featuring the musicians of MYSO's Progressions program

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 | 6:30 pm

Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, UW-Milwaukee

First Year Progressions

Frère Jacques

First Year Orchestra

Jacques Offenbach, Can-Can

First Year Orchestra

Lightly Row

Ethan Molina Montes, Alexandra Chang, Eden Putnam, and Vanellope Santiago Nadal

Ludwig van Beethoven, Ode to Joy

A’mia Herbert, Zarya Tate, and Zoey Ramsey

Dale Brubaker, Lazy Summer

First Year Orchestra

Go Tell Aunt Rhody

Eva Bertolas, Chrisette Campbell, Nala Life, Lawson McClure, Baisley Neave, and Riley Newell

French Folk Song

Albin Fabián Vazquez Albor, Angel Espino, Naomi Ramirez, Willemina Tatum, Olive Janzen, Mel’lasia Rattler-Cheatham, Charlotte Stephens, Thomas Stark, Kaely Ortiz, and Gracelynn Felder

Dale Brubaker, Spanish Dancer

First Year Orchestra

Second Year Progressions

Patty and Mildred Hill, Happy Birthday

Second Year Orchestra

Deborah Baker Monday, Ghoulish Gavotte

Second Year Orchestra

Shinichi Suzuki, Etude

Jodie Washington 

May Song

Sofia Davis 

Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, Paint It Black

Eleanor Johnson 

Deborah Baker Monday, Goblin’s Walk

Ravi Weiland

Deborah Baker Monday, Swashbuckling Sailors

Second Year Orchestra

Andantino

Hilary Thompson, Matias Ochoa, Violet Van Sistine, Alexis Mohs, Abel Guzman, MacKenzie Chesir, and Dheeksha Kancharla

Richard Meyer, Sahara Crossing

Second Year Orchestra

Shinichi Suzuki, Allegro

Khaydin Allen and Christian Albarran

Shortin’ Blues (Traditional African American Melody) 

Second Year Orchestra

Combined Progressions Orchestras

French Folk Song Melody and Harmony

Ludwig van Beethoven, Ode to Joy Melody and Harmony

First Year Progressions Musicians

VIOLIN
Khloe Beltran
Kenzie Boonnam
Lailah Brown-Stephens
Djimon Cunningham
Abe Dwyer
Jayce Ellingson
Zola Freeman
Sofia Fregoso
Helena Gamino
Haiden Godinez
Sara Hill
Rielle Kreuzer
Luna Ludwig
Leia Marrero
Markell Mays
Sinai Perez
Penelope Pierzchalski
Londyn Tyars
Riley Washington

VIOLA
Zaylyn Alvarado-Abernathy
Aldo Julián Vasquez Albor
Alexandra Chang
Ethan Naranjo-Feria
A’mia Herbert
Ziya Johnson-Harris
Ethan Molina Montes
Vanellope Sophia Santiago Nadal
Iremide Oluti
Eden Putnam
Zoey Ramsey
Kingston Shorter-Swan
Za'Rya Tate

CELLO
Albin Fabián Vasquez Albor
Eilene Weed Bell
Mel'lasia Rattler-Cheatham
Angel Espino
Gracelynn Felder
Austin Fischer
Kaely Ortiz Flores
Olive Janzen
Naomi Ramirez
Thomas Stark
Charlotte Stephens
Willemina Tatum

BASS
Eva Bertolas
Chrisette Campbell
Nala Life
Lawson McClure
Baisley Neave
Riley Newell

Second Year Progressions Musicians

VIOLIN
MacKenzie Chesir
Cayli Cifax
Harlow Dufek
Dariana Enriquez
Isis Melby-Gibbons
Abel Guzman
Dheeksha Kancharla
Rose Kozlicki
Alexis Mohs
Matias Ochoa
Kelynn Pearson
Alessio Ramirez
Ramona Rudnik
Tallulah Sams
Miko Sengyothinh
Violet Van Sistine
Hilary Thompson
Chekai Thurman
Noelle Vignieri

