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Anna Yakura (1)Anna Yakura, piano

Eleven-year-old pianist, Anna Yakura, is a student of the New Mexico School of Music where she has been studying with Dr. Tatiana Vetrinskaya. She showed her interest in music since a very early age and started taking piano lessons since she was five-year old. In 2007, Anna participated in the Golden Key Music Festival performing at Carnegie Hall, New York. She gave her debut solo piano recital when she was eight, playing compositions by Bach, Haydn, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, and Prokofiev. Anna is a 1st Place winner of several piano competitions including Dennis Alexander Piano Competition (2011 and 20013) and State of New Mexico Honors Audition (2011). Her 2012 highlights include performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto in D minor with the Symphony Orchestra of Albuquerque. At the end of May 2013, Anna is going to Moscow, Russia, to participate in the prestigious Vladimir Spivakov International Charity Foundation Festival.

Besides music, Anna swims competitively as a member of Charger Aquatics, at Albuquerque Academy. She also likes math and science, as well as reading books and writing stories. Anna Yakura is a fifth grader at Hubert Humphrey Elementary School.

Meet the Musicians

FIRST VIOLIN
Carmelo de los Santos
Karen McKinnon Concertmaster Chair
Sarah Tasker •••
Assistant Concertmaster
Ana María Quintero Muñoz
Joan Wang +
Heidi Deifel ++
Juliana Huestis
Barbara Rivers
Nicolle Maniaci
Barbara Scalf Morris

SECOND VIOLIN
Rachel Jacklin •
Carol Swift •••
Julanie Lee
Jessica Retana ++
Liana Austin
Lidija Peno-Kelly
Sheila McLay
Brad Richards

VIOLA
Laura Chang
Kimberly Fredenburgh •••
Allegra Askew
Christine Rancier
Laura Steiner
Michael Anderson
Lisa DiCarlo
Joan Hinterbichler
Laura Campbell

CELLO
Amy Huzjak
Jonathan Flaksman •••

Carla Lehmeier-Tatum
Ian Mayne-Brody
Dana Winograd
David Schepps
Lisa Collins
Elizabeth Purvis

BASS
Mark Tatum •••
Katherine Olszowka
Terry Pruitt
Marco Retana
Frank Murry

FLUTE
Valerie Potter
Esther Fredrickson
Jiyoun Hur ••+
Noah Livingston ••++

PICCOLO
Esther Fredrickson

OBOE
Kevin Vigneau
Amanda Talley

ENGLISH HORN
Melissa Peña ••+
Rebecca Ray ••++

CLARINET
Marianne Shifrin
Lori Lovato •••
Jeffrey Brooks

E-FLAT CLARINET
Lori Lovato

BASS CLARINET
Jeffrey Brooks

BASSOON
Stefanie Przybylska •
Denise Turner

HORN
Peter Erb •+
Allison Tutton
Andrew Meyers
Maria Long ••••

TRUMPET
John Marchiando
Brynn Marchiando
Sam Oatts ••

TROMBONE
Aaron Zalkind
Byron Herrington

BASS TROMBONE
David Tall +
Robinson Schulze ++

TUBA
Richard White

TIMPANI
Micah Harrow •+

PERCUSSION
Jeff Cornelius
Kenneth Dean
Emily Corneliu

Principal •
Associate Principal ••
Assistant Principal •••
Assistant ••••
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One-year position ++
Half-year position +++