Pearland Youth Orchestra

Join the Pearland Youth Orchestra

The Pearland Youth Orchestra provides a high-quality string performance experience for promising young musicians in the Pearland area and enhances the lives of student musicians by providing dynamic musical experiences, fostering collaboration, instilling personal responsibility, and cultivating confidence through the pursuit of artistic excellence.

The Pearland Youth Orchestra instruments groups include violin, viola, cello, and double bass, all of which are also offered as private lesson options at Allegro.

Apply your skills

Two orchestras are available to students in 5th grade-high school. The Pearland Youth Orchestras perform a Winter Concert, Spring Concert, and at select special events and festivals. Students must be in private lessons and remain in private lessons while performing with the orchestra. There are many benefits to performing with the Pearland Youth Orchestra.

Students learn to work together to accomplish a shared task while developing leadership skills, interpersonal skills, and applying what they have learned in lessons. Additionally, students progress at a faster rate than with private lessons alone. Contact the academy for audition dates.

Orchestra Levels

The String Orchestra

Conducted by Ms. Cindy Romo & Dr. Carol Tsai, this ensemble provides intermediate to advanced string players with valuable rehearsal and performance skills that will challenge and shape both their musicianship and leadership.

The Preparatory Orchestra

Conducted by Mr. Dennis Baraw & Mr. Nick Carcamo, this ensemble provides entry-level string players with the skills they will need to succeed in any orchestra or future ensemble. Coupled with private lessons, entry-level string players can expect their ear, technique, and musicianship to grow exponentially.

Rehearsals

Both orchestras rehearse at Peace Church, located at:

2849 Miller Ranch Rd ste 503 Pearland, TX 77584

The String Orchestra

The String Orchestra is led by Ms. Ruth and Dr. Carol Tsai.

Ms. Ruth

Ms. Garcia was born in Tegucigalpa, Honduras and began her musical journey at six years old.

Back in her country, she was part of the National Autonomous University of Honduras Chamber Orchestra, and an orchestra conductor/violin professor at the Choir and Orchestra Educational Arts Foundation of Honduras (FARECOH by its Spanish acronym). Ms. Garcia moved to Natchitoches, LA. where she was part of the Natchitoches-Northwestern Symphony Orchestra and graduated from the Northwestern State University of Louisiana with a Bachelor of Music degree in Violin Performance.

She has played as guest violinist and violist in the Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas area: South Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Longview Symphony Orchestra, Marshall Symphony Orchestra, Monroe Symphony Orchestra, Acadiana Symphony Orchestra, Texarkana Symphony Orchestras, Lake Charles Symphony Orchestra, and TEXAS Outdoor Musical. Also, she has been part of many international orchestra festivals in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Chile, Panama, and the United States.

Ms. Garcia is very excited to share with her students the joy that music brings to life and help them to overcome new challenges with success. One of her favorite things about teaching is helping students to reach their personal goals accompanied by hard work and discipline.

Dr. Carol Tsai

California-native Dr. Carol Tsai has been passionate about music since her early childhood. Her musical endeavors began with studying piano at the age of 5 and violin at 6. Over the years Carol has performed with a variety of musical ensembles, including the Pacific Chorale, the UCI University Choir, the UCI Symphony, the Santa Barbara Choral Society, UCI’s Clair de Lune all-female a Cappella group, and the Santa Barbara Mission Schola. Carol has also performed with the Santa Barbara Opera company and for UCSB’s Opera workshops in both the choruses and various roles, including Suor Angelica, Carmen, Manon, La Rondine, Letters from Providence in the Rain, and The Marriage of Figaro. Apart from her many years of performing, Carol has also loved working in a teaching capacity for about 15 years. In addition to private teaching, she has also coached for the Beckman High School orchestra, the Santa Barbara High School musical theater department, the UCSB women’s chorus, and the UCSB musical theater department. Carol is thrilled to join the faculty of the Allegro Pearland Academy of Music!

Carol is currently a materials scientist at Dow. She earned B.S. degrees in Chemistry and Biology, Cum Laude from UC Irvine. She performed her graduate work at UCSB, where she did her doctoral thesis developing computational simulations of block copolymers in Professor Glenn Fredrickson’s research group and studied for her Master’s in Vocal Performance under the instruction of Dr. Isabel Bayrakdarian, focusing heavily on mid-Classical to late Romantic repertoire.

The Preparatory Orchestra

The Preparatory Orchestra is led by Mr. Dennis Baraw, with Mr. Nick Carcamo as the orchestra assistant.

Ms. Ruth

Ms. Garcia was born in Tegucigalpa, Honduras and began her musical journey at six years old.

Dennis began his formal musical studies at a local community college and later transferred to the University of Georgia. During his time at UGA Dennis was able to gain valuable experience as a performer and teacher in many varied settings. He has also traveled, taught and played in countries around the world including China, Italy and Costa Rica. Dennis currently resides in Houston,Texas where he maintains a busy teaching schedule. He has most recently performed with The World Doctors Orchestra premier in Houston, Texas 2019.

Mr. Nick Carcamo

Mr. Nick is currently pursuing a degree in composition and violin performance. He has studied violin for over 10 years and his passion in music has led him to actively pursue mastery over all stringed instruments and the piano. Mr. Nick enjoys composing and playing with many ensembles. He enjoys sharing his excitement for music and multiple instruments as a means of inspiring students of the academy in viewing the study of music as a beautiful art.