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CYSO Staff

President
Hollis H. Hudak
hhudak@cyso.org
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Artistic Staff

Music Director
Allen Tinkham

Associate Conductor
Terrance Malone Gray

Director of String Ensembles
Daniella Valdez

Director of Chamber Music
Donald DeRoche

*Please email Joshua Simonds, General Manager, to contact CYSO Artistic Staff.

Administrative Staff

General Manager
Joshua Simonds
jsimonds@cyso.org
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Business Manager

Martha Nolin
mnolin@cyso.org
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Development Manager, Institutional Giving
Meredith Shaner
mshaner@cyso.org
x20

Development Manager, Individual Giving
Sarah Rutherford
srutherford@cyso.org
x25

Marketing & Public Relations Manager
Amanda Goedde
agoedde@cyso.org
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Operations Manager
Brian Baxter
bbaxter@cyso.org
x24

Education Coordinator
Malika Coletta
mcoletta@cyso.org
x29

Operations Assistant - SO, Encore, Chamber Music
Madalyne Tregellas
mtregellas@cyso.org
x28

Operations Assistant - CO, DO, PS, AS
Kathryn J Bacasmot
kbacasmot@cyso.org
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CYSO Faculty

Music Theory & Composition
Brian Baxter
Benjamin Hjertmann
Emily Lin

Chamber Music Faculty
Bill Baxtresser
Sharon Chang
Donald DeRoche
Alexandra Herbst
Yoo-Jin Hong
Meaghan Kawaller
Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff
Rebecca Laurito
Karen Schulz-Harmon
Scott Tegge
MingHuan Xu

Debut Orchestra Strings Coach
Sharon Chang

Debut Orchestra Winds & Brass Coach
Thomas Kociela

Preparatory Strings Teaching Assistant
Rachel LaPorte

My CYSO Story

I have been playing the trumpet for about ten and a half years. Being a member of CYSO’s  Symphony Orchestra has enabled me to experience my favorite thing about being a musician.
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