2023 Spring Concerts - Saturday, April 29, 2023

WELCOME

"Thank you all for joining us at the Scottish Rite Masonic Center for this year's Spring Concert Series "WE'RE ON FIRE!" We are so proud of the hard work and dedication that our students and staff members put in to preparing for these concerts. For me, it is so exciting to see the progress that SFYSA is making in every area, from program to administration. We really are 'on fire' and I can't wait to see the amazing things we will do in our next season, our 30th season."

Callie O'Buckley, Executive Director

"Thank you for joining us for our Spring Concert, We're on Fire! This semester we wanted to show you a bit of what music we get really excited to play! Some ensembles are playing music to dance to, some students got to vote on which pieces were their favorite, and some are audience favorites. We hope you find something that gets you as 'Fired Up' as we are!"

Haley Lovelace, Artistic Director

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We're on Fire!

2023 Spring Concert Series Orchestra - Mariachi - Jazz

We are looking for new members for our Board of Directors. If you are interested, please email us at info@sfysa.org.

Callie O’Buckley Executive Director

Marilyn LaCome Office Coordinator

Staff

Member

David Rogers Member

Lissa Garcia Lucht Chair Susan Steffy Secretary Kirstin Smith Member

We're on Fire!

2023 SpringConcert Series Orchestra - Mariachi - Jazz

William Waag

Youth Symphony Orchestra

Jeremy Bleich

Youth Philharmonic Orchestra

Haley Lovelace

Prelude String Orchestra

Jazz Ryan Finn

Director

William Finn

Combo Coach

Joey Farish

Combo Coach

Xander Mancino

Combo Coach

Zachary McGee

Running Start Orchestra

Karles McQuade

Intermezzo String Orchestra

Mariachi Tamarah Lucero Director

Chamber Music

Margaret Carpenter

Red River Quartet Coach

Karina Wilson

Galistea Quartet Coach

Fire and Ice Season Image Design

by Julienne Masopust

Julienne Masopust is a junior in high school and is homeschooled. She began cello through a Waldorf program, and has continued her studies with SFYSA. Playing with the Intermezzo String Orchestra this year, she appreciates being surrounded by peers and teachers as serious and passionate about music as she is. Growing up in a family of artists, creative pursuits have always been at the forefront of her life. She is particularly interested in fashion and textiles, which she plans to continue professionally after graduation.

SATURDAY, APRIL 29 11:30 AM CONCERT

Program

Galistea String Quartet

"String Quartet No. 2 in D Major, mvt I & III"

Alexander Borodin

Intermezzo String Orchestra

"Land of Dragons"

Chris Thomas

"Dragonhunter"

Richard Meyer

"Dragon Fire"

Susan H. Day

"Dancing Dragon"

Adrian Mansukhani

Saturday, April 29 - 11:30AM (continued)

Potrillo Jazz

"Red Clay"

Freddie Hubbard

"Sandu"

Clifford Brown

"Song for My Father"

Horace Silver

Guaje Jazz

"La Engañadora"

Ruben Gonzales

"Mr. PC"

John Coltrane

"Work Song"

Nat Adderley

Galistea String Quartet

Karina Wilson has never known a time when music was not a central part of her life. An alumni of the Santa Fe Youth Symphony programs, both in her youth and as a teacher for the outreach violin program formally known as Mozart y

Mariachi, she has been performing and teaching violin and viola to the youth in Santa Fe for the better part of 3 decades. An avid performer, she has appeared on stages, concert halls, dance halls, basements,living rooms, backyard parties, house concerts, bars, pubs and street corners across most of the United States and Europe. She is currently teaching orchestra at St Michael’s high school, the violin program at Acequia Madre Elementary, and community music classes for kids and adults at the Queen Bee Music Association. You might also see her in one of the many performing ensembles she works with including Lone Piñon, Mariachi Sonidos del Monte, Glorieta Pines, and singer songwriters Joe West, David Berkeley, Bard Edrington, and Greg Butera.

