YOSA changes lives by providing shared musical experiences that unlock possibility and foster
belonging for youth of all backgrounds. Youth Orchestras of San Antonio (YOSA) has eleven
orchestras that serve young musicians including two advanced orchestras, wind ensemble, flute
choir, mariachi, and six levels of strings.
YOSA’s most advanced orchestra is comprised of the very best young musicians in the San
Antonio area. The YOSA Philharmonic, conducted by Troy Peters, performs professional-level
repertoire in premier venues, collaborating regularly with internationally renowned soloists and
composers.
YOSA Intermezzo Strings is the newest addition to YOSA’s six-tier string program and serves as
the third most advanced string orchestra. Led by conductor Jason Thibodeaux, this orchestra
provides aspiring musicians with a well-rounded environment to continue developing technical
proficiency while exploring a wide range of musical styles with peers from all over the San
Antonio area.
YOSA provides transformative music experiences to more than 2,500 young musicians ages 8-
20 through YOSA Orchestras, YOSA Summer Symphony Camp, and YOSA School Partnerships.
YOSA connects motivated young musicians together and provides a world-class experience that
helps youth grow creatively, academically, and socially. YOSA envisions a community where all
musically inclined youth in San Antonio have a chance to pursue their interests and maximize
their potential. YOSA seeks ways to remove financial and social barriers to high-quality music
education and designs its activities around this purpose.
YOSA changes kids’ lives through music.

CHRISTINE LAMPREA, Cellist and 2018 Sphinx Medal of Excellence Winner, is an artist known for
her emotionally committed and intense performances. Upon her Carnegie Hall debut as soloist
in 2013, she has since returned to Carnegie, as well as performed with orchestras such Costa
Rica National Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Houston Symphony, National Symphony of
Michoacan, New Jersey Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, Santa Fe Pro Musica, and toured
with the Sphinx Virtuosi across the U.S. As a recitalist, Ms. Lamprea has appeared on prestigious
series at Illinois’ Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Florida’s Kravis Center for the
Performing Arts, Pepperdine University, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the
Washington Performing Arts Society. In demand as a chamber musician, she performs
regularly with the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, and has performed with such musicians
as Shmuel Ashkenasi, Sarah Chang, Itzhak Perlman, Roger Tapping, and Carol Wincenc.
Ms. Lamprea strives to expand her musical boundaries by exploring many genres of music and
non-traditional venues for performance and teaching. Her Songs of Colombia Suite includes
arrangements of traditional South American tunes for cello and piano or guitar, and have been
performed at the Colombian Embassy and Supreme Court of the United States for Justice Sonia
Sotomayor. She has worked with members of Baroque ensemble Les Arts Florissants, and
studied sonatas with fortepiano with Audrey Axinn. She has premiered several works by
composers of today. In recent years, she commissioned cadenzas for the Haydn D Major
Concerto by Jessie Montgomery, and premiered Jeffrey Mumford’s cello concerto “of fields
unfolding...echoing depths of resonant light” with the San Antonio Symphony.
Ms. Lamprea is on the cello faculty at the Longy School of Music of Bard College, serves as
substitute faculty at the Juilliard School, and served as Lecturer of Cello at the Texas Christian
University School of Music for the 2018-19 academic year. Ms. Lamprea has given
masterclasses for the Vivac-e Festival, Idyllwild Arts Academy, Wintergreen Summer Music
Festival, among others. She has worked with Ecuadorian youth in the cities of Quito and
Guayaquil, as part of a residency between The Juilliard School and “Sinfonia Por La Vida,” a
social inclusion program modeled after Venezuela’s El Sistema program. Christine Lamprea is
the recipient of a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, which supported her
studies at the New England Conservatory, and a Sphinx MPower Artist Grant, which supported
her study with acclaimed cellist Matt Haimovitz. She studied with Bonnie Hampton at The
Juilliard School and holds a Master’s degree from the New England Conservatory, where she
studied with Natasha Brofsky. Additional influences were Lynn Harrell, Frans Helmerson, and
Philippe Muller. Previous teachers include Ken Freudigman and Ken Ishii.