YOD directors
The Youth Orchestra Division (YOD) Directors serves as an advisory group to the League of American Orchestras.
The mission of the Youth Orchestra Division of the League is to promote youth orchestras as essential musical, educational, and cultural assets and to provide resources to help all youth orchestras build and maintain artistic and organizational excellence.
Chairman
Steven Payne
106 Auditorium Circle
Suite 130
San Antonio, TX 78205
t: 210 737 0097
f: 210 732 7233
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executive director
Orchestra: Youth Orchestras of San Antonio
Immediate past chair
Melody Welsh Buchholz
P.O. Box 997
Louisville, KY 40201
t: 502 896 1851
f: 502 896 1862
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executive director
Orchestra: Louisville Youth Orchestra
Upbeat Editor
Amanda Goedde
t: 312 939 2207 x 31
f: 312 939 2015
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marketing & public relations manager
Orchestra: Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras
DIRECTORS
Megen Balda
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executive director
Orchestra: Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies (GTCYS
Rodester Brandon
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artistic director/conductor
Orchestra: Miami Wind Symphony
Elizabeth Camus
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Woodwind Ensemble coach
Orchestra: Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra
Manuel Capote
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Music Education and Community outreach coordinator
Orchestra: Lynn University Conservatory of Music
Marjorie Gould Hahn
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executive & music director
Orchestra: South Florida Youth Symphony
Bruce Kiesling
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YOLA conductor
Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
John C. McNeur
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executive director
Orchestra: Metropolitan Youth Orchestra
Charles R. Moore
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executive director
Orchestra: Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra
Steven Murray
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executive director
Orchestra: Youth Symphony of Kansas City
Sonja Noteboom
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board member
Orchestra: MacPhail Center for Music
Daniel Petersen
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executive director
Orchestra: Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras
Kristine Purrington
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executive director
Orchestra: Albuquerque Youth Symphony Program
Evan Richards
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president
Orchestra: Association of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestras
Louis Scaglione
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president and music director
Orchestra: Philadelphia Youth Orchestra
Joshua Simonds
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executive director
Orchestra: Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras
Christopher Stanichar
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music director
Orchestra: South Dakota Symphony Youth Orchestra
Richard Yaklich
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principal conductor/string doordinator/composer
Orchestra: South Florida Youth Orchestra
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LEAGUE STAFF LIAISON
Jessica Balboni, director of learning programs
Learning and Leadership Development
646 822 4033
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