bands. Actor James Dean was 24 years old when he died in a car accident in 1955. Dean had only acted in three movies before he died, but his incendiary performances and his untimely death made him one of the biggest movie stars of the 1950s. Wisconsin composer Larry Daehn, who was 16 years old when James Dean died, wrote As Summer Was Just Beginning in 1994, as a tribute to the memory of this American icon. Australian composer Percy Grainger spent part of his life in England and eventually became an American citizen. 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 traditional dance tunes played on the fiddle or on the pipe and tabor (a sort of drum and fife).” Mock Morris is not an arrangement of traditional tunes, but an original composition inspired by the spirit and style of Morris dancers. With his two landmark suites for wind band, written in 1909 and 1911, Gustav Holst became one of the first major composers to compose seriously for the band. The Second Suite in F is built around English folk songs, mostly from the coastal county of Hampshire. The opening March weaves together three tunes, including a Morris dance melody. The Song Without Words is based on the romantic ballad “I’ll Love My Love.” In Song of the Blacksmith, Holst creates a jaunty scherzo with rhythmic brass writing and metrical surprises. The finale, Fantasia on the Dargason, cleverly juxtaposes a 16th century English dance tune with the beloved English folk tune “Greensleeves.”
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YOSA City Series 1 Sunday, November 1, 2015, 7 p.m. McAllister Auditorium “Autumn Festival” Concertino Strings
Kenneth Freudigman, conductor Leoš Janáček (arranged by Elaine Fine)
Music for Club Swinging Exercises, JW 8/13
Johan Svendsen Two Swedish Folk Melodies, Op. 27 All Under the Heaven’s Hold You Ancient, You Hale, You Mountainous North Henry Purcell Abdelazer Suite Rondeau – Air I – Air II – Minuet Air III – Gigue – Hornpipe – Air IV
Flute Choir
Martha Long, conductor arranged by Sondra Tucker Shenandoah Georg Philip Telemann La Caccia (arranged by Giovanni Gatti) Pastorale Vivace ma non troppo Georges Bizet Entr’acte from Carmen (arranged by Trudy Kane) Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky “Dance of the Reed Flutes” from (arranged by Ralph R. Guenther) The Nutcracker, Op. 71
Symphony
Kenneth Freudigman, conductor Domenico Cimarosa
Overture to The Secret Marriage
Gabriel Fauré
Pavane, Op. 50
Eric Coates Miniature Suite Children’s Dance Intermezzo Scene du Bal
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compiled by Troy Peters City Series 1 - 7 p.m. Czech composer Leoš Janáček spent decades studying Czech folk song in the hope of creating a new musical style inspired by the rhythm and inflection of Czech speech. His landmark operas may be his greatest achievement, but he also composed dozens of piano miniatures that celebrate Czech culture. Janáček wrote Music for Club Swinging Exercises for the piano in 1893, commemorating a 19th century calisthenics fad; Illinois composer Elaine Fine arranged it for string orchestra in 2011. Norwegian composer Johan Svendsen, who lived most of his life in Denmark, spent much of the 1870s composing and arranging music linked to various Scandinavian countries. For his Two Swedish Folk Melodies, he arranged two of Sweden’s most beloved melodies for string orchestra. The first, “All Under the Heaven’s Hold,” is a song of lost love. The second, “You Ancient, You Hale, You Mountainous North,” went on to become the Swedish national anthem, although it had not yet achieved that status when Svendsen made his setting in 1878. Henry Purcell wrote incidental music for the 17th century London theatre scene; much like today’s film scores, incidental music supported and intensified the action on stage. Abdelazer, or The Moor’s Revenge, was one of Purcell’s biggest theatrical hits, opening just a few months before his death in 1695. The Rondeau from Abdelazer became even better known after Benjamin Britten used it in 1946 as the basis for the his brilliant variations in The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. Since then, it has cropped up more than once as the theme for radio or television programs, especially in England. The beloved folk song Shenandoah probably originated among Canadian and American fur trappers in the late 18th century. By the early 19th century, it was popular among boatmen on the Missouri River, and from there it spread to the Mississippi River and on to American clipper ships that took it around the world. Memphis church organist Sondra Tucker made this lovely arrangement for flute choir. Although Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi are better known today, German composer Georg Philipp Telemann was widely regarded as one of the best during his lifetime. He was also among the most prolific composers who ever lived, cranking out more than three thousand compositions in his 86 years. La Caccia (“The Hunt”) is the Italian flutist Giovanni Gatti’s flute choir arrangement of a Telemann concerto that was originally written for four solo violins. Contrary to legend, Georges Bizet did not die heartbroken at the failure of Carmen. In fact, the opera enjoyed its 33rd performance on the night Bizet died of a heart attack—his initial disappointment at the opera’s unfavorable critical reception had already been assuaged by its popularity with audiences. The Entr’acte from Carmen preceded Act III in the opera and beautifully highlights the melodic strength of the flute. Although The Nutcracker is probably the most popular ballet in the world today, its original 1892 production was unsuccessful. In fact, it only became a perennial international favorite in the 1950s, after ballet companies in San Francisco and New York began to present it every Christmas. In the “Dance of the Reed Flutes,” Danish shepherdesses dance at the Sugar Plum Fairy’s castle, as part of a cavalcade of sweets from around the world.
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YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | FALL CONCERTS Italian composer Domenico Cimarosa, a contemporary of Mozart, had a successful career writing for opera houses throughout Europe in the 1780s and ‘90s. His 1792 opera, The Secret Marriage, was his biggest hit; although it is a rarity today, it was a staple of the operatic repertoire throughout the 19th century. The overture shows not only his stylistic affinity with Mozart, but also his influence on Rossini, who grew up idolizing Cimarosa. Gabriel Fauré originally wrote his Pavane for solo piano, but it became most popular in this 1887 version for orchestra (with optional chorus). Fauré’s music reimagines a Spanish Renaissance dance form as a haunting Belle Époque processional, featuring beautiful solos for the flute and clarinet. By the mid-20th-century, Eric Coates would be known as the King of British Light Music, composing several charming orchestral miniatures that were familiar to British audiences through frequent radio broadcasts and concert performances. When Coates wrote his Miniature Suite in 1911, however, he was an unknown viola player in the Queen’s Hall Orchestra, which premiered the suite in London. These three charming pieces quickly launched Coates into the heart of England’s musical life, renowned as both a composer and conductor for more than four decades.
