T E M POOn l i ne Ne ws le t te r o f M ar y l and C l a s s i c Yo u t h Orch e s t ras

Volume VIII Summer ‘11

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MCYO Staff and Board of Directors Staff

Executive Director...............Cheryl Jukes Operations Manager.................John Park Artistic Adviser....................Jonathan Carney Associate Executive Director...Christine Cox Director of Music Ed...........David Levin Accountant.................................Julie Hamre

ConductorsDavid Levin, Pablo Saelzer, Jason Love, MaryAnn Poling, Kristofer Sanz, Jorge Orozco

ManagersPaula Wheeland, Holley Trittipoe, Ashleigh Townsend, Ben Kepler, Anne Sohn, Linda Fong

Board of Directors Chair......................................Bill Ford Vice Chair..................................David Phillips Secretary................................Nan Cooper Treasurer....................................Denise Miller

Directors-at-LargeJerry Breslow, Bette Eberly-Hill, Michael Lemov, Michael Mael, Denise Miller

Members-elect: Dianne Felton, Erikson Foster, Jamie Schneider

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Contents | MCYO

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Table of Contents

2 Letter From the Board Chair

2 Carnegie Hall Success!

3 From the Staff

3 ASTA Music Teacher Promotes ORCHESTRA Playing

4 MCYO Auditions! 4 MCYO 2011 Audition Workshop 5 Frequently Asked Questions 6 Tips from Conductors 6 Greetings to Private Teachers

8 2011-12 Season Highlights and Dates

9 Meet our New Conductor!

9 News from MCYO Harp Ensemble

10 End of Season 2010-11

MCYO | Letter From the Board Chair

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Dear MCYO Members and Friends,

It is my pleasure and privilege to lead MCYO’s Board as Chair this 2011-2012 season, having served as Treasurer and prior to that, as a director at large over the past three years. I hope all of our MCYO members, friends and colleagues are enjoying some great experiences so far this summer. I know our young musicians are attending various music festivals, camps and also diligently practicing for the upcoming August auditions, while MCYO’s staff prepare for the start of a new season.

The summer issue of the TEMPO provides a great opportunity for MCYO to document recent events, as well as to convey highlights of the upcoming year. I hope you will find this issue informative and enjoyable.

As Chair, I would like to acknowledge with gratitude the service of former MCYO chair, Sunny Kapoor and members Anita Segreti and Matt Mansell. I would also like to take this opportunity to recognize our recently elected officers and newly appointed board members:Officers: Vice Chair, David Phillips, Assistant Dean & Arts Institute Director, Montgomery College (serving his 6th year as an officer of the MCYO Board)Treasurer: Denise Miller, Marketing Program Manager Red Hat, Inc.Secretary: Nan Cooper, Executive Director US Swimming, CT Chapter.I wholeheartedly welcome the time and talent of the current directors at large: Michael Mael, Chief Operat-ing Officer, Washington National Opera; Jerry Breslow, Esq., attorney, retired Comsat Corp; Michael Lemov, attorney & appointed member of MD Consumer Council; and long-time MCYO supporter and former Board Secretary Bette Eberly-Hill. I am very pleased to announce three new members-elect (pending full Board approval in September): Dianne Felton (Vice President of Operations, Mental Health America), Jamie Schneider (E-Marketing Specialist, Smithsonian Associates), Erickson Foster (Graphic Designer, Celerity IT).

We have a wonderful Board of directors in place who I know join me in celebrating the recent accomplish-ments you will read about here and in looking forward to a great new season.

Bill Ford Chair, MCYO Board of Director

Carnegie Hall Success!

Those who attended the Carnegie Hall concert in NYC May 25 can attest to the great performances of our Chamber Strings and Chamber Orchestra that evening! Presented in conjuction with our friends, the Nor-walk Youth Symphony (CT), MCYO performed splendidly, thanks to the efforts of our students and maes-tros Orozco and Saelzer. Kudos to everyone who participated and helped make this a memorable experi-ence: parent volunteers and chaperones, coaches, teachers, musician friends and families. And to Carnegie Hall staff, who could not help but repeatedly marvel that our Chamber Strings were so accomplished, espe-cially since they were among youngest musicians ever presented there!

