Lois Leyva

Lois is one of the founding persons of the Inland Valley Symphony. She attended West Virginia University where she received her Masters Level in Performance; studying with Professor Donald Portnoy. She moved to California in 1977 and studied with Anthony Porto at Grossmont College in La Mesa and sat as concertmaster under his baton in the Grossmont Sinfonia for six years. On occasion she played solos (ex: Vivaldi's Summer from the Four Seasons) and was involved in a five-year chamber music concert series with Porto and others.

Lois has played in other professional productions including Gilbert and Sullivan San Diego, SDSU musicals, Jewish Community Symphony's Mexico Tour, Coachella Valley and Idyllwild School. She has attended many chamber music workshops from Oregon to Bozeman, MT.

Lois has taught for over 20 years. She began teaching in the San Diego Public Schools and now teaches private lessons in the Temecula area. She performs regularly with the Inland Valley Opera Orchestra.

Jennifer Cox

Jennifer Cox joined the Inland Valley Symphony in August 2007. She began her study of the violin at the age of ten. As a teenager, Jennifer performed in Carnegie Hall in New York City with the Utah Valley Youth Philharmonia, guest conducted by John Rutter. As a member of the Timpanogos String Quartet, she performed for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, prominent Utah state government officials, leaders of various religious denominations and national military officers. Jennifer appeared in commercials aired during the Olympics and has played in numerous pit orchestras for musicals. She is also a member of the Inland Valley Opera Orchestra.

Jennifer earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Violin Performance and Pedagogy from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where she had the opportunity to study with Barbara Williams. As a member of university orchestras and string ensembles, Jennifer performed under the direction of Dr. Clyn Barrus, Dr. David Dalton, Dr. Bryce Rytting, Roger Drinkall, Dian Baker and Dr. Donna Fairbanks. She served as concertmaster of the Philharmonic Orchestra and toured extensively throughout the United States with the Chamber Orchestra. During her college years, Jennifer was awarded for her excellence in performance, honored for Outstanding Service to the Chamber Orchestra, taught as an Adjunct Violin Instructor and was a featured soloist at her Convocation Graduation Ceremonies.

After graduation, Jennifer taught junior high school orchestra classes, with her orchestras earning the highest marks for superb performances in festivals. While in her 2nd year of teaching, she was honored as “Teacher of the Month.” She performed with the Chamber Ensemble of Utah, the Utah Baroque Ensemble Orchestra, the Penasquitos Chamber Orchestra and the Poway Community Symphony Orchestra.

Jennifer currently teaches private violin lessons in The Cox Music Studio and has over 17 years of violin teaching experience. She performs frequently as a freelance musician in professional and volunteer orchestras and music ensembles. Jennifer and her husband Ken are the parents of two wonderful children.

Paul Ciolek

Paul Ciolek has been playing with the Inland Valley Symphony for a number of years. He began his violin studies in the fourth grade. His early teachers included Sharon Holland and Kay Pech-Anshutz who is presently Music Director of the Cal Poly-Pomona University Chamber Players. Has also studied with Jason Uyeyama of La Sierra University.

Paul holds an A.S. degree from Saddleback College with studies in Music and Science and an A.A. degree in General Education from Palomar College. He has over 20 years of experience as a freelance orchestral musician. Past accomplishments include performances with numerous chamber and church ensembles as well as significant orchestral work. He has performed with The Saddleback Chamber Players, The Saddleback Orchestra, and has served as co-concertmaster for the Saddleback Symphony. Currently Paul is an active musician in the Strings For Your Heart Quartet, La Sierra University Symphony. He also substitutes for the Redlands Symphony Orchestra and the Riverside Philharmonic.

In addition to playing professionally, he provides private instruction.

Dr. Joachim Raese

Joachim Raese played the violin from the age 10 to 19. At the age of 19, he quit playing and went to Medical School. After coming to this country and becoming a psychiatrist and researcher, his wife gave Dr. Raese a violin for his 50th birthday and a couple of lessons later, with his private teacher, Lois Leyva, he was launched into a new path of music.

With hard work and determination he became a orchestra member with the Inland Valley Symphony.

Meredith Einstein

Meredith has been a prominent member of the Inland Valley Symphony for a number of years. She plays in various Southern California symphonies including the Coachella Valley Symphony and the San Jacinto Symphony.

Originally from Minnesota she has made Idyllwild her home. Meredith plays violin, viola and cello. She also performs in the Inland Valley Opera Orchestra.