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YOSA CONDUCTOR BIOS
Andy Post, YOSA Symphonic Winds Conductor Andy Post directed bands at Wood, Jackson, and Lopez Middle Schools in North East ISD and is an active consultant, clinician, and adjudicator. He has earned Teacher of the Year, Trinity Prize Distinguished Educator Award for NEISD, Who’s Who of American Teachers, PTA Lifetime Award, and was nominated for Disney National Teacher of the Year. His ensembles consistently earn Sweepstakes Awards at UIL and have been recognized at the Region, Area, and State levels by Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) and nationally by Choice Music National Wind Band Competition. Andy resides in San Antonio with his wife and two sons. Kenneth Freudigman, YOSA Symphony & YOSA Concertino Strings Conductor Kenneth Freudigman is the co-founder and artistic director of two-time Grammy-nominated chamber ensemble Camerata San Antonio, principal cello of the San Antonio Symphony, a highly respected cello teacher, and conductor of the YOSA Symphony and Concertino Strings orchestras. Ken began his work as YOSA Symphony conductor in 2012. 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 as a New Fromm Player in 2012 and 2015, focusing on the performance of new compositions. Martha has also performed with the Colorado, Fort Collins (CO), and New World Symphonies. Martha began her work with YOSA Flute Choir in 2013. Brenda Johnson, YOSA Sinfonietta Strings Conductor Brenda Johnson is orchestra director at Hector Garcia Middle School (Northside ISD), where she opened the school as founding conductor of the Gladiator Orchestra program. In their first year as a brand new school, the Chamber Orchestra received fourth place in the TMEA Honor Orchestra Competition. Each year, both varsity and non-varsity groups have received Sweepstakes ratings at UIL Concert/Sight-reading, and the program has grown to 200 students. Originally from McAllen, Texas, Mrs. Johnson received her Bachelor of Music Education degree from 22
YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | FALL CONCERTS Baylor University and a Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of North Texas. She began her teaching career with the Plano Independent School District where she received Teacher of the Year for Bowman Middle School in 2009. In 2004, Mrs. Johnson was one of four teachers in Texas to receive the Marjorie Keller Young Music Educator Award from the American String Teacher Association. She has served as secretary and treasurer for TexASTA and is a member of Texas Music Educator’s Association, Texas Orchestra Directors Association, Texas Music Adjudicators Association, and the American String Teacher Association with National School Orchestra Association. 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 Jacobi 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 professor and director of orchestral studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio, conductor of the UTSA Orchestra and Lyric Theatre, and head of instrumental conducting. He also serves as conductor and artistic director for the Symphony of the Hills (Kerrville) and is the founding director of the UTSA String Project. Dr. Dowdy conducted YOSA’s Symphony Orchestra from 1984 to 1992, was the Interim Philharmonic Conductor in 2000, and named an honorary resident conductor in 2002. He researched and wrote YOSA’s history for his doctoral essay at the University of Iowa in 1995 and is a past president of TODA and TexASTA.
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Troy Peters, Music Director
VIOLIN
Brian Kang
Peiyang Wang
Dora Cheng concertmaster
Victoria Klaunig
Taegyun Yoon
Mika Kochheiser
VIOLA
Benita Lee
Emma Reynolds principal
Winston Churchill High School
Emily Averyt assistant concertmaster Saint Mary’s Hall
Nicholas Garcia-Hettinger principal second violin Coke R. Stevenson Middle School
Victoria Acuña
North East School of the Arts (Lee H.S.)
Sebastian Alderete John Jay High School
Anne Archer
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
Alex Brehm
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
Ryan Cao
Health Careers High School
Miranda Cole
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
Abigail Dickson Home School
Dylan Fernandez de lara
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
Paola Flores
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
Health Careers High School
Home School
Burbank High School
Alamo Heights High School
Lydia Matteson
Incarnate Word High School
Natalie Meissler
Lutheran High School San Antonio
Sandra Moon
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
McKenna Mosely
Health Careers High School
Daniel Nix
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
Deborah Olivier
Communication Arts High School (Taft H.S.)
Isabelle Pacheco
John Marshall High School
Topiltzin Perez St. Philip’s College
Kathleen Ran
Health Careers High School
Wilmer Rodriguez Judson High School
Basis Charter School
Thomas C. Clark High School
Winston Churchill High School
Maggie Alvarez
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
Bailey Boyen
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
Jalie-Ann Cummings
Judson Early College Academy
Juliet DeNapoli
North East School of the Arts (Lee H.S.)
Imaya Farrell
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
David Irizarry Home School
Alyssa Peña
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
Michelle Richardson
University of Texas at San Antonio
Joshua Rodriguez Judson High School
CELLO
Audria Fogarty-Ramirez
David Saucedo
Ronald Reagan High School
Earl Warren High School
Joseph Guzek
Abigail Slaughter
Ronald Reagan High School
Samuel Clemens High School
Richard Hu
Victoria Troutz
Winston Churchill High School
Smithson Valley High School
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
Arianna Jefferson
Victoria Villarreal
Federico Chavez-Torres
Theodore Roosevelt High School
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Samuel Clemens High School
Katelyn Petersen principal
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
Andrew Arkhipov
Health Careers High School
YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | FALL CONCERTS
Philharmonic Emily Dunn
Troy Peters, Music Director Michael Djabarov
Garrett Snowden
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
Quynten Grove
BASSOON
Audrey Jellett
Kyle Krieger
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
Gwendolyn Hollida
Hal Peterson Middle School
Minji Kim
Health Careers High School
Maximilian Klaunig
Samuel V. Champion High School
International School of the Americas (Lee H.S.)
Byron P. Steele II High School
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
Niklas Siebert
Smithson Valley High School
Michael Chapa Wagner High School
Nicholas Fitch Tivy High School
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High Kaan Kumru School John Jay Science and Engineering Academy (Jay H.S.)
Conner Simmons
Boerne-Samuel V. Champion High School
Emmali Ouderkirk
Prisca Lafuente
HARP
HORN
Tricia Park
Rhiannon Villarreal
Aidan Alcocer
Jacob Resendez
FLUTE
Eric Bassett
Nnamdi Odita-Honnah
Ethan Gurwitz
Catherine Kline
Louis D. Brandeis High School
Earl Warren High School
Louis D. Brandeis High School
Winston Churchill High School
Marc Rodriguez
Samuel V. Champion High School
Gabriela Sanchez
Robert G. Cole High School
Nicholas Slaughter
Samuel Clemens High School
Astrid Topletz
Ronald Reagan High School
Elisabeth Wang
Health Careers High School
BASS Albert Coleman principal
Thomas C. Clark High School
Samuel Becvar
Alamo Heights High School
Andrew Butts
Alamo Heights High School
St. Anthony Catholic High School
Louis D. Brandeis High School
Steven Rios
Ronald Reagan High School
Paula Wilson
Judson High School
North East School of the Arts (Lee H.S.)
North East School of the Arts (Lee H.S.)
Ronald Reagan High School
Winston Churchill High School
Micah Stark
New Braunfels High School
Derek Timmons
Medina Valley High School
OBOE
TRUMPET
Darren Churn
Ian Aigner-Varoz
Sara Morales
Dylan Frazier
Ronald Reagan High School
Communication Arts High School (Taft H.S.)
