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YOSA reaches more than 3,000 young musicians in the San Antonio area. More than 750 musicians participate in YOSA Orchestras and Summer Symphony Camp and an additional 2,400 receive free services through YOSA School Partnerships and the YOSA Invitational. YOSA musicians represent 155 schools from 25 school districts and reflect the ethnic diversity of San Antonio. Ethnic and racial minorities represent 76% of the young musicians YOSA serves.
The Orchestras
More than 525 musicians are arranged into 9 orchestras with weekly rehearsals and 11 concerts annually. Musicians with one-to-two years of playing experience begin in Prelude Strings. As their music skills progress and improve, they may graduate into Capriccio Strings, Sinfonietta Strings, Repertory Strings, and Concertino Strings. 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 11 international tours, most recently to Prague, Vienna, and Budapest in 2016.
Summer Symphony Camp
Each summer, more than 250 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. New in 2017, the YOSA Invitational provides the opportunity for local middle school and high school bands and orchestras to perform in San Antonio’s premier venue, the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts. YOSA offers this resource to school music programs at no charge. An application process starts in February the year prior and participating groups are announced by August. Sixteen local music programs have been selected to participate at the first annual YOSA Invitational on May 15 and 16, 2017.
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 3,000 in 2016. 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! On behalf of the YOSA board, thank you for attending our spring concerts. We congratulate all the young musicians performing in the final City Series and Gold Series concerts of the season. YOSA Orchestras, Summer Symphony Camp, and School Partnerships are all made possible through your generosity and support. The YOSA Board of Directors is working hard to steward your kindness and create experiences for young musicians that only YOSA can provide. YOSA has exciting plans this summer. Auditions for the 2017/18 season take place June 1-6 and will again be a welcoming experience for all. YOSA Summer Symphony Camp, June 12-23, is the largest day-camp for orchestra in our region. Don’t miss the fun and friendships at camp—be sure to register by May 26. Video Games Live is an immersive concert event featuring music from the greatest video games of all time. And YOSA is bringing it to San Antonio for the first time on July 15 and 16 at the Tobin Center. Don’t miss this concert event. Tickets are on sale now through the Tobin Center box office. As we look to the 2017/18 season, we are reminded that some members of the YOSA family will be graduating this year. The board extends its best wishes to our graduating seniors. We have no doubt that our graduates will carry the virtues learned and expressed in YOSA—discipline, creativity, patience, and grace under pressure—with them for the rest of their lives. Seniors, congratulations on this next step! You will always have a place in YOSA, and we hope you continue to participate with us as alumni. Thank you, again, for joining us and for helping YOSA continue to change kids’ lives through music. Enjoy the concerts! Yours Sincerely,
Dr. Carl Leafstedt 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 preconcert 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 3 Tuesday, May 16, 2017, 8 p.m. The Tobin Center for the Performing Arts H-E-B Performance Hall “The Planets Live” Philharmonic
Troy Peters, Music Director Adrian Wyard, visual artist Alan Hovhaness
And God Created Great Whales, Op. 229, No. 1
Gustav Holst
The Planets, Op. 32 Mars, the Bringer of War Venus, the Bringer of Peace Mercury, the Winged Messenger Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age Uranus, the Magician Neptune, the Mystic
This concert is generously sponsored in part by Humana John H. Frederick and Mimi W. Yu Southerleigh Fine Food & Brewery
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compiled by Troy Peters Hovhaness: And God Created Great Whales
Early in 1970, a marine biologist gave the RussianAmerican conductor Andre Kostelanetz recordings of humpback whale songs, from a soon-to-be-released LP record that would go on to sell millions of copies, thinking they might make interesting material for a composer to respond to. Kostelanetz immediately approached Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000), who had a strong track record of producing atmospheric music blending elements of Armenian and other Asian music with 20th century classical techniques, about writing a new work for the New York Philharmonic’s Promenade concert series.
Hovhaness loved the idea of basing a composition on whale songs but preferred not to incorporate the actual taped sounds, hoping instead to imitate the whales with orchestral effects such as trombone glissandos. Eventually, however, Kostelanetz convinced Hovhaness to include the recorded sounds, and the composer wrote the music in about two weeks. The New York Philharmonic premiered the resulting piece in June 1970. With a title drawn from the Biblical creation story in Genesis, And God Created Great Whales quickly became one of the prolific composer’s most popular and frequently performed works. Hovhaness later described the music this way: “Free rhythm-less vibrational passages, each string player playing independently, suggest waves in a vast ocean sky. Undersea mountains rise and fall in horns, trombones, and tuba. Music of whales also rises and falls like mountain ranges. The song of the whale emerges like a giant mythical sea bird. Man does not exist, has not yet been born in the solemn oneness of Nature.” Holst: The Planets
Like Hovhaness, English composer Gustav Holst (1874-1934) had a lifelong interest in mythology and folklore from around the world, and his output includes music inspired by Algerian culture, Indian legends, and Japanese dances. But Holst’s most famous work, The Planets, grew out of his fascination with astrology.
In the spring of 1913, Holst was vacationing on the Spanish island of Mallorca with a few other English artists, including the writer Clifford Bax. Holst spent long hours talking with Bax about astrology and became especially taken with Alan Leo’s book, What Is a Horoscope? When Holst returned to London, where he taught music at St. Paul’s Girl’s School, he began to plan a seven-part suite for large orchestra, exploring the astrological character of the planets. (Why seven planets? Earth was not ascribed astrological characteristics, and Pluto had yet to be discovered.)
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YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | SPRING CONCERTS Holst began work on “Mars, the Bringer of War” in 1914, just after the outbreak of World War I. Unresolved harmonies and unrelated chords are superimposed over a relentless, driving five-beat rhythmic pattern, resulting in dissonant clashes that aptly depict conflict. Composed in an era when war was becoming increasingly mechanized and brutal, “Mars” remains a powerful picture of the unforgiving nature of combat. Few scores have influenced film composers more powerfully, from Star Wars to The Lord of the Rings and beyond. It is difficult to imagine a more complete contrast than “Venus, the Bringer of Peace,” an oasis of calm after the fury of Mars. Slowly rising melodic lines in the horns and woodwinds float over lush strings, finally giving way to the heavenly shimmer of the celesta, harps, and glockenspiel. Throughout, Holst evokes a feeling of peace and of vertiginous space.
“Mercury, the Winged Messenger” was the last movement Holst composed, two years after he began work on The Planets. This quicksilver scherzo flies by, with fragments of scales in two different keys jostling against each other in unsettled bursts of energy. Holst described Mercury as “the symbol of the mind,” which might give some insight into his own mercurial, unpredictable temperament.
Describing “Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity,” Holst asserted that it “brings jollity in the ordinary sense, and also the more ceremonial kind of rejoicing associated with religious or national festivities.” The opening is pure joy, with syncopated, celebratory melodies that almost imitate the sound of laughter. The more ceremonial central section is based on a stately melody in strings and horns, reminiscent of Holst’s English predecessor, Edward Elgar. (This melody’s popularity led Holst to rearrange it a few years later as a patriotic hymn, “I Vow to Thee, My Country.”) Holst said more than once that his favorite movement of The Planets was “Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age,” a portrait of time’s inexorable march. A slow, repeated two-note pattern in the flutes and harps steadily ticks away over low, sustained melodies in the strings. Later, marching brass chorales build to a clangorous climax with peeling bells. Finally, the music arrives in a place of peace, tempered perhaps with the wisdom and harmony of old age.
In “Uranus, the Magician,” Holst seems to have drawn some inspiration from the famous bouncing bassoons in another portrait of musical wizardry, Paul Dukas’ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, composed almost 20 years earlier. The four-note fanfare that opens the movement returns again and again, like an incantation calling the rest of the music into being. Ultimately, because Uranus is a prankster, we hear not only the evidence of tricks, but also the mischief-maker’s smug satisfaction with his own cleverness. If Uranus evokes Dukas, “Neptune, the Mystic” is redolent of Debussy. Quiet and contemplative melodic fragments sound against sustained woodwind and brass chords. The fragments gradually evolve into a series of rising chromatic line, sounded by both the orchestra and a wordless offstage women’s chorus. Everything fades away in the end, leaving only the voices, which gradually disappear into the far reaches of outer space.
