Lynn DuBose- Teaches Flute

Patricia Johnson-Teaches Clarinet

Susan Honey-Teaches recorder

New to the CYESO family, and excited to work with the sweet, beautiful, budding musicians of Citrus County, I also started to sing and play music at a very young age. I was blessed with godly parents, and while both sing beautifully, my father, a private and public school music teacher in Pennsylvania, passed along quite a strong musical heritage to me. I started piano lessons in 1st grade, recorder in 4th, and alto saxophone in 5th. In high school I enjoyed participating in choir, concert band, show choir, marching band, pep band, and my favorite, jazz band. I had the privilege of performing in the Georgia state capital building and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a teenager. But even more, I am overjoyed to be able to sing in my local church choir and play my saxophone during worship for my Lord & Savior, Jesus Christ! 

While I have no degree in music or education, I have been a homeschool mama for 17 years and have taught all of my children how to play the piano.

 And I'm looking forward to making sure these CYESO young ones have fun making music-a talent that they can enjoy the rest of their lives! 

Josh Schuyler- Treasurer and serves on our Board of Directors.

Dr. Dan Riley- Teaches brass, serves on our Board of Directors, and as our donor relations consultant. 

Bryan Seith- Teaches strings, Interim President, and serves on our Board of Directors.

Bryan recently relocated to Citrus County after 40 years of directing music in an independent Friends school in the Washington, D.C. area. Leading primarily choral and orchestral ensembles on the high school level, Bryan also served as chair of the Arts Department for 25 years. In addition, he worked extensively with community groups of all ages, including local youth orchestras and community choruses. Bryan is thrilled to have found CYESO and is excited to have a chance to be part of the important work that is happening here! 

Amanda Johnston, Communication Liason and serves on our Board of Directors. She has been in the education field for over 10 years and has a bachelors degree in Special Education from Liberty University. She believes that music is a very powerful tool and is so happy to be sharing the love of music with children in our community. 

Jean DuBose- Teaches Viola and Violin

I started out with piano lessons, then took viola lessons in Junior High and High School, playing in school orchestras. I have degrees in music education from Susquehanna University with a concentrate in viola, and a Masters of Music Ed. from Temple University. I have studied violin in Philadelphia, PA. I  have taught elementary music in the public schools in Nevada, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Florida. My last eight years of teaching were in  Petersburg, FL where I added group beginning and intermediate violin lessons after school. I have taught private violin and viola lessons over the years and have played viola in several community orchestras. Locally, I enjoy playing viola with the Citrus Strings, playing string quartets and chamber music with friends and teaching private violin lessons.  Most of all, I enjoy playing viola with my husband who plays the flute, a beautiful combination.  We play in church and nursing homes.  I love promoting strings and realize how important it is to bring string instruction and orchestras back in the schools again. I seriously doubt that I would be playing viola today without this important musical background in my school years.  Until this happens, I am thrilled to be a teacher of violin and viola in this wonderful organization.

Thomas Porter- Teaches Cello

I was exposed to music from birth. My father, his brothers and various family members would play “porch music” from the Appalachian and Gospel traditions. I learned to sing harmony at a young age. My mother played organ and piano at home and church. Dad moved the family from rural Kentucky to Dayton, Ohio to provide opportunity for a better public education. I was the youngest of three; brother played violin, sister played viola, I got to play cello. I also learned to play the guitar, tuba, and bass. Learning music from my Father helped me discover harmony and improvisation. Going through the public-school music program lead me to play all the way through high school. I had a full scholarship to the Wright State University School of Music after playing with the Dayton Philharmonic Youth Symphony as principal cellist.

I continued performing until family obligations required my time. After a 30 years hiatus, I was given the opportunity to audition for the Naples Community Orchestra. I resumed taking lessons and ultimately played with the orchestra for 14 years. While I did sometimes play principal, that position was often given to students who were playing with the orchestra, may of whom were pursuing college degrees in music and performance.

In addition to my work with the Naples Community Orchestra, I also participated in the “Pro-Am” events for the Naples Philharmonic (now known as Artis Naples.) I played ensembles including duets, trios and quartets with professionals, both active and retired, in the Naples/Ft. Myers area including the Southwest Florida Symphony and the Gulf Coast Symphony.

I was fortunate to have teachers who instilled in me the desire to share the knowledge I have gained through the years. Relocating to Citrus County after retiring has provided new opportunities to hone my skills as both a performer and teacher. 

Conductor, Dr. Stephen Lane- Music has been a part of my life from an early age. My parents had no formal music training but saw that I received it. What a blessing even though practice was sometimes a chore. Piano Lessons began at 7 years old and cello lessons at 8. I was more disciplined in practicing the cello and became better on that instrument.

My wife played the clarinet through grade school and high school. She played in the University of Missouri marching band and had wonderful experiences sometimes getting to travel for road football games. All three of our children are musicians. Our oldest majored in cello and engineering. Our youngest is majoring in voice and engineering. He also plays the piano quite well. Our middle daughter plays the violin and just received her undergraduate degree in public relations.

Music has given me a great deal of pleasure and afforded many opportunities. They are too numerous to name in this short musical biography. I have had wonderful and talented teachers. During High School I traveled to Europe twice with a youth orchestra from the North Carolina School of the Arts. I have played in a number of different orchestras through the years under the baton of some well-known conductors: Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra,
Southeast Iowa Symphony orchestra, Central College Orchestra, Indiana University orchestras and opera orchestra, etc.
I was a music major in cello performance for two years at Indiana University before changing my major in preparation of studying for the ministry. Since then I have received two additional graduate seminary degrees. I have been a Lutheran pastor for over 35 years.

I was hired by Central College in Pella Iowa to be an adjunct instructor of cello, play principal cello in their orchestra, and play in a faculty trio (piano, violin, and cello). In addition, my years in Iowa provided the opportunity too perform numerous times as part of the Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra String Quartet.

Directing the Citrus Youth Educational Symphony Orchestra has been a great joy. Watching my own children learn to love music and grow in proficiency on their various instruments has inspired me to pass this down to other young people. Dr. Lane also serves on our Board of Directors for the CYESO.