CLARINET Hannah Berlin
Winston Churchill High School
Jenna Gaulden
Winston Churchill High School
Natalie Morales
Smithson Valley High School
Louis D. Brandeis High School
Judson High School
Peter Goode
Judson High School
TROMBONE Edward Fernandez
Ronald Reagan High School
Brett Lair
East Central High School
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YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | FALL CONCERTS
Philharmonic
Troy Peters, Music Director
BASS TROMBONE
PERCUSSION
Jacob Authier
Ernesto Aguirre
TUBA
Ty Gonzales-Graves
John Marshall High School
Evan Arnold
Earl Warren High School
Rachel Rogers Judson High School
Dominic Walsh
Central Catholic High School
North East School of the Arts (Lee H.S.)
Ronald Reagan High School
Symphonic Winds FLUTE Eunice Chung
Smithson Valley High School
Gail Fernandes
Judson Early College Academy
Antonio Jasiczek
Louis D. Brandeis High School
Eliana Olivier
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
Rebekah Taylor
Andy Post, Conductor
Pearl Fernandes
Jack Ocheltree
Veronica Hernandez
Smithson Valley High School
TENOR SAXOPHONE
Joshua Martinez
Matthew Escobedo
Smithson Valley High School
Theodore Roosevelt High School
Gabriela Pedraza
HORN
Judson Early College Academy
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
BASS CLARINET
Health Careers High School
Isaiah Aguilar
Roy D. Corbett Junior High School
Gabriel Komerofsky
Cecilia Chavez-Torres
Thomas C. Clark High School
Health Careers High School
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
BASSOON
Evan Chenault John Jay High School
Tyrece Williams
Austin Perry
Andriana Garcia
Austin Struble
Samuel Hart
Home School
Megan Tomasini
North East School of the Arts (Lee H.S.)
OBOE Ian Compton
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
Bailey Nicolson
Robert E. Lee High School
CLARINET Alia Allen Canyon Lake High School Blanka Bordas
Health Careers High School
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Sandra Day O’Connor High School
Wallace B. Jefferson Middle School
Janet Thongkam
McCollum High School
North East School of the Arts (Lee H.S.)
Theodore Roosevelt High School
TRUMPET
ALTO SAXOPHONE
Isaiah Dickson
Aldo Aguilar
Theodore Roosevelt High School
Torda Bordas
Basis Charter School
Oscar De La Torre
Theodore Roosevelt High School
Home School
Trapper Erwin
Roy D. Corbett Junior High School
Zachary Huertas
Coke R. Stevenson Middle School
Chukwudi Odita-Honnah
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | FALL CONCERTS
Symphonic Winds
Andy Post, Conductor
TROMBONE
EUPHONIUM
BASS
Bryce Keith
Danielle Croft
Blaine Bryan
Angel Rivera-Hernandez
Alex Gonzales
BASS TROMBONE
TUBA
David Miller
Shukria Al-Araibi
Smithson Valley High School
William H. Taft High School
East Central High School
Randolph Middle School
Robert L. Vale Middle School
Winston Churchill High School
PERCUSSION Colton Noles
William J. Brennan High School
Byron P. Steele II High School
Zachary Gilbertson
Antonian College Preparatory
Symphony Kenneth Freudigman, Conductor VIOLIN
Anne Gao
Linda Liu
Om Joshi concertmaster
Erica Gonzalez
Adam Nix
Camilla Guel
Kymber Ovalle
Sofia Hernandez
Nicole Perez
Georgeanna Hoey
Eve Poindexter
Keystone School
Tara Mosely assistant concertmaster William P. Hobby Middle School
Elijah Gonzalez principal second violin
North East School of the Arts (Lee H.S.)
Daniel Arkhipov
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
Ryan Balinsat
Health Careers High School
Benjamin Bendele Home School
Rema Bhat
Basis Charter School
Daniel Cao
Basis Charter School
Talia Delambre
Eleanor Kolitz Hebrew Language Academy
Zoe Espinoza-Kochheiser Theodore Roosevelt High School
Health Careers High School
San Antonio College
Basis Charter School
Incarnate Word High School
Smithson Valley High School
Diana Hubbard
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
Anna Isler
Randolph High School
Emma Jaax Home School
Rebekah Jones Home School
Seva Joshi
Keystone School
Victoria Juarez
Theodore Roosevelt High School
Yeonsuk Jung
Winston Churchill High School
Victoria Kim
Basis Charter School
Jose M. Lopez Middle School
Great Hearts Monte Vista
John Paul Stevens High School
University of Texas at San Antonio
North East School of the Arts (Lee H.S.)
Abiud Rodriguez
John Jay Science and Engineering Academy (Jay H.S.)
Miaoyin Rojas
Judson High School
Emily Seddighzadeh Clara Driscoll Middle School
Everardo Sifuentes
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
Ruth Toth
Cornerstone Christian School
Taylor (Taein) Yoon
Ed Rawlinson Middle School
Donnel Zhu
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
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YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | FALL CONCERTS
Symphony Kenneth Freudigman, Conductor VIOLA
Noah Hernandez
Madeline Gonzales principal
Serena Kallead
Parker Baillon
Erik Martilla
Home School
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
John Jay Science and Engineering Academy (Jay H.S.)
Lindee Fiedler
Boerne High School
Alisha Harris
Thomas C. Clark High School
Andrew Kang
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
Kathryn King
Alamo Heights Junior School
Natalie Perez
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
Lyndsey Wyatt
William J. Brennan High School
Alamo Heights High School
Simon Phoa
Louis D. Brandeis High School
John Rice
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
Lillian Roe Home School
Britney Ericson
Douglas MacArthur High School
Josephine Garza
Incarnate Word High School
Keystone School
Kierstin Wilkins
Communication Arts High School (Taft H.S.)
OBOE Joshua Roper
CLARINET
William J. Brennan High School
Elaine Zhang
Louis D. Brandeis High School
Javier Hernandez principal
Ronald Reagan High School
Sieon Kim
Alejandra Wagnon
CELLO
Giuliano Bucheli
FLUTE
First Baptist Academy of Universal City
William J. Brennan High School
BASS
Theodore Roosevelt High School
Design and Technology Academy (Roosevelt H.S.)
Benito Salinas
Incarnate Word High School
Victoria Day principal
Jeff Unser
Saint Mary’s Hall
Adrian Iniguez
Travis Early College High School
Maia McClintic
Joshua Shterenberg
Theodore Roosevelt High School
Jonathan Van Hoozen Northwest Vista College
BASSOON Jared Worman
James Madison High School
Jackson Wymer
Alamo Heights High School
John Jay Science and Engineering Academy (Jay H.S.)
HORN
Anaelli Rodriguez
Caleb Keller
John Jay Science and Engineering Academy (Jay H.S.)
