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San Bernardino Symphony is launching a youth orchestra
The Sun
Aug. 16, 2024

An article on the launch of a youth orchestra by the San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra mentioned that two CSUSB music faculty members were involved in starting it. Former faculty member Nicholas Bratcher helped form a youth wind ensemble that grew to 77 musicians, and Lucy Lewis, CSUSB professor of violin and viola and director of orchestral studies was named the youth symphony’s director. Serving as assistant conductor will be Veronica Manzanera, a San Bernardino native and recent graduate of Cal State San Bernardino who was principal oboist of the university’s symphony orchestra.

The IE Community News also published the story at “San Bernardino Symphony establishes youth orchestra, auditions scheduled,” on Aug. 16.


CSUSB professor discusses 1953 coup in Iran
Mehr News Agency via The Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies
Aug. 18, 2024

David Yaghoubian, a professor of history at California State University, San Bernardino, discussed, in a question-and-answer interview, the August 1953 coup that removed Mohammad Mosaddegh from power and restored Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi as Iran’s king.


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