Grand Finale

featuring the Senior Symphony, Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, and Brass Choir

Sunday, May 4, 2025 | 1:00 pm

Bradley Symphony Center

SENIOR SYMPHONY BRASS CHOIR

Donald Sipe, Brass Studies Director

GIOVANNI GABRIELI (1557-1612) | Edited by Donald Sipe

Canzon per sonar septimi toni 

METROPOLITAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

John W. Emanuelson, Music Director
Jonathan Winkle, Music Director

GUSTAV HOLST (1874-1934)

The Planets, Op. 32

IV. "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity"

Mr. Emanuelson

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)

Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33

III. Tempo primo

Kevin Mi, Cello
Winner, 2025 Metropolitan Symphony Concerto Competition

Mr. Emanuelson

Charlie Plante (b. 2008), Fellow, John Downey Creation Project

Triolet for Orchestra (World Premiere)

Christian Ellenwood, teaching artist

Mr. Winkle

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908)

Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36

Mr. Winkle

SENIOR SYMPHONY

Carter Simmons, Music Director

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

 Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61    

I. Allegro ma non troppo 

Colette Wiering, Violin
Winner, 2025 Senior Symphony Concerto Competition and Carrie Rondeau Memorial Scholarship 

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)

Carnival Overture, Op. 92

Sean Gaez (b. 2006), Fellow, John Downey Creation Project

The Moonlit Marquee (World Premiere)

Frank Stemper, Teaching Artist

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

The Tender Land Suite

1. "Introduction and Love Music"
2. "Party Scene"
3. "Finale: The Promise of Living"

Carrie Rondeau Memorial Scholarship

We are pleased again this season to present the Carrie Rondeau Memorial Scholarship.This award goes to the winner of the Senior Symphony Concerto Competition, involving many of the finest young musicians in southeastern Wisconsin. As a result of generous contributions from her family and friends, this scholarship was established to memorialize Carrie and to provide support for the musical excellence she so admired and exemplified. Continued support from family and friends has perpetuated this memorial.

METROPOLITAN SYMPHONY

FIRST VIOLIN

Stephanie Neely, Concertmaster
Hannah Pagels, Co-Assistant Concertmaster
Jose Ortiz, Co-Assistant Concertmaster
Ilina Joshi, Co-Assistant Concertmaster
Jack Froelich
Elina Cheng
Milo Elliott
Isabella Augustine
Lawton Schick
Ariel Minakawa
Daniel Li
Sloan Becker
Keira Oestriech
Lilah Dunlop
Shervin Namdar Ghanbari
Ben De Torre
Nathaniel Bunn
Emily Pan
Sophia Ball
Violet Copple

SECOND VIOLIN

Ishani Joshi, Principal
Alexandra Wang
Adelaide Davis
Dante Castanho-Bollinger
Molleigh Federighe
Tess Ganski
Willa Grimm
Norah Jaworski
Julia Bell
Lilly Bingenheimer
Eva Sofia Vasilyeva
Elia Gallaher
Grace Kim
Lusila Veshi
James Pienkos
Illes Cox
Charlotte DeLadurantey
Preston McCullough
Lily Michalski
Eshaan Vasudev
Bharat Nambisan
Ashok Nambisan
Ethan Zhang
Shiming Ma

VIOLA

Max Hemann, Principal
Evelyn Kenny
Grace Pett
Lance Westmore
Iris Thoreson
Anya Prakash
Citlalic Dominguez
Sarah Norton
Elizabeth Beltran
Eliana Putnam
Jonathan Del Razo
Vivian Duong
Mara Vollmers

CELLO

Kevin Mi, Co-Principal
Felix Pipal, Co-Principal
Katherine Steele, Assistant Principal
Mariana Welsh
Lukas Masur
Aurnob Ghose
Brayden New
Charlie Johnson
Grace Drewek
Sofia Konkol
Seth Olsen
Kyra Jester
Josiah Anderson
Joanee Rosploch
Lanting Shi
Jonah Zuehl

BASS

Ania Kurowski, Principal
Ean Gergetz
Reece Davis

FLUTE

Carli Hannes, Principal
Jhanvi Ambat
Jordin Sun

PICCOLO

Jordin Sun
Jhanvi Ambat

OBOE

Serena Ball, Principal
Alan Bennett
Rayna Jellish

CLARINET

Emily Thill, Principal
Maryn Halvorsen
Pearl De la Cova Townley
Isaac Dungan
Tyler Collins

BASSOON

Anabelle Rook, Co-Principal
Elise Brown, Co-Principal

FRENCH HORN

Emma Manion, Principal
Sarah Demar
Eli Drews
Simon Field

TRUMPET

Andrew Elliott, Co-Principal
Evelyn Brandel, Co-Principal
Jacob Anderson
Alexander Hahn