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GUEST BIOS Adrian Wyard, visual artist Adrian M. Wyard is a Seattle-based visual artist and former designer & program manager at Microsoft. He has over 20 years of experience working in digital media, including computer graphics, photography, and videography as well as software design. Adrian also has a master’s degree in the history of science from Oxford University and has been a longtime appreciator of classical music and an enthusiastic supporter of space exploration. For more information please see: www.theplanetslive.com.
About The Planets Live source material While many of the visuals are original animations, everything shown has some basis in fact and has as its source data from telescopes, orbiting spacecraft, or rovers on the planets’ surfaces. Source images, video, and computer modeling courtesy of NASA, JPL-Caltech, SwRI, DLR, ESA, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Goddard Space Flight Center, The Space Telescope Science Institute, The Advanced Visualization Laboratory at the NCSA (esp. Drs. B. Robertson & L. Hernquist), Carnegie Institution of Washington, USGS, California Institute of Technology, Lunar & Planetary Institute (esp. Dr. P Schenk), Malin Space Science Systems, The Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona (esp. Dr. P Smith) and the Institute of Geological Sciences at The Free University of Berlin. Special thanks to Bard Canning for the enhanced Mars descent, Arthur Lepage for 3D modeling, and Andy Ermolli for deep space astrophotography
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YOSA City Series 3 Sunday, May 7, 2017, 3 p.m. Trinity University’s Laurie Auditorium “Festival Finale 1” Prelude Strings
Jacobi Caldwell, conductor John Caponegro
Fiddling A-Round
Noah Klauss
Loch Lomond
Eriksen, Hermansen, Dean, Perry, & Wilhelm (arr. Robert Longfield)
Firework
Flute Choir
Kristin Hayes, conductor François-Joseph Gossec (arr. Trudy Kane)
“Tambourin” from The Triumph of the Republic
Pierre Max Dubois Flute Quartet II. Passepied III. Complainte I. Fêtes Samuel Adler Madrigals I. Based on a 17th century German part-song II. Based on a Japanese folk-song (Sakura) III. Based on an Israeli folk-song (The Olive Trees)
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Sinfonietta Strings
Brenda Johnson, conductor Franz Joseph Haydn (arr. Matthew Moreno)
The Bird (Finale from String Quartet, Op. 33, No. 3)
Brian Balmages
Ice Sculptures
Jeffrey Bishop
Orange Jam
Symphonic Winds
Andy Post, conductor Edwin Eugene Bagley (arr. Loras Schissel)
National Emblem
Shelley Hanson
“Seis Manuel” from Islas y Montañas
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Sea Songs
Alfred Reed First Suite for Band March Melody Rag Gallop
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compiled by Kathleen Messina & Troy Peters 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 1975 composition Fiddling A-Round is a perfect example of his ability to write tuneful and engaging works for young string players.
“Loch Lomond,” also known as the “The Bonnie Banks o’ Loch Lomond,” is a traditional Scottish song first published in 1841. In Scotland, the song is often the final piece of music played during a party or special event. The folksong’s original composer is unknown, but Noah Klauss’ string orchestra version joins a long line of versions by artists as varied as AC/DC and Benny Goodman. Katy Perry’s 2010 song Firework, which she co-wrote with several songwriters and producers, was one of the biggest international hits of the last decade. Its blend of uplifting lyrics, anthemic melody, and driving beats proved an irresistible combination. Florida music educator and composer Robert Longfield crafted the string orchestra arrangement on today’s program.
French composer François-Joseph Gossec was a favorite of Marie Antoinette’s but was later widely admired during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods. These days, Gossec is almost forgotten, except for the charming “Tamborin” for flute, an excerpt from his one-act opera, The Triumph of the Republic, composed in 1794 to celebrate the French Revolution. Pierre-Max Dubois, also French, was born nearly two centuries after Gossec. Like his teacher, Darius Milhaud, Dubois crafted music that incorporates piquant 20th century harmonies with engaging and often lighthearted melodies and rhythm. His 1962 Flute Quartet is typical of his expert writing for woodwind instruments.
Samuel Adler was born in Germany in 1928, but his family came to America in 1939 to escape the rise of the Nazis. The author of several textbooks on conducting and orchestration, Adler taught composition at the renowned Eastman School of Music for three decades. His 1986 flute sextet, Madrigals, is based on three folksongs from different parts of the world. Franz Joseph Haydn did not invent the string quartet, but he became the form’s first master, writing 68 remarkable examples. Haydn composed the group of six quartets that would later be published as Opus 33 in 1781 and dedicated them to Grand Duke Paul of Russia. Texas orchestra director Matthew Moreno, who crafted the arrangement on today’s program, writes: “The Bird shows the more playful and lighthearted side of Haydn, portraying birdlike calls as the melody is passed to each section.”
Baltimore conductor and composer Brian Balmages has written a wide variety of music for student bands and orchestras. Commissioned by the Bridle Path/ Montgomery Elementary Select String Ensemble in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, Ice Sculptures depicts the construction, arrival of visitors, and eventual melting of a temporary hotel built of ice and snow. Jeffrey Bishop is a music educator, composer, and conductor in Shawnee Mission, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City. His Orange Jam, composed for a school group in Oregon in 2007, is an energetic string orchestra groove that imitates the sounds and techniques of rock guitar.
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YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | SPRING CONCERTS New England composer and conductor Edwin Eugene Bagley composed National Emblem during a 1902 train tour with his band. Frustrated with the march’s ending, he threw it away—but members of his band retrieved the score and surprised Bagley by playing the march at their next concert. Bagley’s clever reimagining of The Star-Spangled Banner’s melody quickly made this march his most popular work.
The seis is a folkdance of the Jibaro people, peasant farmers from the mountains of Puerto Rico. Shelley Hanson’s Seis Manuel, is based on a traditional harmonic pattern called the seis mapeyé, over which a singer improvises a melody. In keeping with the Puerto Rican custom of naming a seis after someone important to its creation, Hanson named Seis Manuel in honor of Minneapolis conductor Manny Laureano, who commissioned and premiered the piece.
Sea Songs is English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams’ rousing march based on three traditional British nautical songs: “Princess Royal,” “Admiral Benbow,” and “Portsmouth.” The music began life in 1923 as a movement in Vaughan Williams’ English Folk Song Suite, composed for the band at the Royal Military School of Music at Kneller Hall. After the premiere performance, the composer decided to remove Sea Songs from the suite and publish it separately. Alfred Reed is one of America’s most widely performed composers of band music. Lee Holmes, director of the Edmonton Public School Symphonic Band in Edmonton, Alberta, commissioned Reed’s colorful First Suite for Band in 1974 for performance at the Canadian Music Educator Association convention the following spring. The suite consists of four contrasting movements: March, Melody, Rag, and Gallop.
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YOSA City Series 3 Sunday, May 7, 2017, 7 p.m. Trinity University’s Laurie Auditorium “Festival Finale 2” Capriccio Strings
Martin Sanchez, conductor Richard Meyer
Beethoven, Inc.