VIOLA
Nicolas Aguilera
Theodore Baldus
Matisse Chirillo
Artie Tucker Jr.
Benjamin Macias
Subhana Matthews
Gwendolyn Taylor

CELLO
Khaydin Allen
Linnea Balistrieri
Christian Albarran Cruz
Baylee Gatson
Margaret Gibes
Willa Hoban
Candace McCrary
Levi A. Santiago
Hugo Schmidt

BASS
Sofia Davis
Eleanor Johnson
Makhale Lipson
Jodie Washington
Ravi Weiland

Tiffany Chang, Director

Instructors:

John Babbitt, Bass
Miguel Barrenchea, Viola
Kristian Brusubardis, Violin
Sonora Brusubardis, Violin
Viktor Brusubardis, Cello
Freya Irani, Viola
Manuel Landin Lopez, Violin
Tony Lucas, Progressions Mentor
Imaia Mitchell, Cello
Rayden Vaughan Montes, Cello
Paris Myers, Bass

Thank you to our Progressions Student Mentors:

Lauren Gooden
Anya Prakash
Rylee Stelpflug

Progressions, MYSO’s flagship Community Partnership Program, is a high-impact, immersive 2-year program providing instruction in violin, viola, cello, and bass to students who have limited musical experience, live in or attend school in Milwaukee, and face barriers of access and equity in music study.

The Progressions program nurtures, challenges, and inspires children through music in a fun, supportive, and engaging environment, laying the foundation for success in other areas of their lives and is a springboard to success in MYSO.

Founded in 2003, Progressions has received national support and recognition. In 2015, MYSO was named a National Arts and Humanities Youth Arts Program Award Winner for its work through its Community Partnership Programs.

Thanks to generous funding from corporations, foundations, and thousands of individuals throughout the community, these programs are made possible for our students.

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.

Energico ($300,000+)

Angela Johnston
Scott & Lynn Molitor
Anthony Petullo
United Performing Arts Fund

Maestoso ($20,000 - $99,999)

Anonymous (2)
Anon Charitable Trust
Laura & Mike Arnow
Bader Philanthropies, Inc.
Bert L. & Patricia S. Steigleder Charitable Trust
Ken & Kris Best
The Burke Foundation
Curt & Sue Culver Family Foundation
George & Jill Fahr
The Frank & Lucille Puncer Foundation
The Frieda & William Hunt Memorial Trust
Scott & Linda Haag
Harri Hoffmann Family Foundation
The Hearst Foundation
Susan Hulce Cerletty
Lynde & Harry Bradley Foundation
Milwaukee Recreation Partnership for the Arts & Humanities
Erik & Carol Moeser
National Endowment for the Arts
Peck Foundation, Milwaukee LTD
Ralph Evinrude Foundation, Inc.
The Richard & Ethel Herzfeld Foundation
The ROS Foundation
Ruth Arts
Second Chance Foundation
Steinway Piano Gallery
We Energies Foundation

Con Fuoco ($10,000 - $19,999)

Drs. Brian & Laurel Bear
Charles D. Jacobus Family Foundation
Rick & Kay Cozatt
Tom & Lynda Curl
Digicorp, Inc.
Dorothy Inbusch Foundation
Dr. Jeff Edelstein
Jim & Andrea Emling
Forest County Potawatomi Foundation
Frank L. Weyenberg Charitable Trust
Lisa Froemming
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
- Adelaide F. Banaszynski Memorial Fund
- Bobbi & Jim Caraway Fund
J. Thomas Hurvis
Jerome & Dorothy Holz Family Foundation
Krause Family Foundation
John & Linda Lewenauer
Elaine & Gerry Mainman
Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation
Michael Schmitz
Mark & Julie Steinhafel
U.S. Bank Foundation
Michael Van Handel
Volo Consulting, LLC
William N. & Janice V. Godfrey Family Foundation
Don & Kate Wilson
Wisconsin Arts Board with fund from the National Endowment for the Arts

