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Symphony Orchestra
Jerome Fleg, guest conductor Spring '10

The YOR Symphony Orchestra draws its members from among the most talented young musicians from northern Colorado and southern Wyoming. The Symphony presents three major concerts per year in Fort Collins, CO, and tours the region providing high quality concerts and additional performance experience for our musicians.

The Symphony is YOR’s most advanced ensemble. Musicians up to age of 22 may audition for the Symphony, but there is no minimum age. Membership is ability based. Auditions are held each year for new and returning members alike.

2009-10 Symphony Orchestra Roster

The following is a list (in alphabetical order) of the 2009-2010 Symphony Orchestra members. Instruments still needed will be posted soon, so please check back.

Violin
Sarah Elens
Alyssa Franklin
Chris Huang
Jessica Lang
Chelsea Lim
Ben McCullough
Sofya Norman
Lauren Ortiz-Hunt
Christine Richard
Micaela Trautwein
Chase Tressler
MeiRui Zhang
Shannon Zhou
Sandra Zupanski

Viola
Miranda Brugman

Cello
Julius Hochmuth
Savannah Jaska
Seth Johnston
Sally Murphy
Joseph Sponsler

Bass
John Landau
Carolina Restrepo

Flute / Piccolo
James Huang
Megan O’Connor
Alina Osika

Oboe
Hayley Boss
Julia Pillard

Clarinet
Michael Moy
Jamie Orzechowski
Emma Rieb

Bassoon
Joshua Schairer

French Horn
Madeline Azari
Jazzy Kinney
Andre Lesartre
Jonathan Miller

Trumpet
Ian Schmid
Quentin Volk

Trombone
Anthony Azari
Justin Frank

Tuba
Justin Frank

Percussion
Sarah Elens
Kevin Kang
Ali Naaseh


Concert Orchestra

The Concert Strings group builds upon our younger musicians’ skills to develop musicality, improve technical ability and sight reading, and prepare them for the Symphony Orchestra. Concert Strings musicians learn challenging works, and every Concert Strings member participates in a Prelude Chamber Ensemble with individual coaching. Concert Strings performs two major orchestra and chamber concerts per season as well as at the Parent Guild’s Fall Fundraiser. Prelude Chamber Ensembles are required to perform at least one concert at a small venue within the community, such as a school, business, or nursing home.

2009-10 Concert Orchestra Roster

Violin
Julia Beatty
Clara Fernandez-Odell
Dino Hsu
Elysia Lucas
Hannah Manning
Maggie Scott
Sophia Thaut
Viola
Maggie Scott
Zackary Wright

Cello

Carina Apodaca
Hannah Drier
Luc Freiburg
Alisa Petersen
Dante Sanchez

Prelude Chamber Ensembles

The Prelude Chamber Ensembles program is a groundbreaking program designed to give the younger musicians of the Concert Orchestra group early experience with chamber music rehearsal and performance. The following are objectives of the program:

  • The students will learn to be musically independent through preparing and performing ensemble music that requires individual responsibility
  • Students will learn communication skills/problem solving, verbal and non-verbal communication skills, and necessary small ensemble techniques
  • The students will also learn performance etiquette and professional expectations in both rehearsal and concert settings
Elementary Strings

The Elementary Strings program is a pilot program for Spring '10, which will hopefully enter the official YOR fleet in the fall.

Spring '10 Elementary Strings Roster

Violin
Kyra Adamson
Cecilia Apodaca
Maggie Chao
Emily Drysdale
Matthew Drysdale
Eva Hoskins
David Jordan
Jasmine Jordan
Edward Lim
Logan Manning
Shanthini Ode
Eric Song
Yu Jin Song
Annie Yang
Ashley Zhou
Stephen Zonnefeld

Cello
Beth Lefebvre
Mikey Lefebvre
Samantha Lefebvre
Julia Thaut
Orion Whitcher


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