Our conductor
Luzvic Backstrom is originally from Valencia, Venezuela. She studied music at an early age and eventually studied double bass with Mr. Javier Picon at the Conservatorium of Carabobo, and later at "El Sistema" in Venezuela. She played for the Youth Symphony Orchestra, Carabobo's Bolivariana Symphonic Orchestra, and the Symphonic Band, "24 de Julio". She was a performer in the Latin American Academy of Double Bass. She has performed with amazing players such as Nardia Salermo, Renee Fleming, and Francois Rabbath. Mrs. Backstrom has a Bachelors and Masters degree in Music Education from the University of Southern Mississippi. Her previous teaching experiences include middle and high school orchestra in Hattiesburg Public Schools, as well as Austin. She is working on her National Board Certification, is a guest conductor of several ensembles around Texas, and is the orchestra director at LBJ High School.
