Worcester Youth Orchestras
Board of Directors
Board members Evan Lattimore, Winnie Ip, Jonathan Brennand (Artistic Director), Sarah Kelly (Immediate Past Board Chair), and Jim Brehany (WYO Parent Representative) collaborated on a recent concert at the Tsai Performing Arts Center at Boston University.
The Board of Directors
Board Member, Evan Lattimore, playing timpani
Jim Brehany, Board Member, WYSO Parent Representative
Jim Brehany is a full time Latin teacher at Abby Kelley Foster Charter High School in Worcester, with a Master’s Degree in Latin and Classical Humanities. Jim is also a freelance double bass player in central Massachusetts, having performed in the Aspen Music Festival, Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Caen (Normandy, France), and the Thayer Symphony. He lives in Holden with his wife and five children, including a daughter in the WYO.
David Hendry, Secretary
Dave Hendry is a Communications System Engineer for the Raytheon Company. He has been a board member since 2008. His daughter was a member of the orchestra for 6 years until her graduation from high school in June 2009. He received his BS in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1975.
Bruce Hopper, Board Member
Bruce E. Hopper has served on the WYO Board since 2008. He graduated cum laude from Sufolk University Law School and cum laude from Northeastern University with a degree in finance. His son is an alumnus of the orchestra. Attorney Hopper also serves on the boards of Auburn Youth and Family Services and the Mohegan Council Boy Scouts of America as well as coaches Special Olympics. He plays his trumpet on rare occasions and, even rarer, upon request, and also plays fiddle.
Winnie Ip, Board Member
Winnie S.C. Ip is the Founder and Music Director of the Ip Piano School in Boston, Massachusetts and brings her 20+ years experience to the Worcester Youth Orchestras. Ms. Ip is the International Representative of Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music and she is also the Orchestra Manager for the Waltham Philharmonic Orchestra. www.ippianoschool.com
Jim Brehany is a full time Latin teacher at Abby Kelley Foster Charter High School in Worcester, with a Master’s Degree in Latin and Classical Humanities. Jim is also a freelance double bass player in central Massachusetts, having performed in the Aspen Music Festival, Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Caen (Normandy, France), and the Thayer Symphony. He lives in Holden with his wife and five children, including a daughter in the WYO.
David Hendry, Secretary
Dave Hendry is a Communications System Engineer for the Raytheon Company. He has been a board member since 2008. His daughter was a member of the orchestra for 6 years until her graduation from high school in June 2009. He received his BS in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1975.
Bruce Hopper, Board Member
Bruce E. Hopper has served on the WYO Board since 2008. He graduated cum laude from Sufolk University Law School and cum laude from Northeastern University with a degree in finance. His son is an alumnus of the orchestra. Attorney Hopper also serves on the boards of Auburn Youth and Family Services and the Mohegan Council Boy Scouts of America as well as coaches Special Olympics. He plays his trumpet on rare occasions and, even rarer, upon request, and also plays fiddle.
Winnie Ip, Board Member
Winnie S.C. Ip is the Founder and Music Director of the Ip Piano School in Boston, Massachusetts and brings her 20+ years experience to the Worcester Youth Orchestras. Ms. Ip is the International Representative of Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music and she is also the Orchestra Manager for the Waltham Philharmonic Orchestra. www.ippianoschool.com
Treasurer, Kevin Maguire, keeps tab at a Wine Vine Fundraiser in 2012
Sarah Kelly, Immediate Past Board Chair
Sarah Kelly has a Bachelor of Music degree in Flute Performance from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin and a Master of Music degree in Flute Performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Her primary teachers include Tim Day, Principal Flute of the San Francisco Symphony, Ernestine Whitman, Former Second Flute of the Atlanta Symphony, and Janis Weller, former faculty member of the MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis. Ms. Kelly has over ten years of teaching experience, having taught at the Lawrence University Arts Academy and through her private teaching studio. She is also the Executive Director of the Worcester Music Academy, which she founded in 2010. Prior to opening the Academy, Ms. Kelly was the Vice President of Sales & Marketing at the Wm. S. Haynes Company, one of the world’s finest flute makers. She has also worked for Verne Q. Powell Flutes, another prestigious maker of handmade flutes. She is also involved with the WOO Card marketing committee and was recently appointed a WOO Liaison. Visit, www.worcestermusicacademy.com, for more information.