Harlandale High School
Hailey Schmidt
Randolph High School
Flute Choir FLUTE Hannah Anderson
Clara Driscoll Middle School
Gabriella Banales
Robert G. Cole High School
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Martha Long, Conductor Kiley Greiner
Helen Lan
Quentin Johnston
Emily Lawitz
Emily Kuppers
Mehwish Rehman
Randolph High School
Home School
Thomas C. Clark High School
Julia Newton Aue Elementary
Home School
Basis Charter School
YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | FALL CONCERTS
Concertino Strings
seating as of October 1, 2015
Kenneth Freudigman, Conductor
VIOLIN
Carly Munoz
Bianca Castillo
Hunter Messick concertmaster
Rebecca Neely
Sara Conde
Natasha Pfeiffer
Mia Flowers
Ethan Poidevin
Hansi Goldman
Zakary Rodriguez
Madeline Hoyle
Samuel Bentz
Jackson Rogler
Valerie Jones
Kaley Caprio
Marciano Ross
Kate Pacheco
Katie Chong
VIOLA
Emily Posada
Lawrence Corsini
Ruben Andrade principal
Randy Resendez
Katherine Stinson Middle School
Grace Hende assistant concertmaster
Engineering and Technologies Academy (Roosevelt H.S.)
Catherine Meeks principal second violin
John Paul Stevens High School Home School
Boerne High School San Antonio Christian Schools Louis D. Brandeis High School
Mishiella Dames
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
Josiah Damiano
Cornerstone Christian School
Josie Decherd
Basis Charter School
Kayla DeJesus
John Garner Middle School
Alexia Johnson
Byron P. Steele II High School
Terrell Kelley
Byron P. Steele II High School
Marya Kim
Robert G. Cole Middle School
James Mack Home School
Christina Marie Martinez
William P. Hobby Middle School Ronald Reagan High School Earl Warren High School Basis Charter School Home School
Ed Rawlinson Middle School Texas Connections Academy
John Paul Stevens High School
Clayton Boyer
Boerne Middle School North
Giovanni Carrasco
John Marshall High School
Sophia Choe
Basis Charter School
Frank Tejeda Middle School Thomas C. Clark High School Incarnate Word High School North East School of the Arts (Lee H.S.) Winston Churchill High School Home School
William J. Brennan High School Judson Early College Academy Central Catholic High School
Tony Rodriguez
Ed Rawlinson Middle School
Phoebe Wilson
Samuel Clemens High School
Emiliano Zendejo
Katherine Stinson Middle School
Maria “Maryfer” Fregoso
BASS
Diana Salinas
Austin Campos principal
Winston Churchill High School
William J. Brennan High School
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
CELLO
Alexandra Balfour
Julia Gutierrez principal
Raine Esparza
Byron P. Steele II High School
Barbara Bush Middle School Basis Charter School
Elizabeth Abascal
Theodore Roosevelt High School
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
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YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | FALL CONCERTS
Sinfonietta Strings Brenda Johnson, Conductor seating as of October 1, 2015 Sarah Hubbard Morris White VIOLIN Elizabeth Fowler concertmaster
Ed Rawlinson Middle School
William P. Hobby Middle School
Sophia Irizarry Home School
Willa White
Walter Krueger Middle School
Heewon Yoon assistant concertmaster
Victoria Jones
Nathan Winfrey
Karolina Kim
Sara Ybarra
Addison Lueck
James Zhang
Diego Manrique
VIOLA
Aaron Mayfield
Sarah White principal
Frank Tejeda Middle School
Viviana Peters principal second violin Home School
Sara Bassiri
James Bonham Academy
Hallie Betts
Vineyard Ranch Elementary School
Luke Brehm
Wallace B. Jefferson Middle School
Adrianna Calvillo Bernal Middle School
Fernanda Cuevas
Theodore Roosevelt High School
Christian Diaz
Great Hearts Monte Vista
Isabel Dickinson Basis Charter School
Ian Fernandes
Judson Middle School
Alessandra Finol
Basis North Charter School
Arianna Floyd
Wallace B. Jefferson Middle School
Brent Freeman
Jose M. Lopez Middle School
Robyn Gerry
Basis Charter School
Jillian Griffis
Briscoe Middle School
Emily Hart
Great Hearts San Antonio - Northern Oaks
Trier Hodge
Canyon High School
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Home School
Robert L. Vale Middle School
Smithson Valley Middle School
Basis North Charter School
Health Careers High School
Claudia Mendible-Diaz Alamo Heights Junior School
Alex Navarro
Douglas MacArthur High School
Ty Oliver
Home School
Andrew Pai
Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School
Odelia Pena-Pathan
John Paul Stevens High School
Isabella Petree
Barbara Bush Middle School
Zachary Presley
Katherine Stinson Middle School
Zoe Reyna
Coke R. Stevenson Middle School
Jolie Richmond
Barbara Bush Middle School
Phillippe Riopel
Valley Hi Elementary School
Nathanael Slaughter
Our Lady of Perpetual Help School
Emily Voeller Home School
Mikayla Walker
Earl Warren High School
Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School
Great Hearts Monte Vista
Holy Spirit Catholic School
Cibolo Creek Elementary
William P. Hobby Middle School
John Matthew Castillo
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
Dylan Garibaldi
Clara Driscoll Middle School
Sarah Hernandez Saint Mary’s Hall
Jashea Hollis
Byron P. Steele II High School
Nicholas Langston-Keathley Thomas C. Clark High School
Annika Brooke Lunsford Alamo Heights Junior School
Sophia Quevedo
Wallace B. Jefferson Middle School
Natalie Ramos Home School
Izaak Rennebeck-Oliveira Saint Mary’s Hall
Marco Santistevan
William P. Hobby Middle School
Skylar Sargent
Pat Neff Middle School
Calla Xu
Jose M. Lopez Middle School
YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | FALL CONCERTS
Sinfonietta Strings
Brenda Johnson, Conductor
CELLO
Hadassah delaFuente
Connor Sparks
William Huang principal
Vincent Garcia-Hettinger
Isaac Trevino
Basis Charter School
Victoria Abascal
Clara Driscoll Middle School
Katia Amori
Barbara Bush Middle School
Ava Blair
Boerne Middle School South
Samuel Caballero
John Jay Science and Engineering Academy (Jay H.S.)
Home School
Anna Mae ‘Mas’ Nichols Elementary School
Grace Hart
Frank Tejeda Middle School
Gayle Hende
Clara Driscoll Middle School
Rebeka Jones Home School
Caroline Krugle
Dolph Briscoe Middle School
Payton Davis
Conner Lindley
Byron P. Steele II High School
Dr. Bernard Harris Middle School
Karina De La Torre
Aubrie Rettmann
Krueger School of Applied Technologies (Krueger M.S.)
