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Tag: Youth Orchestras
Joyce LaBriola Named Executive Director of Los Angeles Youth Orchestra
New Conductor at Santa Rosa Symphony’s Aspirante Youth Orchestra: Julio Reyes
Four New Staff Members at South Carolina Philharmonic
Elgin Symphony CEO Marc Thayer Teaches Violin in Iraq
Owensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra’s New Conductor: Violist Mark Hatlestad
Renia Shterenberg Appointed Executive Director of Bangor Symphony
Shauna Quill to Step Down from New York Youth Symphony to Lead Music Academy of the West
National Youth Orchestra of the USA Spotlights Vitality of Local Youth Orchestras
In Saturday’s (7/22) Dallas Morning News (login may be required), Tim Diovanni writes, “The National Youth Orchestra [of the USA], comprising some of the top high school talent in the country, is performing in Dallas’ Meyerson Symphony Center today. Of 108 musicians in the orchestra, from 31 states and Puerto Rico, five hail from the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and 12 from Texas. Since its founding by Carnegie Hall in 2013, the NYO has played in 17 countries on four continents. This year’s North America tour stops in seven cities. At the Dallas concert, Sir Andrew Davis will conduct the orchestra … Joshua Elmore, principal bassoonist of the Fort Worth Symphony, participated in NYO in 2015 and 2016. Performing in last year’s NYO motivated trombonist Devin Drinan, an 18-year-old recent graduate from McKinney Boyd High School and returning member of the orchestra…. He will soon attend the New England Conservatory … Percussionist Dylan Khangsar, an 18-year-old recent graduate of Hebron High School in Lewisville, is attending Stanford University in the fall, with a major in data science and a minor in music…. Drinan and Khangsar have performed in the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra, which they credit with helping them grow as musicians.”
Sameer Patel Selected as Music Director of La Jolla Symphony and Chorus
In Friday’s (7/21) San Diego Union-Tribune, George Varga writes, “It’s shaping up to be a landmark summer for San Diego’s Sameer Patel. His selection as La Jolla Symphony & Chorus’ new music director and conductor comes less than four weeks after he and his wife, Shannon, attended [a] state dinner at the White House … ‘This is absolutely a dream gig—it’s a joy to be part of this wonderful music organization,’ Patel said…. Patel, 40, is the artistic director of the San Diego Youth Symphony, a position he will continue to hold. The former associate conductor of the San Diego Symphony, he regularly conducts orchestras around the country. Patel’s selection to head La Jolla Symphony & Chorus … comes 14 months after his predecessor, Steven Schick, stepped down. Patel’s initial contract is for four years … Patel will work alongside SDSU music professor Arian Khaefi, who has led the chorus of the La Jolla Symphony since early 2021…. A Detroit native, Patel is the son of Indian parents who migrated to the U.S. from Kenya. He earned his master’s degree in music from the University of Michigan.” Patel participated in the 2013 League of American Orchestras’ League Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview.