SFYSA 2024 Spring Concerts: Spirit of Adventure!

SATURDAY,APRIL27,2024

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Callie O’Buckley Executive Director of SFYSA

As we draw the curtain on the 30th season of the Santa Fe Youth Symphony Association (SFYSA), I find myself reflecting on the remarkable journey we have embarked upon together. It has been a season filled with unforgettable performances, growth, and most importantly, the unwavering passion and dedication of our young musicians.

I want to extend my deepest gratitude to our donors, supporters, and the entire Santa Fe community. Your belief in our mission and your generous contributions have been the cornerstone of our success. Your support has enabled us to nurture and inspire the next generation of musicians, providing them with opportunities to learn, grow, and shine on the stage.

As we look ahead to the future, I am excited about this next chapter as we merge with the Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra & Chorus. This move promises to further enrich our musical landscape and create unparalleled opportunities for our talented young musicians. This union represents a coming together of two esteemed organizations with a shared commitment to music education and community engagement.

While we are closing the chapter on our 30th season, we are opening the door to a new era of collaboration, innovation, and artistic brilliance.

Once again, thank you for your continued support of the Santa Fe Youth Symphony Association. Together, we will continue to make a difference in the lives of young musicians and ensure that music remains a vibrant and integral part of our community.

Emma Scherer Executive Director of The Santa Fe Symphony

As Youth Symphony Association closes its 30th Season, I feel great joy in congratulating them on this outstanding year of education, programming, and service to the community.

The Santa Fe Symphony Family is so thrilled to be merging with SFYSA, and in many ways we are a perfect fit. Our two organizations have collaborated for a number of years on side-by-side performances, sectional rehearsals, and more. We already work so well together and the skills and experiences of each of our artists, instructors, and staff members enhance one another. Many of The Symphony's orchestral and choral musicians are also educators, and needless to say we are all thrilled about this merger. The Symphony and the Santa Fe Youth Symphony are strong separately, but we’ll be even stronger together.

I am excited to open this new chapter in our histories, and I am excited to meet each and every one of you involved with SFYSA. Thank you for your support of music, education, and children in our community. I look forward to seeing you soon!

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Board of Directors

Lissa Garcia Lucht

Chair

Susan Steffy

Secretary

Kirstin Bruner

Member

Don O’Sullivan

Member

Lee Rand

Member

David Rogers

Member

Naomi Israel

Member

Staff

Callie O’Buckley

Executive Director

William Waag

Assoc. Artistic Director

Marilyn LaCome

Office Coordinator

Orchestras

William Waag, Director Youth Symphony Orchestra & Youth

Philharmonic

Karles McQuade, Conductor Intermezzo String Orchestra

Haley Lovelace, Conductor

Prelude String Orchestra

Zachary Vigus, Conductor

Running Start Beginning Orchestra Chamber Music

Naomi Israel, Coach

Sierra String Quartet

Karles McQuade, Coach

Ruidoso Chamber Orchestra

Mariachi

Tamarah Lucero, Director

Jazz Project

Ryan Finn, Director

Santa Fe & Los Alamos

Jesse Parker, Instructor

Atalaya Combo

Jeremy Bleich, Instructor

Nambe Combo

William Finn, Instructor

Caldera, Guaje, and Potrillo Combos

Xander Mancino, Instructor

Rendija, Pajarito, and Quemazón Combos

Joey Farish, Instructor

Capulin Combo

Robert Beasley, Instructor

Tesuque Combo

CONCERT 1

11:30 AM

Running Start Beginning Orchestra

“First Scale March”

Mark Williams

“Digital Dash”

Deborah Baker Monday

“Aeolian Rock”

Jeffrey Frizzi

Pasitos Clase de Mariachi

Pieces from Simplemente Mariachi: “Caminando Juntos”

“Un Viaje”

“Navegando Sobre el Lago”

“Nos Vemos en el Valle”

“Un Día de Sol en Cocula”

“Cantas Tu. Canto Yo”

Marcia M. Neel and Francisco A. Grijalva

Concert 1: Program Continued

Mariachi Citlali

“Las Mañanitas”

Traditional

“En Mi Viejo San Juan”

Noel Estrada

Guaje Jazz Combo

“All of Me”

Geral Marks and Seymour Simons

“Mercy, Mercy, Mercy”

Joe Zawinul

“Closer Walk with Thee”

Traditional

Prelude String Orchestra

“Finale- From Serenade for Strings”

P. I. Tchaikovsky, arr. Carrie Lane Gruselle

“Troika”

Sergei Prokofiev, arr. Unknown

“Escala”

Joshua Wojahn

Running Start Beginning Orchestra

Our Running Start students have had a tremendous second semester, moving on from simple one and two part songs with the same rhythm across the orchestra to much more complicated repertoire. By pushing themselves so much, they were challenged to grow exponentially in terms of confidence and independence. They continued to build note reading skills and push for more fluency, as well as learning about different finger patterns and developing a wider set of notes. All this in addition to continuing to refine posture, rhythm, and intonation!

