Jessica BalboniDirector, Orchestra Leadership Academy, League of American OrchestrasLeni Isaacs BoorstinDirector of Community Affairs, Los Angeles Philharmonic AssociationEric BoothLeading teaching artist and trainer of teaching artistsMark ChurchillDirector, El Sistema USADean Emeritus, Preparatory and Continuing Education, New England ConservatorySenior Advisor, New England ConservatoryBob FiedlerExecutive Director, The People’s Music SchoolAnne FitzgibbonExecutive Director, The Harmony Program, New YorkDirector of Operations and Deputy to the Senior University Dean for Academic Affairs and Dean of the School of Professional Studies, CUNYCharles GrodeVice President for the Institute for Learning, Access and Training, Chicago Symphony OrchestraSarah JohnsonDirector, The Weill Music Institute, Carnegie HallGreg KandelPartner, Management Consultants for the ArtsGretchen NielsenDirector of Educational Initiatives, Los Angeles Philharmonic AssociationSteven PayneExecutive Director, Youth Orchestras of San AntonioStephanie ScherpfManaging Director, El Sistema USASusan SimanInternational Program Director, Attapallah Children and Youth Symphony, Miami Symphony OrchestraDirector, Montalban Nucleo, CaracasDalouge SmithPresident & CEO, San Diego Youth Symphony & ConservatoryDan TraheyArtistic Director, OrchKidsFaculty, Peabody Conservatory/Preparatory
National Steering Committee
El Sistema at Conservatory Lab Charter School (Brighton, MA)
“The orchestra and choir are much more than artistic studies. They are examples and schools of social life. To sing and to play together, means to intimately coexist”
