Valley Youth Chorus

Music Staff

Meet Our NEW Music Director – Yohan Partan

Yohan Partan is actively conducting in the Los Angeles area as chorus master of the USC Opera fall production, Die Zauberflöte, co-conductor of USC Apollo Men’s Chorus, music director of San Fernando Valley Youth Chorus, and choir director of Emerson Choir at Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church. He is pursuing the Master of Music degree in Choral and Sacred Music under Dr. Jo-Michael Scheibe, Dr. Nick Strimple, Dr. Christian Grases, and Don Brinegar at the University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music. He received a Bachelor of Music degree with the Student Achiever Award in choral music education and vocal performance in spring 2010 at California State University, Stanislaus under the direction of Dr. Daniel Afonso and Dr. Joseph Wiggett. –more–

Kathleen Moon, Accompanist

Kathleen Moon enjoys a multi-faceted career as an active Southern California harpist, publicity coordinator for the UCLA Department of Music, lecturer in Music Education at Mount St. Mary’s College, choir director/organist at St. Catherine of Siena Church, Reseda, organist/choirmaster at St. Mary of the Angels Church in Hollywoo, and piano accompanist for the San Fernando Valley Youth Chorus. –more–