Special thanks and appreciation go to Strathmore executives, President Monica Jeffries, CEO Eliot Pfanstiehl and Board Chair Carol Trawick for making the trip and being such enthusiastic MCYO fans at Carnegie Hall! We are honored to have had MCYO Board Vice Chair David Phillips and Eliot make their Carnegie debut, appearing on stage to present the concert that evening!

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From the Administrator - by Cheryl Jukes, MCYO Executive Director

For MCYO, summer is a time to plan, regroup and prepare for the next season. With end-of season well wishes for the retirement of 2 of our long-time managers--Linda Kuhn and Janet Wolfe--MCYO is pleased to welcome some familiar faces to these positions. Paula Wheeland, parent of recent MCYO graduate Aurora, takes the helm as Philharmonic manager, while former CS manager, Holley Trittipoe (Wallace) returns to manage the Chamber Orchestra. We are fortunate to have them join the ranks!

Joining us also this Fall will be Jason Love, conducting Chamber Orchestra while Maestro Pablo Saelzer enjoys a semester of paternity leave. Welcome to Mr. Love, a seasoned and beloved local conductor and cellist, who enthusiastically takes the reigns and is planning a wonderful semester of rep for our Chamber Orchestra students. Congratulations to Pablo and Clancy, who are expecting a bouncing baby boy at the end of summer! Upon his return after the December concert, Mr. Saelzer will rotate orchestras with Mr. Levin for the March concert, just as the junior conductors rotated groups last year. Providing these varied experiences and a change of style benefits the MCYO pro-gram overall and provides exciting challenges for all of us! Symphony will be conducted by Kris Sanz this year, assisted by manager Ben Kepler and Mary Poling will conduct Young Artists, with manager Ashleigh Townsend. Great programming plans and some new initiatives are already in the works. Following are some exciting highlights for the upcoming season, but be sure to note our photo gal-lery of late spring and summer events!

Want to be more involved? MCYO is always eager for volunteers to help with the music library, audi-tion week, ad solicitation and other tasks. Contact us at mcyoinfo@mcyo.org.

ASTA MUSIC TEACHERS promote ORCHESTRA playing Why Orchestra?Portion of article for MDDC chapter’s next issue of Stringendo. Reprinted with permission of Jean Provine, American String Teachers Association Here are a few of the many compelling reasons that our students MUST join an orchestra. - They will have fun playing with friends, make new musical friends, and have peers to look up to; all which encourage them to continue their practicing. - They will develop their counting, reading and ensemble skills to a higher level setting them up for suc-cessful ensemble playing as adults. - They will be musically broadened by the many musical styles, composers and technical challenges in the orchestral literature that we would never have time to explore in their private lessons. - They will be well equipped to play chamber music. - They may get the chance to tour and travel. - They will be the future of our orchestras: if not playing in them, they will appreciate and support them financially. - They will help keep the orchestra tradition alive by encouraging their children to join orchestras.

MCYO | MCYO Auditions!

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Auditions for 2011-2012 Season!

In the following pages, you will find various audition information and tips from MCYO staff, coaches, and conductors!

Audition registrations are going on right now! Visit www.mcyo.org for more information.

If anything is still un-answered, feel free to contact us.

Good luck preparing and we’ll see everyone at Audition Week in August!

MCYO 2011 Audition Workshop

August 3rd at 7:00 PM at Strathmore is the date and location of the next audition clinic for those of you who might be auditioning for the first time or would like to get a better idea as to what the conductors are looking for at the auditions. Several MCYO conductors as well as 3 musicians from the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will be on hand to discuss pro-cedures, expectations you should have of MCYO, and how you can best represent yourself as a rising musician. Conductors will discuss the requirements at length and will give you specific information as to the format of the auditions. The BSO musicians will be represent-ing the string, woodwind, and brass sections and will spend time addressing specific issues that you may want to consider directly related to your instrument. The workshop will run around 2 hours, parents as well as students are welcome to come, but parents: please yield seats to musicians!!! Ample time will be given for you to ask the conductors and BSO musicians questions.