Susan Stillings

Susan began studying violin at the age of eight. As a teenager she studied performance with San Francisco violinist, Irving Parsons. She also played first violin with the California Youth Symphony Orchestra.

In her freshman year at the University of California, Santa Barbara, she played in the UCSB Symphony Orchestra; but when she decided to pursue a career in science she put down the violin and did not pick it up again until after retirement.

In 1999 she was asked to join the MSJC Symphony, where she served as principal second violin for several years before becoming assistant concertmaster and manager of the orchestra. A year later she joined the Inland Valley Symphony.

In addition to her orchestral activities she is leader of the “Sentimental Strings” chamber ensemble.

Kiersten Smith

This is Kiersten's first season with the Inland Valley Symphony. She started violin at the age of four and has studied with several prominent teachers including John Coppin (former assistant concertmaster of the LA Philharmonic) and William Barbini (former concertmaster of the Sacramento Symphony).

As a teenager, Kiersten was a member of the Sacramento Youth Symphony. With this group, she toured through Europe and competed in the Vienna Music Festival during the summer of 1995. The Youth Symphony won firstplace in the competition and also the prize of The City of Vienna.

She graduated from Brigham Young University, Idaho in 2004 with a bachelor's degree in music education. Her private violin instructor was Ted Ashton and for viola, Kevin Call. Kiersten participated in the symphony orchestra, chamber orchestra (occasionally played as concert master with this group) and the baroque ensemble.

Upon her husband's graduation from BYU-Idaho, she moved to Southern California so he could attend graduate school. The past three years Kiersten has been teaching elementary instrumental music in the Arcadia school district. Along with public teaching, she has taught private violin lessons for 15 years.

Today, she no longer teaches in a public school. Keirsten is an at home mom to her 2 year old daughter.

Sun Y. Hong

Sun Y. Hong has been an active member of the Inland Valley Symphony for a number of years. Sun was born and raised in Seoul, Korea. She graduated with honors in Music from Weha Women's University, Seoul, Korea. While attending the Weha Women's University, Sun appears as a soloist.

She has performed with a number of groups, including the Centennial Philharmonic, Brico Symphony, and Arvada Chamber Orchestra. Along with playing professionally, Sun also taught private lessons.

Sharon Rollinson*

Sharon Rollinson has been an active musician for in Inland Valley Symphony for the past eight years.

Along with performing, she has been the primary Coordinator, a member of the Board of Directors and is responsible for obtaining music, musicians, and other details required to help the Symphony function.

She was raised in Los Angeles, graduated from UCLA, then served in the Peace Corps in Afghanistan for two years, where she met and married her husband, Joe. Sharon was an active (& volunteer) teacher and has been a board member of the Assistance League of Temecula Valley, conducted a junior string orchestra, and has taught violin/cello to private students in the inland valley.

Sharon also performs with the Inland Valley Opera Orchestra.

Susy Clarkson

Susy has been a prominent member of the Inland Valley Symphony for a number of years.

Cailin Musgrove

Cailin has been a prominent member of the Inland Valley Symphony since 2006.

Cynthia Wolf

Cynthia has been a prominent member of the Inland Valley Symphony for a number of years.

Emily Thompson

Emily has been a prominent member of the Inland Valley Symphony for a number of years.

Lauren Fischer

Lauren's love for the violin began at just two years of age, when she received a small, ornamental violin for Christmas. Her enthusiasm for the little music box was so immense, her uncle suggested she should take violin lessons. Her parents agreed.

In the years to come, nurturing teachers would steadily encourage her enthusiasm into skills, which would fuel real passion for the stringed instrument.

At the age of 12, Lauren became the youngest performing member of The Inland Valley Symphony. She said, The Orchestra has given me the privilege to be part of a community of gracious, and supportive musicians; and given me the opportunity to play alongside the best musicians in the Inland Empire.

She has also served as First Chair, for the Inland Valley Youth Chamber Strings Group, in 2007. Lauren is under the tutelage of Concert Master, Lois Leyva.

Richard Hergert

Richard has been a prominent member of the Inland Valley Symphony since 2005.

Shirley Lee

Shirley has been a prominent member of the Inland Valley Symphony for a number of years.

Stephen Rondoc

Stephen has been a prominent member of the Inland Valley Symphony for a number of years.

Hal Sander

Hal Sander has been playing with the Inland Valley Symphony since 2004.

Hal has been playing the violin in several local symphonies for the past 16 years. Along with his passion for music, Hal is also a retired Cost Analyst.

