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Annual Report 2017–18 Season

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Determination

YOBC PROVIDED Over $17,000 in scholarships and tuition assistance was distributed to students in our core programs, making it possible for all qualified ap-plicants to participate in YOBC. YOBC RAISED The YOBC Board of Directors secured over $18,400 in grants to pro-vide access to free music lessons and instruments through our Stu-dents in Concert outreach program in school districts whose music programs have been cut or eliminated. YOBC EDUCATED Students in YOBC excel musically, grow socially, and become leaders.* Students’ pursuit of musical excellence develops artistry, creativity, self-expression, and a deeper understanding of other cultures. A large ensemble experience helps students build lifelong skills like focus, determination, teamwork, and commitment. The social aspect with like-minded peers instills commitment to collaboration, communication skills, and improved self-esteem. The ability to set and surpass goals, think critically, and work as a member of an intricate community positions students to become leaders in school and in the future workforce. YOBC COLLABORATED World-class artists from the Philadelphia Orchestra performed with and offered master classes to YOBC students. YOBC CONTRIBUTED Public performances throughout Bucks County contribute to the com-munity’s vitality and inspire a creative environment.

During the 2017–18 Season

Commitment

Teamwork

Focus

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*Adapted from a draft document produced by a committee of the League of American Orchestras.

YOBC’s fall performance weekend was certainly very noteworthy! Regarding our Con-certo Competition winners, Daniel Han performed a confident interpretation of the first two movements of Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3 with our YOBC Symphony. The previous night,

Audrie Przybylski beautifully performed Charles-August de Beriot’s Violin Con-certo No. IX with the YOBC Philharmo-nia. Maestro Tom Cunningham pre-pared the orchestra and gave his musi-cians a great chance to develop the skills necessary to accompany a skilled soloist.

This spring we had the pleasure of featuring another of our Concerto Competition winners: Rachel Schodowski performing Paul Creston’s Concerto for Marimba & Band with the Fanfare Winds. Congratulations to each of our three 2017–18 competition winners. YOBC continues to endorse the concept of offering the experience of both an engaging rehearsal process and performance opportunity for our soloists and musicians. Several other successful events took place at YOBC this sea-son. The YOBC Chamber Ensemble Concert in March was an afternoon of delightful, intimate chamber music. David Kim presented another engaging afternoon of expert coaching during his violin master class. He was able to share his expertise with six of our violinists who represented a variety of experience levels within our enrollment struc-ture. YOBC Fanfare Winds and Symphony Orchestra were fea-tured during the March Advanced Division I Concert. Jennifer Montone, the principal French horn of the Philadelphia Orchestra, was YOBC’s guest soloist with the Sym-phony Orchestra, performing Richard Strauss’s Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major. Not only did our students enjoy Jennifer’s musicianship, but they also appreciated how open and cordial she was during her experience as our featured YOBC guest. Matthew Vaughn, the co-principal trombone of the Philadelphia Orchestra also shared his musical knowledge and expertise at a master class with our YOBC trombonists.

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The Fanfare Winds and Symphony Orchestra performed all three of this year’s con-certs at Delaware Valley University’s new performance hall. The feedback from the musicians and audience members after each concert was positive. Our students truly appreciate the concert hall acoustics that this space offers as they interpret the major works of music literature that were assigned to them this year. As we look toward artistic plans for next season, we are excited about continuing our educational relationship with the Philadelphia Orchestra. We are planning to expand the selection of instruments for which we offer master classes. We would like to offer master classes for the clarinets, violas, and oboes with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra. We are also planning to invite a member of the orchestra’s trumpet section to be a guest soloist with the Symphony Orchestra. YOBC’s Assis-tant Music Director, Steve Sweetsir, is investigating the possibility of engaging a wind clinician to work with the YOBC wind ensemble program next season. It has been an exciting year of learning, and of further musical growth and music-making. I would like to thank our music staff, our administrative staff, our ensemble liaisons, par-ent volunteers, and our YOBC Board Members for their commitment to supporting all that was necessary to have our YOBC musicians, in every division, perform as well as they did all season. Since so much of what we do at YOBC is sequential, the groundwork from each semester is sure to reap even more expression and creativity from our musicians as we start the new season.