Byron P. Steele II High School
Mikala Basso
Randolph Middle School
Sebastian Caballero St. Luke’s Catholic School
Emily Ann Castilleja Earl Warren High School
Garrett Chambers
STEM Academy - Nimitz Middle School
Gracie Cronk Home School
Alejandra Cuevas
Edward H. White Middle School
Sophia dela Cruz
The Atonement Academy
Micah delaFuente Home School
Tirzah delaFuente Home School
Gabriel Eddy
STEM Academy - Nimitz Middle School
North East School of the Arts (Lee H.S.)
Camielle White
Judson Early College Academy
Derek Xu The Atonement Academy
BASS Zachary Zimmerman principal
Design and Technology Academy (Roosevelt H.S.)
Llailan Bennett
Judson Middle School
Gabriel Salinas
Bernal Middle School
Capriccio Strings VIOLIN
Thomas C. Clark High School
Jonathan Raveneau, Conductor
Francesca Finol
Kimberly Hilario
Sarai Fleming
Khalia Jacob
April Flores
Julianna Jaramillo
Anneli Flores-Jimenez
Katharine Jones
Allan Galvis
Caitlin Kuhlman
Alyana Garcia
Kaitlyn Lien
Magoli Garcia
Janie Lim
Samuel Godoy
Guy Martin
Jaime Gonzalez
Faith Mueller
Abigail Gutierrez
Van Nguyen
Joisset Hernandez
Grace Oettel
Basis North Charter School JSTEM Academy
Clara Driscoll Middle School Kitty Hawk Middle School
John Garner Middle School Judson Middle School Alamo Heights Junior School Earl Rudder Middle School Clara Driscoll Middle School E. M. Pease Middle School Barbara Bush Middle School
Dr. Bernard Harris Middle School Wallace B. Jefferson Middle School STEM Academy - Nimitz Middle School Home School
Robert G. Cole Middle School Encino Park Elementary School Basis Charter School William P. Hobby Middle School Home School
St. Luke’s Catholic School Home School
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YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | FALL CONCERTS
Capriccio Strings VIOLIN (continued) Isabel Oxford Keystone School
Cassandra Padilla
Ann Frank Inspire Academy
Erik Peterson
San Antonio Academy of Texas
Abigail Rios
Edward H. White Middle School
Amanda Quinonez
Walter Krueger Middle School
Adrian Reyes
Carlos Coon Elementary
Anani Rhames
Pearblossom Private School
Aaron Rivera
Boerne Middle School North
Daniel Robelo
Alamo Heights Junior School
Paola Saucedo Basis Charter School
Samuel Shterenberg Longs Creek Elementary
Josh Springer
Dr. John Folks Middle School
Philip Templeman Canyon Middle School
Christi Toth
Cornerstone Christian School
Jasmine Van Natta
Walter Krueger Middle School
Daniel Voeller Home School
Lauren Vu
Barbara Bush Middle School
Jack Wadolowski Basis Charter School
Jeremiah Will
Basis North Charter School
Rae Xin
Basis North Charter School
Natalie Zepeda
Brentwood Middle School
Jonathan Raveneau, Conductor
Catherine Zou
Caroline Cordts
VIOLA
Clara Crandall
Sofia Abascal
DeAnna Dames
Basis Charter School
Clara Driscoll Middle School
Tiffany Carson
Walter Krueger Middle School
Sara Dulaney
Alamo Heights Junior School
Carmen Gomez
Coke R. Stevenson Middle School
Kristine Gonzalez
Clara Driscoll Middle School
Anello Hill Zanoni
Alamo Heights Junior School
Fernanda Patron
Barbara Bush Middle School
Nina Pyron
Wallace B. Jefferson Middle School
Riya Sahota
Basis Charter School
Jonathan Sierra
Wallace B. Jefferson Middle School
Crysalin Taylor
William P. Hobby Middle School
Kayla Wood
Woodridge Elementary School The Circle School
Wallace B. Jefferson Middle School
Melissa Fusco JSTEM Academy
Carlos Gonzalez
John Garner Middle School
Rylee Hupping
Krueger School of Applied Technologies (Krueger M.S.)
Miriam Kim
Fort Sam Houston Elementary School
Christopher Knowles Briscoe Middle School
Sarah Lancy
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
Walter Nesbitt
Wallace B. Jefferson Middle School
Elijah Owens
Ann Frank Inspire Academy
Grace Rodriguez Home School
Esmeralda Serna Nimitz Middle School
Roy D. Corbett Junior High School
Daniella Silva
CELLO
Nicholas Smallwood
E. T. Wrenn Middle School
Samantha Almogela
Ann Frank Inspire Academy
Kyle Chong
Clara Driscoll Middle School
Madigan Christensen
Basis North Charter School
Edward H. White Middle School San Antonio Christian Schools La Vernia Junior High School
Zackary Cleveland
Coke R. Stevenson Middle School
Sean Compton
Tex Hill Middle School
Dalton Conner
Coke R. Stevenson Middle School
Ramon Contreras
Alamo Heights Junior School
Ilana Solis
Micaiah Will
BASS Tyson Geigenmiller
Walter Krueger Middle School
Raul Perez
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
Ben Roe
Jim Barnes Middle School
AJ Wood
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | FALL CONCERTS
Prelude Strings VIOLIN Jamille Annayeva
Gregorio Esparza Elementary
Victoria Baker
Woodridge Elementary School
Natalie Benavides
Bulverde Creek Elementary School
Lydia Bentz Home School
Erin Brehm
Kuentz Elementary School
Charlotte Cerroni
Jacobi Caldwell, Conductor
Isabel Lew
Concordia Lutheran Church-School
Homero Morales, Jr
CELLO Rebekah Andrews
William P. Hobby Middle School
Elaine S. Schlather Intermediate School
Miya Morris
Abcde Bannister
Great Hearts San Antonio - Northern Oaks
Crystal Nguyen
St. Luke’s Catholic School
Ingrid Peters Home School
Ximena Roa
Home School
Joshua Damiano
Cornerstone Christian School
Matthew Diaz
Great Hearts Monte Vista
Bianca Garcia
Woodridge Elementary School
Saint Mary’s Hall
Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary School
Jonah Damiano
Faith Tucker
Cornerstone Christian School
Castle Hills First Baptist School
Carmen Dean
Samara Valdez
Ed Rawlinson Middle School
IDEA Monterrey Park
Noah Detiveaux
Andrew White Tex Hill Middle School
Madeline Dickinson
VIOLA
Jillian Fernandez
Ryan Berberek
Van Nguyen
Kelsey Fish
Nicole Knowles
BASS
Branimir Gore
Avani Shah
San Antonio Christian Schools
Dr. Winn Murnin Elementary School
Home School
St. George Episcopal School
Keystone School
Emily Kitayama
Castle Hills First Baptist School
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
John Hoffmann Elementary School
Saint Mary’s Hall
Davis Hollida
Bulverde Creek Elementary School
Georgia Kimbell
Great Hearts San Antonio - Northern Oaks
Jeremy Medina-Suzuki St. John Bosco School
Minh Nguyen
St. Luke’s Catholic School
St. Luke’s Catholic School
Remy Place
Edward H. White Middle School
Makayla Zimmerman
Edward H. White Middle School
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YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | FALL CONCERTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FACULTY
ADMINISTRATION
Evelyn Berg
Troy Peters
Brandon Henson
Kenneth Freudigman
Teresa Tuck
President Emeritus (in memoriam)
John Frederick, Ph.D. Chair
Carl Leafstedt, Ph.D.
