Last night was the Corpus Christi Area Youth Orchestra Concert! Although it was a Monday, it was very merry. The holiday cheer shone through with all of the winter-themed songs of the Cello Choir, Sinfonietta Orchestra, String Quartet, Corpus Christi Area Youth Orchestra, and the Corpus Christi Area Youth Symphony Orchestra!

The Corpus Christi Area Youth Orchestra is an educational branch of the Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra and provides free opportunities for elementary, middle, and high school students to practice and perform in an orchestra. Directed by Dr. Jose Flores (with help from Assistant Director Melissa Melendez and Cello Choir Conductor Dr. Carrie Pierce), the Youth Orchestra has been providing free music education for over 20 years.

We had the honor of having ___ W. B. Ray High School students in the youth orchestra this year! Their names and instruments are listed below.

The next concert of the Corpus Christi Area Youth Orchestra will be next semester, and the next performance of the Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra is to be this Saturday, December 10th! For tickets and information about the next Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra concert, Home for the Holidays, click here! For more information about the Corpus Christi Area Youth Orchestra and the Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra, click here!

The W. B. Ray High School students in the Corpus Christi Area Youth Symphony Orchestra are:

Valeria Buendia – Cello

Alicia Garza – Trumpet

Larissa Garza – Clarinet

Matthew Garza – Percussion

James Hinojosa – Percussion

Anthony Jung – Clarinet

Julia Kim – Violin

Sebastian Lopez – Horn

Carlos Martinez – Horn

Diego “Rei” Martinez – Violin

Unal McLauchlan – Violin

Joaquin Quiroz – Horn

John Ruiz – Percussion

Katy Thorpe – Violin

Kylie Thorpe – Cello

Carlos Uria – Cello

Sarika Yarrabolu – Violin

Emiliano Zapata – Horn