.Bay Youth Orchestras of Virginia present  

 Bay Youth Concert Orchestra
Martin Glasco, Conductor

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Bay Youth Symphony Orchestra
Reed Perkins, Guest Conductor

 

“Spring Concert”

 

Sponsored by The Chesapeake Arts & Humanities Commission

Tuesday, April 7, 1998
7:30 PM

The Chesapeake Convention Center
Chesapeake, Virginia


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The Bay Youth Orchestras of Virginia 
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The Concert Orchestra & Symphony Orchestra in 

Seventh Season, 1997-1998 

Spring Concert at The Chesapeake Convention Center, Chesapeake, Virginia 
 

Bay Youth Concert Orchestra
Martin Glasco, Conductor
 
Symphony No. 14 Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)  1st Movement arranged by Philip Gordon  Unfinished Symphony Franz Schubert (1797–1828)  1st Movement adapted by Jerry Lehmeier  Concerto Grosso in D Minor Antonio Vivaldi (c. 1675–1741)  1st Movement arranged by Merle J. Isaac
—intermission—
 
Bay Youth Symphony Orchestra
Reed Perkins, Guest Conductor
 
Overture to Candide Leonard Bernstein  (1918–1990) 

Concerto in C Major, K. 314 (285d) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  

I. Allegro aperto (1756–1791) 
Celeste Johnson, Oboe
Concerto in E Minor, op. 64 Felix Mendelssohn   I. Allegro molto appassionato (1809–1847) 
Yuki Ishibashi, Violin
Má Vlast (My Country) Bedrich Smetana   II. Vltava (The Moldau) (1824–1884) Overture to Rienzi Richard Wagner  (1813–1883) 
 

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Haydn’s Symphony No. 14  
 
Born at Rohrau, Lower Austria, Franz Joseph Haydn’s musically inclined family ignited his early interest in the arts. At six, he began studying music at a relative’s school in Hainburg. He was only 23 when he composed his first string quartets for patron Count Fürnberg. A prolific writer, Haydn penned numerous Masses, operas, oratorios, sonatas, and chamber music; as well as writing more than 100 symphonies in his 77 years of life. 
 
In 1781, Haydn cemented a deep and abiding friendship with Mozart, who dedicated six string quartets to him in thanks for his mentorship. While Mozart, who was 24 years younger than Haydn, was beholden to the older man for his early assistance, the exchange seems to have gone both ways. By listening to the progression of his work, we can see that Haydn’s music benefited from his closeness to the young genius, Mozart. 
 
Handel’s artistic aim, which remained consistent throughout his long life, was both simple and sublime. Certainly, he wished to bring delight to his listeners, whether they be simple country folk or sophisticated London urbanites. However, the "In nomine Domini" and "Laus Deo" that he uses to open and close each piece clearly express his higher purpose in music. Together with Handel and Verdi, Haydn’s work stands as a historical high point of devotional music. This desire to honor his God is clearly evident in the straightforward presentation of Symphony No. 14. Today’s listeners have a tendency to be lulled into dismissing Haydn’s music as overly simple. However, if you will stretch your listening ability and memory to the extreme, you will hear in this piece an elegantly lucid presentation of delight, which is characteristic of the composer. 

James Hollomon  



 
Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony  
  
Born near Vienna in 1797, Franz Pater Schubert lived only 31 years. Yet in that brief period he created a body of music that resonates across time. The son of a schoolmaster, Schubert’s musical education, unlike so many of the musical luminaries of his time, was somewhat spotty. His father taught him the rudiments of violin and a brother gave him piano lessons. What formal education he did manage, he earned through his pleasing voice, which won him an appointment in the choir of the Imperial Court Chapel. His position in the choir allowed him to attend the prestigious City Seminary, where he became serious in his study of the violin. 
 
At the tender age of 16, the short, pudgy composer wrote his first symphony. At 17, his first Mass brought him overnight fame. Schubert was a master of the symphonic form. The Unfinished Symphony, or Symphony No. 8, is a fitting showcase of his remarkable ability as a sculptor of unforgettable melody. 
 