Cello

Anna Perlak

Viola

Violet Henderson

Violin

Jackie Buenviaje

Weston Keller

Conductor, Karina Wilson

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

a 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

Intermezzo String Orchestra (continued)

Students in Intermezzo are refining their technical, artistic, and ensemble skills as they prepare to join the full symphonic ensembles of Youth Philharmonic and Youth Symphony Orchestra.

Conductor, Karles McQuade

Cello

Damien Brinegar

Ryland Fitzgerald

Joseph Gallegos

Julienne Masopust

Jolene Salazar

Amaru Tison

Solena Walker

Viola

Cesar Jose Chávez

Mattie James

Ian Riesterer

Fernanda Ruiz

Violin 1

Will Christensen

Joaquin Fernández

Mena Gilmore

Gunner Staib

Jacob Sullivan

Violin 2

Scarlett Armstrong

Mateo Ciano

Alder Cowan

Masi Kramer

Hadleigh Lamay-Mason

July Morford

Willow Murphy

Luz Ochoa

Program Notes

In the spirit of this season's theme of "Fire and Ice", Intermezzo will be telling a musical story in four parts about a pestered dragon; "Suite for a Pestered Dragon". The first movement sets the scene, the second tells of the dragon's antagonist, the third of the dragon's solution and the last of the dragon's satisfaction.

Jazz Project

Ryan Finn is currently a Band Director at Los Alamos Middle School & High School where he directs concert bands, jazz bands, and the LAHS Topper Marching Band. He is also the Director of Jazz for the Santa Fe

Youth Symphony Association where he runs the "Jazz Project" program in Santa Fe and Los Alamos. Ryan performs locally with a number of jazz and blues bands on trombone and leads a jazz group that performs many of his original compositions, most of which are in Caribbean and Latin American styles. In January 2020 Ryan was awarded the NMMEA Music Educator of the Year Award and in January 2021 he had the distinct honor of leading one of the NMMEA All-State Jazz Bands. Currently, Ryan serves as the Vice President of Jazz for the NM Music Educators Association and is working statewide to help create an educational space and priority for jazz and improvisational music.

Joey Farish was born and raised in Los Alamos, NM. He went to school at Northern New Mexico College in Española, NM where he studied Jazz and Brazilian Samba. Joey main instrument is Guitar and he has a special love for 7-string solo guitar arrangements of jazz tunes.

Jazz Project - Potrillo & Guaje

The Jazz Project focuses on the skills and techniques needed to perform America’s music - Jazz and is made up of a number of different small ensembles or combos.

Potrillo

Coach, Joey Farish

Alto Sax. Percussion

Jodie Green Diego Sena

Jinwoo Kim Piano

Bass Evan Strohmeyer

Aida Saleh

Tenor Sax

Clarinet Sumner Tholen

Amelia Osborne Trumpet

Drums Timothy Rousculp

Arianne Terrones Ian Sandborgh

Guitar

Ethan Fox

Guaje Conductor, Ryan Finn

Bass

Aida Saleh

Clarinet

Maira Finn

Drums

Lin Wolf

Tenor Sax

Antonio Jaurigue

Trombone

Kieran Gattiker

Trumpet

Noah Bane

Carson Stauffer

Program Notes

The Jazz Project is embracing the "Fire" part of this year's theme by representing the music of Cuba. The variety of exciting styles in Cuban Jazz paint a bright and fiery soundscape that is on the one hand familiar and on the other rhythmically foreign. The students have really enjoyed exploring new rhythms and new roles in the ensemble.