Vice Chair, Development and Chair Elect
Music Director YOSA Symphony Conductor YOSA Concertino Strings Conductor
Andy Post
YOSA Symphonic Winds Conductor
Shari Mao
Brenda Johnson
Lee Hipp
Jonathan Raveneau
Benjamin Westney
Jacobi Caldwell
Nancy Halvorson
Martha Long
Kenneth Bloom
Eugene Dowdy
Vice Chair, Governance Vice Chair, Music Programs Treasurer/Vice Chair, Finance Secretary
Tony Campbell
YOSA Sinfonietta Strings Conductor YOSA Capriccio Strings Conductor YOSA Prelude Strings Conductor YOSA Flute Choir Conductor Resident Conductor
Joseph Causby, Ph.D. Magaly Chocano Katie DeBauche Evin Nicole Eubanks Kirstin Garrison John Lewis, Ph.D. Thomas Sanders Sonja Lanehart Schutz, Ph.D. Jeffrey Walsh
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Executive Director
Development Director
Jasmine Moses
Development Assistant
Janni Toomes
Operations Director
Cassie VanderSloot Operations Coordinator
Jackson Hocott
Operations Assistant
Ben Hackett
Accounts Manager
Alfonso Gonzales Bookkeeper
Kathleen Messina Office Coordinator
YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | FALL CONCERTS
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 2015/16 season. The musical education that our young musicians receive would not be possible without your support. Strings
Josh Boulton, cello Beth Breslin, viola Nicholas Browne, bass Marisa Bushman, viola Allyson Dawkins, viola David Dawson, bass Ignacio Gallego, cello Carlton Galvez, violin Kevin Garcia-Hettinger, violin Jennifer Garcia-Hettinger, violin Beth Girko, violin Mary Ellen Goree, violin Morgen Johnson, cello Colin Meinecke, viola David Milburn, bass
Bassam Nashawati, violin Teresa Nguyen, viola Kristen Pellegrino, violin Julie Post, violin Julie R. Post, violin Aurelia Rocha, cello Saul Romero, violin Martin Sanchez, bass Laura Scalzo, violin Aimee Toomes, violin Christina Trongone, cello Alexis von Biedenfeld, cello
Brass
John Carroll, trumpet Patrick Montgomery, trombone Ilan Morgenstern, bass trombone
Percussion
Peter Flamm Riely Francis Bill Patterson Sherry Rubins
Woodwinds
Mark Ackerman, oboe Sharon Kuster, bassoon Martha Long, flute Jean Robinson, flute
THANK YOU, VOLUNTEERS
Volunteers lend their hearts and hands to YOSA to ensure that San Antonio’s youth gain the resources needed to succeed in school and life. YOSA extends a very special thank you to these amazing volunteers: season. The musical education that our young musicians receive would not be possible without your support. Victoria Acuna Aidan Alcocer Bonnie Anderson Lydia Annayeva Sharon Arnold Chandler Baker Lesley Balido McClellan Tamara Bannister Jennifer Basso Erica Becvar Vanessa Briseno Blaine Bryan Rocia Bucheli Sharon Chambers Federico Chavez-Blanco Vicky Croft
Karen Conner Kayla DeJesus Marlene de Leon-Lew April Dickson Isaiah Dickson Emma Fowler Richard Fowler Josie Garza Hansi Goldman Jacqueline Halcomb Erik Hauschildt Hailey Hauschildt Jayson Hauschildt Janya Hodge Jennifer Garcia-Hettinger Steve Guzek
Simon Peter Gonzales Jose Irizarry Yeonsuk Jung Seok Kang Adriana LaFuente Robert Lindley Linda Martilla Lidia Martinez Shannon Nadeau Donna Nicolson Tomas Ovalle Vanessa Ovalle Maribel Padilla Grace Phoa David Powell Liz Powell
Nina Pyron Harriett Rehman Emma Reynolds CT Rhames Jennifer Robelo Beth Rice Shafqat Shah Millie Springer Hui Tang Beth Taylor Elizabeth Templeman Aline Wang Emily Ye Yi Zou
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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, 2014 through September 30, 2015. Please contact YOSA if your name is not included. Great Composers $100,000 and above Composers $50,000 to $99,999 Star Performers $20,000 to $49,999 Maestros $5,000 to $19,999
Concertmasters Principal Chairs Section Sponsors Friends of YOSA
$1,000 to $4,999 $500 to $999 $100 to $499 Less than $100
Great Composers City of San Antonio, Department for Culture and Creative Development Kronkosky Charitable Foundation Composers Friend of YOSA RSF Endowment/Rackspace Foundation Star Performers H-E-B Tournament of Champions Charitable Trust Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts USAA Foundation Valero Energy Foundation Maestros A.C.F.E.A. Tour Consultants Dr. Kenneth Bloom and Dr. Sheila Swartzman The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Charity Ball Association of San Antonio Friends of YOSA The Ewing Halsell Foundation H-E-B Junior League of San Antonio, Inc. Mays Family Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Oroian, Guest & Little, P.C. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Oroian The Genevieve and Ward Orsinger Foundation San Antonio Area Foundation Shield-Ayres Foundation Texas Commission on the Arts theArtsFund Zachry Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Bartell H. Zachry, Jr. 36
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Andy Mireles Charitable Foundation Rev. John Lewis and Ms. Pat Bridwell Mr. Edward E. (Sonny) Collins III The Columbus Foundation Nathalie and Gladys Dalkowitz Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ebrom John H. Frederick and Mimi W. Yu The Gambrinus Company Mr. and Mrs. Paul Halvorson iHeart Realty Marcia and Otto Koehler Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Carl Leafstedt Ms. Elizabeth M. Lorenz and Mr. Rick Ramos The Marshall T. Steves Sr. Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur L. Matthews, Jr. Maverick Video Productions, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. John McCullough The Mirza Trust The Harris K. & Lois G. Oppenheimer Foundation Donald Oroian Anne and Troy Peters Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation David and Betty Sacks Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Sanders St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Mr. Bruce I. Topletz and Ms. Cristina Chial University of North Texas Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Waller Germaine and Jeffrey Walsh Cecilia Young Willard Helping Fund