Gustav Holst “Jupiter” from The Planets, Op. 32 (arr. Deborah Baker Monday) Carold Nunez
M to the Third Power
Concertino Strings
Kenneth Freudigman, conductor Evaristo Felice Dall’Abaco Concerto in B minor, Op. 2, No. 8 Allegro Largo Presto Cecil Armstrong Gibbs Miniature Dance Suite, Op. 124 March Quick Minuet Graceful Dance Sarabande Jig
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Repertory Strings
Karen George, conductor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Overture to The Magic Flute, K. 620 (arr. Robert D. McCashin) Adam Carse The Winton Suite III. Dance IV. Song David Bobrowitz (ed. J. Cameron Law)
Alice’s Wonderland
Symphony
Kenneth Freudigman, conductor Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov Turkish Fragments, Op. 62 The Caravan During a Rest In the Night At the Festival Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Russian Easter Overture, Op. 36
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compiled by Kathleen Messina & Troy Peters California composer Richard Meyer has not only written dozens of works for student orchestras, but also served for many years as music director of the Sacramento Youth Symphony Orchestra. His Beethoven, Inc. cleverly intertwines Beethoven’s famous “Ode to Joy” with other popular classical melodies by Mozart, Offenbach, Brahms, Handel, Bach, Saint-Saëns, and Rossini. “Jupiter” is the fourth movement of Gustav Holst’s popular orchestral masterpiece, The Planets, composed between 1914 and 1916. Deborah Baker Monday’s string orchestra arrangement focuses on the ceremonial middle section of the piece, which is reminiscent of Holst’s English predecessor, Edward Elgar. The primary melody’s popularity led Holst to rearrange it a few years later as a patriotic hymn, “I Vow to Thee, My Country,” still widely sung in England.
Carold Nunez was a longtime high school orchestra director in Denton, Texas. In 1989, he was presented with the Texas Orchestra Director of the Year Award. For his string orchestra classic M to the Third Power, Nunez offered the subtitle “Minor Meter Mix.” The piece energetically explores a variety of time signatures and rhythmic patterns in a minor key.
Italian composer and cellist Evaristo Felice Dall’Abaco was a colleague of many better-known composers, like Vivaldi and Corelli. He spent most of his career, however, outside of Italy, pursuing a wealth of opportunities in Germany, Holland, Belgium, and France. Dall’Abaco’s Concerto in B minor is typical of his engaging style, similar in spirit and character to the works of his Italian baroque contemporaries. Cecil Armstrong Gibbs wrote a great deal of music for British amateur choirs and orchestras, and a few of his songs for voice and piano are still popular in England. Gibbs’ Miniature Dance Suite, composed in 1949, is reminiscent of Peter Warlock’s beloved Capriol Suite, a harmonic modernization of consonant tunes set to oldfashioned dance rhythms.
One of classical music’s greatest prodigies, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart spent his childhood touring castles and concert halls in Europe, playing concerts and writing music. The Magic Flute, however, is a work of maturity, dating from 1791, the last year of his short life—he was only 35 when he died. The Overture opens seriously, but soon becomes a joyful romp.
Throughout the first half of the early 20th century, English composer Adam Carse was a respected music professor, first at Winchester College and later at the Royal College of Music. Today, his reputation as a composer rests on one piece, his Winton Suite, published in 1933. Winton is a suburb of Bournemouth (in the south of England), and Carse’s music depicts it as a place of pastoral calm and joyful contentment. New York composer David Bobrowitz is a retired music educator. Based loosely on the 1865 novel by Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Wonderland captures the fun and mystery of Alice’s wonderland experiences, evoking the White Rabbit, Mad Hatter, Cheshire Cat, and other famous characters. Early in his career, the Russian composer Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov was appointed conductor of an orchestra in Tblisi, Georgia. Inspired by the ethnic minorities in the region, he wrote several pieces evoking a variety of folk styles, the most celebrated of which was his “Procession of the Sardar.” Having established a reputation for musical depictions of other cultures, he returned to this idea throughout his career. His colorful 1930 suite, Turkish Fragments, actually draws on material from Azerbaijani, Turkish, Uzbek, and Kazakh folk music.
Because he was nervous about his potential to make a living in music, the young Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov became an officer in the Russian navy. To his own surprise, however, he also became one of Russia’s leading composers, joining the faculty at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory when he was only 27. His Russian Easter Overture, composed in 1888 and dedicated to the memories of fellow composers Modest Mussorgsky and Alexander Borodin, is a brilliant orchestral tour de force, built on melodies drawn from a collection of old Russian Orthodox liturgical chants called the Obikhod.
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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. Kristin Hayes, YOSA Flute Choir Conductor Kristin Delia Hayes is a freelance flutist, Baroque recorder player, music educator, and conductor in San Antonio, TX. She currently serves as Lecturer of Music at St. Mary’s University and Our Lady of the Lake University. She previously held teaching positions at University of Texas San Antonio and Florida State University. In addition to teaching flute-related courses, Dr. Hayes teaches music theory, music history, music technology, and music appreciation, serves as the coordinator for OLLU’s Music Internship Program, and coaches multiple woodwind ensembles. In Fall 2015, Dr. Hayes joined the faculty of the Youth Orchestras of San Antonio (YOSA) as a woodwind coach and as director of the Flute Choir. She is also the founder and President of the current San Antonio Flute Association. During the summer, Dr. Hayes teaches and performs at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, the UTSA Flute Camp, and the YOSA Summer Music Camp. Dr. Hayes frequently performs with various ensembles, including the San Antonio Symphony, Mid-Texas Symphony, Opera Piccola of San Antonio, Chamber Orchestra of San Antonio, Texas Baroque Ensemble, San Antonio Chamber Choir, San Antonio Mastersingers, and the Peterson/Hayes duo. A registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, the Peterson/Hayes Duo (PhDuo) released their first album of commissions, Visitor Pass, in August 2016. An active performer and clinician, Dr. Hayes has performed and presented at various festivals and conventions, including the National Flute Association Convention, MTNA National Convention, Mid-South Flute Festival, Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival and the Florida Flute Association Convention. 21
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YOSA CONDUCTOR BIOS (continued) She has also performed and held masterclasses at various institutions throughout North and Central America, and she frequently serves as adjudicator for local, state, regional, and national competitions, including the NFA Young Artist Competition and the MTNA’s Junior, Senior, and Young Artist Final Woodwind Competitions. Dr. Hayes has also been a featured Baroque Recorder guest artist with the Arte Antigua Ensemble in Antigua, Guatemala. Dr. Hayes received her flute performance degrees from from Tennessee Technological University (B.M.), University of Missouri- Kansas City Conservatory of Music (M.M.), and Florida State University (D.M.). Karen George, YOSA Repertory Strings Conductor Karen George is the orchestra director at Johnson High School in San Antonio. Mrs. George studied violin at the University of Southern Mississippi with Stephen Redfield where she earned bachelor degrees in both Violin Performance and Music Education. She then attended University of Texas at Austin where she studied violin under Vincent Frittelli and received a Masters in Music Education with a minor in conducting. Mrs. George has also toured with several orchestras in Europe including the American Institute for Musical Studies (AIMS) in Graz, Austria. In addition to her teaching job, she also performs in the Corpus Christi Symphony. Mrs. George opened Johnson High School in 2008. Since then, her four orchestras have had successes at UIL with numerous Sweepstakes trophies. The Johnson orchestras have traveled to Europe and Hawaii to perform in various venues. Johnson full orchestra has made it to the finals for Honor Orchestra competition at TMEA three times and they made the finals for string in 2013. Recently, the Johnson Varsity orchestra was invited to perform at Midwest in Chicago this December. Mrs. George is married, has two beautiful daughters and a whippet. Brenda Johnson, YOSA Sinfonietta Strings Conductor Brenda Johnson is the orchestra director at O’Connor High School (Northside ISD) and has been with YOSA for two years. Prior to her current position, Mrs. Johnson taught for 10 years in Plano and the next 7 years at Hector Garcia MS in Northside ISD. For many consecutive years, Mrs. Johnson has received Sweepstakes ratings at UIL Concert/ Sight-reading. In its first year as a brand new school, the Garcia MS Chamber Orchestra received fourth place in the TMEA Honor Orchestra competition under the direction of Mrs. Johnson. Originally from McAllen, Texas, Mrs. Johnson received her Bachelor of Music Education degree from Baylor University and a Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of North Texas. 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. During her time in Plano, she received Teacher of the Year 22
YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | SPRING CONCERTS for Bowman Middle School in 2009. She then received the Educator of the Year award for Hector Garcia MS in 2016. Most recently, she was among 19 San Antonio area teachers to receive the ExCEL Award from Kens5 and the San Antonio Credit Union. 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. Martin Sanchez, YOSA Capriccio Strings Conductor Martin Sanchez is the orchestra director at Ed White Middle School in the North East Independent School District. His ensembles at Ed White have earned Sweepstakes awards at UIL contest. Mr. Sanchez is from San Antonio, Texas and received his Bachelor of Music in Music Education at the University of Texas at San Antonio in the fall of 2013. Before holding the job of director at Ed White, he held the Assistant Director position for several years in the UTSA String Project, a program to help university students hone their skills in string teaching. In 2013, He accepted the Lead Teaching Artist position for the YOSA MÁS Program in the Edgewood Independent School District. He has also been involved with the YOSA Summer Symphony Camp for several years. Mr. Sanchez is a member of the Texas Music Educator’s Association and Texas Orchestra Directors Association. 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 Philharmonic 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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Philharmonic VIOLIN
Troy Peters, Music Director Sofia Hernandez
Incarnate Word High School
Victoria Villarreal
Kathleen Ran
concertmaster
Georgeanna Hoey
Peiyang Wang
Health Careers High School
Deborah Olivier
Smithson Valley High School
Samuel Clemens High School
Basis Charter School
Anna Isler
Randolph High School
Taegyun Yoon
assistant concertmaster Gemmalee DyerMok
Emma Jaax
Taylor (Taein) Yoon
Rebekah Jones
Donnel Zhu
Victoria Juarez
Theodore Roosevelt High School
VIOLA
Yeonsuk Jung
Thomas C. Clark High School
Winston Churchill High School
principal
Brian Kang
Bailey Boyen
Health Careers High School
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
Victoria Klaunig
Jalie-Ann Cummings
Home School
Judson Early College Academy
Mika Kochheiser
Juliet DeNapoli
Communication Arts High School (Taft H.S.)
