Youth Symphony of Denton Conductors
Hank Chang
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Mr. Chang, the Conductor for the Symphony Orchestra was educated in violin and viola performance, and in orchestral conducting in Korea, Europe, and at the University of North
Texas. He has studied with many prominent musicians in each country. His musical career spans 25 years, including playing viola in symphony orchestras, teaching strings at universities, organizing international music festivals and conducting orchestras of different levels. He has recently been conducting the Ascolti Korean Chamber Orchestra in his native Korea and has worked for many years with the Sunsim Benedict Youth Orchestra. Mr. Chang very much enjoys working with students and has wanted to start a Youth Symphony in Denton since he moved back to America in 2017. He wants to share his deep love of classical music with the students of the Denton area. Mr. Chang is married to See-Eun, who is a choir director, and they have two violin playing boys, college student Johan, and Daehan who has one year left of high school. |
Damia Cleaver
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Mrs. Cleaver has been a private instructor for the past 20 years, and has taught as a private instructor in the Denton school district for the past ten years.
As the Executive Director of the Youth Symphony, Mrs. Cleaver is the mind behind the Youth Symphony. She works in all the areas behind the scenes to make the Youth Symphony a success. She also serves as the conductor/instructor for the Preparatory and String Orchestras. Mrs. Cleaver loves working with all students, helping them have a strong start to their musical lives. Mrs. Cleaver is a native of Denton and is married to Victor, who plays several instruments including percussion, guitar, bass, and piano. They have two grown children, Emily and Matthew. |
Mike Dandron
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Mr. Dandron is the Conductor of the Philharmonic Orchestra. Conducting a Youth Orchestra is the fullfullment of a life-long dream of Mr. Dandron who attributes his experience with youth orchestra with the attainment of many life-long lessons. Mr. Dandron teaches at Navo Middle School and Braswell High School and enjoys performing various genres of music professionally in the area, as well as with his students at school.
Mr. Dandron obtained his Music Education degree from Bowling Green State University and completed his Masters Degree in Music and the Univeristy of North Texas. |
