featuring the Runner-Up and Honorable Mentions from MYSO's Senior Symphony Concerto Competition

Sunday, March 10, 2024 | 2:00 pm

Youth Arts Hall, Milwaukee Youth Arts Center

ÉDOUARD LALO (1823-1892)

Symphonie espagnole in D Minor, Op. 21

I. Allegro non troppo

Sal Stein, Violin

2024 Senior Symphony Concerto Competition Honorable Mention

Stefanie Jacob, Piano

PAUL HINDEMITH (1895-1963)

Der Schwanendreher

I. Zwischen Berg und tiefem Tal

Sonya Wilhelm, Viola

2024 Senior Symphony Concerto Competition Honorable Mention

Isaac Dae Young, Piano

HENRYK WIENIAWSKI (1835-1880)

Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 22

I. Allegro moderato

Jayanth Suthan, Violin

2024 Senior Symphony Concerto Competition Honorable Mention

Steve Ayers, Piano

EDWARD ELGAR (1857-1934)

Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85

IV. Allegro – Moderato

Ava Larsen, Cello

2024 Senior Symphony Concerto Competition Runner-Up

Stefanie Jacob, Piano

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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
Drs. Brian and Laurel Bear
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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