Michelle Miller

Michelle is one of our newest members of The Inland valley symphony.

Emily Miller*

Emily has been an active member of the Inland Valley Symphony since 2006. She began playing viola at age 9, and has been taking lessons from Concert Master Lois Leyva for 7 years. Emily especially enjoys her music ministry at Sun City Bible Church as both a soloist and in the church orchestra.

Charlene Willem

Charlene has been a prominent member of the Inland Valley Symphony for a number of years.

Cecilia Saldana

Cecilia is from San Diego until 1994, that is when her family moved here to Temecula. She started playing at the age of 12 years old. Cecilia played with Mt. Miguel High School were she was President, first Chair Violist and received the 1st place on a National Competition.

Cecilia started to play for the San Diego State University Symphony while being a Senior in High School, and as an adult, she was a member of The Grossmont College & Palomar Symphonies. She started singing for the Temecula Chamber Singers of the Valley in 1999 as a soprano. This year she decided to join the symphony as a violist.

Nick Miller

Nick has been a prominent member of the Inland Valley Symphony for a number of years.

Steve Clugston

Steve is one of our newest members of the Inland Valley Symphony.

Lorian Dunlop*

Lorian Dunlop is an active member of the Inland Valley symphony and began playing cello at the age of 4.

She has been a member of a number of symphonies, including the Chicago Civic Orchestra, and attended Interlochen National Music Camp, in Interlochen, Michigan. She received her Bachelor of Music Performance from North Park University, Chicago, where she majored in cello and minored in voice and organ. Lorian has performed with string quartets and other chamber ensembles, as well as singing professionally with the Chicago Symphony Chorus and the Ravinia Festival Chorus. She has served as principal cellist with the Mt. San Jacinto College Orchestra, and enjoys performing with area symphonies and chamber groups.

Lorian is a soprano soloist with the Inland Valley Opera and will be performing in several of their presentations this season, along with her partner, Darcie. Lorian and Darcie run their own business, doing accounting software consulting, sales and custom programming. They are the parents of beautiful 6-year-old twin daughters, Ruth and Rose.

Debra Marshall

Debra has been playing for a number of years. She studied cello at Ohio State University with Dr, William Conable and performed with the Lima Symphony.

She is also the principal cellist in the Inland Valley Opera Orchestra.

Katy Kline

Katy Kline has been an active member of the Inland Valley Symphony since 2004. She grew up in Olympia, WA and started playing the cello at age 9. She studied for four years under True Sachnison. Katy was in the Capital Area Youth Symphony for four years, performed in the Orchestra Pit at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts, and played two years with the Olympia Chamber Orchestra.

Allan Campbell

Allan Campbell started playing with the Inland Valley Symphony in 2001. He currently studies with Kyle Champion at the University of Redlands. Alan is an avid musician at his church. Every year he enjoys playing with the Black Glove Cello festival in St. George, Utah.

Carole Musgrove

Carole has been a prominent member of the Inland Valley Symphony since 2006.

Cyndy Parker

Cyndy has been a prominent member of the Inland Valley Symphony since 2006

Douglas Bast*

Douglas Bast has been an active member of the Inland Valley Symphony since 2006. Currently he serves as a member of The Board of Directors.

Douglas received his Bachelor of Arts in Music Performance from the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO), 2004. He was principle bassist for The Heartland Philharmonic Orchestra, UNO Chamber Orchestra, Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra, Young Artist Symphony Orchestra and he served as assistant principle for the San Francisco Youth Symphony.

Along with playing, Douglas served as a board member for the Heartland Philharmonic and Coordinator for the "School For Strings Grades K - 12", with the University of Nebraska at Omaha String Department.

Douglas was the Concerto Contest winner for the Heartland Philharmonic Orchestra in 2000 & 2003, and in 1994 with the Los Medanos Wind Ensemble. His private teachers include Wil Clifton & William Ritchie (Omaha Symphony), Shinji Ushima (San Francisco Opera Orchestra) and Stephen Tramontozzi (San Francisco Symphony).

As well as being an accomplished musician, Douglas composed his first symphony (at the age of 18), a piano peice (La Vie de Carrie), and several other music pieces.

In addition to his professional playing, he is also a private instructor.

Les Woodson

Les performs in numerous symphony orchestras and musical groups throughout Southern California.

Michelle Totten*

Michelle Totten is an active member of the Inland Valley Symphony. She currently is Vice President of The Board of Directors.

