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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Like Us on Social Media @wyattviolinshop! 2020 | 2021 YOUTH SYMPHONY OF KANSAS CITY 3 ARTISTIC STAFF SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Steven D. Davis, Conductor Kirt Mosier, Artistic Director, Conductor ACADEMY ORCHESTRA Michelle Davis, Conductor Sheri Cain, Conductor PERCUSSIONKC Clif Walker, Conductor SECTIONAL COACHES Ho Ahn Alyssa Bell Mackenzie Brazier Sheri Cain Michelle Davis Kassie Ferrero Michael Gordon Eric Griffin Michael Hanf Rachel Harris Matthew Imber Lisa Jackson Larkin Sanders Ashley Stanfield Stirling Trent Founded in 1958 BOARD OF DIRECTORS PLEASE NOTE NEW ADDRESS: Neil Sader, President Youth Symphony of Kansas City ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF DEVELOPMENT John Middelkamp, Treasurer 1111 W. 39th Street, Suite A128 Steven C. Murray, Executive Director Greg Carroll, Director of Development Reachel Beichley, Secretary Kansas City, Mo. 64111 PROGRAM OPERATIONS COMMUNICATIONS Lydia Allen 816-897-0577 Russ Pieken, Director of Operations Amber Hipp, Communications Robin Boswell Mackenzie Brazier, Program Coordinator and Marketing Associate Melissa Champ PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Dr. Phyllis Chase Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Michael Gordon Kansas Citizens for the Arts SPECIAL THANKS TO: Linda B. Lyon League of American Orchestras Linda Stevens Missouri Citizens for the Arts Lisa-anne Uhrmacher Nonprofit Connect Robbin Williams Visit KC Leisure Partner Programs that take place in Missouri are supported in part by the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency. (PAGE #) YOUTH SYMPHONY OF KANSAS CITY 2020 | 2021 44 YOUTH SYMPHONY OF KANSAS CITY 2020 | 2021 2020 | 2021 YOUTH SYMPHONY OF KANSAS CITY 5 ARTISTIC STAFF STEVEN D. DAVIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR Michael Stern, music director Conductor Steven D. Davis is a lauded, versatile, and cosmopolitan conductor who has inspired ensembles around the world. In constant demand as a guest conductor, he has conducted across four continents, working with ensembles in cities such as Bangkok, Beijing, Lisbon, Sydney, and regularly conducts in his favorite city, Kansas City. Davis currently serves as professor of conducting, and conductor of the Conservatory Wind Symphony at the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Conservatory of Music and Dance. Davis is now in his fourteenth season as the conductor of the Youth Symphony of Kansas City’s Symphony Orchestra. KIRT MOSIER ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS: Kirt Mosier Is an internationally known and critically acclaimed composer and conductor. Mr. Mosier is Artistic Director for the Youth Symphony of Kansas City and the Associate Conductor of the Lee’s Summit Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Mosier taught high school orchestra for 31 years in the Raytown and Lee’s Summit School Districts, where his groups continuously earned highest ratings. He has also taught orchestration and arranging as an adjunct professor at the STUDENT TICKETS University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance. Mosier has twice won national FROM JUST $10 composition awards. From 1990 to present, Kirt Mosier has conducted numerous all-state and honor orchestras throughout the United States and abroad. Ask about our $25 Student Season Pass (816) 471-0400 kcsymphony.org SHERI CAIN ACADEMY ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR Sheri Cain was born and raised in St. Louis, Mo. She attended William Jewell College where she studied violin under Dr. Penny Thompson Kruse and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Music Education. Sheri also earned a master’s degree in education from Baker University. Sheri has taught privately for over 20 years and brings 10+ years of classroom experience teaching string students in grades 5-12. She currently teaches in the North Kansas City school district. Sheri and her husband, Michael, are raising two daughters, Madeline and Rebecca, in Olathe, Kan. Both are wonderful musicians and avid equestrians. MICHELLE DAVIS ACADEMY ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR Michelle Davis has been a string orchestra educator for over 25 years in Illinois, Michigan and Home Missouri. She has taught strings/orchestra at the elementary, middle and high school levels. Currently, she is the conductor of the Liberty High School Orchestras in Liberty, Missouri. Michelle has been a guest conductor in school districts across the state, and has presented clinics at state and national conferences. In 2008, she was Liberty Public School District’s “Teacher of is more the Year.” Michelle is a graduate of The University of Michigan with a bachelor’s degree in viola performance and a master’s degree in music education. She lives with her husband, Steve Davis, important and her awesome, yet stubborn dogs, “Thomas the Man,” and “Henri the Doodle.” than ever CLIF WALKER PERCUSSIONKC Clif Walker is an active arranger, clinician and composer with original works performed at PASIC, 913.383.2222 abmay.com The Midwest Band Orchestra Clinic, TMEA, DCI, BOA, WGI and the Sydney Opera House. He is currently a percussion staff, design team member and co-front ensemble arranger with The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps and the director of the University of Missouri Drumline. Clif holds a BSE from Missouri Western State University and an MME from the University of Central Florida and was the Assistant Director of Bands/Director of Percussion for Blue Springs High School (2011-2015). 6 YOUTH SYMPHONY OF KANSAS CITY 2020 | 2021 2020 | 2021 YOUTH SYMPHONY OF KANSAS CITY 7 A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN EDUCATION! 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