Conductor: Zachary Vigus

Assistant: Christine Chen

Violin

Sebastian Buynak

Evelyn Chavez Flores

Bella Dorman

Isabella García Nava

Deilany S. Lopez Carrera

Valerie Melgar

Suri Nash

Shelby Sarracino

Ximena Solano

Arjun Wendland

Cello

Sahara Grace Bada

Cleo Dorman

Jamison Nash

Cecilia Nuñez

Viola

Marlo Albertini

Afsana Alexander

William Barnes

Lucia Vargas

Photos by Gregory Steiger

Running Start Beginning Orchestra

Zachary Vigus earned his Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance (University of California, Santa Barbara) and Master of Music in Cello Performance (California State University, Sacramento). He began private studies after hearing a life changing performance of slow movement from the Rachmaninoff Cello Sonata and went on to study with many phenomenal mentors. Zach is currently the orchestra director at Capital High School and Ortiz Middle School for the Santa Fe Public Schools, where he enjoys teaching string students from beginners to AllState. As a private studio teacher, Zach’s students have won music scholarships, seats in All-State Orchestras, spots in university music programs, and pre-college spots with prominent conservatory programs.

Christine Chen has been teaching violin and viola with Elementary Strings since 2012. She started learning to play the violin when she was six. She grew up playing in ensembles, chamber groups and orchestras with other young musicians, including her younger brother. As a teacher, she loves to work with her students not only to develop good technique for playing the violin or viola, but also to build a solid foundation for learning music and becoming a musician.

PASITOS CLASE DE MARIACHI

Conductor: Tamarah Lucero

Guitar

Sebastian Arevalo-Solano

Javier Armendariz

Kamila Bencomo

Jacqueline Guerra Carmona

Jayleen Monarrez

Jamison Nash

Isaac Rivera-Minhas

Nicolas Rivera-Minhas

Aaron Solano

Violin

Isabel Arguello *

Diego Garcia Madrid

Jonathan Lopez

Emiliano Lira

MARIACHI CITLALI

Trumpet

Kristiana Martinez *

Guitarron

Analyse Ramirez

Guitar

Joaquin Black

Ansel Craig

Mateo Torres

Photo by Gregory Steiger

Photo by Gregory Steiger

PASITOS CLASE DE MARIACHI AND MARIACHI CITLALI

Tamarah Lucero has been playing music just about as long as she has been able to walk, but her love for mariachi began her freshman year of high school when she attended her school’s first ever mariachi rehearsal. Through the years she has shared the stage with and accompanied local, national and international artists across New Mexico, and Mexico. She is a member of New Mexico’s premier mariachi, Mariachi Tenampa.

Guaje Jazz

William Finn is a saxophonist, jazz educator, private lesson instructor, avid hiker and dog owner. He leads the Los Alamos Middle School Jazz Band, coaches two SFYSA Jazz Project groups in Los Alamos, and recently taught the front ensemble for LAHS Topper Marching Band. Will also performs locally on tenor saxophone with a number of local bands. He holds a Bachelors of Middle East Peace Studies from Loyola University - New Orleans where he studied jazz saxophone with New Orleans legend, Tony Dagradi. He is regularly invited as a guest woodwind instructor around Northern New Mexico.

Clarinet

Liv Niklasson

Drums/Percussion

Tyven Beaux

Piano

Ana Saenz

Alto Saxophone

Charlotte Lay

Trombone

Alayna Martinez

Bass

Michelle Lo

PRELUDE STRING Orchestra

Conductor: Haley Lovelace

This semester we continued our journey through time, starting with Serenade for Strings, written in 1880, Troika in 1934, and Escala, written in 2024 by Josh Wojahn. Josh started learning viola with SFYSA in 1st grade, and played in both Prelude and Intermezzo Orchestras. In high school he began composing music, and played in orchestra at school. Now he's in college studying biochemistry.

Josh has written Escala for Prelude String Orchestra, and it's being premiered for the first time here today! As most of his music uses modern, electric instruments, this is his first piece written specifically for string orchestra.

We are overjoyed to have Josh join us again, and to celebrate the many paths that our students take in their musical lives.

