featuring Prelude Orchestra, String Orchestra North/Central, and Philharmonia

Saturday, May 17, 2025 | 1:00 pm

Shattuck Music Center Auditorium, Carroll University

Cover photo: Mark Frohna

Prelude Orchestra

Ryan Fitzpatrick, Music Director
Ijoister Pyle-Harris, Coach

TIMOTHY ISHAM

Leviathan

THOM SHARPE

Fiddle Faddle Hoedown

BRIAN BALMAGES

Into the Sky!

Lauren Bernofsky

Electric Sinfonia

combined Prelude and String Orchestras North and Central

String Orchestras North and Central

Lyda Osinga, String Orchestra North Music Director
Ijoister Pyle-Harris, String Orchestra Central Music Director

Sonora Brusubardis, Coach

Rodrigo Ramos, Coach

Stephen Simuncak, Coach

William Pordon

Midnight Tango

Francis Feese

Contrasts in E Minor

ALFRED REED

Siciliana Notturno

Lauren Rottier, Harp

Joseph-Hector Fiocco | arr. by Paul Wood

Allegro for Violin and String Orchestra

Zsófia Cox, Violin
Winner, 2025 String Orchestra Concerto Competition

wILNER Baptiste and Kevin Sylvester | arr. by Larry Moore  

A Flat

philharmonia

Daniel Duffy, Music Director

Prelude Orchestra

FIRST VIOLIN
Harper Hayden
Cooper Korol
Ezra Narvey
Victoria Polikowski
Sophia Barlas
Mariah Harris
Sherlyn Sanchez Tiscareno
Maggie Devlin
Edgar Fransee
Jordin Richter
David Gomez
Inioluwa Oluti
Bennett Kroll
Elena LaManna
 
SECOND VIOLIN
Andrea Basurto-Sil
Liana Robinson
Violet Tarczynski
Mila Sengyothinh
Timothy Vang
Amayah Coates
Sarahi Aguayo
Avery Bailey
Erick Batalla
Aizen Starnes
Escher Gallun
August Gabor
 
VIOLA
Charlotte Ivans
Mallory Kennedy
Sofia Aguilar Benitez
Selia Remme
Owen Pitsoulakis
Silvia Storm
 
CELLO
Chloe Stephens
Andera Vargas-Tobon
Lucia Delgado
Kenli Winkelmann
Vicenta Sosa Winter
Cecilia Schaub
Hermione Meredith Naranjo-Feria
Josette Stark
Sylvia Hodges
Angelina Robinson
Langston Bruhy Hale
Edna Basurto-Sil
Antonio González-Juárez
 
BASS
Nathan Santiago Nadal

String Orchestra North

FIRST VIOLIN
Jacob Harris, Concertmaster
Julia Hickey, Concertmaster
Lauren Tadych
Manushri Samantaray
Lily Wellskopf
Eleanor Kastrup
Audrey Newman

SECOND VIOLIN
Sammie Freeman, Principal
Damian Sanchez, Assistant Principal
Romen Castillo
Evelyn Bannon
Eriks Klavins

VIOLA
Sofia Gomeniouk

CELLO
Daniel Cooper, Co-Principal
Aiden Hollander, Co-Principal
Matilda McElfresh
Mya Collins
Peter Theune

BASS
James Gipson, Principal
Katherine Levit

String Orchestra Central

FIRST VIOLIN
Zsofia Cox, Concertmaster
Jack Rivera*
Ernest Brusubardis*
Kaleah Hatchett*
Cohen Cramey
Meredith Rodriguez Curiel
Karina Morales
Avrilynn Mattek
Lydia Ziemann
Jaihun Chawda
Delilah Mintz
Keelin Moloney
Ahngelle Alexander-Kern
Adiyah Alexander-Kern
Avah Alexander-Kern
Yogendhar Chennuru
Sophia Merker

SECOND VIOLIN
Amelia Sajdak, Co-Principal*
Harper Wilson, Co-Principal*
Andrew Whilby*
Abigail Veasley*
Maroney Vang
Jim-Casey Pearson
Israel Gnewuch
Arleth Mayte Cruz Hernandez
Isabella Macias
Ivy Timm
Gissel Hernandez
Janiyah Bent