SATURDAY, APRIL 29 4:00 PM CONCERT Program

Running Start Beginning Orchestra

“Impulse”

Brian Balmages

“March of the Metro Gnome”

Fred Hubbell

“Red Lion”

Jeremy Woolstenhulme

Rendija Jazz

"Bags Groove"

Milt Jacskon

"Saints"

Traditional

"Watermelon Man"

Herbie Hancock

Saturday, April 29 - 4:00 PM (continued)

Caldera Jazz

"Amor Verdadero"

Jose Marquetti

"St. Louis Blues"

William Christopher Handy

"Mack the Knife"

Kurt Weill and Bertold Brecht

Prelude String Orchestra

"Indigo Mountain"

Susan Day

"Classic Sinfonia"

Elliot Del Borgo

"Storm"

Soon Hee Newbold

Running Start

These classes are built to not only provide students with a solid foundation in playing, but also get them accustomed to the expectations of being a dedicated music student. It has been great to see our students take off so quickly, growing by leaps and bounds.

Conductor, Zachary McGee

Assistant Teacher

Christine Chen

Violin

Keiry Gutierrez

Brodie Park

Victoria Franco

Tao Qin

Arianna Vierra

Viktoria Strieker

Cello

Casandra Johnson

Tadgh McLaughlin

Hazel Stricks

Viola

Natahsa Offermann

Celeste Ramos

Zachary McGee 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 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 of

Running Start (continued)

levels from beginners to All-State. As a private studio teacher, Zach’s students have won music scholarships, seats in AllState 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 6. She grew up playing in ensembles, chamber groups and orchestras with other young musicians, including her you ge b ot e 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.

Program Notes

“This semester our Running Start students started from simple, one-part music and grew to so much more. We added in a wider range of notes, new finger patterns, and even a second and sometimes third part. They have really grown in giant leaps and bursts this semester to get through these pieces in such a short time. I am especially proud of how hard they work to master all the details in “March of the Metro Gnome” and “The Red Lion”. The concentration and stamina it takes to have accomplished this in just a year is really commendable for our students.”

Jazz Project - Rendija & Caldera

William Finn is a saxophonist, jazz educator, private lesson instructor, and avid hiker & 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.

Program Notes

The Jazz Project is embracing the "Fire" part of this year's theme by representing the music of Cuba. The variety of exciting styles in Cuban Jazz paint a bright and fiery soundscape that is on the one hand familiar and on the other rhythmically foreign. The students have really enjoyed exploring new rhythms and new roles in the ensemble.

Jazz Project Rendija and Caldera (continued)

Rendija

Conductor, Ryan Finn

Alto Sax

Elliot Gaunt

Viplav Kranthijanya

Bass

Emmitt Tibbitts

Drums

Xander Wilson

Piano

Griffin McCabe

Trombone

Hudson Bathrick-Price

Caldera

Coach, William Finn

Alto Sax

Charlotte Lay

Bass

John Cawkwell

Clarinet

Liv Niklasson

Drums

Ela Hinojosa

Piano

Ana Saenz

Trombone

Alayna Martinez

Violin

Amelia Dolejsi

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.

Prelude String Orchestra (continued)

PSO is our first orchestra that is focused solely on group ensemble playing. Students are expected to prepare their music at home, so time in class is spent on the layering of parts and musicality.

Conductor, Haley Lovelace

Bass Double

Zhenko Craig

Ramsey Klinkrodt

John McCabe

Cello

Ash Arthrell

Moria Carlson

Nicholas Chapman

Tessa Chapman

Serin Chávez

Joel Hoffman

Joaquín KountoupesWilson

Analyse Ramirez

Cello - cont.

Sylvia Rankin

Eden Rothschild

Eve Wood

Viola

Kiana Gildersleeve

Teagan Goorley

Ophelia Grafe

William Leach-Ricci

Violin

Sage Arthrell

Zadrian Baker

Lindsey Caraveo

Lillian Fowler

Violin - cont.

Ayümi Hoover

Gavin Hu

Jaxon Joye

Lillian Kozak

Hiba Mahmood

Paloma Ramos

Darwin Robertson

Yuvia Ruiz-

Dunklin

Jordan Sandmel

Aria Schneeberger

Eden Schwab

Zachary Tappan

Arloa Werner

Noah Wodrich

Ellis Wright

Program Notes

For this semester's music, the students got to listen to a variety of pieces and styles, and voted on which ones they liked the most. These pieces got them "fired up", hopefully you'll feel the same!

