featuring the musicians of the Progressions program

Thursday, February 22, 2024 | 6:30 pm

Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, UW-Milwaukee

First Year Progressions

D Major Scale

First Year Orchestra

Offenbach, Can Can

First Year Basses: Sofia Davis, Ravi Weiland, Makhale Lipson, Nate Gierl, Eleanor Johnson, and Jodie Washington

Mary Had a Little Lamb

Ruby Hawthorne and Rose Kozlicki

French Folk Song

Subhana Matthews and Artie Tucker Jr.

Lightly Row

Noelle Vignieri, Miko Sengyothinh, and Matias Ochoa

Can Can

Linnea Balistrieri

Brubaker, Puppet Parade

First Year Orchestra

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Hugo Schmidt, Willa Hoban, and Margo Gibes

French Folk Song

Candace McCrary, Baylee Gatson, and Khaydin Allen

Mary Had a Little Lamb

Dariana Enriquez Torrijos and Levi Santiago 

Twinkle Duet

Miko Sengyothinh and Mila Sengyothinh 

Rachel’s Repeat (Sound Innovations)

First Year Orchestra

Days of the Week

Harlow Dufek, Hilary Thompson, Isis Melby-Gibbons, Tallulah Sams, and Alessio Ramirez

Twinkle

Mackenzie Chesir and Kelynn Pearson

May Song

Violet Van Sistine

Second Year Progressions

Happy Birthday

Second Year Orchestra

Go Tell Aunt Rhody

D’Shawn Morgan, Sarahi Aguayo, Josette Stark, Cooper Korol, and Edgar Fransee

Lightly Row

Amayah Coates, Poppy DeMilo, Liana Robinson, and Chloe Stephens 

Frère Jacques

Second Year Orchestra

Sweetly Sings the Donkey

Second Year Violas: Sofia Aguilar Benitez, Charlotte Ivans, and Isabela Vang 

Suzuki, Allegro

Second Year Cellos: Antonio Gonzalez, Vincenta Sosa-Winter, Sienna Smith, Lucy Delgado, Hermione Naranjo Feria, Luna Burgos, Angelina Robinson 

Chorale

Second Year Orchestra

May Song

Timothy Vang, Edgar Fransee, Cooper Korol, Mila Sengyothinh, and Josette Stark

Song of the Wind

Mariah Harris, Andrea Basurto-Sil, and Julie Raygoza

Harvest Reel

Second Year Orchestra

Scotland's Burning

Second Year Basses: Chace Edwards, Dillon Briant, Christopher Carter, Nathan Santiago Nadal, Amina Ashley, and Laurel Martens