Michelle received a bachelors degree in flute performance from Northwestern University, where she studied with Walfrid Kujala and Richard Graef of the Chicago Symphony. Michelle is also an active freelance chamber musician and soloist, and has performed throughout California as well as Chicago, Illinois. After serving as a faculty member of the Claremont Community School of Music, Michelle presently teaches privately at the Miyamoto Music Studios in Temecula.

Kate Prestia Schuab

Kate Prestia-Schaub has an Masters in Music, flute performance from the University of Southern California and a Bachelors of Music in flute performance from Indiana University. Her primary teachers have been Jim Walker, Tom Robertello, Kate Lukas, Maralyn Prestia and Karen Yonovitz.

She was the 1st place winner of the 2002 NFA Piccolo Artist Competition, the 2001 Indiana University Woodwind Concerto Competition, and the 1997 Denver Young Artists Orchestra Concerto Competition.

Kate made her solo piccolo debut with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra at age 18. Additionally, she has been a soloist with the Indiana University Wind Ensemble, the Denver Concert Band, and in 2007 with the All Valley Honor Band in Temecula.

She has performed solo recitals throughout the United States and has also toured several Europian Countries, with various performing ensembles since the age of 17.

Lee Stevens*

Lee Stevens has been an active Member of the Inland Valley Symphony for a number of years and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from California State College at Fullerton. After graduation, he played oboe for the U.S.A.F. Band of the Black Hills stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base in Rapid City, South Dakota.

After completing his enlistment, Lee continued studying oboe while doing graduate work at the University of Southern California and gained employment as an instrumental music teacher with Alvord Unified School District in Riverside.

During his music teaching career Lee received a Master of Education degree from Azusa Pacific University in 1985.

Lee's oboe-English horn performance experience has been with various orchestras; Ventura County Symphony, the Rapid City Symphony, which included their summer festival orchestras. Mr. Stevens played a number of years with the Riverside and San Bernardino Symphony Orchestras.

He has studied with have been Donald Muggeridge of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and William Criss of the New York Metropolitan Opera.

Cheryl Lopez

Cheryl has been a prominent member of the Inland Valley Symphony since 2006. She has performed with the following music groups: Riverside Community College Orchestra, University California Riverside Concert Band and University of Redlands Band.

Cheryl's private teachers include Irene Liebenberg, Francisco Castillo and Dennis Robertson.

Matthew Peng

Matthew is one of the student members of the symphony.

Jason Davis

Jason is one our newest musicians with the Inland Valley Symphony.

Frances Scoggin

Frances is a resident of Riverside and performs in various orchestras and concert bands throughout the area. She plays with the San Jacinto Symphony and the Rancho Bel Ago Wind Ensemble.

She is also the bassoonist for the Inland Valley Opera Orchestra. Frances has been a member of the Inland Valley Symphony for a number of years.

Lecia Cecconi-Roberts*

Lecia received her Bachelors of Music (with a Minor in education) from the Wake Forest University and a Masters in Music in clarinet performance and music education from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Dr. Cecconi-Roberts received her Ph.D. of curriculum and instruction with woodwind performance from the University of Missouri. Her teachers include Bob Listoken, Herb Blayman and John Mohler.

Dr. Cecconi-Roberts has played in various professional pit orchestras, symphonies and the Detroit Concert Band. Currently, she is the Band Director for Vail Ranch Bulldog Bands, in Temecula.

John Gonzales

John has been a prominent member of the Inland Valley Symphony since 2006.

Glen Edwards

Glenn is one of our newest members of the Inland Valley Symphony Orchestra. Originally from Boston Massachusetts, he began playing clarinet in the sixth grade at the age of 10. After high school he studied with saxophonists, Joe Viola and William Thompson at the Berkley College of Music. While attending graduate school at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Glenn continued studying the clarinet, saxophone and flute. He played in the University Symphony Orchestra, concert band, and the Max Roach Jazz Ensembles. He studied privately with Archie Shepp and Max Roach during that time and then later joined the likes of many Boston area classical and jazz performing groups including: The Concord Concert Band and the Ricky Ford Ensemble.

Professionally over the past twenty years, Glenn was computer software instructor, and served as a Business Development Manager, Account Manager, Utility Account Manager, and a Sales Executive. Prior to Moving to California, Glenn started Tyson Music Productions, and delivered performances and musical instruction to inner city children as well as providing concerts to local assistant living facilities. Now a resident of Winchester California, Glenn is a license Life and Medical insurance agent. In addition to the Inland Valley Symphony Orchestra, he performs for the Bob Holt Big Band and offers private woodwind instruction in the local area.

