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HR 115: Alzaga, Juana P.; commend

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House Resolution 115

By: Representative Lupton of the 83rd

A RESOLUTION

Recognizing and commending Juana P. Alzaga; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, Juana P. Alzaga began her distinguished teaching career in 1978, establishing orchestra programs at Miami Edison Middle School and High School in Miami, Florida; and

WHEREAS, in 1985, she joined Gwinnett County Schools and developed orchestra programs at Pinckneyville Middle School, Summerour Middle School, and Norcross High School; and

WHEREAS, she conducted the Gwinnett County Festival Orchestra from 1988 to 1994 and later served as conductor of the Metropolitan Youth Symphony Orchestra, associate conductor of the Emory Junior Chamber Orchestra, and a visiting orchestra director at the Paideia School; and

WHEREAS, Juana P. Alzaga pursued advanced training as a violinist and conductor at the North Carolina Conductors' Institute and the Juilliard Conductor's Institute, later becoming a sought-after clinician and adjudicator for many music organizations in metro Atlanta; and

WHEREAS, in April 2021, she founded the Buford Highway Orchestra Project (BHOP) as a pilot program with 10 students, which has since grown to serve 55 young musicians from 19 DeKalb County schools; and

WHEREAS, the BHOP provides after-school and weekend enrichment opportunities for disadvantaged students from third to eighth grade who reside in the Buford Highway Corridor, giving them access to music education and fostering skills, parent involvement, and community-wide engagement; and

WHEREAS, Juana P. Alzaga has received numerous accolades for her contributions to music education, including the 2022 Georgia ASTA Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2023 Telemundo Community Hero Award; and

WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that the outstanding accomplishments of this remarkable and distinguished individual be appropriately recognized.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body recognize and commend Juana P. Alzaga for her decades of contributions on behalf of the youth of this state and beyond as well as extend the most sincere best wishes for continued health and happiness.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to make an appropriate copy of this resolution available for distribution to Juana P. Alzaga.