Ronald Reagan High School
principal second violin Victoria Acuña
North East School of the Arts (Lee H.S.)
Emily Averyt Saint Mary’s Hall
Alex Brehm
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
Daniel Cao
Louis D. Brandeis High School
Ryan Cao
Health Careers High School
Home School
Home School
Thomas C. Clark High School
Ed Rawlinson Middle School
Health Careers High School
Esther Ko
International Baccalaureate-Luther Burbank High School
North East School of the Arts (Lee H.S.)
Zoe Espinoza-Kochheiser
Prisca Lafuente
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
Dylan Fernandez de lara
Benita Lee
Abigail Dickson Home School
Theodore Roosevelt High School
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
Paola Flores
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
Audria Fogarty-Ramirez Ronald Reagan High School
Anne Gao
Health Careers High School
Nicholas Garcia-Hettinger Louis D. Brandeis High School
Elijah Gonzalez
North East School of the Arts (Lee H.S.)
Joseph Guzek
Ronald Reagan High School
Earl Warren High School
Alamo Heights High School
Linda Liu
Health Careers High School
Elise Maas
Ronald Reagan High School
Natalie Meissler
Lutheran High School San Antonio
Kymber Ovalle
John Paul Stevens High School
Eve Poindexter
North East School of the Arts (Lee H.S.)
Wilmer Rodriguez
Imaya Farrell
Lindee Fiedler
Boerne High School
Madeline Gonzales
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
David Irizarry Home School
Andrew Kang
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
Kathryn King
Alamo Heights High School
Joshua Rodriguez Judson High School
CELLO
Judson High School
Andrew Arkhipov
Abigail Slaughter
principal
Samuel Clemens High School
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
Elijah Ayala
University of Texas at San Antonio
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Philharmonic
Troy Peters, Music Director
Calvin Carroll
Albert Coleman
Austin Perry
Federico Chavez-Torres
Michael Djabarov
Austin Struble
Victoria Day
Presley Heikkila
Jared Worman
Alamo Heights High School
James Madison High School
Javier Hernandez
HORN
Douglas MacArthur High School
Health Careers High School
Theodore Roosevelt High School
Emily Dunn
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
Audrey Jellett Tivy High School
Maximilian Klaunig
Samuel V. Champion High School
Catherine Kline
Louis D. Brandeis High School
Erik Martilla
Alamo Heights High School
Tricia Park
Louis D. Brandeis High School
Katelyn Petersen
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
Jacob Resendez
Winston Churchill High School
Thomas C. Clark High School
International School of the Americas (Lee H.S.) William H. Taft High School
Saint Mary’s Hall
Jared Lange
Ronald Reagan High School
Conner Simmons
Boerne-Samuel V. Champion High School
FLUTE
Eunice Chung
Smithson Valley High School
Sieon Kim
Keystone School
Tyrece Williams
North East School of the Arts (Lee H.S.)
Paula Wilson
Judson High School
OBOE
John Rice
Brandon Kim
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
Byron P. Steele II High School
Nicholas Slaughter
Reagan Merrill
Samuel Clemens High School
James Madison High School
Astrid Topletz
Joshua Roper
Ronald Reagan High School
Veteran’s Memorial High School
Elisabeth Wang
CLARINET
Health Careers High School
David Zamarripa
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
BASS
Niklas Siebert
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
principal
Samuel Becvar
Alamo Heights High School
Blaine Bryan
Winston Churchill High School
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
Jenna Gaulden
Winston Churchill High School
Joshua Martinez
Smithson Valley High School
Joshua Shterenberg
Design and Technology Academy (Roosevelt H.S.)
Garrett Snowden
Smithson Valley High School
BASSOON
Aidan Alcocer
North East School of the Arts (Lee H.S.)
Evan Chenault
John Jay High School
Ethan Gurwitz
Winston Churchill High School
Caleb Keller
Harlandale High School
Micah Stark
New Braunfels High School
Derek Timmons
Medina Valley High School
TRUMPET
Ian Aigner-Varoz
Louis D. Brandeis High School
Dylan Frazier
Judson High School
Chukwudi (Chidy) Odita-Honnah Sandra Day O’Connor High School
Ethan Reed
Winston Churchill High School
TROMBONE Zachary Bell
Boerne-Samuel V. Champion High School
Brett Lair
East Central High School
BASS TROMBONE Jacob Authier
John Marshall High School
TUBA
Shane Rowe
San Marcos High School
Michael Chapa
Wagner High School
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Philharmonic PERCUSSION
Ty Gonzales-Graves
North East School of the Arts (Lee H.S.)
Troy Peters, Music Director
HARP
Colton Noles
William J. Brennan High School
Rhiannon Villarreal
St. Anthony Catholic High School
Scott Rogers
Judson High School
FLUTE
Symphonic Winds
Andy Post, Conductor
Janet Thongkam
Angelimar Carrion Quiros
Design and Technology Academy (Roosevelt H.S.)
Gail Fernandes
ALTO SAXOPHONE
Wagner High School
Judson Early College Academy
Minji Kim
Keystone School
Emily Lawitz
TMI - The Episcopal School of Texas
Eliana Olivier
Communication Arts High School (Taft H.S.)
OBOE
Catherine Hanson
Jose M. Lopez Middle School
Lacey Weber
Randolph Middle School
CLARINET
Mariela Barrientez Navarro High School
Blanka Bordas
Health Careers High School
Torda Bordas
Basis Charter School
Ian Weidmann
TROMBONE Joel Carlson
San Antonio Christian Schools
Jason Regalado
Roosevelt High School
Nathaniel Reta
Central Catholic High School
Smithson Valley High School
EUPHONIUM BARITONE SAXOPHONE Danielle Croft Brandon Perez
Theodore Roosevelt High School
HORN
Randolph High School
Alex Gonzales
John Paul Stevens High School
Cecilia Chavez-Torres
Mark Vallejo
Health Careers High School
John Jay Science and Engineering Academy (Jay H.S.)
Nicole Croft
Randolph High School
TUBA
Joseph Pickett
Central Catholic High School
New Braunfels High School
Kaia Santos
Alamo Heights Junior School
TRUMPET
Richard Daul
Zachary Gilbertson
Antonian College Preparatory
BASS
Isaiah Dickson
Chamberlyn Barnett
Alamo Heights Junior School
Home School
Earl Rudder Middle School
Skanda Hebbale
Trapper Erwin
Health Careers High School
Samuel Clemens High School
PERCUSSION
Gabriela Pedraza
Ashley Funk
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
Home School
Darius Wang
Bryce Gifford
Basis North Charter School
Bradley Middle School
BASSOON
Allie Gonzales
Louis D. Brandeis High School
Austin Turner
Augustin Chincarini
Jaselle Rheann Reginaldo
Alamo Heights High School
Communication Arts High School (Taft H.S.)