Violin

Sage Arthrell

Greta Cherry

Elise Foma

Lillian Fowler

Keiry Gutierrez

Emma Heimer

Ayumi Hoover

Gavin Hu

Hiba Mahmood

Yuvia Ruiz-Dunklin

Brodie Park

Paloma Ramos

Darwin Robertson

Aria Schneeberger

Viktoria Strieker

Zachary Tappan

Arianna Vierra

Viola

Lidia Hernandez O’Kelly

William Leach-Ricci

Celeste Ramos

Adam Turner

Cello

Kailash Charlet Grandidier

Luna Gruschkus

Hudson Laskin-Paulin

Weston Leshefka

Tadhg McLauglhin

Eden Rothschild

Alumni

Joshua Wojahn

PRELUDE STRING Orchestra

Haley Lovelace holds a Bachelor of University Studies in string pedagogy and educational psychology from the University of New Mexico. She graduated with her Masters in Instructional Design in 2021. An active researcher in the field of string pedagogy for two decades, Haley combines Suzuki and traditional pedagogies as well as educational psychology in her teaching. Haley’s students have been accepted into the New Mexico School for the Arts, Albuquerque Youth Symphony Program, and various music education degree programs. Haley is an alum of the Albuquerque Youth Symphony and has also performed with the University of New Mexico Symphony Orchestra and the Albuquerque Philharmonic.

Photos by Gregory Steiger

CONCERT 2

3:00 PM

Rendija Jazz

“St. Thomas”

Sonny Rollins

“Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise”

Sigmund Romberg and Oscar Hammerstein II

“Cold Duck Time”

Eddie Harris

Ruidoso Chamber Orchestra

“Russian Music Box”

Soon Hee Newbold

“Largo from Concerto in G Minor RV 106”

Antonio Vivaldi, arr. Karles McQuade

“Fughetta in G Major”

J. Peter Huss, arr. Karles McQuade

Concert 2: Program Continued

Intermezzo String Orchestra

“Ahrirang”

trad Korean, arr. Soo Han

“Largo from Concerto in D Major for Trumpet” (unabridged)

Georg Philipp Telemann, Jan McDonald, trumpet

“Andante from Concerto Ripieno in E Minor, RV 134" (unabridged)

Antonio Vivaldi, Hanna O' Sullivan, dancer

Gisela Genschow, choreographer

“Fantasia on a Theme from Thailand”

Richard Meyer

Rendija Jazz

Alexander Mancino is a multi-instrumentalist, music educator, songwriter, and recording artist. He graduated from Arizona State University in 2020 with a Bachelors in Music, focusing on jazz piano and ethnomusicology. Currently living in Los Alamos, he teaches three Jazz Project combos, leads Jazz Band II at LAHS, works at the Duane Smith Auditorium, regularly plays jazz and pop gigs in the surrounding community, and writes and records original music in his home studio using multitracking techniques. When he has non-music related time, Xander enjoys hiking, reading, playing board games, and designing clothes. As one of the first Jazz Project students, Xander is proud to be back as an educator contributing to its legacy.

Baritone Saxophone

Oliver Henzl

Clarinet

Maira Finn

Drums

Daniela Hinojosa

Vibes

Miles Iverson

Bass

John Cawkwell

Trombone

Hudson Bathrick-Price

Trumpet

Ian Sandborgh

Jonah Wheat

RUIDOSO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Conductor: Karles McQuade

This spring, Ruidoso focused on the concepts of beat, metre, and rhythm: how to play one's own part with correct rhythm, how to count and measure the beat correctly when not playing, so one doesn't get lost, and how to listen to the rhythm of other players, all without a conductor.

Flute

Lydia Gray

Tai Sheehy

Violin

Mena Gilmore

Cello

Sylvia Rankin

Hazel Stricks

Photos by Gregory Steiger

RUIDOSO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Program Notes

The Russian Music Box

Soon Hee Newbold

From the composer: "A country torn by revolution and war, Russia has contributed some of the most beautiful art, music, and epic stories to the world. Images of legendary tales, ballet, folk songs, and dancing bears inspired this work."

Largo from Chamber Concerto in G Minor, RV 106

Antonio Vivaldi, arr. Karles McQuade

This second movement from one of Vivaldi's many chamber concertos features a delightfully sweet melody in the flutes, with a sparse, yet charming accompaniment in the strings. Originally written for recorder, this melody is equally at home on the flute.

Fughetta in G Major

J. Peter Huss, arr. Karles McQuade

A fugue is a structure of music, that, like a round, begins with one voice alone, with other individual voices subsequently joining in turn. Unlike a round, however, each other voice that joins doesn't have exactly the same part as the starting voice. To successfully perform a fugue, or a little fugue, as in this case, requires a great deal of detailed attention.