James Hollomon  

 
Vivaldi’s Concerto Grosso  
  
Born around 1675 in Venice, Antonio Vivaldi was the son of a violinist at St. Marks. His father transferred to the young boy his love of music, and enough skill that he was soon able to give others lessons. Thanks to his being an ordained priest, Vivaldi avoided the "starving artist" syndrome so common to musicians of his day. His association with the church may also have helped to drive his prolific output of concertos. He was required to write two concertos per month at the Conservatorio del’Ospedale della Pietà. 
 
Vivaldi was a master of orchestration, able to move a melody from section to section. Young musicians outside the first violins particularly appreciate this facet of the lively, melodic, and challenging Concerto Grosso. Listen as the theme is echoed from section to section of the orchestra, often amplified as it moves and swirls. 
 
James Hollomon  


 
Bay Youth Symphony Orchestra 
 
Bernstein’s Overture to Candide  
  
Leonard Bernstein’s Candide is a comic operetta originally in two acts. The work is Bernstein’s vision of Lillian Hellman’s libretto that drew upon Voltaire for its inspiration. The lyrics for the operetta were written by Richard Wilbur, John Latouche, Dorothy Parker, Hellman and Bernstein, and the work was orchestrated by Bernstein and Hershey Kay. It was first performed in Boston on the 29th of October 1956. A one-act libretto adaptation opened in New York’s Martin Beck Theater on December 1st of the same year. 
 
Candide has been performed in many variations. The more familiar excerpts remain common to all versions: the sparkling overture, no mere potpourri but a sonata form concluding with a Rossinian crescendo, and Cunegonde’s aria "Glitter and Be Gay," a caricature of coloratura jewel songs. The overture has been a concert favorite since it was first introduced by the composer at the concerts of the New York Philharmonic on January 26, 1957. 
 
Jon Alan Conrad (ed. by James Hollomon)  


 
Mozart’s Concerto in C, K. 314 (285d)  
  
Throughout his life, Mozart had a special fondness for wind instruments. He demonstrated this affection in his use of the characteristic setting of the wind section, and in his numerous pieces written for friends who played wind instruments. The flute, however, was not included in his list of preferred wind-solo instruments. In an apologetic letter of February 14, 1778, Mozart lamented to his father, "Whenever I have to write music for an instrument I dislike, I immediately lose interest." He was, at the time, staying in Mannheim with the Wendlings, a music-loving family. There he had met a Dutchman—a flute enthusiast named Ferdinand Dejean—for whom he had agreed to write "three easy and short concertos and several quartets for the flute." Mozart may never have completed this task, for all we have today are two flute concertos—Concerto in G, K. 313 (285c) with its attached Andante in C, K. 315 (285e) and the flute adaptation of the Oboe Concerto in C, i.e. the Concerto in D, K. 314 (285d). 
 
Correspondence with the family as well as certain features of the compositions indicate that the Flute Concerto in D had it origin in the oboe version in C. The oboe concerto was composed as early as the spring or summer of 1777 for the oboist, Giuseppe Ferlendis of Bergamo. Therefore, it is likely identical to the Ferlendis Concerto inserted as No. 217k in the third to sixth editions of the Köchel-Verzeichnis and marked as "lost?". Scholars continue to debate details, and only Mozart’s original manuscripts, if ever found, can answer some questions about odd phrasing and accents that appear to have been added by an anonymous editor, but there is little doubt that the Oboe Concerto in C, which you will hear tonight, had priority over the Flute Concerto in D. 
 
Franz Giegling (ed. by James Hollomon)  


 
Mendelssohn’s Concerto in E Minor  
  
Mendelssohn composed this ever-popular violin concerto with some interruptions over a period of six years, between 1838–44. The first performance took place on the 13th of March 1845 at a concert given by the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. The solo violinist was Ferdinand David, with whom Mendelssohn had previously discussed both the technical problems of the solo part and the cadenza to the first movement; which, contrary to tradition, he did not leave to the performer. 
The concerto abounds in unusual ideas—for example, the soloist enters in the second bar of the movement and competes with the orchestra in the presentation of the main themes. The cadenza comes before the recapitulation rather than at the end of it and what is more it is not derived, as customary, from the preceding and following musical passages of the orchestra. There are no pauses between the movements, only short orchestral-bridge passages and finally, in closing the movement, instead of a lively and virtuoso cadenza, a simple succession of trills leads to the orchestral conclusion. 
 
