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Artistic
Staff
  Jeff
Edmons - Artistic Director
Jeff Edmons is now in his 12th year as Artistic Director.
Under his direction, the SDYS has experienced tremendous growth,
both in enrollment and in its level of musical achievement,
performing the most difficult works in classical repertoire
at the highest standard attainable by a youth orchestra. The
orchestra's exemplary standards of skill and musicianship
have afforded them the opportunity to participate in the most
prestigious international festivals and perform with eminent
artists from around the world.
Under Mr. Edmons direction, the Youth
Symphony boasts a strong international presence as well as
setting the benchmark for excellence in the United States.
Named as one of San Diego Magazine's "50 People to watch
in 1997." Mr. Edmons has dedicated himself to promoting
youth music and music education. He has led youth, collegiate
and professional orchestras in critically acclaimed performances
throughout the United States, as well as Mexico, Spain, France,
Germany, Austria, Finland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary
and Switzerland. He has received numerous local and national
awards for his achievements in music education. Mr. Edmons
has also been featured in numerous articles and journals honoring
his work and has been the subject of documentaries on CNN,
Fox Television, National Public Radio and many others.
He is an avid supporter of music education
and is often invited to conduct orchestras both locally and
nationally. Some of the most recent engagements have included
regional and all-state orchestras in Illinois and Oregon.
He has also conducted multiple visiting youth orchestras and
wind ensembles from California and across the United States.
Dr.
Ella Steinberg, Wind Conductor
Dr.
Ella Steinberg has been a music educator in California for
over 20 years. She began her career teaching elementary and
middle school band in San Bruno and then taught band and electronic
music at Saint Francis High School in Mountain View for eight
years. Before moving to San Diego , she taught instrumental
courses and supervised student teachers at California State
University, Stanislaus.
In
2000, Dr. Steinberg moved to San Diego to begin her work as
Director of Visual and Performing Arts for San Diego Unified
School District . As VAPA Director, she worked to expand arts
education throughout San Diego through professional development
opportunities for teachers and community artists. While observing
numerous classrooms over her five years in the VAPA Department,
Dr. Steinberg decided to return to her primary interest, that
of conducting and teaching. She is in her third year as Band
Director at Meadowbrook Middle School in Poway , where she
has a thriving band program that includes two 6 th grade bands,
Advanced Band, Concert Band, Wind Ensemble and two Jazz Bands.
Dr.
Steinberg holds a BM in Music Education and a MA in Secondary
Education from San Francisco State University and a Doctorate
in Curriculum & Instruction with a Music Education emphasis
from the University of the Pacific, where she taught conducting
and was Assistant Conductor of the conservatory's bands. Her
conducting teachers have included John Paynter, Frederick
Fennell and Edwin C. Kruth. Dr. Steinberg has been an active
member of the California Music Educators Association, which
has recognized her with an Administrator of the Year Award
in 2003 and a Jazz Educator of the Year Award in 2008 for
outstanding leadership in the association's Southern Border
Section.
As
a freelance trumpet player in the greater San Francisco Bay
Area for almost 20 years and now in San Diego , Dr. Steinberg
has performed with the Full Faith & Credit Big Band, Brad
Steinwehe Big Band, Ira Liss Big Band, numerous shows, bands,
brass quintets and regional orchestras, and she has recorded
for jingles, corporate projects and local artists.
John Ramirez, Conductor
John Ramirez is a native San Diegan who began studying the
violin at the age of two under the direction of his father,
Margarito Ramirez. He continued his studies with Dorothy DeLay
at the Julliard School of Music in New York. Currently, he
is the Conductor of the Concert Orchestra and Debut Strings
for the San Diego Youth Symphony. Additionally, Mr. Ramirez
teaches privately in Carmel Valley.
SAN
DIEGO YOUTH SYMPHONY AND CONSERVATORY INSTRUCTORS
Daniel Rumley, Class Room Instructor
Michelle Rumley, Chamber Ensemble Instructor
David Rumley, Percussion Instructor
Miguel Ramirez, Preparatory Strings Specialist
Sundiata
Kata, Non-Western Percussion Instructor
Administrative
Staff
Dalouge
Smith , President & CEO
Alexis
Alfaro , Program and Operations Manager
Sheila
Walker , Business ManagerMolly Clark
, Development and Marketing Coordinator
Chris
Acquavella , Production Coordinator
Debbie
Peterson, Orchestra Coordinator
Schuyler
Marquez, Administrative Intern
San
Diego Youth Symphony Board of Trustees
Peggy Hanley, Chair of the Board
Marvin Levine, Vice Chairman
Georgia Robins Sadler,
Vice Chair of Development & Immediate Past President
Peter Cooper, Secretary
Robert Gaan, Treasurer
William Beamish
Kevin Chaisson
Julia Collins
Cindy
Goodman
Pamela Hartwell
Ronald Heller
Betty Hiller
Ann Hix
Nai Hwang
Dennis Lavine
Anni Lipper
Alfred Lord
Justin Rennilson
Larry Scott
Dorothy Sollender
Bill Sturgeon
Gene Summ
Cynthia Thornton
Ellen Turnage
Jim Whitesell
Shirley Wilson
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