Intermezzo String orchestra

Conductor: Karles McQuade

This spring, Intermezzo covered a lot of ground, including how to listen carefully for playing in-tune as a group, how to use the bow to play with even better tone and how the bow can be used to play in different historical styles; how to accompany a soloist, how to musically support a dancer, how to impartially evaluate the ensemble's own playing, and how to lead without a conductor.

Violin 1

Gunner Staib

Iona Brunner

Willow Murphy

Jacob Sullivan

July Bond

Masi Kramer

Mena Gilmore

Joaquin Fernandez

Violin 2

Luz Ochoa

Hadleigh LaMay-Mason

Mateo Ciano

Adela Ater-Vazquez

Arloa Werner

Lillian Kozak

Akirah Carlisle

Noah Woodrich

Violin 3

Lindsey Caraveo

Sasha Chyorny

Jordan Sandmel

Eden Schwab

Chloe Lathrop

Maida Ryan

Viola

Ian Riesterer

Kiana Gildersleeve

Mattie James

Teagan Goorley

Cello

Solena Walker

Zack Carian

Amaru Tison

Jojo Salazar

Elaina Kaczmarek

Tessa Chapman

Damien Brinegar

Nicholas Chapman

Nara Martinez

Ryland Fitzgerald

Contrabass

Zhenko CraigP

Intermezzo String orchestra

Karles McQuade holds a double B.Mus. in Violin Performance and Violin Pedagogy, magna cum laude, from the University of New Mexico, as well as a B.A. in physics from Oberlin College. He is a certified Suzuki violin teacher and a certified I.B. World School teacher. Karles has been involved with SFYSA since its founding in 1994, spending seven of his student years in Youth Symphony Orchestra and later as Artistic Director, Director of Elementary Strings, and full Board Member. He is Intermezzo’s longest-serving conductor, returning after a hiatus for his sixth season with that ensemble. In addition to his native Santa Fe, Karles has taught violin literally across the country, from the Hawaiian Islands to the Virgin Islands, as well as across New Mexico, from Farmington to Hobbs. His violin and viola students have been accepted into prestigious institutions including the New Mexico School for the Arts, New Mexico All-State Orchestras, Albuquerque Youth Symphony Program, as well as the Sphinx Performance Academy at Oberlin Conservatory. In his spare time he teaches mathematics at El Camino Real Academy.

Program Notes

“Ahrirang” trad. Korean, arr. Soo Han

According to Wikipedia, this tune is so old that it's no longer clear what the word Ahrirang means. However, much like America the Beautiful, Sakura Sakura, or Vande Mataram, Ahrirang is something like the "unofficial" national anthem of Korea (both of them). The tune itself is wistful, longing, and nostalgic, which may give some hint as to the meaning of the word itself.

Intermezzo String orchestra Program Notes - continued

Largo from Concerto in D-major for Trumpet (unabridged)

Georg Philipp Telemann, Jan McDonald, trumpet

Though credited with more than 3,000 works during his long lifetime, Telemann wrote only one concerto for trumpet. The first movement of this work is sublime, and we're delighted to have former YSO conductor, Mr Jan McDonald, join us on the trumpet part.

Andante from Concerto Ripieno in E-minor, RV 134 (unabridged)

Antonio Vivaldi

Hanna O' Sullivan, dancer, Gisela Genschow, choreographer

Vivaldi wrote about 50 "concerti ripieni," that is concertos that don't feature any solo instruments. In this way, these concertos are sort of like the grandfather of the symphony style that Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven would later become famous for. We are thrilled to team up with dancer Hanna O' Sullivan and her teacher and choreographer

Gisela Genschow from the School of Aspen Santa Fe Ballet to put together this blend of live music and dance.

Fantasia on a Theme from Thailand

Richard Meyer

Composer Richard Meyer is a favourite among string orchestra teachers. His work consistently shows innovation and originality, but also excellently bridges the beginner level to the advanced level. This work, structured as a "theme and variations," is inspired by Thai pong lang music. A pong lang is something like Thailand's version of a marimba or xylophone.