Gábor Darvas  


Smetana’s Vltava  
  
Bedrich Smetana was born at Leitomischl, Bohemia (Now Czechoslovakia), on March 2, 1824. In 1874, Smetana began a set of six symphonic poems based on nationalistic subjects, which are collectively known as Má Vlast (My Country). Má Vlast included: Vysehrad (the ancient castle of the Bohemian kings) and Vltava (The Moldau) composed in 1874; Sárka (a valley north of Prague, named after a mythological character) and Zceských luhüv a hayüv (From Bohemia’s Meadows and Groves), 1875; Tabor (The Camp, which includes the Hussite war song), 1878; and Blanik, 1879. 
Vltava, and the companion works that comprise Má Vlast, were intended by the composer to be program music, a musical "picture" of representative scenes of Bohemia and Bohemian life as seen from and along the course of the great river. The work is in one continuous movement divided into seven sections. Each section is identified in the score by a programmatic title given by the composer. 
 
A gentle, caressing figure, heard first on one, then two flutes describes "The Two Sources of the Vltava." This motive gathers strength with the addition of the clarinets and strings and leads into a flowing melody (violins), which characterizes the river. After several statements, the theme subsides and the characteristic calls of trumpets and horns are heard, signaling the "Woodland Hunt." As the sounds of the hunt fade away, and the rolling motion of the accompanying strings slows, repeated notes on the second violins and violas lead into the lively dance music of a "Peasant Wedding." After the exuberance of the dance, quiet woodwind chords bring a return of the gentle, flowing flute music of the beginning, which serves as accompaniment to a slow, sustained melody in the strings representing "Moonlight: Nymph’s Dance." At first quietly, and then with increasing strength, the Vltava theme returns in the violins and a general climax is reached at "St. John’s Rapids." A brief moment of repose, and the music surges piu moto into the main theme, representing "The Vltava at its Greatest Breadth," and leads without pause into the great chorale-like melody from the first symphonic poem of Má Vlast, the "Vysehrad Motive." 
 
Reed Perkins  


 
Wagner’s Overture to Rienzi 
 
In 1837, Wagner was in Dresden attempting to patch up marital difficulties. He chanced across Bärmann’s German translation of Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s novel, Rienzi. He decided that the story coincided with his own plight and forthwith began work on the libretto. The work progressed during his two-year tenure as conductor of The Riga Opera, his brief sojourn in London and the subsequent disappointments of his nearly three years of Parisian misery. Through the ministrations of Meyerbeer (whom Wagner was later to unjustly malign), Rienzi was accepted for performance at The Court Opera in Dresden. Its initial performance on October 20, 1842 proved stupendously successful despite its five-hour length, and the work had to be repeated six times before Christmas of that year. Wagner had become a celebrity overnight. 
 
Wagner’s opera was originally entitled Cola Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen (Cola Rienzi, the Last of the Tribunes). It deals with the tribune, Rienzi, inciting the populace of mid-fourteenth century Rome to revolt against the excesses of the patricians. After the nobles are exterminated, a rumor that Rienzi planned to return the Pope to power with the aid of the Germans causes the populace to turn on him and put him to death by stoning and burning. 
 
The overture, completed on October 23, 1840, opens with a sustained "A" in the trumpet, which expands and contracts, a signal in the opera for the revolt against the patricians. It leads to a molto sostenuto e maestoso statement of Rienzi’s prayer heard in the last act. The main portion of the overture is marked allegro energico and, as an initial theme, utilizes part of the music of the chorus of the first finale of the opera, "Gegrüsst sei Hoher Tag!" Then enters a subsidiary theme, the battle song of the revolutionaries, "Santo Spirito Cavaliere." The second subject proper is the prayer of Rienzi already heard in the introduction, but faster in tempo. After a repetition of the battle hymn, a stirring theme from the second finale, "Rienzi, dir sei Preis," is heard and developed in a masterful fashion. The coda, molto piu stretto, is a healthy development of battle hymn. 
 
The success of Rienzi gained Wagner the post of Kapellmeister to King Friederick August of Saxony when that post became vacant in early 1843. 
 
