Mission and
History
Educating, inspiring, and enriching young musicians and our community through music since 1968
Our HistoryAbout
Mission and
Georgina Joshi Performance Travel Fund
Our students participate in a performance or trip to hear a major orchestra perform every two years.
About the Travel Fund
Georgina Joshi Endowment for the SBYSO
Created in 2014 through the generosity of the Joshi family to honor their daughter Georgina.
About the EndowmentOur People
Staff
Music Director & Symphony Orchestra Conductor
Concert Orchestra Conductor
Executive Director
Board of Directors 2025-26
Lyle Hardman, President
Attorney, Hunt Suedhoff Kearney
Anne Griffith, Vice-President
Development, University of Notre Dame (retired)
Neovi Karakatsanis, Secretary
Professor of Political Science, IUSB
Sharon Busenbark, Treasurer
Indiana University-South Bend
Greg Giczi
WNIT Public Television (retired)
Aviva Hakanoglu
Indiana University-South Bend
Haley Johnson
SJCPL, Tutt Branch
Kristina & Justin Kain
Irish Gold Management
Kwame Moore
Andrews University
Megan Murray
U.S. Government (retired)
Ally Powers
1st Source Bank
Lars Schlereth
Administration and Finance, IUSB
Francie Schmuhl
Arts Administration
Danuta Swick
Everwise Credit Union
IUSB Student Interns
Learn about SBYSO’s partnership with Indiana Univesity South Bend’s Honors Program.