Robert Loughran YOBC Artistic Director

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Bristol Township Serves 40 students in grades 6–8 One lesson per week, October–March Lesson groups included woodwinds,

brass, and percussion Ensemble rehearsal Five regular instructors Closing band festival with guest clinician December recital, special clinics with guest artists, and a concert trip SIC students have become leaders in the Truman High School band Successful auditions for YOBC and the Bucks County Music Education Association’s annual festivals Morrisville 13 students; two groups One lesson per week Lessons on violin, viola, cello, and string bass String ensemble rehearsal

The Bristol Township program was YOBC’s first Students in Concert (SIC) program, which began in response to scheduling cuts in the middle school band program that threatened the viability of that program, as well as that of the high school. YOBC’s involvement with the Morrisville School District began in January 2016 with two days of after-school group string lessons, all violins. The Bristol Borough School District program is currently getting re-started after being halted when the school district recheduled the elementary band teacher to general music, eliminating band lessons. In addition to organizing and administrating the SIC program, YOBC is the largest single donor, contributing over $15,000 ,or approximately one-third of the program budget.

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Bristol Borough District has reinstated band lessons Part-time choral teacher offers some in-school lessons YOBC to support an after-school program with three instructors Currently exploring summer lesson program YOBC to support band program with after-school lessons during 2018–19 school year

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Contributors

2017–18 SPONSORS $1000 Gold Sponsors EvolveIP Penn Community Bank Foundation Philadelphia International Music Festival Senior Environmental Consulting $500 Silver Sponsors Antheil Maslow & MacMinn, LLP Bohler Engineering Bucks County Community College Foundation Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey Inspire Federal Credit Union Inventis Strategies King George Inn Mill Street Cantina Peruzzi Auto Group Solebury School Solid Wood Cabinets Spark Nonprofit Consulting Stark & Stark

Encore Circle – $1000 + 21st Century Community Learning Centers Paul & Dori Clough Peter Eisengrein The Grundy Foundation Joe Hochreiter & Eileen Wachtman Grant & Michele Hunter Andrea & Elliot Kolodny PECO Stephanie Schwartzberg Charles & Trista Massello Walker The Warren Family Foundation

Bravo Circle – $500 – $999 Diana Avril Crane School of Music Trish & Jeff Davis Jean Holmes & Lisa Mathason Steve & Maureen Kyle Jane Lu Howard Singer Fanfare Circle – $250 – $499 Anonymous The Benevity Community Impact Fund* Liz Bywater Liana Clark Jeane Coyle Holly Feerrar Joy Feerrar Alexander T. Godun Linda Greenberg Merck Foundation* Karl Krelove Vanessa Lum Fred & Linda Powell Kelly Robbins K. Mason Schecter ShopRite of Yardley Steve & Colleen Sweetsir Yvonne Yarker & John Devaney Conductor’s Circle – $100 – $249 Sofya Amato Anonymous (2) Elliot Berkman Kathy Beveridge Diana Carlson Alex Chen Robin Ferrari Jared Fingerman Dawn & Robert Gehrsitz

The Board of Directors of the Youth Orchestra of Bucks County gratefully acknowledges the contributions of the following individuals, businesses, foundations, and government agencies whose support of YOBC is essential.

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Nancy Gray Luray Gross & Paul Koehler David & Helen Hannah Betty Hintenlang Becky Hutto & David Gottlieb Victoria Kalenitchenko Karen Lourea Laurie MacLennan Diane & Kevin Magee Dayle Magida Sergey Mokin Carol Baldwin Moody Nancy Morill Bill Nazzaro Dawn Osenberg Sandy Panuccio Jim & Mera Petras Vivian & Steven Read Shelli Rearden Bharathi & Rajashekar Reddy James Romanchek Lenny Rosenfeld William Rote Steve Runk Amy Russell Mark Schaub Ian Sibner Susan Steiner Erin Sweetsir-Mills Amelia Tahaney Audrey Tucker Barb Teufel Dylan Waddell Kasia Weitz Veronica Wetherill Gene Williams Ed Williamson Angelica & Gene Wingert *Corporate Matching Grant