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Jesse Forgione Home School
Abby Jones
Alamo Heights Junior School
Ivan Salazar
Kitty Hawk Middle School
Savannah Schoenbaum Alamo Heights High School
YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | SPRING CONCERTS
Symphony Kenneth Freudigman, Conductor VIOLIN
Carly Munoz
Health Careers High School
Sophia Quevedo
Lindsey Ran
concertmaster
Mariana Navarro
Christian Ruelas
Adam Nix
Diana Salinas
Natasha Pfeiffer
Lyndsey Wyatt
Ethan Poidevin
Basis Charter School
CELLO
Abiud Rodriguez
Louis D. Brandeis High School
John Jay High School
principal
Miaoyin Rojas
Giuliano Bucheli
Judson High School
Ronald Reagan High School
Marciano Ross
Bianca Castillo
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
Stephanie Do
Alamo Heights Junior School
assistant concertmaster Kayla DeJesus
Douglas MacArthur High School
principal second violin Rema Bhat
Basis Charter School
Easton Blackburn John Jay High School
Katie Chong
San Antonio Christian Schools
Bali Daniels
Alamo Heights High School
Josie Decherd
Alamo Heights High School
Marley Duggan
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
Erica Gonzalez
San Antonio College
Grace Hende
Theodore Roosevelt High School
Mallory Howarth
Louis D. Brandeis High School
Diana Hubbard
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
Victoria Kim
Saint Mary’s Hall
James Mack Home School
Christina Marie Martinez
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
Hunter Messick
Louis D. Brandeis High School
Douglas MacArthur High School
Great Hearts Monte Vista
Earl Warren High School
Texas Connections Academy
Jocelyn Thomson
North East School of the Arts (Lee H.S.)
Ruth Toth
Louis D. Brandeis High School
Robert E. Lee High School
William J. Brennan High School
Incarnate Word High School
Simon Phoa
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
Britney Ericson
Douglas MacArthur High School
Health Careers High School
Mia Flowers
VIOLA
Josephine Garza
Clayton Boyer Home School
principal
Ruben Andrade
John Paul Stevens High School
Parker Baillon
John Jay Science and Engineering Academy (Jay H.S.)
Josh Cunningham
Winston Churchill High School
Olivia Gorena
Thomas C. Clark High School
Alisha Harris
Thomas C. Clark High School
Steven Letch
Earl Warren High School
Incarnate Word High School
Incarnate Word High School
Max Healy
Alamo Heights High School
Breanna Humphrey
Ronald Reagan High School
Kevin McJilton
Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School
Avery Wilson
William H. Taft High School
Phoebe Wilson
Samuel Clemens High School
Emiliano Zendejo
Louis D. Brandeis High School
Elaine Zhang
Louis D. Brandeis High School
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Symphony Kenneth Freudigman, Conductor BASS
OBOE
Basis Charter School
Basis North Charter School
Raine Esparza principal
Jieon Kim
Bailey Nicolson
Alexandra Balfour
International School of the Americas (Lee H.S.)
Connor Berberek
CLARINET
Ronald Reagan High School
Boerne Middle School South
Austin Campos
Louis D. Brandeis High School
Pierce Haddad
Ronald Reagan High School
Henry Unser
Design and Technology Academy (Roosevelt H.S.)
Pearl Fernandes
Judson Early College Academy
Logan Miller
Alamo Heights High School
BASSOON
Rachel Watts
James Madison High School
Jackson Wymer
FLUTE
Alamo Heights High School
Margaret Goree
Robert E. Lee High School
Madeline Kalina
Earl Warren High School
Rebekah Taylor Home School
HORN
Haley Ginn
Louis D. Brandeis High School
Samuel Hart
North East School of the Arts (Lee H.S.)
Liam Ries
TMI, The Episcopal School of Texas
Benjamin Walls
Louis D. Brandeis High School
TRUMPET
Zachary Huertas
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
Mark Rogers
Earl Warren High School
TROMBONE Joseph Garza
Earl Warren High School
Josh Moorash
Smithson Valley High School
Angel Rivera-Hernandez William H. Taft High School
TUBA
Shukria Al-Araibi
Byron P. Steele II High School
PERCUSSION Andrew Fisher
Brennan High School
Flute Choir FLUTE
Sydney Alaniz
Jefferson Middle School
Elise Aigner-Varoz Garcia Middle School
Hannah Anderson
Douglas MacArthur High School
Gabriella Banales
Robert G. Cole High School
Kristin Hayes, Conductor Arianna Blazicko
Mehwish Rehman
Audra Blazicko
Desi Tsacalis
Health Careers High School
Alamo Heights High School
Genavie Cabrera
Tonda Turner
Emily Kuppers
Kierstin Wilkins
Basis North Charter School
James Madison High School
Thomas C. Clark High School
Helen Lan
Julia Newton Aue Elementary
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Basis Charter School
Alamo Heights High School
Communication Arts High School
YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | SPRING CONCERTS
Concertino Strings VIOLIN
Kenneth Freudigman, Conductor
Jamil Laureano-Cruz
Lisa Kazami
Northwest Vista College
concertmaster
Alex Navarro
Basis North Charter School
Heewon Yoon
Frank Tejeda Middle School
Douglas MacArthur High School
Zoe Reyna
assistant concertmaster
Coke R. Stevenson Middle School
Katheryne Rosas
Zakary Rodriguez
Earl Warren High School
Theodore Roosevelt High School
Valerie Barrera
VIOLA
principal second violin Communication Arts High School (Taft H.S.)
Eva Beckett
Geneva School of Boerne
Cristian Colon
Ed Rawlinson Middle School
Lawrence Corsini
Louis D. Brandeis High School
Ian Fernandes
Judson Middle School
Brent Freeman
Jose M. Lopez Middle School
Veronica Gonzalez
Ronald Reagan High School
Sophia Irizarry Home School
Alexia Johnson
Byron P. Steele II High School
Aurora Johnson
Theodore Roosevelt High School
Calla Xu
Jose M. Lopez Middle School
principal
Riley Bemis
Dr. John Folks Middle School
Josiah Damiano
Cornerstone Christian School
Daniela Davis
Robert E. Lee High School
Cameron Halsell
Jose M. Lopez Middle School
Matthew Hsu
Bradley Middle School
Kenneth Nelson
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
Nina Pyron
Sandra Day O’Connor High School
Natalie Ramos Home School
CELLO
Vincent Garcia-Hettinger
Coke R. Stevenson Middle School
principal
Ava Blair
Boerne-Samuel V. Champion High School
Sara Conde
Thomas C. Clark High School
Zora Dickson Home School
Samuel Garcia Villar
Barbara Bush Middle School
Julia Gutierrez
Byron P. Steele II High School
Grace Hart
Frank Tejeda Middle School
Elizabeth Machado
James Madison High School
Kate Pacheco
William J. Brennan High School
Tony Rodriguez
Thomas C. Clark High School
BASS
Shane Rybacki Saint Mary’s Hall
principal
Soren Dickson Home School
Skylar Sargent
John Marshall High School
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Repertory Strings VIOLIN
Karen George, Conductor
Andrew Pai
Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School
Llailan Bennett
Zachary Presley concertmaster
James Pickens
Caedmon Briggs
Jolie Richmond
Samuel Caballero
Katherine Stinson Middle School
Hallie Betts
Jose M. Lopez Middle School
William P. Hobby Middle School
assistant concertmaster
Barbara Bush Middle School
Philip Templeman
Phillippe Riopel
Canyon Middle School
principal second violin Haley Bannister
Jose M. Lopez Middle School
Valley Hi Elementary School
Emily Rivera
Clara Driscoll Middle School
Sarah Shaw
Judson High School Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School John Jay Science and Engineering Academy (Jay H.S.)
