featuring the Senior Symphony, Metropolitan Symphony, and Brass Choir

Friday, May 5, 2023 | 7:30 pm

Bradley Symphony Center

SENIOR SYMPHONY BRASS CHOIR

Don Sipe, Brass Studies Director

GIOVANNI GABRIELI (1557-1612) / transcribed by Don Sipe

O Magnum Mysterium

METROPOLITAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

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

JOSE PABLO MONCAYO (1912-1958)

Huapango for Orchestra

Mr. Winkle

MARK "SAL" STEIN (2009-), Fellow, John Downey Creation Project

Fantasie, Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, Movement I (World Premiere)

Christian Ellenwood, Teaching Artist

Mr. Winkle

EDWARD GREGSON (1945-)

Tuba Concerto

1. 1. Allegro Deciso

Lane Wendorf, Tuba
Winner, 2023 Metropolitan Symphony Concerto Competition

Mr. Winkle

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)

Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasia

Mr. Emanuelson

SENIOR SYMPHONY

Carter Simmons, Music Director

MAX LETELLIER (2004-), Fellow, John Downey Creation Project

Odyssey (World Premiere)

Christian Ellenwood, Teaching Artist

JEAN SIBELIUS (1865-1957)

Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47                    

1. 1. Allegro Moderato

Arisa Okamoto, Violin
Winner, 2023 Senior Symphony Concerto Competition and Carrie
Rondeau Memorial Scholarship

CALEB ENDRES (2004-), Fellow, John Downey Creation Project

Starlight Overture (World Premiere)                                                   

Rick Walters, Teaching Artist

SAMUEL BARBER (1910-1981)

Second Essay for Orchestra, Op. 17 (1942)

BEDŘICH SMETANA (1824-1884)

Vltava (The Moldau)

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 ORCHESTRA

FIRST VIOLIN

Rosy Kojis, Concertmaster
Nishanth Suthan, Co-Associate Concertmaster
Madison Koo, Co-Associate Concertmaster
Isabella Krynicka, Co-Associate Concertmaster
Mark Stein, Co-Assistant Concertmaster
Rebecca Brojanac, Co-Assistant Concertmaster
Ariana Augustine
Flynn O'Rear
Ellie Kuwabara
Sam Donner
Benjamin Jiang
Ipek Yilmaz
Johana Kim
Lexi Mabini
Simon Doerr
Emerson Neldner
Hallie Newman
Alexandra Holzman
Danijela Dragicevic

SECOND VIOLIN

Nathanael Chu, Co-Principal
Bianca Isabelle Enriquez, Co-Principal
Nidhi George, Co-Principal
Dana Kim, Co-Assistant Principal
Logan Gleesing, Co-Assistant Principal
Samuel Botshtein
Norah Boerner
Emerson LaWall-Shane
Andrew Behring
Ruthee Rosploch
Soren Ellingstad
Alexandra Moldenhauer
Michelle Drane
Anthony Gotcher
Avana Kelly
Garrett Niederstadt
Olivia Bruhn
Sudiksha Pandey
Owen Bell
Aris Arvanetes
Oleksa Onyskiv
Jackson Peterson

VIOLA

Alana Perez, Co-Principal
Spencer Laga, Co-Principal
Violet Lucier, Co-Principal
Gregory Farmer
Hannah D'Cruz
Shawn Weigand
Haley Burns
Akilah Muhammad
Cassidy Quandt
Lucy Hamann
Samantha Stundtner

CELLO

Jennifer Mikolajczak, Principal
Reagan Laws
Adela Ramirez
Rylee Stelpflug
Jurnee Fisher
Carolina Islas
Kate Weisman
Michael Montie
Strahinja Marinkovic
Phoebe Panozzo
Henry Maliszewski
Jonathan Wang
Jack Cavanaugh
Ashley Bongard
Michael Sitzberger
Aaron Zuleta

