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Huntsville Youth Orchestra P.O. Box 2532
Huntsville, AL 35804

(256) 880-0622 or
(256) 852-4802

hyo@hiwaay.net , elienau@mchsi.com or hyo_deborah@knology.net

Huntsville Youth Orchestra

Tennessee Valley Music Festival

The Huntsville Youth Orchestra Announces The TENNESSEE VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL
JUNE 2-7, 2008

Orchestra and Band Activities:

Grace Lutheran Church and School
3321 Memorial Pkwy SW
Huntsville, AL 35801

Piano Festival 2008:

University of Alabama at Huntsville, Roberts Hall
Huntsville, Alabama

Flyer with More Information

Registration Form

Medical Release Form

Permission to Leave Campus

 


Artist Faculty (incomplete)

Joseph Lee
Artistic Director

  • Symphonic Orchestra / Symphonic Chamber Orchestra / Adult Chamber Orchestra
  • B.M. Vanderbilt University
  • Huntsville Youth Orchestra, Music Director / Conductor
  • Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, Assistant Conductor / Director of Education

Emelyn Bingham
Symphonic Orchestra Conductor, Symphonic Strings Conductor

Robert Bradshaw
Composer in Residence

Gene Swanner
Concert Band

  • Studied jazz composition and trombone performance at Berklee School of Music
  • B.M. Alabama A&M University
  • Hampton Cove Middle School, Band Director

Mark Reneau
Violin

  • B.M. University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
  • M.M. University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
  • Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, Concertmaster

Anna Cromwell
violin

  • In-Residence at Western Kentucky University
  • Former Faculty at Minnesota State University
  • Former Faculty at Bravo! Summer String and Keyboard Institute
  • Former Faculty at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp

Noriko Shimura
Viola

  • B.M. Manhattan School of Music
  • M.M. Manhattan School of Music
  • Huntsville Symphony Orchestra

Sarah Boronow
Cello

  • Twickenham Chamber Orchestra
  • B.M Vanderbilt University
  • M.M. Rice University
  • Western Kentucky University, Faculty

Tim Carroll
Bass

  • B.M. University of Alabama
  • Currently teaching and free lancing in Birmingham

Tracey Schmidt
Flute

  • no further info yet

Somerlie DePasquale
Oboe

  • B.M. Vanderbilt University
  • M.M. Roosevelt University
  • New Millennium Orchestra

David Mitchell
Clarinet

  • B.M. DePaul University
  • Huntsville Symphony Orchestra
  • Grissom High School Band, Staff

Pat Gunter
Bassoon

  • B.M. University of Missouri at Kansas City
  • M.M. Indiana University
  • Belmont University, Faculty
  • Tennessee State University, Faculty

John Gattis
Horn

  • B.M. Cleveland Institute of Music

Bruce Zeiger
Trumpet

  • B.A. St. Leo University
  • MCM, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
  • 20 years, Air Force band program
  • Catholic High School, Band Director

Joel Mason
Low Brass

  • B.M. University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music
  • M.M. Southern Oregon University
  • Mountain Gap Middle School, Band Director
  • University of Alabama at Huntsville, Faculty
  • Huntsville Brass Band, Conductor

Mark Berry
Percussion

  • B.M. Ohio State University
  • M.M University of Michigan
  • D.M.A. University of Michigan
  • Western Kentucky University, Faculty

Kevin Chance
Piano

Lea Hoppe
Music Fundamentals

  • Beginning Orchestra / Redstone Orchestra
  • B.S. Samford University
  • M.A. The University of Alabama
  • The Randolph School, Faculty
  • Huntsville Community Children’s Junior Chorus, Conductor

Kelli Battraw
Beginning and Redstone Orchestras Conductor

  • Nimble Fingers, Nimble Minds
  • B.S. Arizona State University
  • Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, Arts-in-Education Coordinator
  • Huntsville Youth Orchestra, Novice Strings and Beginning Orchestra Conductor