Madigan Christensen
La Vernia Junior High School
Dalton Conner
Coke R. Stevenson Middle School
Luke Brehm
Communication Arts High School (Taft H.S.)
Payton Davis
Wallace B. Jefferson Middle School
Christian Diaz
Samuel Shterenberg Longs Creek Elementary
Gayle Hende
Great Hearts Monte Vista
Alessandra Finol
Savannah Stutevoss
Basis North Charter School
Home School
Catherine Fiscal
Willa White
John Marshall High School
Winston Churchill High School
Robyn Gerry
James Zhang
John Marshall High School
Tex Hill Middle School
Caroline Krugle
Jillian Griffis
VIOLA
Sarah Lancy
Communication Arts High School (Taft H.S.)
Emily Hart
Great Hearts San Antonio - Northern Oaks
Trier Hodge
Canyon High School
Victoria Jones Home School
Addison Lueck
Smithson Valley Middle School
Isaiah Marquez Home School
Claudia Mendible-Diaz Alamo Heights Junior School
Justin Colon
Ed Rawlinson Middle School
principal
Giovanni Carrasco
John Marshall High School
Payton Parham
William J. Brennan High School
Fernanda Patron
Barbara Bush Middle School
Izaak Rennebeck-Oliveira Saint Mary’s Hall
Martin Rosa
John Jay Science and Engineering Academy (Jay H.S.)
Riya Sahota
Byron P. Steele II High School Design and Technology Academy (Roosevelt H.S.)
William Huang
Basis Charter School
Rebeka Jones Home School
Dolph Briscoe Middle School Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
Conner Lindley
James Madison High School
Aubrie Rettmann
Byron P. Steele II High School
Esmeralda Serna
North East School of the Arts (Lee H.S.)
Alexa Valles
Communication Arts High School (Taft H.S.)
BASS
Ben Roe
Jim Barnes Middle School
principal
Faith Mueller
Frank Tejeda Middle School
La Vernia High School
Matthew Padron
CELLO
Edward H. White Middle School
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
Home School
East Central High School
Samantha Almogela principal
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Sinfonietta Strings VIOLIN
Brenda Johnson, Conductor
Khalia Jacob
Wallace B. Jefferson Middle School
Greg Woodard
Sara Bassiri
concertmaster
Eugene Kim
Catherine Zou
Emma Lloyd
VIOLA
James Bonham Academy
Kendall Liberman
Clara Driscoll Middle School
assistant concertmaster Anthony Couvillion
Smithson Valley Middle School
principal second violin Isabella Caballero
Robert L. Vale Middle School
Adrianna Calvillo
Natalia Junior High School
Garrett Chambers
STEM Academy - Nimitz Middle School
Sophia dela Cruz
The Atonement Academy
Jared Cuevas
Scenic Hills Seventh-day Adventist Christian School
Francesca Finol
Basis North Charter School
Sarai Fleming JSTEM Academy
April Flores
Clara Driscoll Middle School
Anneli Flores-Jimenez
Veterans Memorial High School
Arianna Floyd
John Jay Science and Engineering Academy (Jay H.S.)
Great Hearts San Antonio - Northern Oaks Basis Charter School
Basis Charter School
Judson High School
Cristian Martinez
Anya Anaya
Tex Hill Middle School
Bradley Middle School
Levoun Ombaba
Ryan Berberek
Spring Branch Middle School
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
Francesco Payan
Sara Dulaney
Home School
Wallace B. Jefferson Middle School
Erik Peterson
San Antonio Academy of Texas
Adrian Reyes
Jack C. Jordan Middle School
Abigail Rios
Edward H. White Middle School
Daniel Robelo
Alamo Heights Junior School
Alec Sanchez
Byron P. Steele II High School
Nathanael Slaughter
Our Lady of Perpetual Help School
Raylie Thames Home School
Christi Toth
Cornerstone Christian School
Mikaela Garza
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
Smithson Valley Middle School
Jaime Gonzalez
Lauren Vu
Joisset Hernandez
Jack Wadolowski
Barbara Bush Middle School
Sidney Silva
Faith Ruth Marquez
Austin Tudlong
Douglas MacArthur High School
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
Ronald Reagan High School
principal
STEM Academy - Nimitz Middle School
Kristine Gonzalez MacArthur High School
Ryan Grove
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
Anello Hill Zanoni
Alamo Heights Junior School
Alaina Judd
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
Madison Perez
Coke R. Stevenson Middle School
Marnie Rosa
Ed Rawlinson Middle School
Samantha Rubiano
Robert L. Vale Middle School
Dylan Rybacki
San Antonio Academy of Texas
Adrian Salazar
John Garner Middle School
Aidan Woods
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
Basis Charter School
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Sinfonietta Strings CELLO
Domenica Aburto
Jose M. Lopez Middle School
principal
Isabella Avellanet JSTEM Academy
Brenda Johnson, Conductor
Rylee Hupping
Home School
Cody Reed
Jose M. Lopez Middle School
Krueger School of Applied Technologies (Krueger M.S.)
Matthew Averyt
Ilana Solis
Kyle Chong
Morgan Varney
Caroline Cordts
Derek Xu
Melissa Fusco
BASS
Saint Mary’s Hall
San Antonio Christian Schools
Woodridge Elementary School
JSTEM Academy
Kyler Benedict
Krueger School of Applied Technologies (Krueger M.S.)
Clara Driscoll Middle School
Home School
The Atonement Academy
Kaleb Comstock Gabriel Eddy
STEM Academy - Nimitz Middle School
Tyson Geigenmiller
Walter Krueger Middle School
Jasper Munden
Basis North Charter School
Remy Place
Edward H. White Middle School
Geoffrey Seal
Spring Branch Middle School
principal
Capriccio Strings VIOLIN
Victoria Baker
Alamo Heights Junior School
Natalie Benavides
Bulverde Creek Elementary School
Lydia Bentz Home School
Erin Brehm
Wallace B. Jefferson Middle School
Fiona Carlson
San Antonio Christian Schools
Destiny Casias
Clara Driscoll Middle School
Meghan Cunningham
Jose M. Lopez Middle School
Martin Sanchez, Conductor
Carmen Dean
Great Hearts Monte Vista
Kelsey Fish
St. George Episcopal School
Annia Gimeno Marko Keystone School
Samantha Gonzalez
Barbara Bush Middle School
Branimir Gore
Basis North Charter School
Abigail Gutierrez
E. M. Pease Middle School
Aric Herrera
Jose M. Lopez Middle School
Julianna Jaramillo
STEM Academy - Nimitz Middle School
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Katharine Jones Home School
Emily Kitayama
Castle Hills First Baptist School
Isabel Lew
Concordia Lutheran Church-School
Ariella Lopez
Gregory Luna Middle School
Homero Morales, Jr
William P. Hobby Middle School
Crystal Nguyen
St. Luke’s Catholic School
Minh Nguyen
St. Luke’s Catholic School
Van Nguyen
St. Luke’s Catholic School
YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | SPRING CONCERTS
Capriccio Strings
Martin Sanchez, Conductor
VIOLIN (continued)
VIOLA
Klein Road Elementary School
Ed White Middle School
Katherine Pickett
Kaemon Pena
Scarlett Poye
Hannah Smith
Kaylie Rios
Reyna Stovall
Alamo Heights Junior School
Wallace B. Jefferson Middle School
Sofia Romero
Great Hearts Monte Vista
Alamo Heights Junior School
Home School
CELLO
Kayla Sheridan
Great Hearts Monte Vista
Jewel Thames Home School
Faith Tucker
Castle Hills First Baptist School
Samara Valdez
IDEA Monterrey Park
Jesse Vargas
Kitty Hawk Middle School
Adriana Webb Home School
Andrew White
Tex Hill Middle School
Natalie Zepeda
Brentwood Middle School
Matthew Diaz
Great Hearts Monte Vista
Carlos Gonzalez
John Garner Middle School
Alan Hernandez
Barbara Bush Middle School
Cassandra Padilla
Anne Frank Inspire Academy
Rebekah Andrews
Daniella Silva
J. Frank Dobie Junior High School
E. T. Wrenn Middle School
Abcde Bannister Home School
BASS
Anastazia Becvar
Basis North Charter School
Cambridge Elementary School
Maria Cisneros
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
Danielle Clish
Edward H. White Middle School
Jerome Collier
David Gonima
Jacob Hoppas
St. Anthony Catholic School
Alexander Ibrahim
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
Makayla Zimmerman
Edward H. White Middle School
Jose M. Lopez Middle School
Sean Compton
Tex Hill Middle School
Ramon Contreras
Alamo Heights Junior School
Joshua Damiano
Cornerstone Christian School
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Prelude Strings VIOLIN
Faith Adams
Basis North Charter School
Jacobi Caldwell, Conductor
Adiya Kirwan
Eleanor Kolitz Hebrew Language Academy
Christa Cedillo
Ian Lynch
Charlotte Cerroni
Sean Lynch
Saint Mary’s Hall
Home School
Desiree Contreras
Miya Morris
Smithson Valley Middle School
Home School
Krueger School of Applied Technologies (Krueger M.S.)