BASS

Gavriilia Fyrogeni, Principal
Dmitriy Levit
Grant Atkinson

HARP

Maydine Bellot

FLUTE 

Sophie Gerew
Scotland Nicholson
Eden Tan
Jane Tretheway
Megan Wallrath

OBOE

Mia Burns
Claire Fifarek
Aashi Iyengar 
Abby Debbink

ENGLISH HORN

Mia Burns

CLARINET

Hanh Bui
Sean Kabara
Maggie Kidd
Kaelyn Koerner

BASS CLARINET

Sean Kabara

BASSOON

Gavin Hansen
Faith Weigand
Andrea Wisniewski

HORN

Meera Rao
Anaka Velie
Eli Hoffmann
Alexandra Mueller

TRUMPET

Zachary Burgess
Will Hartman
Maxwell Kellogg
Daniel Ruffolo
Logan Schneider

TROMBONE

Gabriel Coutinho
Samuel Dobson
Thomas Doerr

BASS TROMBONE

Erich Haefer

TUBA

Cort Vande Walle
Lane Wendorf

PERCUSSION

Taylor Carlson
Kyler Katanik
Aidyn Pedersen
Ben Haimann

Thank you to the wonderful coaches who worked with our Metropolitan Symphony students to prepare for this concert:

Alex Ayers
John Babbitt
Ben Haimann
Paul Hauer
Amanda Koch
Jon Lovas
Don Sipe
Adrien Zitoun

SENIOR SYMPHONY

Paul Hauer, String Advisor
Lisa Werner, Orchestra Manager
Paul Sekulski, Music Librarian

FIRST VIOLIN
Clark Snavely, Concertmaster
Cecilia Koth, Concertmaster
Sofia Castanho-Bollinger, Concertmaster
Arisa Okamoto, Concertmaster
Ethan Chen, Assistant Concertmaster
Jayanth Suthan
Magdalena Masur
Henry Snavely
Jasmine Storck
Max Letellier
Christianna Ebel
Hans Hemann
Caleb Endres
Arisha Sobhani
Brynn Nelson
Andrea Hanna
Kayami Jackson
Grace Lee
Richard Nickel
Titus Veldhouse

SECOND VIOLIN
Madeline Bingenheimer
Zindzi Frederick
Benyamin Kim
Krish Vasudev
Valkyrie Ladd
Trinity Schrotenboer
Maia Cardew
Tamara Avdeev
Victoria Velazquez Rojas
Ben Christiaansen
Alexander Chen
Jennifer Hong
Brianna Cimoch
Emilia Sato
Yiwen Ma
Mae Jones
Maeve Kaufman
Brady Ahler
Suraksha Kodgi
Nathan Cunningham

VIOLA
Sonya Wilhelm, Principal
Vivian Cucu, Principal
Elliot Richer, Assistant Principal
Benjamin Hruska
Katelynn Lesinski
Hayden Stringer
Brae Bigelow
Rem Leach
Shamit Surana
Christian Ostrowski
Lauryn Klinger
Sydney Badciong

CELLO
Nolan Boerner, Principal
Noor Salameh, Principal
William Larsen
Gabrielle Peck
Luke Field
Gunnar Conine
Amber Moreno-Padilla
Nathan Hansen
Shelby Gooden
Maryveth Ochoa
Rebecca DeBoer
Lukas Vater
Ella Smullen
Carlos Recinos
Thelma-Abigail Aquino-Moreno
Emma Pingitore

BASS
Isabella McGinley, Principal
Katya Imas, Principal
Benjamin Levin
Benjamin Crnkovich
Lauren Gooden

HARP
Maydine Bellot

FLUTE
Shreya Girish
Marisa Lehner
Zackary Muñoz
Abhinay Reddy

PICCOLO
Zackary Muñoz
Abhinay Reddy

OBOE
Lydia Morency
Elisabeth Young
Abby Debbink

ENGLISH HORN
Abby Debbink
Elisabeth Young

CLARINET
Lilly Beane
Rebecca Redlich
Aaron Srok
Sydney Stanford
Kaitlyn Yang

BASS CLARINET
Lilly Beane

BASSOON
Ben Beumler
Neil DuJardin
Rosalie Avery

HORN
Shaurya Bansal
Mina Gates
Elijah Samuelson
Aderyn Seefeldt

TRUMPET
Milo Ascher
Sarah Downes
Oscar Endres
Molly Gapinski
Hudson Simmons

TROMBONE
Owen Addison
Grace Fitzgerald
Grace O'Connell
Josie Sagan

TUBA
Ryan Nelson

PERCUSSION
Logan DeWaide
Daniel Grady
Kishore Mohanram
Isaac Visser
 
Thank you to the wonderful coaches who worked with our Senior Symphony students to prepare for this concert:

Frank Almond
Rosalie Avery
Alex Ayers
John Babbitt
Ben Haimann
Paul Hauer
Rudi Heinrich
Amanda Koch
Ann Lobotzke
Kevin Pearl
Samantha Rodriguez
Don Sipe
Tobie Wilkinson
Adrien Zitoun

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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