TROMBONE

Kayli Abbott, Principal
Benjamin Varner
Ella Wallace
Finn Fitzgerald

BASS TROMBONE

Ella Wallace

TUBA

William Finley

PERCUSSION

Mason Clendenning
Charlie Plante
Evelyn Roach
Zoe Johnson

TIMPANI

Mason Clendenning
Charlie Plante
Zoe Johnson

CELESTE

Lanting Shi

SENIOR SYMPHONY

VIOLIN
Concertmasters listed in alphabetical order

Benyamin Kim, Concertmaster
Magdalena Masur, Concertmaster
Henry Snavely, Concertmaster
Sal Stein, Concertmaster
Jayanth Suthan, Concertmaster
Colette Wiering, Concertmaster
Christianna Ebel, Assistant Concertmaster
Anna Lena Derocher
Nishanth Suthan
Alexander Chen
Rosy Kojis
Leif Young
Yiwen Ma
Emilia Sato
Sophia Collins
Ariana Augustine
Isabella Krynicka
Mayouel Viviano Terando
Dana Kim
Samuel Botshtein
Lexi Mabini
Simon Doerr
Giovanna Hughes
Logan Gleesing
Andrew Behring
Ruthee Rosploch
Evan Chirillo
Avana Kelly
Bianca Enriquez
Joy Zhao
Chloe Chen
Sarah Harkavy
Cameron Coraggio
Bode Li
Akshay Bharathwaj
Alex Holzman
Elisabeth Hillmann
Soren Ellingstad
Yessica Rodriguez
Laura Tauzell
Vera LeFort
Kayla Cooney
Ellasyn Korb
Ishani Nayak

VIOLA

Spencer Laga, Principal
Violet Lucier, Principal
Alana Perez, Principal
Haley Burns, Principal
Eleanor Froelich
Jennifer Raychel
Amber Yi
Cassidy Quandt
Hrishikesh Srivathsan
Samantha Stundtner
Dhruv Venkateswaran
Lucy Hamann

CELLO

Ava Larsen, Principal
Adela Ramirez, Principal
Gabrielle Peck, Principal
Luke Field, Principal
Maryveth Ochoa
Rebecca DeBoer
Luka Vater
Reagan Laws
Rylee Stelpflug
Maya Thomure
Phoebe Panozzo
Maggie Barrett
Anderson Brewer
Josiah Chu
Abraham Albiter
Brandon Liao

BASS

Gavriilia Fyrogeni, Principal
Alexander Matusiak, Assistant Principal
Lauren Gooden
Dmitriy Levit
Grant Atkinson
Ean Gergetz
Oscar Thompson

Harp

Emmaline Strong

FLUTE

Maribel Cortez
Johana Kim
Lucy Merrill
Lilly Talbot
Jane Tretheway

PICCOLO

Maribel Cortez
Lucy Merrill
Jane Tretheway

OBOE

Claire Fifarek
Kelly Li
Lydia Morency

ENGLISH HORN

Claire Fifarek

CLARINET

Lilly Beane
Hanh Bui
Rayna Kavalauskas
Madeline Makarewicz

E-FLAT CLARINET

Rayna Kavalauskas

BASS CLARINET

Madeline Makarewicz

BASSOON

Gavin Hansen
Faith Weigand
Andie Wisniewski

FRENCH HORN

Shaurya Bansal
Eli Drews
Simon Field
Meera Rao

TRUMPET
Sean Gaez
Max Marshal
Redding Mortwedt
Katharine Wilhelm

TROMBONE

Jonas Daso
Emmeline Erickson
Matias Krammer
Owen Ruck

TUBA

Lane Wendorf

TIMPANI and PERCUSSION

Paddy Foy
Kyler Katanik
Rachel Shatzer
Nicolas Strichartz

Woodwind, Brass, and Percussion musicians listed in alphabetical order

John Downey served as Director of Music Theory and Composition for Music For Youth/MYSO for more than 40 years and was an important and beloved member of the MYSO family until his passing in 2004. A Distinguished Professor of Music at UW-Milwaukee, he was an internationally-renowned composer who collaborated with the great artists of his time and, among many honors, was knighted by the French government.

Dr. Downey played a critically important role in the lives of thousands of students, several of whom have become noted composers, and was central to our organization and mission for many years. His students were an essential and joyous part of his storied career. He would be thrilled by the enthusiasm, creativity, and the seriousness of purpose displayed by the young composers of the John Downey Creation Project, to whom he would have referred as “my geniuses.”

Donations to MYSO are the crucial funding source that allow us to nurture, challenge, and inspire young minds, profoundly changing lives and our community for the better. We are tremendously grateful for these important gifts.

This list recognizes gifts of $250 or more that were received from July 1, 2024, through April 30, 2025. We encourage you to contact Maria Fuller, Donor Experience Coordinator, at 414-267-2958, with questions or corrections—or to learn how to make a much-appreciated gift to MYSO.

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