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Karey Sitzler, WYO String Orchestra Conductor Karey Johnson Sitzler has been the conductor of the String Orchestra since 2005. Ms. Sitzler holds a Bachelor of Music in Instrumental Music Education with emphasis in Strings from Western Michigan University and a Master of Music in String Performance Pedagogy from Arizona State. A violist, she has performed with professional symphony orchestras, chamber orchestras and chamber ensembles in Michigan, Indiana, Arizona, and Ohio for over 30 years. She has taught string classes and private lessons to students ages four - adult at beginning to university/conservatory levels, and has taught in school music programs since 1977. In 1986, Mrs. Sitzler founded the Young Strings Academy in Kalamazoo, Michigan, which she directed until 1998. From 1989-2000, she was the music director of the Kalamazoo Prep String and Training Orchestras. In 1991 she guest conducted the Kalamazoo Junior Symphony in performance at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra clinic in Chicago. From 2000-2003, Mrs. Sitlzer served the Crooked Tree Arts Center in Petoskey, Michigan as Education Director for the Performing Arts and as Youth Orchestra conductor. There, she designed the arts curriculum, organized concerts featuring all 450 students from a three county area, and coordinated cultural activities for participating schools. Since 2003, she has been teaching at the Suffolk, Virginia Public Schools, where she was hired to develop a string program. She has also served as a guest conductor and adjudicator for festivals in the Tidewater area and teaches the music appreciation class at Paul D. Camp Community College.
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