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West Covina Symphony Orchestra: About Us

Board of Directors

Board of Directors

 

 

 West Covina Symphony Orchestra, Inc

(San Gabriel Valley Symphony Orchestra)

Board of Directors 2010

Name

Office

Residence

Qualification/Interest

Sylvia Lee Mann

President/CEO/CFO

West Covina

Music Director/Conductor/Founder

Professional conductor, composer, violist. Previously president/director of many non-profit organizations: Shreveport Symphony Players Association, Community Center of Northwest Louisiana, Director/Manager of Ark-La-Tex Youth Symphony, Union contract negotiator for local 116 musicians union, Shreveport LA, Fellow: Shreveport Regional Arts Council, Music Educator, college professor. Alumni of West Covina High School, Chapman College, USC and London University. Multiple Doctoral Degrees (Music Composition, Orchestral and Choral Conducting, Performance, Music History.)

Sandy Gunn

Secretary

West Covina

Manager/Musician/Publications

Professional musician, retired computer consultant and graphic artist. She has a B.A. in Foreign Languages and Music and has performed, taught and studied ethnic music since age 13. Sandy owned her own consulting business for 25 years in the L.A. area, teaching professional computer publishing and graphics software and writing computer instruction manuals. She currently enjoys teaching and performing music and creating publications for WCSO.

Mary Au

Member

Los Angeles

Musician/Grammy Organization
Mu Phi Epsilon/Piatagorsky Artist

Mary was educated at the Royal Academy of Music, USC Marshall School of Business and USC Thornton School of Business.  After receiving her MBA, she joined the accounting firm Deloitte & Touche specializing in Forensic Accounting and Corporate Finance. Thereafter, she joined the Grammy Organization and headed the Business Affairs Department for multiple 501c tax-exempt entities.  She was tapped to join a large independent record company as their Director of Finance for their Western Region. Currently, Au is a musician specializing in Keyboard Collaborative Art.

Linda Robinson

Member

West Covina

WCUMC Event Coordinator/Financial Professional, Entertainment Industry

West Covina High School Alumni, Event coordinator at the West Covina United Methodist Church, financial professional in the entertainment industry

Victoria Paul

Member

Ventura

Musician/Theatre Professional

Grew up in South Pasadena, Occidental College Alumni, former theatre professional at the Los Angeles Music Center and in Sydney Australia, now an educator in Ventura, CA

Frances Anthony

Member

North Hollywood

Musician/Nonprofit Professional

Professional vocalist, as well as professionally active at UCLA’s Easton Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research, and at KPFK broadcast radio.

Dana Sundene

Member

Diamond Bar

Musician/Educator/Computer Consultant

Professional Musician (oboe/flute), computer consultant, Educator. Specializes in developing concert programs for schools.

Gary Lawson

Member

West Covina

GWC/Future America

Greater West Covina Business Association, Future America, Entrepreneur, Business Consultant

Ruslan Biryukov

Member

Los Angeles

Musical Artist, Community leader

            Glendale Philharmonic, International Musical Artist, Musical Community leader.