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Rivers Youth Wind Ensemble Conductor Claire Nalven is a Music Educator, Conductor and Clarinetist. She holds degrees in Performance, Chamber Music and Anthropology from Northwestern University (BM/BA) and the University of Michigan (MM). She also holds K-12 Music Teaching Certification in Massachusetts. Claire currently teaches Band, Jazz Band, Chamber Music and AP Music Theory at Weston High School and Middle …
Chris Brainard conducts the Primo Orchestra at Rivers Conservatory. She also teaches elementary and middle school strings in the Lexington Public Schools, where she has been encouraging young musicians since 2010. Prior to that, she taught strings in the Quabbin District in central Massachusetts. Chris earned a bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Boston University, where she studied violin with …
Conductor, Youth Sinfonia Susan Memoli is the Director of Fine Arts for the Wayland Public Schools and the Wayland High School Orchestra Director. From 2001-2008, she directed the third through eighth grade string instrument program and orchestras in Wayland, including the award winning WMS Honors Chamber Orchestra. Mrs. Memoli has also served the MMEA Eastern District in the capacities of …
Violin Director, Camerata Strings Ms. Zurad received her Bachelor of Music degree from New England Conservatory and her Graduate Diploma and Master of Music degree from Longy School of Music. She also attended the Academy of Music in Krakow, Poland. Her violin teachers have included Wieslaw Kwasny, Valeria Kuchment, and Eric Rosenblith. She is a member of the Lexington Symphony, …
Conductor, Philharmonia Colleen MacDonald has been teaching in the Weston Public Schools since 1999, where she is currently the elementary and middle school orchestra director. Mrs. MacDonald is also the conductor of the Rivers Philharmonia Orchestra and is a conductor at the Summer Youth Orchestra camp. Mrs. MacDonald received her Bachelor of Music Education degree from the Catholic University of …
Conductor, Youth Symphony & Rivers Symphony Orchestra Christopher Memoli is the Music Director of the Rivers Youth Orchestras and conducts the Rivers Youth Symphony Orchestra. Under his direction since 2001, the RYO program has grown from one elementary orchestra to over 300 students in five orchestras. In addition to his responsibilities at the Rivers School Conservatory, Mr. Memoli serves as …
