OUR CONDUCTORS

Danielle Johnson, conductor of the Concerts Strings and Chamber Orchestra, is sought after as a guest clinician and adjudicator along the Front Range. An active freelance performer, Johnson has served as concertmaster for the Niwot Timberline Symphony and violist in the Steamboat Springs Orchestra. She spends the summer months as Dean of Women and Interdisciplinary Faculty Instructor for the string chamber music program, Rocky Mountain Summer Conservatory.

Johnson received her bachelor of music education from Wheaton CollegeConservatory in Wheaton, Illinois, and her masters in violin performance/pedagogy at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She currently teaches orchestra at Mountain Range High School in the Adams12 District and is an adjunct faculty member for the Boulder Suzuki Strings. Previously, shetaught for Wheaton's pre-college program, the International School ofBangkok in Thailand, and the public schools in Omaha, Nebraska andNorthglenn, Colorado.

Stephanie Texera, conductor of the Youth Symphony, is a graduate of Florida State University with a Bachelor degree in Music Education (summa cum laude) and the University of Colorado at Boulder with the Master of Music degree in Instrumental Conducting. She is highly sought after as a guest clinician, adjudicator, and conductor throughout Colorado. Ms. Texera has taught instrumental music in Colorado and Florida. She is currently the Director of Bands at Westminster High School.