The Long Bay Youth Symphony program, under the direction of Dr. Charles Jones Evans, provides professional training and performance opportunities for approximately 60 talented musical students each year.
The Long Bay Youth Symphony program, under the direction of Nyamsaikhan Odsuren, provides professional training and performance opportunities for approximately 60 students each year.
This program serves to enhance a young musician’s musical training in a challenging and educational environment. Students accepted into the program will be provided professional instruction and learn discipline and how to work collaboratively toward an artistic goal.
Select Youth Symphony chamber ensembles (string quartet, brass quintet, woodwind quintet) will also receive professional coaching and the possibility for numerous performances at various events, including in the lobby at Long Bay Symphony Classical Series concerts and select players are given opportunities to perform as section players in the Long Bay Symphony.
Dr. Charles Jones Evans
Artistic Director/Conductor
In his 24th season as Music Director/Conductor of the Long Bay Symphony, Dr.Evans has established an impressive standard of excellence for both the LBS and the Long Bay Youth Symphony.
He brings a wealth of musical experience to the area, having held conducting positions with numerous professional orchestras and music festivals across the country. As guest conductor, he has been featured on the podium with organizations such as the Richmond (VA), North Carolina, Virginia and Arkansas Symphonies and the Memphis Ballet, as well as ensembles in Boston, Cleveland, Dallas,
Spokane, Santa Barbara and other cities throughout the U.S.
In Europe, he has made guest appearances with the Oradea and Giurgiu Philharmonic Orchestras of Romania, as well as orchestras in Bucharest. His orchestral performances have been broadcast frequently on National Public Radio.
Evans’ conducting training has included a fellowship under eminent American composer/conductor Gunther Schuller at the Festival at Sandpoint as well as a fellowship at the Aspen Music Festival. He has also studied under Leonard Slatkin, David Zinman, Boris Goldovsky, and David Effron.
Evans holds a B.M. degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music, a M.M. from Southern Methodist University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Eastman School of Music.
Stephen Hand
Youth Orchestra Manager
Over the past several years, Stephen Hand has immersed himself in the music culture of the Grand Strand both as a performer and as a clinician and educator.
His musical training has been used in various settings from church worship, to the stage, and even to the screen. Stephen is a member of the trumpet section of the Long Bay Symphony, brass instructor for Carolina Forest High School, and former director of Festive Brass of Myrtle Beach.
He holds a busy private teaching studio.
Mr. Hand received his bachelors degree in Trumpet performance from Cedarville University (OH) with continuing graduate study at Boston University. His primary trumpet teachers include Charles Pagnard, principal trumpet of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, and Terry Everson, international trumpet soloist and principal trumpet of the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra.
Stephen is married to Jessica, an accomplished music teacher and flautist, and they both have four children.
Aside from playing and teaching trumpet, Stephen is a licensed REALTOR® with RE/MAX Southern Shores.