Principal Chairs
Bacon Lee & Associates Steven Bankler, CPA Mr. Bobby Blount and Ms. Sandra Sandoval Ms. Kris Brehm Briscoe Western Art Museum Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan C. Calvert Capital Group Companies Joseph Causby and Robert Brewer Mr. and Mrs. Dan DeBauche Ms. Kathleen Doria and Mr. Ruben Silva Col. (Ret.) and Mrs. John J. Franco, Jr. Reid Hartson Mr. Brandon Henson High School Music Service Mr. Lee Hipp Mr. John S. Jockusch Woodson Jones Marion Lee Living Cities Inc. Shari Mao Dr. and Mrs. Timothy Owens Mr. and Mrs. Rob Rodriguez Dr. Sonja Lanehart Schutz and Dr. Paul Schutz Ms. Louise Shaw Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe B. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Marshall T. Steves, Jr. Sweb Development Tsakopulos Brown Schott & Anchors, P.C. Via Metropolitan Transit Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Westney
Section Sponsors
Ace Mart Restaurant Supply Alamo Music Center Robert Albright Lisa Marie Anderson
Mr. and Mrs. Michael and Stephanie Apolinar Mrs. Ann Griffith Ash William Atlas Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Baldridge Dr. and Mrs. George Bannayan Laura Barberena Mr. and Mrs. James Berg Shelita Boissiere Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bolner Paula Boston Mr. and Mrs. Eric Brahinsky Elizabeth Branch Ms. Martha Bryant, Ph.D. Mr. James S. Calvert Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Calvert G L I Distributing Michelle Cantu, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Cavazos Mr. and Mrs. James Cavender Mr. and Mrs. James M. Cavender III Richard H. Cavender Mr. and Mrs. Marty Chaney Ms. Sandra Chapa Dr. and Mrs. William Chiego Mrs. Magaly Chocano Mr. and Mrs. Chol and Elaine Chong Arthur M. Clements, M.D. Mr. Garry Cole Mr. and Mrs. Taliaferro Cooper Core Research Mrs. Josephine Cormack Ms. Molly Cox Louise and Tom Davis Andrew Delgado Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Dowdy Dykema Cox Smith Eisenberg Group Kathy Feinstein Valerie Flores Joanna Foster James Garner Ms. Nicolette Good Julius and Kathleen Gribou Klaus Guenther Mr. and Mrs. Ryan A. Guest Jacqueline Halcomb Marc Harrison Ms. Sandra Henson Mr. Don Hessenflow and Ms. Cathy Dawson Linda and James Ivy Jackson Walker L.L.P Jefferson Bank Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Johnson Anjali and Ajeya Joshi Mr. Ronald Keller Mr. and Mrs. John Kerr Mr. Gary Kilgore Heiu and Sang Kim Susan Marenda King, M.D. Kenneth A. Kist, M.D. Antje and Norman Klaunig Louis J. and Millie M. Kocurek Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Brian Komorek Mrs. Ellen Kraig and Mr. David Kolodrubetz Barbara Kyse Ms. Camille Langston Mary and James Lancaster Mrs. Muriel J. Leafstedt Ms. Eileen Lentz Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Lorenz
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YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | FALL CONCERTS Elizabeth Lutz Mr. Tim Maher Mr. and Mrs. Greg Markovich Nickey McCasland Ms. Linda McDavitt Mr. and Mrs. James McNeel Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Vachel McNeel Mr. and Mrs. Alex Menchaca Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Mielke Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mikesell Dr. and Mrs. Alexander L. Miller National Association of Women Business Owners-San Antonio Nix Health Claudia and Michael Olivier Drs. Victor and Valerie Ostrower Julie and George Parker Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Perretta Mr. and Mrs. David Phipps Andrea Pichler Jeanette Pierce Mr. and Mrs. P.J. Riopel Col. (Ret.) William T. Rogerson Kristi, Benito and Gabriel Salinas Security Service Federal Credit Union Mr. and Mrs. Abdol Hamid Seddighzadeh Ms. Linda Seewald Dr. and Mrs. Albert C. Serrano Mrs. Elizabeth Simpson Mrs. Elsie G. Steg Mr. Patrick H. Swearingen, Jr. Mrs. Alex R. Thomas, Jr. Sandra Trevino Kathleen and Albert Vale Mr. David Vieira Ms. Christina Welch Ms. Sandra Wheatley Richard D. Wheatley, Sr., Ph.D. Ms. Marceline Whipp Mr. and Mrs. Tim D. Word
Friends of YOSA
210 SA Magazine Ms. Connie Acevedo Dakota Ainsworth Linda Aikin-Cook and Werk Cook Lori Allen and Camden Smith Eva Almendarez Peggy and Tom Alspaugh Amazonsmile Foundation Ms. Diane Anderson Lydia Andrade Roger Andrade Mr. Zachary Archer Mr. and Mrs. George Atiee Lauren Aubrey Larry and Vicki Baillon Russell Barbee Marycela Barron Miriam Bauer Mr. and Mrs. Keith Becvar Rebecca Benavides Mrs. Barbara A. Bentley Lynnette Bergstrom
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Bexar County Commissioners Court Ms. Mary Black Dr. Susan Blackwood and Mr. James L. Blackwood Mr. Malachi Braddy Mr. Todd Briere Mr. Dan Britt Tara Brouse Nicholas Browne Vanessa Sanlucar and William Bryan Ms. Melissa Bryant Melida Buentello-Olivo Mr. and Mrs. Ricardo A. Bunge Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Buzzini III Mr. and Mrs. Anthony T. Campbell Florencia Caniglia Mr. Wayne Cannon James Cardenas Ms. Xochitl Castellanos Stacy Castillo Dave Cauthon Mr. Brad Cavanaugh Candice Chapin Alicia Chavez Monique Chavoya Margaret and Kevin Cheng Ms. Tanya Clark Mary Ann Compton Mr. Ramon Contreras Mr. Oliverio Corchado Mr. Peter Cortez Ms. Meredith Costey Mr. Dave Coy Carrie and Bayleigh Crane Ms. Kate Crone Ms. Pamela D. Culbertson Ms. Cindy Cummings Jalie-Ann Cummings Ms. Caroline Decherd Mr. Pedro Delgado Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Delgado Ms. Veronica Delgado Tyler Dendle Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd A. Denton, Jr. Daniel Diaz Mr. James Dick Ms. Ashley Dickinson Ms. Jennifer Dowdy John Downs Mr. Dave Dretke Mrs. Elinor L. Duff Ms. Amanda Dunbar Kathleen Dunn-Cane Ms. Janice E. Ekholm Carolyn Ellis and Richard Keith Debra Engler Ms. Zoe Espinoza-Kochheiser Ms. Patricia Estrada-Vega Mayumi Fernandez de lara Ms. Laura Fernandez Ms. Alexis Flores Mr. William Flynn Dr. and Mrs. Marvin Forland Ms. Morgan Fox Rick Frazier Wilma Frazier Dr. and Mrs. J. Howard Frederick Mr. John Fredland