Vivace ($5,000 to $9,999)

Anonymous
Tino & Penny Arvanetes
Tony & Andrea Bryant
Geralyn Cannon
Joe & Lisamarie Collins
Tony & Jodi Consiglio
Croen Foundation, Inc.
Sandy & George Dionisopoulos
Linda Edelstein
Ettinger Family Foundation
Francie Luke Silverman Foundation
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
- Brian McCarty
- David & Margarete Harvey
- Margaret E. Sheehan Memorial Fund
Martin & Beverly Greenberg
Michael & Jennifer Hansen
Jane Bradley Pettit Foundation
Johnson Controls
Moshe & Deb Katz
Ted & Mary Kellner
Connie Kling
Laskin Family Foundation
Maihaugen Foundation
Manpower Group Foundation Inc
Sharon McIntosh
Messmer Foundation, Inc.
Lisa & Michael Miksich
Milwaukee County Cultural Artistic & Musical Programming Advisory Council
Northwestern Mutual Foundation
Dudley Palmer
Craig & Mary Robyn Peotter
PNC Foundation
Robert W. Baird Inc.
Stackner Family Foundation, Inc.
Jason & Monica Stevenson
Susi & Dick Stoll
Lauren Vollrath
Barbara Wanless
Zilber Family Foundation

Animato ($2,500 - $4,999)

Anonymous (2)
Baird Foundation
John & Marilyn Breidster
James & Diane Brown
Sharad & Linda Chadha
Davidson & Harley Fund, Inc.
Nancy Debbink & Carol Tsao
Dal & Jackie Drummer
Erik & Vanessa Eisenmann
Elmbrook Rotary Foundation
Albert & Storm Elser
Ernest & Sally Micek Family Foundation
Tim & Sue Frautschi
Friends Of Kayla
Dan Glaser
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
- Dyar Fund
- Judith A. Keyes Family Fund
- Milwaukee Music Scholarship Fund
- Tim & Sue Frautschi Charitable Fund
Green Bay Packers Foundation
Hunzinger Construction Company
Husch Blackwell LLP
Jayne J. Jordan
Greg & Linda Kliebhan
Fred & Karen Krammer
Christine Krueger
Dr. Karin Kultgen & Mr. Mark Kultgen
Mary Lacharite
Jennifer Mattes
Milwaukee Arts Board & Wisconsin Arts Board, with funds from the State of Wisconsin
Robert & Barbara Monnat
Theodore & Kelsey Perlick Molinari
Joe & Michelle Phillips
James & Gail Raffel
Faye Scheil
Settlers Club of Wisconsin
Sherry Wahlberg
Lee Weeks
Weiss Family Foundation

Cantabile ($1,000 - $2,499)

