Professional musical instruction, coaching and performance opportunities are available to elementary, middle, and high school music students in the community through a partnership with the Southwest Florida Symphony and The Heights Center MOSAIC program. MOSAIC is the acronym meaning Musical Opportunities Supporting the Arts in Our Community and it’s the only program of  its kind to offer a full symphony orchestra experience to students. As students grow and become more accomplished at their chosen instrument they advance to the MOSAIC intermediate level orchestra which is conducted by Katrina Rozmus.

The advanced level orchestra, requiring an audition, is conducted by Roland Forti. Select students may also be privately coached and participate in youth ensembles performing at various public events during the concert season. Support of the Youth Orchestra and MOSAIC program at The Heights is a far-reaching gift for students.

Katrina Rozmus,

MOSAIC Conductor

Katrina Rozmus is a violinist/violist who resides in Southwest Florida. She has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in violin performance mainly under the tutelage of Andres Cardenes, the former concertmaster of the Pittsburgh Symphony. Ms. Rozmus spent a few years in Mexico as the assistant concertmaster of the Yucatan Symphony and principal second of the Sinaloa Symphony Orchestra. While in Sinaloa, she also taught lessons and music theory at a private middle/high school. After returning to the states, Ms. Rozmus became the strings director/music department head at the Cypress Lake Center for the Arts (2010-2014). In June 2016, Ms. Rozmus led the Saint Augustine Music Festival Chamber Orchestra as concertmaster. Currently she plays as a contracted per service violinist with the Naples Philharmonic, subs with the Sarasota Orchestra, coaches a string quartet of the Southwest Florida Youth Orchestra, and is an area instructor for violin and viola held in high regard.

Roland forti,

Youth Orchestra Conductor

Roland Forti earned his bachelor’s degree in Music Education and Music Performance from the Bower School of Music at Florida Gulf Coast University. While at FGCU, he studied with Judy Evans and Patrick Neal, taught Pre-kindergarten violin instruction with MusicScores! in underserved schools, and was the founder and past president of the FGCU student chapter of ASTA. In 2020, Mr. Forti earned his master’s degree from the University of North Carolina Greensboro. During his time at UNCG, he studied with Dr. Rebecca MacLeod and Margorie Bagley, received a full UNCG Assistantship, taught at Peck and Cone Elementary Schools, and served as director of the Peck Alumni Leadership Program. Mr. Forti is currently the orchestra & chorus director at Oakridge Middle School, conductor of the Naples Summer Music Camp, and the Florida All-State Orchestra Chair.

John Hudson Scholarship

• The John Hudson Scholarship is awarded annually to a high school senior who participates in the Youth Orchestra Program and plans to attend college.

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