Time:
Thursday
December, 17, 2026
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location:
W190
Category
Middle School String Orchestra
Performer Details
Performer Bio Synopsis
The Meyerland Sinfonia has a history of excellence decades in the making. Made up of sixth through eighth graders and chosen by audition, they have maintained consistently outstanding standards. The orchestra perennially earns superior ratings at UIL and has been named a commended winner of the Foundation for Music Education's National Orchestra Honors. The Sinfonia performs a varied repertoire which includes classics of the string orchestra literature, music by modern composers, as well as Broadway and film music. One of the orchestra's most cherished traditions is the annual 8th grade concerto concert, in which each of the 8th graders who choose may perform a concerto or showpiece with the orchestra accompanying them. Through this they have played works of Mozart, Saint-Saens, Bruch, Haydn, Kresiler and others.
Meyerland Performing and Visual Arts Middle School Sinfonia
Conductor's Bio
Timothy Maynard is the Orchestra Director at Meyerland Performing and Visual Arts Middle School in Houston, Texas, a position he has held for ten years. Under his leadership, the Meyerland orchestra has excelled on local and national stages, consistently earning UIL Sweepstakes awards and performing across the state and the country, including a performance at Carnegie Hall. As a guest clinician, Mr. Maynard has traveled with ensembles to the Midwest Clinic and the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC). Prior to his appointment at Meyerland, he served as the head Orchestra Director at YES Prep West, where his work and his partnership with Mercury Chamber Orchestra earned him a Distinguished Music Educator award from Yale University. His higher education experience includes serving on the faculties of Sam Houston State University, Lone Star College, and Houston Community College while also maintaining a thriving private studio for many years teaching percussion. His former students are counted among music educators at every level from elementary school through college. Mr. Maynard remains an active percussionist in the Greater Houston area. A strong proponent of lifelong learning, he regularly participates in conducting workshops, having studied in recent summers with Kevin Noe, Clifton Evans, and Creston Herron among others. He holds a Master of Music in Performance from the University of Houston and a Bachelor of Music from Sam Houston State University. He is a member of the Texas Music Educators Association, and the Texas Orchestra Directors Association.
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