Basis Charter School
Jonah Damiano
Barbara Bush Middle School
Cornerstone Christian School
Noah Detiveaux
San Antonio Christian Schools
Odilia Diaz
Castle Hills First Baptist School
Jillian Fernandez Home School
Camilla Finol
The Buckner Fanning Christian School
Alexander Gore Keystone School
Mya Hollowell
Trinity Christian Academy
Eralyn Johnson Home School
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Ileana Godinez
Cambridge Elementary School
Sophia Ramos Home School
Samuel Sheridan
Great Hearts Monte Vista
Helen Trottmann Keystone School
Rebekah Richard
CELLO
Ximena Roa
Thomas L. Hatchett, Sr. Elementary School
E. T. Wrenn Middle School
Athena Sorenson Saint Mary’s Hall
Alana Velazquez
Basis North Charter School
Daniel Wadolowski Home School
Aaron Watts Home School
Averie Young
Arlon Seay Elementary
VIOLA
Angelo Annis
Alamo Heights Junior School
Annastazia Delgado
Ana Malo
Gregory Luna Middle School
Jeremy Medina-Suzuki St. John Bosco School
Natalie Menchaca
Earl Rudder Middle School
Petra Poenitzsch
Cambridge Elementary School
Peter Villalobos Home School
BASS
Lazaro Suarez
Walter Krueger Middle School
YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | SPRING CONCERTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FACULTY
Carl Leafstedt, Ph.D. Chair
Troy Peters Music Director
Shari Mao Vice Chair, Governance
Andy Post YOSA Symphonic Winds Conductor
Evin Nicole Eubanks Vice Chair, Development
Kenneth Freudigman YOSA Symphony Conductor YOSA Concertino Strings Conductor
Nancy Halvorson Secretary Benjamin Westney Vice Chair, Finance/Treasurer Lee Hipp Vice Chair, Access & Inclusion Allison Balfour Kenneth Bloom Kelly Cato Joseph Causby, Ph.D. Magaly Chocano Michelle Davis Katie DeBauche Uchechi Demaske John Frederick, Ph.D. Kirstin Garrison John Lewis, Ph.D. Elizabeth Lorenz Blanca Maldonado Ryan O’Donnell Donald Oroian Anne Rochelle Rob Rodriguez Sonja Lanehart Schutz, Ph.D. Jeffrey Walsh
Kristin Hayes YOSA Flute Choir Conductor Karen George YOSA Repertory Strings Conductor Brenda Johnson YOSA Sinfonietta Strings Conductor Martin Sanchez YOSA Capriccio Strings Conductor Jacobi Caldwell YOSA Prelude Strings Conductor Eugene Dowdy Resident Conductor ADMINISTRATION Brandon Henson Executive Director Ben Hackett Development Assistant Garrett Lefkowitz Operations Director Tyler Benware Operations Manager Alex Flores Operations Assistant Alfonso Gonzales Bookkeeper Kathleen Messina Office Coordinator
Evelyn Berg President Emeritus
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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 2016/17 season. The musical education that our young musicians receive would not be possible without your support. Strings
Michael Badillo, violin Nicholas Browne, bass Erik Cavazos, violin Allyson Dawkins, viola Emily Freudigman, viola Ignacio Gallego, cello Joey Galvan, cello Kevin Garcia-Hettinger, violin Beth Girko, violin Lani Gil, violin Holgen Gjoni, cello Mary Ellen Goree, violin Rachel Garner, cello Jackson Hocott, bass Lydia Hurtado-Yanez, cello Morgen Johnson, cello
Colin Meinecke, viola David Milburn, bass Kayleigh Miller, viola David Mollenauer, cello Bassam Nashawati, violin Teresa Nguyen, viola Stacey Parker, violin Kristen Pellegrino, violin Julie Petri Post, violin Josh Prado, viola Aurelia Rocha, cello Laura Scalzo, violin Darian Thomas, violin Aimee Toomes-Lopez, violin Christina Trongone, cello Lynda Verner, cello Alexis von Biedenfeld, cello
Woodwinds
Jennifer Berg, oboe Kristen Hayes, flute Andrei Muravev, bassoon
Brass
Libby Barnette, horn Jaime Parker, trombone David Stephenson, trombone Steve Petersen, trombone
Percussion
Riely Francis Eric Peterson David Reinecke
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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 3,000 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, 2016 to March 31, 2017. Please contact YOSA if your name is not included. Great Composers Composers Star Performers Maestros Concertmasters Principal Chairs Section Sponsors Friends of YOSA
$100,000 and above $50,000 to $99,999 $20,000 to $49,999 $5,000 to $19,999 $1,000 to $4,999 $500 to $999 $100 to $499 Less than $100
Great Composers City of San Antonio Department of Arts and Culture Composers The Rackspace Foundation John L. Santikos Charitable Foundation of the San Antonio Area Foundation Star Performers H-E-B Tournament of Champions Charitable Trust Maestros Anonymous Anonymous County of Bexar H-E-B Mays Family Foundation The Mirza Trust of San Antonio National Endowment for the Arts Rackspace Hosting San Antonio Area Foundation Southerleigh Fine Food & Brewery St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Texas Commission on the Arts The USAA Foundation, Inc. Zachry Foundation Zachry Group
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The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Lee and Zachry Carter Memorial Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation Joseph Causby and Robert Brewer Michelle Seward Davis Dr. Thomas DeNapoli and Mr. Mark Walker V. Grayson Dyer & Jacqueline Lee Mok Mr. & Mrs. Charles Ebrom John H. Frederick and Mimi W. Yu The Alfred S. Gage Foundation Mr. Brandon Henson Humana Joeris General Contractors Dr. and Mrs. Carl Leafstedt Rev. John Lewis & Ms. Pat Bridwell Ms. Elizabeth M. Lorenz and Mr. Rick Ramos Mr. & Mrs. John McCullough MPL Limited Partnership III Mrs. and Mrs. Ryan O’Donnell The Harris K. & Lois G. Oppenheimer Foundation Oroian Guest & Little PC Donald Oroian Mr. & Mrs. Paul Oroian Anne and Troy Peters Mr. Kelly M. Ranson Anne and Jeff Rochelle Ms. Sonja Lanehart Schutz, Ph.D. and Mr. Paul Schutz, Ph.D. Mr. Bruce I. Topletz and Ms. Cristina Chial Mr. & Mrs. Clifford Waller Germaine and Jeffrey Walsh Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Westney Mr. and Mrs. James Weynand Cecilia Young Willard Helping Fund Kathleen Weir Vale and Albert Vale Zachry Construction Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Bartell H. Zachry, Jr.