CONCERT 3

5:30 PM

Caldera Jazz

“Work Song”

Cannonball Adderley

“Saints”

Traditional

“Comin’ Home Baby”

Ben Tucker

Tesuque Jazz

“Sonnymoon for Two”

Sonny Rollins

“Work Song“

Nat Adderley

“Song for My Father”

Horace Silver

Concert 3: Program Continued

Nambe Jazz

“All Blues”

Miles Davis

“Sonnymoon for Two”

Sonny Rollins

“St. Thomas”

Sonny Rollins

Atalaya Jazz

“Black Orpheus”

Luis Bonfa

“Little Sunflower”

Freddie Hubbard

“Doxy”

Sonny Rollins

SFJP Big Band

“Basically Basie”

Doug Beach and George Shutack

“Curacao Blue”

Zach Smith

PROGRAM NOTES

All jazz Ensembles

Program Notes

We are featuring the music of Sonny Rollins. There is a great bio that you can extract from his website: https://sonnyrollins.com/bio. Below are a few highlights from that bio:

Walter Theodore Rollins, aka ‘Sonny’ Rollins, was born on September 7, 1930 in New York City. He grew up in Harlem not far from the Savoy Ballroom, the Apollo Theatre, and the doorstep of his idol, Coleman Hawkins. After an early discovery of Fats Waller and Louis Armstrong, he started out on alto saxophone, inspired by Louis Jordan. At the age of sixteen, he switched to tenor, trying to emulate Hawkins. He also fell under the spell of the musical revolution that surrounded him, bebop.

He began to follow Charlie Parker, and soon came under the wing of Thelonious Monk, who became his musical mentor and guru. When he was living in Sugar Hill, his neighborhood musical peers included Jackie McLean, Kenny Drew, and Art Taylor, but it was young Sonny who was first out of the pack, working and recording with Babs Gonzales, J.J. Johnson, Bud Powell, and Miles Davis before he turned twenty.

Miles Davis was an early Sonny Rollins fan and in his autobiography wrote that he “began to hang out with Sonny Rollins and his Sugar Hill Harlem Crowd ”… anyway, Sonny had a big reputation among a lot of the younger musicians in Harlem. People loved Sonny Rollins up in Harlem and everywhere else. He was a legend, almost a god to a lot of the younger musicians. Some thought he was playing the saxophone on the level of Bird. I know one thing – he was close. He was an aggressive, innovative player who always had fresh musical ideas.

Caldera jazz

William Finn is a saxophonist, jazz educator, private lesson instructor, avid hiker and dog owner. He leads the Los Alamos Middle School Jazz Band, coaches two SFYSA Jazz Project groups in Los Alamos, and recently taught the front ensemble for LAHS Topper Marching Band. Will also performs locally on tenor saxophone with a number of local bands. He holds a Bachelors of Middle East Peace Studies from Loyola University - New Orleans where he studied jazz saxophone with New Orleans legend, Tony Dagradi. He is regularly invited as a guest woodwind instructor around Northern New Mexico.

Alto Saxophone

Viplav Kranthijanya

Bass

Dorian Finn

Cello

Kat Didier

Drums/Percussion

Jasper Stauffer

Piano

Eli Farley

Viola

Michelle Lo

Violin

Amelia Dolesji

Julia Zou

Tesuque jazz

Robert Beasley is a trumpeter, composer, and educator residing in Santa Fe. As a performer, he has backed up many touring artists, most notably Ahmad Jamal, The Smithsonian Masterworks Jazz Orchestra, The Temptations, Maelo Ruiz, Tony Vega, and Frankie Negron. Robert’s recording credits include The New Triumph’s “Night Trip” and “Keep on Push’n,” James Ziegler’s “Better,” and Dyaphonic’s “Element of Proof,” as well as work for composers Mateo Messina, Phillip Peterson, Andrew Joslyn, and Garrett Gonzales. His theater experience includes over 100 performances of Verlaine and McCann’s “Land of the Sweets: The Burlesque Nutcracker,” Verlaine and McCann’s “Through the Looking Glass: The Burlesque Alice in Wonderland,” and Seattle Children’s Theater’s “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.”

Alto Saxophone

Gloria Galassi

Natalia Montaño

Baritone Saxophone

Brandon Segundo

Bass

Ada Swinton-Mobbs

Drums/Percussion

Cheden Anastasión

Guitar

Jude Wodrich

Piano

Ollie Olson

Trumpet

Charlie Chapman

Perry Quinn

Nambe jazz

Jeremy Bleich is a composer and multiinstrumentalist who incorporates a wide palette of sound and culture into the process of creating music. He has toured extensively across Europe and the U.S playing bass and electronics with critically acclaimed trio Birth, award winning Kodama Trio and oud with Zevk Ensemble and Trio Andaluz. He resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he is involved with presenting new music on his Grasshopper Music record label, producing House Concert Chamber Music events, and teaching Orchestra at Los Alamos Public Schools. Jeremy has played and/or recorded with musicians as diverse as Count Vu, Joe Maneri, Chris Jonas, Carmen Castaldi, Jason White, Keven McCarthy, and Rick Elias. Jeremy has composed, conducted, and produced a variety of musical theatre works including "Love and Emma Goldman" A Rock Opera made possible by a generous grant from The California Foundation for Peace and Justice.

