Ron Branning is the conductor for the 16th season of the TCO.

Ron Branning is the Professor of Instrumental Music/Music Education at The Baptist College of Florida, and conducts the Baptist College of Florida College Orchestra and the College Jazz Ensemble.  He has been the Music Director at Eastside Baptist Church in Marianna for 29 years, has been a band Director for 22 years in school systems in Alabama and Florida, has been the conductor of the Harmony Bay summer youth orchestra for 12 years, has been Conductor of the Florida Baptist All State Orchestra for 6 years, and is regularly invited to direct District Honor Bands and serves as Adjudicator for Music Festivals throughout the tri-state area. 

August 2010:

Sarah Szopinski is the conductor for the 6th season of the WYSO.

Sarah Szopinski has been selected as the Wiregrass Youth Symphony Orchestra Program Director for the Fall 2010 and Winter 2011 semesters. Sarah received a Bachelor of Music degree (Magna Cum Laude) in Instrumental Music Education form St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota.  She was awarded departmental distinction while at St. Olaf for her work with a music therapist and children with autism.  She is will complete her Orff Schulwerk Certification at St. Thomas University in St. Paul, Minnesota in August 2010.  Sarah has taught grades 5-12 Orchstra in Astoria, Oregon and K-5 Genral Music in Fayetteville, North Carolina.  Her international teaching experience includes instructing all ages in piano, guitar and choir through a partnership with local churches in Guyana, South America.