featuring the students of MYSO's Prelude Wind Ensemble program
Wednesday, February 21, 2024, 6:30 pm
Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, UW-Milwaukee
Michael Krofta and Connie Fellows, Prelude Wind Ensemble Directors
FIRST YEAR PRELUDE WIND ENSEMBLE
MEKEL ROGERS
Earth Shock
MICHAEL SWEENEY
Band on Parade
ROBERT W. SMITH
Dance Jubilante
GUSTAV MAHLER
Theme from Symphony No. 1
featuring the Woodwinds
JAMES SWEARINGEN
Kick Start
BRIAN BALMAGES
Creatures in the Attic
RANDALL STANDRIDGE
Mechanical Monsters
SECOND YEAR PRELUDE WIND ENSEMBLE
Arr. John Edmundson
March on a Welsh Air
RANDALL STANDRIDGE
Pandora
Arr. Michael Sweeney
Celtic Air and Dance
RANDALL STANDRIDGE
Dark Ride
FIRST YEAR PRELUDE WIND ENSEMBLE
FLUTE
Jordin Burns
Jaqueline Prado
Sarahi Torres
Olivia Wiese
OBOE
Ariadna Ochoa
Noah Williams
BASSOON
Grace Witczak
Leo Yang
CLARINET
Harper Faber
Neftaly Luna-Rangel
Riley Scott
Jayden Thompson
Alex White
SAXOPHONE
Dorothy Greene
Somaiya Greene
Brooks Lowery
Adebola Olowu
TRUMPET
Elias Hoban
Emmanuel Baines
Adenike Olowu
Noah Witczak
HORN
Margot Chirillo
Fox Krafttakacs
Ezra Rosploch
BARITONE
Jasper Goochey
TROMBONE
Abbot Hoban
Ciara Meyers
Lauren Smith
TUBA
Milan Cwalina Brylow
PERCUSSION
Genesis Albarran
Hazel Bonds-Coffey
Robert Jackson
Bryson Rivas
SECOND YEAR PRELUDE WIND ENSEMBLE
FLUTE
Lola Bates
Ryleigh Harris
Adra Hensersky
Elian Vazquez
OBOE
Leonardo Gonzalez-Juarez
Inumidun Oluti
BASSOON
Jackson Dantzler
Skai McDuffie
CLARINET
Coraline Betette
Lileth Gayle
Kaisyn Miller
SAXOPHONE
Lilah Emerson
Cristal Gomez-Gutierrez
David Perez
TRUMPET
Ameliana Pena
Jose Villanueva Rodriguez
HORN
Yolihuani Hernandez-Barillas
Desmond Sarnowski
BARITONE
Ajah Coates
TROMBONE
Johanna Brookshire
Javier Hernandez
PERCUSSION
Abdiel Avila
Nyomie Davis
Myhree Rosploch
Connie Fellows and Michael Krofta, Prelude Wind Ensemble Directors
Kaitlyn Rian
Miko Roman
Thank you to our Prelude Wind Ensemble student mentors!
Calvin Bolze
Zoe Johnson
Andie Wisniewski
Prelude Wind Ensemble, MYSO’s newest Community Partnership Program, is a high-impact, immersive 2-year program providing instruction in woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments to 5th and 6th graders with limited musical experience, live in or attend school in Milwaukee, and face barriers of access and equity in music study.
Students who are nominated and accepted into the Prelude Wind Ensemble will receive small group lessons, sectional rehearsals, and full band rehearsals each week.
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, 2023, through January 16, 2024. We encourage you to call Emma Kunz, Philanthropy Operations Manager, at 414-267-2943, with questions or corrections—or to learn how to make a much-appreciated gift to MYSO.
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United 
Performing Arts Fund
Appassionato ($100,000 - $399,999)
The Burke Foundation
Maestoso ($20,000 - $99,999)
Anonymous
Laura & Mike Arnow
Bader Philanthropies, Inc.
Clair and Mary Baum
Tim and Sue Frautschi
Harri Hoffmann Family Foundation
Johnson Controls
Milwaukee Recreation Partnership for the Arts and Humanities
National Endowment for the Arts
The Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation
Con Fuoco ($10,000 - $19,999)
Anonymous
Bert L. & Patricia S. Steigleder Charitable Trust
Charles D. Jacobus Family Foundation
Digicorp, Inc.
Francie Luke Silverman Foundation
The Frank and Lucille Puncer Foundation
Greater Milwaukee Foundation - Adelaide F. Banaszynski Memorial Fund
Jerome and Dorothy Holz Family Foundation
Krause Family Foundation
Elaine and Gerry Mainman
Milwaukee County Cultural 
Artistic and Musical Programming Advisory Council
Erik and Carol Moeser
Lynn & Scott Molitor
The ROS Foundation
Roger & Sally Ruggeri
Michael Schmitz
William N. and Janice V. Godfrey Family Foundation
Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts
Vivace ($5,000 to $9,999)
Anonymous
Anon Charitable Trust
Ken and Kris Best
Bobbi and Jim Caraway
Tony & Jodi Consiglio
Croen Family Foundation, Inc.