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MCYO FAQs: AUDITIONSQ: What are required for auditions?A: Here is a quick checklist for auditions: • Scales - check the requirement website for the exact scale requirements for the orchestra you are audi-tioning for. • Solo - MMEA levels are specified on the requirement list, but musicians should speak with their private teacher and find a piece which will best show the musicians’ skill level. • Sight-reading - required for all instruments. Musicians will be given a minute to review the music before playing, so don’t start playing immediately. • Orchestral Excerpt - only required for strings and other select instruments. Will be posted on our web-site when audition registrations go online.Full list of audition requirement can be found on our website.

Q: What is required for audition day?A: Here is a quick checklist for audition day: • Music - bring a copy of your music! Also a copy (good to have multiple copies) for the judge. • Reporting-in - Please arrive atleast 30 minute before the audition time. Check in at the sign desk FIRST and take audition sheet and info sheet then enter the warm-up room. • Misc. items - bring extra strings/reeds, rosin, tuner, rockstop, and anything which will make the audition go smoothly. • No parents - Of course parents can accompany musicians to Strathmore, BUT parents will not be al-lowed in the warm-up room or auditioning area. Parents, please wait in the lobby or the cafe of Strathmore! Thank you!

Q: Can you audition for more than one orchestra?A: Yes! If the musician is in a grade (in fall) where they qualify for two orchestras, they CAN audition for both orchestras. For most cases, the musician will need to audition TWICE, once for each orchestra judge. Second audition fee is just $15. Make sure you select BOTH audition time at the time of registration. You should see two dif-ferent orchestra auditions listed if you qualify. For 6th grade (CS-YA) and 10th grade (CHA-PHIL) STRING auditions, the auditions are a combined audition where both orchestra’s judges are in the audition. Musicians will not need to audition twice. These auditions are marked in audition registration as “CS/YA Combined” or “CHA/PHIL Combined” auditions. In a combined audition, musicians can choose to be considered for one of the orchestras ($40 fee) or both orchestras ($55 fee), you will need to make this choice during registration process.

Q: When are auditions?A: Auditions for 2011-12 season will be held August 22 to the 27. Audition registrations are happening RIGHT NOW. Please visit our website for more information.

Q: How do we practice for the auditions?A: First of all, you should print the audition requirement chart and take it to your private teachers. Your private teacher will know your level the best and will be able to recommend the best solo piece and methods on practicing for the auditions. MCYO also offers a special AUDITION CLINIC/WORKSHOP to provide audition tips and other sugges-tions. BSO musicians and MCYO conductors run this clinic, which is free for audition registrants. The clinic will be held August 3, 2011 in the evening, here at Strathmore. We will be sending an invite to all the audition registrants during the summer. Levine School of Music provides a Sight-reading Workshop for Strings. Monday, August 8 and Wednesday, August 10. More information is available on the flyer included in the centerfold of this newsletter.

If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact john@mcyo.org.

MCYO | Tips from Conductors

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From Jorge Orozco, Conductor of Preparatory Strings and Chamber Strings

We are all excited about our upcoming MCYO auditions and the beginning of a new season. After last season’s successful debut of Preparatory Strings, expectation are set very high for this new orchestra. We are looking forward to meeting many new young students this year at this level. Preparatory Strings will add new performance opportunities with a fun and exciting program. Practice, practice, practice… that made Chamber Strings debut at Carnegie Hall possible last season, along with the support of many wonderful people. We are certain that the hard work and great talent of this group will keep it at the high level that is has reached. Chamber Strings concerto competition will again give the chance to one of our talented students to be a soloist in one of our concerts. Some audition tips: –Attend the MCYO audition clinic on August 3. –Warm up before your audition. –Do not try to play fast tempos, unless it is re-quired in the music. –We prefer a scale played in tune and good rhythm rather than a fast scale with intonation prob-lems. –Practice your sight reading; don’t leave this to the last week. –Know all your scales. –Prepare your orchestral excerpt as well as your solo piece.