Anonymous (4)
Abbot Charitable Foundation
Helmut & Sandy Ammon
Veronica Ariens
Barry Axelrod
Maribeli & Luis Ayala
Michael & Joanne Barndt
Jean Basler
Ted & Janice Blum
Bostik, Inc.
Krista & Adam Brookman
Colleen Campbell
Kathryn Carlson
Erin Casper Borissov
Amy & Joe Cesarz
Helen Chang
Jennifer Chang
Cheryl Lubotsky Childrens Trust
Bob Coletti
Maelynn Colinco, M.D.
Kenneth & Sue Copp
Flavius Cucu & Miriam van de Sype
Linda Czestler
Victor Delgado
Delta Omicron Foundation
Myra L. Edwards
Rachel Enright
Brian & Janet Enters
Forte Services, LLC
Friends of Kayla
Barbara Froemming
Susan Gnewuch
Dr. Michael & Susan Goldstone
John & Tameica Greene
Sigrid Gullickson Jablonka & Roy H. Jablonka
Gustav & Gladys Kindt Foundation
Katie Heil
HH Camp Foundation
John & Marci Hunzinger
Jewish Community Foundation - Richman Family Donor Advised Fund
Renee Johnson
Mike & Mary Jordan
Arthur & Jackie Josetti
Aaron & Jacklyn Knapp
Tara & Darren Kozik
Paul & Eileen LeFort
Jun Li
Madeleine & David Lubar
Ken-David & Melinda Masur
Ascaris Mayo
MCW Orchestra
John & Linda Mellowes
James & Sandy Metzger
Laura & Paul Mintz
Nancy M. & Douglas M. Yeager Family Foundaton
Andy Nunemaker
Ron Oshima & Kari Oshima Gunderson
PNC Financial Services
Jennifer Potter
Prescient Financial Solutions
Steve & Fran Richman
Timothy Richer
Sandy Sargent
William Scanlon
Jim & Karen Schlater
Stephanie Seymour
John Shannon & Jan Serr
Carter & Pamela Simmons
Stafford Rosenbaum LLP
Kent & Marna Tess-Mattner
Gile & Linda Tojek
Drs. Tim & Anna Trotier
Dr. Tami & Mr. Gregg Ulatowski
Margie Vehrenkamp
Judith Wenzel
White House of Music
Dr. D.F. Yoder

Con Espressione ($500 - $999)

Anonymous (6)
Danielle Baerwald
Ted & Lisa Balistreri
Ruzica & Troy Bartoshevich
Julia Bell
Paul & Marna Bestul
Cassie Bonneau
Sara Burns
Camille A. Lonstorf Trust
Charter Manufacturing Company Foundation
Michael Cleary
Colleen Cooney
James & Mary Connelly
Michael Cooney
Cathy & Mario Costantini
Dean & Emily Crocker
Andrew DeBoer
Roberta & David Drews
Peter Eash-Scott
Patricia A. Ellis, Ed.D
Trude Elliot
Franklyn Esenberg
Kenneth Fabric
Brian & Pat Falk
Dean Fitzgerald
Phil Froemming
Sylvannah Gates
Michael & Beth Giacobassi
Jason & Diep Graham
Grand Mesa Strings Publishing
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
- MacDowell Club of Milwaukee Fund
- Les Weil Fund
Torrin Hallett
Theresa Hall
Mr. & Mrs. David Hannes
Joel Harris
Michael & Marilyn Hille
Jason & Megan Hille
Jeff & Mary Jarecki
Jewish Community Foundation - Sharon & Mike Grinker
Robin Johnson
William & Ruth Jones
William & Juanita
Steffany Kaminski
John Kannenberg & David Jacob
Jeremy Kell
Gena & MB Kilian
David & Sarah Kolo
Mike Konshak
Phyllis Kordick
Ms. Kellie Krawczyk
Emma & Alexander R. Kunz Sr.
Eric & Linda Lanke
Michael & Deb Linley
Randolph Lipchik & Ravenna A. Helson
John & Susan Logan
Lowe Group
Sherrie Magerowski
Nydia Mauras-Jones
Chris Merker
Carol Moerke
Martin Moore
Jack & Kim Nelson
Nelson Bros. Power Center, Inc
William New
Jane Noskowiak
Victor & Gladys O'Mahen
Sue Phillips
Matt & Katie Phillips
Angela Pittman Taylor
Steve & Becki Prunuske
Molly Ritsema
Chuck & Connie Roedel
Andrew Rohn
Chris & Angie Roloff
Scott Rondeau
Jeffrey & Diane Roznowski
Deborah Ruck
Thomas J. Russell, MD
James & Susan Sajdak
Carol & Kevin Schuele
Mark Schwertfeger
Rick & Julie Seybold
Ashok Sinha
Carlton Stansbury
Kyle & Kimberly Starasinich
Mark Stein
Soik Family
Jack Sutte & Audra Zarlenga
Steven & Denise Trinkl
Jim & Pam Truax
Nina Vitek
Carey Vollmers
M. Darlene Wilson
WISN TV
Sabrina Wolf
Glenn Young
Kinga & Kris Zadlo