Dorothy Inbusch Foundation
Jeff Edelstein, MD
Linda Edelstein
Jim and Andrea Emling
The Frieda and William Hunt Memorial Trust
Lisa A. Froemming
Greater Milwaukee Foundation - Margaret E. Sheehan Memorial Fund
Susan Hulce Cerletty & Joanne W. Hulce
Maihaugen Foundation
Brian McCarty, MD
Lisa and Michael Miksich
Milwaukee Arts Board and Wisconsin Arts Board, with funds from the State of Wisconsin
Peck Foundation, Milwaukee LTD
Anthony & Beverly Petullo
PNC Foundation
Michael Van Handel
We Energies Foundation
Animato ($2,500 - $4,999)
Anonymous
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Davidson and Harley Fund, Inc.
Sandy and George Dionisopoulos
Dal & Jackie Drummer
Ernest and Sally Micek Family Foundation
Barbara D. Froemming
Greater Milwaukee Foundation - Judith A. Keyes Family Fund
Husch Blackwell LLP
Jane Bradley Pettit Foundation
Karin Kultgen, MD and Mark Kultgen
Laskin Family Foundation
Jennifer Mattes
Northwestern Mutual Foundation
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Faye Scheil
Settlers Club of Wisconsin
Dick and Susi Stoll
Weiss Family Foundation
Don and Kate Wilson
WISN-TV
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Anonymous (2)
Abbot Charitable Foundation
Arzbaecher Family Foundation
Baird Foundation
Jeff & Kate Behring
Douglas & Molly Bell
Erin Borissov
Linda Czestler
Nancy Debbink
Greater Milwaukee Foundation - Milwaukee Music Scholarship Fund
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Steve & Stephanie Hancock
HH Camp Foundation
Scott and Elizabeth Idleman
Arthur & Jackie Josetti
Greg and Linda Kliebhan
Christine Krueger
Mary Lacharite
Jun Li
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Ken-David & Melinda Masur
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National Financial Services, LLC
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Steve Russ
Chuck & Kristin Severson
Carter & Pamela Simmons
Dawn Simmons
Mark and Julie Steinhafel
Steinway Piano Gallery
Richard Walters
Wolohan Family Foundation
Con Espressione ($500 - $999)
Anonymous (6)
Joel Agacki
Helmut and Sandy Ammon
Danielle Baerwald
Jean Becker
Scotte Bowe
Camille A. Lonstorf Trust
Mark & Linda Carlson
Michael Cleary
Tom and Lynda Curl
Peter Eash-Scott
Erik & Vanessa Eisenmann
Rachel Enright
Firefly Family Dentistry
Mark & Stephanie Goldstein
Grand Mesa Strings Publishing
Greater Milwaukee Foundation - MacDowell Club of Milwaukee Fund
John & Tameica Greene Jr.
Bill & Lisa Henk
Charles and Heather Kahn
Dr. Joan Kojis
David and Sarah Kolo
Emma and Alexander R. Kunz Sr.
Christopher and Milagros LaBeau
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Michael & Deb Linley
John & Linda Mellowes
Lindsey Moloney
Platinum Systems
Carol Pohl
Gerald Richter
Tom and Jennifer Rose
Thomas J. Russell, MD
Jim and Susan Sajdak
Mattew & Ruby Soik
Joan Spector
Carlton Stansbury
Kyle & Kimberly Starasinich
Margie Vehrenkamp
Paul & Lynn Veldhouse
Lori Watt
Craig Wesemann
B. Wnuk
Marian & Donald Yoder
Mark and Evonne Zalewski
Grazioso ($250 - $499)
Anonymous (9)
Dave and Linda Atkinson
John & Claudia Babbitt
Paul Baerwald
Lucy Bahn
Theresia Becker
Bostik, Inc.
Krista & Adam Brookman
Martha Brown & Tony Lam
Janine Brzezinski
Burton & Audrey Strnad Donor Advised Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation
Clover Collins
Grandma Betty Collins
Grandpa Chuck Collins
Hermione Collins
Mama Collins
Papa Collins
Cathy and Mario Costantini
Joel Davel
David and Linda DeBruin
John Devalkenaere
Drumming by Bob!
Steven R. & Elizabeth Duback
Ted and Beth Durant
Thomas and Linda Dvorak
William and Juanita Edington
Eileen & Howard Dubner Donor Advised Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation
Dean Einerson
Pat Ellis
Kari Eskridge
Joshua and Sara Field
Dean Fitzgerald
John Florsheim
Jon Fong
Michael Gauger
Jessica & Amir Ghaferi
Goldstein Law Group, S.C.
Brad Grady
Jen Graetz
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Joel Harris
Ed and Doris Heiser
Grandpa & Grandma Hille
Hupy & Abraham
Thomas and Patricia Jester
Joyce Kaiser
Scott and Ellen Knowles
David & Diane Knox
Fred & Karen Krammer
Michael and Patricia Kremin
Lois Krewinghaus
Joseph Kutchera
Eric and Linda Lanke
Jennifer Leedle
Eileen and Paul LeFort
John and Susan Logan
Lovingkindness Fund
Margaret Luke
Thomas Mallmann
Mandi Maronn
Vincent Martin
Christina Martinez
James & Sandy Metzger
Joe and Cathy Murray
'nalytix LLC
Nicole Nelson
Sharon Olecheck
Randall and Pamela Penn
Jon & Sue Phillips
Jan Pirozzolo-Mellowes
Bunny Raasch-Hooten
Vani Ray
Ben & Kristin Rehberg
Rachel Rich
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