Good luck!

Greetings Private Teachers

As is always the case, MCYO is on the lookout for specific instruments (musicians) for our orchestras that are usually somewhat scarce in numbers. We have been fortunate over the years to have many talented musicians in all our sections. Nevertheless, bassoons, oboes, horns, percussion, string basses, and some low brasses are usually in short supply. MCYO’s is ever striving to have fully instrumented sections in all 6 orchestras! If you know of any stu-dents of all ages or can recommend MCYO to some of your colleagues who may teach some of these mu-sicians, we would appreciate it if you were to spread the word. Not only does MCYO serve Montgomery County, but a significant number of our musicians are from Virginia, D. C., and other Maryland coun-ties. We would love to see and hear them at our auditions.

Additionally, as you know, sightreading is a significant part of MCYO’s audition requirements. With only one rehearsal per week, it is important that students demonstrate the ability to learn the music quickly in rehearsal, in the private lesson with you, as well as on their own at home. You will also find that sightreading is done at most every rehearsal on Wednesday nights....less, of course, as we get closer to the concert.

Thank you in advance of the auditions for all the wonderful and hardworking musicians your send us from your studios. And thank YOU for all your hard work as you prepare them not only for the MCYO audition, but for the myriad recitals, cham-ber performances, etc. included in your curriculum.

MCYO Conductors

Tips from Conductors | MCYO

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From David Levin, Condutor of Philharmonic

MCYO Audition Checklist:

PreparationWork on things SLOWLY, with a lot of repetition.Rhythm is vital in the orchestra. Make sure your rhythm is accurate and steady. · Avoid reinforcing poor habits, and always practice until it sounds great. · It is more important HOW you play, not WHAT you play. A simple piece played with good sound, intonation, rhythm and musicality will give a much better impression to the judge than a piece that is beyond the player’s techni-cal and musical capacity. Actually, it is very irritating to hear a player attempt a concerto, sonata, etc. that is not well prepared or clearly beyond the player’s ability. Choose something that will highlight your strengths. · Show us what you CAN do ... not what you cannot (yet). Hopefully you and your teacher will have chosen wisely as to what you will master by August. Selections that are “almost” prepared don’t really demonstrate what you are truly capable of playing. · If you are required to prepare an orchestral excerpt for the audition, take it seriously and prepare it well. It is likely to be from a work that will be performed this season. This portion of your audition will show us what you are capable of preparing in a relatively short period of time.

In the Warm-up Room · Arrive early with plenty of time to warm up. · Tune your instrument carefully. · FOCUS on yourself, not on the other players around you. · Use your normal warm-up routine. · Only start your excerpts and the transition spots in your solos. Think through the rest. Save your run-through for your performance.

In the Audition Room · Be confident in your own playing. · Don’t tap your foot while playing! · Brass players, always empty water and tune before your performance. · Think of the tempo before you start. · Breathe. · Remember that mistakes happen; keep going. · Nervous? Of course! The conductors know very well how it feels to play an audition. We have been there before. We know it sounded better at home! · Make your scales “beautiful”. Play them in whatever pattern you have been taught in your lessons. Con-ductors are most interested in your ability to shift (string players), play in different keys, and play in tune. · Sight-read with phrasing, dynamics, and vibrato. · Demonstrate your musicality with every note you play during the audition.

Finally, MCYO is looking for those musicians who demonstrate the desire and willingness to put in the same diligent practice on the orchestra music as was done for your audition. Should you be ac-cepted into one of MCYO’s orchestras, please remember what it took to get in. The same effort will be expected of you for the next 9 months.