Sweetly Sings the Donkey

Second Year Orchestra

French Folk Song with Harmony

First and Second Year Orchestras

First Year Progressions Musicians

VIOLIN

Camila Aguilar 

Milo Chay 

MacKenzie Chesir 

Cayli Cifax 

Yamil Cruz Cortes 

Harlow Dufek 

Dariana Enriquez Torrijos 

Paola Guerra 

Abel Guzman 

Elani Hibbler 

Dheeksha Kancharla 

Rose Kozlicki 

Isis Melby-Gibbons 

Alexis Mohs 

Matias Ochoa 

Kelynn Pearson 

Alessio Ramirez 

Tallulah Sams 

Miko Sengyothinh 

Harmanie Smith 

Hilary Thompson 

Noelle Vignieri 

Julian White 

VIOLA

Nicolas Aguilera 

Theodore Baldus 

Matisse Chirillo 

Nyeema Davis 

Elizabeth Guerra 

Benjamin Macias 

Abril Sofia Martinez Garces 

Subhana Matthews 

Silvia Storm 

Gwendolyn Taylor 

Emily Thompson 

Artie Tucker Jr 

Violet Van Sistine 

Vida Wilinski 

CELLO

Christian Albarran 

Khaydin Allen

Linnea Balistrieri 

Baylee Gatson 

Margaret Gibes 

Ruby Hawthorne 

Willa Hoban 

Candace McCrary 

Levi Santiago 

Hugo Schmidt 

Kadence Vance 

BASS 

Sofia Davis 

Nate Gierl 

Eleanor Johnson 

Makhale Lipson

Jodie Washington 

Ravi Weiland 

Second Year Progressions Musicians

VIOLIN 

Sarahi Aguayo 

Andrea Basurto-Sil 

Amayah Coates 

Poppy DeMilo 

Edgar Fransee 

Neyah Green 

Mariah Harris 

Michaeldavid Howell-Smith 

Cooper Korol 

D'Shawn Morgan 

Raquel Nunn 

Julie Raygoza 

Liana Robinson 

Mila Sengyothinh 

Josette Stark 

Aizen Starnes 

Chloe Stephens 

Timothy Vang 

VIOLA 

Sofia Aguilar Benitez 

Charlotte Ivans 

Isabela Vang 

CELLO 

Langston Bruhy Hale 

Luna Burgos 

Lucia Christine Delgado 

Antonio Gonzalez-Juarez 

Hermione Naranjo-Feria 

Angelina Robinson 

Sienna Smith

Vicenta Sosa-Winter

BASS 

Amina Ashley 

Dillon Briant 

Christopher Carter 

Chace Edwards 

Laurel Martens 

Nathan Santiago Nadal

Tiffany Chang, Progressions Director

John Babbitt, Bass Instructor

Sonora Brusubardis, Violin Instructor

Viktor Brusubardis, Cello Instructor

Evan Lane, Viola Instructor

Manuel Landin Lopez, Violin Instructor

Tony Lucas, Progressions Mentor

Imaia Mitchell, Cello Instructor

Rayden Vaughan Montes, Cello Instructor

Paris Myers, Bass Instructor

Ann Wood, Violin Instructor

Thank you to our Progressions Student Mentors:

Claire Fifarek

Emily Honigman

Avana Kelly*

Ruthee Rosploch

Rylee Stelpflug*

* = Progressions graduate

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, 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.

Energico ($400,000+)

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
Drs. Brian and Laurel Bear
John and Marilyn Breidster
Brown and Brown
Richard Buchband and Betsy Rosenblum
Cedar Street Charitable Foundation
Sue and Curt Culver
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
Craig & Mary Robyn Peotter
Faye Scheil
Settlers Club of Wisconsin
Dick and Susi Stoll
Weiss Family Foundation
Don and Kate Wilson
WISN-TV

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

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
Gustav and Gladys Kindt Foundation
Steve & Stephanie Hancock
HH Camp Foundation
Scott and Elizabeth Idleman
Arthur & Jackie Josetti
Greg and Linda Kliebhan
Christine Krueger
Mary Lacharite
Jun Li
Dr. Randolph Lipchik & Ravenna A. Helson
Lubar Family Foundation
Nathaniel K. Lynn
Ken-David & Melinda Masur
Ascaris & Antonio Mayo
Bob and Barb Monnat
Peter & Deborah Musante
National Financial Services, LLC
RIck and Jen Niederstadt
Lois and Richard Pauls
Michael R. & Joan G. Potter
Steve and Fran Richman
Kevin & Susan Roche
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
Eric Larson and Susan Lewis
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
Nicholas & Danita Hahn
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
Jonathan Richter
Steven and Rona Rindt
Chris & Angie Roloff
Andy & Natalie Sajdak
Ziad & Mark Salameh
William Schmidtgall
Rick and Julie Seybold
Russ and Barb Simpson
Valerie Stein
Nathaniel and Yael Stein
Erin Stilp
Ann Tesmer
Sara Tikalsky
Bradley Uelmen
Stephen Vang
Monica and Brahm Vasudev
Terry and Ladene Veldhouse
Joel Weinberger
Raymond Wilson
Del and Kim Wilson
Clara Yu
Michael and Eileen Zei