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Juan Felipe Molano

Music Director & YSO Conductor

Juan Felipe Molano (he/him/el) brings twenty years of vibrant teaching and performing experience to the position of SYSO Music Director. His career includes conducting positions with top professional and youth orchestras throughout Europe, the United States, Asia, South, and Central America. Since 2014, he has served as Conductor of Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA), a program of the Los Angeles Philharmonic that puts the transformative power of music-making into the hands of young people who would not otherwise have access to it. Maestro Molano joined SYSO in 2019, and in that time has overseen meaningful programmatic changes including increased access between SYSO’s educational programs, greater inclusion in the concert hall, both artistically and socially, and most notably led SYSO through the height of the COVID-19 pandemic with creative and diligent programming.

Marcia Isenberger

Interim Executive Director

Marcia Isenberger (she/her/hers) brings 33+ years of non-profit executive leadership to the team at SYSO. She joined Loveall Price & Associates as a consultant in 2021. Having worked in the nonprofit sector since 1987, Marcia’s expertise includes strategic planning, board development, fundraising, community development, public/private partnerships, staff development and business operations. Marcia has worked with organizations both small and large, in terms of staff, budget size and diversity. What is important to Marcia is relationships, relationships with staff, board, volunteers, and community. Marcia believes that relationships build trust, better communication and great listening skills that help in any environment.

Julia Eagan

Director of Development

Louis Brooks

Marketing & Communications Manager

Izchel Chacón

Manager of Orchestra Operations

Wendy Devaney

Marrowstone Music Festival Manager

Alexandra Wass

Data & Operations Manager

Gabriela Garza

Guest DSO Conductor, Artistic Associate, Seattle Conservatory of Music Manager

Daniel Mullikin

School & Community Partnerships Manager

Janice Gatti

Kellogg Site Coordinator

David Ussery

Shorecrest Site Coordinator

Kamil Tarnawczyk

Music Librarian

SYSO Staff

Music Director
Juan Felipe Molano

Interim Executive Director
Marcia Isenberger
425-818-4237

Director of Development
Julia Eagan
425-818-4765

Marketing & Communications Manager
Louis Brooks
206-774-8332

Manager of Orchestra Operations
Izchel Chacón
206-774-3617

Marrowstone Music Festival Manager
Wendy Devaney
425-818-4254

Artistic Associate, Seattle Conservatory of Music Manager
Gabriela Garza
425-818-3335

Rehearsal Site Coordinator
Janice Gatti
206-660-6616

School & Community Partnerships Manager
Daniel Mullikin
206-774-6733

Data & Operations Manager
Alex Wass
206-774-3791

AYOP Site Coordinator
David Ussery

Music Librarian
Kamil Tarnawczyk

Graphic Designer
Shannon Loys

Board of Directors

President
Erika Dowd

Vice President
Francisco J. Grijalva, Ed.D.

Secretary
Christine Chang

Treasurer
Robert M. Sokol

Jeffrey Barker
Amanda Course Misbe
Jeff Eby
Alice Ikeda
Peggy Smith
Jorge Morales
Hana Park
Paul Rafanelli
Kathy Shaw
David Tan
Adam Tullman

Founded in 1942, Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra is the largest youth orchestra training program in the United States.

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  • About
    • About SYSO
    • Tuition & Financial Aid
    • Parent & Guardian Association
    • Alumni
    • Faculty
      • Conductors
      • Coaches & Faculty
    • Staff & Board
    • Work With Us
  • Programs
    • Orchestras
      • Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra
      • Junior Symphony Orchestra
      • Debut Symphony Orchestra
      • Symphonette Orchestra
      • Prelude String Orchestra
      • MY Southeast
      • Cadenza
    • Conservatory
      • Seattle Conservatory of Music
    • School
      • Endangered Instruments
      • Musical Pathways Project
    • Summer Programs
      • Marrowstone Music Festival
      • SYSO Summer Music
  • Events
    • Concerts & Tickets
    • 2022-23 Concerto Competition
  • Audition
  • Support
    • Make a Gift
    • Annual Fund
    • Corporate Giving
    • Estate Giving
    • Our Sponsors
  • Media
    • Leadership Letter
    • Photos & Video
    • Press
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