Byron Cantrell  

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Martin Glasco, Conductor  
  
Martin Glasco is a native Virginian born and raised in Prince William County. He began music study in the 5th grade as a member of the Prince William County Public School Orchestra Program. He received his Bachelor of Music Education Degree from East Carolina University in 1986 and is currently working on his Master of Music Degree, also in Music Education. Mr. Glasco was the pilot teacher for the String Orchestra Program in North Pitt County, North Carolina. He came back to Virginia in 1988. He joined the teaching staff at Western Branch High School in 1989 as Chesapeake began its first High School Orchestra. 
 
Under Mr. Glasco’s direction, the Western Branch High School Orchestra Program has grown has grown from 17 to over 100 members strong. The orchestra has traveled all over the East Coast from New York City to Orlando Florida. They have received superior ratings in every festival in which they have appeared. 
 
Mr. Glasco is also active as a clinician and guest conductor around the Hampton Roads Region. He has conducted All-City Clinics in Chesapeake, Newport News, and Virginia Beach. He is a former clinician with James Madison University’s "Spring String Thing" and is currently the conductor of the Bay Youth Concert Orchestra in Norfolk, as well as a member of the Virginia Beach Symphony. He is the President-Elect of the Virginia Unit of the American String Teacher’s Association. Mr. Glasco resides in Chesapeake along with his wife, Alice and their daughter, Morgan. 
 
Bay Youth Symphony Orchestra
 
Reed Perkins, Guest Conductor  
  
Guest Conductor Reed Perkins has been the Music Director and Conductor of the Peninsula Youth Orchestra since 1994. He is responsible for the orchestra’s artistic development and conducts all rehearsals and concerts. Under his direction the orchestra and its chamber ensembles have performed across the Virginia Peninsula, including appearances at the 1995 Newport News Arts Commission Gala, the 1996 and 1997 "Jubilee on the James" festivals and concerts at the Mariners’ Museum, the Peninsula Fine Arts Center and annual Candlelight Concerts at historic Bruton Parish Church in Colonial Williamsburg. 
 
Reed Perkins is also a Lecturer in Music at the College of William and Mary, where he teaches musicianship and music theory. Since 1990, Mr. Perkins has also taught courses at the college in opera and music history. In 1993, Mr. Perkins conceived and produced the William and Mary Tercentenary Music Festival, 22 concerts and recitals celebrating "300 Years of Music in America." As part of the festival he conducted the Williamsburg Symphonia and faculty, alumni and student soloists in a nineteenth-century opera gala. From 1991-1992, Reed Perkins was also instructor of music and visiting director of the Virginia Commonwealth University Symphony Orchestra and, from 1992–1995, the conductor of the Youth Orchestra of Charlottesville—Albemarle. 
 
Mr. Perkins received his Bachelor of Music in music composition from Miami University, Ohio, and the Master of Music in orchestral conducting and music theory from Northwestern University, where his conducting teachers were Victor Yampolsky, Frederick Ockwell and John Paynter. At Northwestern, he served as Assistant Conductor of the University’s Mason-Ragland Opera Theater and University Orchestra. Mr. Perkins has studied with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Associate Conductor Henry Mazer, attended the conducting class of Franco Ferrara in Siena, Italy, and spent four summers in the conducting program at the Aspen Music School. In the summer of 1990 he was one of three Conducting Fellows at the Aspen Music School studying with Paul Vermel and appearing with the Aspen Concert Orchestra. 
 
In 1994 and 1995, Mr. Perkins traveled to the International Workshop for Conductors in Zlin, Czech Republic, where he worked with a distinguished international faculty and the Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also studied with Victor Feldbrill, Gunther Herbig, Gustav Meier, Daniel Lewis, Kenneth Kiesler, Kirk Trevor, Tsung Yeh and Maurice Abravanel. Before coming to Virginia, Mr. Perkins held conducting positions with orchestras and theater companies in Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin. His guest conducting appearances with orchestras include the Springfield (Illinois) Symphony and the Williamsburg Symphonia. Earlier this year, as part of the College of William and Mary’s Ewell Concert Series, Mr. Perkins led a select ensemble of William and Mary faculty, students and Virginia Symphony members in a concert of American music for chamber orchestra. 
 
