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 2024-25
Lyle Hardman, President
Attorney, Hunt Suedhoff Kearney
Francie Schmuhl
Arts Administration
Andrew Harlow
Indiana University-South Bend
Greg Giczi
WNIT Public Television
Sharon Busenbark
Indiana University-South Bend
Dr. Andrew Gould
University of Notre Dame
Anne Griffith
Development, University of Notre Dame
Beth Gudeman
Everwise Credit Union
Aviva Hakanoglu
Indiana University-South Bend
Haley Johnson
SJCPL, Tutt Branch
Neovi Karakatsanis
Professor of Political Science, IUSB
Gabriela Maxwell
Student Events, Saint Mary’s College
Jo McCoy
Studebaker National Museum
Kwame Moore
Andrews University
Megan Murray
Retired, U.S. Government
Ally Powers
1st Source Bank
Lars Schlereth
Administration and Finance, IUSB
IUSB Student Interns
Learn about SBYSO’s partnership with Indiana Univesity South Bend’s Honors Program.