Featuring the combos from MYSO's Jazz Studies program and Calypso & Soca steel bands
Saturday, May 10, 2025 | 1:00 - 5:00 pm
Schedule
Youth Arts Hall:
1:00-1:20 pm: Outlook
1:25-1:45 pm: Summit
1:50-2:10 pm: Apex
2:15-2:35 pm: Rumba Latin Jazz
2:40-3:00 pm: Bronzeville Jazz Ensemble
3:15-5:15 pm: Calypso and Soca Steel Bands
Copland Hall:
1:00-1:20 pm: Perception
1:25-1:45 pm: Connection
1:50-2:10 pm: Effect
2:15-2:35 pm: Template
2:40-3:00 pm: Cornerstone
MYSO gratefully acknowledges the National Endowment for the Arts, the Milwaukee Arts Board, MPS Partnership for the Arts and Humanities, and the United Performing Arts Fund, for their generous support of these programs.
Youth Arts Hall
Outlook
1:00-1:20 pm
Unit 7 by Sam Jones
Red Clay by Freddie Hubbard
A Night in Tunisia by Dizzy Gillespie
Summit
1:25-1:45 pm
Nica’s Dream by Horace Silver
Serenity by Joe Henderson
(There’s) A Time and Place by Jimmy Heath
Short Story by Joe Henderson
Apex
1:50-2:10 pm
A Kiss To Build a Dream on by Oscar Hammerstein
Goodbye Pork Hat by Charles Mingus
Aboard the Asmodeus by Connor Rossi
Rumba Latin Jazz
2:15-2:35 pm
Armondo’s Rhumba by Chick Corea
Maria Cervantes by Noro Morales
Dile Catalina by Chucho Valdez
Bronzeville Jazz Ensemble
2:40-3:00 pm
Billie's Bounce by Charlie Parker
Blue Bossa by Kenny Dorham
On Green Dolphin Street by Bronislaw Kaper
Soca and Calypso
3:15-5:15 pm
Soca selections chosen from:
Conscious Chutney, arr. by Liam Teague
I Lika Do Da Cha Cha by Tim Rush
Without You by David Guetta, feat. Usher, arr. by Tim Rush
Big Bad Soca by Bunji Garlin, arr. Alex Fragiskatos
Monday Night by Paul Ross
Bazodee by Ray Holman
Calypso selections chosen from:
Samba El Gato by Shelly Irvine
Pasando por las Calles by Tony Hartman
Zig Zag by Andy Narell
Sunday Morning Funk by Len "Boogsie" Sharpe, arr. Liam Teague
Vente Pa' Ca by Ricky Martin, arr. Liam Teague
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough by Michael Jackson, arr. Tim Rush
Copland Hall
Perception
1:00-1:20 pm
Red Pepper Blues by Art Pepper
Afro Blue by Mongo Santamaria
Have You Met Miss Jones? by Richard Rogers
Connection
1:25-1:45 pm
Watermelon Man by Herbie Hancock
Mr. P. C. by John Coltrane
Cantaloupe Island by Herbie Hancock
Effect
1:50-2:10 pm
Lost in the Sauce by Krystyna Jones
Killer Joe by Benny Golson
Little Sunflower by Freddie Hubbard
Template
2:15-2:35 pm
Chameleon by Herbie Hancock
Pop Melody by Template
Little Sunflower by Freddie Hubbard
Cornerstone
2:40-3:00 pm
Tough Talk by The Jazz Crusaders
Stolen Moments by Oliver Nelson
Now’s the Time by Charlie Parker
MYSO Jazz Studies
Chris Mell, Director
Apex
Jason Goldsmith, Instructor
Rohan Grasso, Drums
Connor Rossi, Piano
Thomas Doerr, Trombone
Nick Pienkos, Trumpet
Bronzeville Jazz Ensemble
Neil Davis, Instructor
Teddy Keppler, Drums
Axel Zepeda-Garduno, Piano
CC Barthel, Alto Sax
Eli Darko, Guitar
Connection
Johnny Padilla, Instructor
Alex Gomeniok, Drums
Ivy Taylor, Guitar
Finn Rogers, Trumpet
JT Laurie, Piano
Cornerstone
James Sodke, Instructor
Elliot Tiefenbrun, Drums