Evan Lattimore, Board Member
Evan Lattimore earned a Bachelor of Music degree from The New England Conservatory in 1981 where he studied with Frank Epstein, Vic Firth, and Fred Budda. Evan earned a Master of Arts-Teaching degree from Rhode Island College in 1997. As a percussionist, he has toured the United States, Europe, Asia and Africa and performed with The Moody Blues, Aretha Franklin, Ann Murray, Don Rickles and Jerry Lewis. Evan is a member of the Massachusetts Symphony, the Thayer Symphony Orchestra, Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra, and Arcadia Players. Since 1994, Evan has been the band director at the Central Tree Middle School in Rutland. Evan lives in Princeton with his wife Jane and his sons David and Dylan.
Kevin Maguire, Jr., Board Member, Treasurer
Kevin J. Maguire, Jr. is a CPA with Bollus Lynch, LLP in Worcester, Massachusetts. Kevin joined the firm in 2006 upon graduating from Worcester State University with a degree in Business Administration. Prior to graduating, Kevin spent three years at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he was a member of the Minuteman Marching Band. While at the University of Massachusetts, Kevin achieved brotherhood status in the EN chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi, a national honorary music fraternity that promoted the advancement of college and university bands through dedicated service and support to bands; comprehensive education; leadership opportunities; and recognition; for the benefit of its members and society. Kevin played the alto and tenor saxophone for thirteen years before putting it all on hold to finish school and start a family. Kevin currently lives in Leicester, Massachusetts with his wife Amanda, two daughters, and son. He holds an M.B.A. through the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and is a Certified Public Accountant. Kevin is getting back to supporting his love for music through membership of this organization and is hopeful to one day return to playing his saxophone.
Francis McConville, Board Member, WYSO Parent Representative
Francis X. McConville has over 35 years of experience in the chemical and related industries, including process development and scale-up, with expertise in asymmetric crystallization, biocatalytic conversion and fermentation as well as traditional chemical synthetic methods. He is perhaps best known as the author of the Pilot Plant Real Book, a unique handbook for process development personnel, which he wrote and self-published in 2006. Mr. McConville spent 14 years as a process engineer at Sepracor, Inc. where he helped develop cost-effective processes for numerous pharmaceutical actives and intermediates. He was a key member of the technology transfer and scale-up teams for the company's collaborations in Asia, Europe and North America. He was educated at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, from which he holds Masters degrees in both Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering, as well as a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry. This varied background allows him to bring a unique and valuable mix of skills to his work. He now works as a consultant and training instructor and lives with his family in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Sarah Kelly has a Bachelor of Music degree in Flute Performance from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin and a Master of Music degree in Flute Performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Her primary teachers include Tim Day, Principal Flute of the San Francisco Symphony, Ernestine Whitman, Former Second Flute of the Atlanta Symphony, and Janis Weller, former faculty member of the MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis. Ms. Kelly has over ten years of teaching experience, having taught at the Lawrence University Arts Academy and through her private teaching studio. She is also the Executive Director of the Worcester Music Academy, which she founded in 2010. Prior to opening the Academy, Ms. Kelly was the Vice President of Sales & Marketing at the Wm. S. Haynes Company, one of the world’s finest flute makers. She has also worked for Verne Q. Powell Flutes, another prestigious maker of handmade flutes. She is also involved with the WOO Card marketing committee and was recently appointed a WOO Liaison. Visit, www.worcestermusicacademy.com, for more information.
