Jose Medina - Conductor Jose Medina is in his 16th year as a music educator and is the director of bands and orchestras at R.L. Stevenson College and Career preparatory, a middle school in East Los Angeles that is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). His duties include direction of beginning, intermediate and advanced bands and orchestras and arranging music for his students. Jose is also a freelance french horn artist in the greater Los Angeles area. From 2007 to 2008 he was a member of the 562nd Air National Guard Band of the Southwest and Brass Quintet led by marathons, spending time with his family and his dog.