Celeste Johnson, Oboe Soloist  
  
A senior at Tabb High School, Celeste Johnson is in her eighth year of playing the oboe. She has studied with Phil Koch of the Virginia Symphony for the past four years. Celeste has been a member of the Bay Youth Orchestra for five years, becoming principal her sophomore year of high school. She placed third in last year's concerto competition with the Marcello Concerto. 
 
Ms. Johnson is also a member of the Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra, playing English horn and rotating in on principal oboe. She has been selected first chair in the Symphonic District VIII bands for the past four years, and has been principal oboe of the All-Virginia bands for the past three years. She has been a member of the Tabb High School band for the past four years, serving as drum major this year during marching band. 
 
Celeste often plays at various churches throughout the Hampton, Norfolk and Virginia Beach areas. Among her numerous awards in music are: Most Outstanding Junior, Sophomore, Freshman, 8th grade woodwind, 7th grade woodwind and 5th grade woodwind. Celeste has also received academic honors. At Tabb High School, she is a member of the Ecology club, and Latin club as well as a member of the band council. She has also recently resumed piano lessons and enjoys playing the flute. Next year in college, she plans to major in oboe performance. Ms. Johnson hopes someday to play professionally in a symphony. 
 
Yuki Ishibashi, Violin Soloist   
  
Yuki Ishibashi, inspired by his older brother, began violin lessons at the age of four in his hometown of Ithica NY. Two years later, the family moved to Norfolk, where Yuki found Mrs. Schreck and continued his Suzuki-Method lessons. He has also studied for seven years with Mrs. Dora Mullins and, for the past two years, has studied under Mr. Jorge Aquirre of the Virginia Symphony. 
 
Yuki is a junior at Norfolk Christian High School, where he has studied since the first grade. He has maintained an A average throughout high school. In addition, he plays soccer and tennis, as well as playing saxophone in the school band. 
 
Yuki is involved in various extracurricular activities including being Co-Concertmaster for The Bay Youth Symphony, and participating in Regional and All-Virginia Orchestras. He also actively participates in MUSE, Musicians Uniting Students and the Elderly. MUSE brings young musicians together to entertain people in nursing homes. 
 
Yuki’s parents are both professors at Old Dominion University. His mother teaches Japanese and his father teaches Civil Engineering. 
 

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May 13, 1998 7:30 PM Harrison Opera House, Norfolk VA. 
 

    The Bay Youth Strings, Bay Youth Concert Orchestra, 
    and Bay Youth Symphony Orchestra will perform. 
    Tickets $5.00. Available at the Harrison Opera 
    House Box Office (757) 623-1223 
     
    Your attendance supports arts education for gifted 
    and talented young performers and provides you an 
    opportunity to enjoy fine music. 
May 30, & June 6, 1998 7:00 PM Lake Taylor   
High School, Norfolk, Virginia  
    Auditions for the 1998–99 Season  
    We have openings for beginners in elementary school 
    through expert musicians at the senior high school level. 
    We will be adding a 41-piece wind orchestra. Strings, winds, 
    and percussionists; there’s a place for you. Come join the fun! 
    For information, call our voice-mail line, 
    (757) 618-1800, and leave your phone number 

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Join us!
Your attendance supports arts education for gifted and talented young 
performers and provides you an opportunity to enjoy fine music.
For ticket information, call our voice-mail line, 
(757) 618-1800, and leave your phone number
 