MCYO | 2011-12 Season Highlights and Dates

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HIGHLIGHTS of the 2011-2012 Season to include: • Side-by-Side Open Rehearsal for Philharmonic with Baltimore Symphony Orchestra planned for January • Presenting year 2 of Preparatory Strings! for string players in grades 3-5. Conducted by our Chamber Strings maestro Jorge Orozco. Group will meet Wed 5:15-6:15 in room 402, Strathmore. Mr. Orozco will be assisted by expert string teacher Sarah Foard and special coach Maria Montano. Auditions on 8/27. You can register on our website. • New Concerto Competitions! o Concerto Competition for Violin, piece will be Khachaturian Violin Concerto, winner to perform with MCYO’s Philharmonic orchestra on the May 20, 7:00 concert at the Music Center at Strathmore. Applications will be due in January 2012 and live audition will be in March. More infor-mation will be available on our website. o Chamber Strings Concerto Competition in fall, dates TBD, winner performs as soloist with Chamber Strings in concert • Imani Winds collaboration with MCYO winds at Blackrock Center for the Arts • Possible Tour to Canada late spring • Viola Class continued, thanks to sponsorship by Potter’s Violins. If you are violinist, consider taking up the viola! Many more orchestra opportunities await you if you play both! • Clarinet and Flute Choirs, rehearsing weekly and performing recitals and special outreach concerts • MCYO Senior scholarship public recital performance for students applying for college scholarship awards. • Collaborations with BSO, National Philharmonic and Strathmore for master classes, special guest conductors for open rehearsals, CItyDance recital performances featuring MCYO chamber groups, new Blackbox Theater performances at Strathmore • Jonathan Carney recital performance Nov 8 with select MCYO soloists

Important DATES for 2011-12 Season:

Main Concert at Strathmore Hall: Sun Dec 4 (3 and 7pm) Wed Mar 14 (7:30 pm) Sun May 20 (3 and 7pm) - Sept 21: Strathmore Master Class for Clarinet with Strathmore Artist-in-Residence Rob Patterson - Sept 24, 4:30 PM: Concertmasters’ master class with BSO’s Jonathan Carney - Sept 25: National Philharmonic’s Concerto competition audition day - Nov 8: Jonathan Carney and MCYO recital at Montgomery College - Nov 9: Outreach Concert for Chamber Strings (CS) and Chamber Orchestra (CHA) at Fox Hills Senior Living Community - Feb 1: Prep Strings and CS Outreach concert at Georgetown Visitation School - Mar 17, 4 PM: March Masterworks Outreach Concert for CS and CHA at The Lutheran Church of St. Andrew’s - MCYO joins in National Philharmonic master classes: - Nov 11: with Chee-Yun, violin - Jan 6: with Zuill Bailey, cello - Mar 23: with William VerMeulen, horn - May 4: with Richard Stoltzman, clarinet

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Meet Jason Love, Fall Conductor for Chamber Orchestra Jason Love has brought his inspiring demeanor and enormous energy to several of Maryland’s great cultural institutions. Under his leadership, the Baltimore Sun has called The Columbia Orchestra “Howard County’s premier ensemble for instrumental music,” noting that “Love has the musicians playing not only with verve and passion, but with an awareness to enter into the emotional core of the works they perform.” Mr. Love is the 2008 Winner of the “Howie” Outstand-ing Artist Award, which recognizes achievement in the arts in Howard County, Maryland.

Love’s thirteen-year tenure as Artistic Director and Conductor of the Greater Baltimore Youth Orchestra As-sociation was marked by continuous growth, including the addition of the Bridges program which provides lessons, instruments, and orchestra to hundreds of Baltimore children. He commissioned new works, forged partnerships with other arts organizations, extended the orchestra’s community outreach programs and con-ducted highly successful tours of Austria, Japan, and Russia.

As Music Director for the New Horizons Chamber Ensemble, a Baltimore-based contemporary music group, Love gave dozens of local and world premieres. He is also active as a cellist, performing frequently across the United States. In July 2007 he gave the North Carolina premiere of Tan Dun’s multi-media cello concerto, The Map.

In addition to his time with the MCYO Chamber Orchestra, Love’s other past and upcoming guest appear-ances include the Baltimore Symphony, Washington Sinfonietta (DC), Hopkins Chamber Orchestra, Bis-marck-Mandan Symphony, and the new music ensemble RUCKUS. Aside from classical music he performs with singer-songwriter Angela Taylor and can be heard on singer-songwriter Sahffi’s album Turning Tides.