Elijah Piechocki, Piano
Peter Schultz, Bass
Lucas Kunsmann, Guitar
Aaryaa Mardikar, Alto Sax
Carter Zieger, Trombone
Effect
Neil Davis, Instructor
Joseph Condecon-Stone, Guitar
Max Neyer, Piano
Thomas Kearney, Drums
Outlook
John Simons, Instructor
Anders Faivre, Drums
Oliver Pape, Piano
Jacob Harris, Guitar
Peter Kearney, Guitar
Perception
Isaiah Simons, Instructor
Kiema Stampley, Guitar
Nelson Schultz, Drums
Jameson Rush, Piano
Rumba
Johnny Padilla and Tony Ayala, Instructors
Weston Eichmeier, Drums
Sam Mitch, Saxophone
Jameson Rush, Vibes
Jack Monagle, Drums/Bass
Rohan Grasso, Drums
Teddy Keppler, Drums
Luke Murray, Guitar
Summit
James Sodke, Instructor
Elizabeth Feist, Alto Sax
Jack Monagle, Drums
Luke Murray, Guitar
Hogan Kolowrat, Piano
Zachary Watson, Tenor Sax
Template
Neil Davis, Instructor
Rehaan Muqeet, Drums
Colton Klingenmeyer, Piano
Christopher Fisher, Guitar
Benjamin Morris, Guitar
Cameron Kotlyarsky, Alto Sax
Jaden Brinson, Tenor Sax
Soca and Calypso Steel Bands
Tim Rush, Director
Jonathan Walls, Instructor
Soca
Thomas Bastardo
Adrianna Elliott
Isabella Garay-Yoplac
Lileth Gayle
Anya Griffith
Jesus Gutierrez
Adra Hensersky
Alex Lewis
Harold Perez
Elijah Quiroz
Luis Roque
Jameson Rush
Layla Salas
Sofia Stark
Cortez Sutton
Mark Vanderbilt
Johanne Venable
Scout Vincetti
Simone Ward*
Calypso
Thomas Bastardo
Nathanael Cueto
Anya Griffith
Parker Kaltenbach
Alex Lewis
Juan McCune
Griffin McGarry
Ingrid Olson
Leo Oszuscik
Saul Rivera
Sawyer Schwei
Deja Starck
Sofia Stark
Rylee Stelpflug
Tylor Taylor
Azra Turkan
Johanne Venable
Simone Ward*
*Alumni Volunteer
Founded by Cliff Gribble in 2004, the Jazz Studies program offers top quality jazz training to young musicians from the Greater Milwaukee area, with a focus on urban students whose culture and heritage are deeply rooted in the origins of jazz and Latin jazz music.
Training by top-notch and highly-experienced faculty emphasizes small jazz combo experience, jazz technique, improvisation, instrumental technique, and basic to advanced music theory.
The Jazz Studies program develops high level jazz musicians and affords a thorough understanding of various jazz styles, composers, musicians, and their music. The program offers jazz training, performing opportunities, and clinics with local and national artists to those with limited access to study music.
Calypso and Soca are two levels of traditional Trinidadian steel bands featuring steel pans and other instruments which focus on City of Milwaukee youth. Calypso, MYSO’s first steel pan experience, was created in 2007, and due to its popularity, MYSO formed the Soca steel pan band, an introductory ensemble, in 2013.
Calypso and Soca have performed throughout Milwaukee, with highlight performances including Summerfest, the Lakefront Festival of the Arts, the Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebrations, and many other performances throughout the community.
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.
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