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  • Juan Felipe Molano

    Music Director, YSO Conductor, & PSO Conductor

Juan Felipe Molano 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.

  • Kathleen Allen

    Executive Director

Kathleen Allen has been at SYSO for six years, having first served as SYSO’s Director of Education Program and Partnerships and then promoted to Managing Director in 2017. At SYSO, Kathleen led the SYSO in the Schools program, which serves 31 Seattle-area schools. She also established partnerships with other arts and education institutions and facilitated the development of SYSO’s strategic plan. Kathleen brings to the role of SYSO’s Executive Director 26 years of experience in arts education, which includes designing, managing, evaluating and fundraising for education programs at arts institutions, school districts, public television, and universities. As a volunteer, Kathleen has served on the boards of community arts organizations and parent associations. Kathleen earned her bachelors in art history from Vassar College and a masters degree in education from Harvard University.

SYSO STAFF

Music Director
Juan Felipe Molano

Executive Director
Kathleen Allen
206-686-3125

Manager of Orchestra Operations
Janice Gatti
206-686-3150

Development & Social Media Associate
Louis Brooks
541-633-9520

Education Program Manager
SYSO Summer Music Program Coordinator
Izchel Chacón
206-686-3119

Data & Operations Manager
Bryan Lindeman
206-686-3105

Administrative & Marketing Coordinator
Seattle Conservatory of Music Coordinator
Evan Berge
206-686-3142

Graphic Designer
Shannon Loys

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President
Jeff Eby

Vice President
Erika Dowd

Secretary
Kathy Shaw

Treasurer
Hana Park

Jeffrey Barker
Christine Chang
Amanda Course
Nancy Grauman
Francisco J. Grijalva, Ed.D.
Ikuko Hellevik
Alice Ikeda
Yoshiaki Minegishi
Paul Rafanelli
Robert M. Sokol
Adam Tullman

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

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Seattle, WA 98125

206.362.2300 | info@syso.org

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      • Virtual Orchestra Program
      • Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra
      • Junior Symphony Orchestra
      • Debut Symphony Orchestra
      • Symphonette Orchestra
      • Prelude String Orchestra
    • Conservatory
      • Seattle Conservatory of Music
    • SYSO in the Schools
      • Endangered Instruments
      • Musical Pathways Project
    • Canceled: Marrowstone Music Festival
    • SYSO Summer Music
  • Events
    • Season Showcase
    • Concerto Competition
    • Concerts & Tickets
  • Audition
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