Principal Chairs
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan C. Calvert Ms. Kelly Cato Mr. Edward E. (Sonny) Collins III Combined Federal Campaign for the San Antonio Area Andrea Pichler David Mr. and Mrs. Dan DeBauche Mr. and Mrs. Paul Halvorson Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hipp Lindsay R Irvin M.D., P.A. Jackson Walker L.L.P Dr. Angelika Jansen & Mr. Bob Brown Jefferson Bank Susan Marenda King, M.D. Ms. Marline C Lawson Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Lorenz Thomas Sanders Santa Rosa Children’s Hospital Foundation South Texas Money Management, Ltd St Benedicts Workshop Mrs. Elsie G. Steg Marshall Steves Jr. Mr. Henry Unser Deja Wilson
Section Sponsors
Anonymous Ace Mart Restaurant Supply Robert and Shari Albright Lisa Marie Anderson Mr. & Mrs. James Berg Ms. Mary Black Mr. Robert Blount, Jr. & Ms. Sandra Sandoval Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Bolner Mary Alice Bond Mr. Mario P. and Mrs. Lyndee A. Bordini Stella Brown Ms. Martha Bryant, Ph.D. Mr. James S. Calvert Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Calvert Dan Carlson Mr. and Mrs. Drew Cauthorn Richard H. Cavender Rev. & Mrs. Michael Chalk Mr. and Mrs. Chol and Elaine Chong Hariet Christian Anne Church Rosemary P.Z. Clark Mr. & Mrs. Bartlett Cocke Mr. Michael C. Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Sara Maria Conde Mr. & Mrs. Michael Connor Convention & Visitors Bureau Nancy W. Cook Mr. & Mrs. Taliaferro Cooper Mrs. Josephine Cormack Ms. Kate Crone Mr. & Mrs. D. Rusty Crowley, Jr. Davy Crockett Lodge #1225 Ms. Cathy Dawson and Mr. Don Hessenflow Mr. James Dick Mrs. April Dickson Ms. Kathleen Doria & Mr. Ruben Silva Frances S. Douglas Walter Peter Dyck Ms. Evin Nicole Eubanks Ms. Joan G. Fritze Elizabeth Fry Jim and Frances Garner Kirstin and Bregger Garrison Antonia Goldsmith Maureen and Camilo Gonima Mr. and Mrs. Julius M. Gribou Mr. & Mrs. James L. Hayne Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Heard Frances Hearn Ms. Sandra Henson John Hornsby Pamela F. Howard Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Johnson Anjali and Ajeya Joshi JP Morgan Chase S. R. Juvenal Mr. Christopher Kiernan Mr. Hongwook Kim Kenneth A. Kist, M.D. Sharon M. Kocurek Mr. & Mrs. Brian Komorek
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YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | SPRING CONCERTS Rosemary E. Kowalski Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Krueger Sarah Lake Wende L. Lancaster Mrs. Muriel J. Leafstedt Mr. and Mrs. Philip LeMessurier Jing Liu B.H. Ludwig Dr. David Young and Dr. Cynthia Lyle Mr. and Mrs. Jeb Maebius Mr. & Mrs. Wilbur L. Matthews, Jr. Zelime Gillespie Matthews Pamela Matthews Marilyn McCullough Mr. Jim McDaniel Ms. Linda McDavitt Beatrice McFadden Mrs. Annabelle McGee June McManus Ms. Marise Melson Mr. and Mrs. Rafael Mendible Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Mielke Deborah Moore Lillian Padgitt Morris Dr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Murgo Roxana Newsom Drs. Victor & Valerie Ostrower Mrs. Camilla M. Parker Julie and George Parker Brenda L. Partain Jennifer Perloff Mr. & Mrs. David Phipps Ms. Diana Reed Wilkinson Rhodes Juan Robles Col. (Ret.) William T. Rogerson Mrs. Joycelyn H Rudeloff Mr. & Mrs. J.E. Seiterle Patricia A. Semmes Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe B. Smith George Spencer Jr. E.K. Studer Li-Chyn Lee & Sulin Su Nancy M. Sutter Mr. Patrick H. Swearingen, Jr. Targeted Genomics Janelle B Tye Mr. Robert Valdez Mr. & Mrs. George C. Vaughan Mr. Gregory Vaught Alice Viroslav Mr. & Mrs. John Walsh Mr. & Mrs. Bill Wilkinson Mary Beth Williamson Drs. Peggy Wilson & Jim Sims Mrs. Jean Rogers Winchell Mr. & Mrs. Jon Wood Drs. Keying Ye & Limin Zheng Ye Seoghwan Yoon Mr. & Mrs. John Younger
Friends of YOSA
Chiyui Ahn Veronica Alvarez Amazonsmile Foundation
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Dulce Annis Mrs. Sue Bain Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Baldridge Erin Barrientez Mr. Alfred E. Becker Mr. Jeremy Booker Mrs. Rocio Bucheli Mr. & Mrs. Ricardo A. Bunge Mr. & Mrs. Manuel Reyes Campos Ms. Carinne N Carrillo Ariel Carrion Betty M. Cavender Rebecca Cerroni Dr. Charles Christian, Jr. Seunghyun Chung Fernando Cisneros Valery Collier Mr. Ramon Contreras Ms. Monica Cooper Ms. Cindy Cummings Mary Davis Monica de Leon Angel Diaz Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A Diaz Ms. Elinor L. Duff Olga Duignan Mrs. Deborah M Dunn-Talley Dr. and Mrs. Estrada Calasancio Fernandes Dawn and Daniel Finlayson Katrina Fleming Kathleen Fletcher Mr. & Mrs. Derrick Flowers Heidi Forgione Meloney Funk Ms. Martha Galbraith Autumn Garza Janet M Garza Nancy and David Gilbertson Simon Peter Gonzales Lydia Veronica Gonzalez Dr. & Mrs. Donald J. Gordon Debra Guillen Ms. Elizabeth Halff Audra D. and Scott A. Hall D’Ann Hart Mr. and Mrs. Rich Hartwick Alberto Hernandez Dr. & Mrs. Milton S. Jacobs Mrs. Minjeong Kim Mrs. Ellen Kraig & Mr. David Kolodrubetz Mr. and Mrs. Weir Labatt Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lancaster Mr. Dean A. Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Arnoldo Lopez Janelle Lopez Kevin Lueck David Lynch Mrs. Rosalinda Martinez Katherine Matteson Heather Miller Lucille Montes Ana Moreno Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Nicolella Blanca D. and Gerald L. O’Donnell
YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO | SPRING CONCERTS Mr. Gary Vega Obaya Karen Owens Pamela L Parmer Paula Peacock Ms. Toni Peters Debra Pickett Project MEND Jeanne Redmond Delia Reed Lisa Reta Kevin and Denise Rettmann Adam Rodriguez Maricarmen Romero Samantha Roper Angela Rowe Ms. Rachel Rustin Gilbert Salazar Kristi, Benito, Diana, and Gabriel Salinas Eric Salzman Ms. Sherri Santos Dr. and Mrs. Edward Sargent Mr. Josh Saunders Chom and James Seagraves Dr. & Mrs. Alberto C. Serrano Mrs. Elizabeth J. Simpson Mr. Jason Miles Steward Sharon Struble Olga Suzuki Bonita Swisher Kevin Templeman Glenn and Georgia Ann Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Tribble Mrs. Jeannette Balcer Truitt Kristy Turner Dr. Ana M. Valadez Sonia Vallejo
Ms. Reina P Vargas David Vasquez Jose Velazquez Ms. Clara Melnik Vermillion Justyna Wadolowski Wah Tee Alterations, LLC Dr. Andrew Walls, MD Lisa Weidmann Richard D. Wheatley, Sr. Ph.D. Paula Wilson Mr. Randy Wong Ms. Patricia L. Wood Jackson Wymer Yi Zou
Gifts in Kind
Evelyn Berg Fund of the YOSA Endowment Fund of the SAAF Cici’s Pizza Freetail Brewing Co. Guillermo’s Catering Rebecca and Ben Hackett H-E-B Hospitality Parking Key Ideas Incorporated Mariposa Designs Nectar Wine Bar & Ale House Quick Signs Radius Center Ranger Creek Brewing & Distilling Southerleigh Fine Food & Brewery St. David’s Episcopal Church Taco Cabana University of Texas at San Antonio University of The Incarnate Word Whataburger Restaurants LP
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