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Bay Youth Concert Orchestra
Violin I  
    Asha Balakrishna*** Norfolk Academy 
    Jessica Johnson Western Branch Middle School 
    Laura Fawcett Brandon Middle School 
    Jessica Wheeler Governor's School 
    Zachary Gillerlain Western Branch Middle School 
    Chad Dize Norfolk Academy 
    Esther Diehl Norfolk Christian 
    Edward Ablang Salem Middle School 
    Courtney Pickford Atlantic Shores 
    Summer Cozzens Hickory High School 
    Jessica Bradley Indian River High School 
    Loren Evory Hickory High School 
    Edwin Wu Ocean Lakes High School 
    Javonne Tia Johnson Salem High School 
    S. Megan Haynes Brandon Middle School 
    Kasie Coccaro Hickory Middle School 
    Vivian St. George Crestwood Middle School 
    Lauren Boyer Hickory Middle School 
    Joshua Martinez Western Branch High School 
Violin II  
    Kristin Baird* Princess Anne Elementary 
    Rachel Adams Norfolk Collegiate 
    Ashley Dyer Princess Anne Middle School 
    Caitlin Hennessy St. Matthews 
    Carolyn Dunn Salem Middle School 
    Lucy Martinez Landstown Middle School 
    Jean Lin Princess Anne High School 
    Jane Kim Ocean Lakes High School 
    Rebecca Jenkins Kempsville High School 
    Gemma Thorpe Indian River High School 
    Ashley Nicole Whitaker Kempsville High School 
    Jessica Weil Norfolk Christian 
    John R. Coulson Norfolk Collegiate 
    Leslie Bell Norview High School 
    Wendi Strickland Oscar Smith High School 
    Marcie Mahonchek Cox High School 
    Timothy R. B. Adkins Princess Anne High School 
    Daniel Pellegrino Norfolk Collegiate 
    Alexandra Rich Cox High School 
    Edward Patterson Princess Anne High School 
Viola  
    Melanie Hatfield* Great Neck Middle School 
    Sarah Petersen Kempsville Middle School 
    Conrad Hollomon Kemps Landing Magnet School 
    Erin Brady Western Branch Middle School 
    Brian Ackerly Oscar Smith High School 
Cello  
    David N. Peoples* Indian River 
    Grace Huang Kemps Landing Magnet School 
    Kevin Jones Great Bridge High School 
    Erica Hayes Booker T. Washington HS 
    Kevin Barnes Cox High School 
    Carl Evory Hickory Middle School 
    Benjamin Lin Brandon Middle School 
    Graham Bryant Kempsville High School 
    Victoria Kurak Indian River High School 
    Jacquelyn Martin Hickory High School 
    Sara Gulick Western Branch Middle School 
    Aaron Schooley Hickory High School 
    Earl Clelland Hickory High School 
    Christopher Epps Granby High School 
Bass  
    Chrystal Brown* Hickory High School 
    Jennifer Holden Hickory High School 
    Chris Charles Norview Middle School 
Bassoon  
    Heidi Myers* Tallwood High School 
Clarinet  
    Diane Pasch* Independence Middle School 
    Megan King Hickory High School 
    Sarah Kevorkian Maury High School 
    Katie Fox First Colonial High School 
    Jennifer Raquell Smith Great Bridge High School 
Flute  
    Betsy Carretta* Tallwood High School 
    Helen Curtis Brandon Middle School 
Oboe  
    Stacey Lewis* Tallwood High School 
Trumpet  
    Christian H. Thomas* Home School 
    Tyler McLaughlin Norfolk Collegiate 
Trombone  
    Hope Huynh* Home School 
French Horn  
    Paul Curtis* Symphony 
    Maria Diaz Symphony 
Tuba  
    Frank Sherman* Symphony 
Percussion  
    Christian Huynh* Home School 
    Vince Brown**** Teacher, Booker T. Washington 
    Duane DeVoe**** Manager, Bay Youth Orchestra 
     