Grazioso ($250 - $499)

Anonymous (11)
Amelia Aliota-Davalle
Allegis Group Foundation
Frank Almond
Paul Baerwald
Lucy Bahn
Marquette Baylor
Donald Beane
Joanne Beck
Terry Bellinger
Melissa Bemus
Brian Brandel
Martha Brown & Tony Lam
Jessica Bryan
Janine Brzezinski
Michael & Ericka Burzynski
Mark & Linda Carlson
Liyu Chen
Serena Clardie
Sharon Cook
Alex Craig
Julia & William Davis
Mark & Karen Ditthardt
T. Arthur & Valeria Downey
Steven R. & Elizabeth Duback
Esther Durairaj
Ted & Beth Durant
Thomas & Linda Dvorak
Nestor Dyhdalo
Tom Edelstein
David & Charlotte Eells
Marlene Ego
Susan Ela
Dolores Emanuelson
Laura & John Emory
Charles Engberg
Thayre Faust
Jeannie Fenceroy
Thomas W. & Nancy A. Florsheim Trust
Bob Foster
Michael Gauger
Jen Graetz
William & Penny Gutekunst
Robert & Karen Haagensen
Glen & Claire Hackmann
Nicholas & Danita Hahn
Stacy Hannemann
John Hannes
Mary Hebden
Ed & Doris Heiser
Dietrich Hemann & Megumi Kanda
Alejandra Hernandez
Alan & Jean Hilgeman
Michelle Hoffman
Christine & John Hojnacki
Paul Holzman
James Hunzinger
Paul & Ellie Jacobson
Nels Jacobsen
Tim & Janine Jandrey
Eric Jensen
Jewish Community Foundation
- Allen Rieselbach Famly
- Burton & Audrey Strnad
William Johnstone
Elaine Kapsh
Jessie Kasberger
Darla Kashian
Dan & Becky Kennedy
Mijeong Kim
Joseph Kmoch
David & Diane Knox
Dr. Joan Kojis
Lois Krewinghaus
Katarzyna Krynicka
Christopher & Milagros LaBeau
Marlene Lauwasser
Sarah Lerand
Eric Larson & Susan Lewis
Elliot & Eva Lipchik
Chris Luedke
Darren Luke
Lois Malawsky
Karen Malone
Jennifer Mattek
Don & Tamara McAllister
Madeline McGrath
Scott Mihm
Lindsey Moloney
Richard & Sharon Moore
Sally Mueller
Judith Murlasits
Andrea Nelson
Bryce Nett
Cheryl New
Beverly Oehler
Peter Ogden
Laura Oldenburg
Stella O'Neill
Abby Panosh
Dale & Barbara Pforr
John & Nicole Pienkos
Pledgeling Foundation
Anoop Prakash
Virginia Przybylinski
Joshua Putnam
Jeanette Quinn
Bunny Raasch-Hooten
Sid Rao
David Rasmussen
Steven & Rona Rindt
Andrew & Natalie Sajdak
Myrelene Saunders
Christine Schindhelm
Steve & Lynne Schley
Russ & Barb Simpson
Gita Sinha
Paul & Nicole Sippy
Michael & Julie Sonnenberg
Valerie Stein
Erin Stilp
Chad Tessmer
Paul Thorgaard
Trattoria Stefano!
Jamie Udelhofen
Paul & Lynn Veldhouse
Wauwatosa West Orchestra Parents
Joel & Julie Weinberger
Del & Kim Wilson
Paul & Sandy Wysocki
YBG Consulting LLC
Nancy Zeit
Steve & Sarah Zimmerman