Youth Wind Symphony

About Us
The Orange County Youth Wind Symphony (OCYWS) is a brand new extension and educational offering of the Orange County Symphony & Wind Symphony (OCS & OCWS) for students age 14 - 20. Ensemble participants currently draw from 7 school districts across Southern  California including 5 private schools, and approximately 10% of participants are home schooled. The OCYWS is led by OCS and OCWS Music Director, Anthony R. Parnther.

Auditions
Admittance to the OCYWS is contingent upon private instructor (preferred) and band director approval (required). You MUST be an active member of your public school band program to participate in the OCYWS (no exceptions).

Tuition
Tuition for the OCYWS is free of charge to all student participants for the Spring of 2010.

Faculty
Students receive the highest quality

instruction from the OCYWS faculty, all of whom are professional musicians, teachers and members of the OC Symphony and OC Wind Symphony. There are specialists for each instrument represented in the Wind Symphony spectrum. Our comprehensive 25 member Wind and Percussion faculty are amongst the premiere performers and pedagogues in Southern California. Students receive regular masterclasses and sectionals with the OCYWS faculty at each rehearsal.

Faculty Member Musical Studies

Flute Alice Park Univ. of Maryland, Univ. of Iowa, Hartt

Lise Slack CSU - Fullerton

Karin Kantenwein Univ. of Southern California, Univ. of North Texas

Clarinet Margaret Worsley CSU - Fullerton, Glenn Gould Conservatory, Univ. of Michigan

Heather Henderson Arizona State Univ.

Adrienne Geffen Northwestern Univ., Cal State Fullerton

Oboe & Frank Swann Eastman School of Music, Howard Univ.

English Horn Angela Wells CSU - Long Beach

Bassoon Maciej Flis California Institute of the Arts, Univ. of Southern California

Heather Cano Chapman Univeristy, California Institute of the Arts

Saxophone Lori Rosenbauer Huff Cal Poly Pomona, CSU - Los Angeles

Trumpet Phil Pacier Univ. of Southern California, Chapman University

Rudy Arevalos CSU - Fullerton

Kevin Richardson CSU - Northridge

Horn Matt Anderson Univ. of Southern California, CSU - Fullerton

Jerry Garvin Univeristy of New Hampshire

Euphonium Scott Stone Univ. of Georgia, Univ. of North Texas

Trombone & Peter Fournier Univ. of the Pacific, Univ. of Southern California

Bass Trombone John Van Houten Univ. of Southern California

Tuba Tony Mazzaferro San Francisco State, Northwestern Univ., Arizona State Univ.

Double Bass Chris Hornung Western Michigan Univ, Michigan State Univ.

Harp Erica Walker Eastman School of Music

Piano Wan-Chin Chang Univ. of Southern California

Percussion Kevin Shah The Juilliard School, UCLA

Rehearsal Rehearsals are located at Fullerton College (FC Band room)

321 E. Chapman Ave,Fullerton, CA (Corner of Chapman/Lemon) Sunday Afternoons at 3pm – 5:30pm

Concert May 30, 2010 at 7pm at Servite Auditorium

1952 W. La Palma, Anaheim CA 92801

CITY OF BREA CONCERT
July 27, 28, 29, 2010

Night at the Cinema!
Join the Orange County Wind Symphony as we explore the soundtracks to some of our most famous Blockbusters from Harry Potter to Star Wars!

Curtain Up: This is Broadway!
with Tony Award winning selections in a concert setting from great shows such as West Side Story, Hairspray, Wicked, Les Miserables, Sweeny Todd, South Pacific and more

"Star Spangled Spectacular!
Celebrate your patriotism with an all new salute to America! Music by John Philip Sousa, Irving Berlin, Aaron Copland, and George M. Cohan. A must see for the whole family!

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