CONGRATULATIONS! 2022-2023 Seniors

Míxalh Adams

Míxalh has been with Jazz Project Los Alamos for 6 years. She wants to go into music production and composition.

Kevin Bojorquez

Kevin has been involved with Jazz Project Los Alamos for 4 years and plans to attend UNM next year to study chemical engineering.

Sophia Buckman

Sophia has been involved for 5 years with Youth Symphony Orchestra and 3 years with Jazz Project. They will be attending Rutgers University to study Trombone Performance at the Mason Gross School of the Arts.

Sosaya Call

Sosaya has been involved with SFYSA for 10 years. She will be attending St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland.

2022-2023 Seniors (continued)

Marisol Campos

Marisol has played with Mariachi Estrella for a year and a half and plans to attend college next year.

Marcos Cuevas Johnson

Marcos has played with the Youth Symphony Orchestra for 1 year. He plans to attend college and major in forensic chemistry while continuing with symphony and doing marching band.

Dominic Dowdy

Dominic has been involved with both Jazz Project Los Alamos and Youth Symphony Orchestra for 4 years. He plans to attend UNM next year to double major in music performance and international studies.

Josh Duran

Josh has been involved with SFYSA for 6 years. He plans on double majoring in music performance and music education at UNM. His goal is to attend Juilliard or Colburn Conservatory for his doctoral degree to become a Professor of Double Bass. This summer he will be attending a master class at UNM and will continue to teach his current students.

2022 2023 Seniors (continued)

Brissa Garcia

Brissa has been involved with Mariachi Estrella for 3 years. After high-school she will be going to UNM to study Elementary Education and keep playing mariachi at UNM.

Everest Gessler

Everest has been involved with SFYSA for 4 years. He plans to go to college and is still deciding between studying Geoscience or Materials Engineering.

Violet Henderson

Violet has been involved with SFYSA for 4 years. She is planning on majoring in Economics or Political Science at Claremont McKenna College and minoring in Viola.

Weston Keller

Weston has played with SFYSA for 8 years. He's been accepted at Stanford, Harvard, and Williams, and looks forward to making a final decision soon. He plans to study HumanComputer Interaction, Philosophy, and Music.

2022-2023 Seniors (continued)

Ravijit Khalsa

Ravijit has been involved with Jazz Project Los Alamos for 3 years and plans to attend UNM next year.

Tyler Krell

Tyler has been involved with SFYSA for 3 years. He plans on majoring in chemical engineering at University of California, Santa Barbara.

Elena Loomis

Elena has played in the Youth Symphony Orchestra for 2 years. As a 2022 St. John’s College graduate, she intends to continue her current job teaching middle school math at Turquoise Trail Charter School and spend the summer in Boston, Massachusetts teaching sailing.

Gwendolyn Muchmore

Gwen has been with SFYSA for 2 years, 1 and half of which she has spent with Youth Symphony Orchestra. She plans to attend Western Carolina University to study trumpet performance.

2022-2023 Seniors (continued)

Sadie O'Sullivan

Sadie has been with SFYSA for 8 years, 4 of which she has spent with Youth Symphony Orchestra. She plans to continue her studies in the field of science, with both psychology and biology. She will continue to pursue music further in college and join any ensemble groups that are available.

Yeanwoo Park

Yenwoo has been playing with the Youth Symphony Orchestra for 4 years. He will be going to Johns Hopkins to study Physics.

Remy Patterson

Remy has been playing with Jazz Project Los Alamos for 4 years and Youth Symphony Orchestra for 1 year. They plan to attend college at UNM to major in music and aspires to be a composer and touring musician.

Anna

Perlak

Anna has played with the Youth Symphony Orchestra for 4 years. She is still deciding her degree path and is thinking about majoring in Econ and minoring in music.

2022-2023 Seniors (continued)

Dulcie Quinn

Dulcie has played with the Youth Symphony Orchestra for 2 years and plans to double major at the University of Arizona Honors College in astronomy and clarinet performance.