Bass

Ramsey Klinkrodt

Cello

Arya Lovelace

Julienne Masopust

Drums/Percussion

Taj Lewis

Piano

Finnean Cherry

Avery Kullman

Violin

Zachariah Ortiz

Nambe jazz

Program Notes

Conductor: Jeremy Bleich

This semester the Nambe Combo focused on playing through a variety of traditional jazz structures including a 12 bar blues, and modal blues waltz and a Caribbean inspired groove. Our focus was to understand the structure of these songs and develop as improvisers using these songs as vehicles.

All Blues

Miles Davis

All Blues is from the 1959 groundbreaking Miles Davis record "Kind of Blue". The compositions on this album marked a new period for Miles, as well as the other musicians on this album and considered a masterpiece and has been heralded as "the greatest jazz album ever recorded". The song All Blues is a modal blues in 3/4 time.

Sunnymoon for Two Sonny Rollins

Is a 12 bar blues song released in 1958. The song consists of a single riff or melody repeated over the 12 bar blues form.

St. Thomas

Sonny Rollins

Is a song written by Sonny Rollins and inspired by a Bahamian folksong called "Sponger Money" and recalls the folk music of the Caribbean, especially the nursery sing-song melodies. It was released on the pinnacle Sonny Rollins album Saxophone Colossus.

Atalaya jazz

Jesse Joaquin Parker is an in-demand percussionist and music educator based in Santa Fe, NM. Jesse has performed at venues ranging from the Telluride Jazz Festival to DROM in Manhattan to the Nuyorican in San Juan, Puerto Rico and has performed/toured/recorded with Marcos Crego and

Bernard Purdie, Bata Ire, Mike Crotty Jazz Quintet, International Ensemble, Chuchito Valdez, Raul Pineda, Carmela y Mas, Ritmo Latino, El Paso Symphony Orchestra, Phoenix Symphony, Mesa Symphony and many others. Mr. Parker currently performs with the legendary New Mexico band, Nosotros, and the New Mexico Philharmonic. Mr. Parker earned his Bachelors of Music

Education from New Mexico State University and his Masters of Music

Performance from Arizona State University. A dedicated educator, Mr. Parker has instructed the Blue Knights Drum and Bugle Corps from Denver CO, where he was also a performing member, and Southwind Drum and Bugle Corps from Lexington KY. Mr. Parker has served as Associate Faculty at Arizona State University, Teaching Artist with the Phoenix Conservatory of Music, and Director of the World Music Ensemble and Latin Jazz Ensemble at Paradise Valley Community College. Jesse Joaquin Parker currently directs the World Music program at Mandela International School in Santa Fe, NM, and is also director of percussion studies, Music Fundamentals 2, and Latin Jazz band at the New Mexico School for the Arts.

Bass

Bodhi Lewis

Flute

Kaiden Price

Drums/Percussion

Timothy Ryer

Guitar

Helena Kelemen

Tai Prechtel

Piano

Elise Gonzales

Trombone

Roman Amador

Adam Quintana

Jack Tager

Trumpet

Phoenix Anastasión

Rick Lohmann Memorial Scholarship Fund

Rick Lohmann worked for years with some of our brightest stars in the Santa Fe Youth Symphony Association and was an active supporter of the organization. He will be remembered for his great contribution to youth music education and excellence in northern New Mexico. This merit based scholarship in his memory is awarded to an outstanding student and covers the cost of their SFYSA tuition.

2023 Recipient

"I feel honored to have received the Rick Lohmann Memorial Scholarship, to say the least. The Youth Symphony has been such a large part of my upbringing, and being able to continue my involvement with this community feels confounding. I thank the SFYSA directors for seeing my potential, and I pledge to 'give it my all' with my music career. I feel motivated to pursue my skills on Viola, and it feels surreal being recognized by a community that has played such a large role in my development."

Hanbi Park Youth Symphony Orchestra Viola

Thank you for your support!

We extend our sincere thanks to the many individuals, businesses, foundations, and government entities that made gifts to the Santa Fe Youth Symphony Association. Without this tremendous support, we would not be able to provide music programs to the children and youth of northern New Mexico. We have made every effort to be as accurate as possible in our donor list. The list below reflects gifts received from April 2023 to April 2024. If your name has been listed incorrectly or omitted, please accept our most humble apologies and contact SFYSA at (505) 6725565.