VIOLA
Kissinger Vang, Principal*
Jeremy Whilby*
Emilie Bruns*
Parker Shields*
Isaiah Morales
Dominic Falk
Kennedi Holt
Isabela Vang

CELLO
Lola Guardado Bryan, Principal*
Everest Gallun*
Trenton Godshaw*
Rocco Onorato*
Finnian Quigley
Jameson Walcheske
Clara Ost
Maximus Hassell
Henry Johnson
Bryce Nett

BASS
April Malcom, Co-Principal*
Charles Ray, Co-Principal
Zayyir Hodges

* = Concerto Orchestra members

Philharmonia

FIRST VIOLIN
Doobo Lee, Concertmaster
Joshua Lin, Assistant Concertmaster
Brooklyn Becker, Co-Associate Concertmaster
Alaina Wu, Co-Associate Concertmaster
Karina Mae Goyette
Ethan Myles
Alessandro Counts
Monroe Emling
Asel Kosgolla
Emily Honigman
Georgia Mitchell
Samvrit Bhavsar
Alexis Champagne
Emmalyn Schwader
Leila Jenks
Zodibella Rodriguez
Nuoci Li
Violet Nelson
Sabine Nolte
Sophia Jankowski
Katherine Rea
Anna Koney
Olivia Nelson

SECOND VIOLIN
Anthony Boettcher, Principal
Harvey Whitney, Assistant Principal
Paige Nimmer
Zoe Taylor
Sofia Cook
Solana Rojas
Jonathan Lee
Alejandra Salazar
Nina Oftedahl
Matthew Wieler
Audrey Chang
Ashbel Hernandez
Tessa Yga Zertuche
Snehi Viradia
Brook Peterson
Prasunaa Priya Kalyanaraman
Srinidhi Chitluri
Nolan Gabor
Ava Lalk
Jonah Fidler
Matthew Vasilyev
Nemi Mehta
Ethan D. Sanchez Tiscareno
Aniha Sri Venkat

VIOLA
Charles Jacobsen, Principal
Santiago Rodriguez Curiel, Assistant Principal
Alynne Lara-Carrera
Ananya Ebenezer
Luke Enright
Cecilia Ryan
Nayeli Falk
Reese Fischer
Claramae Hill
Zihan Tian
Peter Barry
Kaitlyn Keltner
Sam Wittmann
Michael Knutson
Samuel Webster
Eisley Gallun

CELLO
Andrew Bergeson, Principal
Jackson Slabach, Assistant Principal
Tom Stilp
Nia McCloskey
Kara Berquist
Carolina Ushakova-Kasymova
Charlotte Creagh
Adelle Frederick
Amalia Lehn
Joelle Askew
Aubrey Rosemond
Laurel Zei
Jazzmyn Falk
Alejandro Vargas
Noah Newman
Blaise Dalianis
Lucio Hernandez

BASS
Kasen Menke, Principal
Luke Nora
Lauren Schmitt
Silas Nerad

FLUTE
Charlotte Kojis
Tonatzin Viviano Terando
Gaia Marshal
Antonio Turner
Audrey Barrett
Yadavi Dubhashi

OBOE
Fuan Zhou
Derek Liu

CLARINET
Charlie Frohna
Sam Schultz
Riley Sandri
Layla Cramer
Cathy Zhang

BASSOON
Cassandra Jerich
Mabel Kovars

TENOR SAXOPHONE
Cassandra Jerich

TRUMPET
Bennett Hahn
Chinmayi Swaminathan
Thomas West
Micah Baars

TROMBONE
Noah Rich
Louis Gones
Zoe Hemmerling
Olamina Keller

TUBA
Chase Samuelson

PERCUSSION
Elliot Ecoff
Josephine Mellowes
Kayla Cockerham
Brayden Schneider

PIANO
Jeannie Yu

Dr. John Downey

The John Downey Creation Project gives select MYSO students the opportunity to compose their own piece with the guidance of a professional composer. The composition is given its world premiere by a MYSO ensemble.

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.

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