Harmonia

Harmonia is GYSO’s intermediate strings-only orchestra. Harmonia performs at least two concerts per season of repertoire that corresponds to GMEA’s (Georgia Music Educators Association) difficulty grades 2-3. Harmonia members should be proficient in one octave major and minor scales in key signatures from two sharps to one flat. Prior experience in an orchestra ensemble is encouraged, but not required.

•Harmonia performs 2-3 concerts per season.

• Standard rehearsals are Sundays, 2:30-4:00 PM at Marietta High School

Whitney Tinley is the director of the Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra’s Harmonia and Concertino ensembles and Orchestra Director at Shiloh Middle School in Gwinnett County. She also serves as the coordinator for Georgia’s 11th and 12th grade All-State Orchestra as well as for Gwinnett County’s 6th grade Honors Orchestra. She has worked as the bass coach for the Gwinnett County Youth Honors Orchestra and has served as a conductor and bass instructor and ENCORE and ASTA orchestra camps.

She maintains an active string bass studio and a career as a freelance bassist. She is a member of the Saint Cecilia Saints, the orchestra for the First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta.

Whitney graduated from DePauw University in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education, and has her Masters in Music Education from the University of Georgia.

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