THANK YOU, Donors and Friends!

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International Folk Art

Alliance Inc.

Julie Kent Bremser

$250-$499 - continued

Lucy Lyon Yuan

Bette Myerson

Leslee Oaks

Julie Anne Overton

Emma Scherer

John Scimeca

Ellen Skrak

Robin Smith

Susanne Stauffer

David Wood

$500-$999

Ann Aceves

Jeremy Bleich

Kirstin Bruner

David Carr and Sabrina Pratt

Sarah Carswell

Del Norte LOV Foundation

Robert and Barbara Gallatin

Naomi Israel

Joel and Sole King

Judith Knops

Matthew Kozak

Marilyn LaCome

Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation

Barbara Luboff

Steve Miles

Callie O’Buckley

Ohori’s Coffee Roasters

Paul Richard and Valerie Rumsfeld

THANK YOU, Donors and Friends!

$500-$999

David Rogers

Smith-Ecke

Soaring Eagle Charity Fund

MaryEllen Staib

Gregory Steiger and Amy Lueders

Maria Stennis

Sherrie Weiss

Fred and June Yoder

$1,000-$4,999

Perry Andrews

Katherine Avalon

David Bolotin and Susu Knight

Susan and Conrad DeJong

Andrea Dowdy

Lissa Garcia Lucht

Chris Godlove

Keri Goorley

Phyllis Lehmberg

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Boris and Carina Maiorov

Candace Norris

Christopher G. Oeschsli

The Atlantic Philantropies

Don and Kim O’Sullivan

Len and Barbara Rand

Santa Fe Pro Musica Inc.

Slate Stern P.C.

Jessica and Phil Smucker

State Employees Credit Union

Susan Steffy

$5,000-$9,999

Lynne and Joe Horning

Mark Murdock

Nancy Ann Mellen Foundation

Northern Rio Grande

National Heritage Area, Inc.

Lee and Joohee Rand

Adrian VanderHave

$10,000+

Charlotte Hausman

Dorothy Karayanis

J. W. Couch Foundation

LANL Foundation

Lineberry Foundation

NB3 Los Alamos

Pam Parfitt

Glen and Barbara Smerage

Suzanne Timble

Student Sponsors

Jazz Project

Andrea Dowdy

In Memory of David Dowdy

Mariachi Estrella

Flying Tortilla Restaurant

Gregory Steiger and Amy Lueders

La Choza

Pam Parfitt

THANK YOU, Donors and Friends!

Rick Lohmann Scholarship Fund

Katherine Avalon

Ben E Janeen Maas

Richard Snider

In-Kind

Amanda’s Flowers

Artichokes & Pomegranates

Barton’s Flowers

Gail Bass

Bubble King

Chocolate & Cashmere

Chocolate Maven

Coca Cola Company

Collected Works Bookstore

Cumbres & Toltec

Desert Flower B&B

Discover Santa Fe - Scavenger

Domino’s Pizza

Garcia Street Books

Janice Heikever

Kelly Gossett

Kakawa Chocolate

La Lechería

MaryEllen Staib

Museum of New Mexico Foundation

New Mexico School for the Arts

Ohori’s Coffee Roasters

In-Kind - continued

Pacific Floral Design

Payne’s Nurseries

Adam Peelor

Performance Santa Fe

Lee Rand

Robertson & Sons

Rodeo Plaza Flowers

Linda Rosencranz

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

Santa Fe Children’s Museum

Santa Fe Climbing Center

Santa Fe Opera

Santa Fe Pro Musica

Santa Fe Public Schools

Santa Fe Symphony

Señor Murphy

Ski Santa Fe

St. Michael’s High School

Sweet Santa Fe

Taos Pueblo

Violet Crown

THANK YOU!

Partially funded by the City of Santa Fe Arts & Culture Department and the 1% Lodgers’ Tax.

This project is supported in part by New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs.

The NRGNHA is a New Mexico non-profit organization that works closely with the National Park Service to sustain the communities, heritages, languages, cultures, traditions, and environment of Northern New Mexico through partnerships, education and interpretation.

THANK YOU SANTA FE SCHOOLS for hosting our classes this year

Music Teacher Listings

Connect with music educators in the community who are currently taking new students!

Please note teachers are not directly affiliated with the Santa Fe Youth Symphony Association.