Nick Stadick

Nick has been with SFYSA for 5 years. This fall he will either be attending CU Boulder or UC Irvine in hopes of pursing a degree in biomedical engineering.

Nathaniel Steiger

Nathaniel has been with SFYSA for 6 years and playing with Youth Symphony Orchestra for 3 years. He plans on majoring in environmental engineering.

Ian Swift

Ian has been with SFYSA for 5 years and playing with Youth Symphony Orchestra for 3 years. He is studying computer science at NM Tech.

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 is awarded to an outstanding student and covers the cost of their SFYSA tuition.

Contribute to the Fund

Ravijit Khalsa, a pianist in Jazz ProjectLos Alamos and senior at Los Alamos High School, was the first recipient of the Rick Lohmann Memorial Scholarship. Ravijit started his music education in second grade with the trombone. In eighth grade he began studying piano and fell in love with the instrument. He has enjoyed playing and performing with Jazz Project-Los Alamos and says that the it has given him a unique chance develop his passion for jazz while playing and learning with his best friends.

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Thank you, donors and friends!

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 2022 to April 2023. If your name has been listed incorrectly or omitted, please accept our most humble apologies and contact SFYSA at (505) 672-5565.

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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

916-217-6309

Professional flutist and educator in Santa Fe, NM, with over 40 years of teaching and performing experience. While building skills and guiding her students through ever more challenging repertoire, she also offers intensive audition preparation for high school, college, and community ensembles. Beginning through advanced students ages 6-96 are taught in weekly private lessons, either in-person or online. For more information and availability, check out her website at www.vickiflute.biz, send an email to vickiflute@gmail.com, or call 916-217-6309. Her friendly and engaging manner will soon hook you or your child on the joys of fluting.

Live online violin lessons for intermediate and advanced students. Member of Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York City since 1998. Five Grammy Awards. 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. Free trial lesson.

Bryan Hutchinson

Piano

bryanhutchinson@yahoo.com

575-973-1621

Hutchinson Piano Studio - Santa Fe NM, local in-person lessons. Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Piano Performance, with decades of teaching experience. Member of national and local music teachers associations. I believe that music belongs to each of us, and that we each can enjoy lifelong active participation. I enjoy all ages and levels, and prefer to teach with a variety of genres in mind. My childhood was spent in northern NM; instilling in me a love of our surroundings, varied cultures and hist d ( f urse) green chili.

Richard Snider

Double bass/Electric bass

505-670-8376

Music Educator with 45 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. Call for more information: (505) 670-8376

Aaron Carlson

Primary: Violin, Secondary: Piano & Viola

kinnorstudio@gmail.com

505-570-5635

Aaron Carlson has performed, and taught for sixteen years throughout Florida, teaching students of all ages. His students have studied at the graduate level, and become music teachers. He believes in music as a medium for growth for the whole person.

Education: B.A. violin performance from Rollins College Winter Park, Florida. Mr. Gilbert Stemm, Chicago Symphony Orchestra a student of Joseph Gingold Suzuki School of Music

Mankato, Minnesota. Mr. Carlson offers violin, viola, and piano lessons at his home in Rio Rancho.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

Capital High School - Band & Choir Rooms

Open House

SFYSA Atalaya Jazz & Mariachi Estrella

Come visit our rehearsals, and meet our teachers and students! Learn about joining us, auditions, financial assistance, and more.

Saturday, May 6, 2023

Santa Fe Railyard Park

Free Spring Art Fiesta

Performances by SYFSA Jazz & Mariachi Ensembles

Join SFYSA and Girl Scouts of New Mexico Trails.

Wednesday, May 17-Tuesday, May 23, 2023

SFYSA Office & Los Alamos High School

AUDITIONS

May auditions are our primary auditions for the year. Returning students looking to move up in ensembles are expected to audition in May.

New students may audition in May, August, or January. For highly competitive ensembles, auditioning in May will give you priority placement.