Evan Lattimore, Board Member
Evan Lattimore earned a Bachelor of Music degree from The New England Conservatory in 1981 where he studied with Frank Epstein, Vic Firth, and Fred Budda. Evan earned a Master of Arts-Teaching degree from Rhode Island College in 1997. As a percussionist, he has toured the United States, Europe, Asia and Africa and performed with The Moody Blues, Aretha Franklin, Ann Murray, Don Rickles and Jerry Lewis. Evan is a member of the Massachusetts Symphony, the Thayer Symphony Orchestra, Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra, and Arcadia Players. Since 1994, Evan has been the band director at the Central Tree Middle School in Rutland. Evan lives in Princeton with his wife Jane and his sons David and Dylan.
Kevin Maguire, Jr., Board Member, Treasurer
Kevin J. Maguire, Jr. is a CPA with Bollus Lynch, LLP in Worcester, Massachusetts. Kevin joined the firm in 2006 upon graduating from Worcester State University with a degree in Business Administration. Prior to graduating, Kevin spent three years at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he was a member of the Minuteman Marching Band. While at the University of Massachusetts, Kevin achieved brotherhood status in the EN chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi, a national honorary music fraternity that promoted the advancement of college and university bands through dedicated service and support to bands; comprehensive education; leadership opportunities; and recognition; for the benefit of its members and society. Kevin played the alto and tenor saxophone for thirteen years before putting it all on hold to finish school and start a family. Kevin currently lives in Leicester, Massachusetts with his wife Amanda, two daughters, and son. He holds an M.B.A. through the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and is a Certified Public Accountant. Kevin is getting back to supporting his love for music through membership of this organization and is hopeful to one day return to playing his saxophone.
Francis McConville, Board Member, WYSO Parent Representative
Francis X. McConville has over 35 years of experience in the chemical and related industries, including process development and scale-up, with expertise in asymmetric crystallization, biocatalytic conversion and fermentation as well as traditional chemical synthetic methods. He is perhaps best known as the author of the Pilot Plant Real Book, a unique handbook for process development personnel, which he wrote and self-published in 2006. Mr. McConville spent 14 years as a process engineer at Sepracor, Inc. where he helped develop cost-effective processes for numerous pharmaceutical actives and intermediates. He was a key member of the technology transfer and scale-up teams for the company's collaborations in Asia, Europe and North America. He was educated at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, from which he holds Masters degrees in both Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering, as well as a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry. This varied background allows him to bring a unique and valuable mix of skills to his work. He now works as a consultant and training instructor and lives with his family in Worcester, Massachusetts.
WYO Board Member, Jim Brehany, plays bass with his daughter who is a member of WYSO
Sara Murphy, Board Chair
Sara Murphy has a long history with the arts and culture scene in Worcester having held positions at the Worcester Art Museum and Higgins Armory Museum before transitioning into the legal industry. While at the Higgins, Sara was fortunate to be involved with the Worcester Cultural Coalition, serving as co-chair of their Promoting Arts & Culture (PAC) Committee, and representing the Museum at the Central MA Museums Marketing Collaborative (CMMMC).
More recently, she co-founded the City of Worcester’s Cultural Ambassador program, aimed at recruiting, training, and retaining volunteers to promote the City’s arts organizations and initiatives at local and regional events. Sara also served as Secretary of the Worcester Arts Council (WAC), a municipal board appointed by the City Manager to further arts in the community and to distribute nearly $100k in grant monies. Sara played piano from elementary through high school, and played flute in marching and stage bands while in elementary, junior high and senior high schools. She is a 1999 graduate of Emerson College in Boston, MA with a BS in Communications Management and Public Relations, and currently works in Communications and Business Development at Schwartz Hannum PC, a boutique law firm located in Andover, MA. Sara lives in Methuen, MA where she is an active volunteer with the MSPCA at Nevins Farm in the small animals department. Contact Sara.
