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Music School Festival Orchestra Concert 4
Week 7 Evening Performance
Music School Festival Orchestra Concert 4

August 5, 2024 

Amphitheater at 8:15pm 

Chautauqua School of Music's Music School Festival Orchestra take the stage for their second to last performance with an evening of Flagello, Rachmaninoff and Strauss.

Timothy Muffitt, Artistic and Music Director  
Samuel Hollister, David Effron Conducting Fellow   

Rose Haselhorst, Concertmaster 

Juyoung Lee, Principal Second Violin

Gordan Liu, Principal Viola 

Alexander Smith, Principal Cello

Aidan Lobenstein, Principal Bass


This performance is made possible in part by The Hultquist Foundation, Inc.

Performance Pieces

Bravado, 2023  [3']

-Gala Flagello (b. 1994) 


Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration), Op. 24 [23']

-Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949) 

Conducted by Samuel Hollister


Intermission


Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44 [39']

-Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943)  

I. Lento  

II. Adagio ma non troppo  

III. Allegro  

MSFO Personnel

Violin 1 

Rose Haselhorst, concertmaster  

Juliet Swaim 

Justine Teo 

Zak Chen 

Hannah Kim  

Gabriel Roth 

Andrew Maxwell 

Luke Pisani 

Rebekah Geller 

Hila Dahari 

Emma Johnson 

Kaitlyn McLaughlin 

Violin 2 

Juyoung Lee, principal  

Pavlo Kyryliuk  

Miriam Koby 

Blake Armstrong 

Iris Lin 

Kate Nelson 

Ayana Dalley 

Jameson Darcy 

Laoise Matsumoto 

Jaewon Jun 

Rachel Zhao 

Maxwell Fairman 

Viola 

Gordan Liu, principal  

Alondra Damian-Noyola 

Casey Lebkicker 

Joshua Corwin 

Mira Vaughn 

Ekaterina Eibozhenko 

Jay Lipsutz 

Adrian Jackson 

Max Wang 

Kate Reynolds 

Cello  

Alexander Smith, principal 

Dylan Jowell 

Aster Zhang 

Alona Sella 

Zachary Fung 

Sofia Puccio 

Maggie Slap 

Alexander Bloom 

Cal Walrath 

Haozheng Sun 

Double Bass 

Aiden Lobenstein, principal  

John Woodward 

Gregory Galand 

Anna Mears 

Jo Arnold 

Brennen Taggart 

Austin Beck 

 

Flute 

Julia Benitez-Nelson 

Alexander Lehmann  

Mary Miklos  

 

Oboe 

Isabel DiFiore 

Abagail Espinosa  

Ryan Hirokawa 

 

Clarinet  

Zih-Syuan Hsiang  

Nathan Kock  

Hongbo Liang 

 

Bassoon  

Alexander Lake  

Benjamin Richard  

Derek Schraufstetter  

 

Horn 

Alessandra Liebmann 

Roger Kaza (CSO)

Jenna Stokes  

Irene Yi-Hsun Tang  

Landon Young  

 

Trumpet 

Elijah Leonard  

Brandon Richardson  

Angel Ruiz  

Jamie Walton 

 

Trombone 

Alvin Ho 

Ethan Lehman  


Bass Trombone 

Darien Baldwin 

 

Tuba 

Ferran Martinez Miquel  

 

Percussion 

Jose Diaz  

Benjamin Landon  

Jake Kundu 

Riley Wendt  


Harp

Emily Reader

Beth Robinson 

MSFO Work Studies and Librarians

MSFO Manager

Ethan Lehman

MSFO Percussion Manager

Jose Diaz

Librarians

Sofia Puccio 

Dana Reckard 

About the MSFO

Comprised of top-tier students from conservatories and universities in the U.S. and abroad, Music School Festival Orchestra members participate in a variety of musical activities during their summers at Chautauqua including chamber music and private lessons along with their meticulous orchestral training. Alumni from the MSFO can be heard in many of the world’s top orchestras and chamber ensembles and can be found on music faculties worldwide. The MSFO is led by Artistic Director Timothy Muffitt, who serves as Music Director of the Lansing Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Laureate of the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra. 

Each summer, we enroll 83 of the most promising young instrumentalists from here and abroad to join us for an exciting summer of music making. Our students are typically 18 to 28 and enrolled in (or recently graduated from) undergraduate or graduate studies. 


The School of Music at Chautauqua considers orchestral work, private study, and chamber music each to be vital components of the program. The orchestra rehearses daily for the majority of the summer and performs its concerts in Chautauqua’s 4,400-seat outdoor Amphitheater. Other facets of orchestral study include sectionals, repertoire classes and mock auditions all run by our professional faculty. Topics covered include the psychology of auditioning, performance issues/anxiety, and instant feedback providing priceless insight into the professional road ahead. 


2024 School of Music Faculty and Staff

Director, Chautauqua Schools of Performing and Visual Arts 

Sarah Malinoski

Schools of Performing & Visual Arts (PAVA) and Arts Education Coordinator 

Sam Minardi-Lopez

Administration 

Alyssa Shimmel, office assistant  

Igor Gersh, resident luthier  

Mariana Mathewson-Bernstein, connections coordinator 


Instrumental Faculty 

Timothy Muffitt, Artistic and Music Director  

Aaron Berofsky, Chair of Strings & Violin Faculty

Richard Sherman, Chair of Winds and Brass & Flute Faculty

Kathryn Votapek, Chair of Chamber Music

Pedro Fernandez, Chair of Percussion & Percussion Faculty

Jaren Atherholt, Oboe 

Sheila Browne, Viola 

Bill Bernatis, Horn 

Curtis Burris, Bass

Yevgeny Dokshansky, Clarinet  

Eli Eban, Clarinet 

Daniel Kerdelewicz, Horn

Brian Kushmaul, Percussion  

Owen Lee, Bass  

Eric Lindblom, Bass Trombone 

Dennis Nulty, Tuba 

Nurit Pacht, Violin  

Lynne Ramsey, Viola 

Mark Robbins, Horn

Beth Robinson, Harp  

Jeff Robinson, Bassoon

Brett Stemple, Tuba  

Almita Vamos, Violin  

Felix Wang, Cello  

Micah Wilkinson, Trumpet 

Chris Wolf, Trombone 

Shannon Hesse, Collaborative Pianist 

Akiko Konishi, Collaborative Pianist  


Instrumental Guest Faculty  

Michael Burritt, Percussion 

Scott Hartman, Trombone