Vicki Bell Flute

vickiflute@gmail.com

505-501-8085

www.vickiflute.biz

Professional flutist and Educator in Santa Fe, with over 40 years of teaching and performing experience. Vicki offers private lessons (in-person or online) to students of all ages (6-adult) and abilities. While building skills and guiding her students through ever more challenging repertoire, she also offers intensive audition preparation for college admission and high school/community ensembles such as Honor Band and All State. Beginning through Advanced students are taught in private lessons, either in person or online. For more information and availability, check out her website at www.vickiflute.biz or contact her using the information above. Her friendly and engaging manner will soon hook you or your child on the joys of fluting.

Gabe Tafoya

Violin/Viola

gabetafoya@gmail.com

505-231-4391

https://gabetafoyaviolin.com

Mr. Tafoya is a native of Santa Fe who teaches orchestra at Santa Fe High School and Milagro Middle School. Gabe is a professional mariachi violinist and has taught orchestra in the Santa Fe Public Schools for 9 years. Gabe holds a Master's Degree in Music Education from The University of New Mexico and is a certified level 3 teacher. Gabe teaches in person lessons in his studio at the Santa Fe School for Strings and specializes in violin and viola with a focus on strong technique and drawing the best sound out of students.

Bryan Hutchinson

Piano

bryanhutchinson@yahoo.com

575-973-1621

Huchinson Piano Studio in Santa Fe NM, local in-person lessons as well as online distance learning. Bachelor and Master Degrees in Piano Performance, emphasis in pedagogy, decades of teaching experience. I believe music belongs to each of us, and that we each can enjoy lifelong active participation. I enjoy all ages and levels, and teach a variety of genres, including music theory and history. Member of national and local music teachers associations. My childhood in northern NM instilled in me a love of the surroundings, varied cultures and history, and (of course) green chili.

Peggy Abbott Piano

momaroon@gmail.com

505-982-5493

I especially love working with youngsters of 6 and up. I happily teach in groups when the opportunity arises. I use a comprehensive approach with theory incorporated into learning pieces and sight reading.

Richard Snider

Double bass/Electric bass

slickrecordsantafe@gmail.com

505-670-8376

Music Educator with 47 years experience teaching in Santa Fe. Specializing in Double bass/Electric Bass-beginning, intermediate and advanced levels. One hour lessons in my Santa Fe, NM home. Positive environment with emphasis on music fundamentals. Weekly or bi-monthly.

garrett@garrettfischbach.com

212-671-0791

www.garrettfischbach.com/lessons

Live online violin lessons for intermediate and advanced students. Member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York City since 1998. Previous orchestral positions with San Francisco Symphony and National Symphony Orchestra. Teaching conscious, purposeful, and efficient practice strategies, empowering students to enjoy music to its fullest while continuing to excel in other areas of interest. Optional video recordings of live online lessons, as well as written lesson notes and messaging between lessons. Open communication and coordination with parents, school teachers, and youth orchestra directors. Please visit website for more details.

Lee Harvey

Santa Fe School of Music

leeharvey@q.com

505-660-1964

Keep the music alive during the summer! Welcoming students who play a string, brass or woodwind instrument. For the string player, there are 3 levels of orchestra being offered. For the wind player, one premier wind ensemble is offered. All string and wind students will participate in chorus, music theory, and marimba classes. Students will be taken on a field trip to tour the Santa Fe Opera House. Each week will end with spectacular performances. Sessions: July 8-12 or July 15-19. Hours 9:00am – 4:00pm. For more details, visit www.santafeschoolofmusic.org.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Mariachi Estrella Performance at 2024 Cosmic Frontiers

Sunday, April 28, 2024 4:45-5:45PM

Sala Event Center

FREE

Performing: Mariachi Estrella

Black Box Jazz Club: Night 1

Thursday, May 2, 2024 7:00PM

Los Alamos High School

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Performing Jazz Combos: Caldera, Nambe, Guaje, Rendija, and Pajarito

Black Box Jazz Club: Night 2

Friday, May 3, 2024 7:00PM

Los Alamos High School

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Performing Jazz Combos: Tesuque, Potrillo, Atalaya, Capulin, and Quemazón

30th Season Spectacular

Sunday, May 5, 2024 6:00-7:30PM

Lensic Performing Arts Center

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Join the Santa Fe Youth Symphony Association for their 30th Season Spectacular! This concert will showcase the incredible talent of young musicians from the Santa Fe area and beyond, who have been honing their skills and passion for music through SFYSA’s programs. During this lively concert, we will honor the dedication and hard work of these young musicians, and the impact the organization has had on the community over the past three decades. This concert will feature Youth Symphony, Youth Philharmonic, Mariachi Estrella, Quemazón Jazz Combo, and Sierra String Quartet. Table of Contents