Student Leadership Council
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Formed in 2023, the Student Leadership Council provides a platform for the organization to integrate the voices of young people into its work and support the growth of student engagement within the orchestra field, commitments outlined in the League’s Strategic Framework 2023-2026.
The Student Leadership Council members participate in monthly council meetings and take on leadership roles in a number of areas including:
- For the League’s Student Constituency, assume responsibility for:
- Membership growth, benefits, surveys, and engagement on the League’s communications platform League360
- Marketing and recruitment of students for the League’s National Conference
- Programming for both virtual Constituency Meetings as well as in-person at the Conference
- Advocate for increased visibility of youth voice and perspective by the League
- Serve as ambassadors in League academic and orchestral partnership expansion
- Collaborate with the League in strategically building inclusive pathways for a new generation of diverse and creative professionals to enter the orchestra field and flourish as leaders
- Promote a thriving future for orchestras
The students also participate in a League mentorship program, including monthly meetings with orchestra professionals.
Additionally, two Utah-based students have been selected to serve as Conference Advisors, sharing their local knowledge to help plan student constituency meetings and social events for the League’s National Conference in Salt Lake City in June 2025. The two students will also focus on marketing the event and student constituency to Utah area students.
2024-25 Student Leadership Council
Anthony Cangemi, MA ’26 (Arts Administration), Indiana University, Bloomington; MA ‘26 (Cultural Policy and Arts Management), University College Dublin. Development Manager, Bloomington Early Music Operations Assistant, Aspen Music Festival & School (2024); Assistant Stage Manager, Eastern Music Festival (2023); Administrative Intern, Columbus Symphony Orchestra (2023-24); Concert Manager, Schwob School of Music (2021-2024). Trombone Fellow, Orchestra Next (2023-24). Trombonist, Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra and Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony (2019-2020); Trombonist, Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra (2018-19); Trombonist, Augusta Symphony, LaGrange Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Next, Schwob Philharmonic, Schwob Chamber Orchestra; Blue Morpho Chamber Orchestra, Georgia Philharmonic. Student Member, Association of Arts Administration Educators; Student Member, International Trombone Association.
Jacob Eddy, BM ’27 (Classical Composition), Manhattan School of Music; New York Youth Symphony Composition Program. Student Experience and Development Intern, Youth Orchestras of San Antonio (2024). President, Sandra Day O’Connor High School Orchestra (2023-24); Violin, Youth Orchestras of San Antonio (2021-22); Violin, Sandra Day O’Connor High School Orchestra (2019-23). Member, ASCAP; Member, American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers; Member, Society for Music Theory; Member, Texas Society for Music Theory.
Lorin Green, DMA ’25 (Flute Performance), University of Washington. Community Relations Manager, Seattle Symphony; League 2023-24 Student Leadership Council; League of American Orchestras’ Essentials of Orchestra Management, 2023; Panelist, League of American Orchestras 2023 and 2024 National Conferences.
Laiyina Shate, ’26, The Bishop’s School. Principal Cellist, Bishop’s Chamber Orchestra; Cellist and Peer Mentor, San Diego Youth Symphony’s Symphony Orchestra. High School Ambassador, San Diego Symphony (2024).
William Tan, BA ’27 (Government and Psychology), Harvard College; MM ‘28 (Cello Performance) New England Conservatory. Regional Director, Back to Bach Project (2022-24); Executive Director, The No Repeats Project (2019-23); Principal Cellist, Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra’s Korea tour (2024); Assistant Principal Cellist, National Youth Orchestra of the United States (2022-23); Principal cellist, Illinois State Orchestra (2022); Principal cellist, Illinois Music Education Association State Orchestra.
Lauren Zwonik, DMA ’25 (Flute Performance, with Certificate in University Teaching), University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Productions Stage Manager, Virginia Symphony Orchestra; Advancement Assistant, Richmond Symphony; Adjunct Professor of Flute, Virginia Wesleyan University; Part-Time Instructor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Community Internship Graduate Assistantship, Las Vegas Philharmonic (2021-24); Opera Orchestra Personnel Manager, University of Nevada Las Vegas (2021-24); Principal Flute, Op. 160 Chamber Orchestra; Flutist, Alto Flutist, and Piccolo, UNLV Opera Orchestra (2022-24). League 2023-24 Student Leadership Council; Panelist, League of American Orchestras 2023 and 2024 National Conferences; Pedagogy Committee, National Flute Association; Vice President, Las Vegas Flute Club.
2024-25 Conference Advisors to the Student Leadership Council
Paul Murphy, MA ‘24 (Arts Administration), Southern Utah University. Board Member and Bass Trombone, Utah Philharmonic Orchestra; Development Intern, Utah Symphony and Utah Opera, Deer Valley Music Festival (2024); Assistant Conductor, Music Librarian, and Principal Trombone, Utah Valley Chamber Orchestra; Guest Conductor, Utah Philharmonic (2023); Symphony Education Assistant, Utah Symphony and Utah Opera (2021-23); Operations/Project Specialist, BYU Music Group (2020-21). Principal Trombone, Intermountain Symphony Orchestra; Associate Principal/Second Trombone, American Fork Symphony; Principal Trombone, Draper Philharmonic (2022); Trombonist, Nebo Philharmonic Orchestra (2021). Member, NAfME; Member, ASCAP; Member, Utah Music Educators Association.
Megan Rasmussen, BM ‘25 (Flute Performance with a Minor in Entrepreneurship), Utah State University. Front of House Intern, Utah Symphony | Opera, Deer Valley Music Festival (2024); Convention Registration Assistant, National Flute Association 2023 Convention. Flutist, Utah State University Symphony Orchestra (2022-23). Member, National Flute Association; College Ambassador, Utah Flute Association; Ambassador, Caine College of the Arts.
Previous Student Leadership Councils
2023-24
Read the 2023-24 press release.
Lorin Green, DMA ’25 (Flute Performance), University of Washington; Community Relations Manager, Seattle Symphony; Panelist, League of American Orchestras 2023 National Conference; League of American Orchestras’ Essentials of Orchestra Management, 2023
Julia Jacobsen, BM ’25, BS ’25 (Violin Performance and Marketing), University of South Carolina; Student Digital Marketing Coordinator, USC School of Music; Marketing & Design Assistant, Social Media Coordinator, Boulanger Initiative
William Ryan, ’24, Burncoat High School; Composer, Violinist and Concertmaster, High School Orchestra, Worcester Youth Orchestra, and Joy of Music Youth Orchestra; Panelist, League of American Orchestras 2023 National Conference
Max Stephenson, BMO ’24 (Trumpet, Outside Field in Business with Minor in Marketing), Ithaca College; Operations Manager, Cayuga Chamber Orchestra Youth Orchestra; Operations Manager, World Civic Orchestra; Intern, Cayuga Chamber Orchestra
Lauren Zwonik, DMA ’24 (Flute Performance, with Certificate in University Teaching), University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Personnel Manager for the UNLV Opera Orchestra; Treasurer and Board Member, Las Vegas Flute Club; Community Internship Graduate Assistant, Las Vegas Philharmonic; Panelist, League of American Orchestras 2023 National Conference
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