Lois Leyva - Violin/Viola Coach                                                                        

Lois is one of the founding persons of the Inland Valley Symphony. She attended West Virginia University where she received her Masters Level in Performance; studying with Professor Donald Portnoy. She moved to California in 1977 and studied with Anthony Porto at Grossmont College in La Mesa and sat as concertmaster under his baton in the Grossmont Sinfonia for six years. On occasion she played solos (ex: Vivaldi's Summer from the Four Seasons) and was involved in a five-year chamber music concert series with Porto and others. 

Lois has played in other professional productions including Gilbert and Sullivan San Diego, SDSU musicals, Jewish Community Symphony's Mexico Tour, Coachella Valley and Idyllwild School. She has attended many chamber music workshops from Oregon to Bozeman, MT.   Lois has taught for over 20 years. She began teaching in the San Diego Public Schools and now teaches private lessons in the Temecula area. She performs regularly with the Inland Valley Opera Orchestra.

Kirsten Vogelsang Eyerman - Cello Coach

Since graduating from Yale with an MM in 1984, Kirsten has been active as both performer/(cellist) and composer, dedicating her career to the forward/crossover movements in film, dance and new media.Kirsten began her film scoring career in 1989 as composer/fellow at the Sundance Institute where she worked with top composers and conducted the Utah Symphony in her own film music. Since then Kirsten has created scores for over 15 feature length films, specializing in epic, suspense and dramatic scores.  Most notable are her scores for The Reunion (1977) starring Timothy Devlin, Riding With James Dean (1998), Love Notes (1996) starring Margaux Hemingway and Hero Lover Fool (1997) starring Jon Jacobs. Currently Kirsten is scoring the upcoming feature and series Vampyre Confidential, created by Joe Ritter.In 2001 Kirsten was honored to receive the Spirit of Moondance Award for Filmscoring, which she accepted at the 2001 Moondance Film Festival. Kirsten has also received annual awards from ASCAP since 1990. In addition to her MM from Yale University, Kirsten has a BM from Mannes College of Music and has attended the Julliard School and Bennington for extra classes.

Kate Prestia-Schaub - Woodwind Coach

Kate made her solo piccolo debut with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra at age 18.  Additionally, she has been a soloist with the Indiana University Wind Ensemble, the Denver Concert Band, and in 2007 with the All Valley Honor Band in Temecula.  Kate has been invited to perform at the National Flute Association Convention numerous times, and is honored to have been invited to many other notable flute festivals in the United States.  She has performed solo recitals throughout the United States, Japan, Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic.  Her 2010 schedule includes a series of solo recitals with the Golden Valley Music Society, a woodwind quintet project, and several recording projects.   She recently premiered "Flash!"at the NFA convention in New York in August. As a soloist, Kate has recently been working with world renowned composers in expanding the piccolo repertoire.  In 2001, composition faculty at USC Frederick Lesemann wrote "Slow Music for Piccolo Alone" for Kate.  In 2008, Daniel Dorff wrote the ever energetic show piece "Flash!"  Also in 2008, James Sharp wrote "Piccolo Sonatina" for Kate.  These two new compositions were written and entered in the International Piccolo Symposium's composition competition.  "Flash!" was the winner of this, and is available through Theodore Presser, or Flute World.  Currently, Kate is working with Martin Kennedy on a new work for piccolo to be premiered in 2010.In addition to her flourishing solo career, Kate is a member of the Inland Valley Symphony in Southern California.  She also performs regularly with several musical theater groups in the Temecula and Murrieta valley, as well as actively playing with collaborative chamber music groups for community development and outreach events sponsored by the Arts Council of Temecula Valley.

Ms. Prestia-Schaub enjoys teaching a studio full of dedicated flute students in her home in Murrieta California.  Her students participate in a variety of activities including: the Certificate of Merit program sponsored by the Music Teachers Association of California, Music Teachers National Association Music Study Award program, San Diego Flute Guild festivals and competitions, SCSBOA solo and ensemble festivals, two recitals per year, and she invites students to participate in community service programs for senior citizens in the area.  In addition to her studio at home, Kate is invited several times a year to facilitate piccolo and flute master classes at various Universities and Flute Festivals throughout the country.  During the school year, she serves as the "Flute Coach" to Murrieta Valley High School and Shivela Middle School.  During the summer months, Kate teaches the "Summer Music in the Valley" program sponsored by the Temecula Valley Arts Council.  Kate is on the adjunct faculty for the Idyllwild Arts Academy in Idyllwild, CA where she gives master classes and sectionals for their high school flute section. Ms. Prestia-Schaub's teaching positions have included The Seoul Academy of Music (Van Nuys, CA); The Korean American Academy of Music (La Crescenta, CA); the Old Town Conservatory of Music and the Performing Arts (Pasadena, CA); and the European School of Music, (Torrance, CA).

In addition, Mr. Prestia-Schaub served as the development director for the Old Town Conservatory in Pasadena from 2001 to 2006.  There, she wrote grants for community outreach music education programs and scholarships for the Conservatory Youth Orchestra program.  She created, developed and taught the "Adventures in Music" program in participating elementary schools in the Pasadena area.  Currently she is serving on the board of the San Diego Flute Guild, the Music Teachers Associated of California, and the advisory committee for the National Flute Association.