ENSEMBLES 2023

Antonio Paoli Music School Youth Orchestra

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Leticia Medina

Conductor

Professor Leticia Medina Díaz was born into a family of musical background. She began her musical studies of the violin with her father, the professor Jaime E. Medina. At the same time, she took piano classes with the professor Carmelina Figueroa. She studied at the Specialized School of Music of San Juan and at the Preparatory School of the Conservatory of Puerto Rico, where she later became a violin professor and the director of the Elemental Orchestra of Puerto Rico for 15 years. Later on, she enrolled in the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico where she obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in violin and her Master’s Degree in music education. Mrs. Medina has studied orchestral conducting in South America, United States, and Puerto Rico. She has also taken courses in the teaching method of Suzuki for violin in Chicago and Puerto Rico. She is the president and founder of Borinquen String Fest and of the Juvenile Symphonic Band of Puerto Rico. She is a member of the Philharmonic Orchestra Arturo Somohano, and also the conductor of the Chamber Orchestra of the Philharmonic of Puerto Rico. She is currently a violin professor at the Specialized School of Music Antonio Paoli of Caguas and the conductor of both the Philharmonic Orchestra and the Symphonic Orchestra of said school.

Elizabeth Cintrón

Conductor

Born in Caguas, Puerto Rico. Professor Elizabeth Cintrón achieved her bachelor’s degree in performance of the clarinet with a double concentration in music education in the Music Conservatory of Puerto Rico. Additionally, she continued taking credits of a Master’s degree in performance of the clarinet with the professors Kathleen Jones, Dawn Lindblade and Oskar Espina Ruíz. During her time as a student in the Conservatory, she participated in the Symphonic Orchestra, the Concert Band (where she participated in its presentation in the prestigious Carnegie Hall, NY) and the Six Elements Ensemble. Elizabeth is a certified teacher in the Kodaly method and possesses 13 years of teaching experience. As an educator, she has worked for the Symphonic Juvenile Orchestra of Puerto Rico, the music program 100 x 35 and in private colleges in Puerto Rico. Additionally, she has been the Conductor of the Rhapsody Band, the Intermediate Band of the Specialized School of Music Jesús T. Piñero and the Scholar Band of Cidra, where she has shaped students for prestigious universities in the United States and in Puerto Rico. She was also the general music teacher in the Baptist High School of Caguas. As a clarinetist she has performed in some of the best music ensembles in Puerto Rico. Some of these are the Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philharmonic Camerata, the Symphonic Orchestra of Puerto Rico, the Municipal Band of Caguas, the Concert Band of Puerto Rico (the state band) the Symphonic Orchestra of Bayamón and, internationally, the Symphonic Juvenile Orchestra and the Symphonic Orchestra of the Sewanee Summer Music Festival. In the present, Professor Elizabeth Cintrón teaches in the Specialized School of Music Antonio Paoli in Caguas, where she occupies the position of clarinet teacher. She is also the associate conductor of this school’s Symphonic Orchestra. Moreover, she possesses a Master’s degree in Scholar Administration and Supervision. She possesses certifications as a school director k-12 and as a director of specialized schools of Fine Arts.

Celebration Program

Additional Concerts Program