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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 Mark Francis at 361-882-2717 or mfrancis@ccsymphony.org.

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Why did Bach throw away his Harpsichord? Because

Why did Bach throw away his Harpsichord?

Because it was Baroque! 😭🥰

Tomorrow we will be debuting a video with our Director of Music to share about the Harpsichord and how it will be used in our upcoming season! Stay tuned! 🎶

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Have you seen the 2nd episode of our Meet the Musi

Have you seen the 2nd episode of our Meet the Musicians series? Husband and wife Dan and Diana Sipes share stories of playing in the Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra together. Follow the link in the bio to our YouTube channel to see this episode and others in this series! 🎶✨

CCSO’s 22nd season was led by Conductor Maurice

CCSO’s 22nd season was led by Conductor Maurice Peress, who began conducting with the orchestra in 1962 and would continue for 12 straight years. Peress would later go on to conduct an array of international orchestras from Hong Kong to Melbourne, and author the work Dvorak to Duke Ellington: A Conductor Explores America's Music and Its African American Roots. As noted in a New York Times article written upon his death in 2018, Peress was known for his work with Ellington and Leonard Bernstein and his fondness for re-working historical concerts, something also reflected in the 66-67 CCSO season.✨

Look at this beautiful program from our 1966 season! 🎶

Looking back to the 2016 season when we collaborat

Looking back to the 2016 season when we collaborated with the @artmuseumofsouthtexas to share the compositions of Bolivian composer, Jose Maria Velasco Maidana.

Jose was the husband of Texas artist, Dorothy Hood. This collaboration with the Art Museum of South Texas was announced as the museum prepared for the opening of an exhibit on Hood, an internationally recognized abstract artist.

'It goes far beyond simply playing a musical score. We have discovered a love story between two artists who found inspiration in each other's work,' former Symphony Executive Director Lynn Haueter said in a news release.

Have you been keeping up with our “Meet the Musi

Have you been keeping up with our “Meet the Musician” series? Episode 1 was an afternoon with Harpist, Patricia Furley. Find this episode and several others on our Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra @youtube channel.

Teresa Nguyen has been the orchestra director at T

Teresa Nguyen has been the orchestra director at Tom C. Clark High School in San Antonio for 24 years. She also serves as Department Coordinator for Fine Arts at Clark High School.

Clark orchestras have won numerous local awards and national distinction under her direction. Her orchestras also carry many consecutive superior ratings and Sweepstakes honors for UIL orchestra contests. Mrs. Nguyen frequently serves as a mentor for student teachers who are future music educators, and is involved with community programs such as the Youth Orchestras of San Antonio.

Mrs. Nguyen began violin lessons at the age of 10, and decided to learn viola at age 17, earning a chair in the Texas All-State Orchestra that same year. Nguyen was also the founder and teacher for her own string project in Mexico, where she taught violin lessons for several years through the Red Cross. She contributes her success as a musician largely to inspiration from fine public school orchestral programs and teachers.

Nguyen has a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Texas at Austin, and has studied viola privately with Roger Myers and Allyson Dawkins. Along with teaching, she also plays viola for the Corpus Christi Symphony and the Laredo Philharmonic. As a symphony violist she has performed with such esteemed musicians as Itzhak Perlman, Sarah Chang, Joshua Bell, Edgar Meyer, and Van Cliburn.

Nguyen is frequently invited as a clinician and judge for other orchestra programs in Texas. She is a past President of Mu Omicron, a member of the Texas Music Educators Association, the Texas Orchestra Directors Association, and the Texas Music Adjudicators Association. She is the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award winner for Northside ISD, and a UIL Sponsor of Excellence Award nominee. When she is not teaching, Mrs. Nguyen enjoys sewing, traveling, and spending time with her husband Tom, daughter Elena, and her cat Lollie Thunderpaws.

Thank you Teresa for your contribution to our Symphony! 🎶

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Have a beautiful weekend ☀️☀️☀️
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The Corpus Christi Area Youth Orchestra Assistant

The Corpus Christi Area Youth Orchestra Assistant Director Melissa Melendez is a member of the Islander String Trio at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, principal violist for the Victoria Symphony, principal violist for the Kingsville Symphony and member of the Corpus Christi Symphony.

Melendez is also the Director of the Suzuki Program at the A&M-Corpus Christi Blanche Davis Moore Early Childhood Development Center.

Melendez has performed with the University of Arizona Symphony Orchestra as the 2004 winner of the President’s Competition held at the University of Arizona, in addition to the Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi String Orchestra, the Kingsville Symphony and the Balcones Symphony in Austin. In 2012, Melendez was featured in the world premiere of Venezuelan composer Gonzalos Castellano’s Concerto for Viola and Orchestra with the Carabobo Symphony in Venezuela.

Melendez holds a Bachelor’s in Music from Louisiana State University, a Master’s in Music from The Cleveland Institute of Music, an Artist Diploma from Duquesne University and a Doctorate in Musical Arts from the University of Arizona.

Thank you Melissa for your amazing contribution to our Symphony Orchestra! 🎶

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