Dave Bradley

Dave Bradley started playing violin in the 5th grade, while switching to other various wind instruments. Ten years after high school, Mr. Bradley started playing flute, clarinet and saxophone in his church, the Valley Winds and local area musical theater pit orchestra.

Eduardo Contreras*

Eduardo performs with various symphonies and groups in the southland. He is also a music educator in Palm Springs.

Megan Scarborough

Megan is one of our newest members of The Inland valley symphony.

Louis Stephen Cruz

Louis Cruz has been and active member of the Inland Valley Symphony since 2006. Currently, Mr. Cruz plays in various bands and ensembles in Southern California. Along with performing, he is an active composer.

Amy Morris*

Amy has been playing with the Inland Valley Symphony for a number of years. She began playing the trumpet and piano in the 4th grade. In 1998, she received a Bachelor's degree in Music Education from Brigham Young University, where she was heavily involved in performing and teaching, including two years as Head Drum Major of the Cougar Marching Band.

Past experience has included Principal Trumpet with Top Brass! Quintet, Principal Trumpet with the BYU Philharmonic Orchestra, Co-Principal Trumpet with the BYU Wind Symphony, member of the Utah Centennial Brass Band, trumpet soloist with the BYU Jazz Legacy Dixieland Band and trumpet soloist/member of the internationally renowned BYU Synthesis Big Band. She has performed as Principal Trumpet in numerous orchestra pits for musical theatre productions, and has studio recording experience.

Amy has toured throughout the U.S., Norway, Sweden, Finland, Japan and China with many classical and jazz performing groups, including stops at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. (Jazz Legacy Dixieland Band), the Pori Jazz Festival in Finland and the Kongsberg Jazz Festival in Norway (with Synthesis), sharing the stage with jazz legends B.B. King, Chick Corea, Bob Berg, Ken Peplowski, John Clayton and Bobby Shew.

In her professional career, Amy has taught high school band, marching band and orchestra, and currently gives private instruction to brass, piano and organ students in her music studio. She is a member of the International Trumpet Guild (ITG), is the principal trumpet of the Inland Valley Symphony, a member of the California Consort Chamber Orchestra, and has appeared annually as the trumpet soloist in Murrieta’s production of Handel’s Messiah since 2000. She regularly accompanies other musicians & choirs on the piano and organ, as well as performing as a soloist.

Christa Ledesma

Christa Ledesma has been with the Inland valley Symphony since 2004.

She earned her Bachelor Degree in Music Education from Sterling College. Christa has played with several professional symphonies, which include The Hutchinson Symphony, Valley Winds and The Jim Phillips Brass Quintet. She studied with trumpet Daryl Batchelor and conducting with Dr. Dwayne Wilson.

James Sharp

James is one of our newest members of The Inland valley symphony.

Larry Swain*

Larry has been a prominent member of the Inland Valley Symphony for a number of years.

Larry Retzack

Larry Retzack has been an active member of the Inland Valley Symphony for a number of years. He is a Wisconsin native and music study began at 13, with a concentration of trombone at the age of 17.

He received his Bachelor of Art in music education from Wisconsin State College and his Masters of Music in music education from the Northern Illinois University, 1966. Dr. Retzack recieved his Ph.D. candidacy in music education from the Northwestern University, 1973.

His private teachers include Robert Gantner, Bob Hokkanen (Wis. State); Wm. Whybrew, Wilbur Pursley (NIU); Frank Crisafulli (NU, Chicago Symphony Orchestra). Mr. Retzack played in the Machida Philharmonic near Tokyo; OB Philharmonic, Fukuoka, Japan; El Camino College Symphony (Hawthorne CA); Palos Verde Peninsula Symphony, Mt. San Jacinto College Symphony. Dr. Larry Retzack organized brass quintets in Corcoran CA; Sagamihara City, Japan. Dr. Retzack taught music in WI, IL, CA, Canada, and Japan for 6 years. Current, he is a Librarian-Media Specialist with Colton High School.

Randy Davis

Randy Davis has been a member of the Inland Valley Symphony since 2006. Mr. Davis was an active music performer throughout his childhood and adult life. He has performed with the Pomona Concert Band, among many other local ensembles

Kent Broersma

Kent Broersma is new to the Inland Valley Symphony. He switched from percussion to Tuba in Junior High, after the Band Director asked for somebody to play Tuba for the following year. He never realized he would still be playing over 30 years later.

