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CCSO On The Go!

CCSO chamber ensembles (string trio, brass quintet, woodwind quintet) visit area elementary schools to give students an up-close view of the instruments of the orchestra. These visits influence the students’ decisions to take up an instrument in middle school.

For more information, please contact Dr. Dan T. Sipes at Dsipes@ccsymphony.org.

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So, what are your hobbies and interests? Jasmine K

So, what are your hobbies and interests? Jasmine Kienne, our second flutist is also a professional hula hooper. She sees it as another performance medium.

Please meet our librarian, Sarah Milnarich. She pl

Please meet our librarian, Sarah Milnarich. She plays cello for the Corpus Christi Symphony, was the Director of Library Services for Coastal Bend College for 20 years and continued to serve the Coastal Bend by becoming a certified contact tracer at the beginning of the pandemic.

The Corpus Christi Symphony Brass Quintet is playi

The Corpus Christi Symphony Brass Quintet is playing for the Portland Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on Saturday, December 4th at 6:00 pm! Come to the Portland City Hall and Community Center parking lots at 1900 Billy G. Webb Drive in Portland. Listen to holiday music and take advantage of the beautiful, picturesque decorations and ice-skating rink for your family Christmas photos.

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Another fine example of our musicians helping the

Another fine example of our musicians helping the community is Wanda Avila. She spent 33 years as a band director. Wanda was the head Middle School Band Director and Middle School Fine Arts
Department Head at Gregory-Portland for the last 14 years.

Our musicians have a beneficial impact on the Coas

Our musicians have a beneficial impact on the Coastal Bend. Victor Lara from our percussion section recently retired from public school after 33 years as a band director and most recently Music Supervisor in Flour Bluff ISD.

Many musicians have an interesting story on how th

Many musicians have an interesting story on how they chose their instrument. Our Principal Trombone, Dr. Paul Hageman, was recruited by his junior high school band director who needed trombones in the band. Even though he was too short to reach 6th position, Paul was recruited anyway.

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Did you know that our concert master, Elisabeth Ad

Did you know that our concert master, Elisabeth Adkins was the longtime Associate Concertmaster of the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington before she returned to Texas? She is now the Professor of Violin, Texas Christian University in Fort Worth and we are so fortunate to have her in the Corpus Christi Symphony!

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One of the cornerstone musicians with the CCSO is

One of the cornerstone musicians with the CCSO is Nina Mavrinac, our Principal Second Violin. She has played violin for 70 years and has been a member of the CCSO since 1975. Her favorite piece that she has ever played with the CCSO is Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with conductor Cornelius Eberhardt. Incidentally, that will be our finale composition for the April 9th concert. Nina enjoys working with her hands and her hobbies include; sewing, knitting, crochet, and crafts.

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