featuring the musicians of MYSO's Prelude Wind Ensemble program
Wednesday, May 20, 2026 | 6:30 pm
Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, UW-Milwaukee
Beginner Prelude Wind Ensemble
arr. Jack Wilds
Circle the Wagons
Brian Balmages
Jungle Dance
Rob Grice
Gold Rush of 1849
RANDALL STANDRIDGE
Bazaar
Advanced Prelude Wind Ensemble
RANDALL STANDRIDGE
Marzo Zangaro
JOHN WILLIAMS | arr. Michael Story
Selections from Harry Potter
Randall Standridge
Snake Charmer
Brian Balmages
Blue Ridge Reel
Randall Standridge
Shadow Cove March
Congratulations Advanced Prelude Wind Ensemble!
Combined Prelude Wind Ensembles
Randall Standridge
Skygazer Fanfare
KLAUS BADELT | arr. Sweeney
Pirates of the Caribbean
South African Folk Song | arr. John O'Reilly
African Marching Song
Beginner Prelude Wind Ensemble
FLUTE
Finleigh Goetsch
Nyree Miller
Zara Salameh
OBOE
Peyton Holton
CLARINET
Brando Castillo Lopez
Jada Lipsey
Josselyn Romero
Lilly Beane*
BASSOON
Selena Williams
Zoë Caldwell
SAXOPHONE
Alejandra Lopez
Josiah Jones
Journee Benton
FRENCH HORN
Cecilia Vargo
Ethan Farmer
Yemaya Wright
TRUMPET
Charlotte Marszalkowski
Emilio Salameh
TROMBONE
McKenzie Lewars
Zaira Herford Feliciano
Zakai Green
Chase Samuelson*
PERCUSSION
Angelo Rodriguez Curiel
Blayden Cole
Tess Gallam
Juell Lipsey
Advanced Prelude Wind Ensemble
FLUTE
Madyson Duckworth
Fatima Melendez
Natalie Patino
OBOE
Boaz Hoffman
Misael Mora Aguilar
CLARINET
Mackenzie Duckworth
Audrey Engel
Aalun Sallee
Brandon Romero
Lilly Beane*
BASSOON
Zoë Caldwell
SAXOPHONE
Nunu Dwyer
Violet Hensersky
Noah Putnam
FRENCH HORN
Noe Caban
BARITONE
Halo Hall
Mateo Salas
TRUMPET
Leonardo Rawson
Oliver Neave
TROMBONE
Dontae Sims Jr.
Chase Samuelson*
TUBA
Moises Melendez
David Romero
PERCUSSION
Israel Perteet
Samuel Vazquez
Giovanni Melendez
* = guest artist
Connie Fellows and Michael Krofta, Directors
Instructors:
Rebecca Anderson, Oboe
Mary Burcyzk, Clarinet
Simon Field, Horn
Ben Haimann, Percussion
Kelly Hofman, Horn
Vincent Martinez, Bassoon
Mallory Merkel, Saxophone
Tatiana Pearson, Flute
Kaitlyn Rian, Trumpet
Emmy Rozanski, Low Brass
Kyle Samuelson, Low Brass
Thank you to our Prelude Wind Ensemble Student Mentors:
Jayden Heil, Flute
Zoe Hemmerling, Trombone
Eleni Gapinski, Tuba
Prelude Wind Ensemble, a part of MYSO’s innovative Community Partnership Programs, is an immersive two-year training program in woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments for fifth and sixth grade children who live or attend school in the City of Milwaukee and are underserved by music education.
Students who are nominated and accepted into the Prelude Wind Ensemble will receive small group lessons, sectional rehearsals, and full band rehearsals each week. This program, founded in 2022, is the concert band equivalent of MYSO’s Progressions strings program.
Prelude Wind Ensemble is primarily donor-based, with all students receiving virtually full scholarships for instruments, private lessons, membership, and transportation as needed.
The program accepts students via nomination from school principals, teachers, and music directors.
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, 2025, through April 15, 2026. We encourage you to contact Maria Fuller, Individual Giving and Stewardship Manager, at 414-267-2958, with questions or corrections—or to learn how to make a much-appreciated gift to MYSO.
Appassionato ($100,000 - $399,000)
Robert W. Heine Revocable Trust
United Performing Arts Fund
Maestoso ($20,000 - $99,999)
Anonymous
Bader Philanthropies, Inc.
Bert L. & Patricia S. Steigleder Charitable Trust
Bertha Surlow and Maurice S. Surlow Donor Advised Fund
The Burke Foundation
Francie Luke Silverman Foundation
The Frank and Lucille Puncer Foundation
Greater Milwaukee Foundation - Adelaide F. Banaszynski Memorial Fund
Harri Hoffmann Family Foundation
Johnson Controls
Krause Family Foundation
Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
Milwaukee Recreation Partnership for the Arts and Humanities
Erik & Carol Moeser
Olive and Eunice Toussaint Foundation
The Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation
Richard P Walters Revocable Trust
The ROS Foundation
Volo Consulting LLC
Windhover Foundation
Michael Zucker
Con Fuoco ($10,000 - $19,999)
Anon Charitable Trust
Anthony Petullo Foundation, Inc.
John & Marilyn Breidster
Patricia Calvy
Charles D. Jacobus Family Foundation
Dorothy Inbusch Foundation
Greater Milwaukee Foundation - Margaret E. Sheehan Memorial Fund
Greater Milwaukee Foundation - Milwaukee Music Scholarship Fund
Jewish Women's Endowment Fund
Joan G. and Michael R. Potter Foundation
Constance Kling
Gerald Mainman
The Mike Van Handel Foundation
Scott & Lynn Molitor
PNC Foundation
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Anonymous
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Chistine Krueger
Milwaukee Arts Board and Wisconsin Arts Board, with funds from the State of Wisconsin
National of Federation of Music Clubs
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Lauren Vollrath
Weiss Family Foundation
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Anonymous
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Karen Arbit
Rose Bice
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Dr. D.F. Yoder
Con Espressione ($500 - $999)
Anonymous (3)
Veronica Ariens
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Michael Cleary
Charter Manufacturing Company Foundation
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Galaxy Foundation, Inc.
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Greater Milwaukee Foundation - MacDowell Club of Milwaukee Fund
Jason & Diep Graham
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Lincoln Property Company
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Mr. & Mrs. Pethke
J.A. Pipkorn
Jan Pirozzolo-Mellowes
Mark & Anne Plichta
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Ritsema & Howley Charitable Fund
Thomas J. Russell, MD
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Jim and Susan Sajdak
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Skycom Avionics Inc
Solventum
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Margie Vehrenkamp
Wauwatosa-Mayfair Rotary Club
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WISN TV
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Grazioso ($250 - $499)
Anonymous (15)
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