Sara Murphy has a long history with the arts and culture scene in Worcester having held positions at the Worcester Art Museum and Higgins Armory Museum before transitioning into the legal industry. While at the Higgins, Sara was fortunate to be involved with the Worcester Cultural Coalition, serving as co-chair of their Promoting Arts & Culture (PAC) Committee, and representing the Museum at the Central MA Museums Marketing Collaborative (CMMMC).
More recently, she co-founded the City of Worcester’s Cultural Ambassador program, aimed at recruiting, training, and retaining volunteers to promote the City’s arts organizations and initiatives at local and regional events. Sara also served as Secretary of the Worcester Arts Council (WAC), a municipal board appointed by the City Manager to further arts in the community and to distribute nearly $100k in grant monies. Sara played piano from elementary through high school, and played flute in marching and stage bands while in elementary, junior high and senior high schools. She is a 1999 graduate of Emerson College in Boston, MA with a BS in Communications Management and Public Relations, and currently works in Communications and Business Development at Schwartz Hannum PC, a boutique law firm located in Andover, MA. Sara lives in Methuen, MA where she is an active volunteer with the MSPCA at Nevins Farm in the small animals department. Contact Sara.
Eve-Marie Nezich, Board Member
Eve-Marie Nezich has a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education as well as a Performer's Certificate from the Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam and a Master of Music degree, summa cum laude, in Flute Performance from New York University. She completed a post-graduate year of study in Flute Performance at the Royal Conservatory of Music, Brussels, Belgium, where she won a First Prize in Chamber Music. Her primary teachers were Camilla Hoitenga and Julius Baker. Ms. Nezich spent three summers on the faculty of the New York State Summer Music Institute at Hartwick College. She is currently an adjunct faculty member of Cushing Academy, where she teaches flute lessons and coaches chamber music ensembles, and she also maintains a private teaching studio. Her students are regularly accepted at District, All-State, and All-Eastern music festivals, as well as into conservatories and universities as music majors. As a flutist, Ms. Nezich has appeared with the Albany Symphony Orchestra, the Queens Philharmonic, and the New Hampshire Philharmonic. She performs as principal flute with the New England Conservatory Metropolitan Flute Orchestra and has performed throughout the United States and Europe. She lives in Hubbardston, MA. and also serves on the School Improvement Council of Central Tree Middle School, Rutland, MA. Her daughter played the violin in the Orchestra and her son plays the cello. When not making music, she can be found running, skiing, on a yoga mat or in a saddle.
Jonathan Brennand, Artistic Director, ex-officio
Christine Carter, General Manager, ex-officio
Eve-Marie Nezich has a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education as well as a Performer's Certificate from the Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam and a Master of Music degree, summa cum laude, in Flute Performance from New York University. She completed a post-graduate year of study in Flute Performance at the Royal Conservatory of Music, Brussels, Belgium, where she won a First Prize in Chamber Music. Her primary teachers were Camilla Hoitenga and Julius Baker. Ms. Nezich spent three summers on the faculty of the New York State Summer Music Institute at Hartwick College. She is currently an adjunct faculty member of Cushing Academy, where she teaches flute lessons and coaches chamber music ensembles, and she also maintains a private teaching studio. Her students are regularly accepted at District, All-State, and All-Eastern music festivals, as well as into conservatories and universities as music majors. As a flutist, Ms. Nezich has appeared with the Albany Symphony Orchestra, the Queens Philharmonic, and the New Hampshire Philharmonic. She performs as principal flute with the New England Conservatory Metropolitan Flute Orchestra and has performed throughout the United States and Europe. She lives in Hubbardston, MA. and also serves on the School Improvement Council of Central Tree Middle School, Rutland, MA. Her daughter played the violin in the Orchestra and her son plays the cello. When not making music, she can be found running, skiing, on a yoga mat or in a saddle.
Jonathan Brennand, Artistic Director, ex-officio
Christine Carter, General Manager, ex-officio