Bay Youth Symphony Orchestra

Violin I  

    Shawn Singh*** Hickory HS 
    Yuki Ishibashi*** Norfolk Christian HS 
    Alexandra DuBois*** Home School 
    Allen Lai Great Bridge HS 
    Walker Muncy Norfolk Academy 
    Christine Ravago Oscar Smith HS 
    Josh Kalishman Hickory HS/Gov. School for the Arts 
    Marilyn Yang Cox HS 
    Rachel Sanfield Maury HS 
    Frank Scully Maury HS 
    Min Soo Yi Indian River HS/Gov. Sch. for the Arts 
    Jonathan Kelly Great Bridge HS 
    Matthew Huddle Indian River HS/Gov. Sch. for the Arts 
    Laura Leichtman Cox HS
Violin II  
    Holly Corbin Great Bridge HS 
    Natasha Burke Deep Creek HS 
    Betsey Lin Tallwood HS 
    Anne Huang Kempsville HS 
    Jaime Mead Western Branch HS 
    Beth Donahue Princess Anne HS 
    Mariaelle Millendez Tallwood HS 
    Jonathan Pierce Brandon MS 
    Henry Kim Cox HS 
    Angela Baird Kellam HS/Gov. School for the Arts 
    Gregory Johnson Princess Anne HS/Gov. Sch. for the Arts 
    Henry Chong Cox HS 
    Michael Tsai First Colonial HS 
    Eunjee Kim Kempsville MS 
    Tori Chase Home School 
    Irene St. George Indian River HS 
    Marie Carmen Bayside HS 
    Korngiebel-Rosique
Viola 
    Tina Wagner* Great Bridge HS 
    Heather Tillman Great Bridge HS 
    Glenn Hecker Western Branch HS 
    Lena Kurth First Colonial HS 
    Sarah Williams Hickory HS 
    Lasha Winn Ocean Lakes HS/Gov. Sch. for the Arts 
    Chris Schlegel Cox HS 
    David Robbins Western Branch HS
Cello 
    Dionne Wright** Deep Creek HS/Gov. Sch. for the Arts 
    Robert Swanson** Maury HS 
    Tim Briggs Hickory HS/Gov. School for the Arts 
    Brandon Liburd Princess Anne HS/Gov. Sch. for the Arts 
    Jennifer Ashley Cox HS/Gov. School for the Arts 
    Curtis Spencer Oscar Smith HS/Gov. Sch. for the Arts 
    Jessica Ritchie Ocean Lakes HS 
    Milton Richardson Booker T. Washington HS
Bass 
    Jesse Cuthrell* First Colonial HS 
    David Gioedano Home School 
    Chavon Vanson Cox HS 
    Patrick Ontore Lynnhaven MS
Flute 
    Rebekah White* Kempsville High School 
    Melanie Morgan Cox HS 
    Marcie Anderson Kempsville HS 
    Elizabeth Magness Norfolk Academy 
    Vanessa Wilhelmi Cox HS/Gov. School for the Arts 
    Kirkland Jackson Woodside HS
Oboe  
    Celest Johnson* Tabb High School 
    Alyssa Stewart Gloucester HS 
    Ian Bierman Kempsville HS
Clarinet  
    John Blair* Kempsville High School 
    Megan McCroskey Kempsville HS 
    Karen Holden Hickory HS 
    Katie McKeon Cox HS 
    Kelvin Jackson Woodside HS
Bass Clarinet  
    John Lichtenstein**** Governor’s Magnet School for the Arts
Bassoon  
    Karen Lewis* Tallwood HS 
    Joshua Whiteside Green Run HS
French Horn  
    Paul Curtis* Tallwood HS 
    Maria Diaz Tallwood HS 
    Lcpl. Chris Travis**** Armed Forces School of Music 
    PFC Thaddeus Davis**** Armed Forces School of Music
Trumpet  
    Chris Moore* Great Bridge HS/Gov. Sch. for the Arts 
    Alex Kennedy 
    Ari Lazier Ocean Lakes HS
Trombone  
    Dave Brogan* Tabb High School 
    LCpl. Nick Fox**** Armed Forces School of Music 
    LCpl. D. Boucher**** Armed Forces School of Music 
Tuba  
    Scott Moore** Ocean Lakes HS 
    Frank Steadman** Kempsville HS
Percussion  
    Andrew Hummer* Kempsville High School 
    Christian Huynh Home School 
    Vince Brown Booker T. Washington HS 
Harp  
    Mary Margaret Jones**** Professional Harpist 
BYSO Librarian Stage Manager 
    Stephen Manrique
BYSO Stage Assistants 
    Steven Gibson 
    Thomas Gibson
KEY: 
    * Principal 
    ** Co-Principal 
    *** Concertmaster 
    **** Guest Artist

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BYO gratefully acknowledges these contributors for their gifts: 

Silver Circle ($2,500 – $4,999)  

Government: 

    Chesapeake Fine Arts Commission 
    The Norfolk Commission for the Arts 
    Virginia Beach Arts and Humanities Commission
Patron ($1,000 – $2,499)  

Corporate: 