Love earned degrees in violoncello with Ronald Thomas and conducting with Frederik Prausnitz from the Peabody Conservatory where he is Past President of the Peabody Alumni Association. He performs with the Columbia Orchestra Piano Trio, the Antares Musicians, as a solo and concerto recitalist, and teaches cello privately and conducting at the University of Maryland–Baltimore County.

News from MCYO Harp Ensemble by Monika Vasey, Harp Ensemble Director

This was a really exciting and busy year for the MCYO Harp Ensemble! The season began with a fantastic performance at Strathmore Hall for the MCYO December concert. This was followed by a special invitation from the National Philharmonic to perform a short program before their Valentine’s weekend concerts, which was very well received! In April, the ensemble performed for Levine’s 35th Annual Gala at the Sidney Harman Performing Arts Center, which was attended by over 300 guests. The year came to a close with a visit in May to the NIH Children’s Inn, where we entertained newly-arriving patients and their families during dinner. Vivian Franks, a member of the ensemble was selected to additionally perform with both the MCYO Symphony and Philharmonic Orchestras throughout the season. The year was filled with truly rewarding experiences for both the students and myself, as they developed as an ensemble and as I embarked on my first year directing the group. I have absolutely enjoyed working with the students, staff and incredibly talented faculty of MCYO and look forward to the next year and musical experiences ahead of us.

If you are interested in the MCYO Harp Ensemble, please contact the MCYO office! First meeting of the season will be on August 31st!

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MCYO | End of Season 2010-11

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MCYO 2010-11 End of Season PHOTOSWe finished the 2010-11 season with a bang! Here are some pictures from end of season!

We will try to always add pictures to our Flickr page, click HERE to view.

Photo by: Steve Sherman

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MCYO Financial News MCYO proudly acknowledges financial sponsorship by the following contributors.

• Individual Contributors • Montgomery Alliance for Community Giving • Board of Directors • The United Way and America’s Charities • Strathmore Hall Foundation • Carolyn and Jeffrey Leonard Tuition Scholarship Fund • Maryland State Arts Council • The Joseph and Rosalind Shifrin Guest Artists Fund • Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County • The Trawick Foundation • Andreas and Margaret Makris Scholarship Fund • Irving and Janet Rosenberg Memorial Scholarship Fund for Aspiring Musicians • Lockheed Martin Corporation • Washington Gas & Light Company • IBM • Washington Post Company • AT&T • COSTCO

Founded in 1946, Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras is the oldest, largest and most established youth orchestra program in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.

MCYO not only enriches the community with quality orchestra experiences but “nurtures and develops young talented musicians” by offering three full orchestras, one chamber orchestra, two string orchestras and additional chamber ensembles. Ranging in grades 3-12, over 450 talented musicians from around

the region participate each season.

For additional information, contact the MCYO administrative offices (301) 501-5208 or 5209

MCYO 2010-11 End of Season AWARDSCongratulations to our college scholarship winners, who were named at the May 22 final concert:

Chester J. Petranek College Scholarship:1st Place - Emily Glassford, clarinet2nd Place - Rob Williams, hornHonorable Mention:Yuchi Ma, bassoonEmily Park, marimba

Ruth R. Albright String College Scholarship:1st place – Kikki Tso, ViolinHonorable Mention:Josh Coyne, violinAurora Wheeland, violin

Margaret and Andreas Makris College Scholarship:Kenneth Liao, violin

At the May concert, MCYO was pleased and proud to present the annual Chester J Petranek Community Award to: the American String Teachers Association (ASTA) and Cathy Stewart, ASTA President. (pictured right) This award is presented annually to an individual or group for “OUTSTANDING DEDICATION AND SERVICE IN SUPPORT OF YOUNG MUSICIANS IN THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA”

From left to right:Bill Ford, MCYO Chair; Lynn Fleming, ASTA Youth Orch.

Liaison; Cathy Stewart, ASTA MD/DC President; Jody Gatwood; Doree Huneven, ASTA MD/DC former President

MCYO gratefully acknowledges our major funders: