Triangle Youth Symphony

Triangle Youth Symphony

Tony Robinson
Conductor, Triangle Youth Symphony


Tony Robinson has been the conductor of the Triangle Youth Symphony since 1996 and has been an instrumental music teacher for twenty-three years. A graduate of Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina, he began his career in Pisgah, NC.  From 1987- 2000, Mr. Robinson led the Cary [NC] High School Band in performances across the United States, in France and in England, receiving national and international acclaim. He is currently Director of Bands, Fine Arts Team Leader and School Improvement Team Chairperson at Wakefield Middle School. He has won the Teacher of the Year commendation from Cary High School (1999-2000), Wakefield Middle School (2000-2001), and the Wake County PTA Council (2002-2003). In 2005 he was awarded the NC Central District Bandmasters Association "Award of Excellence". Mr. Robinson serves as Music Director at his church and is a clinician and adjudicator for Winter Guard International. top

Marta C. Findlay-Partridge, NBCT Music, 2002
Associate Conductor, Triangle Youth Symphony

Marta C. Findlay-Partridge
Associate Conductor, Triangle Youth Symphony

NBCT Music, 2002

Marta C. Findlay-Partridge is a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music. She has been a member of the strings staff of the Wake County Public School System for over twenty years. An active performer in the area, Ms. Findlay-Partridge has been the Associate Conductor of the Triangle Youth Symphony since its inception and was the founder and conductor for nine years of the Raleigh-Triangle String Orchestra, the predecessor of the Triangle Youth Orchestra. Ms. Partridge was among the first group of music educators to earn certification in 2002 from the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards. Her educational essay, ?Unplanned Lesson Plan: A Teacher's Perspective on 9/11?, was published in 2003 in Powerful Teaching and Learning: Stories from the Classrooms of Accomplished Teachers . Ms. Partridge conducted the Robeson County All-County Honor Orchestra last spring. She is also the 2004 recipient of the Maxine Swalin Outstanding Music Educator Award, presented by the North Carolina Symphony. top

2009-2010 Personnel

Violin I

Robert Garbanz, Co-Concertmaster
The Dorothy Wiseman Lambert Chair

Nishanth Shah, Co-Concertmaster
Deekshita Ramanarayanan, Co-Associate Concertmaster
Nicole Ortega, Co-Associate Concertmaster
Alice Shen, Assistant Concertmaster
Vickie Wang
Sophia Estes
Rebecca Shen
Rachel Bang
Angelina Cui
Iris Chu
Jo Tan
Erik Cheng
Sara Talley
Peter Luo
Kyu Min Kim
Kenny Xie
Noah Cattell
Joshua Henderson
Kate Nelson
John Pashby

Violin II

Albert Chu, Principal
The Marta C. Findlay-Partridge Chair

Nadia Drabick, Associate Principal
Elena Despain, Assistant Principal
Charlton Burns
Allison Goodwin
Samantha Jenkins
Lucas Chen
Christine Walls
Shannon Pashby
Charles Walker
Pragna Shetty
Ruchita Bhatia
Evan Li
Zachary Park
Stephen Cox
Karina Ortega
Rebecca Li
Sunny Su
Emily Lanier
Carrie Wright

Viola

Katlyn Mabry, Co-Principal
Genevieve Palmer , Co-Principal
Michael Scott Olson, Associate Principal
Juliette O'Quinn
Erin Whelan
Bryan Duttman
Shaun Allison
Nicholas Petruzzi

Cello

Chelsey Lin, Principal
Austin Pederson, Associate Principal
Michael Cartwright, Assistant Principal
Albert Feng
Elijah Lacin
Amika Singh
Nathaniel Holtzman
Adithya Muralidharan
Jenny Xu
Lily Jan
Ethan Clark
Ethan Walker

Bass

Gina Barnhouse
Stephen Frein
Justin Yarletts
Logan Hussey

Flute
Paige Breen
Katherine Gora Combs
Ayla Goktan
Mary Rose Neiman

Oboe

Rachel Coates
Elizabeth Evernham
Miranda Johnson


Clarinet

Tarah Cartee
Rachel Norris
Vaughn Perveiler
Nirmal Ravirajan

Bass Clarinet

Lucas Oakley

Bassoon
Vivek Hebbar
Austin Radosta

French Horn

Monica Gibbs
Rachel Knierim
Devon Martin

Trumpet
Laura Pearson
Anshul Subramanya

Trombone
Samantha Hayes
Robert Ruther

Tuba


Percussion

Tonya Chang
Miranda Stone
Stetson Webster

Celeste

Katherine Gora Combs

Harp

Alicia Reid

 

NOTES:
The Woodwind and Brass Sections Rotate
- NC Symphony Young Strings of the Triangle
- Community Music School

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TYS Repertoire
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Bach - Caillet Fugue in g minor "The Little"
Bach - Stokowski Chorale Prelude from Easter Cantata
Bach - Stokowski Komm Susser Tod
Beethoven Symphony No. 5, Finale
Berlioz Hungarian March
Berlioz March to the Scaffold from Symphonie Fantastique
Bizet March of the Toreadors and Habanera from Carmen
Brahms - Muller Symphony No. 1 Op.68, Finale
Bruckner - Leidig Symphony No. 7, third movement
Copland Fanfare for the Common Man
Copland John Henry
Dvorak Slavonic Dance No. 8
Dvorak Symphony No. 9 "New World", Finale
Gluck Overture to Iphigenia in Aulis
Gershwin Cuban Overture
Handel - Johnson Overture to The Royal Fireworks
Haydn Symphony No. 104 "London"
Liszt Les Preludes
Mahler - Leidig Symphony No. 3, third movement
Mascagni Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
Mozart Symphony No. 25 K183
Mozart - Isaac Symphony No. 40
Mussorgsky A Night on Bald Mountain
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition: Great Gate of Kiev
Nosow Two Movements for String Orchestra
Offenbach - Isaac Ballet Parisien
Rimsky-Korsakov Selections from Capriccio Espangol
Rimsky-Korsakov Russian Easter Overture
Saint-Saens Danse Bacchanale
Schubert Unfinished Symphony
Sousa Sempre Fidelis
Stringfield Cripple Creek from Southern Mountains
Suppe Light Cavalry Overture
Tchaikovsky Overture to Romeo and Juliet
Tschaikovsky - Lehmeier "1812" Overture
Tschaikovsky - Isaac Selections from Nutcracker Suite
Tschaikovsky Symphony No. 6; Introduction and March
Vaughan-Williams English Folk Song Suite
Vaughan-Williams Fantasia on Greensleeves
Vaughan-Williams Sea Songs Suite
Verdi Grand March from Aida
Wagner Overture to Rienzi
Wagner - Meyer

Siegfried Idyll

Walton Crown Imperial March

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Franz von Suppe
Light Cavalry Overture