    Busch Gardens 
    NationsBank 
    Virginia Power 
    Business Consortium for the Arts 
      Atlantic Dominion Distributors 
      Birdsong Corporation 
      Broudy-Kantor Company 
      The Camp Foundations 
      Central Fidelity National Bank 
      The Colonial Auto Group 
      Crestar Bank 
      Empire Machinery & Supply Co. 
      First Union National Bank of VA 
      Flagship Group Ltd. 
      Foundation (Anonymous) 
      Goodman & Company, CPAs 
      Kaufman & Canoles 
      Life Savings Bank 
      The Norfolk Foundation 
      Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corporation 
      Norfolk Southern Foundation 
      Resource Bank 
      Seaboard Investment Advisers, Inc. 
      Signet Bank 
      Union Camp Corp. 
      Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin 
      Virginia Investment Counselors, Inc. 
      Virginia Natural Gas 
      Wilcox & Savage, P.C.
      
    Foundation 
      The Thistle Foundation 
    Government 
      Norfolk Commission for the Arts & Humanities
Benefactor ($500-$999)  
    Foundation 
      The H. C. Hofhemier II Family Foundation
    Gifts in Kind 
      James Hollomon (Program Art & Word Processing) 
      June Ritchie (Web Site Design)
Sponsor ($250 – $499)  
    Ron & Debbie McKeon
Donor ($100 – $249) 
    Alfred Magness & Dace Auzins 
    Francis & Emily Cozzens 
    Dr. & Mrs Mangala Belakrishna 
    Ernest & Ida Cross
Sustainer ($50 – $99) 
    James & Man-Fen Ku Lai 
    Mr. & Mrs. Tom Wagner 
    Alex & Mona Tillman 
    Kevin & Amy Petersen 
    Jyoti & Mahrookh Mukerji 
    Harvey & Donna Bryant 
    J.H. Miles & Co., Inc. 
    Scott & Janet Glover
Contributor ($10 – $49)  
    Terry & Luncinda Lewis 
    James & Yorey Jackson 
    Timothy & Judith Cook 
    Bruce & Debra Anderson 
    David & Carol Hatfield 
    Joseph & Sandra Coccaro 
    Thomas & Victoria Goodrich 
    Graham & Pamela Fox 
    Dennis & Myong Dorshimer 
    Mrs Leon Peoples 
    Patrick & Brenda Corbin 
    Mr. & Mrs. Jarvis 
    Craig & Vickie Weil 
    Donald & Phyllis Johnson 
    Cheng & Shui Lin 
    Michael & Beverly Imperial 
    Mark & June Hecker 
    Duo & Hang Nguyen 
    Cynthia Collins Ricks Cdr. 
    Edward & Linda Whealton 
    Nicholas & Tracy Holman 
    John & Debra McLaughlin

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The Bay Youth Orchestras of Virginia are members of the American Symphony Orchestra League,
The Cultural Alliance of Greater Hampton Roads & Virginians for the Arts
 
BAY YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF VIRGINIA
 
PO Box 41440
Chesapeake, VA 23327-2396
Voice-Mail Info: (757) 618-1800
 

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The Orchestras are funded in part by grants from the:
City of Chesapeake Fine Arts Commission
City of Virginia Beach Arts and Humanities Commission
Business Consortium for Arts Support of Hampton Roads
 
Board of Directors
Ron McKeon, President
Remi DuBois, vice-president
Jenny Freeman, Treasurer
Karen Moore, Assistant Treasurer
Carl W. Clark, Jr.
Muriel Evory
JoAnn Falletta
Michael Hodgis
 
Artistic Staff
Concert Orchestra Director: Duane DeVoe
Bay Youth Strings Directors: Christina Morton, Linda Althoff
Percussion Ensemble Director: Vincent G. Brown
Chamber Music Director: Martin Glasgow
 
Director of Development
Lyndsay V. Austin
 
National Board of Advisors
Gregory Lynn Barnes; Founder & former Music Director
C. Sidney Berg; Conductor, Tidewater Winds & Tidewater Youth Orchestras (retired)
Dr. Robert McCashin; Director of Orchestral Activities, James Madison University
Dr. Marvin Rabin; Conductor, Greater Boston Youth Orchestra 
& Wisconsin Youth Orchestra (retired)
 
Rehearsal Facilities Courtesy of:
Norfolk Public Schools
 
Dr. Roy Nichols, Superintendent 
John C. Osteen, Principal, Lake Taylor High School
 
 

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