Symphony–Richard Niezen
Philharmonia–Yin-Feng Keynes Chen
Philharmonia Wind Ensemble–Jerome Fleg
Sinfonia–Regan Kane
Outreach
Director– Michelle Eudeikis
Assistant Conductor–
Assistant to the Executive Director– Jerome Fleg
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Richard Niezen
Music Director and Symphony Orchestra Conductor
Mr. Niezen
began his musical studies on the double bass at age seventeen. While studying
with Stuart Knussen in Victoria, British Columbia, his musical aptitude was
quickly discovered and soon Niezen was recognized as one of Canadas finest
young musicians. Within a few years, he was performing under renowned conductors
and playing in orchestras in Montreal, Cleveland, and Buenos Aries. In 1995,
Niezen studied conducting in Prague with Frantisek Vajnar, Head of Conducting at
the Progue Academy of Musical Arts. Upon returning to the U.S., he was accepted at
the prestigious Cleveland Institute of Music to study with Carl Topilow and Louis Lane.
In 1998, earning his Master's Degree in Orchestral Conducting, Niezen served as a
faculty member at the Institute's preparatory department, guest conducting various
Cleveland-area orchestras, and he served on the faculty at Lakeland College.
Since moving to Colorado in 2000, he has earned a reputation as a dynamic
conductor,educator and orchestra builder throughout the state. In addition to
conducting CYSOs Symphony, he is the Music Director of the Aurora Symphony
Orchestra and the conductor of the Rocky Mountain Brass Works.
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Yin-Feng Keynes Chen
Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor
Mr. Chen has been teaching violin since 1994 and received his Suzuki pedagogy
training under Dr. William Starr. He has taught in Englewood and also coaches the Boulder
Youth Symphony String Quartet Program. Mr. Chen also serves as the president of the
Board of Directors for the Boulder Youth Symphony, as well as being the executive
director of A Mid-Summer Day's Dream String Camp. He attended Shanghai Music
Conservatory and received his Master's Degree of Music Performance from the University
of Colorado at Boulder and has received numerous awards including the Koromzay Chamber
Music Award, and Concerto Competition winner at CU Boulder in 2000. Mr. Chen currently
performs with the Boulder Philharmonic, Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra, and the
Colorado Symphony Chamber Musicians' Up Close and Music Concert Series.
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Regan Kane
Sinfonia Conductor
Regan Kane has studied the violin since the age of five when she began with the Suzuki Method.
She received her Bachelor Degree in violin performance from Drake University where she received
the Frank Noyes Violin Award and has won first-prize of the Drake University Young Artists
Competition. She achieved a masters degree in violin performance at the University of Colorado
while studying with the Takacs Quartet as a member of the Graduate String Quartet in Residence with
full scholarship. Ms. Kane has continued to be an active performer in the Front Range area.
She is a member of the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra, and
Boulder Chamber Orchestra and has performed with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra and Colorado
Symphony Chamber Musicians Up Close and Musical Concert Series. She has also performed with the
Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the New World Symphony in Miami, and the Colorado Music Festival.
Ms. Kane performed in Berlin, Germany with the Nacht Quartet in 2003 after intensive study at the
Hans Eisler Music Conservatory where they studied with members from the Vogler and Cherubini Quartets,
as well as the renowned Professor Ebhard Felz. She continues to perform often in solo and small
ensemble concerts such as the Chen Quartet and Boulder Chamber Orchestra. Recently, in the spring
of 2007, Ms. Kane finished a USA tour with the well-established Carl Rosa Opera Company of London
as a member of the opera orchestra. Ms. Kane has extensive experience teaching violin in private
and group settings and has had Suzuki training with the well-known Suzuki pedagogue, Dr. William Starr.
She has taught violin privately since 2000 and conducted the orchestra program in 2004-2005 at Peak to
Peak Charter School in Lafayette, Colorado. She has also served as a violin sectional coach for
Boulder Youth Symphony for the past several years. In the summer of 2007, Ms. Kane became the
second violinist of the established Illuminati Quartet to perform and teach for the String Quartet
Program of Northern Colorado. Ms. Kane and her husband, Mr. Yinfeng Keynes Chen, founded a
high-standard string school in Boulder called Flatirons Strings Academy as well as a successful
string and fiddle summer camp called A Mid-Summers Day Dream String Camp.
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Michelle Eudeikis
Outreach Coordinator
Michelle began teaching music in the Texas public schools in 1980. In addition
to her work there, she led sectionsals for youth orchestras in Amarillo, Dallas,
and Fort Worth. She has been an orchestral clarinetist with the Dalas Opera
Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphoy, East Texas Symphony, Ballet Arlington Orchestra,
Plano Symphony, Texas Chamber Orchestra, and the AMarillo Symphony. After
relocating to the Denver area she became a highly sought-after performer locally
and now plays regularly with the Colorado Ballet Orchestra, the Colorado Chamber
Players, and the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. She works with the CYSO Chamber
Arts Program devoted entirely to chamber music ensembles. In additon to string
quartets, CYSO is currently making plans to include a woodwind quintet and
brass quintet.
Jerome Fleg
Wind Ensemble Conductor and Assistant to the Executive Director
Jerome Greyson Fleg has worked as a conductor and clarinetist throughout the United States and Europe. He currently is the conductor of the Colorado Youth Symphony Wind Ensemble and the assistant conductor of the Colorado Youth Symphony Philharmonia Orchestra. Jerome has also served as the conductor for the Archipelago Music Festival. As a clarinetist, Mr. Fleg plays with the Central City Opera (clarinet/bass clarinet), Wyoming Symphony, and Arundo Wind Quintet (clarinet). He has toured as the principal clarinet with the Mantovani Orchestra. Mr. Fleg has also played clarinet with the Colorado Symphony, Greeley Philharmonic, Ft. Collins Symphony, Gettysburg Symphony, and Columbia Symphony Orchestra. His performances have included many venues such as Carnegie Hall, and he has worked with many musicians such as Grammy award-winning composer Marvin Hamlisch.
Mr. Fleg graduated from the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore with Bachelor degrees in clarinet performance and music education. He then completed a Master's degree in clarinet performance at the University of Northern Colorado and is currently a Doctoral student and teaching assistant at the University of Colorado at Boulder. His principal teachers have included: Bil Jackson, Andy Stevens, Mark Nuccio, Steven Barta, Dan Silver and Bill Welty.
Jerome has received awards such as the Silver Medal in the National Fischoff Chamber Music Competition (Arundo Winds), 1st place in the University of Northern Colorado Orchestra Concerto Competition, Dean's Scholarship from the University of Northern Colorado, "Martha and William Bill" Memorial Prize at the Peabody Conservatory, and the 'Best Should Teach' Silver Award at the University of Colorado.
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