After High School stayed active playing locally in Dixieland, Brass Quintets, and Cerritos Junior College. In the summer of 1985, he toured with a Christian Organization known as The Continentals Singers, playing with their premier group, The Continental Brass and singers.

Kent continued playing by joining the Biola University Symphonic Band as a guest player and met his Wife Char, a Bassoonist in the Band. They recently celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary and have 4 teenagers, all who play instruments. Kent recently began playing again in 2005, after being without a Tuba for about 10 years. He has since joined the Redlands 4th of July Band, The Main street Band in Loma Linda, and the Riverside Concert Band. He has also recently played with the University of Redlands as a guest player.

Over the years he has studied privately with John Van Houten and hopes to continue his studies with Ross Tolbert, recently retired principal Tubaist from the Minnesota Philharmonic. Kent has an A.A. in Liberals Arts an A.S. in Criminal Justice from Crafton Hills College and is recently retired from Law Enforcement after 13 years.

Alana Joos*

Alana joined the Inland Valley Symphony in the Fall of 2006. She currently serves as the President in our Board of Directors. She began her percussion and piano studies while in grade school in Wimbledon, N. Dakota. Alana has a B.S. in Music from Moorhead State University in Moorhead, Minnesota.

In 1974 she traveled to Korea and Okinawa with the U.S.O. Shows, performing for the U.S. military and played drums for the Jerry Van Dyke Show, touring the Midwest and Harrah’s in Lake Tahoe and Reno. Alana moved to Los Angeles in 1974 to pursue her Master’s Degree in Percussion at Cal State University, Northridge where she served as Graduate Assistant in Percussion.

Her percussion teachers have included Karen Ervin, Owen Clark, Joel Leach, Mitchell Peters, William Kraft, James Moore, Murray Spivak, Dale Anderson and Earl Hatch. Alana is also an accomplished music educator and was instrumental in organizing some of the first educational events for percussion education in California in the late 1970’s. As President of the California Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society she organized the Western States Percussion Festival as well as various clinics and educational programs that served to educate and support the percussive arts.

She has appeared as a drummer in the movies Unfaithfully Yours, The Sting II, Going Berserk and as herself in Nothing So Strange. Alana also played percussion on Milton Berle’s production Magic of the Stars. Recently she has played percussion, in concert, for comedians Jerry Lewis and Don Rickles; with American Idol's Clay Aiken, and for the new musical "Ginger & Me." She is also the percussionist for the Inland Valley Opera Orchestra.

Alana has played with the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra, Long Beach Symphony, Rio Honda Symphony, Westside Symphony Orchestra, Compton Symphony, Brentwood-Westwood Symphony Orchestra, The Life Member Symphony Orchestra, The San Jacinto Symphony, The Coachella Valley Symphony and other various orchestras and bands throughout Southern California.

Alana currently resides in Palm Springs, CA. and is President of Entertainment Express and Dakota Moon Events, a full service entertainment and party planning company which she founded in 1978. She and her sister Janna produce an annual awards show called The Reel Awards which is considered the Oscars of the celebrity impersonator industry.

Gary Busher

Gary has been a prominent member of the Inland Valley Symphony for a number of years.

Todd Johnson

Todd is one of our newest members of The Inland valley symphony.

Vincent Unsell

Vince, 16, has been part of the Inland Valley Symphony percussion section since the summer of 2006. A junior at Calvary Chapel Christian High School in Murrieta this year, Vince has, in his own words, “a passion for music!”

Vince began his adventure with piano lessons at age 7, but that wasn’t to be his strong point. He was invited by the school band director in elementary school to play the bells and percussion, and so began his love for playing with the group. Vince soon advanced to percussion section leader of the junior high band, and then on to the high school drum line during marching band season. As a freshman, Vince picked up the trombone, which he now plays for the high school concert and jazz bands. He is currently the drum line captain for the Calvary Chapel High School Marching Warrior Band where he enjoys being in a leadership role. Vince has decided to tackle the bassoon this year as his new project for concert season.

In addition to band, Vince is also on yearbook staff, runs on the cross-country team, and helps teach Sunday school at his church, while keeping his grades up. Now into his second season with the orchestra percussion section, Vince says, “I just love it, and I’m honored to be part of this amazing group of musicians.” He looks forward to many more experiences with the Inland Valley Symphony in the future.

Louis Stephen Cruz

Louis has been a prominent member of the Inland Valley Symphony for a number of years.

Pam Wing

Pam has been a prominent member of the Inland Valley Symphony for a number of years.