Mr. Elmer Freed Ms. Joan Fritze Raquel Fuentes Anna Garcia-Bewley Kirstin and Bregger Garrison Ms. Renee Garvens Mr. Esteban Garza Ms. Irene Garza Josephine Garza Mr. Kris Garza Ms. Gail Gauthier Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Gideon Mr. and Mrs. David Gilbertson Mr. and Mrs. John Gokelman Helene Gold Mr. and Mrs. David Gomez Dr. and Mrs. Donald J. Gordon Anna Guerrero Jenny Gutierrez Luis Gutierrez Monica Gutierrez Mr. Steve Guzek Ms. Adriana Haley Bret Hamilton Ms. Leticia Hart Mr. and Mrs. Rich Hartwick Melanie Hennus Stacey Hernandez Susana Hernandez Denise Hinchmann Sandy and Rey Hinojosa Kathy Hitt Janya and Darvel Hodge Alane Honigblum Mr. Tom Hooker Nikima Hosang Don Hudson Laura Huete Ms. Mary Hymel Ms. Heather Jackson Dr. and Mrs. Milton S. Jacobs Mr. Larry Jennings Ms. Linda Jones Michael Jordan Victoria Juarez Mr. Seok Kang and Ms. Yunyoung Choi David Kauffman Ms. Michelle Keem Mikki Kilgore Elizabeth Knowlton Mr. Cliff Kochheiser Peter Kohrs Mary Francis Kopcho Shelley and Semih Kumru Mr. and Mrs. Weir Labatt Linda Lancaster Mr. Alexander C. Lasater Mr. Frank Leal Ms. Jessica Lee Margaret Leff David Limon Amy Livingstone Ms. Kyra Lloyd Ms. Katie Loftin Mr. Jose Longoria Mr. and Mrs. Arnoldo Lopez Mr. and Mrs. George Lowe Joann Lowry Ms. Karina Loya
YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | FALL CONCERTS Suzy and Santana Maldonado Percy Manrique Leah Martinez Ms. Melissa Maskulka Ms. Amanda McChesney Mrs. Marguerite McCormick Emily and Shane McGouyrk Mr. Javier Melendez Ms. Joan Meloni Angela Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Brice Moczygemba Lisa Molina Ms. Sonia Monroy Veronica Monticolombi Kathleen Montoya Joseph Murgo Pamela Rene Guevara Neri Marlene Nichols Donna Nicolson Daniel Nix Mario Ochoa Mr. Gerald L O’Donnell Art Ordoqui Marian Osborn Lori and Eric Ouderkirk Mr. Alejandro Padro-Fuentes Mr. Randolph Palada Meggan Partain Mr. Thaddeus Paszkowski Ms. Pamela Patton Ms. Annette Paulin Erick Paulino Ms. Brenda Jean Pena Ms. Lileana Pena Dr. William B. Perry and Mrs. Holly Perry Ms. Toni Peters John Petersen Suzanne Pokorny Steve Quidley Mr. Zachary Rabern Rekha Rajesh Deanna Ramirez Ms. Diane Ramirez Robyn Ramirez Ms. Mylyn Ramos Judy Rath Dr. Joan Ratner Bethany Raynes Elizabeth Raynes Mrs. Isabel Resendez Mr. and Mrs. Bill Reynolds Ms. Rebecca Reynolds Paul Riggle Ms. Jill Rips Jan Rivera Nina Rivera Erin Robbins Ms. Amy Roberts Ms. Amanda Rodriguez Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence and Martha Rogler Brigit Romo Dr. Marc Rosenthal Jen Rosio Dr. and Mrs. Richard Rouse Ms. Graciela Ruiz
Sarah Jane Ryan Laura Salazar Ms. Laura Saldivar Luna Ms. Cassandra Sanchez Mr. and Mrs. David Sanchez Ms. Maria Sanchez Frankie Schreve Sebastian Schriener Jack Scogin Hayden Scott Chom and James Seagraves Michael Sepeda Mr. Brian W. Sharp Sarah and Jeremy Silver Colette Singh Mrs. Reeves Smith William Sparks Debbi Spencer Priya Srinivasan Mr. David Starratt Cnaushua Stebbins Ms. Catherine Strey Michelle Swisher Emily Taguiam Ms. Sylvia Torres Steve Toth Barbara Tracy Mr. Felix Tweraser Gene and Kurt Tweraser Shanetta Tyre Ms. Leslie Uresti Dr. Ana Valadez Ms. Priscilla Valbuena Ms. Ana Valdez Tania Vanmeter Richard Vasquez Valentin Vasquez Mr. Gregory Vaught Mr. and Mrs. Bob Vielock Jerry Villarreal Mr. and Mrs. Mike Wagnon Mark Wall Ms. Jill Watson Ms. Mary Watson Ms. Hailey Watts Mr. Mikal Watts Emilia and William Westney Alanda R. White John Wingfield Amy Wise Mr. Clinton Wood Mitzi Wood Ms. Patricia L. Wood Mary Jane and Steve Woods Mr. and Mrs. Keying Ye Rev. and Mrs. Louis Zbinden Ariel and Eleazar Zendejo Mr. Steve Zeserman Tina and Todd Zimmerman
Gifts in Kind
Alamo Drafthouse Al’s Gourmet Nuts Americus Diamond Big Bob’s Burgers Briscoe Western Art Museum Camp Gladiator Carrabba’s Italian Grill
CiCi’s Pizza Dominion Dental Spa Drury Hotels Earth Burger Eastern Retail Services Fleet Feet Sports San Antonio Fresh Urban Flowers G L I Distributing Green Vegetarian Cuisine H-E-B Hospitality Parking Hotel Contessa James Avery Jewelry Joe’s Crab Shack Kendra Scott Jewelry Kiddie Park Kiolbassa La Tuna Grill La Vida Art Gallery Laser Quest Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club Liberty Bar Lucy Activewear Marti’s Maverick Video Productions, Inc. McNay Art Museum Mo-Ranch Conference Center Outback Steakhouse Outerwall Inc. (DbaRedbox) P.F. Chang’s Paesanos Italian Restaurant The Popcorn Place Radius Center The Royal Canvas Painting Parlor Rudy’s Bar-B St. David’s Episcopal Church Saint Mary’s Hall Sam Ash Music Corporation San Antonio B-Cycle San Antonio Botanical Garden San Antonio Missions Baseball Club San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio Symphony Santikos Theatre Saweet Cupcakes SeaWorld San Antonio Southwest School of Art Spa Black Stone Werks Big Rock Grille The Cheesecake Factory The Thinkery Trinity University Twin Sisters Restaurant U.S. Safety Services The Union, Yoga and Strength University Bowl USAA Real Estate Co. University of the Incarnate Word University of Texas at San Antonio Valero Texas Open Walt Disney Company The Wash Tub Westin Hotels and Resorts Witte Museum Wyndham Garden
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