Meet the Staff

Anthony Ball brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the Orchestra in regards to music education, performance, and non-profit administration. He first joined L.O.S. in 2015 as Director of Education, stewarding complex and transformative residencies in music composition at public schools, and administering community engagement programs in all five boroughs of NYC. He was subsequently promoted to Associate Executive Director in 2017, where he assumed a leading role in fundraising and financial strategy at the organization. Along with experience in public school teaching and higher-education, Anthony found his passion for community programming while working at The Juilliard School in Community Engagement. Anthony studied at the University of Utah School of Music and earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Music, with a focus on music education, choral music teaching, and conducting. He is also an experienced choral singer, and has competed-in and won several multi-national competitions with the U of U Singers, including the Florilege Vocal de Tour in France, and the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing in Tolosa, Spain. Away from the Orchestra, you can find Anthony cooking new recipes with his favorite seasonal ingredients, or watching rocket launches at The Kennedy Space Center.

Originally from Amherst, Massachusetts, Noah Kayser-Hirsh is a lifelong musician with a passion for arts education and performance. After completing his Bachelor’s Degree in Music at Vassar College, where he studied French Horn and Conducting, he joined L.O.S. in 2019 as Production Coordinator. He has facilitated the production of two live seasons of L.O.S. KIDS concerts, in 2019-2020 and 2021-2022, as well as a year of virtual L.O.S. KIDS productions in 2020-2021. Recently Noah transitioned to Development Manager & Artistic Administrator, and thoroughly looks forward to overseeing more seasons of L.O.S. KIDS while also helping the organization grow and flourish.

Outside of his time with L.O.S., Noah enjoys playing Horn, Piano, and Guitar, going upstate to play Disc Golf and Ultimate Frisbee, cooking and baking, watching TV and lounging with his cat, Genovia.

Being raised in Illinois, Samantha began her education at the University of Illinois in Urbana Champaign, where she studied flute performance. This is also where she was able to develop a passion for helping to improve her community. She worked with other musicians from the University and surrounding towns to create concerts centered around equal access to contemporary and classical music. Outside of music, she was an elementary school tutor for refugee students and a coordinator of events and volunteers for late stage dementia patients at the Clark Lindsay Village.

After spending a year in Madrid teaching music and English, she moved to Harlem to continue her work and education. Since then, Samantha has completed a master’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music and worked as an administrative assistant for the Bridgehampton Chamber Music festival. Samantha also continues to pursue a path in flute performance and has most recently performed at the Centre Universitaire Méditerranéen in Nice, France, as well as on NPR’s “What Makes it Great”, Carnegie Hall, and Symphony Center.

Samantha is thrilled to be working with the Little Orchestra Society, and hopes to learn from and contribute to their goals!

I was born and raised in NYC, in Harlem. My background is hispanic and my parents are both from the Dominican Republic. I am bilingual and I can read, write and speak spanish fluently. My favorite hobby is traveling, I hate using the term “wanderlust”, but I definitely am one. I’ve done travel in all the possible ways you can think of, with family, friends, group tours and solo travel. I’ve been to 29 different countries, and I’ve explored a few states in the U.S as well. However, my preference is international travel, as I like to learn and explore other cultures and foods. My travel goal is to hit all seven continents by age 40, and visit all of the seven wonders by age 35. So far I’ve crossed off six continents off of my list and when I’m not busy traveling, I’m out being an adventurer. I’m a risk taker and I love thrill, I’ve done everything from skydiving, hang gliding, zip lining, fly boarding and I have much more to go. Growing up I always had a passion for math, but did not want to become a teacher. I also considered becoming a flight attendant because I always wanted to travel the world. Even though I did not pursue any of these two career paths, I’m grateful that the path I chose in finance allows me the opportunity to enjoy both of my passions of math and travel.

Jayda Jones (she/her) is the new Production Coordinator at The Little Orchestra Society. She is a multimedia storytelling artist and producer with current focuses in creative direction and management. She recently helped devise, assistant direct, and perform in a new play, axes, herbs, and satchels with The Anthropologists, directed a staged reading of Eddie Battles Evil at THE TANK, and participated in a staging workshop for an opera. She received a B.A. in Theatre from Fordham University, where she directed two full-length productions, IS GOD IS by Aleshea Harris and JUMP by Charly Evon Simpson, as well as assistant directed and crewed many others. She frequently theatre manages at renowned film festivals and enjoys dedicating her time creating and spreading meaningful art in multiple mediums that impact communities who may otherwise have a harder time accessing artistic endeavors.