Ron & Eileen Glick Kylie Guttman Sonja & Richard Irwin Hitomi Kim Jacqui King Annie Kubanoff Lisa & Marty Lesher Shinlan Liu Robert Loughran Mike & Debbie Massa Laura Mendelson & Mark Vandersall Pat & Bernie Nolan Alfred Piranian Fern & Eldon Priestley Linda Rentschler Kelly Robbins Vicki Roza Andrew Sandifer Sam & Marilyn Sealy Weili Ying Patti Young Allegro Circle – $1 – $99 Susan & Ralph Adler Amazon Smile Foundation Matthew Arnold Yun Bai Mary Catherine Bolton Diane Brown Margaret Bywater Debbie Cain Neal Carson Christy Conley Dawn Curran Joe D’Alicandro Mike Daly Kathleen Deem Evan Dienstman Jean Dolan Potter Earle Jeffrey Erb Michelle French

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Founded in 1991, YOBC has received ongoing and continuous sup-port from Bucks County Community College (BCCC). The BCCC Arts Department supports YOBC by generously providing the use of rehearsal facilities and equipment throughout the academic year.

Projected 2018–19 Revenue & Expenses

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REVENUE SOURCES (% of total)

EXPENSES (% of total)

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29 Tuition

Concert Income

Interest

Development

59

15

12

43

7

Personnel

SIC

Operating Costs

Concerts

Special Programs

Scholarships/Gifts

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Membership Distribution 2017–18

YOBC ARTISTIC STAFF

Robert Loughran, Music Director Conductor, Symphony Orchestra

Steven B. Sweetsir, Assistant Music Director

Conductor, Fanfare Winds

Erica Cherry, Woodwinds Coach Margaret Claudin, Conductor, Flute Choir &

Chamber Flute Ensemble Bill Connors, Coach, Trombone Ensemble

Thomas Cunningham, Conductor, Philharmonia Sebastian Grand, Conductor, Ripieno

Karl Krelove, Conductor, Wind Ensemble; Coach, Clarinet Trio & Woodwind Trio

Kathleen Mitchell, Coach, Saxophone Quartet Colin Oettle, Conductor, Prima Strings & Concertino;

Coach, Honors String Quartet David Osenberg, Coach, Brass Ensemble

David Stockton, Conductor, Percussion Ensembles* Erin Sweetsir-Mills, Conductor, Wind Symphony William Trigg, Conductor, Percussion Ensembles†

*From January 2018 †Until December 2017

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YOBC ADMINISTRATION

Colleen Sweetsir, Executive Director Diana Nolan, Auditions Coordinator & Office Manager

Erica Cherry, Operations Manager Sue Busch, Volunteer Coordinator

June Bilcik, Executive Assistant

INTERNS Isaac Ashton Michelle Davis

Carolyn Priestley Rachel Schodowski

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Beginning in June, there will be some important changes in YOBC’s admin-istrative staff. Long-time auditions coordinator and office manager, Diana Nolan, will be retiring at the end of June after 18 years at YOBC. Diana has overseen the auditions and enrollment of more than 1000 students who have participated in YOBC, which has doubled its annual membership and more than doubled the number of ensembles since she was first involved in 2000. Stepping into the newly named administrative coordinator role will be Virginia Glatzer, a YOBC alumni parent whose two clarinetists were YOBC members. Virginia has over 20 years of experience as an educa-

tional consultant and a strong back-ground in technology, the use of technology in education, and data-base management. A new position at YOBC – devel-opment director – will be filled by Beth Guerriero. For the past few years Beth has been working as di-rector of education of The Harmony Program in New York City. This El Sistema–inspired organization brings music making to children from un-derserved communities to allow them to explore new avenues and realize their full potential. She is looking forward to sharing her ex-periences with YOBC as she returns to this area June 2018.

Transitions in YOBC’s Administrative Staff

YOBC BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Paul Clough, President

Joseph Hochreiter, VP, Development Fred Powell, Treasurer

Stephanie Schwartzberg, Secretary Peter Eisengrein Elliott Kolodny Alexander T. Godun Steve Kyle Terri Grace Joyce Lin Jean Holmes Robert Loughran Grant Hunter Steven B. Sweetsir Jacqui King Charles Walker

YOBC ADVISORY BOARD

Daniel Berkowitz Neubauer Family Foundation Denise Bowman Hill Wallack LLP Joseph Conyers Philadelphia Orchestra; Project 440 Ted Dorand PECO Quincy Hilliard University of Louisiana, Lafayette Don Liuzzi Philadelphia Orchestra Diane Ellis-Marseglia Bucks County Commissioner Troy Peters Youth Orchestras of San Antonio

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